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shepard
[[English]]
[Noun]
editshepard
1.Misspelling of shepherd.
[Verb]
editshepard
1.Misspelling of shepherd.
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Shepard
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editShepard
1.Alternative form of Shepherd
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0
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residuum
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɛˈzɪ.dju.ʌm/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin residuum.
[Noun]
editresiduum (plural residuums or residua)
1.The residue, remainder or rest of something
2.(chemistry) The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue.
3.(fuzzy logic) A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to [0,1] which is defined in terms of the t-norm as follows: , where denotes the t-norm function and denotes the supremum.
The residuum of the minimum t-norm is a function such that
4.(law) The residue of an estate
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editresiduum
1.nominative neuter singular of residuus
2.accusative masculine singular of residuus
3.accusative neuter singular of residuus
4.vocative neuter singular of residuus
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99
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
edit99 (previous 98, next 100) 99
1.the number ninety-nine
[[English]]
[Noun]
edit99 (plural 99s)
1.(Britain, Ireland) An ice cream cone with a Cadbury's Flake (stick of chocolate) inserted into the ice cream.
2.For usage examples of this term, see Citations:99.
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0
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postmaster
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- team sports
[Etymology]
editpost + master
[Noun]
editpostmaster (plural postmasters)
1.The head of a post office.
2.(Internet) The administrator of an electronic mail system.
3.(Britain) A kind of scholar at Merton College, Oxford; portionist.
4.(archaic) One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travellers; one who supplies post horses.
0
0
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propound
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom the Middle English proponen (“to put forward”), from Latin proponere (“to put forward”), from pro- (“before”) + ponere (“to put”).
[See also]
edit
- exhort
- profess
[Verb]
editpropound (third-person singular simple present propounds, present participle propounding, simple past and past participle propounded)
1.To put forward; to offer for discussion or debate.
2.2005, Plato, Lesley Brown (translator), Sophist, 243b:
Each school propounds its own theory without having given any thought to whether we are following what they say or getting left behind.
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halation
[[English]]
ipa :/həˈleɪʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom halo + -ation.
[Noun]
edithalation (countable and uncountable, plural halations)
1.The action of light surrounding some object as if making a halo.
2.1912, William Hope Hodgson, The Derelict,
She was, as you know, to the west-ward of us, and the sunset was making a great flame of red light to the back of her, so that she showed a little blurred and indistinct by reason of the halation of the light, which almost defeated the eye in any attempt to see her rotting spars and standing rigging, submerged, as they were, in the fiery glory of the sunset.
3.The blurring of light around a bright area of a photographic image, or on a television screen.
4.1901, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., Anthony's photographic bulletin for ..., Volume 32, page 358,
As the result of a series of experiments on halation carried out with backed and unbacked plates, ordinary film and stripping film, Ernest Marriage concludes that there are two varieties of halation, one due to reflection from the support and the other due to spreading of the light in the film.
5.1917, Photographers' Association of California, Camera craft, Volume 24, page 81,
Halation, properly speaking, is the reflection and diffusion, within the film, from the lighter areas to the adjacent darker ones.
6.1922, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Coming of the Fairies,
Among other interesting and weighty opinions, which were in general agreement with our contentions, was one by Mr. H. A. Staddon of Goodmayes, a gentleman who had made a particular hobby of fakes in photography. His report is too long and too technical for inclusion, but, under the various headings of composition, dress, development, density, lighting, poise, texture, plate, atmosphere, focus, halation, he goes very completely into the evidence, coming to the final conclusion that when tried by all these tests the chances are not less than 80 per cent. in favour of authenticity.
7.1954, Photography, Theory and Practice, Pitman, page 173,
Halation can be prevented or diminished by using an absorbing layer between the sensitive emulsion and the support (anti-halo undercoat) or on the back of the support (anti-halo backing).
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including
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/[Preposition]
editincluding
1.Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.
2.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.
All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give.
1.(rare, perhaps nonstandard) Introducing a finite clause.
2.2006 March 27, John Whiting (of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC), transcribed in The 2006 Budget: Fourth Report of [United Kingdom House of Commons Treasury Committee] Session 2005-06, Volume II, ISBN 978-0-215-02857-0, page 20:
I have always argued that it is one that deserves a thorough-going policy review, which might come to all sorts of conclusions, including it is doing what the Government of the day wants it to.
