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39120 come down to [[English]] [See also] edit - boil down [Verb] editcome down to (third-person singular simple present comes down to, present participle coming down to, simple past came down to, past participle come down to) 1.To reach by moving down or reducing. Wait for the temperature to come down to a reasonable level before touching the lid. Come down to my place someday and have lunch. 2.(idiomatic) To entirely depend upon a single factor; basically, ultimately or in essence. The decision comes down to whether you really want to pay that much for a little extra convenience. The game is going to come down to the last five seconds. 0 0 2021/11/08 21:41 2022/01/18 10:44 TaN
39125 grin [[English]] ipa :/ɡɹɪn/[Anagrams] edit - NGRI, Ring, girn, ring [Etymology 1] editBefore 1000 CE - From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, of Germanic origin and probably related to groan. Compare to Old High German grennan (“to mutter”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”) [Etymology 2] editFrom Old English grin [References] edit - Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933. [[Bislama]] [Adjective] editgrin 1.green [Etymology] editFrom English green. [[Danish]] ipa :/ɡriːn/[Etymology] editSee grine (“to laugh”) [Noun] editgrin n (singular definite grinet, plural indefinite grin) 1.laugh 2.grin 3.fun [References] edit - “grin” in Den Danske Ordbog [Verb] editgrin 1.imperative of grine [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom the verb grine [Noun] editgrin n (definite singular grinet, indefinite plural grin, definite plural grina or grinene) 1.a grimace 2.a sneer [References] edit - “grin” in The Bokmål Dictionary. - “grin_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology 1] editFrom the verb grine, grina [Etymology 2] edit [References] edit - “grin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Old English]] ipa :/ɡrin/[Etymology] editUnknown. [Noun] editgrin m 1.snare 2.noose [[Tok Pisin]] [Adjective] editgrin 1.green [Etymology] editFrom English green. [[Vilamovian]] [Adjective] editgrīn 1.green [Etymology] editFrom Middle High German grüene, from Old High German gruoni. 0 0 2013/01/03 17:37 2022/01/18 10:51 TaN
39126 instability [[English]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle French instabilité, from Latin instabilitasMorphologically in- +‎ stability. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:instabilityWikipedia instability (countable and uncountable, plural instabilities) 1.(uncountable) The quality of being unstable. 2.(physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect. [See also] edit - disequilibrium [Synonyms] edit - volatility 0 0 2022/01/18 10:52 TaN
39139 used to [[English]] ipa :/juːs(t).tu/[Alternative forms] edit - usta (informal), useta (informal) [Anagrams] edit - ousted, toused [Etymology 1] editFrom used, past participle of use (“to perform habitually”) + to. [Etymology 2] editFrom used, past of use (“perform habitually”) + to (“infinitive marker”). [References] edit - used to at OneLook Dictionary Search - used to in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. 1. ^ Merriam-Webster: Is It 'Used To' or 'Use To'? 2.↑ 2.0 2.1 Stewart Clark, Graham Pointon, The Routledge Student Guide to English Usage: A guide to academic writing for students (2016, Routledge, →ISBN), page 296: "In questions, use Did he use to go to Cardiff? rather than Did he used to go to Cardiff? This second version is clearly non-standard. The same applies to negatives: He did not use to play football is recommended usage, but He did not used to play football is non-standard. Note that the alternative He used not to play football on Sundays is correct usage, but too formal for most contexts." 0 0 2022/01/19 08:05 TaN
39140 grounded [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹaʊndɪd/[Adjective] editgrounded (comparative more grounded, superlative most grounded) 1.(aviation, of an airman) Not allowed to fly. 2.(of a person, predicative) Confined to stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment. 3.(of a person) Mature, sensible with well-considered priorities. 4.(electricity, Canada, US) Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed. [Anagrams] edit - underdog, undergod [Verb] editgrounded 1.simple past tense and past participle of ground 0 0 2022/01/19 08:05 TaN
39142 implore [[English]] ipa :/ɪmˈplɔː/[Alternative forms] edit - emplore (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle French implorer, from Latin implōrō (“I beseech, I implore”). [Synonyms] edit - entreat [Verb] editimplore (third-person singular simple present implores, present participle imploring, simple past and past participle implored) 1.To beg urgently or earnestly. 2.c. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iii]: I kneel, and then implore her blessing. 3.To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat. 4.1725, Homer; [William Broome], transl., “Book II”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646: Imploring all the gods that reign above. [[French]] [Verb] editimplore 1.first-person singular present indicative of implorer 2.third-person singular present indicative of implorer 3.first-person singular present subjunctive of implorer 4.third-person singular present subjunctive of implorer 5.second-person singular imperative of implorer [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editimplore 1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of implorar 2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of implorar 3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of implorar 4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of implorar [[Spanish]] [Verb] editimplore 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of implorar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of implorar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of implorar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of implorar. 0 0 2012/09/08 09:27 2022/01/19 08:06
