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san
[[English]]
ipa :-æn[Anagrams]
edit
- ANS, NAS, NAs, NSA, SNA, ans, ans.
[Etymology 1]
edit san
[Etymology 2]
editShortening of sanatorium.
[[Afar]]
ipa :/ˈsʌn/[Noun]
editsán m (plural sanitté f or sanwá f)
1.nose
[[Atong (India)]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editsan
1.day
[References]
edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈsan/[Noun]
editsan f (plural sans)
1.San; the Archaic Greek letter Ϻ (lowercase ϻ).
[[Classical Nahuatl]]
[Particle]
editsan
1.Alternative spelling of zan
[[Dongxiang]]
ipa :/saŋ/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Mongolic *sam, compare Mongolian сам (sam).
[Noun]
editsan
1.comb
[[French]]
ipa :/san/[Anagrams]
edit
- ans
[Noun]
editsan m (plural san)
1.san (Greek letter)
[[Friulian]]
[Adjective]
editsan
1.healthy, sound
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sānus.
[[Galician]]
ipa :[ˈsaŋ][Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Galician and Old Portuguese san, from Latin sanctus. Cognate with Portuguese são and Spanish san.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Galician and Old Portuguese são (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin sānus. Cognate with Portuguese são and Spanish sano.
[References]
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- “são” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “san” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “são” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “san” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “san” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “san” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
[[Garifuna]]
[Etymology]
editProbably from French cent.
[Numeral]
editsan
1.hundred
[[Haitian Creole]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom French cent (“hundred”)
[Etymology 2]
editFrom French sang (“blood”)
[[Irish]]
ipa :/sˠənˠ/[Contraction]
editsan
1.preposition i + definite article an: in the (singular)
[Etymology]
editFrom earlier ins an, from Old Irish issin(d), from Proto-Celtic *in sindū/sindai (“in the m sg/f sg dative”) and *in sindom/sindam (“into the m sg/f sg accusative”).
[Further reading]
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- "san" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “san” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈsan/[Etymology 1]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 2]
edit
- see santo
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
editsan
1.Rōmaji transcription of さん
2.Rōmaji transcription of サン
[[Kuna]]
[Noun]
editsan
1.meat
[[Lombard]]
[Adjective]
editsan
1.healthy
[Etymology]
editAkin to Italian sano, from Latin sanus.
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
editsan (Zhuyin ˙ㄙㄢ)
1.Pinyin transcription of 𠮿san
1.Nonstandard spelling of sān.
2.Nonstandard spelling of sǎn.
3.Nonstandard spelling of sàn.
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
editA contracted form of earlier sægen, from Old English sæċġan, alternative form of seċġan.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old French san, alternative form of senz.
[[Min Nan]]
[[Norman]]
[Determiner]
editsan m
1.(Jersey) his, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns)
[Etymology]
editFrom Vulgar Latin sum, from Classical Latin suum
[[North Frisian]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Frisian sunne. Cognates include West Frisian sinne.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Frisian sīn.
[Pronoun]
editsan m (feminine sin, neuter sin, plural sin)
1.(Föhr-Amrum) his
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
editsan m (oblique plural sans, nominative singular sans, nominative plural san)
1.Alternative form of sens
[[Pali]]
[Alternative forms]
editAlternative scripts
- 𑀲ဦ၆ (Brahmi script)
- सन् (Devanagari script)
- সন্ (Bengali script)
- සන් (Sinhalese script)
- သန် or သၼ် (Burmese script)
- สนฺ or สัน (Thai script)
- ᩈᨶ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
- ສນ຺ or ສັນ (Lao script)
- សន៑ (Khmer script)
[Etymology]
editFrom Sanskrit श्वन् (śvan).
[Noun]
editsan m
1.dog
[References]
edit
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925) , “san”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead.
[[Pnar]]
ipa :/san/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Khasian *san, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *suun ~ *suən ~ *sən; cognate with Khasi san, Mang han², Mon မသုန် (pəsɔn) and Proto-Palaungic *psan (whence Riang [Lang] kʰan¹ and Danau θʊn⁴).
[Numeral]
editsan
1.(cardinal) five
[[Rohingya]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- 𐴏ഝക (san) – Hanifi Rohingya script
[Etymology]
editFrom Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra); cognate with Bengali চাঁদ (cãdô).
[Noun]
editsan (Hanifi spelling 𐴏ഝക)
1.moon
[[Romani]]
[Verb]
editsan
1.second-person singular present indicative of si
2018, Yūsuke Sumi, ニューエクスプレス ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 20:
Kon san?
Who are you?
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
[Etymology]
editFrom anns + an, from Old Irish issin(d), from Proto-Celtic *in sindū/sindai (“in the m sg/f sg dative”) and *in sindom/sindam (“into the m sg/f sg accusative”).
[Preposition]
editsan
1.in the
san anmoch ― in the evening
san fhad-ùine ― in the long run
san t-seanchas ― in conversation
san achadh bhuan ― in the harvest field
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/sân/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.
[Noun]
editsȁn m (Cyrillic spelling са̏н)
1.dream
[[Somali]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Cushitic *ʔisŋʷ-
[Noun]
editsan ?
1.nose
[References]
edit
- san Afmaal Somali-English Dictionary.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈsan/[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Tatar]]
[Noun]
editsan
1.number
2.shin, hind leg
3.limb
[[Ter Sami]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Russian са́ни (sáni).
[Noun]
editsan
1.sledge, sleigh
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English sun
[Noun]
editsan
1.sun
2.1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:
God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.
→New International Version translation
[[Torres Strait Creole]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English sun.
[Noun]
editsan
1.sun
[[Turkish]]
[Etymology]
editRelated to saymak and sanmak.
[Noun]
editsan (definite accusative sanı, plural sanlar)
1.name
2.reputation
[[Venetian]]
[Adjective]
editsan
1.healthy
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sanus.
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[saːn˧˧][Verb]
editsan
1.to flatten
2.to make equal
[[Zhuang]]
ipa :/θaːn˨˦/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Tai *saːn. Cognate with Thai สาน (sǎan), Northern Thai ᩈᩣ᩠ᨶ, Lao ສານ (sān), Lü ᦉᦱᧃ (ṡaan), Khün ᩈᩣ᩠ᨶ, Shan သၢၼ် (sǎan), Ahom 𑜏ᜃᜫ (san).
[Verb]
editsan (old orthography san)
1.to weave
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saving
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈseɪv.ɪŋ/[Adjective]
editsaving (comparative more saving, superlative most saving)
1.(theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive. [from 14th c.]
2.Preserving; rescuing.
3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 28:8:
He is the saving strength of his anointed.
4.Thrifty; frugal. [from 15th c.]
a saving cook
5.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 14:
Three of her bairns were drowned at sea, fishing off the Bervie braes they had been, but the fourth, the boy Cospatric, him that died the same day as the Old Queen, he was douce and saving and sensible, and set putting the estate to rights.
6.Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
a saving bargain
The ship has made a saving voyage.
7.Making reservation or exception.
a saving clause
8.(in compound adjectives) Relating to making a saving.
labour-saving
energy-saving light bulbs
[Anagrams]
edit
- Givans, vignas
[Etymology]
editFrom save + -ing.
[Noun]
editsaving (countable and uncountable, plural savings)
1.A reduction in cost or expenditure.
The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
2.(countable, usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
I invested all my savings in gold.
The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.
