16098
steve
[[English]]
[Etymology]
See stevedore.
[Verb]
steve (third-person singular simple present steves, present participle steving, simple past and past participle steved)
1.To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
0
0
2012/09/01 15:43
16099
Steve
[[English]]
ipa :/stiːv/[Proper noun]
Steve
1.A diminutive of Steven and Stephen, also used as a formal male given name.
2.A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
0
0
2012/09/01 15:43
16102
congregation
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪʃən[Etymology]
From Latin congregātiō, from congregare "to herd together", itself from com- "together" + gregare "to collect into a flock, gather" (from grex "a flock, herd"); adopted c.1340 by the English Bible translator William Tyndale, to render the Greek (ekklesia) ('those called together, (popular) meeting'; hence Latin ecclesia 'church') in his New Testament, and preferred by 16th century Reformers instead of church
[Noun]
congregation (plural congregations)
1.A gathering of faithful in a Christian church, Jewish synagogue, Muslim mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsary form).
2.A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the universal church
3.A corporate body whose members gather for worship, or the members of such a body.
4.Any large gathering of people
5.The collective noun for eagles.
0
0
2012/09/01 15:43
16103
insurrectionist
[[English]]
[Noun]
insurrectionist (plural insurrectionists)
1.A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection
0
0
2012/03/25 09:08
2012/09/01 15:49
16105
go over
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- groove, overgo
[Verb]
go over (third-person singular simple present goes over, present participle going over, simple past and past participle went over)
1.(idiomatic) To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
Please go over the reports to make sure we haven't missed anything.
2.(idiomatic) To create a response or impression.
Playing a radio in the office did not go over well with his coworkers.
3.(rugby) To score a try
4.2010 December 31, “Magners League: Cardiff Blues 27-25 Osprey”, BBC:
But in the closing stages Bishop spotted a gap to go over and Hook converted to set up a nervous finish for the Blues, who managed to hold on.
0
0
2012/09/01 15:53
16111
vicious
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvɪʃəs/[Adjective]
vicious (comparative more vicious, superlative most vicious)
1.Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
2.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 195:
We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
3.Evil, immoral or depraved.
4.Violent, destructive and cruel.
5.Savage and aggressive.
[Etymology]
From Anglo-Norman vicious, Old French vicious (modern French vicieux), from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium (“fault, vice”).
[[Anglo-Norman]]
[Adjective]
vicious m.
1.vicious; malicious
2.defective; not capable of functioning
[References]
- vicios on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
0
0
2009/06/25 18:11
2012/09/01 15:57
TaN
16112
pogrom
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɒɡɹəm/[Etymology]
Via Yiddish פאגראם (pogróm), from Russian погром (pogróm).
[Noun]
pogrom (plural pogroms)
1.A riot aimed at persecution of a particular group, usually on the basis of their religion or ethnic origin.
0
0
2012/09/01 16:04
16113
provisionally
[[English]]
[Adverb]
provisionally (comparative more provisionally, superlative most provisionally)
1.In a provisional way; temporarily.
[Etymology]
provisional + -ly
0
0
2009/12/15 10:39
2012/09/01 17:21
16115
begat
[[English]]
ipa :/biˈɡæt/[Noun]
begat (plural begats)
1.(nonstandard) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible
2.2000, Earl F. Lehman, The God Bu$ine$$, page 59:
To put food on the table, Ruth gleaned in the fields and one of the fields belonged to Boaz who noticed her and admired her. They married and Ruth bore a son, Obed. There ensues a begat-ridden genealogy and....
3.2002, P. J. O'Rourke, The CEO of the Sofa, page 146:
There's a bunch of begats in First Chronicles, chapter six, and it's way dull, especially if you consider what a begat involves.
4.2002, Geoffrey H. Hartman; Dr. Geoffrey Hartman, The longest shadow: in the aftermath of the Holocaust, page 108:
In many instances even that cannot be done," and John Edgar Wideman prefaces Damballah with "A Begat Chart" and a "Family Tree."
[Verb]
begat
1.(archaic) Simple past of beget.