39147 laymen [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Manley, Melany, meanly, namely, yelman [Noun] editlaymen 1.plural of layman 0 0 2022/01/19 08:12 TaN
39148 layman [[English]] ipa :/ˈleɪmən/[Anagrams] edit - yalman [Antonyms] edit - cleric - priest - monk - friar - expert - specialist - professional [Etymology] editFrom Middle English lay (“non-clergy”) +‎ man. [Noun] editlayman (plural laymen) 1.Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. 2.(by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field. Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman. Let me explain it to you in layman's terms. 3.A common person. 4.A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject. 5.2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 221d. should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art? 6.A generally ignorant person. 7.Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order. 0 0 2022/01/19 08:12 TaN
39149 ringlight [[English]] [Etymology] editring +‎ light [Noun] editringlight (countable and uncountable, plural ringlights) 1.(photography) A light source in a ring or torus shape that prevents distinct shadows. 2.1960, University of Michigan. Museum of Paleontology -, Contributions - Volumes 15-16, page 128: Figures 2 and 6 are of the same specimens but photographed with a ringlight. 3.1980, David Brooks, Carl Shipman, Theodore DiSante, How to control & use photographic lighting, →ISBN, page 132: Until recently, ringlights have been chiefly associated with technical illustration, such as close-up photography in medicine and dentistry. 4.1985, Eyes of Nikon: a comprehensive guide to Nikkor and Nikon series E lenses: Built-in ringlight flash provides virtually shadowless, wraparound illumination for inaccessible or elusive subjects. 5.2014, Master Lighting Guide for Portrait Photographers, →ISBN, page 151: One of the characteristics of ringlight, when used as the only source, is its shadow. Because the light expands equally in all directions, it also throws an even shadow. 6.2014, Benny Migs, Alternative Portraiture, →ISBN, page 100: I had created a faux-ring light, and I was able to get a very cool ringlight effect for very little money. 7.Synonym of ringshine 8.1908, George Newnes, The Strand Magazine - Volume 36, page 298: The planet is illuminated by a superb ringlight, in addition to the radiance of various moons—for of the satellites there are several always above the horizon at the same moment. 9.1983, John Varley, Titan, →ISBN, page 26: Gray striations became visible on the planetary surface, illuminated by ringlight. 10.2016, Donald Suddaby, Prisoners of Saturn, →ISBN: The superbly designed hills already were taking on the blackness of coming night, several glaring in the ringlight as usual, those towards the horizon fading off into a jet obscurity. 0 0 2022/01/19 08:16 TaN
39150 come hell or high water [[English]] [Adverb] editcome hell or high water 1.(idiomatic) Regardless of the hardships. The pioneers were determined to build a community in the wilderness come hell or high water. 2.1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 1: Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water. [Synonyms] edit - come what may - rain or shine - no matter what 0 0 2022/01/19 08:17 TaN
39151 jittery [[English]] ipa :/ˈdʒɪt.ɹi/[Adjective] editjittery (comparative jitterier, superlative jitteriest) 1.nervy, jumpy, on edge 2.2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian‎[1]: Those were all landmark moments to cherish. Just as appealing was the manner in which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner cut swathes down either flank, albeit through flustered full-backs who had looked poorly positioned and horribly jittery from the start. 3.Having jitter, or unwanted signal characteristics. jittery video playback [Etymology] editjitter +‎ -y 0 0 2022/01/19 08:19 TaN