3.(uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
4.(law, obsolete) Exception; reservation.
saving and transitional provisions
5.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
Tis Good Advice not to Contend with Those that are too Strong for us, but still with a saving to Honesty and Justice
[Preposition]
editsaving
1.With the exception of; except; save.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Revelation 2:17:
And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
3.Without disrespect to.
4.c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene ii]:
I should be ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil himself.
5.a. 1796, Robert Burns, The Carle of Kellyburn Braes
Saving your presence.
[Verb]
editsaving
1.present participle of save
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sponsorship
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editsponsor + -ship
[Noun]
editsponsorship (countable and uncountable, plural sponsorships)
1.(uncountable) The state or practice of being a sponsor.
I find that for me, my sponsorship of a child via a charitable NGO provides a sense of great satisfaction.
2.(countable, uncountable) The aid or support provided by a sponsor; backing or patronage.
The company provided sponsorship to the research team.
The university awarded five sponsorships to the five most qualified applicants.
[Synonyms]
edit
- gossipred
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long-form
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Long-form journalismWikipedia long-form (not comparable)
1.(journalism) Alternative form of longform
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regs
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- ERGs, GREs, Gers, ergs
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editShortening of regular + -s (possibly either genitive or plural).
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/rɛχs/[Adverb]
editregs
1.On the right
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch rechts
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uniform
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈjunəˌfɔɹm/[Adjective]
edituniform (comparative more uniform, superlative most uniform)
1.Unvarying; all the same.
2.Consistent; conforming to one standard.
3.1593, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, in 1830, The Ecclesiastical Polity and Other Works of Richard Hooker, page 313,
The only doubt is, about the manner of their unity; how far Churches are bound to be uniform in their Ceremonies, and what way they ought to take for that purpose.
4.(mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence
5.(chemistry, of a polymer) Composed of a single macromolecular species.
6.(geometry) (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.
[Antonyms]
edit
- nonuniform
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.English Wikipedia has an article on:uniformWikipedia Japanese schoolgirls wearing school uniforms.
[Noun]
edit The uniform worn by a soldier from the Luxembourg Armyuniform (plural uniforms)
1.A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.
2.1932, Elmer Wheeler, Tested Selling Sentences (the Language of the Brain): Master Book
The Hooverette [housedress] can be worn as a dress or as an apron.
This is the latest in uniforms, madam, according to Vogue.
3.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess[1]:
‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.
4.F. W. Robertson
There are many things which a soldier will do in his plain clothes which he scorns to do in his uniform.
5.2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. […] There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]
6.Uniform, the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet
7.A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).
8.1996, S. J. Rozan, Concourse,[2] Macmillan, →ISBN, page 265,
Skeletor held the gun against Speedo’s head, held Speedo between himself and the cops who stood, motionless and futile, where they’d stopped. Robinson, Lindfors, Carter, three uniforms and I watched helpless as Skeletor, dragging Speedy with him, inched out the gate, started backing down the hill.
9.2001, Christine Wiltz, The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld,[3] Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 113,
Four men flew out of it, three uniforms and one in what appeared to be an English riding outfit—boots, whip, the whole nine yards. […] He called out, “I’m the superintendent of police.”
10.2004, Will Christopher Baer, Penny Dreadful,[4] MacAdam/Cage Publishing, →ISBN, page 81,
Eyes to the front now and there was the body, a lump of black and brown. Moon counted three uniforms and a photographer, the medical examiner and his assistant.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (unvarying): regular, stable; see also Thesaurus:steady
- (all the same): invariable, of a piece; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
[Verb]
edituniform (third-person singular simple present uniforms, present participle uniforming, simple past and past participle uniformed)
1.(transitive) To clothe in a uniform.
2.1910, Robert W. Chambers, Ailsa Paige[5]:
You can't erect an army by uniforming and drilling a few hundred thousand clerks and farmers.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈy.niˌfɔrm/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin ūnifōrmis.
[Pronunciation 1]
edit
- IPA(key): /ˈy.niˌfɔrm/
- Hyphenation: uni‧form
[Pronunciation 2]
edit
-
-
- IPA(key): /ˌyniˈfɔrm/
- Hyphenation: uni‧form
- Rhymes: -ɔrm
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Noun]
edituniform m or f (definite singular uniforma or uniformen, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)
1.a uniform
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Noun]
edituniform f (definite singular uniforma, indefinite plural uniformer, definite plural uniformene)
1.a uniform
[[Polish]]
ipa :/uˈɲi.fɔrm/[Noun]
edituniform m inan
1.(rare) uniform
[Synonyms]
edit
- mundur, mundurek
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/ˌu.niˈform/[Adjective]
edituniform m or n (feminine singular uniformă, masculine plural uniformi, feminine and neuter plural uniforme)
1.uniform
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin ūnifōrmis.
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin uniformis.
[Noun]
edituniform c
1.Uniform; a distinctive outfit.
[References]
edit
- uniform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (noun)
- uniform in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) (adjective)
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Uniform
[[Translingual]]
ipa :[ˈjuːnifɔːm][Etymology]
editFrom English uniform
[Noun]
editUniform
1.Code word for the letter U in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet
[References]
edit
1. ^ All ICAO letter names are given non-rhotic pronunciations except for the second one here. Like the IPA vowel in Golf, this may be an error. Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2001, retrieved 23 January 2019, page §5.2.1.3, Figure 5–1
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈʊniˌfɔʁm/[Etymology]
editFrom French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Uniform” in Duden online
[Noun]
editUniform f (genitive Uniform, plural Uniformen)
1.uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group)
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misconception
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌmɪskənˈsɛp.ʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- conceptionism
[Etymology]
editmis- + conception or misconceive + -ion
[Noun]
editmisconception (countable and uncountable, plural misconceptions)
1.a mistaken belief, a wrong idea
There are several common misconceptions about the theory of relativity.
You're obviously under the misconception that I care about your problems.
He had the misconception that the word "misconception" meant becoming pregnant with a girl.
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excel
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪkˈsɛl/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English excellen, from Old French exceller, from Latin excellere, excelsum; ex (“out”) + *cellō, an unattested verb root found in culmen (“height, top”); Compare French exceller. See also culminate, column.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to surpass someone or something): better, outclass, outperform; see also Thesaurus:exceed
- (to be much better than others): rock, rule
- (to go beyond): exceed, overstep, surpass, transgress, transcend; see also Thesaurus:transcend
[Verb]
editexcel (third-person singular simple present excels, present participle excelling, simple past and past participle excelled)
1.(transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
2.1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 3, Chapter 6: THE SAFETY VALVE IN HANDLING COMPLAINTS”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People[1], page 177:
La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: "If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you." Why is that true? Because when our friends excel us, that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we excel them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses envy and jealousy.
I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
3.(intransitive) To be much better than others.
4.1924: Aristotle, Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Book 1, Part 2..
If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.
5.2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport[2]:
Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.
6.(transitive, archaic, rare) To exceed, to go beyond
7.1674, John Milton, Paradise lost, book II
She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood […]
8.1890, Emily Dickinson, “I reason, earth is short”, in T. W. Higginson; M. L. Todd, editors, Poems by Emily Dickinson, First Series, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 134:
I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?
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Excel
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪkˈsɛl/[Proper noun]
editExcel
1.(computing, software) A spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by Microsoft.
2.2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 9:
“Do you know Excel?” ¶ “No.” ¶ “Could you learn?” ¶ “Probably not. I find it very difficult to learn things I don't already know.” Then, remembering the advice that I try to sell myself, I added, “But I'm sure I'd pick it up eventually.”