2.1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[1], Genesis 5:3
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
3.1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)[2], Matthew 1:2
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren
0
0
2012/09/01 17:22
16117
bushwhacker
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From bush + whacker.
[Noun]
bushwhacker (plural bushwhackers)
1.(US) One who travels through the woods, off the designated path.
2.(Australian) A person who lives in the bush, especially as a fugitive; a person who clears woods and bush country.
3.(US, historical) A guerrilla (of either side) during the American Civil War.
4.1962, Albert E. Castel, William Clarke Quantrill: His Life and Times, page 155,
The bushwhackers remained at General Cooper′s camp several days, then crossed the Red River into Texas.
5.1967 April, Donald Keith, The Time Machine Hunts a Treasure, Boys' Life, page 51,
She stared at us. “Hardly. You must be from far off, not to know about Quantrill′s raids. Last March the bushwhackers rode into Aubrey, shot every man in town, stole everything, burned down houses. […] ”
6.2007, Jeremy Neely, The Border Between Them: Violence and Reconciliation on the Kansas-Missouri Line, page 109,
Many bushwhackers were young men born to families of southern heritage who were generally wealthier and more likely to own slaves than the typical Missouri farmer. […] His eldest daughter, Elisa, was an effective bushwhacker spy and informant.
7.(dated) Someone who attacks without warning.
8.This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
9.1977 September, Dave Hurteau, Air and Water, Field & Stream, page 90,
We spent the rest of the day hopping from pond to pond with the bushwhackers, and we found them very suited for it.
[See also]
- bushbash (verb)
0
0
2012/09/01 17:22
16118
arsonist
[[English]]
[Noun]
arsonist (plural arsonists)
1.One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
0
0
2012/09/01 17:22
16121
anxiety
[[English]]
ipa :/æŋzˈaɪəti/[Etymology]
From Latin anxietātem, from anxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from angō (“to distress, trouble”).
[Noun]
anxiety (plural anxieties)
1.An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
2.2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 268a.
But the other, because he's been immersed in arguments, gives the appearance of harbouring considerable anxiety and suspicion that he's ignorant of those matters he presents himself to others as an expert on.
3.An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
I was anxious to get into the office before Henderson called from New York.
4.(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
[Synonyms]
- care, solicitude, foreboding, uneasiness, perplexity, disquietude, disquiet, trouble, apprehension, restlessness, distress
0
0
2009/02/27 00:31
2012/09/01 17:45
16122
defection
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈfɛkʃən/[Noun]
defection (plural defections)
1.an act or incidence of defecting
0
0
2012/09/01 17:46
16123
refugee
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹɛfjudʒiː/[Etymology]
From French réfugié, past participle of réfugier ("to take refuge"), describing early French protestants seeking refuge.
[Noun]
refugee (plural refugees)
1.A person seeking refuge in a foreign country out of fear of political persecution or the prospect of such persecution in his home country, i.e., a person seeking a political asylum.
2.A person seeking refuge in a foreign country due to poverty and no prospect of overcoming said poverty in his home country, i.e., a person seeking an economic asylum.
3.A person seeking refuge due to a natural disaster.
4.A person formally granted a political or economic asylum by a country other than his home country.
[See also]
- asylum
- economic asylum
- political asylum
- refuge
- refoulement
0
0
2012/04/02 22:14
2012/09/01 17:48
16125
keiken
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
keiken (hiragana けいけん)
1.経験: one's own experience
2.敬虔: pious, devout
0
0
2012/09/01 20:31
16126
けいけん
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
けいけん (romaji keiken)
1.経験: one's own experience
2.敬虔: pious, devout
0
0
2012/08/10 19:45
2012/09/01 20:31
16129
しょくどう
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
しょくどう (romaji shokudō)
1.食道: oesophagus, gullet, esophagus
2.食堂: cafeteria, dining hall
0
0
2012/09/01 20:37
16130
みなと
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
みなと (romaji minato)
1.港: port
0
0
2012/09/01 20:40
16131
しょうせつ
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
しょうせつ (romaji shōsetsu)
1.小説: novel
2.勝絶: 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale
3.小節: (music) bar, measure
4.小雪: (solar term) minor snow
5.章節: chapters and sections
6.消雪: thawing snow
7.詳説: detailed explanation
0
0
2012/09/01 20:48
16132
的
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 白 (“white”) + phonetic 勺的 and 勺 had roughly similar pronunciations in Old Chinese; Baxter-Sagart reconstruct 的 as *t-lˤewk, compared with 勺 *m-t-qewk. (The m- and t- here are prefixes.)The original meaning was "bright," hence the 白 semantic.
