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feeble
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfiːbəl/[Adjective]
editfeeble (comparative feebler, superlative feeblest)
1.Deficient in physical strength
Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.
2.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport[1]:
France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.
3.Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.
That was a feeble excuse for an example.
[Anagrams]
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- beflee
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English feble, from Anglo-Norman feble (“weak, feeble”) (compare French faible), from Latin flēbilis (“tearful, mournful, lamentable”). Doublet of foible.
[References]
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- feeble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- feeble in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Synonyms]
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- (physically weak): weak, infirm, debilitated
- (wanting force, vigor or efficiency): faint
[Verb]
editfeeble (third-person singular simple present feebles, present participle feebling, simple past and past participle feebled)
1.(obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.
[[Middle English]]
[Adjective]
editfeeble
1.Alternative form of feble
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across-the-board
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editacross-the-board
1.wide or comprehensive in scope or applicability.
They recently made across-the-board changes to the benefits package.
[Synonyms]
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- exhaustive, thorough; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive
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merit
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɛɹɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Terim, ermit, miter, mitre, remit, timer
[Etymology]
editThe noun is derived from Middle English merit, merite (“quality of person’s character or conduct deserving of reward or punishment; such reward or punishment; excellence, worthiness; benefit; right to be rewarded for spiritual service; retribution at doomsday; virtue through which Jesus Christ brings about salvation; virtue possessed by a holy person; power of a pagan deity”),[1] from Anglo-Norman merit, merite, Old French merite (“moral worth, reward; merit”) (modern French mérite), from Latin meritum (“that which one deserves, deserts; benefit, reward, merit; service; kindness; importance, value, worth; blame, demerit, fault; grounds, reason”), neuter of meritus (“deserved, earned, obtained; due, proper, right; deserving, meritorious”), perfect passive participle of mereō (“to deserve, earn, obtain, merit; to earn a living”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to allot, assign”). The English word is probably cognate with Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “component, part; portion, share; destiny, fate, lot”) and cognate with Old Occitan merit.[2]The verb is derived from Middle French meriter, Old French meriter (“to deserve, merit”) (modern French mériter), from merite: see further above. The word is cognate with Italian meritare (“to deserve, merit; to be worth; to earn”), Latin meritāre (“to earn regularly; to serve as a soldier”), Spanish meritar (“to deserve, merit; to earn”).[3]
[Further reading]
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- merit (Buddhism) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- merit (Catholicism) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- merit (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- merit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- merit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- merit at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editmerit (countable and uncountable, plural merits)
1.(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.
2.c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, OCLC 724111485, [Act III, scene iii], page 36:
[R]eputation is an idle and moſt falſe impoſition , oft got without merit and loſt without deſeruing.
3.(countable) A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
Antonym: demerit
For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits.
4.a. 1722, Matthew Prior, “An Ode Humbly Inscrib’d to the Queen”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, OCLC 491256769, stanza IX, page 275:
Thoſe laurel groves (the merits of thy youth), / Which thou from Mahomet didſt greatly gain, / While, bold aſſertor of reſiſtleſs truth, / Thy ſword did godlike liberty maintain, / Muſt from thy brow their falling honours ſhed, / And their tranſplanted wreaths muſt deck a worthier head.
5.(countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
Synonyms: excellence, value, worth
Antonym: demerit
His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
6.1709, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: Printed for W. Lewis […], published 1711, OCLC 15810849, page 42:
Such was Roſcommon—not more learn’d than good; / With Manners gen’rous as his Noble Blood; / To him the Wit of Greece and Rome was known, / And ev’ry Author’s Merit but his own.
7.1877, Richard Fuller, “Sermon Thirteenth. The Gospel Stifled by Covetousness.”, in Sermons by Richard Fuller, […] (Second Series), Baltimore, Md.: Published by John F[rederick] Weishampel, Jr.; Philadelphia, Pa.: American Baptist Publication Society; New York, N.Y.: Sheldon and Company, OCLC 1084857360, page 244:
In all our noble Anglo-Saxon language, there is scarcely a nobler word than worth; yet this term has now almost exclusively a pecuniary meaning. So that if you ask what a man is worth, nobody ever thinks of telling you what he is, but what he has. The answer will never refer to his merits, his virtues, but always to his possessions. He is worth—so much money.
8.(uncountable, Buddhism, Jainism) The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
to acquire or make merit
9.1855 October, “Siamese Merit-making”, in The Church Missionary Gleaner, volume V (New Series), London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday […], OCLC 1061908554, page 118:
It is no small tax upon the people to support their [Buddhist] priests, but they do it with a willing heart. When I was once at the old capital, I saw a woman, from her own stock, feed more than fifty priests, who came to her in his turn, and received his portion. [...] If I had asked her why she thus spent so much of her living, her answer would have been, 'To make merit.'
10.2015, Monica Lindberg Falk, “Communication across Boundaries”, in Post-Tsunami Recovery in Thailand: Socio-cultural Responses (The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 90:
At funerals, acts of sharing religious merit are central and relatives of the deceased make merit in order to ensure that the departed family member will have a favourable rebirth.
11.(uncountable, law) Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
Even though the plaintiff was ordered by the judge to pay some costs for not having followed the correct procedure, she won the case on the merits.
12.1740, [Mathew Bacon], “Injunctions”, in A New Abridgment of the Law. By a Gentleman of the Middle Temple, volume III, in the Savoy [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq;) for Henry Lintot, OCLC 1103168245, section C (How Dissolved), page 177:
The Plaintiff muſt ſhew Cauſe either on the Merits, or upon filing Exceptions; if upon the Merits, the Court may put what Terms they pleaſe on him; as bringing in the Money, or paying it to the Parties, ſubject to the Order of the Court, [...]