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈɛk.səl/[Etymology]
editFrom English Excel with an assumed pronunciation, i.e. a spelling pronunciation based on what might be expected in English.
[Proper noun]
editExcel n (genitive Excels)
1.(software) Excel (Microsoft program)
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈɛksɛl][Proper noun]
editExcel
1.(computing) Excel (a Microsoft spreadsheet program)
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/ɛkˈsɛlː/[Etymology]
editFrom English Excel.
[Proper noun]
editExcel ? (genitive Excels)
1.(software) Excel (Microsoft program)
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cauldron
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɔːl.dɹən/[Alternative forms]
edit
- caldron
[Anagrams]
edit
- Courland, crunodal
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English caudron, borrowed from Old Northern French caudron (Old French chaudron, chauderon), itself from a derivative of Latin calidārium, caldārium (“cooking-pot”), from calidus (“hot”). Spelling later Latinized by having an l inserted. See chowder, caldera.
[Noun]
editcauldron (plural cauldrons)
1.A large bowl-shaped pot used for boiling over an open flame.
Synonym: kettle
2.c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, 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 IV, scene i], page 143, column 2:
Double, double, toile and trouble; / Fire burne, and Cauldron bubble.
3.1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Raincoast Books, →ISBN, page 102:
[…] I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses … […]
4.2004, Carl Neal, The Magick Toolbox: The Ultimate Compendium for Choosing and Using Ritual Implements and Magickal Tools, Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, →ISBN:
Large cauldrons are a little tricky to locate, but are well worth the search if you have a place to safely store and use one.
5.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cauldron.
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apprised
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
edit
- (informed): abreast
[Verb]
editapprised
1.simple past tense and past participle of apprise
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landfall
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlænd.fɔːl/[Etymology]
editland + fall
[Noun]
editlandfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)
1.Arrival at the shore by ship.
We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.
2.The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
3.(obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
4.A landslip.
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themed
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editthemed (comparative more themed, superlative most themed)
1.(often in combination) Having a particular theme or topic
[Etymology]
edittheme + -ed
[Verb]
editthemed
1.simple past tense and past participle of theme
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theme
[[English]]
ipa :/θiːm/[Anagrams]
edit
- Hemet
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English teme, from Old French teme, tesme (French thème), from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”), reduplicative from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, do”) (whence also English do).
[Noun]
edittheme (plural themes)
1.A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
2.A recurring idea; a motif.
3.(dated) An essay written for school.
4.1917, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man:
Father Dolan came in today and pandied me because I was not writing my theme.
5.(music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
6.(film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
7.(computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
8.(grammar) The stem of a word.
9.(linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
10.(linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
11.(linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
12.A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
[References]
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- Theme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Verb]
edittheme (third-person singular simple present themes, present participle theming, simple past and past participle themed)
1.(transitive) To give a theme to.
We themed the birthday party around superheroes.
2.(computing, transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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them
[[English]]
ipa :/ðɛm/[Alternative forms]
edit
- dem (nonstandard)
- em
- 'em
[Anagrams]
edit
- MHET, meth, meth-
[Determiner]
editthem
1.(dialectal) Those.
2.1835, John Pendleton Kennedy, Horse Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency
How would you like a scrummage, Andy, with them Scotchmen that stole your mother's chickens this morning?
3.1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of the Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13:
The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; / Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul. / An' all them joys o' life I 'eld so sweet / Is up the pole.
4.1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist[1]:
"I say it's a shame, Silas Linden, the way them children is treated."
5.2005, Elmer Kelton, Sons of Texas, Tor/Forge (2005), page 111:
" […] Them two wild horses ain't fit to ride, and I been wonderin' how I was goin' to get you out of this place before them Spanish maybe circle back and finish the job."
6.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:them.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.
[Pronoun]
editthem (third-person, personal pronoun, objective case of they)
1.(in the plural) Those ones.
1.Used as the direct object of a verb.
She treated them for a cold.
2.Used as the indirect object of a verb.
She wrote them a letter.
3.Used as the object of a preposition.
Give it to them.(in the singular) Him, her, or it; that one.
1.Used as the direct object of a verb.
If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Deuteronomy 17:2–5:
If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, […] [t]hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
3.2006, St. John Ambulance, First on the Scene: Student Reference Guide, →ISBN, Lesson 2, page 3:
Place the casualty on their back with feet and legs raised—this is called the shock position. [emphasis in original] Once the casualty is positioned, cover them to preserve body heat, but do not overheat.
4.2007, Rowling, J. K., Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, London: Bloomsbury, 2008, →ISBN, page 270:
Someone in the crowd around the lifts called sycophantically, ‘Morning, Yaxley!’ Yaxley ignored them.
5.Used as the indirect object of a verb.
If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner.
6.Used as the object of a preposition.
If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them.
[[Albanian]]
ipa :[θɛm][Alternative forms]
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- thom
- tham
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Albanian *θēm-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to say, instruct, announce”). Cognate with Sanskrit शास्ति (śā́sti, “to instruct, advise, command”), and Latin cēnseō (“I give an opinion, I judge, guess, reckon”). Potentially a doublet of rrëfej.
[Verb]
editthem (first-person singular past tense thashë, participle thënë)
1.I say
[[Kalo Finnish Romani]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Romani them.
[Noun]
editthem m
1.country, state
[References]
edit
- “them” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
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[Etymology 4]
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[[Romani]]
[Noun]
editthem m (plural thema)
1.country
[References]
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- Yūsuke Sumi (2018) , “them”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 144
[[Welsh Romani]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Romani them.
[Noun]
editthem m (plural thema)
1.land, country
2.country (as opposed to town)
3.earth, world
[References]
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- “them” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
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dilute
[[English]]
ipa :/daɪˈljuːt/[Adjective]
editdilute (comparative more dilute, superlative most dilute)
1.Having a low concentration.
Clean the panel with a dilute, neutral cleaner.
2.Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
3.Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
a dilute calico
a cat with a dilute tortoiseshell coat
[Antonyms]
edit
- condense
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.
[Noun]
editdilute (plural dilutes)
1.An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.
2.2000, Joe Stahlkuppe, American Pit Bull Terrier Handbook, page 131:
On average, blues and other dilutes have weaker coats and skin problems seem more prevalent in the dilutes.
[References]
edit
- dilute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- dilute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[See also]
edit
- Concentration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- dilate
[Verb]
editdilute (third-person singular simple present dilutes, present participle diluting, simple past and past participle diluted)
1.(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
2.1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem:
Mix their watery store / With the chyle's current, and dilute it more.
3.(transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
4.1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks:
if these Colours be diluted and weakned by the Mixture of any adventitious light.
5.(transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
6.(intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
It dilutes easily.
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editdīlūte
1.vocative masculine singular of dīlūtus
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minute
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɪnɪt/[Anagrams]
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- minuet, munite, mutein, mutine, untime
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Latin minūtus (“small", "petty”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“make smaller”).
[[Afrikaans]]
[Noun]
editminute
1.plural of minuut
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :/miˈnute/[Adverb]
editminute
1.Lasting for a very short period; briefly, momentarily
2.1929, L. L. Zamenhof, Johannes Dietterle, editor, Originala Verkaro [Original Oeuvre]:
[...] kaj de nun ni pri ĉiuj minute kreskantaj projektoj absolute silentados.
and from now on we will be completely silent about all the briefly growing projects.
[Etymology]
editFrom minuto + -e.
[[French]]
ipa :/mi.nyt/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French minute, borrowed from Latin minūta. Compare menu, an inherited doublet.
