10816
obtaining
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/En-us-obtaining.ogg
[Verb]
obtaining
1.Present participle of obtain.
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10817
obtain
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈteɪn/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/En-us-obtain.ogg
[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman obtenir, optiner et al., and Middle French obtenir, from Latin obtinēre (“to gain, achieve, succeed, possess”), from ob- + tenēre (“to hold”).
[Verb]
to obtain (third-person singular simple present obtains, present participle obtaining, simple past and past participle obtained)
1.(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]
2.1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:
Julia was quite as eager for novelty and pleasure as Maria, though she might not have struggled through so much to obtain them, and could better bear a subordinate situation.
3.(intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. [15th-19th c.]
4.1722, Daniel Defoe, Colonel Jack:
he was condemned to die for the felony, and being so well known for an old offender, had certainly died, but the merchant, upon his earnest application, had obtained that he should be transported, on condition that he restored all the rest of his bills, which he had done accordingly.
5.(intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. [15th-19th c.]
6.1701, Jonathan Swift, Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome:
This, though it failed at present, yet afterward obtained, and was a mighty step to the ruin of the commonwealth.
7.(transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy. [15th-18th c.]
8.1671, John Milton, Paradise Regain'd, Book I:
His mother then is mortal, but his Sire / He who obtains the monarchy of Heav'n, / And what will he not do to advance his Son?
9.(intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force. [from 17th c.]
10.1908, Jack London, The Iron Heel, ChapterXVII,
Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could obtain; for the act in question […] was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.
11.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, Bantam Spectra, p. 460,
But the hostage situation no longer obtains, and so Uncle Enzo feels it important to stop Rife now, […]
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10818
mentioned
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/En-us-mentioned.ogg
[Verb]
mentioned
1.Simple past tense and past participle of mention.
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0
2010/04/10 14:45
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10825
geometry
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/En-us-geometry.ogg
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek γεωμετρία (geometría, “geometry, land-survey”), from γεωμετρέω (geometréo, “to practice or to profess geometry, to measure, to survey land”), back-formation from γεωμέτρης (geométrēs, “land measurer”), from γῆ (gē, “earth, land, country”) + μετρέω (metréō, “to measure, to count”) or -μετρία (-metria, “measurement”) from μέτρον (metron, “a measure”).
[External links]
- geometry in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- geometry at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Wikibooks electronic book on geometry
- Mathworld article on geometry
[Noun]
geometry (countable and uncountable; plural geometries)
1.(mathematics) (uncountable) The branch of mathematics dealing with spatial relationships.
2.(mathematics) (countable) A type of geometry with particular properties.
spherical geometry
3.(countable) The spatial attributes of an object, etc.
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10850
smell
[[English]]
ipa :/smɛl/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/En-us-smell.ogg
[Anagrams]
- mells
[Etymology]
From Middle English smellen, smyllen, smullen; compare Dutch smeulen, cognate to Low German smölen, smelen (“to smolder”); Danish smul (“dust, powder”). Compare smolder, smother.
[Noun]
smell (countable and uncountable; plural smells)
1.A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
I love the smell of fresh bread.
2.(physiology) The sense that detects smells.
[References]
- smell in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- smell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[See also]
- anosmia
- sense
[Synonyms]
- (sensation):
- (pleasant): aroma, fragrance, odor/odour, scent
- (unpleasant): odor/odour, niff (informal), pong (informal), reek, stench, stink, whiff (informal)(sense): olfaction (in technical use), sense of smellSee also Wikisaurus:smell
[Verb]
to smell (third-person singular simple present smells, present participle smelling, simple past and past participle smelled or smelt)
1.(transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
I can smell fresh bread.
Smell the milk and tell me whether it's gone off.
2.(transitive, followed by like or of) To have the smell (of).
His feet smell of cheese.
The bum smelt like a brewery.
3.(intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
The roses smell lovely.[edit] Synonyms
- (sense a smell or smells): detect, sense
- (have the smell of): (all followed by like or of)
- (pleasant):
- (unpleasant): pong (informal), reek, stink, whiff (informal)
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10853
verification
[[English]]
[Etymology]
verify + -ation
[Noun]
verification (plural verifications)
1.The act of verifying.
