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smack
[[English]]
ipa :/smæk/[Anagrams]
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- Macks, macks
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”), from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“a taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *smegʰ-, *smeg- (“to taste”). Cognate with English dialectal smatch, Scots smak (“scent, smell, taste, flavour”), Saterland Frisian Smoak (“taste”), West Frisian smaak (“taste”), Dutch smaak (“taste”), German Schmack, Geschmack (“taste”), Swedish and Norwegian smak (“taste”), Norwegian smekke . Akin to Old English smæċċan (“to taste, smack”). More at smake, smatch.
[Etymology 2]
edit Smacks in a painting by Carlton Theodore Chapman, ca 1890 (Brooklyn Museum of Art).From Middle Low German smack (Low German Schmacke, Schmaake (“small ship”)) or Dutch smak, perhaps ultimately related to smakken, imitative of the sails' noise.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle Dutch smacken, of imitative origin.Akin to German schmatzen (“eat noisily”), Dutch smakken (“to fling down”), Plautdietsch schmaksen (“to smack the lips”), regional German schmacken, Schmackes (“vigour”) (compare Swedish smak (“slap”), Middle Low German smacken, the first part of Saterland Frisian smakmuulje (“smack”)).
[Further reading]
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- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
[References]
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- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “smack”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
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- macks
[Noun]
editsmack n
1.(in the phrase "inte ett smack") smidgeon, piece, small bit
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smack down
[[English]]
[Verb]
editsmack down (third-person singular simple present smacks down, present participle smacking down, simple past and past participle smacked down)
1.To defeat utterly and decisively, especially in a humiliating way.
2.To successfully refute (someone or someone's idea or proposal).
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reason
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹiːzən/[Anagrams]
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- Roanes, Serano, arseno-, senora, señora
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English resoun, reson, from Anglo-Norman raisun (Old French raison), from Latin ratiō, from ratus, past participle of reor (“reckon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- (“to think”), reanalysed root of *h₂er- (“to put together”). Doublet of ration and ratio.
[Further reading]
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- reason at OneLook Dictionary Search
- reason in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- reason in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editreason (countable and uncountable, plural reasons)
1.A cause:
1.That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.
2.1996, Daniel Clement Dennett, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, page 198:
There is a reason why so many should be symmetrical: The selective advantage in a symmetrical complex is enjoyed by all the subunits […]
3.A motive for an action or a determination.
The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.
If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't.
4.1806, Anonymous, Select Notes to Book XXI, in, Alexander Pope, translator, The Odyssey of Homer, volume 6 (London, F.J. du Roveray), page 37:
This is the reason why he proposes to offer a libation, to atone for the abuse of the day by their diversions.
5.1881, Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady, chapter 10:
Ralph Touchett, for reasons best known to himself, had seen fit to say that Gilbert Osmond was not a good fellow […]
6.An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
7.1966, Graham Greene, The Comedians (Penguin Classics edition, →ISBN, page 14:
I have forgotten the reason he gave for not travelling by air. I felt sure that it was not the correct reason, and that he suffered from a heart trouble which he kept to himself.
8.(logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 113:
The tremendous tragedy in which he had been involved - it was evident he was a fugitive from Weybridge - had driven him to the very verge of his reason.
- 1970, Hannah Arendt, On Violence →ISBN, page 62:
And the specific distinction between man and beast is now, strictly speaking, no longer reason (the lumen naturale of the human animal) but science […]
- 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.(obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice.
- 16th century Edmund Spenser, Lines on his Promised Pension
I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.(mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Usefulness of Mathematical Learning Explained and Demonstrated
Geometrical Reasons
[Synonyms]
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- (that which causes): cause
- (motive for an action): rationale, motive
- (thought offered in support): excuse
[Verb]
editreason (third-person singular simple present reasons, present participle reasoning, simple past and past participle reasoned)
1.(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational
2.1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band
"I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data. […] "
3.(intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
4.1853, Solomon Northup, chapter III, in [David Wilson], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northrup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River, in Louisiana, London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.; Auburn, N.Y.: Derby and Miller, OCLC 14877269, page 47:
Still my spirit was not broken. I indulged the anticipation of escape, and that speedily. It was impossible, I reasoned, that men could be so unjust as to detain me as a slave, when the truth of my case was known.
5.(intransitive, obsolete) To converse; to compare opinions.
