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netizen
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- Netizen
[Anagrams]
edit
- netzine
[Etymology]
editBlend of Net + citizen
[Noun]
editnetizen (plural netizens)
1.(Internet) A member of the community of Internet users.
2.2012 January 19, Johnathan Weisman, “Web Rises Up To Deflect Bills Seen as Threat”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 19 January 2012, page A1:
It appeared by Wednesday evening that Congress would follow Bank of America, Netflix and Verizon as the latest institution to change course in the face of a netizen revolt.
3.2020 January 21, Katyanna Quach, “How a Kaggle Grandmaster cheated in $25,000 AI contest with hidden code – and was fired from dream SV job”, in The Register[2], archived from the original on 23 January 2020:
A $25,000 (£19,000) prize pool was established to reward the best solutions, and the competition was hosted on Kaggle – a Google-owned platform used by more than a million netizens to build AI models, find and share datasets, and collaborate with fellow Kagglers.
[Synonyms]
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- cybercitizen
[[Indonesian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English netizen.
[Further reading]
edit
- “netizen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[Noun]
editnetizen (first-person possessive netizenku, second-person possessive netizenmu, third-person possessive netizennya)
1.synonym of warganet (“netizen”).
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English netizen.
[Noun]
editnetizen m
1.netizen
Synonym: cybercitizen
2.2020 September 29, Raimondo Bultrini, “Amnesty lascia l'India: "Trattati come criminali. Da governo, caccia alle streghe" [Amnesty leaves India: "Treated like criminals. From the government, witchhunt"]”, in la Repubblica[3]:
Amnesty non è la sola a subire la pressione di un esecutivo supportato da decine di migliaia di post di netizen veri o fasulli creati dalla "Cellula IT" del Partito di maggioranza Bjp per diffamare ogni forma di opposizione.
Amnesty is not alone in being pressured by an executive supported by tens of thousands of posts by real or bogus netizens created by the "IT Cell" of the majority BJP Party to defame all forms of opposition.
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fuel
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfjuːəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- flue, fule
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English fewell, from Old French fouaille, feuaille, from feu (“fire”). Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”).
[Noun]
editfuel (countable and uncountable, plural fuels)
1.Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
2.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion[1]:
More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
3.Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
4.(figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
His books were fuel for the revolution.
Money is the fuel for economy.
That film was nightmare fuel!
5.2006 June 15, “Ammunition: the fuel of conflict”, in Oxfam International[2]:
Small arms ammunition is the fuel that keeps many of the world’s conflicts raging.
[Verb]
editfuel (third-person singular simple present fuels, present participle (US) fueling or fuelling, simple past and past participle (US) fueled or fuelled)
1.To provide with fuel.
2.1959 May, “Talking of Trains: By diesel m.u. to Moorgate”, in Trains Illustrated, page 235:
The workings now employ ten twin-units, which are fuelled at Hornsey but return to Cambridge diesel depot for their weekly maintenance; [...].
3.To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.
[[French]]
ipa :/fjul/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English fuel.
[Further reading]
edit
- “fuel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editfuel m (plural fuels)
1.Alternative form of fioul
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editfuel
1.Alternative form of fewell
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editfuel m (plural fueles)
1.fuel oil
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agnostic
[[English]]
ipa :/aɡˈnɒstɪk/[Adjective]
editagnostic (comparative more agnostic, superlative most agnostic)
1.Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
2.1889, Huxley, Thomas Henry, Agnosticism[1]:
In matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.
His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
3.Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
She left the church when she became agnostic.
4.(computing) Of a software component etc.: unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism -- it is “transport-agnostic”.
5.(usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on an issue or matter of uncertainty.
I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.
He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Costigan, angio-CTs, coasting, coatings, cotingas, scoating
[Etymology]
editCoined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870. Either from Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos, “ignorant, not knowing”). Or from a- + Gnostic, deriving (either way) from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).
[Noun]
editagnostic (plural agnostics)
1.A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
2.1876 June 1, Stephen, Leslie, “An Agnostic's Apology”, in The Forthnightly Review[2], volume 25/19, number 114, page 840:
The Agnostic is one who asserts—what no one denies—that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence.
3.1953 November 3, Russell, Bertrand, “What is an Agnostic?”, in Look[3]:
An agnostic thinks it impossible to know the truth in matters such as God and the future life with which Christianity and other religions are concerned.
4.1985, Sagan, Carl, Contact: a novel, New York: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 175:
When I say I'm an agnostic, I only mean that the evidence isn't in. There isn't compelling evidence that God exists — at least your kind of god — and there isn't compelling evidence that he doesn't.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French agnostique
[Noun]
editagnostic m (plural agnostici)
1.agnostic
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producing
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈdusɪŋ/[Verb]
editproducing
1.present participle of produce
2.2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
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guarded
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɑɹdɪd/[Adjective]
editguarded (comparative more guarded, superlative most guarded)
1.Cautious; restrained.
2.Watched over; supervised.
3.(medicine, often euphemistic) Not favourable.
guarded prognosis
[Verb]
editguarded
1.simple past tense and past participle of guard
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huddled
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhʌdl̩d/[Adjective]
edithuddled (not comparable)
1.crowded together in a huddle
2.crouched
[Verb]
edithuddled
1.simple past tense and past participle of huddle
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huddle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhʌdəl/[Adjective]
edithuddle (comparative more huddle, superlative most huddle)
1.Muted, as if emitted by a huddled embryo
2.1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, 1985, p.51:
Gowan snored, each respiration chocking to a huddle fall, as though he would never breathe again.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English *hudelen, alteration (due to hudels, hidels (“hiding place”), see hiddle) of *huderen, hoderen (“to cover; press together; huddle”), a frequentative form of Middle English huden, hiden (“to hide”), equivalent to hide + -le and/or hide + -er. Compare Low German huderken (“to brood; coddle; nurse; lull children to sleep”).
[Noun]
edithuddle (plural huddles)
1.A dense and disorderly crowd.
2.(American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
3.(bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.
[Verb]
edithuddle (third-person singular simple present huddles, present participle huddling, simple past and past participle huddled)
1.(intransitive) To crowd together.
2.1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 4
During all these operations the apes who had entered sat huddled near the door watching their chief, while those outside strained and crowded to catch a glimpse of what transpired within.
The sheep huddled together seeking warmth.
3.(intransitive) To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.
4.To get together and discuss a topic.