[Further reading]
edit
- “minute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Interjection]
editminute
1.wait a sec!
[Noun]
editminute f (plural minutes)
1.minute (etymology 1, time unit, all same senses)
[Verb]
editminute
1.first-person singular present indicative of minuter
2.third-person singular present indicative of minuter
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
5.second-person singular imperative of minuter
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editminute
1.feminine plural of minuto
[Anagrams]
edit
- emunti, munite
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editminūte
1.vocative masculine singular of minūtus
[References]
edit
- minute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- minute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- minute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editminute
1.Alternative form of mynute
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin minūta.
[Noun]
editminute f (oblique plural minutes, nominative singular minute, nominative plural minutes)
1.minute (one sixtieth of an hour)
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editminute
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of minutar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of minutar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of minutar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of minutar
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steep
[[English]]
ipa :/stiːp/[Anagrams]
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- Estep, Tepes, petes, speet, teeps, tepes
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English steep, from Old English stēap (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *staupaz. Compare Old Frisian stāp, Dutch stoop (“grand; proud”), Middle High German stouf (“towering cliff, precipice”), Middle High German stief (“steep”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, stick”).[1] The Proto-Indo-European root (and related) has many and varied descendants, including English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to forcibly insert”).The sense of “sharp slope” is attested circa 1200; the sense “expensive” is attested US 1856.[1]
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English stepen, from Old Norse steypa (“to make stoop, cast down, pour out, cast (metal)”)[2][3], from Proto-Germanic *staupijaną (“to tumble, make tumble, plunge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Danish støbe (“cast (metal)”), Norwegian støpe, støype, Swedish stöpa (“to found, cast (metal)”), Old English stūpian (“to stoop, bend the back, slope”). Doublet of stoop.
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “steep”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
2. ^ Danish cognate in ODS: eng. (muligvis fra nordisk) steep
3. ^ steep in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Synonyms]
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- (dialectal) brantTranslations[edit]near-verticalexpensive — see expensive
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alarming
[[English]]
ipa :/ə.ˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/[Adjective]
editalarming (comparative more alarming, superlative most alarming)
1.causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
[Anagrams]
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- marginal
[Verb]
editalarming
1.present participle of alarm
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Irving
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ/[Anagrams]
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- Girvin, Virgin, Virnig, riving, virgin, viring
[Etymology]
editVariant of the Scottish habitational surname Irvine, probably from a Celtic word cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“green, fresh”) + afon (“water”).
[Proper noun]
editIrving
1.A surname, from Scottish Gaelic.
2.A male given name transferred from the surname. Often used by English-speaking Jews to anglicize Israel.
3.A city in Illinois
4.A city in Texas
5.A town in Wisconsin
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divestiture
[[English]]
[Noun]
editdivestiture (countable and uncountable, plural divestitures)
1.The act of divesting, or something divested.
2.2009 January 31, “Procter & Gamble forced to slice view”, in Toronto Star[1]:
Organic sales, which exclude the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign exchange, are now expected to rise 2 per cent to 5 per cent […] .
3.The process of stripping away a person's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate them into an organization. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4.2009 January 31, Stephen P. Robbins, Organisational behaviour in Southern Africa[2], Pearson South Africa, page 432:
Divestiture socialisation tries to strip away certain characteristics of the recruit.
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civilian
[[English]]
ipa :/sɪˈvɪljən/[Adjective]
editcivilian (not comparable)
1.Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
The three detainees were actually army defectors wearing civilian clothing.
He worked as a civilian journalist for ten years before being employed by the public broadcaster.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien.
[Noun]
editcivilian (plural civilians)
1.A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.
2.(informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity.
The bathroom was for employees only, so no civilians were allowed to use it.
3.One skilled in civil law.
4.1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 4
Ancient civilians and writers upon government.
5.A student of civil law at a university or college.
6.1788, Richard Graves, Recollection of Some Particulars in the Life of the Late William Shenstone
although he kept his name in the college books, and changed his commoner gown to that of a civilian, yet he had now, I believe, no thoughts of proceeding to any degree; and seldom resided in college any more
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syndicated
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editsyndicated
1.(of a news article, etc.) published in multiple newspapers or magazines simultaneously via an agency.
2.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:
Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters.
[Verb]
editsyndicated
1.simple past tense and past participle of syndicate
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syndicate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɪndɪkət/[Anagrams]
edit
- asyndetic, centidays, cystidean
[Etymology]
edit De Staalmeesters (The Sampling Officials, also known as Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild, 1662) by Rembrandt, from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the NetherlandsFrom French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”), from syndic (“syndic; representative; chief magistrate of Geneva”) + -at (“suffix denoting an action or result of an action”), from Medieval Latin *syndicatus, from syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town; syndic”) (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate for a defendant”), from σύν (sún, “beside; with”) + δίκη (díkē, “judgment; justice”)) + -ātus (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns indicating the possession of a thing or a quality”).Compare Italian sindacato (“syndicate; trade union; audit, control, supervision”), Occitan sendegat, Portuguese sindicato (“trade union”), Spanish sindicado, sindicato (“office of a syndic; syndicate; trade union”).
[Further reading]
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- syndicate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editsyndicate (plural syndicates)
1.A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
a gambling syndicate
2.1886, Julian Thomas, “Maafu, Prince of Tonga”, in Cannibals & Convicts: Notes of Personal Experiences in the Western Pacific, London; New York, N.Y.: Cassel & Company, Limited, OCLC 780482546, page 24:
The worst deed ever alleged against the early sandalwood traders was that a number of natives were suffocated in a cave at Vaté, in the New Hebrides, by the smoke from a fire built at its mouth. But this was done by order of Maafu, who, on behalf of an Australian syndicate of highly-respectable merchants and church-members, was "bossing" an expedition in search of sandalwood through the New Hebrides.
1.(crime) A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.
2.1999, John Madinger, “Case Development”, in Confidential Informant: Law Enforcement’s Most Valuable Tool, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 178:
Held at the estate of Mafia boss Joseph Barbara in Apalachin, NY, the meeting called by [Vito] Genovese in November 1957 brought over 100 mobsters from around the country to cement his power over the national crime syndicate.
3.(mass media) A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization.
4.1980, Wiliam L. Andrews, “The Apprentice Years: Experiments and Decisions”, in The Literary Career of Charles W. Chesnutt, Baton Rouge, La.; London: Louisiana State University Press, →ISBN, page 17:
In the mid-1880s, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt broke into print inauspiciously as one member of the stable of writers who supplied humorous sketches and mildly sentimental or didactic squibs for S[amuel] S[idney] McClure's newspaper syndicate.The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.
- 1686, G[ilbert] Burnet, Some Letters Containing, an Account of What Seemed Most Remarkable in Switzerland, Italy, &c. Written by G. Burnett, D.D. to T[he] H[onourable] R[obert] B[oyle], Rotterdam: Printed by Abraham Acher, bookseller by the Exchange, OCLC 702552544, pages 10–11:
The ſoveraintie lies in the Council of 200, and this Council chuſes out of its number 25, who are the leſſer Council; […] they are choſen by a ſort of ballet, ſo that it is not known for whom they give their votes, which is an effectual method to ſuppreſs factions and reſentments; ſince in a competition no man can know who voted for him or againſt him: yet the election is not ſo carried, but that the whole Town is in an intrigue concerning it: for ſince the being of the little Council leads one to the Sindicat, which is the chieffe honor of the State: this dignitie is courted here, with as active and ſolicitous an ambition as appears elſewhere for greater matters.
