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smart TV
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom smart + TV.
[Noun]
editsmart TV (plural smart TVs)
1.A television with integrated Internet features.
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louden
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlaʊdn̩/[Anagrams]
edit
- edunol, louned, nodule
[Etymology]
editFrom loud + -en.
[Verb]
editlouden (third-person singular simple present loudens, present participle loudening, simple past and past participle loudened)
1.To become louder.
2.1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, p. 167:
The shouts of the bookies were now loudening outside in the sunlight, and when I'd slipped on my raincoat we went out to see what we could of the Light Weight Race.
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qualitative
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkwɑl.ɪˌteɪ.tɪv/[Adjective]
editqualitative (comparative more qualitative, superlative most qualitative)
1.Of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity.
2.(chemistry) Of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound.
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin (or Medieval Latin) quālitātīvus.
[Noun]
editqualitative (plural qualitatives)
1.Something qualitative.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editqualitative
1.feminine singular of qualitatif
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editqualitative
1.inflection of qualitativ:
1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2.strong nominative/accusative plural
3.weak nominative all-gender singular
4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editqualitative
1.feminine plural of qualitativo
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Read
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- 'eard, DARE, Dare, Dear, Rade, Reda, ared, dare, dear, rade
[Proper noun]
editRead
1.A surname, from Old English, a less common spelling variant of Reid.
2.A male given name transferred from the surname.
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plastic
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈplæstɪk/[Adjective]
editplastic (comparative more plastic, superlative most plastic)
1.Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms: malleable, flexible, pliant; see also Thesaurus:moldable
Antonym: elastic
2.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 103:
the rage […] betook itself at last to certain missile weapons; which, though from their plastic nature they threatened neither the loss of life or of limb, were, however, sufficiently dreadful to a well-dressed lady.
3.1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.
4.2012, Adam Zeman, ‘Only Connect’, Literary Review, issue 399:
while the broad pattern of connections between brain regions is similar in every healthy human brain, their details – their number, size and strength – are thought to underpin our individuality, as synapses are ‘plastic’, shaped by experience.
5.(medicine, now rare) Producing tissue. [from 17th c.]
6.(dated) Creative, formative. [from 17th c.]
7.1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
Benign Creator! let thy plastic hand dispose its own effect
8.1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], OCLC 960856019:
See plastic Nature working to this end.
9.(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. [from 19th c.]
10.Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material. [from 19th c.]
11.Made of plastic. [from 20th c.]
12.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[1]:
A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
13.1995, Radiohead (lyrics and music), “Fake Plastic Trees”, in The Bends:
A green plastic watering can / For a fake Chinese rubber plant / In a fake plastic earth / That she bought from a rubber man / In a town full of rubber plans / To get rid of itself
14.Inferior or not the real thing. [from 20th c.]
Synonym: ersatz
15.1969, Lowell D. Streiker, The gospel of irreligious religion, page 83:
The Hippie has been replaced by the pseudo-Hippie, the plastic Hippie, the weekend Hippie
16.2007, Daniel Sinker, We owe you nothing: Punk Planet: the collected interviews, page 238:
People always try to say that we're garage rock, but that scene is so plastic. Some dude in a band has tight jeans, dyed black hair, and a starving girlfriend with bangs, and people call it indie rock. It's so gross.
17.2008, Matt James Mason, 'The pirate's dilemma: how youth culture is reinventing capitalism':
Frustrated by a globalized music industry force-feeding them plastic pop music, hackers, remixers, and activists began to mobilize...
18.(figuratively, informal, of a person) fake; insincere.
Synonyms: fake, insincere
Antonyms: genuine, sincere
19.1966, Calvin C. Hernton, White papers for white Americans, page 67:
He kissed the white woman once, and it was so artificial, so plastic (that's the word, plastic) that one wondered why did they bother at all.
20.1967, Frank Zappa (music), “Plastic People”, in Absolutely Free, performed by The Mothers of Invention:
Then go home and check yourself / You think we're singing 'bout someone else… / But you're plastic people / You gotta go
21.1971, Gil Scott-Heron (lyrics and music), “Lady Day and John Coltrane”, in Pieces of a Man:
Plastic people with plastic minds / Are on their way to plastic homes
22.1973, Eric Berne, What do you say after you say hello?, page 120:
In fact it seems as though there are two kinds of people in the world: real people and plastic people, as the Flower Children used to say.
23.2006, Catherine Coulter, Born to Be Wild, page 71:
But I don't think she would be happy in Los Angeles — it's so plastic and cheap and they expect the women to be whores to get anywhere.
24.2009, Lady Gaga, Paparazzi:
We're plastic but we'll still have fun!
25.2014, James Baldwin, James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations, →ISBN:
And further, I don't see anything in American life – for myself – to aspire to. Nothing at all. It's all so very false. So shallow, so plastic, so morally and ethically corrupt.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- plastick (archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- placits
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).
[Noun]
editplastic (countable and uncountable, plural plastics)
1.A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
2.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.
3.(colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
4.2008, Lily Allen, The Fear:
It's all about fast cars and cussing each other / but it doesn't matter cause I'm packing plastic / and that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic.
5.(figuratively, slang) insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
6.2004, Rosalind Wiseman, Tina Fey, 'Mean Girls':
Cady: You know I couldn't invite you. I had to pretend to be plastic.
Janis: Hey, buddy, you're not pretending anymore. You're plastic. Cold, shiny, hard plastic.
7.2011, Emily Kapnek, 'Suburgatory':
Tessa: Pretty ironic that a box full of rubbers landed me to a town full of plastic.
8.(slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
9.1951, Arnold Hano, The Big Out (page 146)
Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it.
10.(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
11.(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
[[Danish]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English plastic.
[Noun]
editplastic
1.(sometimes proscribed) plastic
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈplɛs.tɪk/[Adjective]
editplastic (not comparable)
1.(Netherlands) plastic
Synonym: plastieken
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English plastic.
[Noun]
editplastic n (uncountable)
1.(Netherlands, uncountable) plastic (synthetic polymer substance)
Synonym: plastiekeditplastic m (plural plastics)
1.(Netherlands, countable, chemistry) plastic (specific type of synthetic polymer)
Synonym: plastiek
[[French]]
ipa :/plas.tik/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English plastic.
[Further reading]
edit
- “plastic” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editplastic m (plural plastics)
1.plastic explosive
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editplastic m or n (feminine singular plastică, masculine plural plastici, feminine and neuter plural plastice)
1.plastic
[Etymology]
editFrom French plastique.
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lade
[[English]]
ipa :/leɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- ALDE, Adel, Dale, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, deal, lead
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English laden, from Old English hladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English lad, from Old English lād, from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“a way, course”). Related to lode, lead (“to conduct”).
[[Cimbrian]]
[Noun]
editlade f
1.cupboard, cabinet
[References]
edit
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈlæːðə][Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþǭ, derived from *hlaþaną (“to load”) (se below)
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Danish latæ, from Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.
[Etymology 4]
editSee the etymology of the main entry.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈlaː.də/[Anagrams]
edit
- adel, dale
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the main entry.
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈlaːdə/[Verb]
editlade
1.inflection of laden:
1.first-person singular present
2.first/third-person singular subjunctive I
3.singular imperative
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō.
