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34250 crosse [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Croses, Secors, Sorces, cessor, corses, orcess, scores, scorse [Etymology] editFrom French crosse (“stick”). [Noun] editcrosse (plural crosses) 1.A lacrosse stick. [Usage notes] editRarely used outside of the game's rulebooks; "stick" is preferred during practice and gameplay. [[French]] ipa :/kʁɔs/[Anagrams] edit - corses - scores [Etymology] editFrom Middle French crosse, from Old French crosse (“shepherd's staff”), from a Germanic language, likely Frankish *krukkija, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“staff, crutch”). Compare Old High German krucka, Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, English crutch. [Further reading] edit - “crosse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editcrosse f (plural crosses) 1.butt (of rifle etc.) 2.stick 3.crosier 4.(France, sports) hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club 5.lacrosse Synonym: lacrosse 6.(Canada, uncountable, informal) fraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse) [[Middle English]] [Noun] editcrosse 1.Alternative form of cross [[Walloon]] ipa :/kʀɔs/[Etymology 1] editFrom Latin crusta. [Etymology 2] editFrom Frankish *krukkja. 0 0 2021/08/31 10:47 TaN
34251 fingers [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɪŋɡɚz/[Anagrams] edit - fringes [Noun] editfingers 1.plural of finger [Verb] editfingers 1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finger [[Danish]] [Noun] editfingers c 1.indefinite genitive singular of finger [[Swedish]] ipa :/ˈfɪŋɛrs/[Noun] editfingers 1.indefinite genitive singular of finger [[West Frisian]] [Noun] editfingers 1.plural of finger 0 0 2009/05/15 10:46 2021/08/31 10:47 TaN
34255 Dispersion [[German]] [Further reading] edit - “Dispersion” in Duden online [Noun] editDispersion f (genitive Dispersion, plural Dispersionen) 1.dispersion, dispersal 0 0 2020/11/20 09:49 2021/08/31 10:52 TaN
34256 fluorite [[English]] ipa :/ˈflʊɚˌaɪt/[Further reading] edit - David Barthelmy (1997–2021), “Fluorite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. - “fluorite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021. [Noun] editfluorite (countable and uncountable, plural fluorites) 1.A widely occurring mineral (calcium fluoride), of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid. Fluorite is the main natural resource of Thailand. [See also] edit - blue John [Synonyms] edit - calcium fluoride - Derbyshire spar - fluor - fluorspar [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - fluiterò [Etymology] editfluoro +‎ -ite [Further reading] edit - fluorite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana [Noun] editfluorite f (plural fluoriti) 1.fluorite 0 0 2020/11/20 09:47 2021/08/31 10:52 TaN
34257 pur [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Pru, RUP, U-RP, urp [Noun] editpur (plural purs) 1.Dated form of purr (low murmuring sound as of a cat) 2.1895, Jacob Mendes Da Costa, Medical diagnosis (page 294) The first — called by Laennec, from its resemblance to the pur of a cat, the purring tremor — is nearly always indicative of a valvular lesion. The second is caused by the to-and-fro motion of a roughened pericardium. [Verb] editpur (third-person singular simple present purs, present participle purring, simple past and past participle purred) 1.Dated form of purr 2.a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood. 3.1840, The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor (page 182) It appears to me, past all doubt, that its [the goatsucker's] notes are formed by organic impulse, by the parts of its windpipe formed for sound, just as cats pur. [[Alemannic German]] [Alternative forms] edit - pour, pür - Puur [Etymology] editFrom Middle High German būre, gibūre, from Old High German gibūro, from būr (“peasant”). Cognate with German Bauer, Dutch buur, English bower. [Noun] editpur m 1.(Gressoney, Carcoforo) farmer [References] edit - “pur” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈpur/[Adjective] editpur (feminine pura, masculine plural purs, feminine plural pures) 1.pure 2.not contaminated 3.innocent 4.authentic, genuine [Antonyms] edit - impur [Etymology] editFrom Old Occitan pur, from Latin pūrus. [Further reading] edit - “pur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [[Cornish]] ipa :/pyːr/[Adjective] editpur 1.pure, absolute [Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle English pur (“pure”), from Old French pur (“pure”)[1]. [Mutation] edit  Mutation of pur   [References] edit 1. ^ Universal Dictionary 1986 [[Dalmatian]] [Alternative forms] edit - puor [Etymology] editFrom Latin pāret, third person singular present active indicative of pareō. [Verb] editpur 1.to appear [[French]] ipa :/pyʁ/[Adjective] editpur (feminine singular pure, masculine plural purs, feminine plural pures) 1.pure (unspoilt) 2.pure (undiluted) [Etymology] editFrom Middle French pur, from Old French pur, from Latin pūrus. [Further reading] edit - “pur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[German]] ipa :/puːr/[Adjective] editpur (comparative purer, superlative am pursten) 1.pure, mere, sheer (nothing other than) Synonyms: rein, blank, bloß, schier Die pure Verzweiflung hat ihn dazu getrieben. It was pure despair that drove him into it. Köstliche Häppchen und erstklassiger Wein sorgten für Genuss pur. Delicious snacks and first-class wine ensured pure, unadulterated pleasure. 2.pure (not mixed with another ingredient) Synonyms: rein, unverdünnt, unvermischt Er trinkt puren Wodka. He drinks pure vodka. Er trinkt Wodka pur. He drinks vodka straight. 3.(rare) pure (not polluted or sullied) Synonyms: rein, sauber, schadstofffrei, unverdorben [Etymology] editFrom Late Middle High German pūr (14th c.), from Latin pūrus. [Further reading] edit - “pur” in Duden online [[Interlingua]] [Adjective] editpur (comparative plus pur, superlative le plus pur) 1.pure [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈpur/[Adverb] editpur 1.Apocopic form of pure [Conjunction] editpur 1.Apocopic form of pure [[Norman]] [Adjective] editpur m 1.(Jersey) pure [Etymology] editFrom Old French pur, from Latin pūrus. [[Old French]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Latin pūrus. [Etymology 2] editSee por [[Romanian]] ipa :/pur/[Etymology 1] editBorrowed from Latin pūrus, French pur. [Etymology 2] editVariant of por. Probably from Latin porrum. [[Romansch]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Latin pūrus [Etymology 2] editOf Germanic origin, cognate with German Bauer, Dutch boer. [[Swedish]] ipa :-ʉːr[Adjective] editpur (not comparable) 1.(somewhat dated) pure [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin pūrus. [Further reading] edit - pur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online) [[Welsh]] ipa :/pɨːr/[Adjective] editpur (feminine singular pur, plural purion, equative pured, comparative purach, superlative puraf) 1.pure [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin pūrus. [Mutation] edit 0 0 2021/08/31 10:52 TaN
34258 PUR [[Translingual]] [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Pru, RUP, U-RP, urp [Noun] editPUR (plural unknown or uncertain) 1.(organic chemistry) Initialism of polyurethane. 0 0 2021/08/31 10:52 TaN
34263 shader [[English]] ipa :/ˈʃeɪdɚ/[Anagrams] edit - Dahers, Dasher, Haders, Heards, Herdas, Rashed, Sheard, dasher, rashed, red ash, shared, sheard [Etymology] editshade +‎ -er [Noun] editshader (plural shaders) 1.One who, or that which, shades. 2.(computer graphics) A set of software instructions used to calculate rendering effects on graphics hardware. 0 0 2021/08/31 10:55 TaN