13.2014, Karel Wellens, “Failed Post-adjudicative Negotiations and Returning to the Court”, in Negotiations in the Case Law of the International Court of Justice: A Functional Analysis, Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN, part III (Negotiations during the Post-adjudicative Phase), page 311:
[I]n most cases once the Court has performed its judicial function – as it had been determined by the parties through their Application or Special Agreement and their submissions – and has rendered its judgment on the merits of the case, a new phrase of functional interaction commences.
14.(countable, obsolete) The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
15.c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, 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 V, scene ii], page 366, column 2:
Be it known, that we the greateſt are mis-thoght / For things that others do : and when we fall, / We anſwer others merits, in our name / Are therefore to be pittied.
[References]
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1. ^ “merī̆t(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 February 2019.
2. ^ “merit, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001; “merit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
3. ^ “merit, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2001.
[Verb]
editmerit (third-person singular simple present merits, present participle meriting, simple past and past participle merited)
1.(transitive) To deserve, to earn.
Her performance merited wild applause.
2.1806, “Art. I.—Voyages en Italie, &c. Travels in Italy and Sicily, Made in 1801 and 1802. By M. Creuzé de Lesser, Member of the Legislative Body. 8vo. Paris. 1806. Imported by De Conchy. [book review]”, in The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature (Series the Third), volume IX (Appendix), number V, London: Printed for J. Mawman, […]; and sold by J. Deighton, […]; Hanwell and Parker, and J. Cooke, […], OCLC 1065758738, page 465:
Oh! France! charming country! where I had the good fortune to be born! one never quits thee with impunity. Celebrated for the rich beauty of thy soil, for the sociability of thy inhabitants, for all the comforts of civilized life, thou meritest thy reputation, and nothing is so rare.
3.1814, Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, in H[enry] F[rancis] Cary, transl., The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. [...] In Three Volumes, volume II (Purgatory), London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, […], OCLC 559008226, lines 19–21, page 19:
What other could I answer save "I come"? / I said it, somewhat with that colour ting'd / Which oftimes pardon meriteth for man.
4.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 78:
Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
5.2014, Hanoch Sheinman, “Tort Law and Distributive Justice”, in John Oberdiek, editor, Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Torts, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part III (The Aristotelian Distinction), page 361:
Take the principle that requires distribution of help in accord with need. It would certainly support allocating some help to its only potential recipient, provided she is in need. And on the plausible assumption that the more meriting of some good one is the more good one merits, the principle would support allocating more of the help to her the greater her needs.
6.(intransitive) To be deserving or worthy.
They were punished as they merited.
7.1532, Thomas More, The Cōfutacyon of Tyndales Answere […], prentyd at London: By Wyllyam Rastell, OCLC 11636675, page cclxxiiii:
[A]nd yet he bode them do yt, and they were bounde to obaye and meryted and deserued by theyr obedyēce.
8.1753, Thomas of Jesus, “Suffering of Christ. [Contemplation on Christ Carrying His Cross.]”, in The Sufferings of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Written Originally in Portuguese [...] Newly and Faithfully Translated into English. In Three Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for J. Marmaduke, OCLC 1103171114, paragraph VIII, page 209:
There is none but thee, O ſon of the living God! O faithful friend of our ſouls! that willingly beareſt the croſs for others. All that thou meriteſt by thy croſs, thou meriteſt for us; and thou deſireſt no our recompence for it than our profit.
9.(transitive, obsolete, rare) To reward.
10.[1611?], Homer, “Book IX”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, OCLC 614803194; The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], volume I, new edition, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, OCLC 987451361, page 203:
Thus charg’d thy sire, which thou forgett’st: yet now those thoughts appease / That torture thy great spirit with wrath; which if thou wilt give surcease, / The king will merit it with gifts ; and if thou wilt give ear / I’ll tell you how much he offers thee:—yet thou sitt’st angry here.
[[Ladin]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin meritum.
[Noun]
editmerit m (plural meric)
1.merit
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[ˈmerit][Etymology 1]
editFrom French mérite.
[Etymology 2]
edit
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Merit
[[Cebuano]]
[Etymology]
editProbably from English merit.
[Proper noun]
editMerit
1.a female given name from English
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
editModern variant of Marit, Maret, equivalents of English Margaret; possibly borrowed from Swedish Merit.
[Proper noun]
editMerit
1.A female given name.
[[Finnish]]
[Anagrams]
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- -metri, metri, termi
[Proper noun]
editMerit
1.Nominative plural form of Meri. (the given name)
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editA rare spelling variant of Märit, variant of Märta, from Margareta.
[Proper noun]
editMerit c (genitive Merits)
1.A female given name.
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in office
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editin office
1.Holding a formal position of employment or appointment.
He had signed several laws since being in office as Governor.
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in back
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- back in
[Prepositional phrase]
editin back
1.(Canada, US) At the back.
We were sitting in back.
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back pay
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- backpay
[Anagrams]
edit
- pay back, payback
[Etymology]
editback + pay
[Noun]
editback pay (countable and uncountable, plural back pays)
1.A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so.
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subvert
[[English]]
ipa :/səbˈvɜːt/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertō (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).
[Etymology 2]
editBack-formation from subvertising, by analogy with advert.