- 1859, [India Office, Government of the United Kingdom], “Copy of Correspondence with the Indian Government, Showing the Progress of the Measures Adopted for Carrying Out the Education Despatch of the 19th Day of July 1854. [Bye-laws for the Government of the University of Madras.]”, in Accounts and Papers: Twenty-one Volumes. [...] Session 2, 31 May – 13 August 1859, volume 10 (East India (Education)), part II (Madras); volume XXIV, part II, [London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office], OCLC 380264703, page 367:
The executive government of the University [of Madras] shall be vested in a syndicate, consisting of the Vice-Chancellor and six of the fellows, who shall be elected for one year by the several faculties, at the annual meetng of the senate, […]
[Verb]
editsyndicate (third-person singular simple present syndicates, present participle syndicating, simple past and past participle syndicated)
1.(intransitive) To become a syndicate.
2.2006, Greg Niemann, “A Settlement is Born (Late 1800s)”, in Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis (Adventures in the Natural History and Cultural Heritage of the Californias), San Diego, Calif.: Sunbelt Publications, published 2008, →ISBN, page 38:
[H]e [John Guthrie McCallum] went to Los Angeles and set up a law practice. There, with three partners and a capitalization of $100,000, they syndicated under the name Palm Valley Land and Water Company in 1887.
3.(transitive) To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.
4.1999, Esteban C. Buljevich; Yoon S. Park, “Syndicated Eurocredit Loans”, in Project Financing and the International Financial Markets, Boston, Mass.; Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 20:
When a potential transaction has been identified by a bank, the first activity is obtaining from the potential borrower a "mandate," which is the customer's exclusive authorization to a bank to act as the syndication manager for that particular transaction and to approach other financial institutions on its behalf to raise a given amount of funds. […] A mandate letter is very similar to a standard bank commitment letter, with the exception that bank managers do not guarantee to provide the credit facility, but rather only to syndicate it on a "best efforts" basis, perhaps with a certain firm commitment assumed by them representing a portion of the required syndicated financing.
5.(transitive, mass media) To release media content through a syndicate to be broadcast or published through multiple outlets.
6.2015, Avi Santo, “Building the Franchise One Market at a Time: The Lone Ranger’s Extra-Textual Career in the Late 1930s”, in Selling the Silver Bullet: The Lone Ranger and Transmedia Brand Licensing, Austin, Tx.: University of Texas Press, DOI:10.7560/772533, →ISBN, page 56:
[I]nternational television format exchanges are providing a customizable alternative to syndicating existing TV series in foreign markets. Sixteen countries around the world have adapted So You Think You Can Dance, a reality dance competition that originated in the United States. Format changes range from using local judges and contestants to incorporating local dance styles into the competition.
7.2011, Anne Lies, “Chicago!”, in Oprah Winfrey: Media Mogul, Edina, Minn.: ABDO Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 49–50:
With the success of The Oprah Winfrey Show and the national attention that Oprah [Winfrey] received from The Color Purple, [Jeffrey] Jacobs advised her that it was time to syndicate her show. Jacobs worked out a deal with the syndication company King World to distribute the show nationally. Two brothers, Roger and Michael King, ran King World. They syndicated the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! and were looking for a new show to add to their list.
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syndicat
[[French]]
ipa :/sɛ̃.di.ka/[Further reading]
edit
- “syndicat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editsyndicat m (plural syndicats)
1.syndicate
2.union, trade union
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concave
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɒŋkeɪv/[Adjective]
editconcave (comparative more concave, superlative most concave)
1.curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl
2.(geometry, not comparable, of a polygon) not convex; having at least one internal angle greater than 180 degrees.
3.(functional analysis, not comparable, of a real-valued function on the reals) satisfying the property that all segments connecting two points on the function's graph lie below the function.
4.hollow; empty
5.
c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:
as concave […] as a worm-eaten nut
[Antonyms]
edit
- convex
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus.
[Noun]
editconcave (plural concaves)
1.A concave surface or curve.
2.The vault of the sky.
3.One of the celestial spheres of the Ptolemaic or geocentric model of the world.
Aristotle makes [Fire] to move to the concave of the Moon. - Thomas Salusbury (1661).
4.(manufacturing) An element of a curved grid used to separate desirable material from tailings or chaff in mining and harvesting.
5.(surfing) An indentation running along the base of a surfboard, intended to increase lift.
6.(skateboarding) An indented area on the top of a skateboard, providing a position for foot placement and increasing board strength.
7.(gambling) A playing card made concave for use in cheating.
Coordinate term: convex
[Verb]
editconcave (third-person singular simple present concaves, present participle concaving, simple past and past participle concaved)
1.To render concave, or increase the degree of concavity.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editconcave (plural concaves)
1.concave
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French concave, borrowed from Latin concavus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “concave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editconcave
1.feminine plural of concavo
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editconcave
1.vocative masculine singular of concavus
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Bethesda
[[English]]
ipa :/bə.θɛz.də/[Etymology]
editFrom Aramaic בֵּית חַסְדָּא (bēṯ ḥasdā, “House of Grace”).
[Noun]
editBethesda (plural Bethesdas)
1.(poetic) Any location whose waters are supposed to have curative properties.
2.1903, Thomas De Witt Talmage, Richard S Rhodes, Evils of the cities
...those who are afflicted with rheumatic, neuralgic, and splenetic diseases, go, and are cured by the thousands. These Bethesdas are scattered all up and down our country, blessed be God!
3.1978, Garry Wills, Values Americans live by
Time was when this Bethesda too was curative, a sweet oasis in a parched and driven city. The day we went we found the fountain had been shut off.
[Proper noun]
editBethesda
1.(biblical) A pool in Jerusalem mentioned in the New Testament.
2.An unincorporated census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
3.A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
4.A town in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6266).
5.A small village in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0917).
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during
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- dureing (archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Durgin, ungird
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English during, durynge, durinde, durand, durende, present participle of duren (“to last”), equivalent to dure + -ing. Compare Dutch gedurende (“during”). More at dure.
[Preposition]
editduring
1.For all of a given time interval.
I lived with my parents during the 1970s.
The shop was one of the few able to stay open during the war.
2.1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
3.1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, OCLC 491297620, page 9:
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
4.2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
5.At any time or period within a given time interval.
I lived with my parents at several points during the 1980s.
Many of the best examples were produced during the Restoration.
6.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.
7.2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014[1], Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 43:
These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.40
[Verb]
editduring
1.present participle of dure
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holiday
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/[Anagrams]
edit
- hyaloid, hyoidal
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, haliȝdei, from Old English hāliġdæġ (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy + day. Compare West Frisian hjeldei (“holiday”), Danish helligdag (“holiday”), Norwegian helligdag (“holiday”), Swedish helgdag (“holiday, feast”).
[Noun]
editholiday (plural holidays)
1.A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
Synonyms: feast day, holy day
Today is a Wiccan holiday!
2.A day declared free from work by the state or government.
Synonyms: (UK) bank holiday, national holiday
3.(chiefly Britain, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
Synonyms: leave, time off, (US) vacation; see also Thesaurus:vacation
4.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or […] . And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
5.(chiefly Britain, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
Synonym: (US) vacation
I want to take a French course this summer holiday.
6.(finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
a mortgage payment holiday
7.A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.[1]
Synonym: lacuna
[References]
edit
1. ^ “holiday” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
[Verb]
editholiday (third-person singular simple present holidays, present participle holidaying, simple past and past participle holidayed) (chiefly Britain)
1.To take a period of time away from work or study.