[Verb]
editincluding
1.present participle of include
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20236
aforethought
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈfɔː.θɔːt/[Adjective]
editaforethought (not comparable)
1.(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
This was not merely wrong; it was clearly done with malice aforethought.
[Etymology]
editFrom afore- + thought.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (premeditated): planned, premeditated
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0
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guilt
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡɪlt/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English gilt, gult, from Old English gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”), of obscure origin. Perhaps connected with Old English ġieldan (“to yield, pay, pay for, reward, requite, render, worship, serve, sacrifice to, punish”). See yield.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English gilten, gylten, from Old English gyltan (“to commit sin, be guilty”), from gylt (“guilt, sin, offense, crime, fault”).
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ps
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editps
1.(metrology) Symbol for the picosecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10−12 seconds.
[[English]]
[Initialism]
editps
1.Alternative form of PS (post scriptum).
[Noun]
editps
1.plural of p
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0
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anticipa
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
editanticipa
1.third-person singular present indicative form of anticipar
2.second-person singular imperative form of anticipar
[[French]]
[Verb]
editanticipa
1.third-person singular past historic of anticiper
[[Ido]]
[Adjective]
editanticipa
1.anticipated
[Synonyms]
edit
- anticipita
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- capitani, panicati, panicità
[Verb]
editanticipa
1.third-person singular present indicative of anticipare
2.second-person singular imperative of anticipare
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editanticipā
1.first-person singular present active imperative of anticipō
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editanticipa
1.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of anticipar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of anticipar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of anticipar.
0
0
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20253
嫌疑
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/[Noun]
edit嫌疑
1.suspicion (the state of being suspected)
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嫌
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
edit嫌 (radical 38 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女廿X金 (VTXC), four-corner 48437, composition ⿰女兼)
1.hate, detest
2.suspect
3.criticize
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/[Definitions]
edit嫌
1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
[[Japanese]]
[Adjectival noun]
edit嫌 (-na inflection, hiragana いや, romaji iya)
1.disagreeable, unpleasant
2.unpleasant, disgusting, offensive
ぞっとするほど嫌 (いや)な目 (め)に合 (あ)った。
Zotto suru hodo iya na me ni atta.
It was shockingly abhorrent.
[Kanji]
editSee also:Category:Japanese terms spelled with 嫌嫌(common “Jōyō” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
edit嫌 • (hyeom) (hangeul 혐, revised hyeom, McCune-Reischauer hyŏm)싫어할 혐, Reading : Hyeom, Meaning : Dislike(싫어하다, Shiruh-Hada) Commonly use with 惡 as 嫌惡(혐오, Hyeo-Mo) as a none, adjective or verb to express great dislike or hatredEg) 난 그것을 혐오한다. Nan Gogutsul Hyeomo-handa. I dislike it
1.This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
edit嫌 (hiềm, hem, hèm)
1.This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.
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0
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inquiry
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈkwaɪəɹi/[Alternative forms]
edit
- enquiry
[Etymology]
editMiddle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inquīrō. Later respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling.
[Noun]
editinquiry (plural inquiries)
1.The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
2.Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.
Scientific inquiry
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0
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cicero
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom its use in Pannartz and Sweynheim's 1467 Roman edition of Cicero's Epistulae ad Familiares ("Letters to My Friends").[1]
[Noun]
editcicero (plural ciceros)
1.(typography, Continental printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
[References]
edit
1.^ Elsevier's Dictionary of the Printing and Allied Industries, "2827 cicero".
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without fail
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editwithout fail
1.(idiomatic) certainly; by all means; as a matter of importance
You will report to the police every week without fail.
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0
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20269
IMHO
[[English]]
[Phrase]
editIMHO
1.(Internet) Initialism of in my humble opinion.
2.(Internet) Initialism of in my honest opinion.
0
0
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factfinder
[[English]]
[Noun]
editfactfinder (plural factfinders)
1.One who finds facts.
2.(law) In a legal proceeding, the person or persons given the task of weighing all evidence presented and determining the facts of the case in light of that evidence; the jury, or where there is no jury, the judge.
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0
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retributive
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɹɪ.ˈtrɪ.bju.tɪv/[Adjective]
editretributive (comparative more retributive, superlative most retributive)
1.Relating to retribution; retaliatory.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editretributive
1.Feminine plural form of retributivo
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imputation
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪm.pjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French imputation, from Latin imputatio
[Noun]
editimputation (plural imputations)
1.The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
2.That which has been imputed or charged.
