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carte blanche
[[English]]
ipa :/kɑɹtˈblɑnʃ/[Adverb]
editcarte blanche
1.As an undifferentiated mass, without regard to distinctions; willy-nilly. (Possibly from confusion with another French phrase, en masse.)
2.2007, Gordon J. Hilsman, Intimate Spirituality: The Catholic Way of Love and Sex, →ISBN, page 114:
Can gay and lesbian people in justice be excluded carte blanche from the sacrament of sexual love sharing, let alone from church membership or leadership?
3.2014, Robert J. Lake, A Social History of Tennis in Britain →ISBN:
The mass production of tennis equipment made it more affordable, such that blue-collar workers were no longer excluded carte blanche as before the war (Birley 1995b).
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French carte blanche, referring to a blank or white card.
[Noun]
editcarte blanche (plural cartes blanches)
1.Unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority.
2.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
“[…] But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic ? […] Does your carte blanche run so far as that also ?”
3.2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club:
Baron Cohen and director Larry Charles have indeed retreated with The Dictator, but they’ve gone back 80 years, when the Marx Brothers were given carte blanche at Paramount Pictures with a five-movie run that ended with their best movie, 1933’s Duck Soup.
4.2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), 15,
Indeed, I later learned that when they had bought the place, in 1930, they had given my father's older sister Lina their checkbook, carte blanche, saying, "Do what you want, get what you want.
5.A blank paper that is signed by some authority and given to a person to fill as they please.
[Synonyms]
edit
- proxy in blank
- blank check
[[French]]
ipa :/kaʁ.t(ə) blɑ̃ʃ/[Noun]
editcarte blanche f (plural cartes blanches)
1.carte blanche (unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority)
Synonym: champ libre
avoir carte blanche ― to have carte blanche
donner carte blanche ― to give carte blanche
2.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carte, blanche.
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Blanche
[[Translingual]]
[Proper noun]
editBlanche
1.A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Emanuel Blanche (1824-1908).
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- Blanch
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French blanc "white". The surname originated as a nickname, or as a matronymic.
[Proper noun]
editBlanche
1.A female given name from French.
2.A surname, from French of French origin.
[[French]]
ipa :/blɑ̃ʃ/[Further reading]
edit
- “Blanche” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editBlanche f (plural Blanches)
1.female equivalent of Blanc
[Proper noun]
editBlanche ?
1.A female given name
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naysaying
[[English]]
[Noun]
editnaysaying (plural naysayings)
1.A refusal, denial, or negation.
[Verb]
editnaysaying
1.present participle of naysay
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harboring
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- abhorring
[Verb]
editharboring
1.present participle of harbor
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insurrection
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French insurrection, from Late Latin insurrectio
[Noun]
editinsurrection (countable and uncountable, plural insurrections)
1.A violent uprising of part or all of a national population against the government or other authority.
Synonyms: insurgency, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ̃.sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin īnsurrectiō.
[Further reading]
edit
- “insurrection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editinsurrection f (plural insurrections)
1.insurrection
Synonym: soulèvement
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unsubstantiated
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunsubstantiated (comparative more unsubstantiated, superlative most unsubstantiated)
1.Lacking substantiation; without evidence.
2.2018, 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 487:
Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.
[Etymology]
editun- + substantiated
[Verb]
editunsubstantiated
1.simple past tense and past participle of unsubstantiate
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back and forth
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editback and forth (not comparable)
1.Going from one place or position to another and back again.
The back and forth movement of the tide causes erosion of the coastline.
[Adverb]
editback and forth (not comparable)
1.From one place to another and back again.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- back-and-forth
[Noun]
editback and forth (countable and uncountable, plural back and forths)
1.The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing.
2.2009, Dorothy Rich, Megaskills for Babies, Toddlers, and Beyond: Building Your Child's Happiness, page 43:
Roll the ball to your child, who then rolls it back to you. After a few back-and-forths, roll the ball to a nearby corner of the room or other hiding place.
3.Negotiations or discussions between two or more parties, a dialog.
4.1895, United States Congress, “Congressional serial set”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 11214, page 718:
There's some back and forth between Simpson and his CIA counterparts and, in essence, the CIA says that you must ship all of the quantities requested.
[See also]
edit
- to and fro
[Synonyms]
edit
- (negotiations): tug of war
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admittance
[[English]]
ipa :/ədˈmɪt.n̩s/[Alternative forms]
edit
- admittaunce (obsolete)
[Noun]
editadmittance (countable and uncountable, plural admittances)
1.The act of admitting.
2.Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
3.Actual entrance, reception.