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caselaw
[[English]]
[Noun]
editcaselaw (uncountable)
1.Alternative form of case law
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case
[[English]]
ipa :/keɪs/[Anagrams]
edit
- ACEs, ASCE, Aces, Ceas, ESCA, SCEA, aces, aesc, esca, æsc
[Etymology 1]
editMiddle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall, to drop”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English cas, from Old Northern French casse, (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash.
[[Afar]]
ipa :/ħʌˈse/[Verb]
editcasé
1.(transitive) hit
[[Asturian]]
[Verb]
editcase
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive of casar
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/kʰei̯[Alternative forms]
edit
- K士
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English case.
[Noun]
editcase
1.(Hong Kong Cantonese) case (clarification of this definition is needed)
2.2015, 區瑞強, 我們都是這樣唱大的 II：《承先啟後》李克勤
呢個好多case㗎。呢一個，就係張國榮，有噉個case啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢个好多case㗎。呢一个，就系张国荣，有噉个case啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ni1 go3 hou2 do1 kei1 si2 gaa3. ni1 jat1 go3, zau6 hai6 zoeng1 gwok3 wing4, jau5 gam2 go3 kei1 si2 laa1. [Jyutping]
That kind of case happens often. It happened with Leslie Cheung.
[[French]]
ipa :/kɑz/[Anagrams]
edit
- à sec
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin casa, in the sense of "hut, cabin". The other senses are a semantic loan from Spanish casa. Doublet of chez, which was inherited.
[Further reading]
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- “case” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editcase f (plural cases)
1.(archaic, rare or regional) hut, cabin, shack
2.box (on form)
3.square (on board game)
[[Galician]]
ipa :[ˈkɑsɪ][Adverb]
editcase
1.almost
[Alternative forms]
edit
- caixe
[Etymology]
editAttested since the 15th century (quasy), from Latin quasi (“as if”).
[References]
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- “quasy” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “case” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “case” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “case” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- asce, esca, seca
[Noun]
editcase f
1.plural of casa
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :/ˈt͡sasɛ/[Noun]
editcase
1.nominative/accusative plural of cas
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch *kāsi, from late Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.
[Further reading]
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- “case”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “case (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
[Noun]
editcâse m or n
1.cheese
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/kɛɪ̯s/[Etymology]
editEnglish case, from Latin cāsus. Doublet of kasus.
[Noun]
editcase m or n (definite singular casen or caset, indefinite plural caser, definite plural casene)
1.a case study; a case as used in a case study
[References]
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- “case” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “case_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/kɛɪ̯s/[Etymology]
editEnglish case, from Latin cāsus. Doublet of kasus.
[Noun]
editcase m or n (definite singular casen or caset, indefinite plural casar or case, definite plural casane or casa)
1.a case study; a case as used in a case study
Synonyms: døme, eksempel
[References]
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- “case” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
editcase m (oblique plural cases, nominative singular cases, nominative plural case)
1.(grammar) case
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈka.zi/[Verb]
editcase
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of casar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of casar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of casar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of casar
[[Romanian]]
[Noun]
editcase
1.plural of casă
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈkase/[Verb]
editcase
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of casar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of casar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of casar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of casar.
[[Venetian]]
[Noun]
editcase
1.plural of casa
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as a matter of law
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editas a matter of law
1.(law) Legally; according to the law.
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discretionary
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈskɹɛʃən(ə)ɹi/[Adjective]
editdiscretionary (comparative more discretionary, superlative most discretionary)
1.Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
discretionary income
discretionary powers
2.2020 May 6, Prof. Andrew McNaughton, “Time to challenge some sacred philosophies of recent years”, in Rail, page 32:
The new normal: Will demand quickly return to pre-COVID levels?
Unlikely, if only because with the country (and the world) in deep recession, many younger people will be in serious financial difficulty. A lack of disposable income simply won't allow them much discretionary travel.
[Etymology]
editdiscretion + -ary (“pertaining to”). Compare French discrétionnaire.
[Synonyms]
edit
- at one's discretion
- elective
- optional
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send out
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- deutons, outsend, snouted, undoest
[Noun]
editsend out (plural send outs)
1.A send off; a farewell celebration.
2.(computing) A networking broadcast transmission.
3.A shout out; an appreciative public mention of someone.
[Related terms]
edit
- send out for
[Verb]
editsend out (third-person singular simple present sends out, present participle sending out, simple past and past participle sent out)
1.To issue, dispatch or transmit.Translations[edit]dispatch, issue
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chairperson
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editchair + person, after chairman and chairwoman.
[Noun]
editchairperson (plural chairpersons or chairpeople)
1.A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc.
She was the chairperson of the board and she presided over the meeting.
[Synonyms]
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- chair
- presiding officer, presider
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emeritus
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈmɛɹɪtəs/[Adjective]
editemeritus (not comparable, feminine singular emerita, masculine plural emeriti, feminine plural emeritae)
1.(postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.
professor emeritus
pontiff emeritus
2.1912, Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, Report, page 250:
The board has thus far met this problem by electing teachers unable to perform regular service as teachers emeriti, although this is only a temporary arrangement and committees of the teachers and the board are now considering the feasibility of the establishment of the retirement fund.
3.1958, Harvard Alumni Association, Bulletin, volume 61, page 376:
But there are also two women professors emeritae, nine clinical professors, 24 lecturers, three visiting lecturers, nine associates, 55 instructors, one tutor, 84 teaching fellows, 121 women members of research staffs, 39 assistants, and variously talented holders of otherwise unclassifiable posts.
