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35508 run rampant [[English]] [Verb] editrun rampant (third-person singular simple present runs rampant, present participle running rampant, simple past ran rampant, past participle run rampant) 1.(idiomatic) To go unchecked or without control; to be wild or excessive. The weeds have long run rampant in the garden and it would be difficult to regain control. 2.2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, page 87: Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat. 0 0 2021/09/18 09:08 TaN
35509 rampant [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹæm.pənt/[Adjective] editrampant (comparative more rampant, superlative most rampant) 1.(originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended. The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement. 2.(heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile. 3.1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado ‘I forget your coat of arms.’ ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’ 4.1892, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved little pieces of moustache on his upper lip, like a pair of minnows rampant 5.(architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane. 6.Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner. Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden. 7.2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, page 87: Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat. 8.2013, Phil McNulty, "Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013: In contrast to the despair of his opposite number, it was a day of delight for new City boss Manuel Pellegrini as he watched the rampant Blues make a powerful statement about their Premier League ambitions. 9. 10. Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly. There was rampant corruption in the city. [Adverb] editrampant (comparative more rampant, superlative most rampant) 1.(informal, nonstandard) Rampantly. Things seem to be running rampant around here lately. [Alternative forms] edit - rampaunt (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - man-trap, mantrap [Etymology] editFrom Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing, shoot up, sprout, sty, ascend”), from Old French ramper (“to creep, climb”) (see below), equivalent to ramp +‎ -and or ramp +‎ -ant. Recorded since 1382, "standing on the hind legs" (as in heraldry), later, "fierce, ravenous" (1387). Compare Scots rampand (“rampant”).Alternatively from Middle English *rampant (not found), from Old French rampant, the present participle of ramper (“to creep, climb”), equivalent to ramp +‎ -ant. Old French ramper derives from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to hook, grapple, climb”), from *rampa, *hrampa (“hook, claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *hrempaną (“to curve, shrivel, shrink, wrinkle”). More at ramp. [Further reading] edit - rampant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - rampant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - rampant at OneLook Dictionary Search [[French]] ipa :/ʁɑ̃.pɑ̃/[Adjective] editrampant (feminine singular rampante, masculine plural rampants, feminine plural rampantes) 1.(heraldry) rampant 2.(architecture) tilted 3.humbly inclined 4.(botany) extending over the ground rather than climbing upward 5.(literature) base; common 6.(military) stranded on the ground as opposed to flying staff [Further reading] edit - “rampant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Verb] editrampant 1.present participle of ramper [[Old French]] [Adjective] editrampant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rampant or rampante) 1.(heraldry) rampant [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editrampant m or n (feminine singular rampantă, masculine plural rampanți, feminine and neuter plural rampante) 1.rampant [Etymology] editFrom French rampant. 0 0 2021/09/18 09:08 TaN
35510 run on [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - unorn [Verb] editrun on (third-person singular simple present runs on, present participle running on, simple past ran on, past participle run on) 1.(idiomatic) To continue without interruption We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time. 2.Using a certain time zone. I was still running on daylight savings time. 3.2016 April 9, Bill de Blasio, "Shamilton" at the Inner Circle Dinner: Sorry, Hillary. I was running on CP time. 4.(idiomatic) To continue talking for a long time. She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways. 5.To operate with a particular energy source. This car runs on bio-alcohol. 6.To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank. 7.2009, Heidi Mandanis Schooner, Michael W. Taylor, Global Bank Regulation: Principles and Policies (page 27) Accordingly, depositors may run on a bank upon the receipt of adverse economic news that induces them to revise their assessment of a bank's soundness. 8.(printing, historical) To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph. 9.(transitive, dated) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on. 0 0 2012/07/04 05:02 2021/09/18 09:08
35511 run-on [[English]] [Adjective] editrun-on (not comparable) 1.Continuing on where a rhetorical pause would be more appropriate. 2.Placed or coming at the end of something, such as at the end of a dictionary entry. Most dictionaries cover most adverbs with only run-on entries. [Anagrams] edit - unorn [Noun] editrun-on (plural run-ons) 1.(soccer, rugby, etc.) An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities. 2.A run-on sentence. 3.Anything that runs on, such as a run-on entry in a dictionary. 4.(machining) The period when a power saw or other tool continues to run after being powered off. 0 0 2012/07/04 05:02 2021/09/18 09:08
35513 and all [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - an all - Uncle Tom Cobley and all [Phrase] editand all 1.(idiomatic) Including every object, attribute, or process associated with preceding item or series of items. He ate the whole fish, bones and all. 2.1995 August 21, “Pros and Cons of the Balanced Budget Amendment”, in Ind_Limbaugh: Now proper French tradition requires that when you eat the ortolan, you drape a napkin over your head and consume the bird in one bite, beak, bones and all. 3.1998 May 15, Barry Bearak, “Hailing Danger; Behind the Wheel: Long Hours and Hard Feelings”, in New York Times: The facts of the accident, however, are too ambiguous to reek of malice or recklessness. And the drivers involved, flaws and all, are hardly demons. 4.2008 September 16, Ken Hoffman, “An oak tree is no longer mighty”, in Houston Chronicle, page STAR 1: We had six large trees ripped from the ground, roots and all. A firefighter told me that the wind hit 110 mph in West U. 5.(idiomatic, informal) Used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated. What with you saying he was sick and all, I figured neither of you were coming. 6.(Northern England, Scotland) Used to add emphasis. He starts yelling and we come running to help, but a fat load of thanks we get and all! 7.(Britain, informal) As well; in addition. I'll have some of the red ones, some green ones, and them yellow ones and all. 0 0 2020/10/06 08:04 2021/09/18 09:09 TaN
35518 policymaker [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - policy maker [Etymology] editpolicy +‎ maker [Noun] editpolicymaker (plural policymakers) 1.One involved in the formulation of policies, especially politicians, lobbyists, and activists. 0 0 2021/09/18 12:27 TaN
35521 level playing field [[English]] [Noun] editlevel playing field (plural level playing fields) 1.A situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side. 0 0 2021/08/13 18:08 2021/09/18 12:28 TaN