3.Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
4.(theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.
5.Opinion; intimation; hint.
[References]
edit
- “imputation”, in The Century Dictionary, New York: The Century Co., 1911
- imputation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[[French]]
[Noun]
editimputation f (plural imputations)
1.imputation
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Lexis
[[Norman]]
[Proper noun]
editLexis m
1.A male given name, equivalent of English Alexis.
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american
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/aˌme.riˈkan/[Adjective]
editamerican 4 nom/acc forms
1.American
[Noun]
editamerican m (plural americani, feminine equivalent americancă)
1.an American man
[[Venetian]]
[Adjective]
editamerican m (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americani, feminine plural americane)
1.American
[Synonyms]
edit
- merican
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0
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promoter
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊtə(ɹ)[Anagrams]
edit
- Portmore
- premotor
- protomer
[Noun]
editpromoter (plural promoters)
1.One who promotes, particularly with respect to entertainment events or goods.
2.(genetics) The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.
3.An accelerator of catalysis that is not itself a catalyst.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Verb]
editpromoter
1.imperative of promotere
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solicited
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- idiolects
[Verb]
editsolicited
1.simple past tense and past participle of solicit
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solicite
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
editsolicite
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of solicitar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of solicitar
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editsōlicite
1.vocative masculine singular of sōlicitus
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editsolicite
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of solicitar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of solicitar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of solicitar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of solicitar
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editsolicite
1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of solicitar.
2.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of solicitar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of solicitar.
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0
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headnotes
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- headstone
[Noun]
editheadnotes pl
1.plural of headnote
0
0
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interrupted
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪntəˈɹʌptɪd/[Verb]
editinterrupted
1.simple past tense and past participle of interrupt
0
0
2016/05/06 17:14
20292
usage
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈjuːsɪd͡ʒ/[Anagrams]
edit
- agues, gause
[Etymology]
editFrom Anglo-Norman and Old French usage.
[Noun]
editusage (plural usages)
1.The manner or the amount of using; use
2.Habit or accepted practice
3.(lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis.
1.Correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority.
2.Geographic, social, or temporal restrictions on the use of words.
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- auges, sauge, suage
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin ūsus (Medieval Latin usagium) + suffix -age.
[External links]
edit
- “usage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editusage m (plural usages)
1.usage, use
2.(lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are actually used, determined by a lexicographer's intuition or from corpus analysis (as opposed to correct or proper use of language, proclaimed by some authority).
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
editusage m (plural usages)
1.habit; custom
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
editusage m (oblique plural usages, nominative singular usages, nominative plural usage)
1.usage; use
2.habit; custom
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unfortunate
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnˈfɔːtjʊnət/[Adjective]
editunfortunate (comparative more unfortunate, superlative most unfortunate)
1.not favored by fortune
2.marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune
[Antonyms]
edit
- (not favored by fortune): fortunate
- (accompanied by or resulting in misfortune): fortunate, lucky
[Noun]
editunfortunate (plural unfortunates)
1.An unlucky person.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (not favored by fortune): unsuccessful
- (accompanied by or resulting in misfortune): unlucky
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reliability
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editreliable + -ity
[Noun]
editreliability (usually uncountable, plural reliabilities)
1.The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.
2.In education - the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).
3.In engineering - measurable time of work before failure
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0
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solemnization
[[English]]
[Noun]
editsolemnization (countable and uncountable, plural solemnizations)
1.The performance of a ceremony (in an appropriate and solemn manner), such as performing a marriage.
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0
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boolean
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editboolean (not comparable)
1.Alternative letter-case form of Boolean
[Noun]
editboolean (plural booleans)
1.Alternative letter-case form of Boolean
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Boolean
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbuːl.i.ən/[Adjective]
editBoolean (not comparable)
1.Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.
2.(logic, computing) Pertaining to data items that can have “true” and “false” (or, equivalently, 1 and 0 respectively) as their only possible values and to operations on such values.
[Etymology]
editBoole + -ean, after English mathematician, philosopher and logician George Boole (1815–1864).
[Noun]
editBoolean (plural Booleans)
1.(logic, computing) A variable that can hold a single true/false (1/0) value.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (Boolean variable): flag, bool
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recalcitrant
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪ.ˈkæl.sɪ.tɹənt/[Adjective]
editrecalcitrant (comparative more recalcitrant, superlative most recalcitrant)
1.Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
2.1908, Edith Wharton, "In Trust" in The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories:
His nimble fancy was recalcitrant to mental discipline.