2.The state of being verified.
3.Confirmation; authentication.
The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.
4.(law) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
5.(mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.
[See also]
- Formal verification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Formal verification
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0
2010/12/05 22:59
10854
veri
[[Albanian]]
ipa :/vɛˈɾi/[Antonyms]
- jug
[Noun]
veri m. (definite singular veriu)
1.north
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *were. Cognates include Hungarian vér and Finnish veri.
[Noun]
veri (genitive vere)
1.blood
[[Finnish]]
ipa :[ˈʋe̞ri][Anagrams]
- revi, vire
[Etymology]
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *were. Cognates include Hungarian vér and Estonian veri.
[Noun]
veri
1.blood (liquid flowing in human and animal bodies)
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
veri m.
1.plural form of vero
[Anagrams]
- rive
[Noun]
veri m.
1.plural form of vero
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
vērī n.
1.dative singular of vēr
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[verʲ][Noun]
veri m. pl.
1.plural form of văr veri f. pl.
1.plural form of vară summers
[[Turkish]]
[Noun]
veri
1.data (information)
This Turkish entry was created from the translations listed at data. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see veri in the Turkish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) August 2009
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10858
rigo
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- giro, girò
[Noun]
rigo m. (plural righi)
1.(music) staff, stave
[Verb]
rigo
1.First-person singular present tense of rigare.
[[Latin]]
[References]
- rigo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
[Verb]
present active rigō, present infinitive rigāre, perfect active rigāvī, supine rigātum.
1.I wet, moisten, water or bedew something with a liquid; suckle; bathe.
2.(figuratively) I lead, convey or conduct a liquid to a place; irrigate.
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0
2010/12/05 23:00
10861
simulate
[[English]]
ipa :/sɪmjʉːleɪt/[Etymology]
< Latin simulatus, past participle of simulare (“to make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) < similis (“like”); see similar.
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:imitate
[Verb]
to simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)
1.To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of
We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
simulate f.
1.Feminine plural form of simulato
[Anagrams]
- emulasti
[Verb]
simulate
1.Second-person plural present tense of simulare.
2.Second-person plural imperative of simulare.
3.Feminine plural of simulato.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
simulāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of simulō.
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0
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10865
taste
[[English]]
ipa :/teɪst/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-us-taste.ogg
[Alternative forms]
- tast (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- state, State
- teats
- testa
[Etymology]
From Middle English tasten from Old French taster from assumed Vulgar Latin *taxitare, a new iterative of Latin taxare (“to touch sharply”) from tangere (“to touch”). Replaced native Middle English smaken, smakien "to taste" (from Old English smacian "to taste"), Middle English smecchen "to taste, smack" (from Old English smeccan "to taste"), Middle English buriȝen "to taste" (from Old English byrigan, birian "to taste").
[External links]
- taste in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- taste in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- taste at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
taste (countable and uncountable; plural tastes)
1.One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals.
2.(countable and uncountable): A person’s implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
Dr. Parker has good taste in wine.
3.(uncountable, figuratively): A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
[Synonyms]
- smack, smatch
- smack
[Verb]
to taste (third-person singular simple present tastes, present participle tasting, simple past and past participle tasted)
1.(transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
2.(intransitive) To have a taste.
The chicken tasted great.
3.To experience.
Voltaire is quoted to have said "I tasted in her arms the delights of paradise".
Livy is quoted to have said "They had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom".
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
taste
1.singular present subjunctive of tasten.
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10870
cream
[[English]]
ipa :/kɹiːm/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/En-us-cream.ogg
[Adjective]
cream (not comparable)
1.Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
[Alternative forms]
- creme (14th- century onwards)
- creyme (14th-15th centuries)
[Anagrams]
- crame
- crema
- macer
[Derived terms]
Terms derived from the noun or verb cream
[Etymology]
Middle English creime, creme, from Anglo-Norman creme, cresme (compare French crème), blend of Late Latin chrisma 'ointment' (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (chrisma) 'unguent'), and Late Latin crāmum 'skim', from Gaulish *crama (compare Welsh cramen 'scab, skin', Breton crammen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- (compare Middle Irish screm 'surface, skin', Dutch schram 'abrasion', Lithuanian kramas 'scurf'). Replaced Old English ream. Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. The U.S. standard of identity is from 21 CFR 131.3(a).