[Further reading]
edit
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “lade (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
[Noun]
editlāde f
1.box, case
2.(eastern) plank, beam
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- la
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.
[References]
edit
- “lade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Verb]
editlade (imperative lad, present tense lader, passive lades, simple past lada or ladet or ladde, past participle lada or ladet or ladd, present participle ladende)
1.(electricity) to charge (e.g. a battery)
2.to load (a weapon)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Dale, Lade, adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, edla, elda, lade, leda
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse hlaði m, hlaða f.
[References]
edit
- “lade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/lɑː(dɛ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- Edla, adel, dela, leda
[Verb]
editlade
1. past tense of lägga.
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whack
[[English]]
ipa :/wæk/[Adjective]
editwhack (comparative whacker, superlative whackest)
1.Alternative form of wack (“crazy”)
That's whack, yo!
2.2007, Joyce E. Davis, Can't Stop The Shine, page 51:
As they joked about the big butts on female celebrities and what rappers had the whackest lyrics, Malcolm paid little attention to Kalia besides squeezing her hand or grabbing her arm to hold himself up […]
[Etymology]
editUncertain. Originally Scottish. Probably onomatopoeic, although possibly a variant of thwack.
[Noun]
editwhack (plural whacks)
1.The sound of a heavy strike.
2.The strike itself.
3.The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
4.(US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
C'mon. Take a whack at it.
40 bucks a whack.
5.(originally Britain cant, dated) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
6.1906, Jack London, White Fang, New York: Grosset and Dunlap, Part 1, Chapter 2, p. 16,[1]
“It’s damned tame, whatever it is, comin’ in here at feedin’ time an’ gettin’ its whack of fish.”
7.1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: Appleton, Chapter VII, page 108,[2]
“ […] O'Cannon's a taxpayer. He pays his whack towards the upkeep of the State School up in town—”
8.1951, Katherine Mansfield, Letters to John Middleton Murry, 1913-1922,
For one thing I had a splendid supper when I got on board—a whack of cold, lean beef and pighells, bread, butter ad lib., tea, and plenty of good bread.
9.2014, Anthony Pritchard, Grand Prix Ferrari (page 203)
There were problems over the installation of the engine and the handling. The team had paid top whack for the two Coopers, but the company gave them no help at all.
10.(obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
11.(US, obsolete) A deal, an agreement.
12.1876, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Ch. vi, page 70:
"I'll stay if you will."
"Good—that's a whack."
It's a whack!
13.(typography, computing, slang) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
del c:\docs\readme.txt
Delete c colon whack docs whack readme dot text.
[References]
edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "whack, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1923.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:kill
[Verb]
editwhack (third-person singular simple present whacks, present participle whacking, simple past and past participle whacked)
1.To hit, slap or strike.
2.1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 198:
Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man, - I was told the chief's son, - in desperation at hearing the old chap yell, made a tentative jab with a spear at the white man - and of course it went quite easy between the shoulder-blades.
3.G. W. Cable
Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.
4.(slang) To kill, bump off.
5.(transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).
to whack the spoils of a robbery
6.1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, London: G. Newbold, Volume 2, p. 152,
When the sewer-hunters consider they have searched long enough […] the gang […] count out the money they have picked up, and proceed to dispose of the old metal, bones, rope, &c.; this done, they then, as they term it, “whack” the whole lot; that is, they divide it equally among all hands.
7.(sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
8.2012, Ryan Pyette, Majors, Panthers play mind games, The London Free Press:
The fidgety Majors were whacked 9-1 by the Kitchener Panthers at Couch and now trail their rivals 2-0 in an increasingly uncomfortable best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League first-round series.
9.(Britain, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.
10.2012, Steve Cullen, Total Flyfisher:
Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!
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better off
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbetter off
1.comparative form of well off: more well off
I think that cheese would be better off in the fridge.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- better-off
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better-off
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbetter-off
1.Alternative spelling of better off
Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
[Antonyms]
edit
- worse-off
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masthead
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Steadham
[Etymology]
editmast + head
[Noun]
editmasthead (plural mastheads)
1.(nautical) The top of a mast.
2.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 35
In most American whalemen the mast-heads are manned almost simultaneously with the vessel’s leaving her port; even though she may have fifteen thousand miles, and more, to sail ere reaching her proper cruising ground.
3.(US) A list of a newspaper or other periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.
4.(Britain, Australia) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page. By extension, the publication itself or the rights to it.
5.(television, by extension) The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (list of a paper's main staff): imprint (UK)
- (title): nameplate (US)
[Verb]
editmasthead (third-person singular simple present mastheads, present participle mastheading, simple past and past participle mastheaded)
1.(transitive, nautical) To send to the masthead as a punishment.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Marryat to this entry?)
2.2009, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Nelson's Officers and Midshipmen (page 30)
When the ship happened to be in a warm climate, mastheading constituted a fairly mild punishment; indeed, many regarded it as rather a relief from duty. But in inclement weather the experience was most unpleasant.
3.(transitive) To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead.
4.1991, John Costello, Ten Days to Destiny (page 542)
It was mastheaded as "Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper."
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prescription
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈskɹɪpʃən/[Adjective]
editprescription (not comparable)
1.(of a drug, etc.) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription
Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- præscription (archaic)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French, from Old French prescripcion, from Latin praescriptio.
[Noun]
editprescription (countable and uncountable, plural prescriptions)
1.(law)
1.The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc..
2."Jurisdiction to prescribe" is a state's authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities. -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.
3.Also called extinctive prescription or liberative prescription. A time period within which a right must be exercised, otherwise it will be extinguished.
4.Also called acquisitive prescription. A time period after which a person who has, in the role of an owner, uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly possessed another's property acquires the property. The described process is known as acquisition by prescription and adverse possession.(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.
- The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.(medicine) The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.
- The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription.(ophthalmology) The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc..
- The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.(linguistics) The act or practice of laying down norms of language usage, as opposed to description, i.e. recording and describing actual usage.(linguistics) An instance of a prescriptive pronouncement.A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a recipe.
- "Early to bed and early to rise" is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.(obsolete) Circumscription; restraint; limitation.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 2:
There is an air of prescription about him which is always agreeable to Sir Leicester; he receives it as a kind of tribute. ... It expresses, as it were, the steward of the legal mysteries, the butler of the legal cellar, of the Dedlocks.
[See also]
edit
- prescriptivism
[Synonyms]
edit
- forescript
- (medicine): ℞, Rx
- (a plan or procedure): recipe
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French prescripcion, borrowed from Latin praescriptio, praescriptionem.
[Noun]
editprescription f (plural prescriptions)
1.prescription (all senses)
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French prescripcion, borrowed from Latin praescriptio, praescriptionem.
[Noun]
editprescription f (plural prescriptions)
1.(Jersey) prescription
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insanity
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈsænɪti/[Antonyms]
edit
- sanity
[Etymology]
editA three-part word (root 'sane', prefix 'in-' meaning 'not', suffix '-ity', meaning 'the state of'). Derived from Latin precursory equivalents. Two possible candidates for construction order:
- insane + -ity: insānus (“unhealthy; insane”) + -itās
Latin insānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sanus (“sound, sane”). Modern forms of roots: in- + sane
- in- + sanity: in- (“lacking; without”) + sanitās (“health; sanity”)
Latin sanitās (“sound in mind; sane”), from sānus + -itās. Modern forms of roots: sane + -ity
[Noun]
editinsanity (countable and uncountable, plural insanities)
1.The state of being insane; madness.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:insanity
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slightly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈslaɪtli/[Adverb]
editslightly (comparative more slightly, superlative most slightly)
1.Slenderly; delicately.