39152 insane [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˈseɪn/[Adjective] editinsane (comparative more insane or insaner, superlative most insane or insanest) 1.Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad Synonyms: delirious, distracted 2.1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 1, Chapter 2. THE BIG SECRET OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People‎[1], page 41: What is the cause of insanity? Nobody can answer such a sweeping question as that, but we know that certain diseases, such as syphilis, break down and destroy the brain cells and result in insanity. In fact, about one-half of all mental diseases can be attributed to such physical causes as brain lesions, alcohol, toxins, and injuries. But the other half—and this is the appalling part of the story—the other half of the people who go insane apparently have nothing organically wrong with their brain cells. In post-mortem examinations, when their brain tissues are studied under the highest-powered microscopes, they are found to be apparently just as healthy as yours and mine. Why do these people go insane? 3.Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons an insane hospital an insane asylum 4.Causing insanity or madness. 5.Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; ridiculous; impractical an insane plan an insane amount of money 6.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 16, in The Mirror and the Lamp: The preposterous altruism too! […] Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog. [Anagrams] edit - Annies, Sannie, Sienna, inanes, nenias, sannie, sienna [Antonyms] edit - sane [Etymology] editFrom Latin īnsānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sānus (“sound, sane”). [Further reading] edit - “insane” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - insane in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - insane at OneLook Dictionary Search [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:insane [[French]] ipa :/ɛ̃.san/[Adjective] editinsane (plural insanes) 1.crazy 2.foolish [Etymology] editFrom English insane [Further reading] edit - “insane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [[Italian]] [Adjective] editinsane f pl 1.feminine plural of insano [[Latin]] [Adjective] editīnsāne 1.vocative masculine singular of īnsānus [References] edit - insane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - insane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - insane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette 0 0 2009/03/17 18:10 2022/01/19 08:25
39154 MIA [[English]] [Adjective] editMIA 1.(military) Initialism of missing in action. When his patrol didn't come back from the front, he and all his buddies were listed as MIA. 2.(by extension) to be absent for a long time. My friends have been MIA today. [Alternative forms] edit - (missing in action): M.I.A., M. I. A. [Anagrams] edit - AIM, AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MAI, Mai, aim, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mai [Noun] editMIA (uncountable) 1.(Mormonism) Initialism of Mutual Improvement Association. 2.(military) Initialism of missing-in-action., a service member that did not return from action and was not found in the field [Proper noun] editMIA 1.(Indo-Aryan linguistics) Initialism of Middle Indo-Aryan. 2.(sports) Abbreviation of Miami. 3.1996, Marty Strasen, Basketball Almanac, 1996-97, page 415: 56 Michael Jordan, CHI vs. MIA, Apr. 29, 1992. 4.IATA airport code for Miami International Airport. 5.1975, John H. Reed, Transportation Safety Board, Safety Information, p. 30: I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved. [Synonyms] edit - (Mutual Improvement Association): Mutual, Young Woman's, Young Men's 0 0 2022/01/19 08:29 TaN
39155 Mia [[English]] ipa :/ˈmiːə/[Anagrams] edit - AIM, AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MAI, Mai, aim, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mai [Etymology 1] editA German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria. [Etymology 2] editBorrowed from Bengali মিয়া (miẏa). This surname is mostly found in Bengal. [Further reading] edit - Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN [[Danish]] [Etymology] editContraction of Maria. [Proper noun] editMia 1.A female given name. [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈmi.aː/[Proper noun] editMia f 1.A female given name. [[Faroese]] [Proper noun] editMia f 1.A female given name [[German]] ipa :[ˈmiːa][Etymology] editContraction of Maria. [Proper noun] editMia 1.A female given name [[Norwegian]] [Etymology] editContraction of Maria and Emilia. Partly borrowed from Swedish Mia. [Proper noun] editMia 1.A female given name. [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editContraction of Maria and pet form of other female names with the syllable -mi-. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1854. [Proper noun] editMia c (genitive Mias) 1.A female given name. 2.1933 Ivar Lo-Johansson, Godnatt, jord, Albert Bonniers förlag (1950), page 41: Göransons kvinna hette Mia. Till och med namnet tycktes dem skrattretande och inbjöd till hån. De uttalade det med en katts långdragna jamande: M-i-i-a-a-a... I mars jublade de det nätter och dagar. 0 0 2022/01/19 08:29 TaN