[Noun]
cream (plural creams)
1.The oily part of milk which rises to the top.
Follow the recipe and add the heavy cream next.
1.(standard of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
(informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
- 2004, Joey Green, Joey Green's Incredible Country Store, Rodale, ISBN 1579548482, page 267:
Originally the cream filling in Oreo cookies was made with pork lard.(figuratively) The best part of something.
The cream of the crop.An ointment or salve for the skin.
You look really sunburnt; you'd better put on some cream soon.(vulgar, slang) Semen.
- 2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood’s Silent Closet: The Lusty Saga of America’s First Star F*#%er!![sic] (novel),[1] Blood Moon Productions, Ltd., ISBN 0-9668030-2-7, page 155,
He rode me for ten—or was it fifteen?—minutes before one final fuckthrust that filled me completely with his cream.
- 2003, Dominique Adair, “Two Days, Three Nights” in Tied with a Bow,[2] Ellora’s Cave Publishing, ISBN 1843607433, page 74,
He tucked his cock into his pants before rubbing his cream into her breasts in slow, teasing strokes.
- 2004, Art Wiederhold, Wild Flowers,[3] iUniverse, ISBN 0595317898, page 158,
When he did come, he spurted his cream all over the front of Rosalee’s T-shirt and neck.(obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le MOrte Darthur, Book V:
there shall never harlot have happe, by the helpe of Oure Lord, to kylle a crowned Kynge that with Creyme is anoynted.
[Related terms]
[See also]
- Appendix:Colours
[Verb]
to cream (third-person singular simple present creams, present participle creaming, simple past and past participle creamed)
1.To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.
2.To turn into a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
3.(slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
We creamed the opposing team!
4.(vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[kreˈam][Verb]
cream
1.first-person singular imperfect form of crea.
2.first-person plural imperfect form of crea.
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10873
became
[[English]]
ipa :/bɪˈkeɪm/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-us-became.ogg
[Statistics]
- Most common English words: point « letter « become « #348: became » second » United » free
[Verb]
became
1.Simple past of become.
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0
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10882
competi
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- compite
[Verb]
competi
1.Second-person singular present tense of competere.
2.Second-person imperative of competere.
0
0
2010/12/05 23:22
10886
amat
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
amat
1.Past participle of amar.
[[Hiligaynon]]
[Adverb]
amát
1.gradual, step-by-step, slow
[[Indonesian]]
[Adverb]
amat
1.very
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
amat
1.third-person singular present active indicative of amō.
1."he (she, it) loves"
2."he (she, it) is fond of, he (she, it) likes"
3."he (she, it) is under obligation to; he (she, it) is obliged to"
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Adjective]
amat
1.raw
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0
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10887
amate
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈmɑːteɪ/[Anagrams]
- A team, A-team
[Etymology 1]
From Spanish papel amate, "amate paper", from Classical Nahuatl amatl (“paper”)
[Etymology 2]
From Old French amater, amatir.
[[Esperanto]]
[Adverb]
amate
1.present adverbial passive participle of ami
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
amate f.
1.Feminine plural form of amato
[Anagrams]
- a tema
[Noun]
amate f.
1.plural form of amata
[Verb]
amate
1.second-person plural present tense of amare
2.second-person plural imperative of amare
3.feminine plural of amato, past participle of amare
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
amāte
1.vocative masculine singular of amātus
[Verb]
amāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of amō.
1."love ye"
2."be ye fond of, like ye"
3."be ye under obligation to; be ye obliged to"
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0
2010/12/05 23:23
10888
amateur
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈamətjʊə/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-us-amateur1.ogg
[Adjective]
amateur (comparative more amateur, superlative most amateur)
1.Non-professional.