4.2004, Shambhala Sun, volume 13, page 226:
JOAN SUTHERLAND is a Zen teacher and a translator of Chinese and Japanese. She is a co-founder of Pacific Zen Institute, where she is now senior teacher emerita.
5.2006, Princeton University Press, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 107:
Keller, the first woman to be granted tenure at Princeton, is one of a small but growing number of professors emeritae.
6.2008, Lepionka, Mary Ellen, Writing and Developing Your College Textbook, second edition, Atlantic Path Publishing, →ISBN, page 53:
Retired professors emeriti, junior or adjunct faculty, community college instructors, and transplanted or unknown scholars with exotic names, for example, may find themselves disadvantaged in the competition for textbook authorship (though not necessarily for other kinds of books).
7.2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani; Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement”, in New York Times[1]:
Pope Benedict XVI will keep the name Benedict XVI and become the Roman pontiff emeritus or pope emeritus, the Vatican announced on Tuesday, putting an end to days of speculation on how the pope will be addressed once he ceases to be the leader of the world’s 1.1 billion Roman Catholics on Thursday.
8.2020, Michael Miller, transl., How the Catholic Church Can Restore Our Culture, 2019, EWTN Publishing, Inc., translation of Vom Nine-Eleven unseres Glaubens by Georg Gänswein, →ISBN:
Applied to the decision to resign, I read the formula this way: It was fitting, because Pope Benedict realized he was losing the strength necessary for his arduous office. He could do it, because long before, he had already thought out theologically, in a groundbreaking way, the possibility of popes emeriti in the future. And so then he did it.
[Anagrams]
edit
- semitrue, user time
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin emeritus (“earned; served”).
[Further reading]
edit
- emeritus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editemeritus (plural emeriti, feminine emerita)
1.A person retired in this sense.
2.1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
Oh, you veteran crime reporter, you grave old usher, you once popular policeman, now in solitary confinement after gracing that school crossing for years, you wretched emeritus read to by a boy!
[[German]]
ipa :[eˈmeːʁitʊs][Adjective]
editemeritus (not comparable)
1.emeritus
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin emeritus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “emeritus” in Duden online
[[Latin]]
[Etymology]
editPerfect passive participle of ēmereō (“earn, merit”).
[Participle]
editēmeritus (feminine ēmerita, neuter ēmeritum); first/second-declension participle
1.earned, merited, having been earned.
2.served, having done one's service.
[References]
edit
- emeritus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- emeritus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- emeritus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- emeritus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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owe
[[English]]
ipa :/əʊ/[Anagrams]
edit
- woe
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English owen, from Old English āgan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe (“to possess, own”), reduplicated stative of *h₂eyḱ- (“to own”). See also own, ought.
[Verb]
editowe (third-person singular simple present owes, present participle owing, simple past owed or (archaic) ought, past participle owed or (archaic) own)
1.(transitive) To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
2.1596-99, Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I, scene i:
[…] To you, Antonio,
I owe the most, in money and in love;
And from your love I have a warranty
To unburden all my plots and purposes
How to get clear of all the debts I owe.
3.1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times, Chapter 7:
He inherited a fair fortune from his uncle, but owed it all before he came into it, and spent it twice over immediately afterwards.
4.(intransitive) To have debt; to be in debt.
5.(transitive) To have as a cause; used with to.
The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.
[[Avava]]
[Further reading]
edit
- Terry Crowley et al, The Avava Language of Central Malakula (Vanuatu) (2006)
[Noun]
editowe
1.water
[[Middle English]]
[Pronoun]
editowe
1.Alternative form of yow
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈɔ.vɛ/[Pronoun]
editowe
1.nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ów
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news ticker
[[English]]
[Noun]
editnews ticker (plural news tickers)
1.A device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed out incoming news stories on paper tape.
2.1929, Alliston Cragg, Understanding the stock market: a handbook for the investor:
Supplementing the quotation tickers are the news tickers. These operate on the same principle as the former, but print current news having stock market value on a band of paper about six inches wide.
3.Any device for displaying incoming news stories.
My new cell phone has a news ticker feature.
4.A line of text that moves across the lower part of a television screen or monitor, showing the latest news.
[See also]
edit
- stock ticker
[Synonyms]
edit
- (line of text on screen): news crawl
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staffer
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- affrets, restaff
[Etymology]
editstaff + -er
[Noun]
editstaffer (plural staffers)
1.A member of a staff.
The politician had a staffer send out the prepared statement.
[[French]]
ipa :/sta.fɑ̃/[Etymology]
editstaff + -er.
[Further reading]
edit
- “staffer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Verb]
editstaffer
1.(transitive) to cover with staff (the building material)
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as much as possible
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editas much as possible (not comparable)
1.As much as is possible.
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flexibility
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪlɪti[Etymology]
editFrom French flexibilité, from Late Latin flexibilitās, from Latin flectō (“I bend, curve”). Equivalent to flexible + -ity.
[Noun]
editflexibility (countable and uncountable, plural flexibilities)
1.The quality of being flexible; suppleness; pliability.
2.2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “A winter of discontent caused by threat of union action”, in Rail, page 63:
Whether redundancies come and whether they result in industrial action remains to be seen, but it's clear that the RMT is not prepared to show any flexibility towards rail companies.
3.The quality of having options.
I had some flexibility in terms of whether to stay in a hotel or in a bed-and-breakfast.
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ped
[[English]]
ipa :/pɛd/[Anagrams]
edit
- DEP, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, Pde, dep, dep., dép
[Etymology 1]
editClipping of pedestrian.