5.2012 November 2, Ken Belson, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 2 November 2012):
George Hirsch, chairman of the board of Road Runners, said officials huddled all day Friday, hoping to devise an alternate race. They considered replacing the marathon with a race that would comprise the final 10 miles of marathon, starting at the base of the Queensboro 59th Street Bridge on the Manhattan side. But that was not deemed plausible, Mr. Hirsch said.
6.(intransitive, American football) To form a huddle.
7.(transitive) To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
8.1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], OCLC 83985187:
Our adversary, huddling several suppositions together, […] makes a medley and confusion.
9.(transitive) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).
10.1845, John Henry Newman, Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
Huddle up a peace.
11.1697, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
Let him forecast his work with timely care, / Which else is huddled when the skies are fair.
12.1728, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady
Now, in all haste, they huddle on / Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone.
13.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
This resolution she accordingly executed; and the next morning before the sun, she huddled on her cloaths, and at a very unfashionable, unseasonable, unvisitable hour, went to Lady Bellaston […]
14.(bridge, intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.
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Huddle
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editVariant of Hudd.
[Proper noun]
editHuddle
1.A patronymic surname, from given names.
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Hudd
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom a Middle English given name derived from Hugh and probably merged with an Old English given name Hūda.
[Proper noun]
editHudd
1.A patronymic surname, from given names.
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and then some
[[English]]
[Phrase]
editand then some
1.(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to confirm preceding utterance, while implying that what was said or asked is an understatement
It created a disruption, and then some.
2.2021 July 20, Neil Vigdor, quoting Earl Blumenauer, “Bezos thanks Amazon workers and customers for his vast wealth, prompting backlash.”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
“Space travel isn’t a tax-free holiday for the wealthy,” said Representative Earl Blumenauer, Democrat of Oregon. “We pay taxes on plane tickets. Billionaires flying into space — producing no scientific value — should do the same, and then some!”
[Synonyms]
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- and how
- to say the least
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nod
[[English]]
ipa :/nɒd/[Anagrams]
edit
- DON, Don, Don., ODN, don, don'
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendʰ-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”).[1] Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”).
[Noun]
editnod (plural nods)
1.An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.
2.A reference or allusion to something.
3.2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[2]:
Much like Mirror Mirror, Huntsman appears to borrow liberally from other fantasy films. Sometimes the nods are clever—Stewart’s first night in the forest, among hallucinatory fog that gives the trees faces and clutching hands, evokes Disney’s animated Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs from 1937.
4.A nomination.
For the fifth time in her career she received a Grammy nod, she has yet to win the award.
5.2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Really putting a damper on the ol' Tony nod.
6.(figuratively) Approval.
The plan is expected to get the nod from councillors at the next meeting.
7.1964 August, “News and Comment: One main line to Scotland?”, in Modern Railways, page 86:
Has the BRB received a secret nod from the Ministry to continue the LMR electrification from Weaver Junction to Glasgow?
[References]
edit
1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “nod”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Verb]
editnod (third-person singular simple present nods, present participle nodding, simple past and past participle nodded)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
2.(transitive, intransitive) To briefly incline the head downwards as a cursory greeting.
3.(transitive, intransitive) To sway, move up and down.
4.1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] [T. Miller] for Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 1467112, page 1:
By every wind that nods the mountain pine.
5.1819, William Wordsworth, On Seeing a Tuft of Snowdrops in a Storm
Frail snowdrops that together cling / and nod their helmets, smitten by the wing / of many a furious whirl-blast sweeping by.
6.(intransitive) To gradually fall asleep.
7.(transitive) To signify by a nod.
They nodded their assent.
8.(intransitive) To make a mistake by being temporarily inattentive or tired
Even Homer nods.
9.(transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.
Jones nods the ball back to his goalkeeper.
10.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[1]:
With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot.
11.(intransitive, figuratively) To allude to something.
12.March 15 2012, Soctt Tobias, The Kid With A Bike [Review]
Though the title nods to the Italian neo-realist classic Bicycle Thieves—and Cyril, much like the father and son in that movie, spends much of his time tracking down the oft-stolen possession—The Kid With A Bike isn’t about the bike as something essential to his livelihood, but as his sole connection to the freedom and play of childhood itself.
13.(intransitive, slang) To fall asleep while under the influence of opiates.
[[Aromanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- nodu
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin nōdus. Compare Daco-Romanian nod.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Latin nōdō. Compare Daco-Romanian înnoda, înnod (archaic noda).
[[Irish]]
ipa :/n̪ˠɔd̪ˠ/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish not, from Latin nota. Doublet of nóta.
[Further reading]
edit
- "nod" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “not, nod”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Noun]
editnod m (genitive singular noid, nominative plural noda)
1.scribal contraction, abbreviation
2.hint (clue; tacit suggestion)
[[Northern Kurdish]]
[Numeral]
editnod
1.ninety
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Noun]
editnod n (definite singular nodet, indefinite plural nod, definite plural noda)
1.a bent spike on a nail (or similar) which is hammered through a medium (e.g. a piece of wood)
[[Old Saxon]]
ipa :/nɔːd/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *naudi
[Noun]
editnōd f
1.a need
2.a necessity for something
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/nod/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin nōdus, from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”).
[Noun]
editnod n (plural noduri)
1.knot
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/noːd/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Latin nota.[1] Cognate with Cornish nos.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English node, from Latin nodus.
[Etymology 3]
editMutated form of dod (“to come”).
[References]
edit
1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “nod”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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NOD
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- DON, Don, Don., ODN, don, don'
[Noun]
editNOD (plural NODs)
1.(law) Initialism of notice Of disagreement; filed by an appellant in response to a denial of veteran's benefits in United States law.
2.(military, US) Initialism of Night Optical/Observation Device.
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Nod
[[Hunsrik]]
ipa :/noːt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German nōt, from Old High German nōt, from Proto-West Germanic *naudi.
[Further reading]
edit
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
[Noun]
editNod f (plural Ned)
1.need
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30994
Anthony
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæn.tə.ni/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Antony
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky.
[Proper noun]
editAnthony
1.A male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
2.1922 F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned:
"...Think you've got the best name I've heard," she was saying. - - "Anthony Patch. Only you ought to look sort of like a horse, with a long narrow face - and you ought to be in tatters." "That's the Patch part though. How should Anthony look?" "You look like Anthony," she assured him seriously - he thought she had scarcely seen him - "rather majestic," she continued, " and solemn."
3.1952 Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English, Random House, page 245:
It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony, a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like Stephen, Peter, Michael, etc., in this country.
4.1955 Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Chapter Five:
She was built like a dream and wore a chain around her neck with a medal of Saint Anthony hanging down inside the most beautiful bosom I never saw. "It must be a terrible temptation for Saint Anthony," I joked - just to put her at ease, you know. "Saint Anthony?" her husband said. "Who's Saint Anthony?"