[Han character]
的 (radical 106 白+3, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹日心戈 (HAPI), four-corner 27620, composition ⿰白勺)
1.possessive, adjectival suffix
2.target, mark
3.indeed
[[Cantonese]]
[See also]
- 嘅
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
的 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[Noun]
的 (hiragana まと, romaji mato)
1.target, mark
Accent: 0
[Suffix]
的 (hiragana てき, romaji -teki)
1.-like, -ical, -ish, suffix for forming na-adjectives (形容動詞) from nouns (名詞)
Accent: compound formed is of accent type 0
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
的 (hangeul 적, revised jeok, McCune-Reischauer chŏk, Yale cek)
[[Mandarin]]
[Adverb]
的 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dí)
1.really; truly
[Noun]
的 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dì)
1.target; objective
[Particle]
的 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin de)
1.Indicates that the previous word has possession of the next one. In English it functions like ’s (or like the word “of” but with the position of possessor and possessee switched.)
2.John 1.9
那光是真光，照亮一切生在世上的人。
Nà guāng shì zhēn guāng, zhàoliàng yīqiè shēng zaì shìshàng de rén.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
3.Indicates the relation between two nouns.
4.[1]
首先看到的是 Thames 河 的出海口
蛇的毒
the snake’s poison
5.Indicates a noun in relation to another noun
trad. 眾人的國家, simpl. 众人的国家
the People’s Country
[Syllable]
的 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dí)
1.phonetic element
[Synonyms]
- 之 (zhī)
- 嘅 (kài) (Cantonese)
[[Middle Chinese]]
[Han character]
的 (dek)
[[Min Nan]]
[Noun]
的 (traditional and simplified, POJ tek)
1.target; objective
[Particle]
的 (traditional and simplified, POJ ê)
1.Indicates that the previous word has possession of the next one. In English it functions like ’s (or like the word “of” but with the position of possessor and possessee switched.)
2.Indicates the relation between two nouns.
蛇的毒
chôa ê to̍k
the snake’s poison
3.Indicates a noun in relation to another noun.
trad. 眾人的國家, simpl. 众人的国家
chèng-lâng ê kok-ka
the People’s Country
[See also]
- 個
- 个
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
的 (đích, đét, đít, điếc, đếch)
0
0
2012/09/01 20:51
16133
付ける
[[Japanese]]
[Suffix]
付ける (hiragana つける, romaji -tsukeru)
1.be accustomed to, be used to
2.perform an action vigorously, perform an action vehemently
3.perceive, detect 付ける (hiragana づける, romaji -zukeru)
1.give, impart, provide with
[Verb]
付ける (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana つける, romaji tsukeru)
1.attach, affix, stick, fasten, add, add on, append; set, put, put one thing on another
コップに口を付ける
コップにくちをかわる
Koppu ni kuchi o tsukeru
Put one's lips to a glass
2.apply, put on
3.leave a mark on
4.write, make an entry
5.give, impart, direct, direct one's attention
6.set, set a price
7.provide with an attendant, provide a person with an attendant, place a person in attendance, place a person in attendance on
8.follow, trail, shadow
9.settle, bring to terms
0
0
2012/09/01 20:53
16134
付け
[[Japanese]]
[Etymology]
Nominative form of 付ける (tsukeru, "attach," "affix")
[Noun]
付け (hiragana つけ, romaji tsuke)
1.bill
2.account, credit
[Prefix]
付け (hiragana つけ, romaji tsuke-)
1.attached, fixed
2.external, external medicine
3.false, false mustache, sham
[Suffix]
付け (hiragana つけ, romaji -tsuke)
1.one's favorite, accustomed 付け (hiragana づけ, romaji -zuke)
1.attaching, affixing
2.dated
0
0
2012/09/01 20:53
16135
ねむい
[[Japanese]]
[Adjective]
ねむい (い-i declension, kanji 眠い, romaji nemui)
1.sleepy
0
0
2012/09/01 20:57
16136
ひえる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
ひえる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, kanji 冷える, romaji hieru)
1.冷える: to grow cold, to get chilly, to cool down
0
0
2012/07/04 21:39
2012/09/01 20:59
16138
かわ
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
かわ (romaji kawa)
1.佳話: A good story.