4.(Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
5.(physics) The reciprocal of impedance
[Synonyms]
edit
- admission, access, entrance, initiation
[[French]]
ipa :/ad.mi.tɑ̃s/[Noun]
editadmittance f (plural admittances)
1.(physics) admittance
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anecdotal evidence
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- empirical evidence
- scientific evidence
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:anecdotal evidenceWikipedia anecdotal evidence (uncountable)
1.A limited selection of examples which support or refute an argument, but which are not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
2.2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian[1]:
Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.
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autograph
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editautograph (not comparable)
1.Written in the author’s own handwriting.
2.(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
3.1979, Nancy L Pressly, The Fuseli Circle in Rome, Yale Center for British Art, p. 37:
Schiff […] believes most of the drawings are autograph.
4.1992, Malise Forbes Adam & Mary Mauchline, in Wendy Wassyng Roworth (ed.), Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books 1992, p. 116:
Not surprisingly, he attributed to Kauffman two important works that are no longer accepted as autograph.
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
[Noun]
editautograph (plural autographs)
1.A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
2.A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (person’s own handwriting or signature): signature, inscription
- (manuscript in author’s hand): protograph, holograph, archetype, original
[Verb]
editautograph (third-person singular simple present autographs, present participle autographing, simple past and past participle autographed)
1.(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
2.(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
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weigh on
[[English]]
[Verb]
editweigh on (third-person singular simple present weighs on, present participle weighing on, simple past and past participle weighed on)
1.(figuratively) To cause distress to or impose a burden on; to trouble.
2.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice, volume II, London: […] T[homas] Egerton […], OCLC 38659585, page 206:
She had got rid of two of the secrets which had weighed on her for a fortnight, and was certain of a willing listener in Jane, [...]
3.1856, Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet, "Prefatory Memoir":
The Crimean war weighed on him like a nightmare.
4.1917, Edith Wharton, chapter VIII, in Summer: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, OCLC 754085651, page 119:
Her shame weighed on her like a physical oppression: the roof and walls seemed to be closing in on her, and she was seized by the impulse to get away, under the open sky, where there would be room to breathe.
5.2013 October 26, Sarah Rainey, "Victoria Hislop interview," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 9 Jan 2018):
[H]er cat [...] has been missing for two days, she tells me, and his unexplained absence has been weighing on her mind.
6.2017 November 15, Ana Swanson, "Trump’s Trade Approach Diverges Sharply from Free Trade Republicans," New York Times (retrieved 9 Jan 2018):
Lance Fritz, the president and C.E.O. of Union Pacific Railroad, said pulling out of Nafta would harm trade, which would in turn weigh on his business.
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shared
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʃɛə(ɹ)d/[Adjective]
editshared (not comparable)
1.Used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways.
2.2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Dahers, Dasher, Haders, Heards, Herdas, Rashed, Sheard, dasher, rashed, red ash, shader, sheard
[Synonyms]
edit
- (multiple entities): common, mutual; see also Thesaurus:joint
[Verb]
editshared
1.simple past tense and past participle of share
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in the wings
[[English]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “be waiting in the wings” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “in the wings”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “wait in the wings” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[Verb]
editwait in the wings (third-person singular simple present waits in the wings, present participle waiting in the wings, simple past and past participle waited in the wings)
1.To be about to become important or central.
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paywall
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpeɪ.wɔːl/[Etymology]
editFrom pay + wall, by analogy with firewall.
[Further reading]
edit
- paywall on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editpaywall (plural paywalls)
1.(informal, computing) A feature of a website, application or service that only allows access to certain content or functions upon payment.
2.2009 May 29, ScuttleMonkey, “Newspaper Execs Hold Secret Meeting To Discuss Paywalls”, in Slashdot[1]:
Techdirt got wind of a secret meeting by newspaper execs, complete with antitrust lawyers, to discuss how to proceed on the issue of implementing paywalls going forward.
3.2012, Dennis F. Herrick, Media Management in the Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism. Second Edition., UNM Press (→ISBN), page 332
Scores of other newspapers started selling digital subscriptions in 2011, either with a paywall on their sites or by charging for mobile access with an e-reader app. […] Time magazine also set up a paywall in 2011, its second attempt in two years, […]
4.2015, Brian Gorman, Crash to Paywall: Canadian Newspapers and the Great Disruption, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP (→ISBN), page 140
As for the larger general-interest dailies, Long Island's Newsday was the first to erect its paywall, in October 2009. It allowed full access for subscribers to the print edition of the paper or the parent company Cablevision, or for people willing to pay $5 per week.
[Verb]
editpaywall (third-person singular simple present paywalls, present participle paywalling, simple past and past participle paywalled)
1.(informal, computing, transitive) To restrict access to (a Web site or other resource) by means of a paywall.
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quite a bit
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editquite a bit (not comparable)
1.(idiomatic) considerably
[Further reading]
edit
- quite a bit at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Minecraft
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom mine + craft
[Proper noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:MinecraftWikipedia Minecraft
1.A sandbox video game (released 2011) in which users build constructions from textured cubes.