5.A patronymic surname, from given names.
6.A city, the county seat of Harper County, Kansas, United States.
7.A city in New Mexico
8.A town in Texas
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And
[[Translingual]]
[Proper noun]
editAnd
1.(astronomy) Abbreviation of Andromeda or its genitive form Andromedae.
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an'
[[English]]
ipa :/ən/[Anagrams]
edit
- N.A., N/A, NA, n.a., n/a, na
[Contraction]
editan'
1.Pronunciation spelling of and.
She'll be ridin' an' comin' up soon. The smart girl an' the silly boy.
[[Scots]]
[Conjunction]
editan'
1.Alternative form of an
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An
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- N.A., N/A, NA, n.a., n/a, na
[Proper noun]
editAn
1.Alternative form of Anu
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[ʔaːn˧˧][Anagrams]
edit
- na; Na
[Etymology]
editSino-Vietnamese word from 安.
[Proper noun]
editAn
1.A unisex given name from Chinese
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31000
AN
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editAN
1.The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Netherlands Antilles.
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- N.A., N/A, NA, n.a., n/a, na
[Etymology]
editDerived from the first letters of army and navy.
[Noun]
editAN (uncountable)
1.(military, US) A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy.
[[German]]
[Noun]
editAN m (plural AN)
1.Initialism of Arbeitnehmer
2.Initialism of Auftragnehmer
[[Italian]]
[Proper noun]
editAN f
1.Initialism of Alleanza Nazionale.
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storytelling
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editstory + telling
[Noun]
editstorytelling (countable and uncountable, plural storytellings)
1.The act and skills of presenting stories and tales.
[[French]]
ipa :/stɔ.ʁi.tɛ.liŋ/[Etymology]
editFrom English storytelling.
[Noun]
editstorytelling m (plural storytellings)
1.storytelling
[[Portuguese]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English storytelling.
[Noun]
editstorytelling m (plural storytellings)
1.storytelling
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effective
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈfɛktɪv/[Adjective]
editeffective (comparative more effective, superlative most effective)
1.Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
Synonym: efficacious
The pill is an effective method of birth control.
2.Producing a decided or decisive effect.
The president delivered an effective speech!
3.1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his neighbour wrong, is criminal.
4.Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
How long does it take to make a bunch of civilians an effective military force?
My effective income after taxes and child support is $500 a month.
The effective radiated power is determined by multiplying the transmitter power output with the antenna gain.
The effective voltage of an alternating current is 0.7 times its peak voltage.
5.Actually in effect.
The curfew is effective at midnight.
6.(geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
7.(physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.Usage notes[edit]Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary from 1913 still lists efficient and effective as synonyms, but all major dictionaries now show that these words now only have different meanings in careful use. Use of both for the other meaning is however widespread enough that Longman's Exam Dictionary, for example, finds it necessary to proscribe the use of one for the other with several examples at each entry and provides the following summary:
- efficient = working quickly and without waste
- effective = having the desired effect
[Etymology]
editFrom French effectif, from Latin effectīvus (“productive; effective”), from efficiō (“I make; I bring about”).
[Noun]
editeffective (plural effectives)
1.(military) a soldier fit for duty
2.1876, Dabney Herndon Maury, Southern Historical Society Papers: Volume 2, Number 4, Recollections of the Elkhorn Campaign:
The Army of the West reached Corinth sometime after the battle of Shiloh. We were 15,000 effectives, and brought Beauregard's effective force up to 45,000 men.
[[French]]
ipa :/e.fɛk.tiv/[Adjective]
editeffective
1.feminine singular of effectif
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editeffectīve
1.vocative masculine singular of effectīvus
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at the helm
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editat the helm
1.(nautical, literally) Steering a vessel.
2.(idiomatic) In charge of a company or project.
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Mentor
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ermont, Merton, Monter, Termon, meront, metron, montre, termon, tormen
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”).
[Proper noun]
editMentor
1.(Greek mythology) Odysseus's trusted counselor. He was assigned the responsibility of raising Odysseus's son Telemachus while Odysseus was away fighting in Troy.
[[German]]
[Noun]
editMentor m
1.mentor
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unbelievable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌʌnbəˈliːvəbl̩/[Adjective]
editunbelievable (comparative more unbelievable, superlative most unbelievable)
1.Not to be believed.
2.Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.
The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!
This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!
3.Implausible or improbable.
His excuse seems rather unbelievable.
Synonyms: improbable, infeasible, unlikely
Antonyms: feasible, likely, plausible, probable
[Etymology]
editFrom un- + believable.
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CEO
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- COE, CoE, Coe, ECO, EOC, eco, eco-
[Noun]
editCEO (countable and uncountable, plural CEOs)
1.(countable) Initialism of chief executive officer.
2.CEOs who once made 50 times the average worker’s salary made more than 500 times as much in 2001. — Evan Thomas, Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04
3.(Britain, countable) Initialism of civil enforcement officer.
4.(aviation) Acronym of current engine option.
[Verb]
editCEO (third-person singular simple present CEOs, present participle CEOing, simple past and past participle CEOed)
1.(intransitive, informal) To serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization or company.
2.2018, Michael Andreoni, The Window Is a Mirror, Livonia, MI: BHC Press, →ISBN, page unknown:
Daddy-David's answer was CEOing. He'd CEOed at three companies, most recently as head of an electronic sensor manufacturer. “He's completely turned them around in less than a year,” Lise trilled, “and never missed Friday afternoon Bible study.”
3.2020 March 2, Matt Levine, “Twitter Owner Wants Full-Time CEO”, in Bloomberg[1]:
“We’d like you to be our CEO,” the board would say, and the CEO would say “sounds great but I am also the CEO of another company, is that a problem,” and the board would say “yes of course that’s a problem, we meant you’d quit your other CEO job and work for us, that’s how CEOing works, […] ”
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˌsi i ˈow/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English CEO.
[Noun]
editCEO m, f (plural CEOs)
1.(business) CEO; chief executive officer (highest-ranking corporate officer)
Synonym: diretor executivo
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new name
[[English]]
[Noun]
editnew name (plural new names)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see new, name.
2.1725, The New-England Courant:
It seems that she loaded at Santa Cruz, in Barbary, with Wax, Copper, fine Matts, &c with which she sailed for Marseilles, but the Night after they put to sea, the Crew rose, killed the Capt. Super-Cargo, Mate, Surgeon, &c. and then new named the Ship, calling her the Revenge.