2.Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
amateur sports
3.Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.
[Derived terms]
- amateur hour
- amateur night
[Etymology]
From French amateur, from Latin amātōrem (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”).
[External links]
- “bungler” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “ignoramus” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
[Noun]
amateur (plural amateurs)
1.(obsolete) A lover of something.
2.A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
She is an accomplished amateur woodworker.
3.Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
[Synonyms]
- dilettante
- bungler
[[French]]
ipa :/a.ma.tøʁ/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Fr-amateur.ogg
[Adjective]
amateur (f amateur, amateure or amatrice; m plural amateurs; f plural amateurs, amateures or amatrices)
1.amateur
[Anagrams]
- marteau
[Etymology]
From Latin amator (“lover”), from amō (“to love”).
[Noun]
amateur m. (plural amateurs)
1.amateur
2.a lover of something
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
French
[Noun]
amateur m. inv.
1.amateur (non-professional)
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10889
amateurs
[[English]]
[Noun]
amateurs
1.plural form of amateur
[[French]]
ipa :/a.ma.tøʁ/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Fr-amateur.ogg
[Adjective]
amateurs
1.plural form of amateur
[Anagrams]
- saumâtre
[Noun]
amateurs
1.plural form of amateur
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0
2010/12/05 23:23
10895
broch
[[English]]
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:BrochWikipedia broch (plural brochs)
1.(historical) An Iron Age Scottish stone tower with hollow double-skinned walls.
[[Welsh]]
[Etymology]
From Proto-Celtic *brokko- (“badger”) (compare Old Irish brocc, Cornish brogh, Breton broc'h).
[Noun]
broch m. (plural brochod or brochion)
1.badger
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0
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10901
song
[[English]]
ipa :/sɒŋ/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-us-song.ogg
[Anagrams]
- gons
- nogs
- snog
[Etymology]
Old English sang.
[Noun]
song (plural songs)
1.A short musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.
Thomas listened to his favorite song on the radio yesterday.
2.1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion[1], page 266:
In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
3.The act or art of singing.
4.A melodious sound made by a bird, insect, whale or other animal.
I love hearing the song of canary birds.
5.Something that cost only a little.
He bought that car for a song.
[See also]
- canticle
- go for a song
[[Faroese]]
ipa :[sɔŋɡ][Noun]
song f.
1.bed
[[Mandarin]]
[Pinyin syllable]
song
1.Nonstandard spelling of sōng.
2.Nonstandard spelling of sǒng.
3.Nonstandard spelling of sòng.
[Verb]
song (Pinyin sòng, traditional and simplified 送)
1.deliver
songcai shengjiangji shi yi-zhong song fan-cai de xiaoxing shengjiangji.
dumbwaiter is a kind of small lift for delivering meal.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
From Old Norse sǫngr.
[Noun]
song m. (definite singular songen; indefinite plural songar; definite plural songane)
1.song
Kven er det som syng denne songen?
Who sings this song?
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10905
convergence
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
- divergence, divergency
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:ConvergenceWikipedia convergence (countable and uncountable; plural convergences)
1.The act of moving toward union or uniformity.
2.A meeting place.
We built a homestead at the convergence of two rivers
3.The intersection of three electron beams for red, green and blue onto a single pixel in a CRT.
4.(mathematics) The process of approaching some limiting value.
5.(physiology) The coordinated focusing of the eyes, especially at short range.
6.(biology) The evolution of similar structures or traits in unrelated species in similar environments; convergent evolution.
7.The merging of distinct technologies, industries, or devices into a unified whole.
[Synonyms]
- convergency
[[French]]
[Noun]
convergence f. (plural convergences)
1.convergence
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10906
described
[[English]]
[Verb]
described
1.Simple past tense and past participle of describe.
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0
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10911
located
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/En-us-located.ogg
[Verb]
located
1.Simple past tense and past participle of locate.
