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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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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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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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- (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]
edit
- overhope
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
editpresumption f (plural presumptions)
1.assumption
[References]
edit
-
- 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]
edit
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]
edit
- OED 2nd edition 1989
[See also]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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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cancel
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkænsl/[Alternative forms]
edit
- cancell (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Anglo-Norman canceler (“to cross out with lines”), from Latin cancellare (“to make resemble a lattice”), from cancelli (“a railing or lattice”), diminutive of cancer (“a lattice”).
[External links]
edit
- Noah Webster (1913), “cancel”, in Noah Porter, editor, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam Company, OCLC 3759349
- “cancel”, in The Century Dictionary, rev. & enl. edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Company, 1911, OCLC 166501216
- cancel at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editcancel (plural cancels)
1.A cancellation (US); (nonstandard in some kinds of English).
1.(Internet) A control message posted to Usenet that serves to cancel a previously posted message.(obsolete) An enclosure; a boundary; a limit.
- Jeremy Taylor
A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit […] desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body.(printing) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages.
[Related terms]
edit
- chancel
- cancellation
- chancellery
- chancellor
- chancery
[Synonyms]
edit
- belay
[Verb]
editcancel (third-person singular simple present cancels, present participle cancelling or (US) canceling, simple past and past participle cancelled or (US) canceled)
1.(transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
2.Blackstone
A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it.
3.(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.
He cancelled his order on their website.
4.1914, Marjorie Benton Cooke, Bambi
"I don't know what your agreement was, Herr Professor, but if it had money in it, cancel it. I want him to learn that lesson, too."
5.(transitive) To mark something (such as a used postage stamp) so that it can't be reused.
This machine cancels the letters that have a valid zip code.
6.(transitive) To offset or equalize something.
The corrective feedback mechanism cancels out the noise.
7.(transitive, mathematics) To remove a common factor from both the numerator and denominator of a fraction, or from both sides of an equation.
8.(transitive, media) To stop production of a programme.
9.(printing, dated) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type.
10.(obsolete) To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude.
11.Milton
cancelled from heaven
12.(slang) To kill.
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predicate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹɛdɪkət/[Alternative forms]
edit
- prædicate (archaic)
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle French predicat (French prédicat), from post-classical Late Latin praedicatum (“thing said of a subject”), a noun use of the neuter past participle of praedicō (“I proclaim”), as Etymology 2, below.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Latin predicātus, perfect passive participle of praedicō (“publish, declare, proclaim”), from prae + dicō (“proclaim, dedicate”), related to dīcō (“say, tell”).
[External links]
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- Noah Webster (1913), “predicate”, in Noah Porter, editor, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam Company, OCLC 3759349
- “predicate”, in The Century Dictionary, rev. & enl. edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Company, 1911, OCLC 166501216
- predicate at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- decrepita, decrepità, deprecati
[Verb]
editpredicate
1.second-person plural present tense and imperative of predicare
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approaches
[[English]]
[Noun]
editapproaches
1.plural of approach
[Verb]
editapproaches
1.third-person singular simple present indicative form of approach
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adherence
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- adhærence (archaic)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia
[Noun]
editadherence (countable and uncountable, plural adherences)
1.A close physical union of two objects.
2.Faithful support for some cause.
3.(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
[See also]
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- compliance
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persuasive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpersuasive (comparative more persuasive, superlative most persuasive)
1.able to persuade; convincing
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuasivus, from Latin past participle stem of persuadere + -ivus
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editpersuasive
1.feminine singular of persuasif
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editpersuasive
1.feminine plural of persuasivo
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scintilla
[[English]]
ipa :/skinˈtilːa/[Etymology]
editExisting in English since the seventeenth century[1]; from Latin scintilla (“sparkling speck, atom”).
[Noun]
editscintilla (plural scintillae or scintillas)
1.A small spark or flash.
2.1890, Philosophical Magazine, page 364,
If the action of the electrodynamic waves is so violent that, even without artificial electrification of the secondary conductor, scintillæ occur in its spark-gap, the aluminium leaves remain almost without change.
3.A small or trace amount.