He was slightly built, but tall.
2.(degree) To a small extent or degree.
He weighed slightly less than his wife who was a foot shorter.
Synonyms: a little, marginally, somewhat
Antonyms: quite, very
[Etymology]
editslight + -ly
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many
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɛni/[Adjective]
editmany (comparative more, superlative most)
1.Existing in large number; numerous.
2.2008 January/February, Fallows, James, “The $1.4 Trillion Question”, in The Atlantic Monthly[1]:
Let’s take these fears about a rich, strong China to their logical extreme. The U.S. and Chinese governments are always disagreeing—about trade, foreign policy, the environment. Someday the disagreement could be severe. Taiwan, Tibet, North Korea, Iran—the possibilities are many, though Taiwan always heads the list.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- manie (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- MYAN, Myan., myna
[Antonyms]
edit
- fewedit
- few
[Determiner]
editmany (comparative more, superlative most)
1.An indefinite large number of.
Not many such people enjoyed playing chess.
There are very many different ways to cook a meal.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 17:4:
Thou shalt be a father of many nations.
3.1864–65, Dickens, Charles, chapter 15, in Our Mutual Friend:
I did it in a moment of conceit and folly—one of my many such moments—one of my many such hours—years.
4.1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter III, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, OCLC 491297620:
The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them, […].
5.2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
6.(in combinations such as 'as many', 'so many', 'this many') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the number of people or things.
We don't need this many bananas. Put some back.
There may be as many as ten million species of insect.
I don't have as many friends as my sister does.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“some, much, many”).cognatesCognate with Scots mony (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), West Frisian manich (“some, many”), Saterland Frisian moonige (“many”), West Frisian mannich (“many”), Dutch menig (“many”), Low German männig (“Many”), German manch (“many, some”) and mannig-, French maint (“many”), Russian мно́гий (mnógij), Scottish Gaelic minigThe noun is from Middle English manye, *menye, from Old English manigeo, menigu (“company, multitude, host”), from Proto-Germanic *managō, *managį̄ (“multitude”), from the same root as the determiner. Cognate with Middle Low German menige, menie, menje (“multitude”), Russian много (mnogo).
[Noun]
editmany (plural (rare) manies)
1.A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many.
2.A considerable number.
A good many (of the elders) had been tone-deaf for a good many years.
3.2005, Florence Dyer, A Mother's Cry!: Touches the Very Heart of God (page 22)
I know that my mother cried a many of times from decisions I made.
[Pronoun]
editmany
1.An indefinite large number of people or things.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
2.1611 – King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...
3.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
[References]
edit
- many at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
edit
- a lot ofedit
- (multitude): crowd, mob; see also Thesaurus:commonalty
- (considerable number): abundance, buttload, deal; see also Thesaurus:lotedit
- multiple, several; see also Thesaurus:manifold
[[Maricopa]]
[Pronoun]
editmany
1.(personal) you
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give away
[[English]]
[See also]
edit
- giveaway
[Verb]
editgive away (third-person singular simple present gives away, present participle giving away, simple past gave away, past participle given away)
1.(transitive) To make a gift of (something).
I didn't like that book, so I gave it away.
2.(transitive) To relinquish control over.
3.2010 September, Stephen Schenkenberg, "Many Big Ideas, One Big Transition", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 16:
This issue marks a first of its kind for St. Louis Magazine: We've given away our cover feature. […] In early summer, our editors […] posed a collective question: What if we asked some […] citizens what the future should look like? We'll give each of them […] 200 words of space in the magazine […] .
4.(transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.
Who giveth away this woman to this man in Holy matrimony?
5.(transitive, sometimes reflexive) To unintentionally reveal a secret, divulge undisclosed information, or expose someone.
He gave himself away with a stupid lie.
He gave away his hiding place when he accidentally sneezed.
6.(transitive) To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.
Despite giving away twenty pounds in weight, the challenger found a knock-out blow in the second round.
7.(sports) To concede.
8.2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport[1]:
England gave away six penalties in the first 15 minutes and were lucky to still have 15 men on the pitch, but Kvirikashvili missed two very makeable penalties in quick succession as Georgia were unable to take advantage of significant territorial advantage.
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give-away
[[English]]
[Noun]
editgive-away (plural give-aways)
1.Alternative form of giveaway
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mezzanine
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌmɛzəˈniːn/[Adjective]
editmezzanine (not comparable)
1.(engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.
To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French mezzanine, from Italian mezzanino, from mezzano (“middle”), from Latin medianus.
[Noun]
editmezzanine (plural mezzanines)
1.A secondary floor, in between the main floors of a building; entresol.
On our way to the top floor, we stopped at the mezzanine.
2.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
3.A small window used to light such a secondary floor.
4.The lowest balcony in an auditorium.
5.Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
6.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian[1]:
In these sheds, individual products rest on short racks, so they can be reached more easily by employees who pick and box orders. In order to fit more racks, companies put in several mezzanine levels. As a result, the sheds rise taller: 21 metres, compared to B2B’s 15 metres.
7.(theater) A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.
[[French]]
ipa :/me(d).za.nin/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Italian mezzanino.
[Further reading]
edit
- “mezzanine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editmezzanine f (plural mezzanines)
1.(architecture) mezzanine; entresol
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mezzanine
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌmɛzəˈniːn/[Adjective]
editmezzanine (not comparable)
1.(engineering) Fulfilling an intermediate or secondary function.
To make interconnections easier, we added a mezzanine PCB.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French mezzanine, from Italian mezzanino, from mezzano (“middle”), from Latin medianus.
[Noun]
editmezzanine (plural mezzanines)
1.A secondary floor, in between the main floors of a building; entresol.
On our way to the top floor, we stopped at the mezzanine.
2.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
3.A small window used to light such a secondary floor.
4.The lowest balcony in an auditorium.
5.Additional flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level.
6.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian[1]:
In these sheds, individual products rest on short racks, so they can be reached more easily by employees who pick and box orders. In order to fit more racks, companies put in several mezzanine levels. As a result, the sheds rise taller: 21 metres, compared to B2B’s 15 metres.
7.(theater) A floor under the stage, from which contrivances such as traps are worked.
[[French]]
ipa :/me(d).za.nin/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Italian mezzanino.
[Further reading]
edit
- “mezzanine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editmezzanine f (plural mezzanines)
1.(architecture) mezzanine; entresol
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steeply
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editsteeply (comparative more steeply, superlative most steeply)
1.In a steep manner.
2.1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough[1]:
The two characteristic Italian villages which slumber on its banks, and the equally Italian palazzo whose terraced gardens descend steeply to the lake, hardly break the stillness and even the solitariness of the scene.
[Etymology]
editsteep + -ly
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jag
[[English]]
ipa :/d͡ʒæɡ/[Anagrams]
edit
- AGJ, JGA
[Etymology 1]
editThe noun is from late Middle English jagge, the verb is from jaggen.