39157 make up for [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - upmake [Verb] editmake up (third-person singular simple present makes up, present participle making up, simple past and past participle made up) 1.To build or complete. 1.(obsolete) To build, construct (a tower, city etc.). [14th–15th c.] 2.(obsolete) To build up (a bank, wall etc.) where it has fallen away; to repair. [15th–17th c.] 3.1611, Bible (Authorized Version), Ezekial XIII.5: Yee haue not gone vp into the gaps, neither made vp the hedge for the house of Israel. 4.(transitive) To compensate for (a deficiency, defect etc.); to supply (something missing). [from 15th c.] He can make up the time next week. 5.2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 – 3 Wolves”, in BBC Sport‎[1], archived from the original on 30 September 2018: The Argentine found Dzeko and his killer ball was timed brilliantly for the Ivorian, who made up 90 yards, to slot in. 6.(intransitive) To compensate (for). [from 18th c.] I plan to make up for my failed midterm. Cuba took limited free market-oriented measures to alleviate severe shortages of food, consumer goods, and services to make up for the ending of Soviet subsidies. 7.1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 7, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473: The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it. 8.1963, Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 483591931, page 232: Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him. 9.2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 – 1 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport‎[2], archived from the original on 5 July 2018: Roger Johnson came closest to scoring for the visitors in the first half when he headed over from six yards following Lee Bowyer's cross, but he made up for that by producing some sterling defending to head clear Obinna's bullet centre.To assemble, prepare. 1.To compile or draw up (a list, document etc.). [from 14th c.] 2.To form the components of (a whole or total); to combine to produce. [from 16th c.] Synonyms: compose, form; see also Thesaurus:compose 3.1920, M. D. Eder, Dream Psychology, translation of original by Sigmund Freud: The words "dream interpretation" […] remind one of all sorts of childish, superstitious notions, which make up the thread and woof of dream books, read by none but the ignorant and the primitive. 4.2013 September–October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News: Photosynthesis Precursor”, in American Scientist‎[3], volume 100, number 5, New Haven, Conn.: Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, DOI:10.1511/2013.104.328, ISSN 0003-0996, OCLC 891112584, archived from the original on 3 September 2013, page 328: The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the water-oxidizing complex, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. 5.To put together (a substance, material, garment, medicine etc.) into a specific form; to assemble. [from 16th c.] I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a few hours to cook. 6.To invent or fabricate (a story, claim etc.). [from 17th c.] He was a great storyteller and could make up a story on the spot. 7.(transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To prepare (someone) for a theatrical performance by means of costume, cosmetics etc.; (now chiefly) to apply cosmetics or makeup to (a face, facial feature). [from 18th c.] Synonyms: cosmeticize, fard Let's leave as soon as I make up my face. 8.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 617: She rushed into her bedroom to make up.To arrange or advance. 1.(obsolete) To arrange (a marriage); to organise (a treaty). [16th–19th c.] 2.To draw near to, approach to. [from 16th c.] 3.1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.27: They in their turns made up to her, and expressed their surprize and concern at finding her in the assembly unprovided, after she had declined their invitation […] . 4.1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 8: On this they made up to me, and were about to handle me; but I told them to be still and keep off […] . 5.(intransitive) To resolve or settle an argument or fight (with someone). [from 17th c.] They fight a lot, but they always manage to make up. 6.1782, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 180: Miss Palmer and I made up, though she scolded most violently about my long absence, and attacked me about the Book without mercy. 7.1971, “Let's Stay Together”, performed by Al Green: Why somebody, why people break up / Turn around and make up, I just can't see / You'd never do that to me, would you baby? 8.(transitive) To resolve (an argument or dispute). [from 17th c.] 9.To make social or romantic advances to; to pay court to. [from 18th c.] 10.1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night: A Romance, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, OCLC 284462; republished as chapter III, in Malcolm Cowley, editor, Tender is the Night: A Romance [...] With the Author’s Final Revisions, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951, OCLC 849279868, book I (Case History: 1917–1919), page 16: She thought he was making up to her—of course, at the time I believed her and I let him go, but I know now it was all nonsense. 0 0 2021/11/07 14:39 2022/01/19 08:29 TaN
39161 carve out [[English]] [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Verb] editcarve out (third-person singular simple present carves out, present participle carving out, simple past and past participle carved out) 1.To hollow by carving. 2.(idiomatic) To create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting. 3.c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, 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]: [Macbeth] […] with his brandished steel […] carved out his passage. 4.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 23, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323: Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. 5.2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC‎[1]: The hosts went close on several occasions with Victor Obinna and Robbie Keane impressive in the first half, yet they had trouble carving out many clear openings and the defeat leaves them at the bottom of the Premier League on goal difference, two points from safety. 0 0 2021/08/02 17:34 2022/01/19 08:44 TaN