4.1876 February, John Tyndall, The Controversy on Acoustical Research, Popular Science Monthly,
And, if I except the sagacious remark of General Duane which has been so curtly brushed aside, not a scintilla of light has been cast upon these causes by any researches ever published by the Lighthouse Board of Washington.
5.1878 April, John Tyndall, Illustrations of the Logic of Science IV, Popular Science Monthly,
Now, it may be we have no scintilla of proof to the contrary, but reason is unnecessary in reference to that belief which is of all the most settled, which nobody doubts or can doubt, and which he who should deny would stultify himself in so doing.
6.1990, William J. Brennan, Jr., Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health: Dissent Brennan, United States Supreme Court,
Current medical practice recommends use of heroic measures if there is a scintilla of a chance that the patient will recover, on the assumption that the measures will be discontinued should the patient improve.
[Synonyms]
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- (small amount): see also Wikisaurus:modicum.
[[French]]
[Verb]
editscintilla
1.third-person singular past historic of scintiller
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin scintilla.
[Noun]
editscintilla f (plural scintille)
1.spark
[Verb]
editscintilla
1.third-person singular present of scintillare
2.second-person singular imperative of scintillare
[[Latin]]
ipa :/skinˈtil.la/[Etymology]
editMost likely from Proto-Indo-European *ski-nto-, from *skai-, *ski- (“to gleam, shine”), which is the source of English shine.
[Noun]
editscintilla f (genitive scintillae); first declension
1.spark
2.Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt; Book VI, Chapter III
Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.
A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno.
3.glimmer
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abrasive
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈbɹeɪ.sɪv/[Adjective]
editabrasive (comparative more abrasive, superlative most abrasive)
1.Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface. [First attested in 1805.]
2.Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; causing irritation. [First attested in 1925.]
An abrasive person can grate on one's sensibilities.
Despite her proper upbringing, we found her manners to be terribly abrasive.
[Etymology]
editabrase + -ive
[Noun]
editabrasive (plural abrasives)
1.A substance or material such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
2.(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
[References]
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1.^ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 7
[Related terms]
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- abrasion
- abrasively
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editabrasive
1.feminine singular of abrasif
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editabrasive f pl
1.feminine plural of abrasivo
[Anagrams]
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- bavaresi
- sbaverai
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apart
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈpɑː(ɹ)t/[Adverb]
editapart (comparative more apart, superlative most apart)
1.Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
2.(Can we date this quote?) Milton
Others apart sat on a hill retired.
3.(Can we date this quote?) Ps. iv. 3.
The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.
4.In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently
Consider the two propositions apart.
5.Aside; away.
6.(Can we date this quote?) Jas. i. 21.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.
7.(Can we date this quote?) John Keble
Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.
8.In two or more parts; asunder; to piece
to take a piece of machinery apart.
[Antonyms]
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- together
[Etymology]
editFrom French à part.
[Noun]
editapart
1.Misspelling of a part.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.
[Preposition]
editapart
1.(following its objective complement) apart from.
A handful of examples apart, an English preposition precedes its complement.
[[Dutch]]
[Adjective]
editapart (comparative aparter, superlative apartst)
1.separate
Over het algemeen vindt men vier kleuren in een inkjetprinter. Zwart zit bijna altijd in een aparte cartridge, de andere kleuren kunnen ook in één cartridge zitten.
In general one finds four colors in an inkjet printer. Black is almost always in a separate cartridge, the other colors can also be in a single cartridge.
2.unusual
[Anagrams]
edit
- praat, raapt
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editapart (comparative aparter, superlative apartesten)
1.fancy, distinctive
[Etymology]
editFrom French à part
[External links]
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- apart in Duden online
[[Latvian]]
ipa :[apâɾt][Etymology]
editFrom ap- + art (“to plow”).
