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30188 bugging [[English]] ipa :/ˈbʌɡɪŋ/[Noun] editbugging (countable and uncountable, plural buggings) 1.Electronic surveillance. 2.1993, John H. Davis, The Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster, page 486: The buggings executed by the FBI not only revealed a great deal about the Cosa Nostra's activities, they also revealed a great deal about how the Cosa Nostra felt about the Kennedys. [Verb] editbugging 1.present participle of bug 0 0 2009/12/24 16:53 2021/07/11 21:06 TaN
30189 syndicator [[English]] [Etymology] editsyndicate +‎ -or [Noun] editsyndicator (plural syndicators) 1.One who, or that which, syndicates. 0 0 2021/07/11 21:06 TaN
30190 bugg [[Swedish]] [Noun] editbugg c 1.(computing) bug; an error in a program 2.(uncountable) a kind of partner dance, developed from jitterbug 0 0 2021/07/11 21:06 TaN
30195 mantra [[English]] ipa :/ˈmæn.tɹə/[Anagrams] edit - Artman [Etymology] editBorrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra, literally “instrument of thought”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántram, from Proto-Indo-European *mén-tro-m, from *men- (“to think”). Related to English mind. [Noun] editmantra (plural mantras) 1.(Hinduism) The hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer. [from 1808] Synonyms: incantation, intonation, recitation 2.2001, Gautam Chatterjee, Sacred Hindu Symbols, Abhinav Publications (→ISBN), page 36: This mantra is also known as Guru Mantra or Savitri Mantra. The mention of Gayatri Mantra is found in all the four Vedas where its essence has been explained repeatedly. The Rig Veda, the oldest of the Vedic scriptures, has mentioned about […] 3.(originally Hinduism) A phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation. [from 1956] Hyponyms: gatha, om, om mani padme hum 4.1999, Ryûichi Abé, The Weaving of Mantra: Kûkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse, Columbia University Press (→ISBN), page 300: However, the five-syllable mantra is unique, for according to Kukai, it unleashes the power of emptiness already impregnated in each letter as a primeval episode of the Dharmakaya's cosmic meditation in which he created all sorts of mantras […] 5.(by extension) A slogan or phrase often repeated. Synonyms: catchphrase, phrase, saying, slogan 6.2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎[1]: The pre-match mantra from the Scotland camp may have been of it not being a “must win” game but that fooled no-one, Poland’s win in Georgia earlier last night simply crystallised how vital it was for the Scots not to lose any more ground at this stage of an intensely competitive campaign. [See also] edit - aum, om [[Danish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra). [Noun] editmantra n (singular definite mantraet, plural indefinite mantraer) 1.mantra [References] edit - “mantra” in Den Danske Ordbog [[Finnish]] [Anagrams] edit - martan [Noun] editmantra 1.mantra [[French]] [Further reading] edit - “mantra” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editmantra m (plural mantras) 1.mantra [[Indonesian]] ipa :/mantra/[Alternative forms] edit - mantera (informal) - mantram (informal) [Etymology] editFrom Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra). [Further reading] edit - “mantra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016. [Noun] editmantra (plural mantra-mantra, first-person possessive mantraku, second-person possessive mantramu, third-person possessive mantranya) 1.spell (a formula supposed to have magical powers) Synonym: jampi [[Malay]] [Alternative forms] edit - mantera [Etymology] editFrom Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra). [Noun] editmantra (Jawi spelling منترا‎, plural mantra-mantra, informal 1st possessive mantraku, impolite 2nd possessive mantramu, 3rd possessive mantranya) 1.incantation 2.mantra [Synonyms] edit - jampi [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈman.tra/[Etymology] editFrom Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra, literally “instrument of thought”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mántram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántram, from Proto-Indo-European *mén-tro-m, from *men- (“to think”). [Further reading] edit - mantra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - mantra in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editmantra f 1.(Hinduism) mantra (phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) 2.(figuratively) mantra (slogan or phrase often repeated) [[Portuguese]] [Noun] editmantra m (plural mantras) 1.(Hinduism) mantra (a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation) [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/mântra/[Noun] editmȁntra f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏нтра) 1.mantra (all senses) [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈmantɾa/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra). [Further reading] edit - “mantra” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] editmantra m (plural mantras) 1.mantra (a phrase repeated during meditation) 0 0 2009/06/24 10:16 2021/07/11 21:22 TaN
30196 bumper [[English]] ipa :/ˈbʌmpə(ɹ)/[Adjective] editbumper (not comparable) 1.(colloquial) Large; filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo. We harvested a bumper crop of arugula and parsnips this year. [Etymology] editFrom bump +‎ -er. [Noun] editbumper (plural bumpers) 1.Someone or something that bumps. 2.(obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim. 3.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 443: […] they now shook hands heartily, and drank bumpers of strong beer to healths which we think proper to bury in oblivion. 4.1818, Keats, Written in the cottage where Burns was born: Yet can I gulp a bumper to thy name,— O smile among the shades, for this is fame! 5.1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 8: Mr. Horrocks served myself and my pupils with three little glasses of wine, and a bumper was poured out for my lady. 6.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, chapter 11 Sydney Carton drank the punch at a great rate; drank it by bumpers, looking at his friend. 7.(colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful. 8.(automotive, US) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender. 9.Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact. 10.The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet. 11.(cricket) A bouncer. 12.(billiards) A side wall of a pool table. 13.(broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements. 14.(slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer. 15.(slang, Caribbean, Jamaican) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable. 16.(music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra. 17.(pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score. 18.(Australia, slang) A cigarette butt. [Verb] editbumper (third-person singular simple present bumpers, present participle bumpering, simple past and past participle bumpered) 1.(obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers. [[Danish]] ipa :/bompər/[Verb] editbumper 1.present tense of bumpe [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈbʏmpər/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English bumper. [Noun] editbumper m (plural bumpers, diminutive bumpertje n) 1.bumper of a car, fender [[Indonesian]] ipa :[ˈbʊmpər][Etymology] editFrom Dutch bumper, from English bumper. [Further reading] edit - “bumper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016. [Noun] editbumpêr (first-person possessive bumperku, second-person possessive bumpermu, third-person possessive bumpernya) 1.bumper. [[Spanish]] [Noun] editbumper m (plural bumpers) 1.bumper of a car 0 0 2021/07/01 19:01 2021/07/11 21:23 TaN
30202 multidisciplinary [[English]] [Adjective] editmultidisciplinary (comparative more multidisciplinary, superlative most multidisciplinary) 1.Relating to multiple areas of study. 2.2014 January 1, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review‎[1], volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, DOI:10.1075/aila.27.02kra, ISSN 1461-0213, page 30: This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty[sic] years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators. [Etymology] editmulti- +‎ disciplinary 0 0 2008/11/28 13:28 2021/07/11 21:34 TaN