35522 A level [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - A-level [Anagrams] edit - Vallee [Etymology] editShort for advanced level. [Noun] editA level (plural A levels) 1.A non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in British high schools; the qualification obtained by passing such an exam I took my A-levels last year. Applicants must have at least one A level. 2.(Internet, prostitution, euphemistic) anal sex. 0 0 2021/09/18 12:28 TaN
35523 level with [[English]] [Verb] editlevel with (third-person singular simple present levels with, present participle leveling with or levelling with, simple past and past participle leveled with or levelled with) 1.(idiomatic) to be frank or particularly honest and clear with someone. 0 0 2021/09/18 12:28 TaN
35525 come out [[English]] ipa :/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/[Anagrams] edit - outcome [Verb] editcome out (third-person singular simple present comes out, present participle coming out, simple past came out, past participle come out) 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ out. The mouse came out of the hole. 2.To be discovered, be revealed. It finally came out that he had been lying all the time. 3.To be published, be issued. My new book comes out next week. 4.(old-fashioned or historical) (as a debutante) To make a formal debut in society. 5.(copulative) To end up or result. There were a lot of problems at the start, but it all came out well in the end. 6.(cricket, of a batsman) To walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings. 7.(idiomatic, informal) To come out of the closet. He came out to his parents as gay last week. 8.2011, Allan Bérubé, My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History I had not come out yet and he was out but wasn't; quite ungay, I would say, and yet gay. 9.August 24 2021, Shon Faye, “‘I feel like it’s quite shaky acceptance’: trans kids and the fight for inclusion”, in The Guardian: In March 2017, a 90-year-old second world war veteran called Patricia Davies came out as a transgender woman and began taking hormones, shortly after discussing her lifelong gender dysphoria with her doctor. 10.To be deducted from. That comes out of my paycheck. 11.To express one's opinion openly. You had come out in favor of the French Revolution. 12.(of the sun, moon or stars) To become visible in the sky as a result of clouds clearing away. It's quite warm now the sun's come out. 13.To go on strike, especially out of solidarity with other workers. We got the folks at the Detroit plant to come out too. 14.To make a debut in a new field. Spirit-rapping made easy; or, how to come out as a medium. 0 0 2021/09/18 12:31 TaN
35526 come out in [[English]] [Verb] editcome out in (third-person singular simple present comes out in, present participle coming out in, simple past came out in, past participle come out in) 1.(transitive) to be afflicted by (a visible disruption of the body) He's come out in spots. 0 0 2021/09/18 12:31 TaN
35528 fertile [[English]] ipa :/ˈfɜːtaɪl/[Adjective] editfertile (comparative more fertile, superlative most fertile) 1.(of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive 2.(biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful Most women at the age of fifty are not fertile. 3.(biology) capable of developing past the egg stage 4.(physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor. There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232. 5.(of an imagination etc) productive or prolific [Anagrams] edit - firelet [Antonyms] edit - barren - infertile [Etymology] editMiddle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“I bear, carry”). [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:productive [[French]] [Adjective] editfertile (plural fertiles) 1.fertile [Anagrams] edit - flétrie - flirtée [Etymology] editFrom Latin fertilem [Further reading] edit - “fertile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈfɛr.ti.le/[Adjective] editfertile (plural fertili) 1.fertile Antonym: infertile [Etymology] editFrom Latin fertilis, fertilem. [Further reading] edit - fertile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana [[Latin]] [Adjective] editfertile 1.nominative neuter singular of fertilis 2.accusative neuter singular of fertilis 3.vocative neuter singular of fertilis 0 0 2009/07/08 15:47 2021/09/18 12:44 TaN
35529 grassland [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom grass +‎ land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”). [Noun] editgrassland (countable and uncountable, plural grasslands) 1.An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation. [References] edit - grassland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [See also] edit - ing - lea - llano - meadow - outback - pampa - paramo - prairie - savanna - steppe - veld 0 0 2021/09/18 12:44 TaN
35532 onboard [[English]] ipa :/ɑnˈbɔɹd/[Adjective] editonboard (not comparable) 1.Carried or used on or in a vehicle or vessel 2.(by extension, figuratively) Being a part of, being included in, participating in When it comes to security, everybody seems to be as onboard as I am. James is onboard as a production manager. [Adverb] editonboard (not comparable) 1.On or in a vehicle or vessel; aboard; on board. [Alternative forms] edit - on-board [Anagrams] edit - Boronda, bradoon [Antonyms] edit - offboard [Etymology] editFrom on board, equivalent to on- +‎ board. [Verb] editonboard (third-person singular simple present onboards, present participle onboarding, simple past and past participle onboarded) 1.(figuratively) To become a part of a group; to incorporate (someone) into a group. 2.(figuratively) To begin to use a product or service; to take (someone) on as a new customer of a product or service. 0 0 2021/06/19 08:05 2021/09/18 12:45 TaN
35534 mandarin [[English]] ipa :/ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/[Anagrams] edit - Mirandan [Etymology 1] editFrom Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, and its source, Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).Chinese folk etymology sometimes erroneously claims that the word originates from 滿大人 (Mǎndàrén, literally “Manchu important man”). [Etymology 2] editFrom French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume. [[Crimean Tatar]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Spanish mandarín. [Noun] editmandarin 1.mandarin (fruit) [References] edit - Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN [[Danish]] [Etymology] editFrom Portuguese mandarim. [Noun] editmandarin c (singular definite mandarinen, plural indefinite mandariner) 1.mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat) 2.mandarin orange, mandarin (a small, sweet citrus fruit)editmandarin n 1.Mandarin [References] edit - “mandarin” in Den Danske Ordbog [[Faroese]] [Etymology] editFrom Danish mandarin, from Dutch mandorijn or Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi मन्त्रि (mantri), from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”). [Noun] editmandarin f (genitive singular mandarinar, plural mandarinir) 1.mandarin orange, mandarin (a small, sweet citrus fruit)editmandarin n (genitive singular mandarins) 1.Mandarin [See also] edit - mandarinur [[French]] [Adjective] editmandarin (feminine singular mandarine, masculine plural mandarins, feminine plural mandarines) 1.mandarin (of the former Chinese empire) [Further reading] edit - “mandarin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editmandarin m (uncountable) 1.Mandarin (language) [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ˈmɒndɒrin][Etymology 1] editAn internationalism mainly via German, originally from Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri.[1] [Etymology 2] editAn internationalism mainly via German, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume. [Further reading] edit - (Chinese government bureaucrat): mandarin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN - (mandarin orange): mandarin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN [References] edit 1. ^ mandarin in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.) [[Indonesian]] ipa :[manˈdarɪn][Etymology 1] editFrom Portuguese mandarim (“mandarin”), from Malay menteri (“minister”), from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī, “minister”). Doublet of mantri and menteri. [Etymology 2] editFrom English mandarin (“mandarin orange”), from French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume. [Further reading] edit - “mandarin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), Malay menteri, manteri, and Portuguese mandarim. [Noun] editmandarin m (definite singular mandarinen, indefinite plural mandariner, definite plural mandarinene) 1.(uncountable) Mandarin (official language in China) 2.a mandarin ((formerly) a Chinese official; (now) a bureaucrat) 3.(fruit) a mandarin or mandarin orange [References] edit - “mandarin” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), Malay menteri, manteri, and Portuguese mandarim. [Noun] editmandarin m (definite singular mandarinen, indefinite plural mandarinar, definite plural mandarinane) 1.(uncountable) Mandarin (official language in China) 2.a mandarin ((formerly) a Chinese official; (now) a bureaucrat) 3.(fruit) a mandarin or mandarin orange [References] edit - “mandarin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French mandarin. [Noun] editmandarin m (plural mandarini) 1.mandarin [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/mandǎriːn/[Noun] editmandàrīn m (Cyrillic spelling манда̀рӣн) 1.mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat) [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editFrom Portuguese mandarim. [Noun] editmandarin c or n 1.(common) mandarin orange 2.(common, historical) mandarin; a high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire. 3.(uncountable, neuter) Mandarin 0 0 2021/09/18 12:47 TaN
35537 respondents [[English]] [Noun] editrespondents 1.plural of respondent 0 0 2009/01/10 18:01 2021/09/18 12:59 TaN
35538 respondent [[English]] [Adjective] editrespondent (comparative more respondent, superlative most respondent) 1.Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. 2.1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates wealth […] respondent […] to payment and contributions [Noun] editrespondent (plural respondents) 1.One who responds; one who replies. 2.(law) A defendant, especially in a case instituted by a petition or in appellate and divorce proceedings. 3.A person replying to a questionnaire. [[Crimean Tatar]] [Noun] editrespondent 1.respondent (in sense: the person who participates in research involving questionnaires). [References] edit - Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN [[Czech]] [Further reading] edit - respondent in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu - respondent in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Noun] editrespondent m 1.respondent (one who responds to questions or questionnaire as part of research) Synonyms: dotazovaný, dotázaný [[Danish]] [Noun] editrespondent 1.respondent (one who replies to a questionnaire) [Synonyms] edit - svarperson [[Latin]] [Verb] editrespondent 1.third-person plural present active indicative of respondeō 0 0 2009/01/10 18:01 2021/09/18 12:59 TaN
35539 allegiance [[English]] ipa :/əˈliː.dʒəns/[Alternative forms] edit - allegiaunce (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English aliegiaunce, from Anglo-Norman alegaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), variant of Old French ligeance, from lige (“vassal, liegeman”). More at liege. [Noun] editallegiance (countable and uncountable, plural allegiances) 1.Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler. [References] edit - Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933. [Synonyms] edit - fidelity, loyalty, adherence 0 0 2017/10/10 11:37 2021/09/18 12:59
35541 prohibitive [[English]] [Adjective] editprohibitive (comparative more prohibitive, superlative most prohibitive) 1.Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow. Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning. 2.Costly to the extreme; beyond budget. I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now. 3.(Of a contender in a competition): presumptive winner, likely winner. 4.2017 July 23, Olivia Beavers, “GOP consultant:Kid Rock would be prohibitive favorite if he enters Michigan Senate race.”, in The Hill‎[1], 2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., archived from the original on 07/24/2017: “I think there’s no question about that. I think he’s the prohibitive favorite if he gets in,” Dennis Lennox, a Michigan-based Republican political consultant, told Politico. 5.2020, Andrew Yang endorses Joe Biden, and delivers message to Bernie Sanders supporters‎[2], CNN, published 2020, archived from the original on 15 March 2020, 00:00:20 from the start: [B]ut the math says Joe is our prohibitive nominee, we need to bring the party together[.] [Etymology] editprohibit +‎ -ive [Noun] editprohibitive (plural prohibitives) 1.(linguistics) negative imperative [[French]] [Adjective] editprohibitive 1.feminine singular of prohibitif 0 0 2021/09/02 11:03 2021/09/18 13:02 TaN
35543 fiercely [[English]] ipa :/fɪɹsli/[Adverb] editfiercely (comparative fiercelier or more fiercely, superlative fierceliest or most fiercely) 1.In a fierce manner. The wind blew fiercely and the rain fell heavily. 2.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175: They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too. 3.1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World‎[1]: He helped himself to a cigar and leaned back with a fiercely critical pair of eyes, taking note of the effect which this document would produce. 4.extremely; to a large degree 5.2021 May 29, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎[2]: Tuchel made it three out of three against Guardiola by producing a fiercely disciplined, positive Chelsea performance that has brought a season that was shrouded in uncertainty to the most glorious conclusion. fiercely competitive a fiercely loved woman a fiercely proud father fiercely disappointed fiercely loyal [Etymology] editfierce +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/09/18 13:02 TaN
35553 journalism [[English]] ipa :/ˈdʒɜːn(ə)lɪzəm/[Etymology] editFrom French journalisme (beginning of 19th century). [Noun] editjournalism (usually uncountable, plural journalisms) 1.The activity or profession of being a journalist. 2.The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications and broadcast news media, for the purpose of informing the audience. 3.The style of writing characteristic of material in periodical print publications and broadcast news media, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events with an attempt to minimize analysis or interpretation. 0 0 2021/09/18 15:09 TaN