[Synonyms]
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- (till land): uzart
- (plow around): art
- noart
- uzart
[Verb]
editapart tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. aparu, apar, apar, past aparu
1.(perfective) to till (land, field) by plowing
apart laukumu, tīrumu — to plow, till the field
apart platu joslu ap dārzu — to plow, till a wide zone around the garden
2.to overturn (an obstacle) while plowing; to overturn (an obstacle) and plow
apart velēnas, rugājus — to plow the turf, stubble (after turning it over)
traktorists ar krūmu arklu apar alkšņus, sīkstus kārklus — the tractor driver plows through alder bushes and tough osiers with the bush plow
3.to cover (e.g., planted potatoes) with earth by plowing around, by deepening the furrows; to furrow
bija jāapar kartupeļi, tie zaļoja kā mežs; lai neiznāktu tikai laksti vien, vajadēja lakstus apmest nedaudz ar zemi - to izdarīja spīļu arkls — it was time to plow around the potatoes, they had grown like a forest; so that not only leaves and stems would come out, it was necessary to throw some earth around them - the jaw plow does that
4.(perfective) to plow around (to change direction around something while plowing; to plow the area around something)
apart ap dārzu — to plow around the garden
art, apart akmenim apkārt — to plow around the stone, rock
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abbreviation
[[English]]
ipa :/əˌbriː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/[Alternative forms]
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- abbr., abbrv., abbrev.
[Etymology]
editFirst attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Late Latin abbreviātiō, from ab (“from”) + abbreviō (“make brief”), from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”).
[Noun]
editabbreviation (plural abbreviations)
1.The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
2.(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as, +, =, @. [Late 16th century.][1]
3.The process of abbreviating. [Mid 16th century.][1]
4.(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
5.(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
6.Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
7.
the phrase "civil rights" is an abbreviation for a whole complex of relationships. - Pres. Truman's comittee on Civil Rights
8.(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
9.(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3
- “abbreviation” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “abbreviation” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "abbreviation" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
[See also]
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- acronym
[Synonyms]
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- (linguistics): abbreviature
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resume
[[English]]
ipa :/rɪˈzjuːm/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Anglo-Norman resumer, Middle French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere (“to take”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom French résumé
[[Danish]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- resumé
[Etymology]
editFrom French résumé, past participle of résumer (“summarize”), from Latin resumere (“to take back”).
[Noun]
editresume n (singular definite resumeet, plural indefinite resumeer)
1.summary (a condensed presentation)
[Synonyms]
edit
- sammenfatning c
- sammendrag n
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- sumere
[Verb]
editresume
1.third-person singular present indicative of resumere
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editresūme
1.second-person singular present active imperative of resūmō
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editresume
1.Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of resumir
2.Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of resumir
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editresume
1.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of resumir.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of resumir.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of resumir.
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羽
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
editSee images of
Radical 124 羽羽 (radical 124 羽+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸一尸戈一 (SMSIM), four-corner 17120, composition ⿰习习 (GTJV) or ⿰⿹𠃌⿰丿丿⿹𠃌⿰丿丿 (K) or ⿰⿹𠃌⿱丿丿⿹𠃌⿱丿丿 (K))
1.feather, plume
2.wings
3.fifth note in the Chinese pentatonic scale or la
4.rad. 124
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/y²¹⁴/[[Japanese]]
ipa :[ha̠ne̞][Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
edit
[Kanji]
editSee also:Category:Japanese terms spelled with 羽羽(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)
1.feathers
2.counter for birds, rabbits
[References]
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1.^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
edit羽 • (u) (hangeul 우, revised u, McCune-Reischauer u, Yale wu)
1.the fifth note in the pentatonic scale; la
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
edit羽 (võ, vũ)
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西
[[Translingual]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- 㢴 (based on the small seal script form of the character)
[Etymology]
editPictogram (象形): a bag or basket, borrowed for phonetic value. Compare 東 (originally "bundle", now "east"). Traditionally explained as a pictogram of a bird settling into its nest, which by analogy with the setting of the sun means "west". This etymology has been disputed[1] but Sagart stands by it.[2]
[Han character]
editSee images of
Radical 146 西西 (radical 146 西+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一金田 (MCW), four-corner 10600)
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/ɕi⁵⁵/[Noun]
edit西
1.west, western
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[niɕi][Kanji]
editSee also:Category:Japanese terms spelled with 西西(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[Noun]
edit西 (hiragana にし, romaji nishi)
1.the west
[Proper noun]
edit西 (hiragana にし, romaji Nishi)
1.A surname.