30204 disciplinary [[English]] ipa :/dɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/[Adjective] editdisciplinary (comparative more disciplinary, superlative most disciplinary) 1.Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline. Debt can motivate or act as a disciplinary force for executives to achieve organizational efficiency. 2.For the purpose of imposing punishment. The school has announced that it will take disciplinary measures against the students who participated in the protest activities. 3.Of or relating to an academic field of study. 4.2012 January 1, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 1, page 60: Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training. We hope that psychologists will applaud good studies of scientific behavior and thought regardless of the disciplinary specialty of the author. [Etymology] editFrom Vulgar Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”) [Noun] editdisciplinary (plural disciplinaries) 1.A disciplinary action. 0 0 2021/07/11 21:34 TaN
30205 spokespeople [[English]] [Noun] editspokespeople 1.plural of spokesperson 0 0 2021/07/11 21:41 TaN
30206 intrepid [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈtɹɛpɪd/[Adjective] editintrepid (comparative more intrepid, superlative most intrepid) 1.Fearless; bold; brave. Synonyms: fearless, unafraid, courageous 2.2000, Lennard Bickel, Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy: Fewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle. [Anagrams] edit - pteridin [Etymology] editFrom French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus, from in- (“not”) + trepidus (“anxious, nervous”)[1]. [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “intrepid”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editintrepid m or n (feminine singular intrepidă, masculine plural intrepizi, feminine and neuter plural intrepide) 1.intrepid [Etymology] editFrom French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus. 0 0 2021/07/11 21:42 TaN
30213 affordability [[English]] [Etymology] editafford +‎ -ability [Noun] editaffordability (uncountable) 1.The extent to which something is affordable, as measured by its cost relative to the amount that the purchaser is able to pay. First-time home buyers are feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates with mortgage affordability at its worst level for 16 years. 0 0 2021/07/11 22:34 TaN
30214 nomenclature [[English]] ipa :/nəʊˈmɛn.klətʃə/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”), from nomen (“name”) + calare (“call”). Doublet of nomenklatura. [Noun] editnomenclature (countable and uncountable, plural nomenclatures) 1.A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences. 2.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page ix: It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities. 3.A set of names or terms. 4.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎[1], page 4: Another major defect of the current literature dealing with the nomenclature of hybrid forms of English is the scant attention paid to the question of frequency. 5.(obsolete) A name. [Synonyms] edit - terminology [[French]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin nomenclatura (“a calling by name, list of names”). [Noun] editnomenclature f (plural nomenclatures) 1.nomenclature [[Italian]] [Noun] editnomenclature f 1.plural of nomenclatura 0 0 2012/11/05 05:02 2021/07/11 22:35
30218 lay in [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - IANYL, Yilan, inlay, naily [Verb] editlay in (third-person singular simple present lays in, present participle laying in, simple past and past participle laid in) 1.(transitive) To put (something) aside for future use. Synonyms: lay by, put aside, save, store to lay in a stock / store / supply of something 2.1613, Robert Harcourt, A Relation of a Voyage to Guiana, London: W. Welby, p. 46,[1] Now […] there came vnto my knowledge, an inconuenience happened by the carelesse negligence of the Master of my ship, who had the charge of prouiding and laying in the prouisions and victuals for the voyage, 3.1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt, J. Roberts, A. Dodd and J. Graves, p. 95,[2] As for my little Family, having thus as I have said, laid in a Store of Bread, Butter, Cheese, and Beer, I took my Friend and Physician’s Advice, and lock’d my self up, and my Family, and resolv’d to suffer the hardship of Living a few Mo[n]ths without Flesh-Meat, rather than to purchase it at the hazard of our Lives. 4.1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, London: Smith, Elder, Volume 1, Chapter 12, p. 142,[3] He applied a light to the laid-in fuel, and a cheerful radiance spread around. 5.1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Boston: L. C. Page, Chapter 30, p. 344,[4] Have the best time you can in the out-of-door world and lay in a good stock of health and vitality and ambition to carry you through next year. 6.2003, Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin, London: Serpent’s Tail, 2006, p. 419,[5] […] while he laid in a generous supply of arrows for his crossbow over a period of months, he never ordered more than half a dozen at a time. 7.(transitive, art) To add (something) to a painting, especially directly onto the blank canvas in the early stages of the work. She uses a round brush to lay in the background. 8.1843, John Ruskin, Modern Painters, Volume 1, Section 4, Chapter 3, p. 287,[6] The whole [mountain] is first laid in with a very delicate and masterly grey, right in tone, agreeable in colour, quite unobjectionable for a beginning. But how is this made into rock? 0 0 2021/05/07 09:27 2021/07/11 22:37 TaN
30222 dissension [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈsɛnʃən/[Etymology] editFrom Old French dissension, from Latin dissensio. [Noun] editdissension (countable and uncountable, plural dissensions) 1.An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken. 2.Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord. 3.1843, E. A. Poe, Morning on the Wissahiccon The natural scenery of America has often been contrasted, in its general features as well as in detail, with the landscape of the Old World—more especially of Europe—and not deeper has been the enthusiasm, than wide the dissension, of the supporters of each region. 4.1998, Deborah J. Bennett, Randomness, Harvard University Press, p. 34f. In Biblical times the resort to chance was an agreed-upon way of making many decisions because it ended dissension among opposing, often powerful, parties. [[French]] [Anagrams] edit - dessinions [Etymology] editFrom Latin dissensio. [Further reading] edit - “dissension” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editdissension f (plural dissensions) 1.dissension 0 0 2009/06/16 09:49 2021/07/11 22:43 TaN
30226 truthful [[English]] ipa :/ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/[Adjective] edittruthful (comparative more truthful, superlative most truthful) 1.Honest, and always telling the truth. 2.Accurately depicting what is real. [Antonyms] edit - untruthful [Etymology] editFrom truth +‎ -ful. 0 0 2021/05/10 11:23 2021/07/12 09:39 TaN
30228 bluntness [[English]] ipa :/ˈblʌnt.nəs/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English bluntnes, bluntnesse, equivalent to blunt +‎ -ness. [Noun] editbluntness (countable and uncountable, plural bluntnesses) 1.The characteristic of being blunt. 2.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:41 TaN
30233 ultimately [[English]] ipa :/ˈʌltɪmətli/[Adverb] editultimately (not comparable) 1.Indicating the last item. Synonyms: at last, finally, in the end; see also Thesaurus:lastly Firstly,… Secondly,… Ultimately,… 2.Indicating the most important action. Synonyms: at the end of the day, when all is said and done; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally Ultimately, he will have to make a decision before the end of the week. 3.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: That Wolves reached half-time on level terms had much to do with the ultimately luckless Hennessey, who was in action in the opening minute to tip away Samir Nasri's shot following a City corner. 4.(linguistics) Used to indicate the etymon at which a given etymological derivation terminates. Synonym: terminal etymon Cognate to Gottscheerish boßər, bàsser. Ultimately cognate to standard High German Wasser. Shortened from maxiature, ultimately from Latin maximus ("large"). Ultimately from Latin equus ("horse"). [Etymology] editultimate +‎ -ly [Further reading] edit - ultimately at OneLook Dictionary Search 0 0 2009/04/09 19:06 2021/07/12 09:42 TaN