6.(transitive, intransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
I reasoned the matter with my friend.
7.1901, Ralph Connor, The Man from Glengarry Chapter 9
The talk was mainly between Aleck and Murdie, the others crowding eagerly about and putting in a word as they could. Murdie was reasoning good-humoredly, Aleck replying fiercely.
8.(transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
9.(transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan
10.1816, Jane Austen, Emma Volume 2/Chapter 10
That she was not immediately ready, Emma did suspect to arise from the state of her nerves; she had not yet possessed the instrument long enough to touch it without emotion; she must reason herself into the power of performance; and Emma could not but pity such feelings, whatever their origin, and could not but resolve never to expose them to her neighbour again.
11.(transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
to reason down a passion
12.(transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon
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unrelated
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunrelated (comparative more unrelated, superlative most unrelated)
1.not connected or associated
The holiday started with two unrelated mishaps.
I was having lunch with Jim the other day, who's just had his first kid. Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, there's a new cinema opened up in town.
2.not related by kinship
He had the same surname as me, but we were unrelated.
[Anagrams]
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- unalerted, unaltered
[Etymology]
editun- + related
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cursory
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/[Adjective]
editcursory (comparative more cursory, superlative most cursory)
1.hasty or superficial
Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.
2.careless or desultory
The cursory inspection missed several irregularities.
3.(obsolete) Running about; not stationary.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”)
[Related terms]
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- cursor
- course
[See also]
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- perfunctory
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insufficient
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/[Adjective]
editinsufficient (comparative more insufficient, superlative most insufficient)
1.Not sufficient.
Insufficient time is available to reflect on the problem
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French insufficient, from Latin insufficiens. See also in- + sufficient
[Synonyms]
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- unsufficient
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Rule
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- ReLU, Ruel, lure
[Proper noun]
editRule (plural Rules)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rule is the 5573rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6236 individuals. Rule is most common among White (83.48%) individuals.
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__ ruling
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹuːlɪŋ/[Adjective]
editruling
1.That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.
the ruling monarch
a ruling passion
[Anagrams]
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- Ulring, luring
[Noun]
editruling (plural rulings)
1.An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.
2.1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
These orders are now cancelled as a result of the Minister's ruling.
[Synonyms]
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- governing
- regnant (of a monarch)
- reigning (of a monarch)
- in power (of a government; used after the noun)edit
- commandment, edict, order, rule
[Verb]
editruling
1.present participle and gerund of rule
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dissenting
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- dining sets, disnesting
[Verb]
editdissenting
1.present participle of dissent
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dissent
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈsɛnt/[Anagrams]
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- Ind Ests, disnest, snidest
[Antonyms]
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- (disagree): agree, assent, follow, allow, accept, consentedit
- (a disagreement with ideas etc. of authority): agreement, assent, consensus, capitulation
[Etymology]
editEarly 1400s, from Latin dissentire "differ in sentiments, disagree, be at odds, contradict, quarrel," from dis- + sentire (see sense).
[Noun]
editdissent (countable and uncountable, plural dissents)
1.Disagreement with the ideas, doctrines, decrees, etc. of a political party, government or religion.
2.An act of disagreeing with, or deviating from, the views and opinions of those holding authority.
3.(Anglo-American common law) A separate opinion filed in a case by judges who disagree with the outcome of the majority of the court in that case
4.(sports) A violation that arises when disagreement with an official call is expressed in an inappropriate manner such as foul language, rude gestures, or failure to comply.
5.2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:
City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.
[Synonyms]
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- (disagree): disagree, take exception, refute, reject
- (differ from):
- (to be different): See also Thesaurus:differ
[Verb]
editdissent (third-person singular simple present dissents, present participle dissenting, simple past and past participle dissented)
1.(intransitive) To disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
2.1827 Thomas Jarman, Powell's Essay on Devises 2.293:
Where a trustee refuses either to assent or dissent, the Court will itself exercise his authority.
3.1830 Isaac D'Israeli, Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First 3.9.207:
Those who openly dissented from the acts which the King had carried through the Parliament.
4.(intransitive) To differ from, especially in opinion, beliefs, etc.
5.1654 John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon the Book of Job 33.32:
Some are so eristical and teasty, that they will not ... bear with any that dissent.