34271 curve [[English]] ipa :/kɜːv/[Adjective] editcurve 1.(obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved. a curve line a curve surface [Anagrams] edit - cruve [Etymology] editFrom Latin curvus (“bent, curved”). Doublet of curb. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:curveWikipedia curve (plural curves) 1.A gentle bend, such as in a road. You should slow down when approaching a curve. 2.A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line. She scribbled a curve on the paper. 3.A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject. The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve. 4.(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space. 5.(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space. 6.(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates. 7.(topology) A one-dimensional continuum. 8.(informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body. [Verb] editcurve (third-person singular simple present curves, present participle curving, simple past and past participle curved) 1.(transitive) To bend; to crook. to curve a line to curve a pipe 2.(transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course. to curve a ball in pitching it 3.(intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction. the road curves to the right 4.(transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution). The teacher will curve the test. 5.(transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances. I was once curved three times by the same woman. [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈkʏr.və/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin curvus (“bent, curved”). [Noun] editcurve f (plural curven or curves, diminutive curvetje n) 1.curve: curved line Synonym: kromme [[Italian]] [Adjective] editcurve 1.feminine plural of curvo [Noun] editcurve f 1.plural of curva [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈkur.u̯e/[Adjective] editcurve 1.vocative masculine singular of curvus [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editcurve 1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of curvar 2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of curvar 3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of curvar 4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of curvar [[Romanian]] ipa :[ˈkurve][Noun] editcurve f 1.plural of curvă [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈkuɾbe/[Verb] editcurve 1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of curvar. 2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of curvar. 3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of curvar. 0 0 2009/05/06 12:43 2021/08/31 15:58 TaN
34272 of color [[English]] [Adjective] editof color (not comparable) 1.(chiefly US) Nonwhite; of a race other than white, for example black. [from 18th c.] 2.1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, page 54: It is to him that we owe the story that Talleyrand outraged the susceptibilities of the Philadelphians by his open admiration for a woman of colour with whom he frequently appeared in public. 3.2018 January 12, Landgraf, Greg, “Blazing Trails: Pioneering African-American librarians share their stories”, in American Libraries‎[3]: She's also worked to help librarians forge connections through professional activities. Bell cochaired the first Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC) in 2006, the first-ever shared conference among ALA's five ethnic affiliate associations: BCALA, the American Indian Library Association, the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association, the Chinese American Librarians Association, and Reforma. 4.2020 November 11, Hauser, Christine, “Before Kamala Harris, This Vice President Broke a Racial Barrier”, in The Indian Express‎[4], archived from the original on 2020-11-10, World: ...historians and Native Americans are also revisiting the legacy of Charles Curtis, whose Kaw Nation ancestry gives him a claim as the first "person of color" to serve as vice president, although the term's current usage emerged decades later. 5.(historical) Belonging to a category of people with mixed black and white ancestry in the Americas in the 18th and early 19th centuries. 6.1801 (edition; original c. 1793), Bryan Edwards, The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British West Indies: [page 1:] Chap. 1. [...] The inhabitants of the French part of St. Domingo, as of all the West Indian Islands, were composed of three great classes: 1st, Pure whites. 2d, People of colour, and blacks of free condition. 3d, Negroes in a state of slavery. The reader is apprised that the class which, by a strange abuse of language, is called people of colour, originates from an intermixture of the whites and the blacks. The genuine offspring of a pure white with a negro is called a mulatto; but there are various casts, [...]. All these were known in St. Domingo by the term sang-melées, or gens de couleur [...] [page 67:] Chap. VI. Consequences in St. Domingo of the Decree of the 15th of May—Rebellion of the Negroes in the Northern Province, and Enormities committed by them—Revolt of the Mulattoes at Mirebalais—Concordat or Truce between the Inhabitants of Port au Prince and the Men of Colour of the 13th of September—Proclamation by the National Assembly of the 20th of September. 7.1995, Kathleen Mary Butler, The Economics of Emancipation: Jamaica & Barbados, 1823-1843 Those who owned the smaller plots were mainly poor whites, free people of color, and free blacks, none of whom had been affected by emancipation. 8.For quotations using this term, see Citations:of color. [Alternative forms] edit - of colour (British) [Etymology] editAttested since the late 1700s,[1][2] initially in reference to a category of mixed-race (partially black, partially white) people in the Americas; compare French de couleur (attested since at least 1779 in gens de couleur),[3] Spanish de color. The phrase continued in occasional use throughout the 1800s and 1900s[3][4] and was used by e.g. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963,[5] around which time its modern meaning began to take shape.[5] Use by black activists picked up from the 1970s (e.g. black women who used "women of color" at the National Women's Conference in 1977)[6] onward, reaching wide circulation by the 1990s.[1] [References] edit 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “of color”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 2. ^ Henry Smeathman, Plan of a Settlement to be Made Near Sierra Leona, on the Grain Coast of Africa Intended More Particularly for the Service and Happy Establishment of Blacks and People of Colour, to be Shipped as Freemen Under the Direction of the Committee [...] (1786) 3.↑ 3.0 3.1 Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933. 4. ^ For example: John Woodward, "Legal Right of a state to Limit the Suffrage", address (1900 October 8) before the New York Phi Delta Phi Club, printed in The Southern Law Review (1902), volume 1, page 349: "When, however, she went beyond this, and excepted from the operation of this qualification men who, with better opportunities than have fallen to the lot of the average man of color in the South, have grown up in ignorance, […] " 5.↑ 5.0 5.1 William Safire (November 20, 1988), “On language: People of color”, in The New York Times‎[1], retrieved 2008-03-21 6. ^ “Loretta Ross on the Phrase "Women of Color"”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[2], accessed 9 October 2018 7. ^ Houghton Mifflin Company (2005) The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 356 8. ^ Christine Clark, Teja Arboleda (1999) Teacher's Guide for in the Shadow of Race: Growing Up As a Multiethnic, Multicultural, and "Multiracial" American, Routledge, page 17: “The term People of Color emerged in reaction to the terms "non-white" and "minority." … The term people of color attempts to counter the condescension implied in the other two."” 0 0 2021/08/31 15:58 TaN
34275 deliverable [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈlɪvɹəbəɫ/[Adjective] editdeliverable (comparative more deliverable, superlative most deliverable) 1.Able to be delivered. The packages were not deliverable because the roads had flooded out. 2.2021 May 5, Philip Haigh, “I think we need better than this from the rail industry”, in RAIL, number 930, page 50: In any of our worlds, if we went out to consult on options that weren't deliverable, we would rightly be heavily criticised for wasting people's time. [Etymology] editdeliver +‎ -able [Noun] editdeliverable (plural deliverables) 1.(business, management) The tangible end product; that which will be delivered. Due to inclement weather, we will be unable to provide our deliverables. We packaged the deliverable, a program called FLOOD.EXE, in an installer file. 0 0 2019/04/03 09:31 2021/08/31 16:26 TaN