30240 pony up [[English]] [Etymology] editUS early-19th century.[1][2] Probably from the monetary sense of pony.[1] [References] edit 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Quinion, Michael (10 August 2013) , “Pony up”, in World Wide Words‎[1], retrieved 2019-01-18 2. ^ John Russell Bartlett (1877) , “to pony up”, in Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, OCLC 221542401, page 482. [Synonyms] edit - (to pay): cough up, foot the bill, fork out, fork over, pay up, shell out, stump up [Verb] editpony up (third-person singular simple present ponies up, present participle ponying up, simple past and past participle ponied up) 1.(transitive, idiomatic) To pay (usually a bill, debt or due). 2.1824 September 1, “Paunch Hogabout”, in The Atlantic Magazine, volume 1, number 5, page 343: Every man, save Silvy, vociferously swore that he had ponied up his "quarter:" whereupon the landlady observed that Silvy the less had not paid his reckoning. 3.1944 February 7, War Advertising Council, “Advert”, in Life, volume 16, number 6, page 123: Know what I'd do with that dough ... if I'd the luck to have it?¶ I'd buy War Bonds—and, God, would I hang onto them! (Bonds buy guns—and give you four bucks for your three) ... I'd pony up for taxes cheerfully (knowing they're the cheapest way to pay for this war) ... I'd sock some in the savings bank, while I could ... I'd lift a load off my mind with more life insurance. 4.1992 July/August, “Naked City”, in Spy, page 18: If entertaining TV blusterer John McLaughlin felt any contrition after ponying up a six-figure sum to settle a sexual-harassment suit in 1989, he is evidently over it. 5.2009 January 25, Frank Rich, “No Time for Poetry”, in New York Times‎[2]: Only then did we learn that he doled out billions in secret, last-minute bonuses to his staff last month, just before Bank of America took over and just before the government ponied up a second bailout to cover Merrill’s unexpected $15 billion fourth-quarter loss. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:43 TaN
30241 Pony [[English]] [Proper noun] editPony 1.An athletic shoe or other piece of athletic gear of an American-based brand of that name. [[German]] ipa :/ˈpɔni/[Etymology 1] editLate 18th century, from English pony. [Etymology 2] editFrom the similarity of the haircut with the mane of a pony. Regarding the masculine gender, perhaps through Ponyschnitt (literally “pony cut”). 0 0 2021/07/12 09:43 TaN
30242 falsehood [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɒlsˌhʊd/[Antonyms] edit - (false statement): truth, verity [Etymology] editFrom Middle English falshede, from false + -hede. [Noun] editfalsehood (countable and uncountable, plural falsehoods) 1.(uncountable) The property of being false. 2.1976, Willard Van Orman Quine, The Ways of Paradox, and other essays, page 89: Every such idiom is what is known as a truth function, and is characterized by the fact that the truth or falsehood of the complex statement which it generates is uniquely determined by the truth or falsehood of the several statements which it combines. 3.(countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie. Don't tell falsehoods. 4.(archaic, rare) Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful. 5.1817, Robert Stevenson, Scripture Portraits, volume 1, page 155: THE LEPROSY OF NAAMAN INFLICTED ON GEHAZI, FOR HIS FALSEHOOD AND COVETOUSNESS. 6.1963, M. Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, page 7: O mortal, eschew falsehood and flattery. Death flayeth and killeth the false one: The apostate suffereth for his falsehood and pride; he is tormented in both worlds. Renounce slander and envy of others. 7.1984, Witness Lee, Life-Study: Revelation: Volume Three: Messages 34-50, Living Stream Ministry (1999), →ISBN, page 511: The false prophet looks like a lamb, but speaks like a dragon. This indicates his falsehood. […] He will pretend to be the same as Christ. 8.2006 October 7, Jacki Lyden, “Italian Pop Star Takes on U.S. Music Market”, in NPR All Things Considered: Lyden: That was wonderful. Could I read just what is the refrain here in English? Ms-Consoli: Yeah. Lyden: Look into my eyes. Take off all falsehood. The aura of pureness reveals fiendish anomalies. And you know what I mean [Synonyms] edit - (property of being false): falsity - (intentionally false statement): lie - (deceitfulness): falseness, mendacity - See also Thesaurus:falsehood 0 0 2021/07/12 09:44 TaN
30244 egomaniac [[English]] ipa :/iɡoʊˈmeɪniæk/[Anagrams] edit - come again [Etymology] editego +‎ -maniac [Noun] editegomaniac (plural egomaniacs) 1.A person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance. He's a raving egomaniac: all he ever talks about is himself and how important he is. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:45 TaN
30246 turn off [[English]] [Antonyms] edit - turn on [Synonyms] edit - (put out of operation): shut off, switch off, cut off, cut, deactivate, disable - (interrupt flow of liquid or gas by rotating a valve): shut off [Verb] editturn off (third-person singular simple present turns off, present participle turning off, simple past and past participle turned off) 1.(transitive, obsolete) To dismiss; to fire. 2.1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt 2008, p. 273: [H]e came to this country in the service of an English gentleman, whom he was obliged to quit through the malice of the valet de chambre, who taking advantage of the young man's being overtaken with liquor on the last St.Andrew's day, turned him off, on the pretext of his being an habitual drunkard. 3.(transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). Turn off the machine and unplug it when you leave. 4.(transitive) To rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas. Remember to turn the tap off once you've finished so you don't waste water. 5.(transitive) To repulse, disgust, or discourage (someone). Cigarette smoking really turns me off. 6.(intransitive) To leave a road; to exit. Turn off at the next exit so we can have lunch. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:45 TaN
30247 turn-off [[English]] [Antonyms] edit - turn-on [Etymology] editFrom the verb phrase turn off. [Noun] editturn-off (plural turn-offs) 1.(idiomatic) Something that repulses, disgusts, or discourages, especially sexually. I like the people at my job, but the 60-hour work weeks are a big turn-off. Braces on a pretty girl actually aren't a turn-off for me. Synonym: passion killer 2.A road where one turns off, such as a motorway exit. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:45 TaN
30255 run down [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - undrown [Synonyms] edit - (hit with a vehicle): run over, knock down - (criticise): put down, demean, berate - (locate): track down [Verb] editrun down (third-person singular simple present runs down, present participle running down, simple past ran down, past participle run down) 1.(transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them. He was run down while crossing the main road. 2.(transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly. Whatever the company says, the media is going to run them down. My sister is always running me down in front of my friends. Don't run yourself down so much! 3.(transitive) To find something or someone after searching for a long time. I finally managed to run down that report. I had filed it incorrectly. 4.(transitive, intransitive) To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device. You need to wind up the clock every day so that it doesn't run down. If you don't switch off the car lights, you will run the battery down. 5.(transitive) To read quickly a list or other short text. Running down the list of suggestions, I can see three we can discard immediately. 6.(transitive) To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary. 7.2013, Nora Roberts, The Name of the Game When the minute was up, John Jay managed to make the woman twice as nervous as he ran down the rules and the possibilities. 8.(Britain, transitive) To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure. The board of directors have decided to run down the stocks held in storage prior to offering the company for sale. 9.To decline in condition. to run down in health 10.(hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted. to run down a stag 11.(nautical) To run against and sink, as a vessel. 12.(transitive) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear. 13.1736, George Berkeley, A Discourse addressed to Magistrates and Men of Authority Religion is […] run down by the prevailing licence of these times. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:46 TaN
30256 juicy [[English]] ipa :/ˈdʒusi/[Adjective] editjuicy (comparative juicier, superlative juiciest) 1.Having lots of juice. a juicy peach 2.(of a story, etc.) Exciting; titillating. I do not keep up with all the latest juicy rumors. 3.(of a blow, strike, etc.) Strong, painful. 4.1960: “Your head feels funny, doesn't it?” “It does rather,” I said, the bump I had given it had been a juicy one, and the temples were throbbing. (P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter V) 5.1960: Years ago, when striplings, he and I had done a stretch together at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, the preparatory school conducted by that prince of stinkers, Aubrey Upjohn MA, and had frequently stood side by side in the Upjohn study awaiting the receipt of six of the juiciest from a cane of the type that biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder, as the fellow said. (P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter I) 6.(slang) Voluptuous, curvy, thick. [Antonyms] edit - unjuicy [Etymology] editjuice +‎ -y 0 0 2021/07/12 09:47 TaN