6.1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
Natural reason dictates, that motion ought to be assigned to the bodies, which in kind and essence most agree with those bodies which do undoubtedly move, and rest to those which most dissent from them.
7.1871 George Grote, Fragments on Ethical Subjects 2.37:
If the public dissent from our views, we say that they ought to concur with us.
8.(obsolete) To be different; to have contrary characteristics.
9.1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
it was wholly unlawful, in any thing to dissent from him
[[French]]
ipa :/dis/[Anagrams]
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- destins
[Verb]
editdissent
1.third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of dire
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adequacy
[[English]]
[Noun]
editadequacy (countable and uncountable, plural adequacies)
1.The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.
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pulsation
[[English]]
ipa :/pʌlˈseɪʃn̩/[Anagrams]
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- platinous
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French pulsacion, and its source, Latin pulsātiō (“a beating or striking”).
[Noun]
editpulsation (countable and uncountable, plural pulsations)
1.The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse. [from 15th c.]
2.1844, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Premature Burial’:
Pulsation had ceased. For three days the body was preserved unburied, during which it had acquired a stony rigidity.
3.Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc. [from 17th c.]
4.(now rare) Physical striking; a blow. [from 17th c.]
5.1765, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, book I (Of the Rights of Persons), Oxford: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522:
By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited.
6.A single beat, throb or vibration. [from 19th c.]Translations[edit]regular throbbing of the heart
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin pulsātiō.
[Further reading]
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- “pulsation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editpulsation f (plural pulsations)
1.pulsation
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arbitrary
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/[Adjective]
editarbitrary (comparative more arbitrary, superlative most arbitrary)
1.(usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
Benjamin Franklin's designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary.
The decision to use 18 years as the legal age of adulthood was arbitrary, as both age 17 and 19 were reasonable alternatives.
2.Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.
3.1937/1938, Albert Einstein, letter to Max Born
The Russian trials were Stalin's purges, with which he attempted to consolidate his power. Like most people in the West, I believed these show trials to be the arbitrary acts of a cruel dictator.
4.1906, Gelett Burgess, Are You a Bromide?
The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary.
5.(mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.
The equation is true for an arbitrary value of x.
6.Determined by independent arbiter.
7.(linguistics) Not representative or symbolic; not iconic.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English arbitrarie, Latin arbitrārius (“arbitrary, uncertain”), from arbiter (“witness, on-looker, listener, judge, overseer”).
[Further reading]
edit
- arbitrary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- arbitrary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- arbitrariness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editarbitrary (plural arbitraries)
1.Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee.
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concerned
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈsɝnd/[Adjective]
editconcerned (comparative more concerned, superlative most concerned)
1.Showing concern.
There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news.
2.Involved or responsible.
The people concerned have been punished.
[Verb]
editconcerned
1.simple past tense and past participle of concern
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upheld
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌpˈhɛld/[Anagrams]
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- held up
[Verb]
editupheld
1.simple past tense and past participle of uphold
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uphold
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌʌpˈhold/[Anagrams]
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- hold up, hold-up, holdup
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English upholden, equivalent to up- + hold. Compare Dutch ophouden (“to stop, cease, hold up”), German aufhalten (“to stop, halt, detain”). Compare also Middle Low German upholt, Old Norse upphald (“uphold, support”).
[Verb]
edituphold (third-person singular simple present upholds, present participle upholding, simple past upheld, past participle upheld or (archaic) upholden)
1.To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.
2.1899, John Dryden, Geoffrey Chaucer, Percival Chubb, Dryden's Palamon and Arcite[1], page 5:
The mournful train/ Echoed her grief, [...]/ With groans, and hands upheld, to move his mind, /Besought his pity to their helpless kind
3.To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
4.1769, The King James Bible, Proverbs 29:23:
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
5.1623, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, Act V, Scene iv:
That misbegotten devil, Falconbridge, /In spite of spite, alone upholds the day.
6.1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram[2], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:
Uttering such broken ejaculations Mrs. Hart burst into a passion of tears, and only Lord Chetwynde's strong arms prevented her from falling. / He upheld her.
7.To support by approval or encouragement, to confirm (something which has been questioned)
8.1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 18:
but there was still a connexion upheld among the different ideas, which succeeded each other.
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precedential
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌpɹɛsəˈdɛnʃəl/[Adjective]
editprecedential (not comparable)
1.(law) Having the force of precedent.