[Etymology 2]
editMiddle English. See peddler.
[Etymology 3]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:pedWikipedia (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 4]
editClipping of moped.
[[Slovene]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *pędь.
[Further reading]
edit
- “ped”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
[Noun]
editpẹ̑d f
1.span (unit of length)
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/peːd/[Anagrams]
edit
- PDE
[Etymology]
editClipping of velociped. Compare the development to Danish bil, which is derived from automobil.
[Noun]
editped m or n
1.(dialectal, Ostrobothnia) bicycle
2.2018, Rickard Eklund (lyrics and music), “Tuva”, in (ätt)[1]:
Åså to an piede å for ut i räine
And then he took his bike and went out in the rain
Synonym: cykel
[References]
edit
- ped in Ordbok över Finlands svenska folkmål, Institute for the Languages of Finland.
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/ped/[Noun]
editped (definite accusative pedi, plural pedler)
1.sanitary towel, sanitary napkin
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PED
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- DEP, DPE, EDP, EPD, PDE, Pde, dep, dep., dép
[Further reading]
edit
- platform edge doors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editPED (countable and uncountable, plural PEDs)
1.(rail transport) Initialism of platform edge door.
2.(veterinary) Initialism of porcine epidemic diarrhoea.
3.Initialism of personal electronic device, usually an electronic smartphone or other media or game-playing device.
4.Initialism of performance-enhancing drug.
5.Initialism of parole eligibility date.
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robotic
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪk/[Adjective]
editrobotic (comparative more robotic, superlative most robotic)
1.Of, relating to, or resembling a robot; mechanical, lacking emotion or personality, etc.
2.1941 May, Asimov, Isaac, “Liar!”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 3, page 50:
You'd cut your own nose off before you'd let me get the credit for solving robotic telepathy.
3.2000 August 20, James, Caryn, “The Nation; When a Kiss Isn't Just a Kiss”, in The New York Times[1]:
In Vice President Al Gore's campaign to change his robotic image, nothing may have helped more than the big smooch.
[Anagrams]
edit
- coorbit
[Etymology]
edit robot + -ic.Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his short story Liar!.
[References]
edit
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “robotic”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 165.
- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021), “robotic n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
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observed
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈzɝvd/[Verb]
editobserved
1.simple past tense and past participle of observe
Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
N-substituted pyrroles are much less reactive than the other 5-membered 1,3-dienes; no reaction was observed between N-(trimethylsilyl) pyrrole or N-benzylpyrrole with Smith’s diene (4) under thermal or high pressure (4 days at 14 kbar) conditions, even in the presence of Lewis acids.
2.(of a holiday) Exceptionally celebrated on a date other than the usual date.
Sunday, July 1: Canada Day; Monday, July 2: Canada Day observed.
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observe
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈzɜːv/[Anagrams]
edit
- obverse, verbose
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French observer, from Old French [Term?], from Latin observare (“to watch, note, mark, heed, guard, keep, pay attention to, regard, comply with, etc.”), from ob (“before”) + servare (“to keep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serw- (“to guard”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍃̰̰͂ͅ (sarwa, “weapons, armour”), Old English searu (“device, design, contrivance, art, cunning, craft, artifice, wile, deceit, stratagem, ambush, treachery, plot, trick, snare, ambuscade, cleverness, machine, engine, fabric, armor, equipment, arms”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- (follow a custom): celebrate
[Verb]
editobserve (third-person singular simple present observes, present participle observing, simple past and past participle observed)
1.(transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
From this vantage point we can observe the behavior of the animals in their natural habitat.
She got up before dawn to observe the lunar eclipse.
2.1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
“One horse?” interjected Holmes. ¶ “Yes, only one.” ¶ “Did you observe the colour?”
3.2013 March 1, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 114:
An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.
4.(transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
Please observe all posted speed limits.
5.2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:
A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
6.(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence); to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).
7.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 12:17:
Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.
8.2020 (March 7), Jackie Dunham, "Daylight time: How to get enough sleep when the clocks spring forward, CTV News:
On Sunday, most of Canada will observe daylight time and spring forward an hour in order to reflect the increasing sunlight.
9.(intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.
The senator observed that the bill would be detrimental to his constituents.
10.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
[[French]]
[Verb]
editobserve
1.first-person singular present indicative of observer
2.third-person singular present indicative of observer
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of observer
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of observer
5.second-person singular imperative of observer
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editobserve
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of observar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of observar
3.first-person singular imperative of observar
4.third-person singular imperative of observar
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[obˈserve][Verb]
editobserve
1.third-person singular present subjunctive of observa
2.third-person plural present subjunctive of observa
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editobserve
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of observar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of observar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of observar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of observar.
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catastrophic
[[English]]
ipa :/kætəˈstɹɒfɪk/[Adjective]
editcatastrophic (comparative more catastrophic, superlative most catastrophic)
1.Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
2.Disastrous; ruinous.
3.2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.
[Antonyms]
edit
- anastrophic
[Etymology]
editFrom catastrophe + -ic.
[Synonyms]
edit
- catastrophal
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broke
[[English]]
ipa :/bɹəʊk/[Anagrams]
edit
- Borek, Kober, berko, borek
[Etymology 1]
editAblauted form of break.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English broce, from Old English gebroc (“fragment”), from brecan (“to break”). Compare broken, past participle of break.[1] Compare also Scots brock (“a scrap of meat or bread”).[2]
[Etymology 3]
editBack-formation from broker.
[Etymology 4]
editClipping of broke off.