34276 exorbitant [[English]] ipa :/ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt/[Adjective] editexorbitant (comparative more exorbitant, superlative most exorbitant) 1.Exceeding proper limits; excessive or unduly high; extravagant. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excessive It’s a nice car, but they are charging an exorbitant price for it. You also have to pay exorbitant interest if you have credit card debt. 2.1856, George Grote, “Military Operations and Conquests of Alexander, after His Winter-quarters in Persis, down to His Death At Babylon”, in History of Greece, volume XII, London: John Murray, […], part II, page 282: But whatever might be the internal thoughts of Macedonian officers, they held their peace before Alexander [the Great], whose formidable character and exorbitant self-estimation would tolerate no criticism. 3.1874, Thomas Hardy, “Gabriel’s Resolve—The Visit—The Mistake”, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], OCLC 2481962, page 38: Love, being an extremely exacting usurer (a sense of exorbitant profit, spiritually, by an exchange of hearts, being at the bottom of pure passions, as that of exorbitant profit, bodily or materially, is at the bottom of those of lower atmosphere), every morning his feelings were as sensitive as the money-market in calculations upon his chances. 4.2015 January 18, Charles M[cRay] Blow, “How expensive is it to be poor [print version: International New York Times, 20 January 2015, page 7]”, in The New York Times: [M]any low-income people are "unbanked" (not served by a financial institution), and thus nearly eaten alive by exorbitant fees. [Etymology] editFrom the Late Latin exorbitāns, the present active participle of exorbitō (“I go out of the track”), from ex (“out”) + orbita (“wheel-track”); see orbit. Compare the French exorbitant. [[French]] ipa :/ɛɡ.zɔʁ.bi.tɑ̃/[Adjective] editexorbitant (feminine singular exorbitante, masculine plural exorbitants, feminine plural exorbitantes) 1.exorbitant 2.extortionate [Etymology] editLearned borrowing from Late Latin exorbitāns, present participle of exorbitō (whence exorbiter). [Further reading] edit - “exorbitant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[German]] ipa :-ant[Adjective] editexorbitant (comparative exorbitanter, superlative am exorbitantesten) 1.exorbitant [Etymology] editFrom Late Latin exorbitāns. [Further reading] edit - “exorbitant” in Duden online [Synonyms] edit - maßlos - unverschämt [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editexorbitant m or n (feminine singular exorbitantă, masculine plural exorbitanți, feminine and neuter plural exorbitante) 1.extortionate [Etymology] editFrom French exorbitant, from Latin exorbitans. 0 0 2012/02/06 20:18 2021/08/31 16:28
34280 scene [[English]] ipa :/siːn/[Alternative forms] edit - scæne (archaic) [Anagrams] edit - cenes, cense, sence [Etymology] editFrom Middle French scene, from Latin scaena, scēna, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena. [Noun] editscene (plural scenes) 1.The location of an event that attracts attention. the scene of the crime 2. 3. (archaic, theater) the stage. They stood in the centre of the scene. 4.(theater) The decorations; furnishings and backgrounds of a stage, representing the place in which the action of a play is set to paint scenes to change the scenes behind the scenes 5.(theater, film, television, radio) A part of a dramatic work that is set in the same place or time. In the theatre, generally a number of scenes constitute an act. 6.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Affair at the Novelty Theatre‎[1]: Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels. The play is divided into three acts, and in total twenty-five scenes. The most moving scene is the final one, where he realizes he has wasted his whole life. There were some very erotic scenes in the movie, although it was not classified as pornography. 7.The location, time, circumstances, etc., in which something occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is set up 8.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, 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 prologue]: In Troy, there lies the scene. 9.c. 1810, John M. Mason, On Religious Controversy The world is a vast scene of strife. 10.A combination of objects or events in view or happening at a given moment at a particular place. He assessed the scene to check for any danger, and agreed it was safe. They saw an angry scene outside the pub. 11.1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 5, scene 1]: Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! 12.A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. 13.1697, “Palamon and Arcite”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432: A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, / Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. 14.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎[2]: He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site. 15.An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display The headmistress told the students not to cause a scene. The crazy lady made a scene in the grocery store. 16.1832, Thomas De Quincey, Kolsterheim Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait or some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offence, and careless of giving it. 17.An element of fiction writing. 18.A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity; a subculture. She got into the emo scene at an early age. [Verb] editscene (third-person singular simple present scenes, present participle scening, simple past and past participle scened) 1.(transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [[Danish]] ipa :/seːnə/[Etymology] editVia Latin scaena from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). [Noun] editscene c (singular definite scenen, plural indefinite scener) 1.stage (platform for performing in a theatre) 2.scene (section of a film or a play) 3.scene (a setting or a behaviour) [[Italian]] [Noun] editscene f pl 1.plural of scena [[Middle French]] [Etymology] editFirst known attestation 1486[1], borrowed from Latin scaena[2]. [Noun] editscene f 1.stage (location where a play, etc., takes place) [References] edit 1. ^ Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (scene, supplement) 2. ^ “scene” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Alternative forms] edit - sene [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”), via Latin scaena [Noun] editscene m (definite singular scenen, indefinite plural scener, definite plural scenene) 1.a stage (in a theatre) 2.a scene (in a film or play) [References] edit - “scene” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Alternative forms] edit - sene [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”), via Latin scaena [Noun] editscene m (definite singular scenen, indefinite plural scenar, definite plural scenane) scene f (definite singular scena, indefinite plural scener, definite plural scenene) 1.a stage (in a theatre) 2.a scene (in a film or play) [References] edit - “scene” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Old English]] ipa :/ˈʃeː.ne/[Adjective] editsċēne 1.Alternative form of sċīene [Etymology] editFrom Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. 0 0 2021/08/31 16:31 TaN
34282 embroiled [[English]] [Verb] editembroiled 1.simple past tense and past participle of embroil 0 0 2021/08/01 08:55 2021/08/31 17:10 TaN
34285 legalese [[English]] [Etymology] editlegal +‎ -ese [Noun] editlegalese (uncountable) 1.(informal, derogatory) Technical jargon common in the legal profession, the argot of lawyers. 2.(informal, derogatory) Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese. 0 0 2021/08/31 17:11 TaN
34286 chafe [[English]] ipa :/tʃeɪf/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English chaufen (“to warm”), borrowed from Old French chaufer (modern French chauffer), from Latin calefacere, calfacere (“to make warm”), from calere (“to be warm”) + facere (“to make”). See caldron. [Noun] editchafe (uncountable) 1.Heat excited by friction. 2.Injury or wear caused by friction. 3.Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. 4.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.5: Like a wylde Bull, that, being at a bay, / Is bayted of a mastiffe and a hound / […] That in his chauffe he digs the trampled ground / And threats his horns […] 5.(archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:argument 6.1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, The Adventures Of A Revolutionary Soldier When we returned we found the poor prisoner in a terrible chafe with the sentinel for detaining him, for the guard had been true to his trust. [References] edit - chafe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - chafe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Verb] editchafe (third-person singular simple present chafes, present participle chafing, simple past and past participle chafed) 1.(transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. 2.(transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. 3.(transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing. to chafe a cable 4.(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. 5.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, 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]: the troubled Tiber chafing with her shores 6.1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha made its great boughs chafe together 7.(intransitive) To be worn by rubbing. A cable chafes. 8.(intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. 9.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, 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 iii]: He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. 10.1996, Jim Schiller, Developing Jepara in New Order Indonesia, page 58: Many local politicians chafed under the restrictions of Guided Democracy […] [[Spanish]] [Verb] editchafe 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of chafar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chafar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of chafar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of chafar. 0 0 2021/08/31 17:13 TaN