[Verb]
editMinecraft (third-person singular simple present Minecrafts, present participle Minecrafting, simple past and past participle Minecrafted)
1.(intransitive) To play the game Minecraft.
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washout
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɒʃaʊt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- wash-out
[Anagrams]
edit
- outwash
[Etymology]
editFrom wash out (verb).
[Noun]
editwashout (plural washouts)
1.An appliance designed to wash something out.
The cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves.
2.(biology, medicine) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
a bladder washout
3.(medicine) A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins.
4.(meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
5.A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
6.A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
7.2020 August 26, “Network News: Shapps orders rapid review of flash flood resilience from NR”, in Rail, page 9:
In a message to NR staff on August 14, Haines said: "It's not just Scotland impacted by extreme wet weather. This week we have seen, and will continue to see, heavy rain fall. This has caused washouts and landslips across the length and breadth of Great Britain.
8.The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
9.1959 April, “Motive Power Miscellany: Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 224:
In recent months, as we have already reported, boiler washouts of Stratford's "Britannia" Pacifics have been carried out at Norwich, owing to the better staff situation at the latter shed, [...]
10.(informal) A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
As an actor, he was a complete washout, so he went back to accounting.
11.1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist[1]:
"I thought you was going into the business yourself." "That's a wash-out," snarled Silas.
12.A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.
13.1939, The Railroad Telegrapher (volume 56, page 779)
The Austin picnic was a washout, rained all day.
14.The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.
15.An overwhelming victory; a landslide.
16.2011, ABC News (Australia), 28 March 2011, headline [2]
Illawarra turns blue in Liberal washout
17.2020, MailOnline, 4 November 2020, article "Piers Morgan blames the Democrats and Joe Biden's lacklustre campaign" [3]
Biden failed to flip crucial toss-up states such as Florida and Ohio and pull off the blue washout his supporters had been touting.
[References]
edit
- “washout”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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spontaneity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspɒn.tə.neɪ.ə.ti/[Antonyms]
edit
- (quality of being spontaneous): discipline
[Etymology]
editCompare French spontanéité.
[Further reading]
edit
- spontaneity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- spontaneity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- spontaneity at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editspontaneity (countable and uncountable, plural spontaneities)
1.(uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous.
2.(countable) Spontaneous behaviour.
3.1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Third Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, OCLC 1000396166:
Romney Leigh, who lives by diagrams, / And crosses out the spontaneities / Of all his individual, personal life / With formal universals.
4.(biology) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
5.(biology) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.
[Synonyms]
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- (quality of being spontaneous): abruptness, spontaneousness; see also Thesaurus:suddenness
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meetup
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- meet-up
[Etymology]
editFrom the phrasal verb meet up.
[Noun]
editmeetup (plural meetups)
1.An arranged informal meeting.
We had our meetup in the local library, because of its central location.
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editmeetup m (plural meetups)
1.meetup
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centrist
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editcentrist (comparative more centrist, superlative most centrist)
1.Of, pertaining to, or advocating centrism.
[Anagrams]
edit
- citterns, stricten
[Coordinate terms]
edit
- leftist
- rightist
[Etymology]
editFrom French centriste.
[Noun]
editcentrist (plural centrists)
1.A person who advocates centrism.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French centriste
[Noun]
editcentrist m (plural centriști)
1.centrist
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profitability
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editprofitable + -ity
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:profitabilityWikipedia profitability (countable and uncountable, plural profitabilities)
1.The quality or state of being profitable; capacity to make a profit.
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outlay
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈaʊtleɪ/[Anagrams]
edit
- lay out, lay-out, layout
[Etymology]
editFrom out- + lay.
[Noun]
editoutlay (countable and uncountable, plural outlays)
1.A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
2.The spending of money, or an expenditure.
Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.
3.(archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
4.c. 1609, Francis Beaumont, Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding
I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all.
[Verb]
editoutlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)
1.(transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.
2.1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, OCLC 1049089293:
Their boggy breasts out-lay, and Skipton down doth crawl
3.(transitive) To spend, or distribute money.
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extracurricular
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)[Adjective]
editextracurricular (not comparable)
1.Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment
The students enjoy a number of extracurricular activities at weekends.
2.Similarly outside of the normal duties of a job or profession
3.(informal) extramarital
[Etymology]
editextra- + curricular
[Noun]
editextracurricular (plural extracurriculars)
1.(education) An activity outside the normal academic curriculum.
2.(informal) An activity beyond official duties of a job or profession.
3.(informal) An extramarital affair.