3.1914, P. G. Wodehouse, "Death at the Excelsior":
There was something in her manner so reminiscent of the school teacher reprimanding a recalcitrant pupil that Mr. Snyder's sense of humor came to his rescue.
4.1959 June 8, "Kenya: The Hola Scandal," Time:
Kenya's official "Cowan Plan," named after a colonial prison administrator, decreed that recalcitrant prisoners "be manhandled to the site and forced to carry out the task."
5.Unwilling to cooperate socially.
6.Difficult to deal with or to operate.
7.2003, Robert G. Wetzel, Solar radiation as an ecosystem modulator, in E. Walter Helbling, Horacio Zagarese (editors), UV Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems, page 13:
The more labile organic constituents of complex dissolved and particulate organic matter are commonly hydrolyzed and metabolized more rapidly than more recalcitrant organic compounds that are less accessible enzymatically.
8.2004, Derek W. Urwin, Germany: From Geographical Expression to Regional Accommodation, in Michael Keating (editor), Regions and Regionalism in Europe, page 47:
The Hansa had no legal status, independent finances or a common institutional framework, while the major weapon against recalcitrant members (or opponents) was the threat of embargo.
9.2006, Janet Pierrehumbert, Syllable structure and word structure: a study of triconsonantal clusters in English, in Patricia A. Keating (editor), Phonological Structure and Phonetic Form, page 179:
Particularly recalcitrant examples which made it impossible to remove actual words while maintaining the balance of the set were resolved by altering a consonant in the base word to create a new base form.
10.2010, Brian J. Hall, John C. Hall, Sauer's Manual of Skin Diseases, page 251:
However, when a clinician is faced with a more recalcitrant case, it is important to remember to ask the patient whether psychological, social, or occupational stress might be contributing to the activity of the skin disorder.
11.2014 May 11, Ivan Hewett, “Piano Man: a Life of John Ogdon by Charles Beauclerk, review: A new biography of the great British pianist whose own genius destroyed him [print version: A colossus off-key, 10 May 2014, p. R27]”[1], The Daily Telegraph (Review):
The temptation is to regard him [John Ogdon] as an idiot savant, a big talent bottled inside a recalcitrant body and accompanied by a personality that seems not just unremarkable, but almost entirely blank.
12.(botany, of seed, pollen, spores) Not viable for an extended period; damaged by drying or freezing.
[Antonyms]
edit
- (stubbornly unwilling to obey authority): compliant, obedient
- (difficult to operate or deal with): amenable, cooperative, eager
- (not viable for long period): orthodox
[Etymology]
editFrom French récalcitrant, from Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrantis, present participle of recalcitrō, recalcitrāre (“be disobedient, kick back [as a horse]”), from calx (“heel”).
[Noun]
editrecalcitrant (plural recalcitrants)
1.A person who is recalcitrant.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (stubbornly unwilling to obey authority): argumentative, disobedient
- (difficult to operate or deal with): stubborn, unruly
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editrecalcitrant
1.third-person plural present active indicative of recalcitrō
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give rise to
[[English]]
[Verb]
editgive rise to (third-person singular simple present gives rise to, present participle giving rise to, simple past gave rise to, past participle given rise to)
1.To be the origin of; to produce; to result in.
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example
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪɡˈzɑːmpəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- exempla
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English example, from Old French essample (French exemple), from Latin exemplum (“a sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out (as a sample)”), from eximō (“take out”), from ex (“out”) + emō (“buy; acquire”); see exempt. Compare ensample, sample, exemplar. Displaced native Middle English bisne, forbus, forbusen (“example, model, template, exemplar”) (from Old English bīsen, forebīsen, forebȳsen (“example, model, template, exemplar”)) and Middle English byspel (“example, proverb”) (from Old English bīspel).
[External links]
edit
- example in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “example”, in The Century Dictionary, New York: The Century Co., 1911
[Noun]
editexample (plural examples)
1.Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
2.2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.
3.Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
4.2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
Plant breeding is always a numbers game. […] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe.
5.Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
6.Bible, John xiii, 15
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
7.John Milton
I gave, thou sayest, the example; I led the way.
8.1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, Chapter 4:
Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, […]
9.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. […] Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.