39162 come into one's own [[English]] [Verb] editcome into one's own (third-person singular simple present comes into one's own, present participle coming into one's own, simple past came into one's own, past participle come into one's own) 1.(idiomatic) To reach a stage of development or maturity where one has achieved strength and confidence, economic security, or respect and social acceptance. 2.1903, Jack London, chapter 2, in Call of the Wild: And not only did he learn by experience, but instincts long dead became alive again. The domesticated generations fell from him. . . . [T]he old tricks . . . came to him without effort or discovery, as though they had been his always. . . . [T]he ancient song surged through him and he came into his own again. 3.1913, Gene Stratton-Porter, chapter 7, in Laddie: A True Blue Story: Sally just swept along smiling at every one. . . . Sally looked just as if she had come into her own and was made for it; I never did see her look so pretty. 4.1916, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 5, in Twilight in Italy: The eyes of the wood-cutter flash like actual possession. He seems now to have come into his own. With all his senses, he is dominant, sure. 5.1919, Upton Sinclair, chapter 12, in Jimmie Higgins: Everywhere the people would come into their own, and war and tyranny would vanish like a hateful nightmare! Speaker after speaker got up to proclaim this glorious future. 6.2010 Nov. 26, Gemlyn Geroge, "Healthcare in Asia: A Roadmap for the Next Decade," Time: The subsequent decade played host to numerous stories of Asian nations coming into their own with robustly growing economies. 0 0 2021/08/31 15:50 2022/01/19 08:44 TaN
39163 come into [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - emoticon [Verb] editcome into (third-person singular simple present comes into, present participle coming into, simple past came into, past participle come into) 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See come and into. Please come into the living room. 2.(transitive) To inherit (money). After his father died, he came into a large fortune. 3.(transitive) To be a factor in. Money doesn't come into it. 4.(transitive) To enter the initial phase of; to commence. 5.2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: He came into the match having beaten the Spaniard in four finals already this year, but Nadal - on a 20-match winning streak at the All England Club - was still favoured by many to claim a third Wimbledon title as he had won all five Grand Slam meetings with Djokovic. 0 0 2021/08/31 15:50 2022/01/19 08:45 TaN
39168 tracking [[English]] ipa :/ˈtɹækɪŋ/[Further reading] edit - tracking on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Letter-spacing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] edittracking (countable and uncountable, plural trackings) 1.The act or process by which something is tracked. 2.1963, Abraham C. Keller, The Telling of Tales in Rabelais: Aspects of His Narrative Art In volume, the erudite studies of his language, the trackings of his numerous references to persons, places, and things around him, and the reconstruction of the details of his little-known life have occupied the most attention […] 3.(typography) A consistent adjustment of space between individual letters; letterspacing. 4.(education) The division of pupils into separately taught groups by perceived ability level. Synonym: streaming [Verb] edittracking 1.present participle of track 0 0 2021/12/07 13:24 2022/01/19 08:48 TaN
39169 tracking shot [[English]] [Noun] edittracking shot (plural tracking shots) 1.(cinematography, film) A continuously recorded segment containing no edits, in which the camera is moved (often mounted on a dolly rolling on tracks) so as to sweep through an extensive area or to follow the physical movement of characters or events. 2.1984 Oct. 12, Janet Maslin, "Blood Simple, A black-comic romp," New York Times (retrieved 9 July 2012): A long, late-night tracking shot from one end of the Neon Boot bar to another actually tracks along the surface of the bar itself—and when there is a drunk passed out on the bar, the camera simply lifts up and flies over him, then continues on its route. 3.2010 Jan. 25, Richard Corliss, "American Savior: Denzel Washington in Book of Eli," Time: In a long tracking shot at the start of the film, a feral cat prowls this wasteland until it is felled by a slow-motion arrow. 4.2019 April 28, Alex McLevy, “Game Of Thrones Suffers the Fog of War in the Battle against the Dead (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎[1], archived from the original on 31 May 2021: The lead-up to the battle was wonderfully done, starting with the long tracking shot that followed Sam and then Tyrion as they nervously took up their places for the fight. [References] edit - tracking shot at OneLook Dictionary Search [Synonyms] edit - trucking shot 0 0 2022/01/19 08:48 TaN