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editextracurricular (plural extracurriculares)
1.extracurricular
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on it
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -tion, -toin, INTO, Toni, into, noit, oint
[Prepositional phrase]
editon it
1.(informal) Actively doing something, or working to solve a (specified) problem.
- Jack, could you take a look at my computer? It won't boot up.
- I'm on it!
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some time
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editsome time (not comparable)
1.Alternative form of sometime
2.1933, Mae West, She Done Him Wrong, spoken by Lady Lou (Mae West):
Why don't you come up some time and see me?
[Anagrams]
edit
- timesome
[Noun]
editsome time (uncountable)
1.A period of some length.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (period of some length): some time yetTranslations[edit]a period of some length
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refraction
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹəˈfɹækʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- for certain
[Etymology]
editrefract + -ion
[Noun]
editrefraction (countable and uncountable, plural refractions)
1.(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
2.(metallurgy) The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat
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homogenize
[[English]]
ipa :/həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/[Alternative forms]
edit
- homogenise (Commonwealth)
[Etymology]
editFrom homogen(eous) + -ize.
[See also]
edit
- Wikipedia article on homogenization
- Wikipedia article on homogenizer
[Verb]
edithomogenize (third-person singular simple present homogenizes, present participle homogenizing, simple past and past participle homogenized)
1.To make homogeneous, to blend or puree.
2.Specifically, to treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.
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fixer
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- refix, xerif
[Etymology]
editfix + -er
[Noun]
editfixer (plural fixers)
1.Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
2.(photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
3.2003, Bruce Warren, Photography: The Concise Guide, Cengage Learning (→ISBN), page 69
The fixer removes the undeveloped silver salts from the film, rendering it no longer sensitive to light. Pour the fixer — at a temperature within plus or minus 5° F of the developer's — into the tank, using the amount specified by the tank directions. Agitate with ten inversions initially and then for 10 seconds out of every minute for the remainder of the fixing time. The fixing time is not as critical as the developing lime, but stay within the time range suggested in the fixer directions.
4.A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.
5.(criminal justice, law) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
6.1937, Sutherland, Edwin H. (ed); Conwell, Chic (pseudonym), The Professional Thief: by a Professional Thief. Annotated and Interpreted by Edwin H. Sutherland, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, LCCN 37036112:
A professional bank robber commented on this [a point in the thief's memoir]: 'Perhaps the author means by this that the fixer with whom he is acquainted works only on crimes not involving violence. It is true that there are specialists even in the fix line, and a man who has an in [in = advantageous position] to fix con cases might not be able to fix robbery cases. But if the author means that the fix does not exist in armed robbery, he is badly mistaken. It is merely a matter of knowing the right party to go to.'
7.(journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
8.2007, Myriam Salama-Carr, Translating and Interpreting Conflict, Rodopi (→ISBN), page 25
Yet at the same time, this is also the source of what journalists see as one of the major risks involved in dependence on the fixer: the fixer may determine, to some extent, what the journalist sees. It is at this point that differences between journalists become apparent in the interviews – they give different evaluations of the risks. Clearly, this is a point of tension in their understanding of the situation: the prime positive qualities of the fixer are also the potentially negative ones.
9.(real estate, US) A fixer-upper.
[[French]]
ipa :/fik.se/[Etymology]
editFrom fixe + -er.
[Further reading]
edit
- “fixer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Verb]
editfixer
1.to fix, fasten
2.to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
3.(reflexive) to settle (in a place)
4.(transitive) to stare at
5.2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 11:
Sur le banc, deux hommes, envelopés de capes dont les pans noirs étaient à demi éclairés par la lueur d'un méchant falot, fixaient l'obscurité.
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
editfixer
1.first-person singular future subjunctive of facer
2.third-person singular future subjunctive of facer
[[German]]
ipa :[ˈfɪksɐ][Adjective]
editfixer
1.comparative degree of fixeditfixer
1.inflection of fix:
1.strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
2.strong genitive/dative feminine singular
3.strong genitive plural
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Verb]
editfixer
1.(Jersey, transitive) to stare at
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[[German]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “Fixer” in Duden online
[Noun]
editFixer m (genitive Fixers, plural Fixer)
1.junkie (heroin user)
2.one who is engaged in short selling (finance)
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sporadic
[[English]]
ipa :/spəˈɹæɾɪk/[Adjective]
editsporadic (comparative more sporadic, superlative most sporadic)
1.(archaic) (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
2.Rare and scattered in occurrence.
3.2015 March 12, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea out of Champions League after Thiago Silva sends 10-man PSG through on away goals”, in The Guardian (London)[1]:
It was a stodgy, weary display from Mourinho’s team with only sporadic moments when they threatened Salvatore Sirigu’s goal and their manager seemed bewildered afterwards when he tried to explain what had gone wrong.
4.Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.