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TaN
10913
establi
[[Esperanto]]
[Verb]
establi (present establas, past establis, future establos, conditional establus, jussive establu)
1.to establish
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0
2010/12/06 00:38
10914
establish
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/En-us-establish.ogg
[Etymology]
Middle English establissen, Old French establir, (Modern French établir), from Latin stabiliō, from stabilis (“firm, steady, stable”).
[References]
- establish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- establish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- stable
[Verb]
to establish (third-person singular simple present establishes, present participle establishing, simple past and past participle established)
1.(transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.
2.(transitive) To form; to set up in business.
3.(transitive) To found; to institute.
4.(transitive) To appoint, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
5.(transitive) To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
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2010/12/06 00:38
10917
rounding
[[English]]
[Noun]
rounding (plural roundings)
1.The act of rounding a mathematical value
2.The numerical value obtained by this process
[Verb]
rounding
1.Present participle of round.
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10918
industrial
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/En-us-industrial.ogg
[Adjective]
industrial (comparative more industrial, superlative most industrial)
1.of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately.
2.produced by such industry
Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless
3.used by such industry
4.employed as manpower by such industry
5.(of a society or country) having many industries; industrialized
Italy is a part industrial, part rural nation.
6.(music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.
[Etymology]
industry + -al
[Noun]
industrial (plural industrials)
1.(dated, 19th-mid 20th century) An employee in industry
2.(business) An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
3.(finance) A bond or stock issued by such company
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
industrial m. and f. (plural industriales)
1.industrial
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TaN
10919
tailored
[[English]]
[Adjective]
tailored
1.Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.
2.Made by a tailor.
His expensive tailored shirts didn't look that much better than off-the-rack, but they lasted much longer.
[Anagrams]
- idolater
[Verb]
tailored
1.Simple past tense and past participle of tailor.
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2009/02/04 14:32
2010/12/06 00:41
10922
white
[[English]]
ipa :/waɪt/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/En-us-white.ogg
[Adjective]
white (comparative whiter, superlative whitest)
1.Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
2.Of Caucasian race.
3.(of coffee) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.
4.(board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.
The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
5.Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.
6.1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:
at the fourthe day aftir evynsonge he com to a whyght abbay; and there was he resceyved with grete reverence [...].
[Anagrams]
- withe
[Antonyms]
- (bright and colourless): black
- (of coffee): black
[Derived terms]
terms derived from "white"
[Etymology]
Old English hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz (compare Danish hvid, Dutch wit, German weiß, Norwegian hvit, West Frisian wyt), from Proto-Indo-European *k̑weit- 'to shine' (compare Lithuanian šviẽsti 'to gleam', Old Church Slavonicсвѣтъ (světŭ) 'light', свѣтьлъ (světĭlŭ) 'clear, bright', Avestan spaēta 'white', Sanskrit श्वेत (śvetá) 'white, bright').
[Noun]
white (plural whites)
1.The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
2.A Caucasian person.
3.A European person.
4.The albumen of bird eggs (egg white).
5.(anatomy) The sclera, white of the eye.
6.A common name for the Pieris genus of butterflies.
7.(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cue ball in cue games.
8.(countable and uncountable) White wine.
9.(slang) Street name for cocaine.
[See also]
- Appendix:Colours
- leucite
- leukoma
- leukosis
- Sauvignon blanc
- Svetambara
- terra alba
- Race on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Race
[Statistics]
- Most common English words: form « hundred « believe « #281: white » means » thus » order
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2009/01/09 14:33
2010/12/06 00:48
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10929
cup
[[English]]
ipa :/kʌp/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/En-us-cup.ogg
[Anagrams]
- CPU
- PUC
- UPC
[Etymology]
From Old English cuppe, from Late Latin cuppa, probably a form of Latin cūpa (“tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“a hollow”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman cupe, from the same Latin source.
[Noun]
cup (plural cups)
1.A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass).
Pour the tea into the cup.
2.A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml.
3.A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.
The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.
4.A contest for which a cup is awarded.
The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.
5.(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.
The ball just misses the cup.
6.(US) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)
Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.
7.One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.
The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.
8.(mathematics) The symbol denoting union and similar operations (confer cap.)