34288 clutch [[English]] ipa :/klʌt͡ʃ/[Anagrams] edit - cultch [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”).Cognate with Swedish klyka (“clamp, fork, branch”). The noun is from Middle English cleche, cloche, cloke ("claw, talon, hand"; compare Scots cleuk, cluke, cluik (“claw, talon”)), of uncertain origin, with the form probably assimilated to the verb.Alternative etymology derives Old English clyċċan from Proto-Germanic *klēk- (“claw, hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *glēk-, *ǵlēḱ- (“claw, hand; to clutch, snatch”). If so, then cognate with Irish glac (“hand”). [Etymology 2] editVariant form of cletch, from Middle English cleken (“to hatch”), perhaps from Old Norse klekja (“to hatch”). [Etymology 3] editUnknown; possibly analagous to clinch, pinch, which have similar senses. [References] edit - clutch at OneLook Dictionary Search - clutch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Alternative forms] edit - kløtsj [Etymology] editFrom English clutch [Noun] editclutch m (definite singular clutchen, indefinite plural clutcher, definite plural clutchene) 1.a clutch (device between engine and gearbox) 2.clutch pedal trå in clutchen - step on the clutch [References] edit - “clutch” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - kobling - kopling [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Alternative forms] edit - kløtsj [Etymology] editFrom English clutch [Noun] editclutch m (definite singular clutchen, indefinite plural clutchar, definite plural clutchane) 1.a clutch (device between engine and gearbox) 2.(short form of) clutch pedal (as in English) [References] edit - “clutch” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - kopling [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈklot͡ʃ/[Noun] editclutch m (plural clutches) 1.Alternative form of cloche 0 0 2010/10/11 18:03 2021/08/31 17:15 TaN
34291 capricious [[English]] ipa :/kəˈpɹɪʃəs/[Adjective] editcapricious (comparative more capricious, superlative most capricious) 1.Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim. Synonyms: arbitrary, whimsical, fickle Antonyms: conscientious, rigorous I almost died in a capricious winter storm. Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously. 2.c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iii], page 198: I am heere with thee, and thy Goats, as the moſt capricious Poet honeſt Ouid was among Gothes. 3.1876–1877, Henry James, Jr., chapter I, in The American, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, […], published 5 May 1877, OCLC 4655661, page 11: "Capricious?" And at this monsieur began to laugh. "Oh no, I'm not capricious. I am very faithful. I am very constant. Comprenez?" [Anagrams] edit - auriscopic [Etymology] editBorrowed from French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio. 0 0 2012/11/29 21:21 2021/08/31 17:15
34293 class action [[English]] [Further reading] edit - class action on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editclass action (plural class actions) 1.(law, chiefly US, Canada) A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest, with everyone in the large group eligible to receive damages if the plaintiff is successful. Synonyms: class suit, representative action 0 0 2021/08/31 17:18 TaN
34297 WAG [[English]] ipa :/wæɡ/[Anagrams] edit - AGW, AWG, GWA, Gaw, WGA, gaw [Etymology 1] editBack-formation from WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”). [Etymology 2] editAcronym of wild-assed guess. 0 0 2021/01/26 10:02 2021/08/31 17:19 TaN
34301 sportsbooks [[English]] [Noun] editsportsbooks 1.plural of sportsbook 0 0 2021/08/31 17:26 TaN
34302 Clocks [[English]] [Proper noun] editClocks 1.plural of Clock 0 0 2021/08/31 17:31 TaN
34305 principally [[English]] [Adverb] editprincipally (not comparable) 1.In a primary manner; pertaining to the principal of a matter. 2.1828, Sanders, Elizabeth Elkins, Conversations Principally on the Aborigines of North America, Salem: W. and S. B. Ives, page 65: The game principally consists in taking and carrying off the ball from the opposite party, after being hurled into the air midway between two high pillars, which are the goasl, and the party who bears off the ball to their pillar, wins the game […] 3.1916 May 1, Czaplicka, M[aria] A[ntonina], “A Year in Arctic Sibera”, in The Wide World Magazine, volume 37, number 217, page 54: Timber, hides, furs, and minerals from the north, and grain and other products from the south and the immediate vicinity of the town itself are brought, principally by river, to this point, where the railway cuts the great central waterway of Siberia. 4.2013 November 29, Collins, Nick, “Even Champagne experts blind to grape varieties”, in The Telegraph‎[1]: When asked to guess whether champagnes they were drinking was made principally from white or black grapes, most tasters including wine writers and journalists were unable to tell the difference. 5.2019 March 13, “Nature Talk looks at avian pollinators”, in New Zealand Herald‎[2]: Pollination by animals, principally insects and birds, is widespread among plants. [Etymology] editprincipal +‎ -ly [Synonyms] edit - chiefly, mainly, mostly; see also Thesaurus:mostly or Thesaurus:usually 0 0 2021/08/31 17:32 TaN
34308 intermodulation [[English]] [Etymology] editinter- +‎ modulation [Noun] editintermodulation (countable and uncountable, plural intermodulations) 1.(physics) modulation of the different frequencies of interacting waves 0 0 2021/08/31 17:43 TaN
34311 genesis [[English]] ipa :/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/[Anagrams] edit - Geisens, Giesens, seeings, signees [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin genesis (“generation, nativity”), from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”), from *ǵenh₁-. Related to Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be produced, become, be”). Doublet of kind, gens, and jati. [Noun] editgenesis (plural geneses) 1.The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being. Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law. [[Latin]] [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, source, beginning, nativity, generation, production, creation”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”), from *ǵenh₁-. [Noun] editgenesis f (genitive genesis or geneseōs or genesios); third declension 1.generation, creation, nativity 2.birth [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “origin, creation, beginning”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth, production”), from *ǵenh₁-. [Noun] editgenesis m (definite singular genesisen, indefinite plural genesisar, definite plural genesisane) 1.creation, genesis, origin [References] edit - “genesis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. 0 0 2021/08/31 17:48 TaN
34312 Genesis [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Geisens, Giesens, seeings, signees [Etymology] editFrom Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”). [Proper noun] editGenesis 1.(religion) The first book in the Hebrew Bible. Synonym: (abbreviation) Gen. 2.A female given name from Ancient Greek of American usage since the 1980s. 3.(video games) A video game console, the Sega Genesis. [[Afrikaans]] [Proper noun] editGenesis 1.(biblical) Genesis [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈɣeː.nə.sɪs/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch genesis, from Latin Genesis, from Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis). [Proper noun] editGenesis f 1.Genesis (book of the Hebrew Bible) [[German]] [Further reading] edit - “Genesis” in Duden online [Noun] editGenesis f (genitive Genesis, plural Genesen) 1.genesis [Proper noun] editGenesis f (genitive Genesis) 1.(religion) Genesis, the first book of the Bible. [Synonyms] edit - Genese fedit - erstes Buch Mose - Gen (Gen.) [[Slovak]] [Proper noun] editGenesis 1.(religion) Genesis, the first book of the Bible. [[Swedish]] [Proper noun] editGenesis c (genitive Genesis) 1.Genesis Synonyms: Första Moseboken, Första Mosebok 0 0 2021/08/31 17:48 TaN
34317 hail from [[English]] [Etymology] editShips would declare, by hailing, the port from which they sailed or in which they were registered. [Verb] edithail from (third-person singular simple present hails from, present participle hailing from, simple past and past participle hailed from) 1.To be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence. 2.1998, August 23; the episode Lard of the Dance (wikiquote) from the tenth season [Willie] Saints be praised. I'm from Scotland! Where do ya hail from? [Homer] Uh, North... Kilt-town. My niece speaks French but she hails from Hampshire. 0 0 2021/08/31 17:51 TaN
34321 insubordinate [[English]] [Adjective] editinsubordinate (comparative more insubordinate, superlative most insubordinate) 1.Rebellious or defiant to authority. 2.Contumacious. [Etymology] editin- +‎ subordinate [Noun] editinsubordinate (plural insubordinates) 1.A person who defies authority. [[Italian]] [Adjective] editinsubordinate 1.feminine plural of insubordinato 0 0 2021/08/31 17:52 TaN