[Antonyms]
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- nonprecedential
[Etymology]
editprecedent + -ial
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flop
[[English]]
ipa :/flɒp/[Etymology 1]
editRecorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound
[Etymology 2]
editA variant capitalization of FLOP, a syllabic acronym of floating-point operations.
[References]
edit
- “FLOP, n2.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2012.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɔp[Anagrams]
edit
- plof
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English flop. See also flap.
[Noun]
editflop m (plural floppen or flops, diminutive flopje n)
1.A failure, something that went wrong
2.short for floppydisk
[Synonyms]
edit
- fiasco (1)
- mislukking (1)
- sof (1)
- diskette (2)
[Verb]
editflop
1.first-person singular present indicative of floppen
2. imperative of floppen
[[Indonesian]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Dutch flop
[Etymology 2]
editFrom English flop
[Further reading]
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- “flop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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FLOP
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editA syllabic acronym from floating-point operation.
[Noun]
editFLOP (plural FLOPs)
1.(computing) Synonym of flop.
[References]
edit
- “FLOP, n2.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2012.
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bank on
[[English]]
[Verb]
editbank on (third-person singular simple present banks on, present participle banking on, simple past and past participle banked on)
1.To be sure of something; to count on something; to depend on something.
I'm banking on you being there. I don't have your expertise.
2.2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Italy's potential opponents in Sunday's final might hope this game has taken a lot out of Mancini's men but you would not bank on it from a side who have simply got better and better, now adding Spain to Belgium as they claim victims of the highest class en route to the showpiece.
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banking
[[English]]
[Noun]
editbanking (countable and uncountable, plural bankings)
1.The business of managing a bank.
2.The occupation of managing or working in a bank.
3.2013 August 3, “Revenge of the nerds”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
4.(aviation) A horizontal turn.
5.A mechanical component to prevent vibration in a timepiece, etc.
6.1825, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions of the Society Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
The balances of all moveable time-keepers, the chronometer excepted, are prevented from vibrating beyond the proper arc by what is called bankings. The inferior escapements are very easily banked; a pin fixed in the balance, coming in contact with one or two studs, is sufficient for that purpose. […]
7.(rail transport) The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.
[Synonyms]
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- bankerage (obsolete)
[Verb]
editbanking
1.present participle of bank
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Prior
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
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- Pryor
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English Prior, Priur (surname), from Middle English prior, priour (“prior”). More at prior.
[Proper noun]
editPrior
1.An occupational surname, from occupations for someone employed by a prior.
[[German]]
[Further reading]
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- “Prior” in Duden online
[Noun]
editPrior m (genitive Priors, plural Prioren, female Priorin)
1.prior (high-ranking member of a monastery)
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back down
[[English]]
[See also]
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- backdown
- back into
- back off
- back out
- back up
[Verb]
editback down (third-person singular simple present backs down, present participle backing down, simple past and past participle backed down)
1.(idiomatic) To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.
I was about to sue them, but I had to back down.
I was going to sue them, but now I'm going to have to back down.
2.2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”
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visa
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈviː.zə/[Anagrams]
edit
- Avis, IVAs, Siva, Vias, avis, vias
[Etymology]
editFrom 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta visa (meaning "paper that has been seen") from feminine perfect passive of Latin videre ("to see").
[Noun]
editvisa (plural visas)
1.A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
I came on a six-month tourist visa.
[Verb]
editvisa (third-person singular simple present visas, present participle visaing, simple past and past participle visaed)
1.(transitive, dated) To endorse (a passport, etc.).
[[Danish]]
ipa :/viːsa/[Noun]
editvisa n
1.indefinite plural of visum
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈvi.zaː/[Noun]
editvisa
1.Plural form of visum
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈʋisɑ/[Anagrams]
edit
- savi
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic *visa (“hard?”). Cognate with Estonian visa, Karelian visa and Livonian vizā. The original adjective "hard, difficult, demanding" is now exclusively found in dialects (and some derivations, like visakoivu); the modern sense "quiz" is a backformation of visailla, itself derived from that adjective.
[Noun]
editvisa
1.Synonym of visakoivu
2.quiz (competition in the answering of questions)
[[French]]
ipa :/vi.za/[Anagrams]
edit
- avis, vais
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin visa, neuter plural of Latin visus (“having been seen”).