35555 Per [[Breton]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin Petrus. [Inflection] edit  Mutation of Per   [Proper noun] editPer 1.A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Peter. [[Danish]] ipa :/per/[Etymology] editFrom Latin Petrus. First recorded in Denmark ca. 1350. [Proper noun] editPer 1.A male given name from Latin. [References] edit - [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 41 939 males with the given name Per have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011. [[Faroese]] [Proper noun] editPer m 1.A male given name. [[German]] ipa :-eːɐ̯[Alternative forms] edit - Peer [Etymology] editFrom Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Per in the 19th century. [Proper noun] editPer ? (genitive Per) 1.A male given name [[Norwegian]] [Alternative forms] edit - Peer (less common) [Etymology] editFrom Latin Petrus. First recorded in Norway ca. 1440. [Proper noun] editPer 1.A male given name from Latin. [References] edit - Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN - [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 40 795 males with the given name Per living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011. [[Swedish]] ipa :-æːr[Alternative forms] edit - Pär [Anagrams] edit - rep [Etymology] editFrom Latin Petrus. First recorded in Sweden in 1428. [Proper noun] editPer c (genitive Pers) 1.A male given name. [References] edit - Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN - [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 168 066 males with the given Per name living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011. [See also] edit - Percy - Pernilla 0 0 2012/03/03 20:07 2021/09/18 15:12
35557 PER [[Translingual]] [Symbol] editPER 1.The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Peru. [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - EPR, ERP, RPE, Rep, Rep., pre, pre-, rep [Noun] editPER 1.(nutrition) Initialism of protein efficiency ratio. 0 0 2013/04/01 21:45 2021/09/18 15:12
35563 eventual [[English]] ipa :/ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃʊəl/[Adjective] editeventual (not comparable) 1.Finally resulting or occuring (after a period of time); inevitable. 2.Pertaining to events; event-related, evential. 3.(proscribed, non-native speakers' English or European Union) Possible, potential. They both opposed an eventual imposition of anti-dumping measures as they considered that it could lead to a cessation of imports of the product concerned from the PRC79. [Etymology] editFrom event +‎ -ual; compare French éventuel. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including German eventuell, French éventuel, Italian eventuale, Spanish eventual. [[Galician]] [Adjective] editeventual m or f (plural eventuais) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. [[Portuguese]] ipa :/i.vẽ.ˈtwaɫ/[Adjective] editeventual m or f (plural eventuais, comparable) 1.infrequent 2.casual 3.eventual [Etymology] editFrom Latin eventus (Portuguese evento) + -al. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editeventual m or n (feminine singular eventuală, masculine plural eventuali, feminine and neuter plural eventuale) 1.prospective [Etymology] editFrom French éventuel. [[Spanish]] ipa :/ebenˈtwal/[Adjective] editeventual (plural eventuales) 1.potential, possible 2.sporadic 3.temporary (employee, contract) 4.eventual (anglicism, proscribed, mostly Latin America) 0 0 2021/09/11 09:18 2021/09/18 15:45 TaN
35565 two-fold [[English]] [Adjective] edittwo-fold 1.Alternative spelling of twofold 0 0 2021/09/18 16:01 TaN
35567 twofold [[English]] [Adjective] edittwofold (not comparable) 1.Double; duplicate; multiplied by two. The wheat produced a twofold harvest. 2.Having two parts, especially two different parts. a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument 3.1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65. Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […] 4.2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, "Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy "Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold." [Adverb] edittwofold (not comparable) 1.In a double degree; doubly. [Alternative forms] edit - two-fold [Etymology] editFrom Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two +‎ -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig. [References] edit - twofold in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - twofold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [Synonyms] edit - (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold - (having two parts): twin; see also Thesaurus:dualedit - double; see also Thesaurus:twice 0 0 2021/09/18 16:01 2021/09/18 16:01 TaN
35578 regressive [[English]] ipa :-ɛsɪv[Adjective] editregressive (comparative more regressive, superlative most regressive) 1.That tends to return, revert or regress. 2.(of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases. [Antonyms] edit - progressive [Further reading] edit - regressive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - regressive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - regressive at OneLook Dictionary Search [[German]] [Adjective] editregressive 1.inflection of regressiv: 1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular 2.strong nominative/accusative plural 3.weak nominative all-gender singular 4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular [[Italian]] [Adjective] editregressive f pl 1.feminine plural of regressivo 0 0 2021/09/18 16:14 TaN
35581 landline [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - land line [Etymology] editland +‎ line [Noun] editlandline (plural landlines) 1.A fixed telephone communications cable. 2.(by extension) A telephone connected by such a fixed wire, specifically not wireless/mobile. 3.(attributively) That which is connected by such a fixed wire (telephone, internet etc.). [Synonyms] edit - wireline 0 0 2017/09/13 16:47 2021/09/18 16:17 TaN
35585 behemoth [[English]] ipa :/bəˈhi(ː)məθ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English behemoth, bemoth, from Late Latin behemoth, from Hebrew בְּהֵמוֹת‎ (behemót). The Hebrew word is either: - an intensive plural of בְּהֵמָה‎ (behemá, “beast”), from Proto-Semitic (compare Ge'ez ብህመ (bəhmä, “to be dumb, to be speechless”), Arabic ب ه م‎ (b-h-m)), or - less likely, a borrowing of Egyptian (*pꜣ-jḥ-mw, “hippopotamus”, literally “the ox of the water”), from pꜣ (“definite article”) + jḥ (“ox, cattle”) + mw (“water”) in a direct genitive construction; for the pronunciation, cf. the later Coptic descendants ⲡ- (p-) + ⲉϩⲉ (ehe) + ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou). [Further reading] edit - behemoth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editbehemoth (plural behemoths) 1.(biblical) A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15–24. Coordinate term: leviathan 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 40:15–18, column 1: ⸿ Beholde now Behemoth which I made with thee, hee eateth graſſe as an oxe. Loe now, his ſtrength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauell of his belly. Hee moueth his taile like a Cedar: the ſinewes of his ſtones are wrapt together. His bones are as ſtrong pieces of braſſe: his bones are like barres of iron. 3.(by extension) Any great and mighty monster. 4.2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 58: Next she doused the smouldering troll with the contents of the restaurant's fire extinguisher, hoping the icy powder wouldn't revive the sleeping behemoth. 5.(figuratively) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions. Synonyms: colossus, leviathan, mammoth, titan 6.2011 January 18, Lovejoy, Joe, “Cardiff City 0 Stoke City 2”, in Guardian Online‎[1]: The diehards who did turn out were at least rewarded with a first sight of Jon Parkin, the behemoth striker signed from Preston, who scored a stunning goal on his debut at Norwich last weekend. 7.2012, James S. A. Corey, Gods of Risk, →ISBN: The wide access corridors passed slowly, the conduits and pipes like the circulatory system of some vast planetary behemoth. 8.2021 January 4, Parul Koul; Chewy Shaw, “We Built Google. This Is Not the Company We Want to Work For.”, in The New York Times‎[2], ISSN 0362-4331: We are the workers who built Alphabet. We write code, clean offices, serve food, drive buses, test self-driving cars and do everything needed to keep this behemoth running. [See also] edit - leviathan 0 0 2017/02/14 10:51 2021/09/18 16:19 TaN