34322 evangelical [[English]] ipa :/iːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəl/[Adjective] editevangelical (comparative more evangelical, superlative most evangelical) 1.Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general. 2.Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament. 3.Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America. 4.Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism). 5.Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah. 6.1987, Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Islamic Values in the United States: A Comparative Study, page 10: When the mosque came under the influence of an evangelical Muslim group (Jamaati Tableegh), the formerly congenial situation changed noticeably. 7.Zealously enthusiastic. [Antonyms] edit - antievangelical - nonevangelical [Etymology] editevangelic +‎ -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”) [Noun] editevangelical (plural evangelicals) 1.A member of an evangelical church 2.An advocate of evangelicalism [Synonyms] edit - evangelic 0 0 2021/08/31 17:53 TaN
34323 piece [[English]] ipa :/piːs/[Alternative forms] edit - peece (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English pece, peece, peice, from Old French piece, from Late Latin petia, pettia, possibly from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷesdis (“piece, portion”); doublet of English fit, fytte, fytt (“musical piece, chapter”), Icelandic fit (“web”), German Fitze (“skein”), from Old High German *fitjâ. Compare Welsh peth, Breton pez (“thing”), Irish cuid. Compare French pièce, Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza. [Noun] editpiece (plural pieces) 1.A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts. I’d like another piece of pie. I’m a piece of humanity. 2.1624, John Donne, “17. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: Printed by A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, OCLC 55189476; republished as Geoffrey Keynes, John Sparrow, editor, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions: […], Cambridge: At the University Press, 1923, OCLC 459265555, lines 2–3, page 98: No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […] 3.A single item belonging to a class of similar items a piece of machinery a piece of software a useful piece of advice 4.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […] 5.(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games. 6.1959, Hans Kmoch, Pawn Power in Chess, I: Pawns, unlike pieces, move only in one direction: forward. 7.A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency. a sixpenny piece 8.An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:musical composition She played two beautiful pieces on the piano. 9.An article published in the press. Today's paper has an interesting piece on medical research. 10.1979, Woody Allen, Manhattan, spoken by Isaac Davis (Woody Allen): No, I didn't read the piece on China's faceless masses, I was, I was checking out the lingerie ads. 11.(military) An artillery gun. 12.1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 55,[1] […] all our Ammunition was spent. Those of us who had Money made Slugs of it; their next Shift was to take the middle Screws out of their Guns, and charge their Pieces with them. 13.(US, colloquial) A gun. He's packin' a piece! 14.2005, “Bloody War”, in Certified, performed by David Banner: I wanted peace, but now my piece is clearing out the block. 15.(US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man. The announcer is wearing a new piece. 16.(Scotland, Ireland, Britain, US, dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its own; a sandwich or light snack. 17.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 46: My grannie came and gived them all a piece and jam and cups of water then I was to bring them back out to the street and play a game. 18.(US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail. I got a piece at lunchtime. 19.(US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually applied to consumer products like vehicles or appliances). Ugh, my new computer is such a piece. I'm taking it back to the store tomorrow. 20.(US, slang) A cannabis pipe. 21.(baseball, uncountable) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the opposing team or going foul. Usually used in the past tense with get. he got a piece of that one;  she got a piece of the ball […] and it's going foul. 22.(dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person. 23.c. 1579, Philip Sidney, The Defense of Poesy If I had not been a piece of a logician before I came to him. 24.1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, 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 iv]: Thy mother was a piece of virtue. 25.1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aid to Reflection His own spirit is as unsettled a piece as there is in all the world. 26.(obsolete) A castle; a fortified building. (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?) 27.(US) A pacifier; a dummy. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pacifier 28.(colloquial) A distance. a far piece located a fair piece away from their camp a fair piece off 29.(rowing) A structured practice row, often used for performance evaluation. At practice we rowed four 5,000 meter pieces. That last piece was torture. 30.An amount of work to be done at one time; a unit of piece work. 31.(slang) An ounce of a recreational drug. [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:piece [Verb] editpiece (third-person singular simple present pieces, present participle piecing, simple past and past participle pieced) 1.(transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative). These clues allowed us to piece together the solution to the mystery. 2.1655, Thomas Fuller, James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), new edition, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, OCLC 913056315: His adversaries […] pieced themselves together in a joint opposition against him. 3.To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out. to piece a garment 4.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]: You have broke it, cousin: and , by my life , you shall make it whole again ; you shall piece it out with a piece of your performance 5.(slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag. 6.2009, Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground, page 40: It is incorrect to say that toys tag and masters piece; toys just do bad tags, bad throw-ups, and bad pieces. 7.2009, Scape Martinez, GRAFF: The Art & Technique of Graffiti, page 124: It is often used to collect other writer's tags, and future plans for bombing and piecing. [[Middle French]] [Etymology] editFrom Old French piece, from Vulgar Latin *pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷesdis (“piece, portion”). [Noun] editpiece f (plural pieces) 1.piece, bit, part 2.moment (duration of time) 3.1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 75: Grant piece dura celle meslee The battle lasted a long time [References] edit - - piece on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) [[Old French]] [Alternative forms] edit - pece [Etymology] editFrom Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷesdis (“piece, portion”). [Noun] editpiece f (oblique plural pieces, nominative singular piece, nominative plural pieces) 1.piece, bit, part 2.circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide: Que del hiaume une piece tranche. It cuts a piece off his helmet [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈpʲɛ.t͡sɛ/[Noun] editpiece m inan 1.inflection of piec: 1.nominative plural 2.accusative plural 3.vocative plural 0 0 2009/09/28 10:04 2021/08/31 17:54 TaN
34324 succumb [[English]] ipa :/səˈkʌm/[Etymology] editFrom Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō. [Synonyms] edit - (die): See also Thesaurus:die [Verb] editsuccumb (third-person singular simple present succumbs, present participle succumbing, simple past and past participle succumbed) 1.(intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire. succumb to temptation succumb under misfortunes Thai culture as in many other Asian cultures, is succumbing to the influence of westernization. 2.2011 December 21, Tom Rostance, “Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Jones was called into action to deny Ruiz with a fine tackle before succumbing to his injury. 3.(intransitive) To give up, or give in. 4.(intransitive) To die. succumb to pneumonia 5.(transitive) To overwhelm or bring down. 6.2012, Scott M. Garrett, Forever Different, →ISBN: He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury to succumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better. 7.2014, Gideon C Mekwunye, Tear Drops - Part 2, →ISBN, page 455: She had run away with Chiwi to San Jose when he was a year and half old; only to succumb him to the abuse of his aunt. 8.2015, David Marlett, Fortunate Son: A Novel of the Greatest Trial in Irish History, →ISBN: Known to be genuinely cheerful, every few months an unseen shadow would nevertheless succumb him, delivering a two-week melancholic stew of resentment and depression. 0 0 2012/03/03 20:07 2021/08/31 17:54