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anchored
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editanchored (not comparable)
1.(heraldry) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.
an anchored cross
[Anagrams]
edit
- Headcorn, rondache
[Verb]
editanchored
1.simple past tense and past participle of anchor
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employee
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛmplɔɪˈiː/[Alternative forms]
edit
- employe (dated)
- employé (dated)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French employé. Equivalent to employ + -ee.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:employeeWikipedia employee (plural employees)
1.An individual who provides labor to a company or another person.
2.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Hocussing of Cigarette[1]:
No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.
One way to encourage your employees to work harder is by giving them incentives.
[See also]
edit
- payroll
- taxes
- work
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shoring
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- horsing
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:shoringWikipedia shoring (countable and uncountable, plural shorings)
1.Temporary bracing used to prevent something, such as a tunnel, trench, or wall, from collapse.
[Verb]
editshoring
1.present participle of shore
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Shor
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- RSOH, Rhos, RoHS, Rohs, SOHR, rhos
[Further reading]
edit
- Ethnologue entry for Shor, cjs
[Noun]
editShor pl (plural only)
1.A Turkic ethnic group living in Mountain Shoria, a southern part of Kemerovo oblast in Russia.
[Proper noun]
editShor
1.The language spoken by this people.English Wikipedia has an article on:Shor languageWikipedia
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postgraduate
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpostgraduate (not comparable)
1.Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.
[Antonyms]
edit
- pregraduate
- undergraduate
[Derived terms]
edit
- postgrad
[Etymology]
editpost- + graduate
[Noun]
editpostgraduate (plural postgraduates)
1.A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.
[Synonyms]
edit
- graduate student (Canada, US)
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renowned
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈnaʊnd/[Adjective]
editrenowned (comparative more renowned, superlative most renowned)
1.Famous, celebrated, or well-known; widely praised or highly honored.
The movie “Three Stars” is about world-renowned chefs.
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renown
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈnaʊn/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French renon, from re- + non (“name”)
[Noun]
editrenown (usually uncountable, plural renowns)
1.Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.
2.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, OCLC 951696502, [Act II, scene ii]:
She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, [...]
3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Numbers 16:2:
And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: [...]
4.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415, book I, page 3:
[...] Nor envy we / Thy great Renown, nor grudge thy Victory; / 'Tis thine, O King, th' Afflicted to redreſs, / And Fame has fill'd the World with thy Succeſs; [...]
5.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops
There sleep the mighty dead as in life they slept, warriors and princes of high renown.
6.1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, New York: Viking, Chapter Three, p. 63,[1]
[...] one day local fame would become world renown [...]
7.(obsolete) Reports of nobleness or achievements; praise.
8.c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,[2]
[...] She
Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan,
Of whom so often I have heard renown,
But never saw before;
[Verb]
editrenown (third-person singular simple present renowns, present participle renowning, simple past and past participle renowned)
1.(transitive) To make famous.
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breakout
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbreakout (not comparable)
1.Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to mainstream success.
[Anagrams]
edit
- kabouter, outbrake, outbreak
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb phrase break out.
[Noun]
editbreakout (plural breakouts)
1.An escape from prison.
2.An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
3.(aviation) The point at which visibility returns after passing through cloud.
4.An outbreak.
5.1988, Thomas Goodman, Stephanie Young, Smart Face (page 115)
But for those of you who never had teenage acne or who had some teenage acne problems and outgrew them, it is a real shock to start having breakouts in the mid twenties to late thirties.
6.A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
7.A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
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breakout session
[[English]]
[Noun]
editbreakout session (plural breakout sessions)
1.a session of a conference, normally one of a choice of sessions following a plenary session, in which active participation of those attending is called for; a workshop session
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rebadge
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editre- + badge
[See also]
edit
- rebrand
- reskin
[Verb]
editrebadge (third-person singular simple present rebadges, present participle rebadging, simple past and past participle rebadged)
1.(transitive) To market a version of (an existing product, especially a motor car) with a new badge and new name.
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true up
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- puture
[Verb]
edittrue up (third-person singular simple present trues up, present participle truing up, simple past and past participle trued up)
1.To make something true, equal, or correct.
2.(cycling) To make a wheel level, balanced or even by adjusting the spokes; to true a wheel; ideally, to make it perfectly circular in relation to the hub with no left or right bulges nor 'flat spots'.
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True
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -uret, Treu, rute
[Proper noun]
editTrue (plural Trues)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, True is the 4303rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8261 individuals. True is most common among White (91.99%) individuals.
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deficiency
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈfɪʃənsi/[Antonyms]
edit
- sufficiency
- excess
[Etymology]
editFrom deficit + -ency. Compare Latin dēficientia.
[Further reading]
edit
- deficiency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editdeficiency (countable and uncountable, plural deficiencies)
1.(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
2.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess[1]:
The face which emerged was not reassuring. […]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.
3.(countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
4.2013 August 31, “Promotion and self-promotion”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851:
One of academia’s deficiencies is that, though its lecture halls and graduate schools are replete with women, its higher echelons are not. Often, this is seen as a phenomenon specific to the sciences. … In fact, the disparity applies to the whole grove. Another report from 2006, by the American Association of University Professors, found the same ratio in the faculties of arts, humanities and social science, too.
5.(geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
6.(geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.
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subsequent
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/[Adjective]
editsubsequent (not comparable)
1.Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.
2.2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian[1]:
In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
3.Following in order of place; succeeding.
[Antonyms]
edit
- (following in order): preceding; see also Thesaurus:former
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French subséquent [1], from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle ofsubsequor (“I follow, I succeed”).