[Anagrams]
edit
- caproids, carpoids, picadors
[Etymology]
editFrom Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from σπορά (sporá), σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”).[1]
[References]
edit
1. ^ The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, p. 2978.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editsporadic m or n (feminine singular sporadică, masculine plural sporadici, feminine and neuter plural sporadice)
1.sporadic
[Etymology]
editFrom French sporadique
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on the ground
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editon the ground
1.Directly in an area of interest or active operations; in the field.
2.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, ground.
[References]
edit
- “on the ground” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
[See also]
edit
- ground truth
[Synonyms]
edit
- on the spot, in situ
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on report
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editon report
1.Facing formal disciplinary action.
I've put him on report for both insubordination and sexual harassment.
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tidings
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtaɪdɪŋz/[Anagrams]
edit
- tingids
[Noun]
edittidings
1.plural of tiding; news
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tiding
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtaɪdɪŋ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- tidinde (obsolete)
- tidind (dialectal)
[Anagrams]
edit
- diting, tingid
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English tiding, tidinge (also tidinde, tidende, etc.), from Late Old English tīdung, from tīdan (“to befall; happen”), probably with assimilation to -ing.[1]Either from or influenced by Old Norse tíðindi[2] ( > Danish/Norwegian tidende). Cognate with Dutch tijding, German Zeitung.
[Noun]
edittiding (plural tidings)
1.(archaic or literary, usually in the plural) news; new information
2.Glad tidings we bring / To you and your kin. — A traditional Christmas carol.
3.c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales;
What tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales,
What ſhippis are ſailing to Scalis Malis?
And all is not worth a couple of nut ſhalis.
4.1843 Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book 2, Ch. 2, St. Edmundsbury
But yet it is pity we had lost tidings of our souls: actually we shall have to go in quest of them again, or worse in all ways will befall!
[References]
edit
1. ^ T.F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, →ISBN; headword tidings
2. ^ tidings in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Verb]
edittiding
1.present participle of tide
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rekindle
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Elderkin, delinker, linkered, nerdlike, relinked
[Etymology]
editre- + kindle
[Verb]
editrekindle (third-person singular simple present rekindles, present participle rekindling, simple past and past participle rekindled)
1.(transitive) To kindle again.
2.(intransitive) To be kindled or ignited again.
3.(transitive, figuratively) To revive.
After being abroad for a decade, when he came back he rekindled his obsession with cricket.
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tuck into
[[English]]
[Verb]
edittuck into (third-person singular simple present tucks into, present participle tucking into, simple past and past participle tucked into)
1.(transitive) To eat, especially with gusto.
2.1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 39, in Nicholas Nickleby:
If you'll just let little Wackford tuck into something fat, I'll be obliged to you.
3.1983 Nov. 28, Pico Iyer, "Battling "Spiritual Pollution"," Time:
Well-heeled tourists tuck into French cuisine at Cardin's elegant new Maxim's de Pékin.
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repealed
[[English]]
[Verb]
editrepealed
1.simple past tense and past participle of repeal
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repeal
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹəˈpiːl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Lapeer, Leaper, leaper
[Etymology]
editFrom Anglo-Norman repeler, from Old French rapeler (“to call back, call in, call after, revoke”), from Latin repellō (“drive or thrust back”), from re- and pellō (“push or strike”). Doublet of repel.
[Noun]
editrepeal (plural repeals)
1.An act or instance of repealing.
[Synonyms]
edit
- annul, cancel, invalidate, revoke, veto
[Verb]
editrepeal (third-person singular simple present repeals, present participle repealing, simple past and past participle repealed)
1.(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
to repeal a law
2.c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act I, Scene 1,[1]
[…] I here divorce myself
Both from thy table, Henry, and thy bed,
Until that act of parliament be repeal’d
Whereby my son is disinherited.
3.1776, Samuel Johnson, letter to James Boswell, cited in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, p. 8,[2]
As manners make laws, manners likewise repeal them.
4.1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, London: J.S. Jordan, p. 15,[3]
It requires but a very small glance of thought to perceive, that altho’ laws made in one generation often continue in force through succeeding generations, yet that they continue to derive their force from the consent of the living. A law not repealed continues in force, not because it cannot be repealed, but because it is not repealed; and the non-repealing passes for consent.
5.To recall; to summon (a person) again; to bring (a person) back from exile or banishment.
6.1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[4]
There weepe, for till my Gaueston be repeald,
Assure thy selfe thou comst not in my sight.
7.c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act II, Scene 2,[5]
The banish’d Bolingbroke repeals himself,
And with uplifted arms is safe arrived […]
8.To suppress; to repel.
9.1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 7, lines 59-60,[6]
Whence Adam soon repeal’d
The doubts that in his heart arose.