3.1821, William Shakespeare (commentary by Edmond Malone), Poems and Plays - Volume 3, page 230:
The King and the Subject, June 5, 1638. Acted by the same company. This title, Sir Henry Herbert says, was changed. I suspect it was new named The Tyrant. The play is lost.
4.2012, Robert Southey, History of Brazil, page 347:
When Zarate left the Plata he thought himself entitled to new name that river, and ordered that it should from thenceforth be called Vizcaya, the Biscay, he himself being a Biscayan.
[Verb]
editnew name (third-person singular simple present new names, present participle new naming, simple past and past participle new named)
1.Alternative form of newname
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in good hands
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editin good hands
1.Under the guidance of a capable being.
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greeted
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɹiːtɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- deterge
[Verb]
editgreeted
1.simple past tense and past participle of greet
2.1955 - Joseph Heller, Catch-22, Chapter 13, page 133
He greeted Milo jovially each time they met and, in an excess of contrite generosity, impulsively recommended Major Major for promotion. The recommendation was rejected at once at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters by ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen, who scribbled a brusque, unsigned reminder that the Army had only one Major Major Major Major and did not intend to lose him by promotion just to please Colonel Cathcart.
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greet
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡɹiːt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Geter, egret, reget
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English greet, grete (“great”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-Germanic *grētaną); and of Old English grēotan (itself from Proto-Germanic *greutaną), both meaning "to weep, lament".
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ɡrɛːt/[Adjective]
editgreet (plural and weak singular greete, comparative greter, superlative gretest)
1.great (large, significant)
2.c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, James 3:5, page 110vre, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
ſo alſo þe tunge is but a litle membꝛe ⁊ reiſiþ grete þingis / lo hou litil fier bꝛenneþ a grete wode.
Similarly, the tongue's only a little organ, but it produces great things; look at how a small fire burns down a large forest.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- grete
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English grēat, in turn from Proto-Germanic *grautaz.
[[Scots]]
ipa :/ɡrit/[Etymology 1]
editFrom a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan (cognate with Swedish gråta', Danish græde) and grēotan (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.
[Etymology 2]
edit
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bleachers
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Beachlers
[Noun]
editbleachers
1.plural of bleacher
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bleacher
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Alberche, Beachler, rebleach
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English blechere, equivalent to bleach + -er. Compare Dutch bleker, Swedish blekare.
[Noun]
editbleacher (plural bleachers)
1.One who, or that which, bleaches.
2.(US, usually in the plural) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.
Synonyms: stand, terrace
There could be a rough crowd out in the bleachers.
3.1999, Jim Puhalla, Jeff Krans, Mike Goatley, Sports Fields: A Manual for Design, Construction and Maintenance - Page 371:
Warnings such as "watch your step" can be provided when there is a small step off a bleacher to the pavement or ground level.
4.2004, Josh Pahigian, Kevin O'Connell, The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip:
We prefer bleacher seats to Grandstand Sections 1-9. And in truth, quite a few bleacher seats offer a better view of the action than the Right Field Boxes do. Bleacher seats are made of comfortable plastic, […]
5.(US, television, usually in the plural, by extension) The tiered seating provided for the audience at a television filming.
6.2010, Jeremy G. Butler, Television Style
In practice, audience members often have badly obstructed views of the sets—whether due to obstructive camera dollies and production personnel or viewers sitting in the bleachers off to the side of the set that is currently being used.
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mingle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Leming, leming
[Etymology]
editFrom earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.
[Noun]
editmingle (plural mingles)
1.(obsolete) A mixture.
2.The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group
3.2019, Sally Lou Oaks Loveman, Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting
When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quick mingle and keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.
[Related terms]
edit
- among
- mongrel
[Verb]
editmingle (third-person singular simple present mingles, present participle mingling, simple past and past participle mingled)
1.(transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product
Synonyms: confuse, confound
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 9:24:
There was […] fire mingled with the hail.
3.1838, Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Searching for Pride”, in Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated, London: Joseph Rickerby, […], OCLC 36892655, page 69:
Be aware of the smiling enemy, that openly sheatheth his weapon, / But mingleth poison in secret with the sacred salt of hospitality.
4.2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, in New York Times[1]:
Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services.
5.(transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship
6.to cause or allow to intermarry
7.to intermarry.
8.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ezra 9:2:
The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands.
9.(transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
10.a. 1729, John Rogers, The Necessity of Universal Obedience
a mingled, imperfect virtue
11.(transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
12.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 4, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, OCLC 223202227:
[He] proceeded to mingle another draught.
13.(transitive, obsolete) To put together; to join.
14.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, 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 I, scene vi]:
The best feather of our wing have mingled sums
To buy a present for the emperor
15.(intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
16.(intransitive) To socialize with different people at a social event.
17.2009, Jane Buckingham, The Modern Girl's Guide to Life
And allow a bit of a cocktail hour before the meal so that when your guests arrive, you have time to mingle before you step into the kitchen.
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breather
[[English]]
ipa :/bɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- Eberhart
[Etymology]
editbreathe + -er
[Noun]
editbreather (plural breathers)
1.Something or someone that breathes.
2.A short break; a rest or respite.
After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.
3.(physics) A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
4.(colloquial, dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise.
5.(mechanics) An air inlet path to the crankcase
[Synonyms]
edit
- (short break): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
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makeup
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- make-up
[Anagrams]
edit
- upmake
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb phrase make up.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Makeup (cosmetics)Wikipedia makeup (usually uncountable, plural makeups)
1.(uncountable) An item's composition.
To understand how a nuclear reactor works, we must first look at its makeup.
2.(uncountable) Cosmetics; colorants and other substances applied to the skin to alter its appearance.
She is wearing a lot of makeup.
3.(manufacturing) Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.
4.2005, William C. Whitman, William M. Johnson, John A. Tomczyk, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology, page 1208:
When the water level drops, the float ball drops with it and opens the valve to the makeup water supply.
5.(education) A test given to students allowing them to repeat failed material.
[References]
edit
1. ^ In reference with Jean-Claude Corbeil/Ariane Archambault: Visual Dictionary, Look up a Word from a Picture, Find the Picture from a Word. (New York, USA / Oxford, UK, 1987)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (composition): configuration, constitution, form; see also Thesaurus:composition
- (cosmetics): beauty products, cosmetics, product, slap, war paint
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metaphysical
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/[Adjective]
editmetaphysical (not comparable)
1.Of or pertaining to metaphysics.
2.Being an adherent of the philosophy of metaphysics.