[References]
edit
1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “subsequent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (following in order): next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent
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improvement
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪmˈpɹuːvmənt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- emprovement (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
edit
- worsening
- deterioration
- disimprovement
[Etymology]
editFrom Anglo-Norman emprouwement; synchronically improve + -ment.
[Noun]
editimprovement (countable and uncountable, plural improvements)
1.The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
2.November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God
I look upon your city as […] the best place of improvement.
3.1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all our faculties.
4.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 19, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
5.2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
6.The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.
7.1705, Samuel Clarke, Evidences of Natural and Revealed Religion
good improvement of his reason.
8.1681, John Tillotson, A sermon preached at the funeral of the Reverend Mr Thomas Gouge
I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
9.The state of being improved; betterment; advance
10.Something which is improved
the new edition is an improvement on the old.
11.1712 January 23, Joseph Addison; Richard Steele, “SATURDAY, January 12, 1711–1712 [Julian calendar]”, in The Spectator, number 273; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:
The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others, are improvements on the Greek poet.
12.Increase; growth; progress; advance.
13.1698, Robert South, Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions:
Those vices which more particularly receive improvement by prosperity.
14.(in the plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
15.(Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
[References]
editimprovement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Synonyms]
edit
- improval, amelioration
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English improvement.
[Noun]
editimprovement m (invariable)
1.(rare) improvement
Synonyms: miglioramento, perfezionamento
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imprecise
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪmpɹɪˈsaɪs/[Adjective]
editimprecise (comparative more imprecise, superlative most imprecise)
1.Not precise or exact; containing some error or uncertainty.
Synonym: inexact
Antonym: precise
[Anagrams]
edit
- impierces
[Etymology]
editFrom im- + precise.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editimprecise
1.feminine plural of impreciso
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small
[[English]]
ipa :/smɔːl/[Adjective]
editsmall (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)
1.Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
2.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
3.2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
A small serving of ice cream.
A small group.
He made us all feel small.
4.(figuratively) Young, as a child.
Remember when the children were small?
5.(writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
6.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 584:
"I've got catholic tastes. Catholic with a small "c", of course."
7.Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
8.1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling
A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.
9.Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
a small space of time
10.(archaic) Slender, gracefully slim.
[Adverb]
editsmall (comparative smaller, superlative smallest)
1.In a small fashion
Don't write very small!
2.In or into small pieces.
3.2009, Ingrid Hoffman, CBS Early Morning for September 28, 2009 (transcription)
That's going to go in there. We've got some chives small chopped as well.
4.(obsolete) To a small extent.
5.1594, William Shakespeare, Lvcrece (First Quarto)small avails my mood., London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], OCLC 236076664, line 1273:
6.(obsolete) In a low tone; softly.
7.c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, 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 ii], line 49:
That's all one: you shall play it in a mask, and / you may speak as small as you will.
[Anagrams]
edit
- malls
[Antonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:large
- (not large or big): capital, big, generous (said of an amount of something given), large
- (young, as a child): adult, grown-up, old
- (of written letters): big, capital, majuscule, uppercase
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English smal, from Old English smæl (“small, narrow, slender”), from Proto-Germanic *smalaz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal-, *(s)mel- (“small, mean, malicious”). Cognate with Scots smal; sma (“small”); West Frisian smel (“narrow”); Dutch smal (“narrow”); German schmal (“narrow, small”); Danish, Norwegian, Swedish smal (“narrow; thin; slender”); Latin malus (“bad”); Russian ма́лый (mályj, “small”).
[Noun]
editsmall (plural smalls)
1.(rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (not large or big): little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, tiny; see also Thesaurus:tiny
- (young, as a child): little, wee (Scottish), young
- (of written letters): lowercase, minuscule
[Verb]
editsmall (third-person singular simple present smalls, present participle smalling, simple past and past participle smalled)
1.(obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
2.(intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
3.1917, Thomas Hardy, The Clock of the Years
And smalled till she was nought at all.
[[Icelandic]]
[Verb]
editsmall (strong)
1.first-person singular past indicative of smella
2.third-person singular past indicative of smella
[[Low German]]
[Adjective]
editsmall (comparative smaller, superlative smallst)
1.narrow
2.small, slender
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Low German smal, from Old Saxon smal, from Proto-Germanic *smalaz. Cognate with German schmal, Dutch smal, English small.
[[Middle English]]
[Adjective]
editsmall
1.Alternative form of smal
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Verb]
editsmall
1.(non-standard since 2005) past tense of smelle
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editsmall
1.past tense of smella
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- malls
[Verb]
editsmall
1. past tense of smälla.
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Doug
[[English]]
ipa :/dʌɡ/[Anagrams]
edit
- goud
[Etymology]
editShortening.
[Proper noun]
editDoug
1.A diminutive of the male given name Douglas.
2.1960 Muriel Spark, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, New Directions Publishing, 1999, page 70
*Come and have a drink,' he said, 'and my Christian name is Douglas on this side of the Rye, mind that. Dougal Douglas at Meadows Meade and Douglas Dougal a Willis's, mind. Only a formality for the insurance cards and such.'
'I better call you Doug, and be done with it.'