2.(Britain) To spend a period of time for travel.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editholiday
1.Alternative form of halyday
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Holiday
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- Holliday
[Anagrams]
edit
- hyaloid, hyoidal
[Proper noun]
editHoliday
1.A surname.
2.(US) The holiday season or Christmas season, especially when paired with a year.
Holiday 2014
[See also]
edit
- Halliday
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market cap
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editClipping of market capitalization.
[Noun]
editmarket cap (plural market caps)
1.(finance) market capitalization
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club
[[English]]
ipa :/klʌb/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”), from Proto-Indo-European *glemb- (“log, block”), from *gel- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”).
[Noun]
edit A law enforcement batonclub (plural clubs)
1.An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
2.1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619:
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
1.(archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
2.1783, Benjamin Franklin:[1]
He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
1.An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
They laid down the Club.
- 17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary
first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the clubAn establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo.A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
1.A playing card marked with such a symbol.
I've got only one club in my hand.(humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
You also hate Night Court? Join the club.
Michael stood you up? Welcome to the club.A club sandwich.
- 2004, Joanne M. Anderson, Small-town Restaurants in Virginia (page 123)
Crab cake sandwiches, tuna melts, chicken clubs, salmon cakes, and prime-rib sandwiches are usually on the menu.The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (association of members): confraternity
- (weapon): cudgel
- (sports association): team
[Verb]
editclub (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)
1.(transitive) To hit with a club.
He clubbed the poor dog.
2.(intransitive) To join together to form a group.
3.1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number(s))”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], OCLC 460679539:
Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream.
4.(intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes
5.(intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
6.1997, Sarah Penny, The whiteness of bones, page 4:
In London you lived on beans, but you clubbed all night
7.2011, Mackenzie Phillips, High on Arrival:
I was rarely there —I was clubbing at night, sleeping during the day, back and forth to L.A.—but I had more money than I knew what to do with.
8.2013, Fabrice Humbert, Sila's Fortune:
He had been clubbing until the early hours
We went clubbing in Ibiza.
When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night.
9.(intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
10.1730, Jonathan Swift, Death and Daphne
The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubb'd for a feather to his hat.
11.(transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
to club the expense
12.(nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
13.(military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
14.1876, Major-General G. E. Voyle and Captain G. De Saint-Clair-Stevenson, F.R.G.S., A Military Dictionary, Comprising Terms, Scientific and Otherwise, Connected with the Science of War, Third Edition, London: William Clowes & Sons, page 80:
To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column.
15.(transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
to club exertions
16.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
For instance, let us suppose that Homer and Virgil, Aristotle and Cicero, Thucydides and Livy, could have met all together, and have clubbed their several talents to have composed a treatise on the art of dancing: I believe it will be readily agreed they could not have equalled the excellent treatise which Mr Essex hath given us on that subject, entitled, The Rudiments of Genteel Education.
17.1854, The Eclectic Review, page 147:
You see a person, who, added to yourself, would make, you think, a glorious being, and you proceed to idealize accordingly; you stand on his head, and outtower the tallest; you club your brains with his, and are wiser than the wisest; you add the heat of your heart to his, and produce a very furnace of love.
18.(transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
[[Catalan]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English club.
[Noun]
editclub m (plural clubs)
1.club (association)
2.(golf) club
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/klʏp/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English club.
[Noun]
editclub m (plural clubs, diminutive clubje n)
1.club, association
2.(golf) club
[[French]]
ipa :/klœb/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English club.
[Further reading]
edit
- “club” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editclub m (plural clubs)
1.club (association)
2.(golf) club
[Synonyms]
edit
- (golf club): bâton (Quebec)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈklab/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English club.
[Noun]
editclub m (invariable)
1.club (association)
2.club (golf implement)
[References]
edit
1. ^ club in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editclub
1.Alternative form of clubbe
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French club.
[Noun]
editclub n (plural cluburi)
1.club
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈklub/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English club.
[Further reading]
edit
- “club” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editclub m (plural clubs or clubes)
1.club (association)
Synonyms: asociación, cofradía, gremio
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censored
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editcensored (not comparable)
1.Having had objectionable content removed.
Gory violence is usually censored.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Cedrones, Creedons, decensor, encoders, necrosed, seconder, seed corn, seedcorn
[Antonyms]
edit
- uncensored
[Verb]
editcensored
1.simple past tense and past participle of censor
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lauded
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- daudle, dualed
[Verb]
editlauded
1.simple past tense and past participle of laud
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laud
[[English]]
ipa :/lɔːd/[Anagrams]
edit
- Auld, Daul, Dula, auld, dual, udal
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”).
[Further reading]
edit
- laud in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- laud in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- laud at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editlaud (countable and uncountable, plural lauds)
1.Praise or glorification.
2.
c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iv]:
Laud be to God.
3.1528, William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man
So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same.
4.Hymn of praise.
5.(in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.
[Verb]
editlaud (third-person singular simple present lauds, present participle lauding, simple past and past participle lauded)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To praise; to glorify.
2.1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke I:
And hys mought was opened immediatly, and hys tonge, and he spake lawdynge god.
3.2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecy010, page 485:
The most recognised and lauded dictionary of Indian English today is Yule and Burnell’s Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive, first published in 1886 and updated by William Crooke in 1903.
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
editLikely from Proto-Germanic *flauþ or *flaut. Compare Swedish flöte. Also compare Lithuanian plautas and Latvian plauts.
[Noun]
editlaud (genitive laua, partitive lauda)
1.board
2.plank
3.table
[[Friulian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin laus, laudem.
[Noun]
editlaud m (plural lauds)
1.praise, commendation
[[Ilocano]]
[Noun]
editlaud
1.west
[[Ludian]]
[Etymology]
editAkin to Finnish lauta.
[Noun]
editlaud
1.board
2.plank
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[ˈla.ud][Verb]
editlaud
1.first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lăuda
[[Veps]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Finnish lauta, Estonian laud.
[Noun]
editlaud
1.board
2.plank
[References]
edit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “доска”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
[[Volapük]]
ipa :[la.ˈud][Noun]
editlaud (nominative plural lauds)
1.lark (bird)
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Laude
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ladue
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French Laude, but also from Tagalog Laude.
[Further reading]
edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003) , “Laude”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
[Proper noun]
editLaude (plural Laudes)
1.A surname.
[[Tagalog]]
[Proper noun]
editLaude
1.A surname.
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come in
[[English]]
ipa :/kʌm ˈɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- income
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English com in, imperative form of Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”), from Old English incuman (“to come in; enter”), from Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”), equivalent to come + in. Compare Dutch kom in (“come in”), singular imperative form of inkomen (“to come in; enter”), German einkommen (“to come in; enter”). See also income, incoming.
[See also]
edit
- go in
[Verb]
editcome in (third-person singular simple present comes in, present participle coming in, simple past came in, past participle come in)
1.To enter.
Please come in and look around.
2.2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
Come in. … Well, Anna, welcome. ― Thank you.
.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}
3.To arrive.
That flight just came in.
4.To become relevant, applicable, or useful.
The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in.
5.1889, Thomas Huxley, in Popular Science Monthly; part of the "Agnosticism controversy", Agnosticism: A Rejoinder
As I have shown, "infidel" merely means somebody who does not believe what you believe yourself, and therefore Dr. Wace has a perfect right to call, say, my old Egyptian donkey-driver, Nooleh, and myself, infidels, just as Nooleh and I have a right to call him an infidel. The ludicrous aspect of the thing comes in only when either of us demands that the two others should so label themselves.