2.歌話: The story of a 和歌 (waka, “traditional Japanese waka poem”).
3.川: A river, stream, or brook.
4.河: A river, a stream.
5.側: A side of something; a part of something.
6.皮: An animal skin, hide, pelt, fur, or leather; a fruit or vegetable skin, bark, peel, husk, shell.
7.革: Leather.
8.鈹: Matte: the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
0
0
2009/12/28 10:08
2012/09/01 21:02
TaN
16139
かわく
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
かわく (intransitive, godan conjugation, romaji kawaku)
1.乾く: be dry
2.渇く: be thirsty
0
0
2012/09/01 21:02
16140
ちょうし
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ちょうし (romaji chōshi)
1.調子: condition
2.銚子: decanter for sake
3.長子: eldest child, especially eldest son
4.長姉: eldest sister
5.弔詞: message of condolence
0
0
2012/08/10 19:51
2012/09/01 21:05
16142
興
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Ideogrammic compound (會意): 舁 + 同 (“together”)
[Han character]
興 (radical 134 臼+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹X月金 (HXBC), four-corner 77801)
1.thrive, prosper, flourish
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
興 (simplified 兴, Yale hing1, hing3)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
興 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[Noun]
興 (hiragana きょう, romaji kyō)
1.entertainment; pleasure; interest
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
興 (hangeul 흥, revised heung, McCune-Reischauer hŭng, Yale hung)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
興 (simplified 兴, pinyin xīng (xing1), xìng (xing4), Wade-Giles hsing1, hsing4)
[[Middle Chinese]]
[Han character]
興 (*xièng, *xiəng)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
興 (hưng, hăng, hên, hứng)
0
0
2012/09/01 21:09
16143
餡
[[Translingual]]
[Alternative forms]
Note that in Japanese this is a traditional (kyujitai) character, and the left component is written as 𠊊 rather than as 飠 (食).
[Etymology]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 飠 (“food”) + phonetic 臽 – a kind of food.
[Han character]
餡 (radical 184 食+8, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人戈弓竹X (OINHX), four-corner 87777)
1.pastry filling, stuffing
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
餡 (simplified 馅, Yale haam5, haam2)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
餡
[[Mandarin]]
ipa :[ ɕiɛn˥˩ ][Hanzi]
餡 (simplified 馅, pinyin xiàn (xian4), Wade-Giles hsien4)
[Noun]
餡 (traditional, Pinyin xiàn, simplified 馅)
1.(Advanced Mandarin) filling (for dumplings etc.)
[References]
- 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
- 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
餡 (hãm)
0
0
2012/09/01 21:14
16144
りよう
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
りよう (romaji riyō)
1.理容: haircutting
2.利用: use
[Verb]
りよう + する (irregular conjugation, romaji riyō suru)りようする りよう suru
1.利用: use
0
0
2012/09/01 21:15
16145
さんせい
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
さんせい (romaji sansei)
1.賛成: approval
2.産生: production
3.酸性: acidic
4.三省: frequent meditation
5.三世: third-generation Japanese Americans
6.参政: participation in government
7.三聖: one various lists of three enlightened men
[Verb]
さんせい + する (irregular conjugation, romaji sansei suru)さんせいする さんせい suru
1.賛成: support, agree, favor
2.産生: produce
3.三省: frequent meditation
0
0
2012/09/01 21:45
16146
あいさつ
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
あいさつ (kanji 挨拶, romaji aisatsu)
1.A greeting, a salutation.
2.An address given at an official function or ceremony.
3.Greetings or respects such as given at holidays or funerals.