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Barr
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Brar, RBAR
[Etymology]
editAs a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from barr (“height, hill, tip”). As an English surname, from bar.
[Proper noun]
editBarr
1.An English and Scottish surname.
2.A commune in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.
3.A village in Scotland.
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redlining
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- niderling
[Etymology]
edit(systematic denial): From the red outlines used by the HOLC to mark D-rated neighborhoods with minority occupants.[1]
[Further reading]
edit
- redlining on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editredlining (countable and uncountable, plural redlinings)
1.The process of or an instance of redlining.
2.2013, Adam Jones, The Scourge of Genocide: Essays and Reflections, →ISBN, page 29:
I won't soon forget Ben handing me the first of those printouts, literally covered with his notes, arrows, X's, redlinings...My heart sank.
3.(Canada, US) The systematic denial of various services to residents of specific, often racially associated, neighborhoods or communities, either directly or through the selective raising of prices.
4.2007, Alexander Polikoff, Waiting for Gautreaux: A Story of Segregation, Housing, and the Black Ghetto, Northwestern University Press, →ISBN, page 120:
Admittedly, our metropolitan plan was an exercise in hope. There were million reasons why it might not have worked. But it represented a responsible way to try to begin atoning for the public housing ghettos, the racial zoning and covenants, the redlining, the “Negro removal,” and the other policies and practices that had given us the two separate and unequal societies described by the Kerner report.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Camila Domonoske (October 19, 2016), “Interactive Redlining Map Zooms In On America's History Of Discrimination”, in npr[1]:
The project features the infamous redlining maps from the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. In the late 1930s, the HOLC "graded" neighborhoods into four categories, based in large part on their racial makeup. Neighborhoods with minority occupants were marked in red — hence "redlining" — and considered high-risk for mortgage lenders.
[Verb]
editredlining
1.present participle of redline
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redline
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹɛd ˌlaɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- Nile red, relined
[Etymology]
editred + line, originating with the frequent use of red pen or pencil to mark corrections on drawings and documents (1), and the red markings on a tachometer (2).
[Further reading]
edit
- redline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- redlining on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editredline (plural redlines)
1.A drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.
2.The maximum speed at which the engine in a car or aircraft etc. is designed to operate.
[Verb]
editredline (third-person singular simple present redlines, present participle redlining, simple past and past participle redlined)
1.To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
2.(automotive) To run an internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommended speed.
3.(Canada, US) To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.
Antonym: greenline
4.(audio engineering) To achieve audio levels that will cause clipping (indicated by red in an audio meter).
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appointee
[[English]]
ipa :/əˌpoɪnˈtiː/[Etymology]
editFrench appointé, from appointer.
[Noun]
editappointee (plural appointees)
1.a person who is appointed
The ambassador is a political appointee, not a career diplomat.
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cume
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editcume (not comparable)
1.(film) Cumulative.
2.1988, Hugh Malcolm Beville, Audience Ratings: Radio, Television, and Cable
Cume ratings provide measures of net unduplicated audience for various combinations...
3.2016, Alan B. Albarran, Management of Electronic and Digital Media
Cume persons represent a radio station's cumulative audience, or the estimated number of individuals reached by a radio station.
[Anagrams]
edit
- muce
[Etymology]
editFrom cumulative; compare cumulate.
[Noun]
editcume (plural cumes)
1.(film) Cumulative box office receipts.
2.2014, Justin Chang, Variety, “Why Godard’s ‘Goodbye to Language’ Demands a Wider 3D Release”, November 4, 2014:
With a cume so far of more than $38,000, the film has already outgrossed Godard’s previous feature, “Film socialisme” (2010), despite having opened on far fewer screens.
3.2017, Mark Hughes, "'Wonder Woman' Has All-Time 4th-Best Third Weekend For Superhero Movie"
Taking into account the fact Wonder Woman opened lower than those other releases, these holds and its eventual $560-570+ million global cume after close of business Friday now all but assure Gal Gadot's Amazon princess will indeed finish its run north of $700 million.
4.(radio, television) Cumulative audience.
5.2004, Steve Warren, Radio:
Compare cume to the number of shoppers that go into a supermarket. Let's imagine that the station has no listeners and the supermarket has no shoppers.
6.2011, Gary Dahl, Advertising For Dummies
If a particular station has a cume of 250,000, but most listeners are women and only a very few are within your target demo, then this 250,000 figure doesn't help you.
7.(education) Cumulative grade point average.
8.1965, Matt Fichtenbaum and Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw” in The Broadside of Boston, vol. III, No. 22:
The pucks don’t bounce, the trains don’t spring, my cume is gonna fall,
And unless I pass that final quiz I’ll be screwed right to the wall.
[See also]
edit
- box office
[Verb]
editcume (third-person singular simple present cumes, present participle cuming, simple past and past participle cumed)
1.(film) Earn cumulatively at the box office.