6.To become available.
Blueberries will be coming in next month.
7.(of a broadcast, such as radio or television) To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.
Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here.
8.(music) To join or enter; to begin playing with a group.
They started together, but the drummer came in late.
9.(often imperative) To begin transmitting.
This is Charlie 456 to base. Come in, base. Do you read me?
10.To function in the indicated manner.
Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out.
11.(of a fugitive or a person in hiding) To surrender; to turn oneself in.
12.2006, G. D. McCrary, Guerrillas in the Midst, page 352:
Every police officer and agent in New York City is gunning for you. If you come in now, I can guarantee your safety.
13.(intransitive) To give in; to yield.
14.To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like.
The horse I had bet on came in fourth in the second race.
15.To finish a race or similar competition in first place.
My horse came in in the first race.
16.(of the tide) To rise.
The tide will come in in an hour.
Antonym: go out
17.To become fashionable.
Orange blouses are coming in!
18.2003, Phil Thornton, Casuals: The Story of a Terrace Cult:
During the summer of 1984 there had been a backlash against labels in Portsmouth and a more simple style came in.
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come in __
[[English]]
ipa :/kʌm ˈɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- income
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English com in, imperative form of Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”), from Old English incuman (“to come in; enter”), from Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”), equivalent to come + in. Compare Dutch kom in (“come in”), singular imperative form of inkomen (“to come in; enter”), German einkommen (“to come in; enter”). See also income, incoming.
[See also]
edit
- go in
[Verb]
editcome in (third-person singular simple present comes in, present participle coming in, simple past came in, past participle come in)
1.To enter.
Please come in and look around.
2.2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
Come in. … Well, Anna, welcome. ― Thank you.
.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}
3.To arrive.
That flight just came in.
4.To become relevant, applicable, or useful.
The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in.
5.1889, Thomas Huxley, in Popular Science Monthly; part of the "Agnosticism controversy", Agnosticism: A Rejoinder
As I have shown, "infidel" merely means somebody who does not believe what you believe yourself, and therefore Dr. Wace has a perfect right to call, say, my old Egyptian donkey-driver, Nooleh, and myself, infidels, just as Nooleh and I have a right to call him an infidel. The ludicrous aspect of the thing comes in only when either of us demands that the two others should so label themselves.
6.To become available.
Blueberries will be coming in next month.
7.(of a broadcast, such as radio or television) To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.
Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here.
8.(music) To join or enter; to begin playing with a group.
They started together, but the drummer came in late.
9.(often imperative) To begin transmitting.
This is Charlie 456 to base. Come in, base. Do you read me?
10.To function in the indicated manner.
Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out.
11.(of a fugitive or a person in hiding) To surrender; to turn oneself in.
12.2006, G. D. McCrary, Guerrillas in the Midst, page 352:
Every police officer and agent in New York City is gunning for you. If you come in now, I can guarantee your safety.
13.(intransitive) To give in; to yield.
14.To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like.
The horse I had bet on came in fourth in the second race.
15.To finish a race or similar competition in first place.
My horse came in in the first race.
16.(of the tide) To rise.
The tide will come in in an hour.
Antonym: go out
17.To become fashionable.
Orange blouses are coming in!
18.2003, Phil Thornton, Casuals: The Story of a Terrace Cult:
During the summer of 1984 there had been a backlash against labels in Portsmouth and a more simple style came in.
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bottom line
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editA reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.
[Noun]
editbottom line (countable and uncountable, plural bottom lines)
1.(accounting) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
2.(idiomatic, uncountable) The summary or result; the most important information
The bottom line is that there simply are not enough hours in the day to finish all there is to do.
3.2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport[1]:
The bottom line is this - England have little or no chance of beating quality international sides if they defend as shoddily and carelessly as this, if they give possession away as cheaply as this and are as easy to get at as Kosovo made it look.
Synonyms: upshot, net-net
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Bottom
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editBottom (plural Bottoms)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bottom is the 17526th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1607 individuals. Bottom is most common among White (87.55%) individuals.
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wring
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪŋ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English wryngen, wringen, from Old English wringan, from Proto-Germanic *wringaną (compare West Frisian wringe, Low German wringen, Dutch wringen, German ringen ‘to wrestle’), from Proto-Indo-European *wrenǵʰ- (compare Lithuanian reñgtis (“to bend down”), Ancient Greek ῥίμφα (rhímpha, “fast”)), nasalized variant of *werǵʰ- ‘bind, squeeze’. More at worry.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English wrynge (“press”), from Old English wringe.
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
editwring
1.first-person singular present indicative of wringen
2. imperative of wringen
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editwring
1.Alternative form of wryngen
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factor
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfæktə/[Alternative forms]
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- factour (archaic)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).
[Further reading]
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- factor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- factor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editfactor (plural factors)
1.(obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
The factor of the trading post bought the furs.
2.(now rare) An agent or representative.
3.c. 1589–1590, Christopher Marlo[we], Tho[mas] Heywood, editor, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Ievv of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, OCLC 1121318438, Act 2, [scene 1]:
My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled / That owes me for a hundred tun of wine.
4.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 21, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
And let such as will number the Kings of Castile and Portugall amongst the warlike and magnanimous conquerors, seeke for some other adherent then my selfe, forsomuch as twelve hundred leagues from their idle residence they have made themselves masters of both Indias, onely by the conduct and direction of their factors, of whom it would be knowne whether they durst but goe and enjoy them in person.
5.1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
What does he therefore, but resolvs to give over toyling, and to find himself out som factor, to whose care and credit he may commit the whole managing of his religious affairs; som Divine of note and estimation that must be.
6.1985 Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, BMW
Motor factors — Good factors will stock all of the more important components which wear out relatively quickly.
7.(law)
1.A commission agent.
2.A person or business organization that provides money for another's new business venture; one who finances another's business.
3.A business organization that lends money on accounts receivable or buys and collects accounts receivable. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result.
The greatest factor in the decision was the need for public transportation.
The economy was a factor in this year's budget figures.
- 1863, Herbert Spencer, The Principles of Biology
the material and dynamical factors of nutrition(mathematics) Any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole.
3 is a factor of 12, as are 2, 4 and 6.
The factors of the Klein four-group are both cyclic of order 2.
- 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p.38:
The first thousand primes […] marched in order before him […] the complete sequence of all those numbers that possessed no factors except themselves and unity.(causal analysis) Influence; a phenomenon that affects the nature, the magnitude, and/or the timing of a consequence.
The launch temperature was a factor of the Challenger disaster.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.(economics) A resource used in the production of goods or services, a factor of production.
- 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 […] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.(Scotland) A steward or bailiff of an estate.
- 1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 779274973:
the factor was so scrupulous, as to keep the whole thing from his master, the lord chamberlain
[Verb]
editfactor (third-person singular simple present factors, present participle factoring, simple past and past participle factored)
1.(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
2.(of a number or other mathematical object, intransitive) To be a product of other objects.
3.(commercial, transitive) To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
[[Catalan]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin factor.
[Further reading]
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- “factor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[Noun]
editfactor m (plural factors)
1.factor (integral part)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈfɑk.tɔr/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch factoor, from Middle French facteur, from Latin factor (“a doer, maker, performer”), from factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).
[Noun]
editfactor m (plural factoren, diminutive factortje n)
1.a factor, element
2.(mathematics) factor
3.(obsolete) business representative
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈfak.tor/[Etymology]
editFrom faciō (“to do, make”) + -tor (masculine agent noun suffix).