[Etymology 2]
editCirca 1597; originally "load of broom or furze", variant of British English dialectal chag (“tree branch; branch of broom or furze”), from Old English ċeacga (“broom, furze”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (compare dialectal German Kag (“stump, cabbage, stalk”), Swedish dialect kage (“stumps”), Norwegian dialect kage (“low bush”), of unknown origin.
[See also]
edit
- Jag
- JAG
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/jaχ/[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch jacht.
[Noun]
editjag (plural jagte)
1.hunt, pursuit
2.yacht
[Verb]
editjag (present jag, present participle jagtende, past participle gejag)
1.to hunt
[[Dalmatian]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editjag
1.needle
[References]
edit
- Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
[[Danish]]
ipa :/jaːɡ/[Noun]
editjag n (singular definite jaget, plural indefinite jag)
1.hurry, rush
2.twinge, (a sudden sharp pain; a darting local pain of momentary continuance; as, a twinge in the arm or side)
[Verb]
editjag
1.imperative of jage
[[German]]
ipa :-aːk[Verb]
editjag
1.singular imperative of jagen
2.(colloquial) first-person singular present of jagen
[[Livonian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- jagū
- (Courland) ja'g
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic *jako.
[Noun]
editjag
1.part
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Verb]
editjag
1.imperative of jage
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editjag
1.imperative of jaga
[[Romani]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅ပ၆ပ် (aggi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅ပ် (agi /aggi/), from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní, “fire”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hagnís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis. Cognate with Hindi आग (āg), Nepali आगो (āgo), Gujarati આગ (āga), and Punjabi ਅੱਗ (agga).
[Noun]
editjag f (plural jaga)
1.fire
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/jɑː(ɡ)/[Alternative forms]
editDialects
- je (Jamska)
- ji (Kalixmål)
- jö (Lulemål)
- i (Pitemål)
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish iak, jæk, from Old Norse jak (compare Old West Norse ek), from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ (ek), from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
[Noun]
editjag n
1.(psychology) I, self
[Pronoun]
editjag
1.I
Jag läser en bok.
I'm reading a book.
Bara du och jag.
Just you and me.
[[Yabong]]
[Further reading]
edit
- J. Bullock, R. Gray, H. Paris, D. Pfantz, D. Richardson, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Yabong, Migum, Nekgini, and Neko (2016)
[Noun]
editjag
1.water
[[Zaniza Zapotec]]
[Noun]
editjag
1.tree
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JAG
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- AGJ, JGA
[Noun]
editJAG
1.(law, military) Acronym of judge advocate general.
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Jag
[[English]]
ipa :-æɡ[Anagrams]
edit
- AGJ, JGA
[Etymology]
editShortening of Jaguar.
[Noun]
editJag (plural Jags)
1.(informal) A Jaguar car.
2.1960 February, “The future of B.R. passenger traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 76:
"One of the ticket collectors at our local station," observed Mr. Fiennes, "has a Jag."
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unionization
[[English]]
[Etymology 1]
editunion + -ization.
[Etymology 2]
editun- + ionization.
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premie
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- E-Prime, Empire, empire, epimer, permie
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Prem + -ie.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈpreː.mi/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin praemium possibly through English premium.
[Noun]
editpremie f (plural premies, diminutive premietje n)
1.A prize, a reward.
2.A premium, money paid for e.g. an insurance.
3.A bounty, a reward for killing or capturing a suspect, convict or animal at large.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin praemium
[Noun]
editpremie m (definite singular premien, indefinite plural premier, definite plural premiene)
1.a prize
2.a premium
[References]
edit
- “premie” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin praemium
[Noun]
editpremie m (definite singular premien, indefinite plural premiar, definite plural premiane)
1.a prize
2.a premium
[References]
edit
- “premie” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editpremie
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of premiar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of premiar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of premiar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of premiar
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈpɾemje/[Verb]
editpremie
1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of premiar.
2.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of premiar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of premiar.
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editpremie c
1.a premium, a prize, an award
2.a premium, a bonus
3.a premium, an insurance fee
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boffo
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editboffo (comparative more boffo, superlative most boffo)
1.(chiefly US, slang) Outstanding; very good or successful.
Synonyms: boff, clicko
2.a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN:
“Come on, Lana. Give me and the bird a chance. We're boffo.”
[Noun]
editboffo (plural boffos)
1.(chiefly in the world of entertainment) A great success; a hit.
Synonyms: boff, clicko
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capitulate
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˈpɪ.tjʊ.leɪt/[Etymology]
editFrom the participle stem of Medieval Latin capitulare (“draw up under headings”), from Latin capitulum (“heading, chapter, title”), diminutive of caput (“head”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- (surrender, end resistance, give up): wave the white flag
[Verb]
editcapitulate (third-person singular simple present capitulates, present participle capitulating, simple past and past participle capitulated)
1.(intransitive) To surrender; to end all resistance, to give up; to go along with or comply.
He argued and hollered for so long that I finally capitulated just to make him stop.
2.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 14, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.
3.(transitive, obsolete) To draw up in chapters; to enumerate.
4.(transitive, obsolete) To draw up the articles of treaty with; to treat, bargain, parley.
5.1661, Peter Heylin, Ecclesia restaurata
there capitulates with the king […] to take to wife his daughter Mary
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market capitalization
[[English]]
[Noun]
editmarket capitalization (plural market capitalizations)
1.(finance) The total market value of the equity in a publicly traded entity.
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capitalization
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editcapitalize + -ation.
[Noun]
editcapitalization (countable and uncountable, plural capitalizations)
1.American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalisation.
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0
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inextricably
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editinextricably (comparative more inextricably, superlative most inextricably)
1.In an inextricable manner.
2.To an inextricable degree.
[Etymology]
editinextricable + -ly
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Penne
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈpɛnə/[Etymology 1]
editCorruption of Pennal, influenced by etymology 2.
[Etymology 2]
editOriginally underworld slang. Perhaps ultimately borrowed from Hebrew בניין \ בִּנְיָן (binyan, “building”). The sense of "prostitute" may be from the verb pennen (“to sleep”).
[Etymology 3]
editItalian penne
[Further reading]
edit
- “Penne” in Duden online
- “Penne” in Duden online
- “Penne” in Duden online
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Pen
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- NEP, Nep, PNe, nep
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
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PEN
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editPEN
1.Peruvian nuevo sol
[Usage notes]
editThis is a currency code used in the ISO 4217 standard.
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- NEP, Nep, PNe, nep
[Noun]
editPEN (countable and uncountable, plural PENs)
1.(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of polyethylene naphthalate.
2.(speed skating) Abbreviation of penalty. (a scorecard score when a skater is penalized out of their skate)
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pen-
[[Indonesian]]
[Prefix]
editpen-
1.Alternative form of peng-
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0
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darned
[[English]]
ipa :/dɑːnd/[Adjective]
editdarned (comparative (rare) darneder or (rare) darnder, superlative darnedest or darndest)
1.(euphemistic) A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.
Those darned kids were round here again this morning.
The darned rope has got tangled up.
[Adverb]
editdarned (not comparable)
1.(degree) Damned, extremely.
That was darned nice of him, wasn't it?
He is so darned pig-headed.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- darn'd
[Anagrams]
edit
- Darden, dander, randed
[Verb]
editdarned
1.simple past tense and past participle of darn
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aught
[[English]]
ipa :/ɔːt/[Anagrams]
edit
- ghaut
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English aught, ought, from Old English āht, from ā (“always", "ever”) + wiht (“thing", "creature”). More at aye, wight.