2.2014, Brian Brooks, Deadline Hollywood, “Godard’s ‘Goodbye To Language’ Says Hello To Weekend’s Best Specialty Box Office”, November 2, 2014:
Despite the exhibitor complications, Goodbye To Language has already surpassed Godard’s most recent previous project, Film Socialisme, which cumed about $33K in the U.S in its 2011 release.
[[Galician]]
ipa :/ˈkume̝/[Alternative forms]
edit
- crume
[Etymology]
edit15th century. From Latin culmen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. Cognate with Portuguese cume and Spanish cumbre.
[Noun]
editcume m (plural cumes)
1.mountain top, summit
Synonym: cumio
2.ridge, roof top
3.1433, Rodríguez González, Ángel / José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 63:
a qual casa se ten por parede con outra casa de Juan Peres, notario da dita villa, de hũa parte, da outra parta se ten por cume et tavoado con outra mia casa
the aforementioned house is next to the wall of another one that belongs to Juan Perez, notary of this town, in one side, and in the other is touching, by the ridge and the wooden wall, with another house of my property
Synonyms: cima, cumio
4.ridge board
5.1457, Tato Plaza, Fernando R. (ed.) (1999): Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega (Ponencia de Lingua)., page 185:
Jtem diso máis que leuara de dentro da grãja de Saar, estando presente Martj́n de Dorrõ, hũu cume de castaño de des cóuodos, pouco máis o menos
Item, he said more, that he had taken from the inside of the farm of Sar, in the presence of Martín de Dorrón, a chestnut ridge board, of some ten cubits long, give or take
Synonyms: crucel, cumio
6.top position
Synonyms: cima, cúspide
7.summit (gathering of leathers, etc)
Synonym: cumio
[References]
edit
- “cume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “cume” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “cume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
[[Istriot]]
[Adverb]
editcume
1.how
2.1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:
Cume li va puleîto in alto mare!
How they row well on the high seas!
[Alternative forms]
edit
- coûme
[Etymology]
editFrom Vulgar Latin *quomo (from Latin quomōdo) + et. Compare Italian come, French comme, Romanian cum.
[See also]
edit
- cumo
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Adverb]
editcume
1.barely, only just
2.almost, nearly
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch *kūmo, from Proto-Germanic *kūmô.
[Further reading]
edit
- “cume”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “cume”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
[[Old English]]
[Verb]
editcume
1.inflection of cuman:
1.subjunctive present singular
2.imperative singular
[[Old French]]
[Conjunction]
editcume
1.Alternative form of conme
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈkumɨ/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Portuguese, from Latin culmen, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-.
[Noun]
editcume m (plural cumes)
1.peak, the highest point of a mountain.
Synonyms: cimo, sumo
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implosion
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- explosion
[Etymology]
editin- + explosion
[Noun]
editimplosion (countable and uncountable, plural implosions)
1.The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
2.The action of imploding.
3.The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.
4.Violent compression.
5.A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ̃.plo.zjɔ̃/[Antonyms]
edit
- explosion
[Etymology]
editim- + (ex)plosion
[Further reading]
edit
- “implosion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- “implosion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “implosion” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2021.
- “implosion”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- implosion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- implosion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editFrench Wikipedia has an article on:implosionWikipedia frimplosion f (plural implosions)
1.implosion
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dipping
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɪpɪŋ/[Noun]
editdipping (plural dippings)
1.An act or process of immersing.
2.1587, Raphael Holinshed et al., The first and second volumes of Chronicles, “Henrie the second,” p. 82,[1]
[…] it was ordeined, that children shuld be brought to the church, there to receiue baptisme in faire water, with thrée dippings into the same, in the name of the father, the sonne, and the Holie-ghost […]
3.1753, William Hogarth, The Analysis of Beauty, London: for the author, Chapter 13, p. 110,[2]
By an infinite number of materials, I mean colours and shades of all kinds and degrees; some notion of which variety may be formed by supposing a piece of white silk by several dippings gradually dyed to a black; and carrying it in like manner through the prime tints of yellow, red, and blue; and then again, by making the like progress through all the mixtures that are to be made of these three original colours.
4.1952, John Steinbeck, East of Eden, London: Heinemann, Part One, Chapter 3, I, p. 11,
Baby Adam cried a good deal at the beginning of the wake, for the mourners, not knowing about babies, had neglected to feed him. Cyrus soon solved the problem. He dipped a rag in whisky and gave it to the baby to suck, and after three or four dippings young Adam went to sleep.
5.The act of inclining downward.
6.The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.
7.The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, especially brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.
8.(US) The use of dipping tobacco (moist snuff) in the mouth, usually between the lip and gum or cheek and gum in the lower or upper part of the mouth.