9.A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
10.(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
11.A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup.)
[Verb]
to cup (third-person singular simple present cups, present participle cupping, simple past and past participle cupped)
1.(transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands
Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.
2.(transitive) To hold something in cupped hands
He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.
[[Albanian]]
[Adjective]
cup
1.odd (not even)
[Noun]
cup (a variant of sup)
1.shoulder
[Synonyms]
- tek
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/kɑp/[Noun]
cup
1.cup (contest)
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2010/12/07 00:03
10933
galaxy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡaləksi/[Etymology]
From Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxias, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaksias, “Milky Way”) from γάλα (gala, “milk”).
[Noun]
galaxy (plural galaxies)
1.(now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth. [from 14th c.]
2.1633, John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].
3.(astronomy) Any of the collections of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]
[Synonyms]
- (astronomy): G (abbreviation)
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2010/12/07 00:07
10934
galax
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
galax c.
1.(astronomy) galaxy; a large collection of stars
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0
2010/12/07 00:07
10939
maybe
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmeɪbi/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/En-us-maybe.ogg
[Adverb]
maybe
1.Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty.
2.(as a pro-sentence) perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement)
[Anagrams]
- abyme
- beamy
- embay
[Etymology]
may + be
[Noun]
maybe (plural maybes)
1.(informal) Something that is possibly true.
[Synonyms]
- (perhaps): mayhaps, peradventure, perhaps, possibly
- (as a pro-sentence): could be, mayhaps, might be, perhaps, possibly, that’s possible
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0
2010/12/07 00:09
10948
Note
[[German]]
[Noun]
Note f. (genitive Note, plural Noten)
1.(music or diplomacy) note
2.(school) grade, mark
[Synonyms]
- (school): Benotung, Zensur
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0
2008/12/15 19:18
2010/12/07 00:18
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10950
features
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/En-us-features.ogg
[Noun]
features
1.plural form of feature
[Verb]
features
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feature.
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0
2010/03/07 01:04
2010/12/07 00:19
10956
calculations
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/En-us-calculations.ogg
[Noun]
calculations
1.plural form of calculation
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0
2010/12/07 00:20
10962
percent
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈsɛnt/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/En-us-percent.ogg
[Alternative forms]
- per cent (mostly UK)
- per cent. (archaic)
[Etymology]
Latin per centum (“for every hundred”).
[Noun]
percent (plural percent or percents)
1.A part or other object per hundred
A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.
2.percentage.
[[French]]
[Verb]
percent
1.Third-person plural present of percer.
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0
2010/12/07 00:22
10966
problem
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɒbləm/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/En-us-problem.ogg
[Antonyms]
- solution
[Etymology]
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin problema, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (problema, “anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory”), from προβάλλω (proballo, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (ballo, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”).
[Noun]
problem (plural problems)
1.A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
2.A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
3.A puzzling circumstance.
[[Polish]]
ipa :[ˈprɔblɛm]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Pl-problem.ogg
[Noun]
problem m.
1.problem
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/prǒbleːm/[Noun]
pròblēm m. (Cyrillic spelling про̀бле̄м)
1.problem
[[Swedish]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Sv-problem.ogg
[Noun]
problem n.Declension of problem
1.problem; difficulty
2.problem; schoolwork exercise
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0
2010/01/28 17:26
2010/12/07 00:23
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10968
independently
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/En-us-independently.ogg
[Adverb]
independently (comparative more independently, superlative most independently)
1.In an independent manner.
0
0
2010/12/07 00:24
10973
Matsuyama
[[English]]
[Etymology]
Japanese 松山.
[Proper noun]
Matsuyama
1.a capital city of Ehime prefecture, Japan.
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0
2010/12/07 00:27
10975
hotel
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
hotel
1.The letter H in the NATO phonetic alphabet. (This word is not translated, and is hotel in all languages.)
[[English]]
ipa :/həʊˈtɛl/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/En-us-hotel.ogg
[Anagrams]
- helot
- thole
[Etymology]
From the French hôtel.
[Noun]
hotel (plural hotels)
1.An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guest house, and often one of a chain.