[Etymology 2]
editMeaning of "zero" by confusion with naught. Used amongst those who were once called "non-U" speakers of English.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English aught (“estimation, regard, reputation”), from Old English æht (“estimation, consideration”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahtu. Cognate with Dutch acht (“attention, regard, heed”), German Acht (“attention, regard”). Also see ettle.
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Middle English aught, ought, from Old English ǣht, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possessions, property”).
[Etymology 5]
editFrom Middle English ahte, from Old English eahta (“eight”). More at eight.
[[Yola]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English ought.
[Pronoun]
editaught
1.any, anything
2.1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
Geeth hea aught?
Doth he get any or anything?
[References]
edit
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, →ISBN
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arbitrator
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- arbitratour (obsolete, rare)
[Noun]
editarbitrator (plural arbitrators)
1.A person to whom the authority to settle or judge a dispute is delegated.
[References]
edit
- Arbitrator.com Information about arbitrators
- American Arbitration Association
[Synonyms]
edit
- arbiter
[[Latin]]
[References]
edit
- arbitrator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arbitrator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- arbitrator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
[Verb]
editarbitrātor
1.second-person singular future active imperative of arbitror
2.third-person singular future active imperative of arbitror
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throw out
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈθɹəʊ ˌaʊt/[Anagrams]
edit
- outthrow, outworth
[Etymology]
editthrow + out
[Noun]
editthrow out (plural throw outs)
1.Alternative form of throw-out
[Synonyms]
edit
- (dismiss or expel someone from duty or attending): kick out, eject, expel; see also Thesaurus:kick out or Thesaurus:lay off
[Verb]
editthrow out (third-person singular simple present throws out, present participle throwing out, simple past threw out, past participle thrown out)
1.(idiomatic) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
Just throw out that pen if it doesn't write anymore.
They decided to throw out the idea because it would have been too expensive.
2.1999 February 25, PoeticCell [username], “Re: Eminem is the white Redman”, in rec.music.hip-hop, Usenet[1]:
I picked up Eminem and I liked it. He pretty much threw out today's standardized thug/club/dance and stack paper philosophy that a jabillion other rappers have already adapted.
3.2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club[2]:
The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).
4.(idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.
The board threw the man out, because he wouldn't cooperate and agree with their plans to remodernize the facility.
The ushers threw the woman out of the auditorium, because she kept shouting out insults to the guest of honor when he made his speech.
5.(idiomatic) To offer an idea for consideration.
Let me throw this out there – how about if we make the igloo out of butter? Would that work?
6.To produce in a haphazard fashion.
This program keeps throwing out errors.
7.(transitive) To emit.
8.(transitive) To utter carelessly.
to throw out a remark
9.(transitive) To cause to project.
10.(transitive) To put into a state of confusion.
11.(transitive) To outdistance; to leave behind.
12.(transitive) To cause or experience debilitating muscle or joint pain in (a body part).
13.1917, Massachusetts. Industrial Accident Board, Reports of Cases under the Workmen's Compensation Act[3], volume IV, Wright & Potter Printing Co., page 310:
...while he was putting on his coat, after having completed his work, in preparing to leave for home, he threw out his shoulder.
14.2004, Al Franken, chapter 31, in Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them : a Fair and Balanced Look at the Right[4], Dutton, page 274:
But why wasn't Mom there? Sick? No. Threw out her back carrying boxes of blood at a blood drive.
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bar phone
[[English]]
[Noun]
editbar phone (plural bar phones)
1.A mobile phone shaped like a bar of soap or candy.
2.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bar, phone. (a phone in a bar)
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Federal Communications Commission
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editFederal Communications Commission
1.US wireless regulatory authority. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable.
[References]
edit
- Federal Communications Commission on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Synonyms]
edit
- FCC
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wheelhouse
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʍiːlˌhaʊs/[Etymology]
edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}The wheelhouse (sense 1.1) of a car is the partially enclosed structure above and around a wheelThe wheelhouse (sense 1.2) of the Vieux Crabe, a sailboat moored at Agde in Hérault, Occitanie, FranceThe interior of the wheelhouse (sense 1.2) of the Arthur Foss, thought to be the oldest wooden tugboat in the world still afloat. It is now preserved as a museum ship in Seattle, Washington, USA.The paddlewheel of this steamboat, the Klondike Spirit based at Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, is enclosed in a wheelhouse (sense 1.3)The remains of a wheelhouse (sense 2) in Jarlshof, a prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland, UKFrom wheel + house. Sense 3 (“(baseball) a pitch location which is favourable to the hitter”) references the fact that a vessel is controlled from its wheelhouse (sense 1.2), and sense 4 (“a person’s area of authority or expertise”) is a figurative use of sense 2.[1]
[Further reading]
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- bridge (nautical) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- wheelhouse (archaeology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- wheelhouse (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “wheelhouse, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[Noun]
editwheelhouse (plural wheelhouses)
1.A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
2.1835 February, “Brick Machine”, in New-York Farmer, and American Gardener’s Magazine, volume III (New Series; volumne VIII overall), number 2, New York, N.Y.: Published by the proprietor, D. K. Minor, […], OCLC 7527228, page 47, column 2:
A machine with two pair of moulds only, will make from fifty to seventy thousand bricks per week. But if the regular market be large, it can, by using a steam machine of 10 horse power, work sixteen moulds, (four on each side of the wheel house,) and make two hundred thousand bricks per week.
3.1877, David Craik, “Grist-mills”, in The Practical American Millwright and Miller: Comprising the Elementary Principles of Mechanics Mechanism, and Motive Power, […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry Carey Baird & Co., […]; London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, OCLC 39948386, page 265:
The mill was driven by an overshot wheel twenty-seven and a half feet in diameter, placed in a separate wheel-house, built of stone, between the mill and a bank thirty feet high, upon which the water was brought by a canal.
1.The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
Synonyms: wheel arch, wheel well
2.1878 June 13, Edwin R. Wheeler, Improvement in Vehicle-spring Braces[1], US Patent 205,594, column 1:
This invention relates to an improved device for hanging the body of carriages having a so-called "cut-under" or wheel-house, such as a common rockaway, extension-top phaeton, coupé-rockaway, &c., [...]
Applied to a horse-drawn carriage.
3.1990, Tom Currao; Ron Sessions, “Body Repair”, in Camaro Restoration Handbook: Ground-up or Sectional Restoration Tips & Techniques for 1967 to 1981 Camaros. All Models Included, New York, N.Y.: HPBooks, Berkley Publishing Group, →ISBN, image caption, page 97, column 1:
To install a new outer wheelhouse in a convertible, measure (at 1-in. intervals) the distance from the reinforcement that runs along the top of the old wheelhouse to the flange where the inner and outer wheelhouses are joined. Then transfer these measurements onto the new wheelhouse.
4.An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
Synonym: pilothouse
5.1835, “Explosion of the Steam-boat New-England, at Essex, Connecticut River, October 9th, 1833”, in The Mariners’ Chronicle: Containing Narratives of the Most Remarkable Disasters at Sea, […], New Haven, Conn.: Published by George W. Gorton, OCLC 7407361, page 471:
Captain Waterman was on the wheel-house at the time of the explosion, attending to the landing of passengers from the small boat. He noticed a movement over the boilers, and immediately jumped or was thrown upon the forward deck. He was somewhat bruised, but not seriously injured.