35586 feasible [[English]] ipa :/ˈfiːzəbəl/[Adjective] editfeasible (comparative more feasible, superlative most feasible) 1.Able to be done in practice. His plan to rid Trafalgar Square of pigeons by bringing in peregrine falcons to eat them was dismissed as not feasible. Synonyms: achievable, doable, possible, practicable, workable Antonyms: infeasible, unfeasible [Anagrams] edit - labefies [Etymology] editFrom Anglo-Norman fesable, from Latin facere, Old French fesable, faisable (“doable”), from fere, faire (“to do”) + -able. 0 0 2009/10/09 10:17 2021/09/18 16:22
35587 stra [[Middle English]] [Noun] editstra 1.Alternative form of straw 0 0 2021/09/18 17:46 TaN
35588 stratify [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom French stratifier. [Verb] editstratify (third-person singular simple present stratifies, present participle stratifying, simple past and past participle stratified) 1.(intransitive) To become separated out into distinct layers or strata. In this cut you can see how the sedimentary rock layers have been clearly stratified. Even without a pronounced social class system, people in a large society tend to stratify. 2.(transitive) To separate out into distinct layers or strata. 0 0 2021/06/19 18:17 2021/09/18 17:46 TaN
35590 ageist [[English]] ipa :/ˈeɪ.dʒɪst/[Adjective] editageist (comparative more ageist, superlative most ageist) 1.Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age. Upon hearing that his employer would soon require yearly physical examinations and vision screening, my father exclaimed that the policy was ageist. Even though she had succeeded in the phone interview, when the ageist employer learned that the candidate was only 18 years old, she became hesitant. [Etymology] editage +‎ -ist [Noun] editageist (plural ageists) 1.A person who behaves in an ageist manner. He didn’t like to think of himself as an ageist, but he had to admit that he hadn’t considered the needs of some of the more elderly participants. [See also] editOther entries of interest - ableist - bigot - bigotry - chauvinism - chauvinist - discrimination - heterosexist - homophobe - homophobic - -ist - racist - sizeist - veganist 0 0 2021/09/19 12:46 TaN
35592 let go [[English]] [Verb] editlet go (third-person singular simple present lets go, present participle letting go, simple past and past participle let go) 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let,‎ go. Please, Mom, can you let me go to her party? We shan’t let our old car go to anyone for less than $15k. 2.(intransitive, with of and transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on. Synonyms: release, unhand, (imperative) leggo 3.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 6, in Mr. Pratt's Patients: He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it. You're hurting him! Let him go! Let go of the phone. 4.To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation. 5.2010, Gary Haymes, Go Beyond Stress: You are supported, so you can just let go and relax. Inhale and slowly exhale. 6.(euphemistic) To dismiss from employment. Synonyms: decruit, dehire, unhire; see also Thesaurus:lay off The secretary didn't work out, so her boss told her she was being let go. 7.2017 October 14, Paul Doyle, “Mauricio Pellegrino yet to find attacking solution for stuttering Southampton”, in the Guardian‎[1]: Puel was let go in June despite leading Southampton to their first major final for 14 years and an eighth-place finish in the Premier League. But apparently his style was too boring and some players and many fans disliked his method, so he had to go – fair enough but look at them now. 8.(euphemistic, transitive) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance. 1.(euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight Wow, dude! You've really let yourself go this time! 0 0 2021/09/19 12:47 TaN
35594 protected [[English]] ipa :/pɹəˈtɛktɪd/[Adjective] editprotected (comparative more protected, superlative most protected) 1.defended 2.(programming, of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general. [Anagrams] edit - deprotect [Antonyms] edit - unprotected [Verb] editprotected 1.simple past tense and past participle of protect 0 0 2021/08/15 10:03 2021/09/19 12:48 TaN
35595 elevated [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛləveɪtɪd/[Adjective] editelevated (comparative more elevated, superlative most elevated) 1.Raised, particularly above ground level. 2.Increased, particularly above a normal level. the elevated language of poetry The patient presented with elevated blood pressure. 3.Of a higher rank or status. 4.(computing) Running with administration rights granted Install all the required tools from an elevated console. 5.(archaic, slang) intoxicated; drunk [Noun] editelevated (plural elevateds) 1.(US) An elevated railway. 2.1934, Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man, New York: Knopf, Chapter 16,[1] Mr. Nunheim’s home was on the fourth floor of a dark, damp, and smelly building made noisy by the Sixth Avenue elevated. 3.2012, Roger P. Roess, Gene Sansone, The Wheels That Drove New York While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable. [Verb] editelevated 1.simple past tense and past participle of elevate 0 0 2021/09/19 12:49 TaN
35596 elevate [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛləveɪt/[Adjective] editelevate (comparative more elevate, superlative most elevate) 1.(obsolete) Elevated; raised aloft. 2.1548, Edward Hall, The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke, London: Richard Grafton, Henry VII, year 6,[21] The sayde crosse was .iii. tymes deuoutly eleuate, and at euery exaltacion, ye Moores beyng within the cytie, roared, howled and cryed, 3.1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 2, lines 567-578,[22] Others apart sat on a Hill retir’d, In thoughts more elevate, [Etymology] editFrom Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare (“to raise, lift up”), from e (“out”) + levare (“to make light, to lift”), from levis (“light”); see levity and lever. [Verb] editelevate (third-person singular simple present elevates, present participle elevating, simple past and past participle elevated) 1.(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position. Synonyms: lift, raise Antonyms: drop, lower The doctor told me elevating my legs would help reduce the swelling. 2.1534, William Marshall and George Joye, A Prymer in Englyshe, London: William Marshall,[1] The Grace or Blessynge of the table to be sayed of chyldren standynge before it, thyr handes eleuated and ioyned to gyder 3.c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act V, Scene 2,[2] She had one eye declined for the loss of her husband, another elevated that the oracle was fulfilled: 4.1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 25, 12 June, 1750, Volume 1, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, p. 216,[3] We know that a few strokes of the axe will lop a cedar; but what arts of cultivation can elevate a shrub? 5.1896, Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin, Part 2, Chapter 5, p. 138,[4] Abdulla expressed his surprise by elevating his eyebrows. 6.(transitive) To promote (someone) to a higher rank. Synonyms: exalt, promote Antonym: demote 7.1682, Aphra Behn, The Roundheads or, The Good Old Cause, London: D. Brown et al., Act I, Scene 1, p. 6,[5] Hard Fate of Greatness, We so highly Elevated Are more expos’d to Censure than the little ones, 8.1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, London: J. Johnson, Part 1, Chapter 1, p. 24,[6] Nothing can set the regal character in a more contemptible point of view, than the various crimes that have elevated men to the supreme dignity. 9.1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, New York: Dell, Chapter 29, p. 334,[7] […] that’s the way things go when you elevate mediocre people to positions of authority. 