34325 succumbed [[English]] [Verb] editsuccumbed 1.simple past tense and past participle of succumb 0 0 2012/03/03 20:07 2021/08/31 17:54
34327 op-ed [[English]] ipa :/ˈɒpˌɛd/[Adjective] editop-ed (comparative more op-ed, superlative most op-ed) 1.Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints. 2.2009/05/08, William Safire, Choice or Necessity The question was probably bottomed on a combination of phrases in a Washington Post op-ed article that appeared not three months before by Richard Haass, who was a foreign-policy adviser in both Bush administrations and is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations. 3.Of an article, written in a style suitable for publication as an op-ed. 4.2005, Art & Collection Group, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, For a more ‘op ed’ approach to the current state of the Hong Kong art scene see my recent article "Doer's Droop," South China Morning Post, August 23, 2005, C6. 5.Of a person, regularly expressing viewpoints by means of op-eds. 6.1991, New York Times & Arno Press, The New York Times biographical service, Volume 22, Descriptions of him vary from "aggressively intelligent," "inventive," "articulate," "the most ‘op-ed’ academic in the field of education" to "arrogant" "combative," "hostile," and "dismissive" of ideas not his own. [Anagrams] edit - deop, depo, dope, p.o.'ed, p.o.ed, pedo, pedo-, pode, poed [Etymology] editAbbreviation for “opposite the editorial” (often incorrectly thought to be abbreviation for opinion/editorial). [Noun] editop-ed (plural op-eds) 1.A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page. [Verb] editop-ed (third-person singular simple present op-eds, present participle op-edding, simple past and past participle op-edded) 1.(transitive, intransitive, rare) To write an op-ed article. 2.2003 November 17, Roger Angell, “Gone South”, in The New Yorker‎[1]: Getting either or both of the Cubs and Red Sox into the World Series on their hallowed home fields had been a happy possibility nationally discussed and op-edded since July, and when the two teams were again dispatched winless into winter their fans were left with a last gnawing weirdness: […] 0 0 2021/08/31 17:55 TaN
34328 ed [[English]] ipa :/ɛd/[Anagrams] edit - DE, De, dE, de, de- [Etymology] editShortening. [Noun] edited (countable and uncountable, plural eds) 1.edition 2.editor 3.education (uncountable)edited (uncountable) 1.Education. Often used in set phrases such as phys ed, driver's ed, special ed, etc. [Synonyms] edit - (education): educ. [[Aromanian]] [Alternative forms] edit - edu [Etymology] editFrom Latin haedus. Compare Romanian ied. [Noun] edited m (plural edz, feminine equivalent eadã) 1.kid (goat) [[Corsican]] [Conjunction] edited 1.Alternative form of è [[Danish]] ipa :-edˀ[Etymology] editFrom Old Danish ēþ, eth, from Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos. [Noun] edited c (singular definite eden, plural indefinite eder) 1.an oath (solemn pledge) 2.a curse, an epithet [References] edit - “ed” in Den Danske Ordbog [Synonyms] edit - (pledge): løfte (“promise”) (carries less weight) - (curse): bandeord (“curseword”), forbandelse [[French]] ipa :/ɛd/[Anagrams] edit - de, dé [Noun] edited m (plural eds) 1.eth [[Ido]] ipa :/ɛd/[Alternative forms] edit - e (apocope) [Conjunction] edited 1.and [Etymology] editBorrowing from French et, Italian ed, Russian и (i) and Spanish e. [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈed/[Anagrams] edit - de, de', de-, dè [Conjunction] edited 1.Alternative form of e (“and”) - (before a vowel) and Parlo italiano ed esperanto. I speak Italian and Esperanto. [Etymology] editFrom Latin et. [[Marshallese]] ipa :[ɛrʲ][Etymology] edit [References] edit - Marshallese–English Online Dictionary [Verb] edited 1.(archaic) to become red, of leaves [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos. [Noun] edited m (definite singular eden, indefinite plural eder, definite plural edene) 1.an oath [References] edit - “ed” in The Bokmål Dictionary. - “ed” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). [[Old Irish]] ipa :/eð/[Alternative forms] edit - hed [Etymology 1] editFrom Proto-Indo-European *id, cognate with Latin id. [Etymology 2] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [[Swedish]] ipa :/eːd/[Anagrams] edit - -de, de, de- [Etymology 1] editFrom Old Swedish ēþer, from Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old Swedish ēþ, from Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aidiją, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Norwegian eid, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið. [Synonyms] edit - båtdrag - mårka [[Torres Strait Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom English head. [Noun] edited 1.head [[Veps]] [Verb] edited 1.second-person singular present of ei [[Volapük]] [Alternative forms] edit - (before a consonant) e [Conjunction] edited 1.and 0 0 2009/04/10 17:30 2021/08/31 17:55 TaN
34329 Ed [[English]] ipa :/ɛd/[Anagrams] edit - DE, De, dE, de, de- [Proper noun] editEd 1.A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-. 0 0 2009/04/10 17:30 2021/08/31 17:55 TaN
34330 ED [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - DE, De, dE, de, de- [Etymology 1] editAbbreviation [Etymology 2] editFrom Japanese ED (エンディング), from English ending [[Chinese]] ipa :/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/[Etymology] editFrom Japanese ED (エンディング), from English ending [Noun] editED 1.(chiefly ACG) ending theme, end title sequence [[Japanese]] [Etymology] editFrom エンディング (endingu), from English ending [Noun] editED(エンディング) • (endingu)  1.(entertainment) ending theme, end title sequence; Abbreviation of エンディング. 0 0 2009/04/10 17:30 2021/08/31 17:55 TaN
34331 shame [[English]] ipa :/ʃeɪm/[Anagrams] edit - Hames, Shema, ahems, haems, hames, heams [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English schame, from Old English sċamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English schamen, from Old English sċamian, from Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną. [References] edit - shame in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. 0 0 2012/03/10 17:27 2021/08/31 17:56
34332 conceivably [[English]] [Adverb] editconceivably (comparative more conceivably, superlative most conceivably) 1.In a conceivable manner; possibly. 2.2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown and Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 145: Considering that no lexicographer can conceivably know all the words of a language, students were asked to ponder what data lexicographers used to inform them about words[.] [Etymology] editconceivable +‎ -ly 0 0 2009/04/22 14:18 2021/08/31 18:45 TaN
34335 codifying [[English]] [Noun] editcodifying (plural codifyings) 1.A codification. 2.1989, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Maitreya on Image of God I (page 105) Countless codifyings have occurred whereby the law has progressively sought to make itself from day to day a greater administrator of justice to mankind. [Verb] editcodifying 1.present participle of codify 0 0 2013/02/24 14:41 2021/08/31 19:01
34341 cure-all [[English]] ipa :/ˈkjʊəɹɔːl/[Anagrams] edit - Cuellar [Etymology] editcure +‎ -all [Noun] editcure-all (plural cure-alls) 1.A panacea. [Synonyms] edit - panacea (more common) 0 0 2021/08/31 20:28 TaN
34343 groundwork [[English]] [Etymology] editground +‎ work [Noun] editgroundwork (countable and uncountable, plural groundworks) 1.The foundation; the basic or fundamental parts that support or allow for the rest. The discovery of the laws of electricity laid the groundwork for a century of innovation. 2.1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 720: This outline programme was compiled by a working party consisting of members from the Regional Planning Office, the civil, mechanical and electrical, and signal engineering departments and the traffic services, on the basis of much groundwork done within each of these departments. [See also] edit - legwork - spadework 0 0 2021/08/31 20:33 TaN
34344 spectrally [[English]] [Adverb] editspectrally (comparative more spectrally, superlative most spectrally) 1.In a spectral manner; like a ghost. 2.1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 215: Beyond the fence the forest stood up spectrally in the moonlight, and through the dim stir, through the faint sounds of that lamentable courtyard, the silence of the land went home to one’s very heart, - its mystery, its greatness, the amazing reality of its concealed life. 3.In terms of a spectrum. [Anagrams] edit - cepstrally [Etymology] editspectral +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/08/31 20:48 TaN