[References]
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1.^ 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
edit西 • (seo)
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 서 (revised: seo, McCune-Reischauer: sŏ, Yale: se)
- Name (hangeul): 서녘 (revised: seonyeok, McCune-Reischauer: sŏnyŏk, Yale: senyekh)
- Examples
- 서부 西部 (seobu) western (part)
1.This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.
[[Okinawan]]
[Kanji]
edit西 (hiragana いり, romaji iri)
[Noun]
edit西 (hiragana いり, romaji iri)
1.the West
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
edit西 (tây, sài)
- Sơn Tây 山西
- Tây Sơn 西山
- Sài Gòn 西貢
1.This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.
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fail
[[English]]
ipa :/feɪl/[Anagrams]
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- alif, fila
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English failen, from Anglo-Norman faillir, from Vulgar Latin *fallire, alteration of Latin fallere (“to deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰāl- (“to lie, deceive”). Compare Dutch feilen, falen (“to fail, miss”), German fehlen (“to fail, miss, lack”), Danish fejle (“to fail, err”), Swedish fela (“to fail, be wanting, do wrong”), Icelandic feila (“to fail”).
[Etymology 2]
editYou can help Wiktionary by providing a proper etymology.
[References]
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- fail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “fail”, in The Century Dictionary, rev. & enl. edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Company, 1911, OCLC 166501216
- fail at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[Irish]]
ipa :/fˠalʲ/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish foil, from Proto-Celtic *wali-, from Proto-Indo-European *wel-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted”).
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editfail f (genitive singular faile, nominative plural faileanna)
1.ring
2.bracelet
3.wreath
4.sty
[[Malay]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English file.
[Noun]
editfail (plural fail-fail)
1.file (collection of papers)
2.information or a document about someone, something etc.
3.(computing) file (aggregation of data on a storage device)
[Verb]
editfail (used in the form memfailkan)
1.file (commit papers)
2.file (to archive)
3.(computing) file (store computer data)
4.(with untuk) file (make a formal request)
[[Old Irish]]
[Verb]
editfail
1.Alternative form of fil
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shuffle
[[English]]
ipa :-ʌfəl[Etymology]
editOriginally the same word as scuffle, and properly a frequentative of shove.
[Noun]
editshuffle (plural shuffles)
1.The act of shuffling cards.
He made a real mess of the last shuffle.
2.An instance of walking without lifting one's feet.
The sad young girl left with a tired shuffle.
3.(by extension, music) A rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one foot.
4.A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
The gifts of nature are beyond all shame and shuffles. — L'Estrange.
[Synonyms]
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- (walk without picking up one's feet): shamble
[Verb]
editshuffle (third-person singular simple present shuffles, present participle shuffling, simple past and past participle shuffled)
1.To put in a random order.
Don't forget to shuffle the cards.
You shuffle, I'll deal.
The data packets are shuffled before transmission.
I'm going to shuffle all the songs in my playlist.
2.To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
He shuffled out of the room.
I shuffled my feet in embarrassment.
3.Keats
The aged creature came / Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand.
4.1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 4, in The Subtle Minotaur[1]:
The band played ceaselessly. Even when the other instruments were resting the pianist kept up his monotonous vamping, with a dreary furbelow for embellishment here and there, to which some few of the dancers continued to shuffle round the floor.
5.To change; modify the order of something.
6.2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”[2], BBC:
But, rather than make a change up front, Hughes shuffled his defence for this match, replacing Carlos Salcido with Baird, in a move which few would have predicted would prove decisive.
7.To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
8.Shakespeare
I myself, […] hiding mine honour in my necessity, am fain to shuffle.
9.To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
10.Shakespeare
Your life, good master, / Must shuffle for itself.
11.To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another.
to shuffle money from hand to hand
12.To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
13.Dryden
It was contrived by your enemies, and shuffled into the papers that were seiz'd.