39171 ice [[English]] ipa :/aɪs/[Anagrams] edit - CEI, EIC, IEC [Etymology] editFrom Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. CognatesSee also West Frisian iis, Dutch ijs, German Low German Ies, German Eis, Danish, Swedish Norwegian is); also Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian и́ней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian их (ix), ех (ex, “ice”), Persian یخ‎ (yax), Northern Kurdish qeş. [Further reading] edit - David Barthelmy (1997–2022), “Ice”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. - “ice”, in Mindat.org‎[3], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2022. - ice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editice (countable and uncountable, plural ices) 1.(uncountable) Water in frozen (solid) form. 2.c. 1599–1602, William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, OCLC 84758312, [Act III, scene i]: If thou doſt marry, Ile giue thee / This plague to thy dowry: / Be thou as chaſte as yce, as pure as ſnowe, / Thou ſhalt not ſcape calumny, to a Nunnery goe. 3.1882, Popular Science Monthly (volume 20), "The Freezing of a Salt Lake" It has always been difficult to explain how ice is formed on the surface of oceans while the temperature of maximum density is lower than that of cogelation, and the observations on this lake were instituted in the hope that they might throw light upon the subject. 4.2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist‎[1], 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.(uncountable, physics, astronomy) Any frozen volatile chemical, such as ammonia or carbon dioxide. 6.(uncountable, astronomy) Any volatile chemical, such as water, ammonia, or carbon dioxide, not necessarily in solid form. 7.(countable) A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar. 8.(UK, countable, dated) An ice cream. 9.(uncountable) Any substance having the appearance of ice. 10.(uncountable, slang) One or more diamonds and jewelry. 11.2002, “Blueprint²”, performed by Jay-Z: But you can't give cred to anything dude says / Same dude to give you ice and you owe him some head 12.2005, Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, and Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), “Stay Fly”, in Most Known Unknown‎[2], Sony BMG, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG): Ice on the wrist with the ice in the chains. 13.(uncountable, slang, drugs) Crystal form of amphetamine-based drugs. 14.(uncountable, ice hockey) The area where a game of ice hockey is played. 15.2006, CBC, Finland, Sweden 'the dream final', February 26 2002, The neighbouring countries have enjoyed many great battles on the ice. They last met for gold at the 1998 world championship, won by Sweden. Three years earlier, Finland bested Sweden for the only world title in its history. 16.(slang) Money paid as a bribe. 17.1960, United States. Congress, Congressional Record Theater operators, theater party agents, playwrights, and others who have ready access to tickets may get in on the “ice” and sometimes the producer is in on it too. 18.1970, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates This “ice” is bribe money paid to public officials to purchase protection for illegal activities. […] Just consider the “ice” money available to the men involved in the examples just cited. [Verb] editice (third-person singular simple present ices, present participle icing, simple past and past participle iced) 1.(transitive) To cool with ice, as a beverage. 2.2008, Deirdre Pitney, Donna Dourney, Triathlon Training For Dummies (page 240) To treat runner's knee, you need to rest from running or any other high-impact activity, ice the knee, and strengthen the quadriceps through weight training. 3.(intransitive) To become ice; to freeze. 4.(transitive) To make icy; to freeze. 5.(transitive, slang) To murder. 6.(transitive) To cover with icing (frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg); to frost; as cakes, tarts, etc. 7.(ice hockey) To put out a team for a match. Milton Keynes have yet to ice a team this season 8.(ice hockey) To shoot the puck the length of the playing surface, causing a stoppage in play called icing. If the Bruins ice the puck, the faceoff will be in their own zone. [[Hausa]] ipa :/ʔí.t͡ʃèː/[Etymology] editOf uncertain origin, perhaps from a Saharan language; compare Dazaga idi. [Noun] editicḕ m (possessed form icèn) 1.wood 2.tree 3.stick [[Latin]] [Verb] editīce 1.second-person singular present active imperative of īciō [[Manchu]] [Romanization] editice 1.Romanization of ᡳᠴᡝ [[Middle English]] [Noun] editice (uncountable) 1.Alternative form of is (“ice”) [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editice 1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of içar 2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of içar 3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of içar 4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of içar [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈiθe/[Verb] editice 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of izar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of izar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of izar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of izar. 0 0 2012/01/24 11:11 2022/01/19 08:49