9.(birdwatching) The act or fact of missing out on seeing a bird.
10.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 35:
That same trip would have to go down as the greatest dipping fest in Australian birding history. I had five target species and never saw one, despite spending a week looking for them.
[Verb]
editdipping
1.present participle of dip
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stateside
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editstateside (not comparable)
1.(chiefly outside USA) In the United States.
2.2018, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs Office, Sponsorship & Newcomers-FAQs, Q: Why do I need a new stateside driver’s license if my expired license is good as long as I am in military?
A current, valid stateside driver’s license is required to get a USAREUR driving permit and international driving permit.
I'll be stateside for the next month.
You'll need a valid stateside motorcycle license.
They made their stateside debut in the late 1970s.
3.(Alaska) In the 48 contiguous states.
[Adverb]
editstateside (not comparable)
1.(chiefly outside USA) In or to the United States, especially the lower forty-eight.
I'll be going stateside next month!
2.(Alaska) In or to the 48 contiguous states.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- Stateside
[Anagrams]
edit
- steadiest
[Etymology]
editstate + -side.
[See also]
edit
- down under
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uproar
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʌpɹɔː/[Etymology]
editCalque of Dutch oproer or German Aufruhr[1]. Possibly influenced by roar.
[Noun]
edituproar (countable and uncountable, plural uproars)
1.Tumultuous, noisy excitement. [from 1520s]
2.Loud confused noise, especially when coming from several sources.
3.A loud protest, controversy, outrage
[References]
edit
1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “uproar”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:commotion
[Verb]
edituproar (third-person singular simple present uproars, present participle uproaring, simple past and past participle uproared)
1.(transitive) To throw into uproar or confusion.
2.c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 3,[1]
[…] had I power, I should
Pour the sweet milk of concord into hell,
Uproar the universal peace, confound
All unity on earth.
3.(intransitive) To make an uproar.
4.1661, William Caton, The Abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius’s Ecclesiastical History, London: Francis Holden, 1698, Part II, p. 110, note,[2]
[…] through their Tumultuous Uproaring have they caused the peaceable and harmless to suffer […]
5.1824, Thomas Carlyle (translator), Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, New York: A.L. Burt, 1839, Book 4, Chapter 8, pp. 210-211,[3]
[…] the landlady entering at this very time with news that his wife had been delivered of a dead child, he yielded to the most furious ebullitions; while, in accordance with him, all howled and shrieked, and bellowed and uproared, with double vigor.
6.1828, Robert Montgomery, The Omnipresence of the Deity, London: Samuel Maunder, Part II, p. 56,[4]
When red-mouth’d cannons to the clouds uproar,
And gasping hosts sleep shrouded in their gore,
7.1829, Mason Locke Weems, The Life of General Francis Marion, Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, Chapter 12, p. 106,[5]
Officers, as well as men, now mingle in the uproaring strife, and snatching the weapons of the slain, swell the horrid carnage.
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abound with
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
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- abound in
[Verb]
editabound with (third-person singular simple present abounds with, present participle abounding with, simple past and past participle abounded with)
1.To have something in great numbers or quantities; to possess in such abundance as to be characterized by.
This pond abounds with fish.
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33522
audacious
[[English]]
ipa :/ɔːˈdeɪʃəs/[Adjective]
editaudacious (comparative more audacious, superlative most audacious)
1.Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
2.22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
3.2014 August 21, “A brazen heist in Paris [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times[2]:
The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.
4.Impudent, insolent.
[Antonyms]
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- (willing to take bold risks): shy, cautious, prudent
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“I am bold, I dare”)
[Synonyms]
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- (willing to take bold risks): bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious
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33526
biopic
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbaɪ.əʊ.pɪk/[Etymology]
editShortened from biographical picture.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:biopicWikipedia biopic (plural biopics)
1.(film) A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
[References]
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1. ^ “biopic”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
2. ^ “biopic” (US) / “biopic” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
3. ^ “biopic” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. US audio file
[Synonyms]
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- biographical film
[[French]]
ipa :/bjɔ.pik/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English biopic
[Noun]
editbiopic m (plural biopics)
1.biopic
[Synonyms]
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- biografilm
- film biographique
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English biopic
[Noun]
editbiopic m (plural biopics)
1.biopic
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33532
docu
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- cou'd, coud, douc, duco
[Etymology]
editClipping of documentary.
[Noun]
editdocu (plural docus)
1.(informal) Clipping of documentary.
2.2002, Peter Makuck, Costly habits: stories:
Yesterday I saw a docu about a dingo that carried off this couple's baby while they were having a picnic.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈdoː.ky/[Etymology]
editClipping of documentaire.
[Noun]
editdocu f (plural docu's)
1.(informal) Clipping of documentaire.
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