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Indonesian]]
[Noun]
editvisa (first-person possessive visaku, second-person possessive visamu, third-person possessive visanya)
1.visa
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈu̯iː.sa/[Etymology 1]
editInflected form of visum (“vision, mental image”).
[Etymology 2]
editInflected form of vīsus (“seen, having been seen”), perfect passive participle of videō (“see”).
[References]
edit
- visa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
[[Latvian]]
[Adjective]
editvisa
1.genitive singular masculine form of viss
2.nominative singular feminine form of viss
[Pronoun]
editvisa
1.genitive singular masculine form of viss
2.nominative singular feminine form of viss
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Noun]
editvisa m or f
1.definite feminine singular of viseeditvisa n
1.indefinite plural of visum
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse vísa.
[Etymology 3]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Etymology 4]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[References]
edit
- “visa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old Swedish]]
ipa :/ˈviːˌsa/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.
[Verb]
editvīsa
1.to show
2.to let know
[[Pali]]
[Alternative forms]
editAlternative scripts
- 𑀯်ဲ (Brahmi script)
- विस (Devanagari script)
- ৰিস (Bengali script)
- විස (Sinhalese script)
- ဝိသ (Burmese script)
- วิส or วิสะ (Thai script)
- ᩅᩥᩈ (Tai Tham script)
- ວິສ or ວິສະ (Lao script)
- វិស (Khmer script)
[Etymology]
editInherited from Sanskrit विष (viṣa)
[Noun]
editvisa n
1.poison
2.venom
[References]
editPali Text Society (1921-1925), “visa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead.
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editvisa
1.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of visar
2.second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of visar
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[viˈsa][Etymology]
editEither from vis + -a, or from the rare but attested Late Latin vīsō, vīsāre, from Latin vīsum. Compare Sardinian bizare.
[Verb]
edita visa (third-person singular present visează, past participle visat) 1st conj.
1.to dream
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈbisa/[Etymology]
editFrom French visa, from Latin visa.
[Further reading]
edit
- “visa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editvisa f (plural visas)
1.(Latin America) visa
Synonym: visado
[[Swahili]]
[Noun]
editvisa
1.plural of kisa
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- avis
[Etymology 1]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Swedish vīsa, from Old Norse vísa (“strophe, stanza”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ.
[Etymology 3]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Old Swedish vīsa, from Old Norse vísa, from Proto-Germanic *wīsōną.
[See also]
edit
- ambassadör
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Visa
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Avis, IVAs, Siva, Vias, avis, vias
[Etymology]
editCoined by the company's founder, Dee Hock, who believed that the word was instantly recognizable in many languages and that it denoted universal acceptance.
[Noun]
editVisa (plural Visas)
1.(banking) Visa card
2.(banking) credit card
[Proper noun]
editVisa
1.(banking) A credit card company.
2.2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)
Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya
As long as I've got the dough.
3.2019, “Visa Abroad”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 5 July 2019
Paying with Visa abroad uses the same high-tech, anti-fraud systems as at home, so your payments are safe wherever you are.
4.Alternative spelling of visa
[[German]]
[Noun]
editVisa
1.plural of Visum
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hastily
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈheɪstɪli/[Adverb]
edithastily (comparative more hastily, superlative most hastily)
1.In a hasty manner; quickly or hurriedly.
2.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
The departure was not unduly prolonged. […] Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
3.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 40:
Eudemis moved hastily but as unobtrusively as he could through the gaping crowd[.]
4.(obsolete) Soon, shortly.
5.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
she with liquors strong his eyes did steepe, / That nothing should him hastily awake [...].
[Etymology]
edithasty + -ly
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:quickly
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32859
absolutely
[[English]]
ipa :/æb.səˈl(j)uːt.lɪ/[Adverb]
editabsolutely (not comparable)
1.In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
2.Independently; viewed without relation to other things or factors. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
3.(grammar) In a manner that does not take an object.
[Etymology]
editabsolute + -ly, from Middle English.
[Interjection]
editabsolutely
1.Yes; certainly; expression indicating strong agreement. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
Do you want a free cookie with that coffee?
Absolutely!
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolutely”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
2. ^ Christopher Howse; Richard Preston (2007) She Literally Exploded: The Daily Telegraph Infuriating Phrasebook, London: Constable and Robinson, →ISBN, page 3.