30257 finger [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɪŋɡə/[Anagrams] edit - fringe [Etymology] editFrom Middle English fynger, finger, from Old English finger (“finger”), from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”) (compare West Frisian finger, Low German/German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish finger), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷrós, *penkʷ-ros (“fifth”) (compare Old Irish cóicer (“set of five people”), Old Armenian հինգեր-որդ (hinger-ord, “fifth”)), from *pénkʷe (“five”). More at five. [Noun] editfinger (plural fingers) 1.(anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb. Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers. 2.1750, W[illiam] Ellis, The Country Housewife's Family Companion […] , London: James Hodges; B. Collins, OCLC 837728611, page 157: [M]aking a Cut here big enough to put her Finger in, which ſhe thruſts under the Guts, and with it rakes or tears out the Stone that lies neareſt to it. 3.1916, The Finger Talk of Chicago's Wheat-Pit, Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 89, p. 81: Each finger extended represents one-eighth of a cent. Thus when all four fingers and the thumb are extended, all being spread out from one another, it means five-eighths. 4.2014 March 29, “Don’t cramp my style”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8880: In 1993 [Victor Candia] noticed that the fingers of his left hand were starting to curl up as he played [on his guitar]. It felt to him as if a magnet in his palm were preventing him from opening them. A week later, he could not play at all. 5.(zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly: 6.1915, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, The How and Why Library, Life, Section VIII, The starfish eats with five fingers. 1.The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw. 2.One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers. 3.One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly: - 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, p. 250: ...spires whose ‘silent finger points to Heaven’... 1.(cooking) Finger-shaped pieces of food. chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers 2.2014, Laurie David, The Family Cooks By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating? 3.(chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger. 4.1996, Susan Trumbore, Mass Spectrometry of Soils, p. 318: An oven is placed over the finger with Co catalyst (oven temperature will depend on whether a quartz or Pyrex finger is used, see Ref. 24), and a cold finger (usually a copper rod immersed in dry ice–isopropanol slurry) is placed on the other tube. 5.(Britain regional, botany, usually in in the plural, obsolete) Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly: a finger of land; a finger of smoke 1.(botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand. 2.(anatomy, obsolete) A lobe of the liver. 3.(historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade. 4.The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting. 5.(nautical) Clipping of finger pier: a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock. 6.(aviation) Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. - 1611, Bible (KJV), Exodus 8:19: The Magicians said vnto Pharaoh; This is the finger of God. 1.(obsolete) Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second. 2.(US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard. 3.(US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup. 4.(US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime. 5.(figuratively) That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion. The finger of suspicion pointed clearly at the hotel manager.(units of measure) Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly 1.(historical) Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of 1⁄16 foot (about 1.9 cm). 2.1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick a piece of steel three fingers thick 3.(historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm). 4.(historical) Synonym of digit: 1⁄12 the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses. 5.(originally US) An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it. Gimme three fingers of bourbon.(fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.(informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. - 1786, Thomas Busby, Musical Dictionary A performer capable of doing justice to rapid or expressive passages, is said to have a good finger(informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.(Britain slang) A person.(especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.(vulgar) The act of fingering, inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure. [References] edit - "finger, n., in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press. [See also] edit - artiodactyl - dactyl - dactylography - dactylology - fist - macrodactyly - perissodactyl - prestidigitation - pterodactyl [Synonyms] edit - (anatomy): See Thesaurus:finger - (zoology): toe (when on four legs); claw, talon (usually sharp) - (finger-shaped objects): tendril (in plants) - (airport walkway): See jet bridge - (finger width): See digit - (slang for police informer): See Thesaurus:informant - (skill with the fingers): fingering technique; touch - (British slang for person): bloke, lad, boy, guvedit - (to identify or point out): inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out - (sexual): fingerbang, fingerfuck [Verb] editfinger (third-person singular simple present fingers, present participle fingering, simple past and past participle fingered) 1.(transitive) To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in. 2.2018 January, “Wild Things”, in North and South: I'm rose-tinting my teenage years, for sure, but Twenge isn't the only generational-change researcher to finger the ubiquitous smartphone for contributing to higher rates of teen depression and anxiety. 3.(transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers. 4.c. 1589–1593, Shakespeare, William, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 1, Scene 2: Let the papers lie; / You would be fingering them to anger me. 5.1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds: "They have done a foolish thing," said I, fingering my wineglass. 6.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 121: Alladad Khan, left alone, dandled unhandily his child in unfatherly arms. He wanted to finger his moustache, but could not. 7.2009, Win Blevins, Dreams Beneath Your Feet, page 135: Feeling tender around the face, she fingered herself gingerly. Yes, it was swollen, very sore around the cheekbones, with dried blood on the outsides of her eye sockets, below her nostrils, and below one ear. 8.(transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang 9.2007, Madeline Bastinado, A Talent for Surrender, page 201: She fingered him, spreading the gel and sliding the tip of her finger inside him. 10.2008, Thomas Wainwright (editor), Erotic Tales, page 56: She smiled, a look of amazement on her face, as if thinking that maybe this was the cock that she had been fantasizing about just now, as she fingered herself to a massive, body-engulfing orgasm. 11.(transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument. 12.(transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages. 13.(transitive, computing) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol. 14.1996, "Yves Bellefeuille", List of useful freeware, comp.archives.msdos.d, Usenet: PGP mail welcome (finger me for my key). 15.(obsolete) To steal; to purloin. 16.c. 1599–1602, Shakespeare, William, Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2: in the dark / Groped I to find out them, had my desire, / Fingered their packet, and in fine withdrew / To mine own room again, 17.(transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work. [[Danish]] ipa :/fenɡər/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷrós. [Etymology 2] editSee fingere (“to simulate”). [[Middle English]] [Noun] editfinger 1.Alternative form of fynger [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷrós. [Noun] editfinger m (definite singular fingeren, indefinite plural fingre or fingrer, definite plural fingrene) 1.(anatomy) a finger [References] edit - “finger” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷrós. [Noun] editfinger m (definite singular fingeren, indefinite plural fingrar, definite plural fingrane) 1.(anatomy) a finger [References] edit - “finger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Old English]] ipa :/ˈfin.