10.2014, A. D. Wright, The Early Modern Papacy Much has also been made recently of the distorting effects exerted on the administration of Urban VIII by the interests of the Barberini nephews, especially of the two elevated to cardinal status. 11.2014, Guy W. Lecky-Thompson, Inside SharePoint 2007 Administration (page 55) At that point, you have to elevate the account's rights, activate the feature, and then demote the account again. 12.(transitive) To confer honor or nobility on (someone). Synonyms: ennoble, exalt, honor The traditional worldview elevates man as the pinnacle of creation. 13.1591, Edmund Spenser, “Virgils Gnat” in Complaints, London: William Ponsonbie,[8] That none, whom fortune freely doth aduaunce, Himselfe therefore to heauen should eleuate: For loftie type of honour through the glaunce Of enuies dart, is downe in dust prostrate; 14.(transitive) To make (something or someone) more worthy or of greater value. A talented chef can elevate everyday ingredients into gourmet delights. 15.1682, John Dryden, The Medal, Edinburgh, “Epistle to the Whigs,”[9] […] if you encourage a young Beginner, who knows but he may elevate his stile a little, 16.1768, William Gilpin, An Essay upon Prints, London: J. Robson, Chapter 1, p. 33,[10] He is the true artist, who copies nature; but, where he finds her mean, elevates her from his own ideas of beauty. 17.1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Volume 2, Chapter 4, p. 60,[11] You can’t think how it elevates him in my opinion, to know for certain that he’s really conscientious! 18.(transitive) To direct (the mind, thoughts, etc.) toward more worthy things. 19.1665, Robert Boyle, Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects, London: Henry Herringman, Section 4, Chapter 4, pp. 73-74,[12] […] the devout Christian improves the Blessings he receives of this inferiour World, to elevate his mind above it: 20.1999, Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love, New York: Anchor Books, 2000, Chapter 18,[13] On the whole I would regard serious art as a means to elevate the emotions and educate the spirit […] 21.(transitive) To increase the intensity or degree of (something). Synonyms: increase, raise Antonyms: decrease, diminish, lower, reduce Some drugs have the side effect of elevating your blood sugar level. 1.(dated) To increase the loudness of (a sound, especially one's voice). 2.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A. Millar, Volume 5, Book 14, Chapter 10, p. 191,[14] […] the Uncle had more than once elevated his Voice, so as to be heard down Stairs; 3.1904, Jack London, chapter 3, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, OCLC 169815, page 20: “We’ll see to that,” Wolf Larsen answered, and elevated his voice in a call of “Cooky!”(transitive, obsolete) To lift the spirits of (someone) Synonyms: cheer up, elate Antonyms: depress, sadden - 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 8, lines 633-634,[15] […] Hope elevates, and joy Bright’ns his Crest, - 1759, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, Part 1, Section 2, Chapter 1, p. 20,[16] It gives us the spleen […] to see another too happy or too much elevated, as we call it, with any little piece of good fortune.(dated, colloquial, humorous) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to make (someone) tipsy. - 1755, George Colman and Bonnell Thornton, The Connoisseur, No. 91, 23 October, 1755, Volume 2, London: R. Baldwin, 1756, p. 557,[17] Steele entertained them till he was tipsy; when the same wine that stupified him, only served to elevate Addison, who took up the ball just as Steele dropt it, and kept it up for the rest of the evening. - 1791, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, Volume 2, 1778,[18] [Johnson,] from drinking only water, supposed every body who drank wine to be elevated - 1822, Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak, Edinburgh: Archibald, Constable, Volume 1, Chapter 3, p. 92,[19] […] the elevated Cavaliers […] sent to Roger Raine of the Peveril Arms […] for two tubs of merry stingo(obsolete, Latinism) To attempt to make (something) seem less important, remarkable, etc. Synonyms: lessen, detract, disparage - 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, London: Richard Royston, Volume 1, Chapter 4, Rule 2, p. 126,[20] […] the Arabian Physicians […] endevour to elevate and lessen the thing [i.e. belief in the virgin birth of Jesus], by saying, It is not wholly beyond the force of nature, that a Virgin should conceive […] [[Italian]] [Verb] editelevate 1.inflection of elevare: 1.second-person plural present indicative 2.second-person plural imperativefeminine plural of elevato [[Latin]] [Verb] editēlevāte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of ēlevō 0 0 2021/09/19 12:49 TaN
35598 in the middle of [[English]] [Preposition] editin the middle of 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in,‎ middle,‎ of. 2.(often followed by the -ing form of a verb) Engaged in, but not finished with, often with something unpleasant. I found him in the middle of a custody battle with his first wife. He is still in the middle of a complex installation. [References] edit - in the middle of at OneLook Dictionary Search [Synonyms] edit - in the process of, in the midst of, busy 0 0 2021/08/12 18:07 2021/09/19 12:50 TaN
35599 resident [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹɛzɪd(ə)nt/[Adjective] editresident (comparative more resident, superlative most resident) 1.Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate. resident in the city or in the country 2.Based in a particular place; on hand; local. He is our resident computer expert. 3.(obsolete) Fixed; stable; certain. 4.1651, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-sermons for the winter half-year stable and resident like a rock 5.1651, William Davenant, Gondibert one there still resident as day and night 6.(computing, of memory) Currently loaded into RAM; contrasted with virtual memory. [Anagrams] edit - Dniester, Neiderts, desertin', disenter, indesert, inserted, nerdiest, sentried, sintered, tendries, trendies [Etymology] editFrom Middle English resident, from Anglo-Norman resident, from Latin residēns, present participle of resideō (“to remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“I sit”). Doublet of resiant. [Further reading] edit - resident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - resident in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - resident at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editresident (plural residents) 1.A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area. 2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698: Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda. The tiger lily is a resident of Asia. 3.A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year. 4.A physician receiving specialized medical training. She's a resident in neurosurgery at Mass General. 5.A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador. 6.(law) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency. 7.(espionage) Alternative form of rezident [[Catalan]] ipa :/rə.ziˈdent/[Etymology] editFrom Latin residēns. [Further reading] edit - “resident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “resident” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “resident” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “resident” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [Noun] editresident m or f (plural residents) 1.resident [[Ladin]] [Noun] editresident m (plural residenc) 1.resident [[Latin]] [Verb] editresident 1.third-person plural present active indicative of resideō [[Old French]] [Adjective] editresident m (oblique and nominative feminine singular resident or residente) 1.resident; residing [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin residentem, accusative singular of residēns, from the verb resideō. [References] edit - - resident on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub 0 0 2021/09/19 12:50 TaN