2.The larger red properties in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses.
3.The letter H in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
4.(Australian-English, New Zealand-English) A public house, once traditionally providing accommodation, but now rarely.
[See also]
- inn
- motel
[[Czech]]
[Noun]
hotel m.
1.hotel
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
hotel
1.hotel
[[Dutch]]
ipa :[hoːˈtɛl]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Nl-hotel.ogg
[Anagrams]
- holte
[Noun]
hotel n. (plural hotels)
1.hotel
[[Galician]]
[Noun]
hotel m. (plural hoteis)
1.hotel
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
hotel m. inv.
1.hotel or hotels
2.The letter H in the Italian phonetic alphabet
[Synonyms]
- albergo
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈxɔt̪ɛl/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Pl-hotel.ogg
[Noun]
hotel m.
1.hotel
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
hotel m. (plural: hotéis)
1.hotel
[[Romanian]]
[Noun]
hotel n. (plural hotele)
1.hotel
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/xǒtel/[Noun]
hòtel m. (Cyrillic spelling хо̀тел)
1.hotel
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
hotel m. (plural hoteles)
1.hotel
[See also]
See also
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0
2010/12/07 02:01
10977
sil
[[Croatian]]
[Etymology]
English sill.
[Noun]
sil m. sg.
1.sill (layer of igneous rock)
[[Romanian]]
[Abbreviation]
sil.
1.Abbreviation of silabaţie. syllabication
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
[Noun]
sil m., (gen sile, pl silean)
1.A short trickle of rain
[Verb]
sil (present participle a' sileadh, simple past shil, future participle air shileadh)
1.To rain, drip, flow, shed, ooze, dribble, shower
[[West Frisian]]
[Verb]
sil
1.shall, will
First person singular of sille.
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0
2010/12/07 02:01
10979
dye
[[English]]
ipa :/daɪ/[Anagrams]
- dey Dey
[Etymology 1]
From Middle English deie, from Old English dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *daugō (“colour, shade”), from *dauganan, *dug- (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dheuk-, *dhouk- (“to be hidden”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhūw- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”). Cognate with Old High German tougan (“dark, secretive”), tougal (“dark, hidden, covert”), Old English dēagol, dīegle (“dark, hidden, secret”), Old English dohs, dox (“dusky, dark”). See dusk.
[Etymology 2]
[[Haitian Creole]]
[Etymology]
From French dieu (“god”).
[Noun]
dye
1.god
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0
2010/12/07 02:02
10980
dream
[[English]]
ipa :/driːm/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-us-dream.ogg
[Anagrams]
- ad rem
- armed
- derma
- m'dear
- ramed
[Etymology]
Middle English dreem, possibly from Old English drēam (“music, mirth, joy”), from Proto-Germanic *draumaz; meaning influenced in Middle English by Old Norse draumr (“dream”), from same Proto-Germanic root. Cognate to Dutch droom, German Traum, Swedish dröm.The derivation from Old English drēam is controversial, since the word itself is only attested in writing in its meaning of “joy, mirth, musical sound”. Possibly there was a separate word drēam meaning “images seen while sleeping”, which was avoided in literature due to potential confusion with “joy” sense, which would account for the common definition in the other Germanic languages, or the derivation may indeed simply be a strange progression from “mirth, joy, musical sound”.[1]Attested words for “sleeping vision” in Old English were mæting (Middle English mæte, mēte), from unclear source, and swefn (Modern English sweven, now obsolete), from Proto-Germanic *swefno-, from Proto-Indo-European *swepno-; compare Ancient Greek ὕπνος (hypnos, “sleep”).
[External links]
- dream in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- dream in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[Noun]
dream (plural dreams)
1.Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
2.A hope or wish.
[References]
1.^ “dream” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001.
[Synonyms]
- (events experienced whilst asleep): sweven (archaic)
[Verb]
to dream (third-person singular simple present dreams, present participle dreaming, simple past and past participle dreamed or dreamt)
1.(intransitive) To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
2.(intransitive) To hope, to wish.