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bush
[[English]]
ipa :/bʊʃ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Shub, hubs
[Etymology 1]
edit A bush (woody plant)From Middle English bush, from Old English busċ, *bysċ (“copse, grove, scrub”, in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”).Cognate with West Frisian bosk (“forest”), Dutch bos (“forest”), German Busch (“bush”), Danish and Norwegian busk (“bush, shrub”), Swedish buske (“bush, shrub”), Persian بیشه (biše, “woods”). Latin and Romance forms (Latin boscus, Occitan bòsc, French bois and buisson, Italian bosco and boscaglia, Spanish bosque, Portuguese bosque) derive from the Germanic. The sense 'pubic hair' was first attested in 1745.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom the sign of a bush usually employed to indicate such places.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom older Dutch bosch (modern bos (“wood, forest”)), first appearing in the Dutch colonies to designate an uncleared district of a colony, and thence adopted in British colonies as bush. Could alternatively be interpreted as a semantic loan, as bush (etymology 1) is cognate to the aforementioned archaic Dutch bosch.
[Etymology 4]
editBack-formation from bush league.
[Etymology 5]
editFrom Middle Dutch busse (“box; wheel bushing”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā. More at box.
[[Albanian]]
ipa :/buʃ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- bushk
[Etymology 1]
editEither borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin buxus,[1] or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH (“to grow”) (compare Dutch bos (“woods”), English bush).
[Etymology 2]
editPossibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH (“to grow”).
[References]
edit
1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “bush”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
[[Aromanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- bushu, bushtu
[Etymology]
editCompare Romanian buș.
[Noun]
editbush m (plural bush) or n (plural bushi/bushe)
1.fist
[Synonyms]
edit
- shub, pulmu, huftã, mãnatã
[[Burushaski]]
ipa :[buʃ][Noun]
editbush (plural bushongo)
1.cat
[References]
editSadaf Munshi (2015), “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project[1].
[See also]
edit
- gus bush
- hir bush
- bushe isko
[[Middle English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- buss, bosh, buish, boish, busk, bosk
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English busc, bysc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk. Cognates include Middle Dutch bosch, busch, Middle High German busch, bosch, and also Old French bois, buisson.
[Noun]
editbush (plural bushes)
1.bush (low-lying plant)
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bush fire
[[English]]
[Noun]
editbush fire (plural bush fires)
1.(Australia, New Zealand) Alternative form of bushfire
Australia has always been prone to bush fires due to its woody landscape.
2.1910 March, Metal Beaters for Extinguishing Bush Fires, Popular Mechanics, page 363,
Bush fires in Australia are usually fought by gangs of men who drive the flames back with hide, fiber, or metal beaters, the latter being a new invention consisting of a flexible metal beard or switch attached to a stout wooden handle.
3.1998, Garrett Nagle, Hazards[1], page 108:
The Australian bush fires of January 1994 were the result of a combination of factors: intense heat during the day (>40°C), for a number of days, causing plants to ignite later; lightning; littering of cigarettes; arson; and the dry weather, which made the vegetation extremely dry.
4.2010, Peter Speth, Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa[2], page 262:
Hunting occurs during the dry season and frequently results in bush fires which burn out of control and cause extensive property damage and mortality each year.
[Synonyms]
edit
- forest fire (US, Canada)
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Bush
[[English]]
ipa :/bʊʃ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Shub, hubs
[Etymology]
editEither the family name for those who live near a bush or a thicket of bushes, or the family name for those living at or near a bush (in the archaic sense of wine merchant or tavern).
[Proper noun]
editBush (plural Bushes)
1.A surname, from Middle English.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈbuʃ/[Etymology]
editFrom English Bush.
[Proper noun]
editBush ?
1.A surname in English
[References]
edit
1. ^ Bush in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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stranded
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editstranded
1.(of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
2.(nautical, of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
3.(of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.
4.(of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
5.With utility deregulation, undepreciated equipment which is now redundant may have to be allocated as stranded costs.
6.(in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.
7.(with disregard to) Being left behind casually as if not even thought about.
"First of all, I think it's irresponsible to say Americans are stranded. They are not," Psaki responded. "We are committed to bringing Americans who want to come home, home. We are in touch with them via phone, via text, via email, via any way that we can possibly reach Americans to get them home if they want to return home."single-stranded, double-stranded
[Anagrams]
edit
- darndest
[Verb]
editstranded
1.simple past tense and past participle of strand
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shot in the arm
[[English]]
[Noun]
editshot in the arm (plural shots in the arm)
1.An injection of a drug into the arm, whether for medical or recreational purposes.
2.(idiomatic) A stimulus; a boost in energy, morale, or well-being.
3.1944 May 1, "Canada at War: Net Profit," Time (retrieved 31 Jan 2017):
By that agreement, President Roosevelt in 1941 gave Canada's war industry a shot in the arm.
4.2011 December 30, Robert Booth, "London's Shard: a 'tower of power and riches' looking down on poverty," Guardian (UK) (retrieved 31 Jan 2017):
Renzo Piano's skyscraper, which will be Europe's tallest building, may provide a shot in the arm for London.
5.2012 December 4, Annie Lowrey, "Republicans Balk at Short-Term Stimulus in Obama Plan," New York Times (retrieved 31 Jan 2017):
The president claims the economy needs a shot in the arm now, but Republicans say the nation should not widen the deficit.
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buzzworthy
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbuzzworthy (comparative more buzzworthy, superlative most buzzworthy)
1.(chiefly Canada, US) Worthy of enthusiastic popular attention, or buzz
2.2009 February 12, “Club land”, in Herald Sun[1]:
The most buzzworthy has to be Glasgow's Optimo, an underground Glimmers, for what should be a sell-out at the Toff, while the following night obscure UK disco stalwart Felix Dickinson plays the club.
[Etymology]
editbuzz + -worthy
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