35600 resident alien [[English]] [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:resident alienWikipedia resident alien (plural resident aliens) 1.(US, law) A person born outside the United States who has legally established temporary or permanent residence in the United States, but has not become a United States citizen. 0 0 2021/09/19 12:50 TaN
35601 Alien [[Finnish]] [Anagrams] edit - Elina, Laine, alein, aleni, aneli, laein, laine, liean [Proper noun] editAlien 1.genitive plural of Ali [[German]] ipa :/ˈɛɪ̯.liː.(ə)n/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English alien. [Further reading] edit - “Alien” in Duden online [Noun] editAlien n or m (genitive Aliens, plural Aliens) 1.alien, extraterrestrial Synonym: Außerirdischer 0 0 2021/09/19 12:50 TaN
35602 alien [[English]] ipa :/ˈeɪ.li.ən/[Adjective] editalien (comparative more alien, superlative most alien) 1.Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign. alien subjects, enemies, property, or shores 2.Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed. principles alien to our religion 3.1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude An alien sound of melancholy. 4.Pertaining to extraterrestrial life. [Alternative forms] edit - alyaunte (15th-16th centuries) [Anagrams] edit - A-line, Aline, Elain, Elian, Elina, Nelia, aline, anile, elain, laine, liane, linea [Etymology] editFrom Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else, later exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Related to English else. [Noun] editalien (plural aliens) 1.Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin. 2.A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration. 3.A foreigner residing in a country. 4.1773, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, fifth edition, page 372: An alien born may purchase lands, or other estates: but not for his own use; for the king is thereupon entitled to them. 5.1831, John Marshall, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, U.S. Government: The counsel have shown conclusively that they are not a state of the union, and have insisted that individually they are aliens, not owing allegiance to the United States. 6.1987, “Englishman in New York”, in …Nothing Like the Sun, performed by Sting: I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York 7.2004, Wesley Campbell, Stephen Court, Be a hero: the battle for mercy and social justice, Destiny Image Publishers, page 74: Aliens are aliens because of persecution or war or hardship or famine. 8.One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged. 9.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ephesians 2:12, column 2: […] aliens from the common wealth of Iſrael […] [Synonyms] edit - (person, etc. from outside): fremd (rare, chiefly dialectal), guest, stranger - (foreigner): outlander; see also Thesaurus:foreigner - (life form of extraterrestrial origin): See also Thesaurus:extraterrestrialedit - allotrious [Verb] editalien (third-person singular simple present aliens, present participle aliening, simple past and past participle aliened) 1. 2. (transitive) To estrange; to alienate. 3.(law) To transfer the ownership of something. [[Catalan]] ipa :/əˈli.ən/[Verb] editalien 1.third-person plural present indicative form of aliar [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈeː.li.ən/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English alien (“stranger, foreigner”), from Middle English alien, from Old French alien, from Latin aliēnus. [Noun] editalien m (plural aliens) 1.An alien, an extraterrestrial. Synonym: ruimtewezen [[French]] ipa :/a.ljɛn/[Noun] editalien m (plural aliens) 1.alien (extraterrestrial) [[Middle English]] ipa :/aːliˈɛːn/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus. Some forms (chiefly nominal) show assimilation to the suffix -ant. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old French alier. [[Old French]] [Adjective] editalien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aliene) 1.alien; foreign; non-native 2.11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis, BNF manuscript 19525 alienes terres foreign lands [Descendants] edit - → Middle English: alien, alyon, alean, alyen, aliand, aliaund, aliant, alyant - English: alien - - Scots: alien - , awlien [Etymology] editFrom Latin aliēnus. [Noun] editalien m (oblique plural aliens, nominative singular aliens, nominative plural alien) 1.alien (a non-native) [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ˈa.li.ẽj̃/[Etymology] editFrom English alien (“extraterrestrial life form”), from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“foreign”), from alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Doublet of alheio. [Noun] editalien m (plural aliens) 1.alien; extraterrestrial life form Synonyms: alienígena, ET, extraterrestre 0 0 2012/04/01 22:11 2021/09/19 12:50
35603 ageism [[English]] ipa :/ˈeɪdʒ.ɪzm̩/[Anagrams] edit - Giemsa, Megias, gamies, images [Etymology] editage +‎ -ism. Coined in 1969 by Robert Neil Butler. [Noun] editageism (countable and uncountable, plural ageisms) 1.The treating of a person or people, especially youth or seniors, differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age. [References] edit - Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “ageism”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [See also] edit - ableism - bigotry - chauvinism - discrimination - heterosexism - homophobia - racism - sexism 0 0 2009/04/27 18:21 2021/09/19 12:51 TaN
35606 compensatory [[English]] ipa :/ˌkɒm.pɛn.ˈseɪ.tə.ɹi/[Adjective] editcompensatory (not comparable) 1.(of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury 1.Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something 2.(genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation [Anagrams] edit - company store, company-store [Etymology] editBorrowed from French compensatoire. Synchronically analysable as compensate +‎ -ory. 0 0 2021/08/05 08:23 2021/09/19 12:52 TaN
35607 punitive [[English]] ipa :/pjunɪtɪv/[Adjective] editpunitive (comparative more punitive, superlative most punitive) 1.(law, military) inflicting punishment, punishing Washington imposed punitive sanctions on Syria. The jury awarded $10,000 in punitive damages. [Etymology] editFrom Middle French punitif, from Medieval Latin punitivus, from pūniō (“I punish”). [[French]] ipa :/py.ni.tiv/[Adjective] editpunitive 1.feminine singular of punitif [[German]] [Adjective] editpunitive 1.inflection of punitiv: 1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular 2.strong nominative/accusative plural 3.weak nominative all-gender singular 4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular [[Italian]] ipa :/pu.niˈti.ve/[Adjective] editpunitive 1.feminine plural of punitivo [Anagrams] edit - punitevi 0 0 2009/10/23 10:19 2021/09/19 12:52 TaN
35608 whistleblower [[English]] [Noun] editwhistleblower (plural whistleblowers) 1.Alternative form of whistle-blower [[Danish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English whistle-blower. [Noun] editwhistleblower 1.whistle-blower ((former) public employee who informs the general populace about breaches of law) 2.2016, Bastian Obermayer, Frederik Obermaier, Panama Papers: Historien om en verdensomspændende afsløring, Politikens Forlag (→ISBN) ... whistleblowere og aktivister i USA og Europa har fået ødelagt deres liv ... ... whistle-blowers and activists in USA and Europe have had their lives destroyed ... 3.2013, Charlotte Langkilde, Bedraget – Sagen om Nordisk Fjer, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN) Jeg har stillet mange whistleblowere spørgsmålet, om det var det hele værd. I have asked many whistle-blowers whether it was worth it all. 4.2014, Glenn Greenwald (tr. by Niels Ivar Larsen), Overvåget, Informations Forlag (→ISBN) Obamaregeringen, som har stået for flere retssager mod whistleblowere, end alle hans[sic, meaning dens] forgængere til sammen, ... The Obama administration, which has been responsible for more trials against whistle-blowers than all his[sic, meaning its] predecessors taken together, ... 0 0 2021/09/19 12:54 TaN