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tight
[[English]]
ipa :/taɪt/[Adjective]
edittight (comparative tighter, superlative tightest)
1.Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
tight cloth; a tight knot
1.Unyielding or firm
tight control on a situation
2.Under high tension.
Make sure to pull the rope tight.
3.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess[1]:
The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].
4.2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, Telegraph:
The only negative from a comfortable first-half was the sight of Aston Villa’s Nathan Delfouneso being withdrawn with a tight hamstring after only 11 minutes.
5.(colloquial) Scarce, hard to come by.
I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very tight, but we made do.
6.(colloquial, figuratively) Intimately friendly.
We've grown tighter over the years.
7.(slang, figuratively, usually derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
He's a bit tight with his money.(of a space, design or arrangement) Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
The passageway was so tight we could barely get through.
They flew in a tight formation.
1.Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
a tight coat; My socks are too tight.
2.Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
The mountain pass was made dangerous by its many tight corners.
3.Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
4.1965, MotorBoating, page 145
He reported the hull was tight and secure and did not leak a drop.
5.2014, Ian Black, "Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis", The Guardian, 27 November:
Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.
6.2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
The odd thing was that Sunderland made the better start and showed early signs that they might pose serious problems to the Premier League’s tightest defence.Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
Their marching band is extremely tight.
1.(sports) Not conceding many goals.(slang) Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
We went drinking and got tight.
- 2001, Gaelic Storm, Johnny Tarr (on the album Tree):
Johnny walked into the Castle Bar, looking to get tight.(slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
That is one tight bicycle!(slang, British (regional)) Mean; unfair; unkind.
- 1977, Willy Russell, Our Day Out, Act One, Scene One:
Reilly: Ey, Miss, hang on, hang on... can we come with y', Miss? Can we?
Digga: Go on, Miss, don't be tight, let's come.
- 2001, Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p.244:
"Ah leave him, ay!" goes one of the girls. "Don't be tight." I turns to her. "Don't you think it's tight terrorising old ladies? Ay?"
- 2011, Andrew Hicks, "Thai Girl: A story of the one who said 'no'", unnumbered page:
"That's right ... so even when life's a grind, the Thais keep smiling. They think the farang are a miserable lot who have to get drunk to enjoy themselves."
"Dutch, that's tight mate, I mean what's wrong with getting pissed. When you're not working, you gotta have a good time," said Darren.(obsolete) Not ragged; whole; neat; tidy.
- John Evelyn (1620-1706)
clad very plain, but clean and tight
- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
I'll spin and card, and keep our children tight.
- 1907, Robert W. Chambers, chapter IX, The Younger Set:
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband […] from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.(obsolete) Handy; adroit; brisk.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)(poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.(poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
[Adverb]
edittight (comparative more tight, superlative most tight)
1.Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
Make sure the lid is closed tight.
2.Soundly.
Good night, sleep tight.
[Antonyms]
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- (pushed/pulled together): baggy (of clothing or other material), loose, sagging, saggy, slack
- (narrow): broad, capacious, open, roomy, spacious, wide
- (under high tension): loose, relaxed, slack
- (well-rehearsed and accurate): slack, slapdash, sloppy
- (slang: extraordinarily great or special): crap, naff, pathetic, rubbishedit
- (firmly): loosely
- (soundly): badly, fitfully
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English thight, thiht, from Old English *þīht, *þiht (attested in meteþiht) and Old Norse þéttr, both from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tenkt- (“dense, thick, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, pull”). Cognate with Scots ticht, West Frisian ticht, Danish tæt, Norwegian tett, tjett, Swedish tät, Dutch dicht (“dense”), German dicht (“dense”).
[Synonyms]
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- (pushed/pulled together): close, serried (of ranks), tight-fitting (of clothes)
- (narrow): narrow
- (under high tension): taut, tense, under tension
- (well-rehearsed and accurate): polished, precise
- (intimately friendly): close, close-knit, intimate
- (slang: intoxicated): See also Wikisaurus:drunk
- (slang: extraordinarily great or special): ace, cool, fab, rad, slickedit
- (firmly): fast, firmly, securely
- (soundly): soundly, well
[Verb]
edittight (third-person singular simple present tights, present participle tighting, simple past and past participle tighted)
1.(obsolete) To tighten.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English
[Noun]
edittight m (invariable)
1.morning suit, morning dress
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driveway
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editdrive + way
[Noun]
editWikipedia has an article on:drivewayWikipediadriveway (plural driveways)
1.(Britain) and (US) Short private road that leads to a house or garage; (Britain) also: drive
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befor
[[English]]
[Preposition]
editbefor
1.Misspelling of before.