3.Immaterial, supersensual, not physical (more properly, "beyond" that which is physical).
[Alternative forms]
edit
- metaphysickal (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editDerived from metaphysics.
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apocalypse
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈpɒkəlɪps/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”), literally meaning "uncovering", from ἀπό (apó, “after”) and καλύπτω (kalúptō, “I cover”).
[Noun]
editapocalypse (plural apocalypses)
1.A revelation. [from 14th c.]
The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.
2.(Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]
3.(Christianity) The Book of Revelation.
4.A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]
5.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 699:
The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.
[References]
edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “apocalypse”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
edit
- armageddon
- doomsday
- Ragnarok (Ragnarök)
- end times
- eschaton
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis).
[Further reading]
edit
- “apocalypse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editFrench Wikipedia has an article on:apocalypseWikipedia frapocalypse f (plural apocalypses)
1.apocalypse (disaster)
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
editapocalypse
1.ablative singular of apocalypsis
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Ming
[[English]]
ipa :/mɪŋ/[Etymology]
editFrom Mandarin 明 (Míng).
[Noun]
editMing (plural Mings)
1.A member of the Ming dynasty
[Proper noun]
editMingEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Ming DynastyWikipedia
1.A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing
2.1845, J. R. Hind, “Mr. J. R. Hind on the Elements of several Comets not previously computed”, in Philosophical Magazine[1], volume XXVII, London, page 418:
The Comet of 1385 was discovered in China by the astronomers of the Ming dynasty, on October 23 (period Houng-wou eighteenth year, ninth moon, day Wou-yn): it was then on the borders of Thai-wei (a constellation of stars in Leo and Virgo, surrounding β Leonis); it touched β Virginis, and left Thai-wei by what the Chinese termed the "great gate," i.e. between β and n Virginis.
3.1973 July 15, “Trade assures Taipei of wealth, prosperity”, in Free China Weekly[2], volume XIV, number 27, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 2:
When Koxinga, the Ming Dynasty loyalist who drove the Dutch colonists from Taiwan in 1661, ending an occupation that had laster 37 years, Taipei was nonexistent.
4.A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China, as well as parts of Russia and northern Vietnam
5.The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned
6.The pottery of the era, famed for its high quality
7.A surname.
8.A male or female given name
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backyard
[[English]]
ipa :/bækˈjɑːd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- back-yard, back yard
[Etymology]
editback + yard
[Noun]
editbackyard (plural backyards)
1.A yard to the rear of a house or similar residence.
2.(colloquial) A person's neighborhood, or an area nearby to a person's usual residence or place of work and where the person is likely to go.
3.2005, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Symptoms of withdrawal: a memoir of snapshots and redemption[1], →ISBN, page 18:
The entire beach was my backyard, from the Hiltons' house in the south all the way to Steele Hunter's house in the north.
4.(colloquial) An area nearby to a country or other jurisdiction's legal boundaries, particularly an area in which the country feels it has an interest.
5.1942, Wilfrid Hardy Callcott, The Caribbean policy of the United States, 1890-1920[2], page 343:
However, the region was in the United States backyard and Britain should look passively on with acquiescence in whatever policy the United States saw fit to pursue about Mexico.
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politicized
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpoliticized (comparative more politicized, superlative most politicized)
1.(of a person) politically aware or active
2.(of a thing) given political characteristics or overtones
[Alternative forms]
edit
- (of both) politicised
[Verb]
editpoliticized
1.simple past tense and past participle of politicize
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politicize
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/[Antonyms]
edit
- depoliticize
[Etymology]
editFrom politic + -ize.
[Verb]
editpoliticize (third-person singular simple present politicizes, present participle politicizing, simple past and past participle politicized)
1.(intransitive) To discuss politics
2.(transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue
3.(transitive) To make someone politically active or aware
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reticence
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹɛtɪs(ə)ns/[Etymology]
editThe noun is borrowed from Middle French réticence (“act of keeping silent, silence; reserve; aposiopesis”) (modern French réticence (“tight-lippedness, reticence”)), or derived from its etymon Latin reticentia (“act of keeping silent, silence; aposiopesis”), from reticēns (“keeping silent, reticent, silent; keeping secret, concealing”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).[1] Reticēns is the present active participle of reticeō (“to keep silent; to keep secret, conceal”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + taceō (“to be silent, keep quiet”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-). The English word is cognate with Italian reticenza (“reticence”), Portuguese reticência, Spanish reticencia (“reticence; reluctance”).[1]The verb is derived from the noun.[2]
[Noun]
editreticence (countable and uncountable, plural reticences)
1.(uncountable, also figuratively) Avoidance of saying or reluctance to say too much; discretion, tight-lippedness; (countable) an instance of acting in this manner.
Synonyms: reserve, taciturnity
2.1640, I. S. [pseudonym; John Price], “Of the Great Reuerence of Ancient Christian Emperors and Kings to the Pope”, in Anti-Mortonvs or An Apology in Defence of the Church of Rome. Against the Grand Imposture of Doctor Thomas Morton, Bishop of Durham. […], [Saint-Omer, France: English College Press], OCLC 1166338558, page 457:
[Y]ou paſſe ouer their teſtimonies, & his whole diſcourſe out of them, with a fraudulent reticence of the particulars, and thinke to be euen with them, making vp by ſcoffing, what you cannot by arguing, [...]
3.1824, Francis Plowden, “Of Tithes and Other Church Property”, in Human Subordination: Being an Elementary Disquisition Concerning the Civil and Spiritual Power and Authority, […], Paris; London: […] W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, […], OCLC 22550848, page 125:
It must not be numbered among the obliviscences and reticenses of the candid reader, that this man, who had been [...] declared by the head of the Church of Christ, in a public instrument for the instruction and direction of all the faithful, that he was a man of very unsound doctrine, and guilty of many outrages against the holy see, should have been selected and appointed the sole plenipotentiary, delegate, and commissioner, on the part of the Church of Rome, to effect the desirable object of her reunion with the Church of England.
4.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter IX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., OCLC 34363729, page 174:
The painter's absurd fits of jealousy, his wild devotion, his extravagant panegyrics, his curious reticences—he understood them all now, and he felt sorry.
5.1896 May 2, Elbert Hubbard, “The Study”, in The Journal of Koheleth: Being a Reprint of the Book of Ecclesiastes with an Essay […], East Aurora, N.Y.: The Roycroft Printing Shop, OCLC 1178067, page XX:
The greatest egotist has his reticenses. It is only during the sessions of sweet silent thought that a man can summon his soul to judgment.