6.1855, Jacob Abbott, “Parallax”, in Rollo’s Philosophy. [Sky.] (The Rollo Series), new revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Co., OCLC 4274665, page 164:
The wheel-house is a small room or closet, with windows in front, built on the deck, in the forward part of the boat, where the helmsman stands to steer. The windows in the front of the wheel-house are for him to look out, and see where he is going. [...] There is a large wheel in this place, which is the reason why they call it the wheel-house. The wheel has handles to it, all around, for the man to take hold of, to turn the wheel one way or the other.
7.1894 September 22, Norman L. Latson, witness, “[Appendix I: Foreign Relations of the United States: 1894. Mosquito Territory.] Affidavit of N. L. Latson”, in The Executive Documents of the House of Representatives for the Third Session of the Fifty-third Congress. 1894–95. In Thirty-five Volumes, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1895, OCLC 156782073, page 345:
Affiant further states that thereupon Judge-Advocate Portocarrero, closely followed by Minister Madriz, rushed into the wheelhouse of the steamship Yulu. They were both white with anger, and Portocarrero had in his right hand, with his finger on the spring, a clasp knife with a blade about 8 inches long.
8.1897 December 18, Martin Barstad, witness, “Evidence for the Government”, in John Andersen, Plaintiff in Error, vs. The United States: In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia: Transcript of Record (Supreme Court of the United States (October Term, 1897); no. 583), published 14 February 1898, page 16:
I last saw William Saunders, the mate of the said vessel, alive on the morning of August the 6th, 1897, on the left side of the forecastle head of that vessel. It was between nine and ten o'clock of that morning. He was shot at that time and place by John Andersen, the cook of the vessel and the prisoner here. I saw him shoot him. I was at the wheel of the vessel, in the wheelhouse, just aft of the aftercabin.
9.1957, John Cheever, chapter 11, in The Wapshot Chronicle, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, OCLC 851161359; republished London: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 78:
Early the next morning Leander walked down the fish-smelling path to the wharf where the Topaze lay. A dozen passengers were waiting to buy their tickets and go aboard. Then he noticed a sign had been hung on his wheelhouse. [...] no trespassing, it said. this yacht for sale. for further information see honora wapshot 27 boat street.
10.1989 August 17, Tom Clancy, “The King of Sar”, in Clear and Present Danger, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN; Berkley premium tie-in edition, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, November 2018, →ISBN, page 28:
He looked aft just before going back into the wheelhouse.
11.The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
Synonym: paddle box
12.1840, P[aul] R[apsey] Hodge, “Part VI. Description of Plates.”, in The Steam Engine, Its Origin and Gradual Improvement, from the Time of Hero to the Present Day; as Adapted to Manufactures, Locomotion and Navigation. […], New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Co., […], OCLC 726751258, page 225:
PLATE XXVII.—Details of the Paddle Wheel of the Steamboat "North America." Fig. 1, shows the outside framing of the paddle-box, or as it is frequently termed, the wheel-house; also an elevation of the paddle-wheel, shewing the arrangement of the buckets, arms, centre-plate, &c.
13.1843 April, James K[irke] Paulding, “The Mississippi”, in George R[ex] Graham and Rufus W[ilmot] Griswold, editors, Graham’s Magazine of Literature and Art, volume XXII, number 4, Philadelphia, Pa.: George R. Graham, […], OCLC 426033873, page 218, column 1:
These little rooms have each a half glass door, which opens on a gallery running all round the boat, with only the interruption of the wheel-houses, outside of which is a door of Venetian blinds, which being thrown open, you can sit in your room and see every object on one side of the river.
14.1845 April 23, “The Gale”, in E. Meriam, editor, New York Municipal Gazette, volume I, number 33, New York, N.Y.: Published by the Anti-assessment Committee, OCLC 12891070, page 474, column 3:
The Eureka broke an arm in her larboard wheel[-]house with a tremendous crash, tearing the whole structure away. She crawled back to the city to refit.—Journal Com. April 10.(archaeology) A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- 1982, Peter Somerset Fry; Fiona Somerset Fry, “Celts, Caledonians and Romans (first century BC–fifth century AD)”, in The History of Scotland, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN; republished Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005, →ISBN, page 16:
Most Celtic houses in Britain were simply constructed. They were generally round as in the remains of the house at Little Woodbury in Wiltshire, the wheelhouse at Jarlshof in Shetland, or the house on an unenclosed platform at Greenknowe in Berwickshire. [...] The roof of the Greenknowe house was conical. It had rafters fanning outwards from a high top, like the spokes of an umbrella. You can see why it is called a wheelhouse. The rafters were held at their lower ends on a horizontal ring of timber that rested on vertical posts with Y-shaped tops.
- 1986, J[ohn] R. Hunter, “Phase 1”, in I. B. M. Ralston and A. N. Shepherd, editors, Rescue Excavations on the Brough of Birsay 1974–82 (Monograph Series; no. 4), Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, →ISBN, section 2:1 (The Native Background), page 25:
Ancestors of the historical Picts can be credited with the structural form of the wheelhouse with its western and northern affinities, and with the souterrain, and distribution and function of which is becoming clearer, but which may now be thought to have persisted in evolved form until the middle part of the first millennium AD [...].(Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
The pitch was right in his wheelhouse, and he hit a grand slam.
- 1997, Bryan L. Jones, “Baseball”, in Mark Twain Made Me Do It & Other Plains Adventures, Lincoln, Neb.; London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 74:
The ball was up in my wheelhouse, and I got round on it, got the meat of that Ritchie Asbhurn bottle bat solidly on the ball. I'll never in my life hit a ball any better.
- 2007, Alan Schwarz, “Ken Griffey Jr.: On Going Deep with His Father”, in Once upon a Game: Baseball’s Greatest Memories, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 60, column 1:
The next pitch was close to my wheelhouse so I just let 'er rip. I got ahold of it and shot it to left field on the line.
- 2009, Andre Agassi, Open: An Autobiography (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 215:
Here is the ball, in my wheelhouse. I slide my hips out of the way, put myself in place to hit the coldie of a lifetime.
Applied to tennis.(Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.
Synonym: domain
Horse viruses are in Pat’s wheelhouse.
- 2009, Ronald Heifetz; Alexander Grashow; Marty Linsky, “Broaden Your Bandwith: Discover Your Tolerances”, in The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World, Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business Press, →ISBN, part 4 (See Yourself as a System), page 207:
Turning out terrific subordinates was not in her wheelhouse. [...] But she did so, mostly by force of will and with a number of false starts and midcourse corrections, and went on to become an icon in her industry.
- 2013, Mark L. Donald; with Scott Mactavish, “Battle of Khand Pass”, in Battle Ready: Memoir of a SEAL Warrior Medic, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 162:
I watched as Vic digested the information. His career was built on analyzing intel and making tactical decisions, and this was right in his wheelhouse.
- 2013 April 4, Patti Wollman Summers; Ann DeSollar-Hale; Heather Ibrahim-Leathers, “Anatomy of an App”, in Toddlers on Technology: A Parents’ Guide, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 23:
If an app is entertaining, and especially if it contains age-appropriate humor, that increases its appeal. You just need to keep the learning in a Digitod's [i.e., a digital toddler's] wheelhouse (for you non-baseball fans, that's his prime area of ability).