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excuse
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪkˈskjuːz/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English excusen, from Old French escuser, from Latin excūsō (“to excuse, allege in excuse, literally, free from a charge”), from ex (“out”) + causa (“a charge”); see cause and accuse.
[External links]
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- excuse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “excuse”, in The Century Dictionary, rev. & enl. edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Company, 1911, OCLC 166501216
[Noun]
editexcuse (countable and uncountable, plural excuses)
1.(countable, uncountable) Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment.
2.1604-11, Bible (King James Version), Luke: XIV:18
And they all with one consent began to make excuse.
Tell me why you were late – and I don't want to hear any excuses!
3.(law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
4.(with negative adjective prepositioned, especially sorry or poor) An example.
That thing is a poor excuse for a gingerbread man. Hasn't anyone taught you how to bake?
He's a sorry excuse of a doctor.
[Synonyms]
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- (to release from guilt, shame, or punishment): forgive, let off the hook, let pass, pardon, unguiltedit
- (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment): pretext
[Verb]
editexcuse (third-person singular simple present excuses, present participle excusing, simple past and past participle excused)
1.(transitive) To forgive; to pardon.
I excused him his transgressions.
2.Shakespeare
I must excuse what cannot be amended.
3.Archbishop Sharp
A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practising it, if really and indeed it be against God's law.
4.(transitive) To allow to leave.
May I be excused from the table?
I excused myself from the proceedings to think over what I'd heard.
5.(transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
You know he shouldn't have done it, so don't try to excuse his behavior!
6.To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
7.Bible, 2. Corinthians xii. 19
Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you?
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛks.kyːz/[Etymology]
editFrom excuser.
[External links]
edit
- “excuse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editexcuse f (plural excuses)
1.excuse
[Verb]
editexcuse
1.first-person singular present indicative of excuser
2.third-person singular present indicative of excuser
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of excuser
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of excuser
5.second-person singular imperative of excuser
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editexcūse
1.vocative masculine singular of excūsus
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editexcuse
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of excusar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of excusar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of excusar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of excusar.
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unqualified
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunqualified (comparative more unqualified, superlative most unqualified)
1.Not qualified, ineligible, unfit for a position or task.
His lack of a high school diploma renders him unqualified for the job.
2.Not elaborated upon, undescribed.
Her cooking ability, while mentioned, was unqualified by her.
[Antonyms]
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- (not qualified): qualified, eligible, competent
- (not elaborated upon): qualified, described
[Etymology]
editun- + qualified.
[Synonyms]
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- ineligible
- undescribed
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vitality
[[English]]
ipa :/vaɪˈtælɪti/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.
[Noun]
editvitality (plural vitalities)
1.The capacity to live and develop.
2.Energy or vigour.
3.That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.
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foreclose
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌfɔːˈkləʊz/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English foreclosen, forclosen, from Old French forclos, past participle of forclore (“to exclude”), from for + clore (“to shut”). Some senses originated from or were influenced by Middle English forclusen (“to close up”), from Old English forclȳsan (“to close up”), equivalent to for- + close.
[Verb]
editforeclose (third-person singular simple present forecloses, present participle foreclosing, simple past and past participle foreclosed)
1.(transitive) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments.
They have to move out of their house because the bank foreclosed on their mortgage.
2.(transitive) To cut off (a mortgager) by a judgment of court from the power of redeeming the mortgaged premises.
3.(transitive) To prevent from doing something.
4.(transitive) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.
5.Carew
The embargo with Spain foreclosed this trade.
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terry
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɛɹi/[Anagrams]
edit
- retry
[Noun]
editterry (countable and uncountable, plural terries)
1.A type of coarse cotton fabric covered in many small raised loops that is used to make towels, bathrobes and some types of nappy/diaper.