ɡer/[Etymology] editFrom Proto-Germanic *fingraz, which is from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷrós, *penkʷ-ros, a suffixed form of *pénkʷe (“five”). Compare Old Frisian finger, Old Saxon fingar, Old High German fingar, Old Norse fingr, Gothic 𐍆̹̲̲͂̓ (figgrs). [Noun] editfinger m 1.finger Sēo hand hæfþ fīf fingras: þone þūman, þone sċytefinger, þone middelfinger, þone hringfinger, and þone lȳtlan finger. The hand has five fingers: the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the pinky. [[Old Frisian]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós. [Noun] editfinger m 1.finger [[Old Swedish]] ipa :/ˈfiŋɡɛr/[Etymology] editFrom Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz. [Noun] editfinger m 1.finger [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈfinɡeɾ/[Etymology] editFrom English finger. [Noun] editfinger m (plural fingeres) 1.(food) finger 2.(aviation, travel) jet bridge [[Swedish]] ipa :/ˈfɪŋːɛr/[Etymology] editFrom Old Swedish finger, from Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷrós. [Noun] editfinger n or c 1.(anatomy) a finger (the body part) [References] edit - finger in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) [See also] edit - hand - knoge - nagel - tumme [[West Frisian]] ipa :/ˈfɪŋər/[Etymology] editFrom Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr. [Noun] editfinger c (plural fingers, diminutive fingerke) 1.finger 0 0 2009/05/15 10:46 2021/07/12 09:48 TaN
30260 no one [[English]] ipa :/ˈnəʊ wʌn/[Further reading] edit - “no one, pron.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2003. - “no one, pron.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. [Pronoun] editno one 1.Used in contrast to anyone, someone or everyone: not one person; nobody. Synonyms: nobody, none Antonyms: all, everyone, someone, anyone, everybody, somebody, anybody We went to the store but no one was there. 2.1578, [Pierre de la Place], “That the Vocation of Men, hath beene a Thing Vnknown vnto Philosophers, […]”, in Ægremont Ratcliffe [i.e., Egremont Radcliffe], transl., Politiqve Discourses, Treating of the Differences and Inequalities of Vocations, as well Publique, as Priuate: […], London: […] Edward Aggas, OCLC 1191025251, book I, folio 8, recto: Sundrie greate perſonages bothe learned and well acquainted with affaires, haue both learnedly, and wiſely written of Politique matters, [...] howbeit there is no one among them all, that hath once buſied himſelfe about the ruling, or direction of the Publique eſtate, in that point, that apperteineth to the vocation of men, [...] 3.1684, John Boccacio [i.e., Giovanni Boccaccio], “The Sixth Novel. Sufficiently Declaring, that how Mighty Soever the Power of Love is, yet a Magnanimous and Truly Generous Heart, It Can by No Means Fully Conquer.”, in The Novels and Tales of the Renowned John Boccacio, the First Refiner of Italian Prose: […], 5th edition, London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], OCLC 978137436, page 437: Where Love preſumeth into place, / Let no one ſing in Loves diſgrace. 4.1763, J[ean-]J[acques] Rousseau, “Book V”, in [William Kenrick], transl., Emilius and Sophia: Or, A New System of Education. […], volume IV, 2nd edition, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt […], OCLC 1015474452, pages 90–91: Many may boaſt finer eyes, a handſomer mouth, a more commanding figure; but no one can have a better turned ſhape, a fairer complexion, a whiter hand, a more delicate foot, a more benign aſpect, a more bewitching countenance. Without dazzling, ſhe engages, ſhe charms, and no one can tell how. 5.1848, Jonathan Morgan, transl., The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. […], stereotype edition, Portland, Or.: S. H. Colesworthy; […], II Corinthians 7:2, page 222, column 2: Receive us. We have wronged noöne, we have corrupted noöne, we have taken advantage of noöne. 6.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Remarkable Incident of Doctor Lanyon”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., OCLC 762755901, pages 55–56: 'The doctor was confined to the house,' Poole said, 'and saw no one.' On the 15th, he tried again, and was again refused; and having now been used for the last two months to see his friend almost daily, he found this return of solitude to weigh upon his spirits. 7.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619, page 6: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between. His clerks, however, understood him very well. If he had written a love letter or a farce, or a ballade or a story, no one—neither clerks nor friends nor compositors—would have understood anything but a word here and a word there. 8.1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 483591931, page 249: The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad. 9.1991, Craig Smoryński, “Weak Formal Theories of Arithmetic”, in Logical Number Theory I: An Introduction (Universitext), Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-75462-3, →ISBN, page 269: However, the transcendence of 2 2 {\displaystyle 2^{\sqrt {2}}} was so difficult a problem that noöne in the audience would live to see its solution. Within a few years, [Carl Ludwig] Siegel had proven this transcendence! 10.2020 June 3, Christian Wolmar, “Unworkable Policies Cripple Our Beleaguered Railway”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, ISSN 0953-4563, OCLC 999467860, page 51: And why has no one in the [rail] industry advocated for a universal requirement for face covering (even if it's just a scarf or old tea towel), [...] 0 0 2021/07/12 09:48 TaN
30261 Linear [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Arline, Erlian, Irelan, Lanier, aliner, enrail, lanier, larine, nailer, renail [Proper noun] editLinear 1.(astronomy) A comet, cataloged as “C/1999 S4”, discovered on September 27, 1999, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program in New Mexico. (See [1]) Sometimes spelled LINEAR. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:50 TaN
30262 Linear A [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Learian, Raelian, Raëlian, air lane, airlane [Etymology] editNamed by British archaeologist Arthur Evans, to distinguish it from the other linear script, Linear B. [Proper noun] editLinear A 1.A syllabary used to write the as-yet-undeciphered Minoan language, and an apparent predecessor to other scripts, such as Linear B. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:50 TaN
30263 linear [[English]] ipa :/ˈlɪn.i.ɚ/[Adjective] editlinear (comparative more linear, superlative most linear) 1.Having the form of a line; straight or roughly straight; following a direct course. 2.2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 4: The route taken does not have to be a perfectly straight line, just so long as it is linear and is followed consistently for each transect taken. 3.Of or relating to lines. 4.Made, or designed to be used, in a step-by-step, sequential manner. a linear medium 5.(botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides. 6.(mathematics) Of or relating to a class of polynomial of the form y = a x + b {\displaystyle y=ax+b} . 7.(physics) A type of length measurement involving only one spatial dimension (as opposed to area or volume). a linear meter [Anagrams] edit - Arline, Erlian, Irelan, Lanier, aliner, enrail, lanier, larine, nailer, renail [Antonyms] edit - nonlinear [Etymology] editFrom Latin līneāris, from līnea (“line”) + -āris (adjectival suffix). Doublet of lineal. [[Catalan]] [Adjective] editlinear (masculine and feminine plural linears) 1.linear Synonym: lineal [Etymology] editFrom Latin līneāris. [Further reading] edit - “linear” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “linear” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “linear” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “linear” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[Portuguese]] [Adjective] editlinear m or f (plural lineares, comparable) 1.linear (having the form of a straight line) 2.(mathematics) linear (being a first-degree polynomial) 3.linear (made in a step-by-step, logical manner) [Etymology] editFrom Latin līneāris. [Further reading] edit - “linear” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editlinear m or n (feminine singular lineară, masculine plural lineari, feminine and neuter plural lineare) 1.Alternative form of liniar [[Spanish]] ipa :/lineˈaɾ/[Etymology 1] editFrom Latin lineāris. [Etymology 2] editFrom Latin lineāre. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:50 TaN