- 2015, Dwight McNeill, “Knowing Me”, in Amy Neidlinger, editor, Using Person-centered Health Analytics to Live Longer: Leveraging Engagement, Behavior Change, and Technology for a Healthy Life, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education, →ISBN, part II (Building the Toolkit for Person-centered Health Analytics), page 172:
Similarly, it has been beyond the scope of health care providers or other Intermediaries to address well-being. These concerns and measures are simply not in their wheelhouses and not high on their priority lists.
- 2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club[2], archived from the original on 31 May 2018:
What the film rarely does is challenge or interrogate the fan culture to which it plays uncritical tribute. Wade and his friends, including a trigger-happy cyborgian alpha nerd whose offline identity the film handles more tastefully than the book did, are possessive gatekeepers, viciously protective of their pop-culture wheelhouse.
[References]
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1. ^ Compare “wheel-house, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1923
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdʒuːnɪə/[Adjective]
editjunior (not generally comparable, comparative more junior, superlative most junior)
1.(comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
2.(not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
3.2003, Karen Frisch, Creating Junior Genealogists, →ISBN:
Far less likely to intimidate your junior genealogist is the Internet, with its databases, message and bulletin boards, online collections, and more. Now is also the time to introduce your children to older relatives, who can be valuable resources and provide precious information.
4.2010, Julie Cross, Humor in Contemporary Junior Literature, →ISBN, page 1:
Humorous books for junior readers are often ignored by the critical community, due, in part, to what Milner Davis describes as a “conventional bias against comic genres” (1996: 101), and I consider this a serious oversight within the field of children's literature.
5.2011, Julian Barnes, Knowing French (Storycuts), →ISBN:
There she is: Lady Margaret Hall, eight years junior to me, exhibitioner where I was top scholar, and reading French. (Not veterinary science.)
6.2012, Junior Golf in Pictures: The Junior Golfer's Handbook, →ISBN:
A handbook for junior golfers covering a wide range of golfing instruction and information with over 250 photographs of juniors learning, playing, practicing and enjoying the game of golf.
7.2013, Krishna Mohan Mishra, Me and Medicine, →ISBN, page 111:
Instead of going to the unit I walked in the opposite direction towards the medicine lecture room with various thoughts going through my mind — most of them were positive as this was a great opportunity to practise what I had learnt so far and should have a good impact on students who were 3–4 years junior to me and not known to me.
8.(not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
9.1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […]
10.(not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
[Antonyms]
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- senior
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.
[Further reading]
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- junior at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editjunior (plural juniors)
1.A younger person.
four years his junior
2.1922, Angela Brazil, Monitress Merle
Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games.
3.1939 P. G. Wodehouse, "Uncle Fred in the Springtime":
The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth.
4.A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
5.(chiefly US) A third-year student at a high school or university.
6.(law) A junior barrister.
[[French]]
ipa :/ʒy.njɔʁ/[Adjective]
editjunior (plural juniors)
1.junior (all senses)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin junior, juniorem; Doublet of geindre. Cf. also the inherited Old French oblique case gignor.
[Noun]
editjunior m or f (plural juniors)
1.(sports) junior
[See also]
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- juveigneur
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈjunijor][Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin iunior (“younger”), from Latin iuvenis (“young”).[1]
[Noun]
editjunior
1.(sports) junior
[References]
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1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
[Synonyms]
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- ifjúsági
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[d͡ʒuˈniɔr][Adjective]
editjunior
1.young
Synonyms: anom, belia, mentah, muda, remaja, yuvenil, yuwana
2.junior.
[Antonyms]
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- senior
[Etymology]
editLearned borrowing from Latin junior, iūnior, from Proto-Italic *juwenjōs, from *juwenis + *-jōs.
[Further reading]
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- “junior” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editjūnior (neuter jūnius, positive juvenis); third declension
1.Alternative form of iūnior
[References]
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- junior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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junior varsity
[[English]]
[Noun]
editjunior varsity (plural junior varsities)
1.In sports, a team composed of players who play behind the varsity unit. A junior varsity game.
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Junior
[[English]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Proper noun]
editJunior
1.A town in West Virginia.
2.A male given name.
[[Cebuano]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English Junior.
[Proper noun]
editJunior
1.a male given name from English
[Quotations]
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Junior.
[[German]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Further reading]
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- “Junior” in Duden online
[Noun]
editJunior m (genitive Juniors, plural Junioren)
1.(name affix or age class in sports or (often jocular) son) junior
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varsity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvɑː.sɪ.ti/[Etymology]
editMid 17th century. Clipping of university (“i.e., univarsity”), reflecting an archaic pronunciation.[1]
[Noun]
editvarsity (countable and uncountable, plural varsities)
1.(often attributive) university
2.(sports, US) The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.)
[References]
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1. ^ “varsity”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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Inquisition
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editInquisition
1.(historical) A tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.
2.(by extension) A harsh or rigorous interrogation that violates the rights of an individual.
[[German]]
[Further reading]
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- “Inquisition” in Duden online
[Noun]
editInquisition f (genitive Inquisition, plural Inquisitionen)
1.Inquisition
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere
[Noun]
editinquisition (countable and uncountable, plural inquisitions)
1.an investigation or inquiry into the truth of some matter
2.1552, Hugh Latimer, the first sermon upon the Lord's Prayer
as I could learn through earnest inquisition
3.c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
Let not search and inquisition quail / To bring again these foolish runaways.
4.an inquest
5.a questioning
6.The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
7.1765, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522:
The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)
[Verb]
editinquisition (third-person singular simple present inquisitions, present participle inquisitioning, simple past and past participle inquisitioned)
1.(obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.
2.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Vnlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], OCLC 879551664:
And in their name I shall for neither friend nor foe conceal what the general murmur is ; that if it come to inquisitioning again
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio
[Noun]
editinquisition f (plural inquisitions)
1.inquisition
[References]
edit“inquisition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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recant
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹəˈkænt/[Anagrams]
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- Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, tanrec, trance
[Etymology]
editFirst attested in 1535, from Latin recantare, present active infinitive of recanto (“to sing back, reecho, sing again, repeat in singing, recant, recall, revoke, charm back or away”), from re- (“back”) + canto (“to chant, to sing”), frequentative of cano.
[Further reading]
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- recant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- recant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- recant at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “recant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
[Verb]
editrecant (third-person singular simple present recants, present participle recanting, simple past and past participle recanted)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
Synonyms: abjure, disavow, disown, recall, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, withcall; see also Thesaurus:recant
Convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book 4”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
How soon […] ease would recant / Vows made in pain, as violent and void!
3.2020 September 6, “Joe Biden’s China Journey”, in New York Times[1]:
But as Mr. Trump denounces what he describes as failures by the Washington establishment on China, Mr. Biden, an avatar of that establishment, is not recanting his past enthusiasm for engagement.
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Copernican
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editCopernican (comparative more Copernican, superlative most Copernican)
1.Of or pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the influential astronomer.
2.Of or pertaining to one or more of his theories.
[Etymology]
editCopernicus + -an
[Noun]
editCopernican (plural Copernicans)
1.A supporter of the theories of Copernicus.