[Synonyms]
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- terrycloth
- terry cloth
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Terry
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛɹi[Alternative forms]
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- (female name): Teri, Terri, Terrie
[Anagrams]
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- retry
[Proper noun]
editTerry
1.A patronymic surname from the medieval Norman given name Thierry, a cognate of the English Derek.
2.A male given name transferred back from the surname, or a diminutive of Terence or of any of its alternative forms.
3.A female given name, diminutive of Teresa or any of its alternative forms.
4.Any of several towns in the United States.
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individual
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəl/[Adjective]
editindividual (comparative more individual, superlative most individual)
1.Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
2.2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.
3.Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
individual personal pension; individual cream cakes
[Alternative forms]
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- individuall (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
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- (relating to a single person or thing): collective
- (intended for a single person or thing): group, joint, shared
[Etymology]
editFrom Medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of individuus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + dividuus (“divisible”), from divido (“divide”).
[Noun]
editindividual (plural individuals)
1.A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
He is an unusual individual.
2.(law) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
3.1982, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination […].
4.An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
5.2006, Steven French, “Identity and Individuality in Quantum Theory”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy[1]:
It is typically held that chairs, trees, rocks, people and many of the so-called ‘everyday’ objects we encounter can be regarded as individuals.
6.2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
7.(statistics) An element belonging to a population.
[Statistics]
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- Most common English words before 1923: silent · takes · honour · #806: individual · girls · wall · cry
[Synonyms]
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- (relating to a single person or thing): single, selfstanding
- (intended for a single person or thing): personal, single
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
editindividual m, f (masculine and feminine plural individuals)
1.individual
[[Galician]]
[Adjective]
editindividual m, f (plural individuais)
1.individual
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editindividual m, f (plural individuais, comparable)
1.individual
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editindividual m, f (plural individuales)
1.individual
[Noun]
editindividual m (plural individuales)
1.place mat
[Related terms]
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- individuo
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bewerben
[[German]]
[Etymology]
editbe- + werben
[External links]
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- bewerben in Duden online
[Verb]
editbewerben (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present bewirbt, past tense bewarb, past participle beworben, past subjunctive bewürbe, auxiliary haben)
1.(reflexive) to apply
Nach seinem Abschluss an der Universität bewarb sich der Absolvent sofort um eine Stelle beim Autokonzern.
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Jahrgangs
[[German]]
[Noun]
editJahrgangs
1.genitive singular of Jahrgang
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Konservatorium
[[German]]
[External links]
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- Konservatorium in Duden online
[Noun]
editKonservatorium n (genitive Konservatoriums, plural Konservatorien)
1.(school of music) conservatory
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konservatorium
[[Danish]]
[Etymology]
edit
[Noun]
editkonservatorium n (singular definite konservatoriumet, plural indefinite konservatoriumer)
1.A conservatory, a conservatoire, a school of music or drama.
[Synonyms]
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- musikkonservatorium
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studium
[[Czech]]
[External links]
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- studium in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- studium in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editstudium n
1.study (mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning)
[[Danish]]
ipa :/sdudjɔm/[Alternative forms]
edit
- studie
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin studium (“study, eagerness”).
[Noun]
editstudium n (singular definite studiet, plural indefinite studier)
1.a studyInflection[edit]Inflection of studium
[See also]
edit
- studie-
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈstu.di.um/[Etymology]
editFrom studeō.
[Noun]
editstudium n (genitive studiī); second declension
1.study
2.eagerness, zeal
3.desire, fancy
4.pursuit
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin studium and Old Norse studium
[Noun]
editstudium n (definite singular studiet, indefinite plural studier, definite plural studia or studiene)
1.a study (of something)
[References]
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- “studium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
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- studie
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin studium and Old Norse studium
[Noun]
editstudium n (definite singular studiet, indefinite plural studium, definite plural studia)
1.a study (of something)
[References]
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- “studium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
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- studie
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editstudium n
1.study (e.g. my study of Latin, my studies at the university)
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