6.1897, Bram Stoker, chapter IX, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, OCLC 688657546, page 124:
He would not give me any further clue. You must not be angry with him, Art, because his very reticence means that all his brains are working for her good. He will speak plainly enough when the time comes, be sure.
7.1942, Joseph A[lois] Schumpeter, “The Classical Doctrine of Democracy”, in Capitalism, Socialism & Democracy, 5th edition, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 1976 (2003 printing), →ISBN, part IV (Socialism and Democracy), page 263:
We find the same evasions and reticences and the same trick of producing opinion by reiterated assertion that is successful precisely to the extent to which it avoids rational argument and the danger of awakening the critical faculties of the people.
8.1970, Armando Cortesão, Pizzigano’s Chart of 1424 (Revista da Universidade de Coimbra; XXIV; Série Separatas (Agrupamento de Estudos de Cartografia Antiga (Portugal)); 40), Coimbra, Portugal: Junta de Investigações do Ultramar-Lisboa, OCLC 34090417, page 19:
That is why I regret that my arguments have not convinced many scholars, as shown by the reticenses of some here present.
9.2007, W[illiam] E[dward] B[urghardt] Du Bois, “Apology”, in Henry Louis Gates Jr., editor, Dusk of Dawn: An Essay toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page xxxiii:
But in my own experience, autobiographies have had little lure; repeatedly they assume too much or too little: too much in dreaming that one's own life has greatly influenced the world; too little in the reticences, repressions and distortions which come because men do not dare to be absolutely frank.
10.2015, Matthew B. Crawford, “Introduction: Attention as a Cultural Problem”, in The World beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 9:
Even if we do not converse with others, our mutual reticence is experienced as reticence if our attention is not otherwise bound up, but is rather free to alight upon one another and linger or not, because we ourselves are free to pay out our attention in deliberate measures.
11.(uncountable) A silent and reserved nature.
Synonyms: introversion, reservation; see also Thesaurus:shyness
Antonyms: ostentation; see also Thesaurus:talkativeness
12.1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, “The Dawn Again”, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, OCLC 505123078, page 178:
The determined reticence of Jasper, however, was not to be so approached. Impassive, moody, solitary, resolute, so concentrated on one idea, and on its attendant fixed purpose, that he would share it with no fellow-creature, he lived apart from human life.
13.(uncountable) Followed by of: discretion or restraint in the use of something.
14.1870 May 21, “The Art of Reticence”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume XXIX, number 760, London: […] Spottiswoode and Co., […], OCLC 970918069, page 667, column 2:
This is the reticence of temperament, and we see it in children from quite an early age—those children who are trusted by the servants, and are their favourites in consequence, because they tell no tales; but it is a disposition that may become dangerous unless watched, and that is always liable to degenerate into falsehood.
15.1896 May 21, “McKinley’s Silence”, in The Nation, volume LXII, number 1612, New York, N.Y.: Nation Associates, ISSN 0027-8378, OCLC 772147020, page 390, columns 1–2:
We learn from the Tribune that "the reticence of self-respect" is the proper and polite name for Major [William] McKinley's refusal to answer any question touching his position on the money question. [...] [I]t now appears that the term is also available for the use of candidates for high office, who do not wish to let people know what they think until they are nominated, while it is still not available for small private places.
16.(uncountable) Often followed by to: hesitancy or reluctance (to do something).
Synonyms: disinclination, hesitation
17.2000, Mario A. Monge; Rubén Guevara, “Coffee”, in Agriculture in Alliance with Nature: CATIE’s Recent Advances in Breeding and Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources (Serie Técnica, Informe Técnico; no. 315), Turrialba, Costa Rica: Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, →ISBN, page 4:
According to Anthony & Astorga (1997), the CATIE collection suffers the loss of some 250 individuals every year, which amounts to a general genetic erosion rate of 3% (4.8% for the wild genotypes). The expense of maintaining these collections, as well as the reticence of sponsors to finance such activities, are perhaps the most important factors affecting this erosion.
18.2002, Jon P. Mitchell, Ambivalent Europeans: Ritual, Memory and the Public Sphere in Malta, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 68:
The honour of a household is inextricably linked to the reputation of the women who live there [...]. This reputation is sealed by their public display of shame, as manifest in a reticense towards appearing in public places.
19.2009, Yoko Ogawa, chapter 2, in Stephen Snyder, transl., The Housekeeper and the Professor, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, pages 26–27:
Any reticence or wariness I felt for the Professor vanished the moment I saw him with my son, and from that point on I trusted him completely.
20.(countable, uncountable, rhetoric, obsolete) Synonym of aposiopesis (“an abrupt breaking-off in speech”)
21.1786, Comte de Cagliostro [i.e., Alessandro Cagliostro]; Parkyns Macmahon, “Refutation of Madame de la Motte’s Memorial in that Part which Concerns the Comte de Cagliostro”, in Memorial, or Brief, for the Comte de Cagliostro, Defendant: against the King’s Attorney-General, Plaintiff: In the Cause of the Cardinal de Rohan, Comtesse de la Motte, and Others. […], London: […] J[ohn] Debrett, […]; J. Macklew, […]; J. de Boff, […], OCLC 81111333, pages 76–77:
If the Comteſſe de la Motte, contented to load me with opprobrious language, and to make uſe of inſidious reticences, does not accept of this formal challenge, I muſt declare to her, once for all, that I ſhall give to all her reticences, to all her obloquy, paſt, preſent, and to come, an anſwer very laconic, perfectly clear, moſt energetic, [...] —Mentiris impudentissime [you lie shamelessly].
22.1852, Adadus Calpe [pseudonym; Antonio Diodoro de Pascual], chapter III, in Antonio Diodoro de Pascual and Henry Edgar, transl., The Two Fathers. […] Part First: The Ruins of the Paraclete, New York, N.Y.: Stringer & Townsend, […], OCLC 37611275, page 35:
Oh! M. de Vieux, this elixir, and the gallows, will suit you … that you may know what it is to enjoy … / He was going to continue, or to be silent, after these reticenses, but Kant interrupted one or both of these things, [...]
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “reticence, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2010; “reticence, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
2. ^ “† reticence, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2010.
[Verb]
editreticence (third-person singular simple present reticences, present participle reticencing, simple past and past participle reticenced)
1.(transitive, rare) To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.
Synonym: pass over
2.1833 May, “Hayward’s Translation of Goethe’s “Faust””, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume VII, number XLI, London: James Fraser […], OCLC 73210235, page 532, column 1:
[Percy Bysshe] Shelley, a true vates, was called upon by their divine influence to render some choice passages from this very Faust, which, from confessed inability, [Francis Leveson-]Gower had left unattempted in his precious version, and some which from other motives he had purposely reticensed.