34345 surfaced [[English]] [Adjective] editsurfaced (not comparable) 1.(chiefly in combination) Having a (particular kind of) surface. [Verb] editsurfaced 1.simple past tense and past participle of surface 0 0 2021/08/12 17:01 2021/08/31 20:50 TaN
34346 surface [[English]] ipa :/ˈsɜːfɪs/[Etymology] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:surfaceWikipedia From French surface. [Noun] edit A computer-generated representation of a surfacesurface (plural surfaces) 1.The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid. 2.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎[1]: A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […]. 3.The outside hull of a tangible object. 4.2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8835, page 80: Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything. 5.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845: [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. 6.(figuratively) Outward or external appearance. On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman. 7.1782, Vicesimus Knox, “On knowing the world at an early age”, in Liberal education:  […]‎[2], 4th edition, London: Charles Dilly  […], pages 393–394: Such characters as have nothing but external accompliſhments to recommend them, may indeed be greatly admired and approved by vain and weak underſtandings, which penetrate no deeper than the ſurface; but they are deſpiſed by all the truly ſenſible, and pitied by all the truly good. 8.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326: “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […]. 9.(mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space. 10.(fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. (Can we find and add a quotation of Stocqueler to this entry?) [Synonyms] edit - overside - superfice (archaic) [Verb] editsurface (third-person singular simple present surfaces, present participle surfacing, simple past and past participle surfaced) 1.(transitive) To provide something with a surface. 2.(transitive) To apply a surface to something. 3.(intransitive) To rise to the surface. 4.(transitive) To bring to the surface. 5.2007, Patrick Valentine, The Sage of Aquarius (page 182) Sage went immediately to work; Damien surfaced the submarine and readied the group to meet outside the hatch. 6.(intransitive) To come out of hiding. 7.(intransitive) For information or facts to become known. 8.2013, George Walkden, “The status of hwæt in Old English”, in English Language and Linguistics, volume 17, number 3, DOI:10.1017/S1360674313000129: Subordinate clauses, by contrast, exhibit V1 or V2 only around 35% of the time, with the verb usually surfacing later. 9.(transitive) To make information or facts known. 10.(intransitive) To work a mine near the surface. 11.(intransitive) To appear or be found. [[French]] ipa :/syʁ.fas/[Etymology] editsur- +‎ face, calque of Latin superficies. [Further reading] edit - “surface” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editsurface f (plural surfaces) 1.surface 0 0 2012/01/08 11:08 2021/08/31 20:50
34347 contagious [[English]] ipa :/kənˈteɪdʒəs/[Adjective] editcontagious (comparative more contagious, superlative most contagious) 1.(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others. Synonyms: catching, infectious The flu was so contagious that everybody in town got sick! 2.(figuratively) Easily passed on to others. Synonym: infectious Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time. 3.2000, Damon Gough (lyrics and music), “Magic in the Air”, in The Hour of Bewilderbeast, performed by Badly Drawn Boy: Cause love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is alright 4.(of a person) Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person. They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people. [Antonyms] edit - non-contagious [Etymology] editFrom Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio. [Further reading] edit - contagious on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 0 0 2009/04/13 13:44 2021/08/31 21:14 TaN
34351 logged [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - dog-leg, dogleg, oggled [Verb] editlogged 1.simple past tense and past participle of log 0 0 2021/09/01 10:23 TaN
34355 flown [[English]] ipa :/ˈfləʊn/[Adjective] editflown (not comparable) 1.(theater) Suspended in the flies. flown scenery [Verb] editflown 1.past participle of fly 0 0 2021/08/17 08:31 2021/09/01 10:45 TaN
34370 palate [[English]] ipa :/ˈpæl.ət/[Anagrams] edit - Platea, leap at, paleta, patela, petala [Etymology] editMiddle English palate, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin. [Noun] editpalate (plural palates) 1.(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates. [from 14th c.] Synonym: uraniscus Hyponyms: hard palate, soft palate 1.(zoology) A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analagous to the palate of vertebrates. [from 20th c.] 2.(entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect. [from 19th c.] 3.(botany) A projection in the throat of certain bilabiate flowers as the snapdragon. [from 18th c.] 4.(cooking, historical) The palate of an animal, as an item of food. [from 17th c.] 5.1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Oxford, page 332: I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising ‘Gordon's palates’ (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done for honour to more important subjects.(figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors. [from 14th c.] - 1733-1738, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace: Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.(figuratively) Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something. [from 15th c.] - 1656, Thomas Baker, he Wicked Mans Plot Defeated entertain the palates of NoblesTaste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks. [from 20th c.] [References] edit - “palate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - “palate”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. [Verb] editpalate (third-person singular simple present palates, present participle palating, simple past and past participle palated) 1.(transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable. Synonym: stomach 2.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]: Not palating the taste of her dishonour 3.2013 October 10, Adam Mann, “Number Crunching Shows Old Movies Are More Creative Than New Ones”, in WIRED‎[1]: "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate," said Sreenivasan. [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - pelata, platea [Noun] editpalate f 1.plural of palata [Verb] editpalate 1.inflection of palare: 1.second-person plural present indicative 2.second-person plural imperativefeminine plural of palato [[Latin]] [Verb] editpālāte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of pālō [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈpalat/[Alternative forms] edit - palet, palat, palette, palete [Etymology] editFrom Old French palat, from Latin palātum. [Noun] editpalate 1.The palate; the top of the mouth (including the uvula). 2.One's sense of taste (the palate was believed to be the source of this). [[Romanian]] [Noun] editpalate n pl 1.plural of palat 0 0 2021/09/01 11:17 TaN
34375 ante [[English]] ipa :/ˈænti/[Anagrams] edit - Aten, Etan, Etna, Nate, Tean, Tena, anet, etna, neat, neta, ta'en [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin ante (“before”). [Noun] editante (plural antes) 1.A price or cost, as in up the ante. 2.1936, Herbert Adams, chapter 2, in A Word of Six Letters‎[1]: “… There was a man who always painted marble seats and another who did nothing but sheep. So a fellow I knew determined only to paint backs. Men's backs, women's backs, girls' backs and boys backs. … his best known bacchante was described by a critic as all back and no ante, but his backs became famous. …” 3.(poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards. [References] edit - ante in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [Verb] editante (third-person singular simple present antes, present participle anteing, simple past and past participle anted or anteed) 1.To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. 2.To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances. [[Asturian]] [Alternative forms] edit - énte [Etymology] editFrom Latin ante. [Preposition] editante 1.before, in front of [[Cimbrian]] [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Noun] editante ? 1.(Sette Comuni) sorrow 's tüumar ante ― sorry (literally, “it does me sorrow”) 'S tüumar ante habandich gamach spaitan. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. [References] edit - “ante” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈɑn.tə/[Etymology] editBorrowed from French ante. [Noun] editante f (plural anten) 1.(architecture) anta, corner pilaster [[French]] ipa :/ɑ̃t/[Etymology] editFrom Latin antae [Noun] editante f (plural antes) 1.anta [[Galician]] [Noun] editante m (plural antes) 1.elk (US), moose (UK) (Alces alces) Synonym: alce [Preposition] editante 1.before, in front of Synonym: perante [[Ido]] ipa :/ˈante/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Italian ante, Spanish ante, and to some extent English anterior, all ultimately from Latin ante. (Compare Esperanto antaŭ (“before”, time and space).) [Preposition] editante 1.before (of time) Ante parolar on devas pensar. ― Before talking one should think. Antonym: pos [[Interlingua]] [Preposition] editante 1.ago [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈan.te/[Anagrams] edit - Etna, nate, tane [Etymology 1] editFrom Latin ante, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“opposite, in front of”). [Etymology 2] editForm of anta. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈan.te/[Adverb] editante (not comparable) 1.(of space) before, in front, forwards ante omnes ― in the first place, first of all 2.(of time) before, previously ante diem V 4th day before ("fifth" counting inclusively) [Antonyms] edit - (before, in front of): post [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti, locative singular of the root noun *h₂ent- (“front, front side”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite, facing”), Sanskrit अन्ति (ánti), Old Armenian ընդ (ənd), Tocharian B ānte, and English and. [Preposition] editante (+ accusative) 1.(of space) before, in front, forwards 2.(of time) before [References] edit - ante in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - ante in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - ante in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887) - ante in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette - Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. - to foresee the far distant future: futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere - twenty years ago: abhinc (ante) viginti annos or viginti his annis - before daybreak: ante lucem - something presents itself to my vision: ante oculos aliquid versatur - to picture a thing to oneself; to imagine: oculis, ante oculos (animo) proponere aliquid - picture to yourselves the circumstances: ante oculos vestros (not vobis) res gestas proponite - to fail to see what lies before one: quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videre - Homer lived many years before the foundation of Rome: Homerus fuit multis annis ante Romam conditam - to live up to one's reputation: famam ante collectam tueri, conservare - to bring a thing vividly before the eyes: ante oculos ponere aliquid - amnesty (ἀμνηρτία): ante actarum (praeteritarum) rerum oblivio or simply oblivio - to be elected at the age required by law (lex Villia annalis): suo (legitimo) anno creari (opp. ante annum) De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45Dizionario Latino, Olivetti [Synonyms] edit - (before, in front of): prae, prō [[Middle English]] [Noun] editante 1.Alternative form of ampte [[Middle French]] [Noun] editante f (plural antes) 1.auntie; aunt [[Norwegian Bokmål]] ipa :/ˈɑːntə/[Anagrams] edit - etan, nate, tane [Verb] editante 1.simple past of ane 2.past participle definite singular of ane 3.past participle plural of ane [[Old French]] [Noun] editante f 1.nominative singular of antain [[Pali]] [Alternative forms] editAlternative scripts - 𑀅ဦ၆ဢ၂ (Brahmi script) - अन्ते (Devanagari script) - অন্তে (Bengali script) - අන‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script) - အန္တေ or ဢၼ္တေ or ဢၼ်တေ (Burmese script) - อนฺเต or อันเต (Thai script) - ᩋᨶ᩠ᨲᩮ (Tai Tham script) - ອນ຺ເຕ or ອັນເຕ (Lao script) - អន្តេ (Khmer script) [Noun] editante 1.inflection of anta (“end”): 1.locative singular 2.accusative plurallocative singular of anta (“intestine”) [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/[Adverb] editante (not comparable) 1.Obsolete form of antes. [Preposition] editante 1.before (in front of in space) 2.in front of (at or near the front part of) 3.in front of (in the presence of someone) [Synonyms] edit - (in front of): em frente a, na frente de, diante de [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈante/[Etymology 1] editFrom Latin ante. [Etymology 2] editFrom Andalusian Arabic لمط‎ (lámṭ). [Further reading] edit - “ante” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [[Swedish]] [Anagrams] edit - Aten, enat, etan [Verb] editante 1.(colloquial, dialectal) past tense of ana 0 0 2018/06/26 14:51 2021/09/01 11:31 TaN
34378 sterling [[English]] ipa :/ˈstɜː(ɹ).lɪŋ/[Adjective] editsterling (comparative more sterling, superlative most sterling) 1.(not comparable) of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage. 2.(not comparable) of, relating to, or made from sterling silver. 3.Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative. 4.1896, A. E. Housman, “Terence, this is stupid stuff”, in A Shropshire Lad: Then the world seemed none so bad / And I myself a sterling lad 5.2014 December 13, Mandeep Sanghera, “Burnley 1-0 Southampton”, in BBC Sport‎[2]: Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season. 6.Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence. 7.2016 January 31, "Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016): But Rodríguez says, “Neither the law nor the facts support Senator Grassley’s baseless allegations and extrapolated conclusions. It is disappointing that the senator and his staff continue to focus a politically motivated campaign on Ms. Abedin, who has been known her entire professional life for hard work, integrity, and her sterling reputation. It is people like Ms. Abedin whom we should all want in public service.” [Anagrams] edit - Giltners, Tinglers, glistren, ringlets, tinglers, tringles [Etymology] editFrom Middle English sterling, sterlinge, sterlynge, starling, of uncertain origin. Possibly from sterling (“starling”) (the bird), which at one time was engraved on one quarter of the coin; or perhaps from Middle English sterre (“star”) + -ling (as in shilling), as some Norman coins presumably featured stars on them.For the UK currency gloss, the term is a contraction of esterling, referring to eastern merchants from Baltic towns who established a bullion weight standard for transactions.(Taylor and Palmer, 1968) [Noun] editsterling (countable and uncountable, plural sterlings) 1.The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound. 2.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in Who Stole the Black Diamonds ?‎[1]: “… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted. […]” 3.Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925. 4.1793, Stephen Martin Leake, An Historical Account of English Money from the Conquest to the Present Time Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign. 5.Sterling silver, or articles made from this material. 6.A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling. [References] edit - Taylor, Isaac; Palmer, Abram Smythe (1968). Words and places; or, Etymological illustrations of history, ethnology, and geography. University of Michigan. Detroit, Gale Research Co. 0 0 2021/09/01 12:32 TaN
34379 Sterling [[English]] ipa :/ˈstɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ/[Anagrams] edit - Giltners, Tinglers, glistren, ringlets, tinglers, tringles [Proper noun] editSterling 1.A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling. 2.An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling. 3.A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 4.A city, the county seat of Logan County, Colorado, United States. 5.A census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. 0 0 2021/09/01 12:32 TaN
34382 formulate [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mjʊleɪt/[Etymology] editFrom formula +‎ -ate [Verb] editformulate (third-person singular simple present formulates, present participle formulating, simple past and past participle formulated) 1.(transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression. 2.Template:qfquotek 3.1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 19: Another source of evidence supporting the conclusion that children learn language by formulating a set of rules comes from the errors that they produce. A case in point are overgeneralized past tense forms like comed, goed, seed, buyed, bringed, etc. frequently used by young children. [...] [[Esperanto]] [Adverb] editformulate 1.present adverbial passive participle of formuli [[Italian]] [Verb] editformulate 1.inflection of formulare: 1.second-person plural present indicative 2.second-person plural imperativefeminine plural of formulato 0 0 2013/04/08 14:24 2021/09/01 12:35

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