3.(intransitive) To daydream.
Stop dreaming and get back to work.
4.(transitive) to create an imaginary experience (usually when asleep)
I dreamed a vivid dream last night.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/ˈdræːam/[Etymology]
Proto-Germanic *draumaz, whence also Old Saxon drōm (“joy, music, dream”), Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr.
[Noun]
drēam m. (plural drēamas)
1.joy, pleasure, ecstasy
Ðær biþ drincendra dream se micla: there is the great joy of drinkers.
2.music, song
Iohannes gehyrde swylce bymena dream: John heard, as it were, the sound of trumpets.
[[West Frisian]]
[Noun]
dream c. (pl. dreamen)
1.dream, daydream
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2010/12/07 02:02
10987
lithography
[[English]]
[Etymology]
1813. From German Lithographie, from Ancient Greek λίθος (lithos, “stone”) + γράφειν (“to write”).
[Noun]
Wikipedia has an article on:LithographyWikipedia lithography (countable and uncountable; plural lithographies)
1.The process of printing a lithograph on a hard, flat surface; originally the printing surface was a flat piece of stone that was etched with acid to form a surface that would selectively transfer ink to the paper; the stone has now been replaced, in general, with a metal plate.
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2010/04/10 14:17
2010/12/07 11:02
10992
performance
[[English]]
ipa :/pər.ˈfɔr.məns/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/En-us-performance.ogg
[Etymology]
From perform + -ance
[Noun]
performance (plural performances)
1.The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.
2.That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
3.A live show or concert.
4.In Computer science: The amount of useful work accomplished by a computer system compared to the time and resources used. Better Performance means more work accomplished in shorter time and/or using less resources
[[French]]
[Etymology]
From English performance
[Noun]
performance f. (plural performances)
1.(sports) performance
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
English
[Noun]
performance f. inv.
1.performance
[Synonyms]
- (the act of performing) esecuzione
- (accomplishment) prestazione, rendimento
- (show) esibizione
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2010/01/28 16:33
2010/12/07 11:04
TaN
10995
tradeoffs
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- affordest
[Noun]
tradeoffs
1.plural form of tradeoff
0
0
2010/12/07 16:32
10997
approximation
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪʃən[Noun]
approximation (plural approximations)
1.The act, process or result of approximating.
2.(mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
3.(medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
[[French]]
ipa :/ap.ʁɔk.si.mas.jɔ̃/[Noun]
approximation f. (plural approximations)
1.approximation; an imprecise solution.
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2010/06/10 19:57
2010/12/07 16:32
11000
construction
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈstrʌkʃən/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/En-us-construction.ogg
[Etymology]
From Latin cōnstructiō, from cōnstruere, present active infinitive of cōnstruō.
[External links]
- construction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- construction in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- construction at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
construction (plural constructions)
1.The process of constructing.
Construction is underway on the new bridge.
2.Anything that has been constructed.
The engineer marvelled at his construction.
3.The trade of building structures
He had worked in construction all his life.
4.A building, model or some other structure
The office was a construction of steel and glass
5.(art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
"Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize
6.The manner in which something is built.
A thing of simple construction
7.(grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8.The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
9.1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 95:
He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.
10.(geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.
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0
2010/04/20 18:27
2010/12/07 16:33
11003
wea
[[Old English]]
ipa :/wæːɑ/[Noun]
wēa m.
1.woe, grief, misery, evil
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0
2010/12/07 16:34
11009
わたしたち
[[Japanese]]
[Pronoun]
わたしたち (kanji 私たち, romanji watashitachi)
1.us; we
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0
2010/12/08 00:11
11017
ray
[[English]]
ipa :/reɪ/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/En-us-ray.ogg
[Anagrams]
- ayr, Ayr
- yar
[Etymology 1]
Via Middle English < Old French < Latin radius (“staff, stake, spoke”)
[Etymology 2]
[[Kurdish]]
[Etymology]
From Arabic
[Noun]
ray
1.opinion
[[Turkish]]
[Etymology]
From French rail.
[Noun]
ray
1.rail
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