[Noun]
editfactor m (genitive factōris); third declension
1.One who or which does or makes something; doer, maker, performer, perpetrator, agent, player.
2.(sports) player, batsman
[References]
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- factor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- factor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- factor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- factor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- factor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
editfactor m (plural factores)
1.Superseded spelling of fator. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French facteur
[Noun]
editfactor m (plural factori)
1.factor
2.postal worker, postman, mailman
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/fakˈtoɾ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin factor. Compare the inherited doublet hechor (cf. malhechor).
[Noun]
editfactor m (plural factores)
1.factor
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unnerved
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunnerved (comparative more unnerved, superlative most unnerved)
1.Deprived of courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc.
2.1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure[1]:
`Surely he dieth even now.' `True,' she said, with a start. `Oh, why did I not come before! I am unnerved - my hand trembles, even mine - and yet it is very easy.'
[Verb]
editunnerved
1.simple past tense and past participle of unnerve
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unnerve
[[English]]
ipa :-ɜː(r)v[Etymology]
editun- + nerve
[Verb]
editunnerve (third-person singular simple present unnerves, present participle unnerving, simple past and past participle unnerved)
1.To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble.
to unnerve the arm
2.To make somebody nervous, upset, alarm, shake the resolve of.
I was greatly unnerved by the news that my attacker was back in the country.
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make good
[[English]]
[Verb]
editmake good (third-person singular simple present makes good, present participle making good, simple past and past participle made good)
1.To achieve substantial success in life, often in business.
2.1925, Gilbert K. Chesterton, What I Saw in America, page 94:
America does vaguely feel a man making good as something analogous to a man being good or a man doing good.
3.2007, Michael Eric Dyson, Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip-Hop:
The moment DJay becomes a rapper, the moment he becomes an artist, is linked to his own understanding of what hip hop was about when Skinny Black, his idol, a local homeboy who made good as a rapper, was “blowing up."
4.2012, Robert Wuthnow, Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America's Heartland, page 200:
He [Eisenhower] was their own, the boy who made good.
5.(often with "on") To complete successfully; to fulfil (a promise).
He made good his escape by jumping from a second-story window.
The check bounced, but he said he will make good on it next month.
6.(gambling) To match the first player's bet with one's own, rather than dropping out.
7.1885, William Brisbane Dick, The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games
After all the players who determine to go in have made good the bet of the player who opened the Jack Pot, and the hands have been filled […]
8.To remedy or compensate for (a defect or deficiency).
The company made good the damage by paying my repair costs.
9.To make (a surface) level or even.
10.2005, Roy Hughes, Painting and Decorating, page 44:
[…] the only action that will be required prior to decoration will be to wash down, make good and apply a fresh paint system.
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Sheldon
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʃɛldən/[Anagrams]
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- Holdens, hondels
[Etymology]
editOld English scylf (“shelf”) + dūn (“hill”) or denu (“valley”).
[Proper noun]
editSheldon
1.A habitational surname, from Old English from the placename.
2.A male given name transferred from the surname.
3.A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England, famous for the legend of the Sheldon duck (OS grid ref SK1768).
4.A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST1208).
5.A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1584).
6.A village and township in Iroquois County, Illinois.
7.A city in O'Brien County and Sioux County, Iowa.
8.A small city in Vernon County, Missouri.
9.A town in Wyoming County, New York.
10.A small city in Ransom County, North Dakota.
11.An unincorporated community in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
12.A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Harris County, Texas.
13.A town in Franklin County, Vermont.
14.A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
15.A village in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
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shortfall
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- fall short
[Etymology]
editshort + fall, from the verb phrase fall short.
[Noun]
editshortfall (plural shortfalls)
1.An instance of not meeting a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation, or of having an insufficient amount to cover such obligations.
Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts.
2.The amount by which a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation is missed; the difference between the actual quota or debt and the lesser amount available to pay such obligations.
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come away
[[English]]
[Verb]
editcome away (third-person singular simple present comes away, present participle coming away, simple past came away, past participle come away)
1.(intransitive, of two objects) To become separated from something.
The cakes have started to come away from the pan.
2.(intransitive) To distance oneself (from).
He goes to the park to come away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
3.To leave a place or cease an activity with a particular mood, knowledge, or provision supplied.
4.2002, Linda L. Edwards, J. Stanley Edwards, Introduction to Paralegal Studies and the Law: A Practical Approach, preface:
Students who read this text should come away with a clear idea of many of the tasks they will be expected to perform as paralegals.
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counsel
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkaʊn.səl/[Anagrams]
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- conules, leucons, unclose
[Derived terms]
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- keep one's counsel
- keep one's own counsel
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English counseil, conseil, from Old French conseil, from Latin cōnsilium; akin to cōnsulō (“take counsel, consult”).
[Noun]
editcounsel (countable and uncountable, plural counsels)
1.The exchange of opinions and advice especially in legal issues; consultation.
2.1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Introites, Collectes, Epistles, and Gospels to be Used at the Celebracion of the Lordes Supper & Holy Communion, throughe the Yeare: With Proper Psalmes, and Lessons for Diuers Feastes and Dayes”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], OCLC 56485293, folio viia, recto:
Bleſſed is that man that hath not walked in the counſaile of the vngodly: nor ſtand in the waye of ſynners, and hath not ſit in the ſeate of ſkornefull.
3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 27:1:
All the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.
4.Exercise of judgment; prudence.
5.1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.
6.Advice; guidance.
7.c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, 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 iii]:
I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised.
8.1678, John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, in The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], OCLC 228725984; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, […], 1928, OCLC 5190338:
This Book will make a Travailer of thee,
If by its Counſel thou wilt ruled be;
It will direct thee to the Holy Land,
If thou wilt its Directions understand:
Yea, it will make the ſloathful, active be;
The Blind alſo, delightful things to ſee.
9.1847, Alfred Tennyson, The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 2024748, (please specify the page number, or |part=prologue, I to VII, or conclusion):
It was ill counsel had misled the girl.
10.Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
11.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 33:11:
The counsel of the Lord standeth forever.
12.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 12:5:
The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
13.(obsolete) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
14.c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, OCLC 827099568:
thilke lord […] to whom no counsel may be hid
15.A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC).
[Related terms]
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- counselable / counsellable
- counseling / counselling
- counselor / counsellor
[See also]
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- council
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:adviceedit
- See also Thesaurus:advise
[Verb]
editcounsel (third-person singular simple present counsels, present participle counselling or counseling, simple past and past participle counselled or counseled)
1.(transitive) To give advice, especially professional advice, to (somebody).
The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.
Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals counsel clients.
2.(transitive) To recommend (a course of action).
I would counsel prudence in this matter.
3.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 10:
He counseled his daughter to resist the lure of hatred and bitterness.
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yearly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈjɪɹli/[Adjective]
edityearly (not comparable)
1.Happening once every year.
a yearly income
Christmas is a yearly celebration.
[Adverb]
edityearly (not comparable)
1.Once a year.
2.Every year.
[Anagrams]
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- yarely
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīc (“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent to year + -ly. Cognate with Scots yerelie (“yearly”), Saterland Frisian jierelk (“yearly”), West Frisian jierliks (“yearly”), Dutch jaarlijks (“yearly”), German jährlich (“yearly”), Swedish årlig (“yearly”), Icelandic árlegur (“yearly”).
[Noun]
edityearly (plural yearlies)
1.Something that is published once a year.
[Synonyms]
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- annual
- per annum
- perennialedit
- annually
- perennially
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