0
0
2012/09/01 21:47
16148
きかい
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
きかい (romaji kikai)
1.機会: opportunity
2.機械, 器械: machine
3.奇怪: strange, mysterious
4.棋界: the shogi world
0
0
2012/09/01 21:58
16150
きけん
[[Japanese]]
ipa :/kikeɴ/[Noun]
きけん (romaji kiken)
1.危険: danger; (adjectival noun) dangerous
2.棄権: withdrawal, abstention
3.鬼犬: a ghost dog (see also おにいぬ, oniinu): a devil dog)
0
0
2012/09/01 21:59
16151
じゆう
[[Japanese]]
[Adjectival noun]
じゆう (な-na declension, romaji jiyū)
1.自由: free
[Noun]
じゆう (romaji jiyū)
1.自由: freedom (not being imprisoned or enslaved), liberty
2.事由: cause
0
0
2012/09/01 22:01
16152
きめる
[[Japanese]]
[Verb]
きめる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, romaji kimeru)
1.決める: decide, choose
0
0
2012/03/13 21:44
2012/09/01 22:05
16153
うまい
[[Japanese]]
[Adjective]
うまい (い-i declension, romaji umai)
1.good at
そいつはうまい考えだ。
そいつはうまいかんがえだ。
soitsu wa umai kangae da.
That is a good idea.
1.delicious
飯がうまい。
めしがうまい。
meshi ga umai.
The meal tastes good (literally as well as as an analogy to show satisfaction over some issues).
0
0
2012/09/01 22:12
16154
るす
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
るす (romaji rusu)
1.留守: absence, being away from home; house-sitting
0
0
2012/09/01 22:32
16155
にがい
[[Japanese]]
[Adjective]
にがい (い-i declension, romaji nigai)
1.苦い: bitter
0
0
2012/08/19 18:58
2012/09/01 22:37
16157
かお
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
かお (romaji kao)
1.顔: face
0
0
2012/09/01 22:48
16159
しごと
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
しごと (romaji shigoto)
1.仕事: work, occupation, employment
0
0
2012/09/01 22:54
16160
authors
[[English]]
[Noun]
authors
1.Plural form of author.
[Verb]
authors
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of author.
0
0
2012/09/02 13:39
16162
migration
[[English]]
ipa :/mʌɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/[Etymology]
From Middle French migration and its source, Latin migrātiō, from the participle stem of migrāre (“to migrate”).
[Noun]
migration (plural migrations)
1.moving a place to live to another place for a while
2.seasonal moving for animals, birds or fishes to breed or find a new home
3.(computing) changing a platform from an environment to another one
[[French]]
[Noun]
migration f. (plural migrations)
1.migration (of animals)
2.migration (of people)
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
migration c.
1.migration
0
0
2009/02/19 22:44
2012/09/02 13:40
TaN
16163
Pollyanna
[[English]]
ipa :-ænə[Etymology]
The sense of a persistent optimist comes from the name of the protagonist in a book by Eleanor Porter.
[Noun]
Pollyanna (plural Pollyannas)
1.One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
You call her an optimist, but I call her an obnoxious Pollyanna.
2.(colloquial, US, Southeastern Pennsylvania) A secret Santa gift exchange.
[Proper noun]
Pollyanna
1.A female given name derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
[See also]
- Panglossian
- quixotic
0
0
2012/09/02 14:52
16164
variation
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From Latin variātiō.
[Noun]
variation (plural variations)
1.The act or state of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.
2.A related but distinct thing.
When the process didn't work, we tried a variation.
All of his songs are variations on a single theme.
3.(nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north. Also called magnetic declination.
4.(board games) a line of play that differs from the original
5.(music) a technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration.
[References]
- US FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999
- variation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- variation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
variera + -tion
[Noun]
variation c.
1.a variation
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decipher
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈsaɪfə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
- decypher
[Anagrams]
- ciphered
[Verb]
decipher (third-person singular simple present deciphers, present participle deciphering, simple past and past participle deciphered) (transitive)
1.To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
2.To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
3.To find a solution to a problem.
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nowadays
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/[Adverb]
nowadays (not comparable)
1.At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]
2.1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, First Folio 1621, Act III, Scene I:
to say the truth, reason and loue keepe little company together, nowadayes.