30264 angling [[English]] [Noun] editangling (countable and uncountable, plural anglings)English Wikipedia has an article on:anglingWikipedia 1.A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport. 2.1651, Thomas Barker, The Art of Angling: wherein are discovered many rare secrets very necessary to be known by all that delight in that recreation: It is a speciall point to have the sun and moon before you, for the very motion of the rod drives all pleasure from you, either by day or by night; in all your anglings, both with worms and flyes, there must be a great care of that. [Synonyms] edit - the gentle craft [Verb] editangling 1.(fishing) present participle of angle 0 0 2021/07/12 09:50 TaN
30265 angle [[English]] ipa :/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/[Anagrams] edit - Angel, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, genal, glean, lenga [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English angle, angul, angule, borrowed from Middle French angle, from Latin angulus (“corner, remote area”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos < *h₂eng- (“corner, hirn”). Cognate with Old High German ancha (“nape of the neck”), Middle High German anke (“joint of the foot, nape of neck”). Doublet of angulus. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English anglen (“to fish”), from Middle English angel (“fishhook”), from Old English angel, angul (“fishhook”), from Proto-Germanic *angulō, *angô (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“something bent, hook”). Cognate with West Frisian angel (“fishing rod, stinger”), Dutch angel (“fishhook”), German Angel (“fishing pole”), German angeln (“to fish, angle”), Icelandic öngull (“fishhook”). [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈaŋ.ɡlə/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old Occitan angle, from Latin angulus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”). [Etymology 2] edit [Further reading] edit - “angle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [[Esperanto]] [Adverb] editangle 1.in the English language 2.in the manner of an English person [[French]] ipa :/ɑ̃ɡl/[Anagrams] edit - génal, glane, glané [Etymology] editFrom Middle French angle, from Old French angle, from Latin angulus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos (“joint?”), from *h₂eng-, *ang- (“corner, hirn”). [Further reading] edit - “angle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editangle m (plural angles) 1.(geometry) A geometric angle. La mesure d'un angle droit est égale à 90 degrés. The measure of a right angle is equal to 90 degrees. 2.A location at the corner of something, such as streets, buildings, furniture etc. Synonym: coin 3.A viewpoint or angle. [[German]] [Verb] editangle 1.inflection of angeln: 1.first-person singular present 2.singular imperative 3.first/third-person singular subjunctive I [[Haitian Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom French anglais (“English”). [Noun] editangle 1.English language [[Italian]] [Adjective] editangle 1.feminine plural of anglo [Anagrams] edit - glena, lagne, legna [Noun] editangle f 1.plural of angla [[Mauritian Creole]] [Adjective] editangle 1.English [Etymology] editFrom French anglais [Noun] editangle 1.English language [[Old French]] [Alternative forms] edit - ange, angele, angre, enge [Etymology] editFrom Late Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). [Noun] editangle m (oblique plural angles, nominative singular angles, nominative plural angle) 1.angel (biblical being) [[Pennsylvania German]] [Etymology] editCompare German angeln, English angle. [Verb] editangle 1.to fish, angle 0 0 2013/01/16 09:59 2021/07/12 09:50
30266 Angle [[English]] ipa :/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/[Anagrams] edit - Angel, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, genal, glean, lenga [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin Anglus, in turn borrowed from a Germanic source (compare Old English Ængle/Engle (“Angle”)). Probably derived from the toponym Angle, related to Proto-Germanic *anguz "narrow, tight; tapering, angular", either indicating the "narrow" water (i.e. the Schlei estuary), or the "angular" shape of the peninsula.Folk etymology linking the word to English angel or any antecedents is demonstrably false. [Noun] editAngle (plural Angles) 1.(historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian. [[Latin]] [Proper noun] editAngle 1.vocative singular of Anglus [[Mauritian Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom French Anglais [Noun] editAngle (feminine Anglez) 1.English person 0 0 2021/07/12 09:50 TaN
30278 off the hook [[English]] [Etymology 1] editAn allusion to a fish caught on the hook of a fishing line. [Etymology 2] editReferring to the candlestick phone, which in order to hang up, the receiver must be hung on a hook. Leaving the receiver off the hook would prevent it from being able to receive calls. [Etymology 3] editUnknown. [See also] edit - off the hooks - ring off the hook 0 0 2021/07/12 09:55 TaN
30280 in advance of [[English]] [Preposition] editin advance of 1.Before; ahead of. He travelled in advance of his master, making the necessary arrangements. 0 0 2021/07/12 09:57 TaN
30283 big deal [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - digable [Interjection] editbig deal 1.(idiomatic, informal, ironic) Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what. He can run a mile in six minutes? Big deal! Some people can do it in four. [Noun] editbig deal (plural big deals) 1.(idiomatic, informal) Something very important or difficult; a matter of great concern; a considerable feat or achievement. It's a big deal to him to get this promotion. It's no big deal if you don't finish. Why do you always have to make such a big deal of tiny punctuation errors? 2.(idiomatic, informal) Someone very important; a VIP. Don't you know I'm a real big deal around here? 0 0 2021/07/12 09:57 TaN
30287 parted [[English]] ipa :/pɑɹtɪd/[Adjective] editparted (not comparable) 1.Separated; taken asunder. 2.(in combination) Having the specified number of parts. 3.(botany) Deeply cleft. a parted leaf [Anagrams] edit - depart, detrap, drapet, petard, prated, rapted, tarped, traped [Verb] editparted 1.simple past tense and past participle of part 0 0 2021/07/12 09:58 TaN
30289 likely [[English]] ipa :/ˈlaɪkli/[Anagrams] edit - Ilkley, Killey [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English likely, likly, lykly, likliche, from Old English ġelīclīċ (“likely”) and Old Norse líkligr (“likely”), both from Proto-Germanic *līkalīkaz, equivalent to like +‎ -ly. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English likely, likly, lykly, likliche, from Old English ġelīclīċe (“equally”) and Old Norse líkliga, glíkliga (“likely”), both from Proto-Germanic *līkalīka, equivalent to like +‎ -ly. 0 0 2009/04/08 00:44 2021/07/12 09:58 TaN
30290 haggling [[English]] [Noun] edithaggling (plural hagglings) 1.The act of one who haggles. 2.1934, Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life and Times (book 2, page 51) All the materials, therefore, existed for an interminable series of hagglings, bargainings, and blackmailings. [Verb] edithaggling 1.present participle of haggle 0 0 2021/07/12 09:58 TaN
30291 wrangle [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹæŋ.ɡəl/[Anagrams] edit - Wangler, wangler [Etymology] editFrom Middle English wranglen, from Low German wrangeln (“to wrangle”), frequentative form of wrangen (“to struggle, make an uproar”); equivalent to wring +‎ -le. Related to Danish vringle (“to twist, entangle”) and German rangeln (“to wrestle”). More at wrong, wring. [Noun] editwrangle (plural wrangles) 1.An act of wrangling. Wrangle and bloodshed followed thence. 2.An angry dispute. 3.January 31 2020, Boris Johnson, Brexit Day speech For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope, a moment they thought would never come. And there are many of course who feel a sense of anxiety and loss. And then of course there is a third group — perhaps the biggest — who had started to worry that the whole political wrangle would never come to an end. [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:squabble [Verb] editwrangle (third-person singular simple present wrangles, present participle wrangling, simple past and past participle wrangled) 1.(intransitive) To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily. 2.c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,[1] Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle, And I would call it, fair play. 3.1716, Joseph Addison, The Freeholder, No. 39, Friday, May 4, 1716, in The Works of Joseph Addison, Volume III, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1837, p. 235,[2] He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points, to triumph in the superiority of his understanding, or to be supercilious on the side of truth. 4.1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 18,[3] I stood where land and sea wrangled ferociously over the overlap. 5.(transitive) To herd (horses or other livestock); (humorously) to supervise, manage (people). 6.1962, “The Second Time Around,” Time, 12 January, 1962,[4] When she tries to wrangle a calf, she ends up flat on her face in the barnyard muck. 7.2010, Sean Gordon, “Gionta settles in, stands out,” The Globe and Mail, 3 October, 2010,[5] Wrangling a chaotic group of five-year-olds is unnerving enough without the added stress of a famous NHLer in the room helping lace his son’s skates. 8.(transitive, by figurative extension from the sense with animals and people) To gather and organize (facts, information, data), especially in ways that require sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling. Synonym: munge 9.(transitive) To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil. 10.1649, Robert Sanderson, Letter to N. N. respecting the relative Merits of the Presbyterians and the Independents, 10 April, 1649, in George D’Oyly, The Life of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, Volume II, London: John Murray, 1821, Appendix, p. 442,[6] When we have wrangled ourselves as long as our wits and strengths will serve us, the honest, downright sober English Protestant will be found, in the end, the man in the safest way, and by the surest line […] 0 0 2009/09/10 09:45 2021/07/12 09:58 TaN