39172 cramped [[English]] ipa :/kɹæmpt/[Adjective] editcramped (comparative more cramped, superlative most cramped) 1.Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially. 2.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314: Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, […]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either. 3.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715: Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room). 4.Overcrowded or congested. 5.Tight because of or like suffering a cramp. 6.Illegible. [Verb] editcramped 1.simple past tense and past participle of cramp 0 0 2012/04/08 09:28 2022/01/19 08:50
39173 cramp [[English]] ipa :/kɹæmp/[Adjective] editcramp (comparative more cramp, superlative most cramp) 1.(archaic) cramped; narrow 2.1871, David Masson, The Life of John Milton: […] the result was those folio volumes of MSS. now in the British Museum, in which inquirers into the history of that period find so much interesting material in such a confused state and in such a dreadfully cramp handwriting. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English crampe, from Old French crampe (“cramp”), from Frankish *krampa (“cramp”), from Proto-Germanic *krampō (“cramp, clasp”). Distant relative of English crop. [Noun] editcramp (countable and uncountable, plural cramps) 1.A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled. 2.August 1534, Margaret Roper (or Thomas More in her name), letter to Alice Alington the cramp also that divers nights gripeth him in his legs. 3.That which confines or contracts. Synonyms: restraint, shackle, hindrance 4.1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523: A narrow Fortune is undoubtedly a Cramp to a great Mind. 5.1782, William Cowper, “Truth”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], OCLC 1029672464, page 96: How does it grate upon his thankleſs ear, / Crippling his pleaſures with the cramp of fear! 6.A clamp for carpentry or masonry. 7.A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape. [References] edit - Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “cramp”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. - cramp at OneLook Dictionary Search [Verb] editcramp (third-person singular simple present cramps, present participle cramping, simple past and past participle cramped) 1.(intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably. 2.(transitive) To affect with cramps or spasms. 3.1936, Heinrich Hauser, Once Your Enemy (translated from the German by Norman Gullick) The collar of the tunic scratched my neck, the steel helmet made my head ache, and the puttees cramped my leg muscles. 4.(transitive, figuratively) To prohibit movement or expression of. You're cramping my style. 5.1853, Austen Henry Layard, Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon But the front of the animal , which was in full , was narrow and cramped , and unequal in dignity to the side 6.(transitive) To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp. You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill. 7.1633, John Ford, Perkin Warbeck when the gout cramps my joints 8.To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron. 9.(by extension) To bind together; to unite. 10.1780, Edmund Burke, Principles in Politics The […] fabric of universal justice is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. 11.To form on a cramp. to cramp boot legs [[Manx]] [Adjective] editcramp 1.intricate, complex [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Mutation] edit 0 0 2018/12/13 22:35 2022/01/19 08:50
39180 dip one's toe in the water [[English]] [Verb] editdip one's toe in the water (third-person singular simple present dips one's toe in the water, present participle dipping one's toe in the water, simple past and past participle dipped one's toe in the water) 1.Synonym of test the waters 0 0 2022/01/19 09:41 TaN
39181 dip one's toe in [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - dip one's toe into, dip one's toes in, dip one's toes into, dip a toe in, dip a toe into [Verb] editdip one's toe in (third-person singular simple present dips one's toe in, present participle dipping one's toe in, simple past and past participle dipped one's toe in) 1.(idiomatic, figuratively) To explore or begin; to enter or get involved in tentatively and for the first time. 2.2019 June 14, Gwilym Mumford, Hannah Verdier, Max Sanderson, Josh Toussaint-Strauss, “A gripping, intimate account of the moon landing – podcasts of the week”, in The Guardian‎[1]: Given how many other politicians, from Ed Miliband to Bill Clinton, have dipped their toes into the world of podcasting, it’s perhaps inevitable that Barack and Michelle Obama are entering the field too. 3.2019 December 17, Hannah Sayle, “Beloved St. Paul craft beer bar Happy Gnome is closing”, in Star Tribune‎[2]: The Happy Gnome, on Selby Av. in St. Paul, became a place to dip one's toe in the burgeoning beer world. With a focus on domestic craft and quality import beers, this cozy bar was a welcome home to curious beer lovers. 0 0 2021/08/24 16:52 2022/01/19 09:41 TaN