3.1985, Stanley Elkin, Stanley Elkin’s The Magic Kingdom, New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton, →ISBN, page 135:
It was because he didn't think he'd be recognized that he so ostentatiously lay in ambush—lost and shrouded, a burrowed lay-low, a smoke screen, anonymous, covert, sequestered, disguised and reticenced and secluded, an inference, a stowaway.
4.1990, Intelligent Systems: A Framework for the Future: […], Washington, D.C.: Special Libraries Association, published 1991, →ISBN, page 3:
[I]n the future, as we give these programs more and more direct control as we lose some of the general, reticenced fear of relying on computational technology, more and more of these errors—and more and more serious errors are going to occur
An adjective use.
5.1996, Michael Carter, “Pyrite Island”, in Broken Noses and Metempsychoses (Gathering of the Tribes; 8), New York, N.Y.: A Gathering of the Tribes/Fly By Night Press, →ISBN, page 10:
Aslant mocha—steam swirling, / Daylight searing the blinds / You reticenced that spiky truth: / A rival gorilla in the mists / And I gulped as a giddy spring magic / Turned to something aping madness; [...]
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn/[Alternative forms]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:partisanWikipedia
- partizan
[Anagrams]
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- Partains, Sarpanit, aspirant, spartina
[Etymology 1]
editFrom French partisan, from Italian partigiano (“defender of a party”), from parte (“part”). Doublet of partigiano. Attested in English from the late 15th century in the noun sense of "party adherent", and in related adjective senses from the 16th century. The "guerilla fighter" sense influenced by Serbo-Croatian partizan, Russian партиза́н (partizán), from the same source.[1]The sense of "guerilla fighter" is from c. 1690.The adjective in the military sense dates from the early 18th century.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
[Etymology 2]
editFrom French partizaine, from Middle French partizaine, partisanne etc., from Italian partigiana, related to Etymology 1 above (apparently because it was seen as a typical weapon of such forces).[2]
[Further reading]
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-
- Partisan in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
[References]
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1. ^ “partisan, n.2 and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2005.
2. ^ “partisan, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2005.
[[French]]
ipa :/paʁ.ti.zɑ̃/[Adjective]
editpartisan (feminine singular partisane, masculine plural partisans, feminine plural partisanes)
1.partisan, partial
2.in favour of
[Anagrams]
edit
- aspirant
[Etymology]
editFrom Italian partigiano.
[Further reading]
edit
- “partisan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editpartisan m (plural partisans, feminine partisane)
1.supporter, proponent, advocate
2.(sports) fan
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French partisan.
[Noun]
editpartisan m (plural partisans)
1.(Jersey) supporter
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Italian partigiano, via French partisan
[Noun]
editpartisan m (definite singular partisanen, indefinite plural partisaner, definite plural partisanene)
1.a partisan (member of an armed group)
[References]
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- “partisan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editNorwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:partisanWikipedia nnFrom Italian partigiano, via French partisan
[Noun]
editpartisan m (definite singular partisanen, indefinite plural partisanar, definite plural partisanane)
1.a partisan (member of an armed group)
[References]
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- “partisan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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personal
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/[Adjective]
editpersonal (comparative more personal, superlative most personal)
1.Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things.
2.Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general
3.2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions[1], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, DOI:10.3390/rel5010219, pages 219-257:
Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.
4.2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better[2], Plum, →ISBN, page 192:
You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.
personal question
personal desire
Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.
You can't read my diary - it is personal.
5.Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal.
personal charms
6.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
7.Done in person; without the intervention of another.
a personal interview
personal settings
8.2011, Bob Nelson, Peter Economy, Consulting For Dummies
Although you miss the nonverbal cues that you pick up in a personal meeting, you can call far more clients in a day than you can meet with in person.
9.Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner
personal reflections or remarks
10.(grammar) Denoting a person.
a personal pronoun
[Alternative forms]
edit
- personall (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- psoralen
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al.
[Noun]
editpersonal (plural personals)
1.An advertisement by which individuals attempt to meet others with similar interests.
2.A movable; a chattel.
[Synonyms]
edit
- personally
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/pəɾ.soˈnal/[Adjective]
editpersonal (masculine and feminine plural personals)
1.personal
Antonym: impersonal
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin persōnālis.
[Further reading]
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- “personal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “personal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “personal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “personal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[Cebuano]]
[Adjective]
editpersonal
1.of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general
[Etymology]
editEnglish personal, from Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”).
[Quotations]
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:personal.
[[German]]
ipa :/pɛʁzoˈnaːl/[Adjective]
editpersonal (not comparable)
1.personal
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin persōnālis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “personal” in Duden online
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[pərˈsonal][Adjective]
editpersonal
1.personal.
[Etymology]
editFrom English personal, from Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”).
[Further reading]
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- “personal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[[Interlingua]]
[Adjective]
editpersonal (comparative plus personal, superlative le plus personal)
1.personal
[Noun]
editpersonal (uncountable)
1.staff, personnel
[[Ladin]]
[Adjective]
editpersonal m (feminine singular personala, masculine plural personai, feminine plural personales)
1.personal
[[Portuguese]]
[Etymology]
editClipping of personal trainer.
[Noun]
editpersonal
1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/peɾsoˈnal/[Adjective]
editpersonal (plural personales)
1.personal
Antonym: impersonal
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin persōnālis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “personal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editpersonal m (plural personales)
1.personnel, staff
profesores y personal ― faculty and staffeditpersonal m (uncountable)
1.(informal) folks, people, mob, crowd; the masses
2.1993, Francisco Umbral, Queremos saber, Antena 3, 23 April:
Yo he venido aquí a hablar de mi libro; y no a hablar de lo que opine el personal, que me da lo mismo, porque para eso tengo mi columna y mi opinión diaria.
[[Swedish]]
ipa :[pɛʂʊnˈɑːl][Anagrams]
edit
- polarens, polernas
[Noun]
editpersonal c
1.staff (employees of a business)
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anecdote
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæ.nɪk.doʊt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- anecdota (only attested in the plural (anecdotae), probably non-standard)
- anecdoton (Grecian)
- anecdotum (rare, Latinate)
[Anagrams]
edit
- encoated, toe dance, toe-dance, toedance
[Etymology]
editLate 17th c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”).Virtually identical cognates in other European languages – French anecdote, German Anekdote, Spanish anécdota, among others.