[See also]
edit
- absitively posolutely
[Synonyms]
edit
- (in an absolute or unconditional manner): See also Thesaurus:completely
- (viewed without relation to other things): See also Thesaurus:individually
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0
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32871
fault-finding
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- finding fault
[Noun]
editfault-finding (uncountable)
1.Alternative form of faultfinding.
2.The investigation and location of faults in machinery and equipment.
3.1963 February, “Diesel locomotive faults and their remedies”, in Modern Railways, page 103:
Many of the faults reported in all categories should have been cleared by systematic fault-finding. Once a system of fault-finding has been laid down, staff must be made familiar with it and must follow the correct sequence of diagnosis step by step in the way set out in a fault-finding chart.
[References]
edit
- “fault-finding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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32872
tender
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɛn.də(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- enter'd, entred, rented, tendre
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English tender, tendur, tendir, tendre, from the adjective (see above).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English tendren, from the adjective (see above).
[Etymology 4]
editFrom tend + -er.
[Etymology 5]
editFrom Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”).
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English tender.
[Noun]
edittender m (plural tenders, diminutive tendertje n)
1.(finance) tender
2.(rail transport) coal-car
[Synonyms]
edit
- (finance) aanbesteding
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[ˈtɛndər][Etymology 1]
editFrom Dutch tender, from English tender, from Middle English tendren, from Old French tendre (“stretch out”), from Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Dutch tender, from English tender, tend + -er
[Further reading]
edit
- “tender” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
edittender
1.Apocopic form of tendere
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
edittender
1.Alternative form of tinder
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈtɛn.dɛr/[Etymology]
editFrom English tender.
[Further reading]
edit
- tender in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tender in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
edittender m inan
1.(rail transport) tender (railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel)
2.(nautical) tender (ship functioning as mobile base for other ships)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/tẽ.ˈdeɾ/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
[Verb]
edittender (first-person singular present indicative tendo, past participle tendido)
1.to tend
2.to trend
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/tenˈdeɾ/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin tendere, present active infinitive of tendō, from Proto-Italic *tendō, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
[Verb]
edittender (first-person singular present tiendo, first-person singular preterite tendí, past participle tendido)
1.(intransitive) to tend to, to have a tendency
2.(transitive) to spread, to stretch out
3.(transitive) to lay (cable)
4.(transitive) to make (a bed)
5.(transitive) to hang up (clothes)
6.(transitive) to build (a bridge across an expanse)
7.(transitive) to extend (the hand)
8.(transitive) to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
9.(transitive) to cast (a net)
10.(transitive) to set (a trap)
11.(transitive) to coat (with plaster)
12.(reflexive) to lay oneself down
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procure
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈkjʊə/[Anagrams]
edit
- crouper
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre, present active infinitive of Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“I care for”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- (acquire): obtain
- (obtain a prostitute): buy, purchase
[Verb]
editprocure (third-person singular simple present procures, present participle procuring, simple past and past participle procured)
1.(transitive) To acquire or obtain.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book 2”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
if we procure not to ourselves more woe
3.1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
Later there would also be need for seeds and artificial manures, besides various tools and, finally, the machinery for the windmill. How these were to be procured, no one was able to imagine.
4.(transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
5.(transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
6.(obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
7.1551, Ralph Robinson (translator), Thomas More, Utopia
By all means possible they procure to have gold and silver among them in reproach.
c. 1594, William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, 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 i]:
Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall.
8.(obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
9.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto I, stanza 1:
The famous Briton prince and faery knight, […] / Of the fair Alma greatly were procured / To make there lenger soiourne and abode.
10.(obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.
11.
c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, 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 v]:
What unaccustomed cause procures her hither?
[[French]]
[Verb]
editprocure
1.first-person singular present indicative of procurer
2.third-person singular present indicative of procurer
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of procurer
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of procurer
5.second-person singular imperative of procurer
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editprocure f
1.plural of procura
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editprocure
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of procurar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of procurar
3.first-person singular imperative of procurar
4.third-person singular imperative of procurar
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editprocure
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of procurar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of procurar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of procurar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of procurar.
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0
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32887
timeframe
[[English]]
[Noun]
edittimeframe (plural timeframes)
1.Alternative spelling of time frame
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0
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32888
intricately
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editintricately (comparative more intricately, superlative most intricately)
1.In an intricate manner; with involution or infoldings; with perplexity or intricacy.