30294 license [[English]] ipa :/ˈlaɪsəns/[Alternative forms] edit - (British, Canadian, Australian, Irish, South African and New Zealand English) licence (noun) [Anagrams] edit - selenic, silence [Etymology] editFrom Middle English licence, licens, lisence, lissens, licance (noun) and licencen, licensen, lisensen, licent (verb), from Old French licence, from Latin licentia (“license”), from licens, present participle of licere (“to be allowed, be allowable”); compare linquere, Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave”). [Further reading] edit - license in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - license in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - - Licence in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) [Noun] editlicense (countable and uncountable, plural licenses) 1.A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. 2.1970, Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 2, episode 10: Hello. I would like to buy a fish licence please. 3.The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. 4.1986, Thomas Smedinghoff, The Legal Guide to Developing, Protecting, and Marketing Software‎[1], page 166: Thus, while the license will grant the user the right to use the software, a major concern is the scope of that use. For example, will the user be granted the right to copy, modify, or transfer the software? 5.Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). 6.2012, Chris Seepe, The Conspiracy to Assassinate Jesus Christ‎[2], page 5: In some instances, the author took license to include events which never happened, or to purposely create events which may run in the face of popular conjecture if the author felt it would help the story along. 7.Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. 8.1936, Will Durant and Ariel Durant, The Story of Civilization, page 520: When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near. 9.Short for driver's license. In order to enter the building, I need to show my license. [Verb] editlicense (third-person singular simple present licenses, present participle licensing, simple past and past participle licensed) 1.Authorize officially. I am licensed to practice law in this state. 2.(transitive) (applied to a piece of intellectual property) 1.To give formal authorization to use. It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL. 2.2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. 3.To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation. The filmmakers licensed several iconic 80's songs for the soundtrack. 4.2000, International Journal of Micrographics & Optical Technology‎[3]: As part of the strategic relationship, Microsoft has licensed the image segmentation, compression and viewing technology from ScanSoft. 5.2007, Steve Swayne, How Sondheim Found His Sound‎[4]: They changed their campaign, licensed the song and used it for over six years in all of their advertising.(linguistics, transitive) To permit (as grammatically correct). No English adverbs have mandatory complements, and most don't even license optional ones. - 2014, Hagit Borer, Parametric Syntax: Case Studies in Semitic and Romance Languages‎[5]: Kayne argues that the crucial fact which licenses preposition stranding in English but not in French is the fact that in English verbs and prepositions assign Case similarly, and hence they govern similarly. 0 0 2017/11/02 15:03 2021/07/12 10:00 TaN
30304 cerebral [[English]] ipa :/ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl/[Etymology 1] editBorrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain”); equivalent to cerebrum +‎ -al. [Etymology 2] editCalque of Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “pertaining to the head”). [References] edit - “cerebral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - “cerebral”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. [[Asturian]] ipa :/θeɾeˈbɾal/[Adjective] editcerebral (epicene, plural cerebrales) 1.(anatomy, medicine) cerebral [Etymology] editcerebru +‎ -al. [[Catalan]] ipa :/sə.ɾəˈbɾal/[Adjective] editcerebral (masculine and feminine plural cerebrals) 1.cerebral [Etymology] editA learned formation from the root of Latin cerebrum and the suffix -al. [[Danish]] ipa :/serəbraːl/[Adjective] editcerebral 1.cerebral (of, or relating to the brain) [Etymology] editFrom French cérébral (“cerebral”), from Latin cerebrum (“brain”). [Further reading] edit - “cerebral” in Den Danske Ordbog - “cerebral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog [[Portuguese]] ipa :/sɨɾɨˈβɾaɫ/[Adjective] editcerebral m or f (plural cerebrais, comparable) 1.Of, or relating to the brain or cerebral cortex of the brain; cerebral. [Etymology] editFrom cérebro +‎ -al. [Further reading] edit - “cerebral” in iDicionário Aulete. - “cerebral” in Dicionário inFormal. - “cerebral” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 - “cerebral” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021. - “cerebral” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa. - “cerebral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editcerebral m or n (feminine singular cerebrală, masculine plural cerebrali, feminine and neuter plural cerebrale) 1.cerebral [Etymology] editFrom French cérébral [[Spanish]] ipa :/θeɾeˈbɾal/[Adjective] editcerebral (plural cerebrales) 1.cerebral [Etymology] editFrom cerebro +‎ -al. [Further reading] edit - “cerebral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2010/03/10 17:10 2021/07/12 10:11 TaN
30305 cerebral palsy [[English]] [Noun] editcerebral palsy (countable and uncountable, plural cerebral palsies) 1.(neurology, pathology) A group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions, caused by brain damage before birth or during infancy, characterized by impairment of muscular coordination. [Synonyms] edit - CP 0 0 2021/07/12 10:11 TaN
30312 Munich [[English]] ipa :/ˈmjuːnɪk/[Alternative forms] edit - Münich (uncommon) [Etymology] editFrom German München. [Proper noun] editMunich 1.The capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany. [[Asturian]] [Proper noun] editMunich ? 1.Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany) [[French]] ipa :/my.nik/[Proper noun] editMunich ? 1.Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany) 0 0 2018/06/13 11:42 2021/07/12 10:20 TaN
30316 banner year [[English]] [Noun] editbanner year (plural banner years) 1.An especially good year; a year of exceptional production. 1965 was a banner year for the company; it produced a million widgets for the first time. 2.1853, New-Hampshire Missionary Society, Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, Volumes 50-57‎[1], volume 53, Steam power press of McFarland & Jenks, page 16: The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year. 0 0 2021/07/12 10:37 TaN
30317 Bann [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom Irish an Bhanna (“the river goddess”), from ban (“woman”) + dia (“goddess, deity”). [Proper noun] editBann 1.A river in Northern Ireland, which flows through Lough Neagh. 2.A river in southeastern Ireland. [References] edit - "Place Names NI - Home". Placenamesni.org. [[German]] ipa :-an[Etymology] editFrom Middle High German and Old High German ban, from the root of bannen (“to outlaw, banish”). [Further reading] edit - “Bann” in Duden online [Noun] editBann m (genitive Bannes, plural Banne) 1.jurisdiction 2.ban, proscription 3.excommunication 4.spell, enchantment, influence, magic, magical effect 5.(historical) a regiment of Hitler Youth or the SS. [[Luxembourgish]] ipa :/ban/[Noun] editBann m (plural Bänn) 1.communal district 0 0 2021/07/12 10:37 TaN