[Proper noun]
editCopernican
1.The epoch in the lunar geologic timescale that occurred between 1.1 billion years ago to the present day.
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steaming
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈstiːm.ɪŋ/[Adjective]
editsteaming (comparative more steaming, superlative most steaming)
1.Giving off steam.
We were served with steaming bowls of soup.
2.(slang) Very angry.
I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal.
3.(slang) Extremely drunk.
[Anagrams]
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- mangiest, mintages, negatism, teamings
[Noun]
editsteaming (countable and uncountable, plural steamings)
1.The action of steam on something.
2.The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
3.(Britain, informal) A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus, train, etc.; see Steaming (crime).
4.Relating to the ability of a steam locomotive (etc.) to raise steam.
5.1961 February, "Balmore", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives - Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 109:
The perfect steaming and beautiful mechanical condition of the Pacific were immediately apparent.
[Synonyms]
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- (giving off steam): steamy
- (very angry): apoplectic, enraged, furious; see also Thesaurus:angry
- (extremely drunk): paralytic, sloshed, wasted; see also Thesaurus:drunk
[Verb]
editsteaming
1.present participle of steam
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two-tier
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edittwo-tier (not comparable)
1.Having or consisting of two tiers.
2.2019 November 6, Robert Drysdale, “Wires offer boost to Borders revival”, in Rail, page 44:
Long before the final design for the Borders Railway was adopted and then implemented, CBR had argued that the 35-mile route - comprising 30 miles of new line extending southwards from Newcraighall - should be designed with a two-tier service in mind. This would comprise stopping services running as far as Gorebridge (12 miles south of Edinburgh), and faster limited-stop services covering the whole line to Tweedbank.
3.(labor) Relating to the two-tier system, a payroll system in which one group of workers receives lower wages and/or benefits than another.
the two-tier regime
a two-tier accounting structure
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stratospheric
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ipa :/ˌstɹætəˈsfɛɹɪk/[Adjective]
editstratospheric (comparative more stratospheric, superlative most stratospheric)
1.(meteorology) Of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere (“the region of the uppermost atmosphere”).
Synonym: stratospherical
Antonym: nonstratospheric
2.1941 December, Don M. Paul, “Modern Men of Mars!”, in Will Lane, editor, Minicam Photography, volume 5, number 4, Cincinnati, Oh.: Automobile Digest Publishing Corp., OCLC 5639904, page 16, column 1:
Stratospheric fighting brings a new dimension to warfare, taking it into the realm of the fantastic—like an Orson Wells[sic, meaning Orson Welles] drama in which cities are bombed from the stratosphere beyond reach of anti-aircraft fire and barrage balloon and in relative safety from enemy pursuit ships.
3.1945 August, “New Products and Processes”, in Orson D[esaix] Munn, editor, Scientific American, volume 173, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Munn & Co., […], ISSN 0036-8733, OCLC 910605343, page 114, column 3:
This new pen operates on the principle of capillary attraction. It writes with greater ease than the smoothest lead pencil; writes on cloth or paper submerged in water or in an airplane at the ceiling of stratospheric air travel without leaking; writes on glossy paper, soft paper, blotting paper, or cloth without spreading.
4.1965 March 25, Richard Willstätter, “Professorship at Zurich”, in Lilli S[chwenk] Hornig, transl., From My Life: The Memoirs of Richard Willstätter […], New York, N.Y.; Amsterdam: W. A. Cummings, OCLC 1123253637, page 201:
During the World War he [Jean Piccard] became professor of organic chemistry at Chicago, but later he changed his field. The famous stratospheric flights of his brother Auguste [Piccard]—they are very similar twins and their voices on the radio indistinguishable—caused him to turn to aeronautics and to take on a professorship in aeronautical engineering at the University of Minnesota.
5.1990 December, “Technological Options for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, in Daniel A. Lashof and Dennis A. Tirpak, editors, Policy Options for Stabilizing Global Climate: Report to Congress (21P-2003.1), Washington, D.C.: Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, United States Environmental Protection Agency, OCLC 1078000104, page 34, column 2:
Halocarbons (which include CFCs [chlorofluorocarbons] and halons) are potent stratospheric ozone depleters as well as greenhouse gases. Concern over their role as a threat to the ozone layer led in September 1987 to "The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer" (or the Montreal Protocol).
6.2009, Patrick G. J. Irwin, “Vertical Structure of Temperature, Composition, and Clouds”, in Philippe Blondel and John Mason, editors, Giant Planets of Our Solar System: Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure (Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Planetary Sciences), 2nd edition, Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer; Chichester, West Sussex: Praxis Publishing, →ISBN, section 4.1.4 (Temperature/Pressure Profiles of the Outer Planets), page 83:
The stratospheric temperatures in Saturn's atmosphere are generally lower than those found in Jupiter's, which might be expected from Saturn's increased distance from the Sun. However, the stratospheric temperatures of Uranus and Neptune are noticeably and puzzlingly different.
7.2013, David Keith, “Technology and Design”, in A Case for Climate Engineering (A Boston Review Book), Cambridge, Mass.; London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, pages 109–110:
Because one can alter the entire climate with as little as 10,000 tons of super-efficient stratospheric scatters, an amount that could be lifted in a month by a single heavy lift stratospheric aircraft, there is extraordinary scope to develop new tools to allow more precise alteration of radiative forcing.
8.(figuratively, colloquial) Unusually or unreasonably high; astronomical.
The hotel charged stratospheric prices for a simple cooked breakfast.
9.1963, Ralph M[atthew] McInerny, “Aristotle”, in A History of Western Philosophy: From the Beginnings of Philosophy to Plotinus, Notre Dame, Ind.; London: University of Notre Dame Press, section C (Aristotle’s Logic), page 252:
Parmenides, we recall, denied the possibility of change because it seemed to involve a passage from non-being to being, from nothing to something. Discussed on this stratospheric level, his argument appears to be irrefutable.
10.2017 October 24, Rebecca Kent, “Who Needs the Games? London’s Ambitious Theatre Shows Take Centre Stage”, in TNT Magazine[1], London: Pixate, OCLC 877457227, archived from the original on 11 August 2020:
[...] [Simon] Stephens is one of Britain's most highly regarded playwrights, and the director, Marianne Elliott, is a key player in the stratospheric success of War Horse at the National Theatre.
11.2019 June 1, Oliver Wainwright, “Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[2], London: Guardian News & Media, ISSN 0261-3077, OCLC 229952407, archived from the original on 5 October 2020:
The continued volatility of financial markets has spurred buyers to seek safe havens in super-prime real estate, from London to New York and Hong Kong, begetting stratospheric prices and minting a whole new category that defies the usual rules of the marketplace: the "trophy property".
12.2020 October 22, Stuart Marsh, “Almost $3 Billion Lost in Six Months: ‘Gamechanger’ Mobile Platform Quibi Shuts Six Months after Launch”, in 9News[3], Willoughby, N.S.W., archived from the original on 29 October 2020:
Inspired by the stratospheric rise in video-on-demand platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+, Quibi was an attempt to distil human's social media behaviour down into one platform.
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[Etymology]
editFrom stratosphere + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns).[1]
[Further reading]
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- stratosphere on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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1. ^ “stratospheric, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2016; “stratospheric, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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