10.A person punished as a warning to others.
11.William Shakespeare
Hang him; he'll be made an example.
12.Bible, 1 Corinthians x, 6
Now these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
13.A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
14.William Shakespeare
Such temperate order in so fierce a cause / Doth want example.
15.An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
[Statistics]
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- Most common English words before 1923: q · greatly · floor · #982: example · class · century · sorry
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Wikisaurus:model
- See also Wikisaurus:exemplar
[Verb]
editexample (third-person singular simple present examples, present participle exampling, simple past and past participle exampled)
1.To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
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spoliation
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- isopointal, positional
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin spoliatio
[Noun]
editspoliation (plural spoliations)
1.The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
2.1852, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 1:
In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good.
3.Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
4.(law) The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect.
[References]
edit
- “spoliation”, in The Century Dictionary, New York: The Century Co., 1911
- spoliation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[[French]]
[Noun]
editspoliation f (plural spoliations)
1.spoliation
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punctu
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
editpunctū
1.ablative singular of punctus
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revocation
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French revocacion, from Latin revocationem (accusative of revocatio)
[Noun]
editWikipedia has an article on:revocationWikipediarevocation (plural revocations)
1.An act or instance of revoking.
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denial
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈnaɪ.əl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Aldine, alined, Daniel, daniel, deal in, dealin', enlaid, inlead, lead-in, nailed
[Noun]
editdenial (plural denials)
1.(logic) The negation in logic.
The denial of "There might be X" is the null, "False, there is no X."
2.A refusal to comply with a request.
Every time we asked for an interview we got a denial.
3.An assertion of untruth.
The singer has issued a sweeping denial of all the rumors.
4.Refusal to believe a problem exists
5.2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.
We couldn't break through his denial about being alcoholic.
6.(dated, psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
7.2007 Feb. 11, "No facts, just emotion," Washington Times (retrieved 11 June 2013):
"Denial" came out of the therapyspeak prevalent in the middle of the 20th century, especially as it was applied to confronting the reality of mortality. It was popularized as the first stage of grief, and quickly expanded to include refusal to confront any bad news or disturbing ideas.
He is in denial that he has a drinking problem.
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dangerousness
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editdangerous + -ness
[Noun]
editdangerousness (uncountable)
1.The state or quality of being dangerous.
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deny
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈnaɪ/[Anagrams]
edit
- dyne
- E.D.N.Y.
[Antonyms]
edit
- (not allow): allow
- (assert something is true): confirm, affirm
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“no, not”).
[Synonyms]
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- (assert something is not true): gainsay, contradict, withsay, withnay
[Verb]
editdeny (third-person singular simple present denies, present participle denying, simple past and past participle denied)
1.(transitive) To not allow.
I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
2.1847, Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey Chapter XVI
'Do! pray do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it.
3.(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
I deny that I was at the party.
Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.
4.2011 November 1, James Robinson and Lisa O'Carroll, “Phone hacking: NoW warned about 'culture of illegal information access'”[1], The Guardian:
But Myler and Crone told the committee in September that they had made Murdoch aware at the 10 June 2008 meeting that hacking was not restricted to a single journalist. They claimed this was the reason Murdoch agreed to settle the Taylor's case. James Murdoch subsequently wrote to the committee to deny this.
5.(transitive) To disallow
6.(transitive) to refuse to give or grant something to someone
My father denied me a good education.
7.J. Edwards
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
8.2008 April 12, “Mother denied daughter's organs”[2], BBC:
A mother who urgently needs a kidney transplant has branded the system which denied her the organs of her dying daughter as "ridiculous".
9.(sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
10.2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”[3], BBC Sport:
Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.
11.To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
12.Bancroft
the falsehood of denying his opinion
13.Keble
thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved
14.(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).
15.Shakespeare
if you deny to dance
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menace
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɛnɪs/[Etymology 1]
editFirst attested ante 1300: from the Old French manace, menace, from the Latin minācia, from minax (“threatening”), from minor (“I threaten”).
[Etymology 2]
editFirst attested in 1303: from the Old French menacer, manecier, manechier and the Anglo-Norman manasser, from the assumed Vulgar Latin *mināciāre, from the Latin minācia, whence the noun.
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin minācia < minax.