3.1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.27:
What is it that now adaies makes all our quarrels mortall?
4.1762, A. F. Busching, A New System of Geography, volume 4, translated from German, p. 4:
The appellation of Germany, is seldom used now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz.
5.2012, Dick Vinegar, The Guardian, 11 Jun 2012:
My favourite reading nowadays is Pulse, one of the house magazines for GPs.
[Alternative forms]
- now adaies
- nowadayes
- now-a-days
[Etymology]
From now + adays.
[Synonyms]
- (at the present time): currently, now, in this day and age, these days
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brevity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɹɛv.ɪ.ti/[Etymology]
First attested in English in 1509[1]; either:
- from Latin brevitatem;[1] or
- from Anglo-Norman brevite, from Old French brievete;[2]from Latin brevitās, from brevis (“short”).[1][3]
[Noun]
brevity (usually uncountable; plural brevities)
1.(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.
2.2005, Bill Bryson, A short history of nearly everything:
Thanks to Global Positioning Systems we can see that Europe and North America are parting at about the speed a fingernail grows—roughly two yards in a human lifetime. If you were prepared to wait long enough, you could ride from Los Angeles all the way up to San Francisco. It is only the brevity of lifetimes that keeps us from appreciating the changes.
3.(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
4.1966, Jackson E. Morris, Principles of scientific and technical writing:
A good technical writing style will now be defined as a style possessing clarity, brevity, and variety.
5.(rare, countable) A short piece of writing.
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demeanor
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈmiːnə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
- demeanour
[Anagrams]
- enamored
- one-armed
[Etymology]
Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”) + -or, from Latin mināre and Latin minārī "to threaten"
[Noun]
demeanor (countable and uncountable; plural demeanors)
1.the social non-verbal behaviours (such as body language and facial expressions) that characterise a person
The man's demeanor made others suspicious of his intentions.
A confident demeanor is crucial for persuading others.
2.a. 1587, Raphael Holinshed quoting Strabo, Historie of England[1], Book III:
At this present (saith he) certeine princes of Britaine, procuring by ambassadors and dutifull demeanors the amitie of the emperour Augustus, haue offered in the capitoll vnto the gods presents or gifts, and haue ordeined the whole Ile in a manner to be appertinent, proper, and familiar to the Romans.
3.1993, “Interrogation: The Kinesics Technique”, in John J. Fay editor, Encyclopedia of Security Management[2], ISBN 0750696605, page 418:
Demeanors that are apologetic and overly polite are inherently contradictory to demeanors that exhibit fear and anger.
[Synonyms]
- behavior
- comportment
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either
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈiːð.ə(ɹ)/[Adverb]
either (not comparable)
1.(conjunctive, after a negative) as well
I don't like him and I don't like her either.
[Anagrams]
- theire
[Conjunction]
either
1.Introduces the first of two options, the second of which is introduced by "or".
Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room.
[Determiner]
either
1.Each of two. [from 9th c.]
2.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 31:
Her hands, long and beautiful, lay on either side of her face.
3.One or the other of two. [from 14th c.]
4.2006 December 5, Jackie Mason, quoted in “Mason drops lawsuit vs. Jews for Jesus”, USA Today:
You can't be a table and a chair. You're either a Jew or a gentile.
[Etymology]
Old English ǣġhwæþer, from West Germanic, ultimately corresponding to ay + whether
[Pronoun]
either
1.(obsolete) Both, each of two (people or things).
2.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:
Than ayther departed to theire tentis and made hem redy to horsebacke as they thought beste.
3.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.i:
And either vowd with all their power and wit, / To let not others honour be defaste [...].
4.One or other of two people or things.
[See also]
- neither
- nor
- or
[Statistics]
- Most common English words before 1923: girl · during · several · #333: either · whether · city · held
[Synonyms]
- (one or the other):
- (each of two): both, each
- neither
- too
[Usage notes]
- When there are more than two alternatives, "any" is used instead.
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dissatisfy
[[English]]
[Etymology]
dis- + satisfy
[Verb]
dissatisfy (third-person singular simple present dissatisfies, present participle dissatisfying, simple past and past participle dissatisfied)
1.To fail to satisfy.
2.To displease.
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