30318 meteoric [[English]] ipa :-ɒrɪk[Adjective] editmeteoric (comparative more meteoric, superlative most meteoric) 1.Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor. meteoric iron 2.Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness. Her meteoric rise to power was followed by a slow, lackluster career at the top. 3.(geology) Of water: originating in the atmosphere. 4.Influenced by the weather. [Anagrams] edit - core time [Etymology] editmeteor +‎ -ic [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editmeteoric m or n (feminine singular meteorică, masculine plural meteorici, feminine and neuter plural meteorice) 1.meteoric [Etymology] editFrom French météorique 0 0 2021/07/12 10:38 TaN
30319 improbable [[English]] ipa :/ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/[Adjective] editimprobable (comparative more improbable, superlative most improbable) 1.Not likely to be true. It's highly improbable that aliens abducted you. 2.Not likely to happen. Due to the loss of power, it is improbable that we will begin on time. [Antonyms] edit - probable [Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle French improbable, from im- +‎ probable. [See also] edit - impossible [[Catalan]] [Adjective] editimprobable (masculine and feminine plural improbables) 1.improbable, unlikely Antonym: probable [Further reading] edit - “improbable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “improbable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “improbable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “improbable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[French]] ipa :/ɛ̃.pʁɔ.babl/[Adjective] editimprobable (plural improbables) 1.unlikely, improbable (not likely) Synonym: peu probable [Etymology] editFrom im- +‎ probable. [Further reading] edit - “improbable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Galician]] [Adjective] editimprobable m or f (plural improbables) 1.improbable (not likely to happen) Antonym: probable [Alternative forms] edit - improbábel [Further reading] edit - “improbable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy. [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editimprobable (plural improbables) 1.improbable, unlikely Antonym: probable [Further reading] edit - “improbable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2021/07/12 10:38 TaN
30320 patronage [[English]] ipa :/ˈpeɪtɹənɪd͡ʒ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English patronage, from Old French patronage (modern French patronage). Equivalent to patron +‎ -age. [Noun] editpatronage (countable and uncountable, plural patronages) 1.The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship. His vigorous patronage of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives. 2.Customers collectively; clientele; business. The restaurant had an upper-class patronage. 3.1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 590-591: The improved service to and from Taunton is fully justified by the passenger patronage to and from this town, which is a railhead for a large surrounding area. Hyponym: ridership 4.A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain. 5.(politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support. 6.2015, Thomas J. Gradel, Dick Simpson, Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality, University of Illinois Press (→ISBN), page 117: Patronage, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, and criminal activity flourish, sometimes for decades, in numerous town halls, police stations, and special-purpose government agencies in the suburbs. 7.Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. 8.1864, Eliza Farnham, Woman and Her Era: Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them. (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?) 9.The right of nomination to political office. 10.(Britain, law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. 11.{{RQ:Blackstone Comm|passage=Advowson is the right of presentation to a church, or ecclesiastical benefice. Advowson, advocatio, signifies the taking into protection; and therefore is synonymous with patronage [Verb] editpatronage (third-person singular simple present patronages, present participle patronaging, simple past and past participle patronaged) 1.(transitive) To support by being a patron of. 2.2003, Hubert Michael Seiwert, Popular Religious Movements and Heterodox Sects in Chinese History, →ISBN, page 62: Mingdi continued the policy of his father who had patronaged Confucian learning. 3.2004, C.K. Gandhirajan, Organized Crime‎[1], APH Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 147: Table 5.4 reveals the role of criminal gangs’ patron under each crime category. From this, we can understand that 74 percent of the mercenaries are patronaged and supported by the politicians either of the ruling or opposition party. 4.2007, Stefaan Fiers and Ineke Secker, “6, A Career through the Party”, in Maurizio Cotta and Heinrich Best, editors, Democratic Representation in Europe‎[2], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 138: To summarize: a person with a party political background is thus defined as ‘a person that has served in (a) […] and/or (b) a non-elective position inside the party administration of patronaged position in another organisation, i.e. the political functionary’. 5.(transitive) To be a regular customer or client of; to patronize Synonyms: support, keep going 6.c. 1880,, The Primary Teacher‎[3], volume 3, New-England Publishing Company, page 63: This house is largely patronaged by the professors and students of many of the Educational Institutions of New England and the Middle States; and all perons visiting New York, either for business or pleasure, will find this an excellent place at which to stop. 7.1902 May 1, Oregon Poultry Journal‎[4], page 27: Mr. F. A. Welch, of the Oak View Poultry Farm, Salem, starts an add with us this issue. […] Our readers will be treated well, if they patronage Mr. Welch. 8.2002, Kevin Fox Gotham, Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development‎[5], SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 28: Most public establishments catered to Blacks, and Whites actively patronaged some black-owned businesses (Martin 1982, 6, 9–11; Slingsby 1980, 31–32). [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˌp[Etymology] editFrom patroon +‎ -age. Cf. English patronage, French patronage. [Noun] editpatronage n (plural patronages) 1.patronage (act of providing approval and support) Synonyms: beschermheerschap, patronaat [[French]] ipa :/pa.tʁɔ.naʒ/[Etymology] editpatron +‎ -age [Further reading] edit - “patronage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editpatronage m (plural patronages) 1.Patronage [[Middle English]] ipa :/patroːˈnaːdʒ(ə)/[Etymology] editFrom Old French patronage; equivalent to patroun +‎ -age. [Noun] editpatronage (plural patronagis) 1.The privilege of being able to choose ecclesiastical appointees; advowson. 0 0 2021/07/12 10:38 TaN
30331 last but not least [[English]] ipa :/ˈlæst bʌt nɑt ˈlist/[Adverb] editlast but not least often followed by a comma 1.An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.Synonyms[edit] - and of course 0 0 2021/07/12 10:50 TaN
30335 consultative [[English]] [Adjective] editconsultative (comparative more consultative, superlative most consultative) 1.That gives advice or consultation; advisory. [[French]] [Adjective] editconsultative 1.feminine singular of consultatif 0 0 2021/07/12 10:52 TaN
30338 facilitate [[English]] ipa :/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/[Etymology] editFrom French faciliter, from Latin facilis [Synonyms] edit - (to make easy or easier): ease [Verb] editfacilitate (third-person singular simple present facilitates, present participle facilitating, simple past and past participle facilitated) 1.To make easy or easier. 2.1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94: Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock. 3.To help bring about. 4.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling: But while she was pursuing this thought the good genius of Sophia, or that which presided over the integrity of Mrs Honour, or perhaps mere chance, sent an accident in her way, which at once preserved her fidelity, and even facilitated the intended business. 5.To preside over (a meeting, a seminar). [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - felicitata [Verb] editfacilitate 1.second-person plural present indicative of facilitare 2.second-person plural imperative of facilitare 3.feminine plural of facilitato [[Latin]] [Noun] editfacilitāte 1.ablative singular of facilitās [[Romanian]] ipa :[fatʃiliˈtate][Etymology] editFrom Latin facilitas through French facilité [Noun] editfacilitate f (plural facilități) 1.facility 0 0 2009/12/14 09:45 2021/07/12 10:53 TaN

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