[External links]
edit
- “menace” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editmenace f (plural menaces)
1.threat
[Verb]
editmenace
1.first-person singular present indicative of menacer
2.third-person singular present indicative of menacer
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of menacer
4.first-person singular present subjunctive of menacer
5.second-person singular imperative of menacer
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overrule
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom over- + rule.
[Verb]
editoverrule (third-person singular simple present overrules, present participle overruling, simple past and past participle overruled)
1.(transitive) To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
2.(transitive) To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter.
3.Clarendon
His passion and animosity overruled his conscience.
4.(transitive) To nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.
The line judge signalled the ball was in, but this was overruled by the umpire.
5.(transitive, law) To dismiss or throw out (a protest or objection) at a court.
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
editoverrule
1.first-person singular present indicative of overrulen
2.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of overrulen
3.imperative of overrulen
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recorded
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editrecorded (not comparable)
1.that has been recorded
Recorded music comes in many forms.
[Verb]
editrecorded
1.simple past tense and past participle of record
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pures
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editpures
1.feminine plural of pur
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
editpures c
1.genitive singular indefinite of pure
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editpures
1.feminine plural of pur
[Anagrams]
edit
- peurs
- repus
- rupes
- super
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editpures
1.inflected form of pur
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈpuː.reːs/[Noun]
editpūrēs
1.nominative plural of pūs
2.accusative plural of pūs
3.vocative plural of pūs
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presumption
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French presumption, from Old French presumption, from Late Latin praesumptionem, accusative singular of praesumptio.
[Noun]
editpresumption (plural presumptions)
1.the act of presuming, or something presumed
2.De Quincey
in contradiction to these very plausible presumptions
3.the belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true
The presumption is that an event has taken place.
4.the condition upon which something is presumed
5.(dated) arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect
6.Shakespeare
Thy son I killed for his presumption.
7.Dryden
I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece.
[Synonyms]
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- overhope
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
editpresumption f (plural presumptions)
1.assumption
[References]
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-
- presomption on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editFirst known attestation circa 1180 in Anglo-Norman as presumpsion. Borrowing from Latin praesumptiō[1].
[Noun]
editpresumption f (oblique plural presumptions, nominative singular presumption, nominative plural presumptions)
1.(often law) presumption (something which is presumed)
[References]
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1.^ (fr)(de) praesumptiō in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (presumpcion, supplement)
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predication
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editMiddle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicātiō, from praedicō.
[Noun]
editpredication (plural predications)
1.A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
2.An assertion or affirmation.
3.1965 June 4, Shigeyuki Kuroda, “Generative grammatical studies in the Japanese language”, in DSpace@MIT[1], retrieved 2014-02-24:
It can be immediately observed from these sentences that the English subject of a predication is translated in Japanese with a wa-phrase, while the subject of a nonpredicational description appears as a ga-phrase.
4.(logic) The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.
5.(computing) The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.
[References]
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- OED 2nd edition 1989
[See also]
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- prediction
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adapter
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈdaptə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- adaptor
[Anagrams]
edit
- readapt
[Etymology]
editFrom adapt + -er.
[Noun]
editadapter (plural adapters)
1.One who is capable of adapting well to differing situations.
He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
2.One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
3.A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
4.2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”[1], The New York Times:
Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.
1.Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.
2.Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.
3.Specifically, an AC-adaptor: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
I lost my cellphone's adaptor so I couldn't recharge it.
[[French]]
ipa :/a.dap.te/[Anagrams]
edit
- dérapât
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin adaptare, from ad + aptare (“to fit”).
[External links]
edit
- “adapter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Verb]
editadapter
1.(transitive) to adapt
2.(reflexive, s'adapter) to adapt oneself or itself
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editadapter
1.first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adaptō
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowing from Latin adaptō.
[References]
edit
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (adapter, supplement)
[Verb]
editadapter
1.to adapt
[[Polish]]
ipa :[aˈdap.tɛr][External links]
edit
- adapter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editadapter m inan
1.gramophone
2.adapter (device for connecting different appliances or parts)
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granted
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɹæntɪd/[Adverb]
editgranted (not comparable)
1.Used to concede a point, often before stating some contrasting information.
He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.
"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."
[Anagrams]
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- dragnet
[Preposition]
editgranted
1.used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument
Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.
[See also]
edit
- take for granted
[Synonyms]
edit
- (used to mark the premise of an argument): given
[Verb]
editgranted
1.simple past tense and past participle of grant
2.Given, awarded.
He was granted a patent on his invention.
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