[Etymology]
editintricate + -ly
[References]
edit
- intricately in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- intricately in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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0
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32889
badly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbæd.li/[Adjective]
editbadly (comparative more badly, superlative most badly)
1.(Northern England) Ill, unwell.
He's never badly.
[Adverb]
editbadly (comparative worse, superlative worst)
1.In a bad manner.
Things are going badly for her: she did badly in her exams owing to a badly designed studying schedule.
Don't think badly of me, give me the benefit of the doubt.
2.Very much; to a great degree.
I want it so badly.
Everything went badly wrong.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Dalby, Dybal, baldy, blady
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English badly, baddely, baddeliche, equivalent to bad + -ly.
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0
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32890
deep-rooted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editdeep-rooted
1.Having deep roots.
2.Well-established; long-standing; deep-seated.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (well established): ineradicable, bred-in-the-bone, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool
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0
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32891
deeprooted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editdeeprooted (comparative more deeprooted, superlative most deeprooted)
1.Alternative form of deep-rooted
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32892
referred
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈfɝd/[Anagrams]
edit
- deferrer
[Verb]
editreferred
1.simple past tense and past participle of refer
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0
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32894
compelled
[[English]]
ipa :/kəmˈpɛld/[Verb]
editcompelled
1.simple past tense and past participle of compel
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0
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predated
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- departed, drap d'été, petarded
[Verb]
editpredated
1.simple past tense and past participle of predate
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0
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predate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹiːˌdeɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- adepter, pad-tree, readept, red tape, redtape, retaped, tapered
[Etymology 1]
editFrom pre- + date
[Etymology 2]
editBack-formation from predation or predator.
[References]
edit
- predate at OneLook Dictionary Search
- predate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
editpredate
1.inflection of predare:
1.second-person plural present indicative
2.second-person plural imperativefeminine plural of predato
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0
2009/09/14 12:50
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32902
employer
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪmˈplɔɪɚ/[Anagrams]
edit
- polyreme, re-employ, reemploy, reëmploy
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French employeur; equivalent to employ + -er.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:employerWikipedia employer (plural employers)
1.A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
3.1973, E. F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful:
the ideal from the point of view of the employer is to have output without employees, and the ideal from the point of view of the employee is to have income without employment.
[See also]
edit
- jobseeker
[[French]]
ipa :/ɑ̃.plwa.je/[Anagrams]
edit
- polymère
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French employer, from Old French emploier, emploiier, inherited from Latin implicāre, present active infinitive of implicō. Doublet of impliquer, a borrowing.
[Further reading]
edit
- “employer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Verb]
editemployer
1.to employ
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French emploier, emploiier.
[Verb]
editemployer
1.to employ; to use; to make use of
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employ
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪmˈplɔɪ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- imploy (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- polemy
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French employer, from Latin implicare (“to infold, involve, engage”), from in (“in”) + plicare (“to fold”). Compare imply and implicate, which are doublets of employ .
[Further reading]
edit
- employ in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- employ in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- employ at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editemploy (plural employs)
1.The state of being an employee; employment.
The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ.
2.1856, “Treaty signed April 18, 1855; ratified April 5, 1856”, in Treaty of friendship and commerce between Great Britain and Siam, Bangkok: J. H. Chandler, page 7:
If Siamese in the employ of British subjects offend against the laws of their country,
3.(obsolete) The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.
4.1833, R. J. Bertin, Charles W. Chauncy, transl., Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 24:
Notwithstanding the employ of general and local bleeding, blisters, &c., the patient died on the fourth day after entrance.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to give someone work): hire
- (to put into use): apply, use, utilize
[Verb]
editemploy (third-person singular simple present employs, present participle employing, simple past and past participle employed)
1.To hire (somebody for work or a job).
Yesterday our local garage employed a new mechanic.
2.1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
3.1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
4.To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
The burglar employed a jemmy to get in.
5.1598, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1, Scene iii:
Valiant Othello, we must straight employ you / against the general enemy Ottoman.
6.1715 April 10, Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 29. Wednesday, March 30. [1715.] [Julian calendar]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, OCLC 1056445272:
This is a day in which the thoughts […] ought to be employed on serious subjects.
7.2013 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—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
8.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
9.To make busy.