[Noun]
editanecdote (plural anecdotes)
1.A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
2.An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
3.A previously untold secret account of an incident.
[See also]
edit
- data
[Verb]
editanecdote (third-person singular simple present anecdotes, present participle anecdoting, simple past and past participle anecdoted)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To tell anecdotes (about).
2.1879, Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, That Artful Vicar
They were all men of the same set, knowing one another intimately, and knowing the same people; so they fell to talking and anecdoting in such pleasant wise that dinner-time approached […]
3.1986, Elliot L. Gilbert, Best Short Stories from the California Quarterly, 1971-1985 (page 101)
Bob anecdoted the circus he and Jimmy had seen that afternoon.
[[French]]
ipa :/a.nɛk.dɔt/[Further reading]
edit
- “anecdote” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editanecdote f (plural anecdotes)
1.anecdote
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first cousin
[[English]]
[Noun]
editfirst cousin (plural first cousins)
1.A child of a parent's sibling; a nephew or niece of a parent; a child of one's uncle or aunt.
2.A relative who has with the other person only two grandparents (maternal or paternal) in common, but parents are different.
[References]
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- first cousin at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
edit
- cousin
- cousin-german
- full cousin
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polio
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpəʊljəʊ/[Noun]
editpolio (uncountable)
1.Abbreviation of poliomyelitis.
2.A sufferer from poliomyelitis.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈpoː.li.oː/[Etymology]
editShortening of poliomyelitis. Perhaps borrowed from English polio.
[Noun]
editpolio f (uncountable)
1.polio, poliomyelitis [from ca. 1950s]
Synonyms: kinderverlamming, poliomyelitis
[[Finnish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- lipoo, pooli
[Noun]
editpolio
1.poliomyelitis
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈpɔ.ljo/[Anagrams]
edit
- -opoli, piolo
[Etymology 1]
editFrom [Teucrium] polium, from Late Latin polium, polion, from Ancient Greek πόλιον (pólion), from πολιός (poliós, “white, grey”).
[Etymology 2]
editClipping of poliomielite.
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈpo.li.oː/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth. See also interpolō.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the main entry.
[[Lindu]]
[Noun]
editpolio
1.farmer
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈpoljo/[Etymology]
editClipping of poliomielitis.
[Noun]
editpolio f (plural polios)
1.poliomyelitis
[[Swahili]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English polio.
[Noun]
editpolio (n class, no plural)
1.poliomyelitis
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whooping
[[English]]
[Noun]
editwhooping (plural whoopings)
1.Alternative form of whupping
[Verb]
editwhooping
1.present participle of whoop
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Cummings
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkʌmɪŋz/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Cumings, Cummins
[Anagrams]
edit
- scumming
[Proper noun]
editCummings
1.A surname.
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kale
[[English]]
ipa :/keɪl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Akel, Alek, Lake, Leak, lake, leak
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English cale or cal (northern dialect), variant of col (“cole”), from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare English cole, Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis.
[Noun]
editkale (usually uncountable, plural kales)
1.An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
Synonym: borecole
2.Any of several cabbage-like food plants that are kinds of Brassica oleracea.
3.(cooking) Broth containing kale as a chief ingredient.
4.(dated, slang) Money.
5.1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Efficiency Expert[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2012:
I’ll bet he takes nine-tenths of his kale from women and children, and he’s an honored citizen.
[[Alemannic German]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French cailler, from Latin coāgulō.
[References]
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- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 63.
[Verb]
editkale
1.(Uri) to congeal, curdle
[[Basque]]
ipa :/ka.le/[Etymology]
editProbably from Proto-Basque *kaLe, ultimately from Latin callem, accusative singular of callis (“path”).
[Further reading]
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- “kale” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
- “kale” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
[Noun]
editkale inan
1.street
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈkalɛ][Verb]
editkale
1.masculine singular present transgressive of kalit
[[Dutch]]
[Adjective]
editkale
1.Inflected form of kaal
[Anagrams]
edit
- lake
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈkɑleˣ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Kela, kela, leka
[Noun]
editkale
1.(botany) glume
[[Ladino]]
[Verb]
editkale
1.(defective) should or ought to
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :/ˈkalɛ/[Noun]
editkale
1.locative singular of kał
[[Makasar]]
ipa :[ˈkalɛ][Noun]
editkale (Lontara spelling ᨀᨒᨙ)
1.body
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈka.lɛ/[Noun]
editkale m
1.locative/vocative singular of kał
[[Romani]]
[Adjective]
editkale
1.plural of kalo
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Noun]
editkale (Cyrillic spelling кале)
1.accusative plural of kal
[Verb]
editkale (Cyrillic spelling кале)
1.third-person plural present of káliti
[[Swahili]]
[Adjective]
edit-a kale (invariable)
1.ancient, old
[Antonyms]
edit
- -pya
[Noun]
editkale (n class, plural kale)
1.antiquity, the past
[Synonyms]
edit
- ukale
[[Turkish]]
ipa :[kɑˈle][Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish قلعه, from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʿa, “fort, fortress”).
[Noun]
editkale (definite accusative kaleyi, plural kaleler)
1.fort, castle, fortress, stronghold
2.(chess) rook
3.(sports) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put the ball)
4.(politics) stronghold (of an ideology)
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hyphenate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhʌɪf(ə)neɪt/[Etymology]
edithyphen + -ate
[Noun]
edithyphenate (plural hyphenates)
1.A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
2.A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".
3.2006, Nick Adams, Making Friends With Black People (page 15)
We seem to have settled on African-American, and at first glance it certainly does seem logical. […] Not to mention what happens when hyphenates marry other hyphenates and have baby hyphenates.
[Synonyms]
edit
- person
[Verb]
edithyphenate (third-person singular simple present hyphenates, present participle hyphenating, simple past and past participle hyphenated)
1.(transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
2.(transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.
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hazmat suit
[[English]]
[Noun]
edithazmat suit (plural hazmat suits)
1.(US) An impermeable suit covering the entire body to protect from biological or chemical hazards.
2.2020 December 10, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The first movie inspired by the pandemic is here, and it sucks”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
Los Angeles is under permanent lockdown, and daily health checks are mandatory, the sick carted off to the ominous Q-Zone by armed sanitation workers in yellow hazmat suits.
3.2020 December, Dave Barry, "Year in review":
[…] put on your face mask, douse your entire body with hand sanitizer and then — to be safe — don a hazmat suit
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touch-up
[[English]]
[Noun]
edittouch-up (plural touch-ups)
1.A slight correction or adjustment.
The frosting just needs a little touch-up to be smooth and even.
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