35609 whistle-blower [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - whistleblower, whistle blower [Etymology] editwhistle +‎ blower, referring to a police officer blowing their whistle on observing a violation of the law. [Further reading] edit - whistleblower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editwhistle-blower (plural whistle-blowers) 1.One who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; especially, an employee or former employee who reports a violation by an employer. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:informant We owe it to a small group of brave whistle-blowers that we know about the infractions at all. 2.2012, Frederick D. Lipman, Whistleblowers, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, →ISBN, page 60: Usually the whistleblower is not fired outright. The organization's goal is to disconnect the act of whistleblowing from the act of retaliation, which is why so much legislation to protect whistleblowers is practically irrelevant. The usual practice is to demoralize and humiliate the whistleblower, putting him or her under so much psychological stress that it becomes difficult to do a good job. 3.2020 September 14, Ben Smith, “The Intercept Promised to Reveal Everything”, in The New York Times‎[1], ISSN 0362-4331: The huge breach of the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance program in June 2013 was one of the proudest moments in modern journalism, and one of the purest: A brave and disgusted whistle-blower, Edward Snowden, revealed the government’s extensive surveillance of American and foreign citizens. [See also] edit - blow the whistle - tattletale 0 0 2021/09/19 12:54 TaN
35610 lamented [[English]] [Adjective] editlamented (comparative more lamented, superlative most lamented) 1.mourned for, or grieved for [Anagrams] edit - manteled [Derived terms] edit - late lamented - unlamented [Verb] editlamented 1.simple past tense and past participle of lament 0 0 2021/06/24 09:37 2021/09/19 12:54 TaN
35611 lament [[English]] ipa :/ləˈmɛnt/[Anagrams] edit - Mantle, manlet, mantel, mantle, mental [Etymology] editFrom French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmenta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare. [Further reading] edit - lament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - lament in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Noun] editlament (plural laments) 1.An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. 2.A song expressing grief. [Related terms] edit - lamentability - lamentable - lamentation - Lamentations - lamenting  [Synonyms] edit - bewail [Verb] editlament (third-person singular simple present laments, present participle lamenting, simple past and past participle lamented) 1.(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. 2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, John 16:20: Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. 3.(transitive) To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail. 4.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99: Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton. 5.2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014: By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”. 6.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Tenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], OCLC 80026745: One laugh'd at follies, one lamented crimes. [[French]] [Anagrams] edit - mêlant, mental [Verb] editlament 1.third-person plural present indicative of lamer 2.third-person plural present subjunctive of lamer [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈla.mɛnt/[Etymology] editFrom Latin lāmentum. [Further reading] edit - lament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - lament in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editlament m inan 1.lament (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness) Synonym: lamentacja 2.(poetry) threnody Synonyms: lamentacja, tren 0 0 2010/03/31 13:57 2021/09/19 12:54
35612 come forward [[English]] [Verb] editcome forward (third-person singular simple present comes forward, present participle coming forward, simple past came forward, past participle come forward) 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ forward. 2.(intransitive, idiomatic) To offer help or information (especially, about a crime). 3.2014, Ruzwana Bashir, "The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian, 29 August 2014: I’m coming forward to publicly share my own story in the hope that I can encourage others to do the same and help tear down the wall of silence that perpetuates further abuse. 0 0 2021/09/19 12:56 TaN
35618 excellent [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛksələnt/[Adjective] editexcellent (comparative excellenter or more excellent, superlative excellentest or most excellent) 1.Having excelled, having surpassed. 2.Of higher or the highest quality; splendid. 3.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0016: A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. 4.Exceptionally good of its kind. 5.2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation of their history exam. 6.Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality. 7.1754-1762, David Hume, The History of England Elizabeth, therefore, who was an excellent hypocrite 8.1616–1618, John Fletcher; Philip Massinger; Nathan Field, “The Queene of Corinth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972, Act II, scene iii: Their sorrows are most excellent. [Adverb] editexcellent (comparative more excellent, superlative most excellent) 1.(obsolete) Excellently. 2.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970: , New York Review Books 2001, p.287: Lucian, in his tract de Mercede conductis, hath excellent well deciphered such men's proceedings in his picture of Opulentia […]. [Antonyms] edit - poor - terrible [Etymology] editFrom Middle English excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns (“elevated, exalted”), present participle of excellō (“elevate, exult”), equivalent to excel +‎ -ent. [Synonyms] edit - See Thesaurus:excellent [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˌɛk.səˈlɛnt/[Adjective] editexcellent (comparative excellenter, superlative excellentst) 1.(formal) excellent, splendid Synonyms: uitmuntend, uitstekend [Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch excellent, from Middle French excellent, from Old French excellent, from Latin excellēns. [[French]] ipa :/ɛk.sɛ.lɑ̃/[Etymology 1] editBorrowed from Latin excellens. [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [Further reading] edit - “excellent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Latin]] [Verb] editexcellent 1.third-person plural future active indicative of excellō [[Middle French]] [Noun] editexcellent m (feminine singular excellente, masculine plural excellens, feminine plural excellentes) 1.excellent 2.1549, Commentaires tres excellens de l'hystoire des plantes‎[1], Paris: [[Occitan]] [Adjective] editexcellent m (feminine singular excellenta, masculine plural excellents, feminine plural excellentas) 1.excellent [Etymology] editFrom Latin excellēns. 0 0 2009/04/07 19:06 2021/09/19 15:55 TaN

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