10.1598, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene viii:
Let it not enter in your mind of love: / Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts / to courtship and such fair ostents of love / as shall conveniently become you there
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metasurfaces
[[English]]
[Noun]
editmetasurfaces
1.plural of metasurface
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microfluidics
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editmicro- + fluidics
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:microfluidicsWikipedia microfluidics (uncountable)
1.The science concerned with the design and construction of microminiaturized devices containing chambers and tunnels through which fluids flow in a controlled manner; used to construct labs on a chip, ink-jet printer heads etc.
2.(physics) The study of microfluids.
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microfluidic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editmicrofluidic (not comparable)
1.Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics
[Etymology]
editmicro- + fluidic
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0
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32908
plasmonics
[[English]]
ipa :-ɒnɪks[Etymology]
editplasmon + -ics
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:plasmonicsWikipedia plasmonics (uncountable)
1.(physics) A proposed analogy to electronics using plasmons
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32911
lease
[[English]]
ipa :/liːs/[Anagrams]
edit
- Elsea, Seale, eales, easel, easle, seale
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan (“to collect, pick, select, gather”), from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English lesen, from Old English lēasian (“to lie, tell lies”), from lēas (“falsehood, lying, untruth, mistake”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English lese, from Old English lǣs (“meadow”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“meadow”). See also leasow.
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Middle English lesen, from Old English līesan (“to loosen, release, redeem, deliver, liberate”), from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną (“to release, loosen”).
[Etymology 5]
editFrom Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), partly from Latin laxō (“to loose”) and partly from Old High German lāzan (“to let, let go, release”) (German lassen), cognate with Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent”) whence let.
[Etymology 6]
editFrom leash.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/liːs/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from English lease.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Middle English]]
[Adjective]
editlease
1.Alternative form of les
[Noun]
editlease
1.Alternative form of les
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infomercial
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- informercial
[Etymology]
editBlend of information + commercial.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:infomercialWikipedia infomercial (plural infomercials)
1.A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editinfomercial m (plural infomerciales)
1.(Latin America) infomercial
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informercial
[[English]]
[Noun]
editinformercial (plural informercials)
1.Alternative spelling of infomercial.
2.2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 306:
By some accident, or because it is played on a loop, they watch the same informercial that duped Alex earlier.
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colorable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editcolorable (comparative more colorable, superlative most colorable)
1.US standard spelling of colourable.
2.1990, Val Mallinson, The Dog Lover's Companion to the Pacific Northwest: The Inside Scoop on Where to Take Your Dog[1], →ISBN, page 426:
Colorable kid menu with crayons provided for the under-21 set.
[Etymology]
editcolor + -able
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purport
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈpɔːt/[Anagrams]
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- prorupt
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English purporten, from Anglo-Norman purporter and Old French porporter (“convey, contain, carry”), from pur-, from Latin pro (“forth”) + Old French porter (“carry”), from Latin portō (“carry”).
[Noun]
editpurport (plural purports)
1.import, intention or purpose
2.1748, David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
My practice, you say, refutes my doubts. But you mistake the purport of my question.
3.1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 4, chapter I, Aristocracies
Sorrowful, phantasmal as this same Double Aristocracy of Teachers and Governors now looks, it is worth all men’s while to know that the purport of it is, and remains, noble and most real.
4.1939, Ernest Vincent Wright, Gadsby
A child’s brain starts functioning at birth; and has, amongst its many infant convolutions, thousands of dormant atoms, into which God has put a mystic possibility for noticing an adult’s act, and figuring out its purport.
5.(obsolete) disguise; covering
6.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto I, stanza 52:
For she her sex under that strange purport / Did use to hide.
[References]
edit
- “purport”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[Verb]
editpurport (third-person singular simple present purports, present participle purporting, simple past and past participle purported)
1.To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately).
He purports himself to be an international man of affairs.
2.1962 August, “More W.R. services in jeopardy”, in Modern Railways, page 82, photo caption:
The intermediate station seen here, Llanbister Road, is 5 hilly miles by road from the town it purports to serve.
3.(construed with to) To intend.
He purported to become an international man of affairs.
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statutory authority
[[English]]
[Noun]
editstatutory authority (plural statutory authorities)
1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, law) A body set up by law which is authorised to enforce legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state.
2.(US, law) Legislation authorizing the existence and activity of a government agency.
3.(US, law) The powers assigned to a government agency by legislation.
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