39189 take hold [[English]] [Synonyms] edit - lay hold [Verb] edittake hold (third-person singular simple present takes hold, present participle taking hold, simple past took hold, past participle taken hold) 1.to grasp, seize 2.to take root, become established 3.1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress: Then the highly virulent mental germs skillfully inoculated took a hold in the subconscious mind of European humanity; the disease developed rapidly, spread like wild fire, and raged unabated throughout the width and length of the central empires. 0 0 2021/04/27 08:49 2022/01/19 09:48 TaN
39194 appropriation [[English]] ipa :/əˌpɹoʊpɹiˈeɪʃən/[Noun] editappropriation (countable and uncountable, plural appropriations) 1.An act or instance of appropriating. 2.That which is appropriated. 3.Public funds set aside for a specific purpose. 4.(art) The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work. 5.(sociology) The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework. 6.In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish. 7.In constitutional law, the principle that supplies granted by parliament are only to be expended for particular objects specified by itself. [References] edit - appropriation at OneLook Dictionary Search - appropriation in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. - appropriation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [[French]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin appropriātiō. [Further reading] edit - “appropriation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editappropriation f (plural appropriations) 1.appropriation 0 0 2009/04/03 15:00 2022/01/19 09:57 TaN
39200 defi [[Latin]] [Verb] editdēfī 1.second-person singular present active imperative of dēfīō 0 0 2021/10/20 19:00 2022/01/19 10:50 TaN
39201 用途 [[Chinese]] ipa :/jʊŋ⁵¹ tʰu³⁵/[Noun] edit用途 1.usage; use; application; utility; function; purpose 火箭按用途分為探空火箭和運載火箭。 [MSC, trad.] 火箭按用途分为探空火箭和运载火箭。 [MSC, simp.] Huǒjiàn àn yòngtú fēnwéi tànkōng huǒjiàn hé yùnzài huǒjiàn. [Pinyin] Rockets are divided into sounding rockets and launch vehicles according to their purposes. [Synonyms] edit - 用處／用处 (yòngchù) [[Japanese]] ipa :[jo̞ːto̞][Noun] edit用(よう)途(と) • (yōto)  1.usage, use 用途(ようと)が限(かぎ)られている。 Yōto ga kagirareteiru. Its usage is limited. [[Korean]] [Noun] edit用途 • (yongdo) (hangeul 용도) 1.Hanja form? of 용도 (“use”). 0 0 2022/01/19 14:20
39205 expound [[English]] ipa :/ɪkˈspaʊnd/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English expounden, from Old French espondre, from Latin exponere. Doublet of expose. [Verb] editexpound (third-person singular simple present expounds, present participle expounding, simple past and past participle expounded) 1.(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length 2.1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray: Some day, when you are tired of London, come down to Treadley, and expound to me your philosophy of pleasure over some admirable Burgundy I am fortunate enough to possess. 3.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 59: Fowler was also interested in metallurgy and the use of new materials that could withstand greater stresses, something he expounded on when giving his presidential address to the new Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1927. Synonym: spell out 4.(intransitive) To make a statement, especially at length. He expounded often on the dangers of the imperial presidency. 0 0 2022/01/19 18:58 TaN
39207 acquired [[English]] ipa :/əˈkwaɪɹd/[Adjective] editacquired (not comparable) 1.(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital. [Verb] editacquired 1.simple past tense and past participle of acquire 0 0 2022/01/20 09:41 TaN
39208 sole [[English]] ipa :/səʊl/[Anagrams] edit - EOLs, ESOL, Elos, LEOs, Leos, Lose, OELs, elos, leos, lose, selo, sloe [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, single, solitary, lonely”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Indo-European *solw-, *salw-, *slōw- (“safe, healthy”). More at save. [Etymology 2] edit The sole (1) of a boy's footFrom Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sole, solu. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman sole, Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin *sola (“bottom of the shoe”, also “flatfish”), from Latin solea (“sandal, bottom of the shoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole”). Cognate with Dutch zool (“sole, tread”), German Sohle (“sole, insole, bottom, floor”), Danish sål (“sole”), Icelandic sóli (“sole, outsole”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰 (sulja, “sandal”). Related to Latin solum (“bottom, ground, soil”). More at soil. [Etymology 3] editFrom Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sāl (“a rope, cord, line, bond, rein, door-hinge, necklace, collar”), from Proto-Germanic *sailą, *sailaz (“rope, cable”), *sailō (“noose, rein, bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *sey- (“to tie to, tie together”). Cognate with Scots sale, saile (“halter, collar”), Dutch zeel (“rope, cord, strap”), German Seil (“rope, cable, wire”), Icelandic seil (“a string, line”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dell (“sinew, vein”). [Etymology 4] editFrom Middle English sol, from Old English sol (“mire, miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, wallow, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian soal (“ditch”), Dutch sol (“water and mud filled pit”), German Suhle (“mire, wallow”), Norwegian saula, søyla (“mud puddle”). More at soil. [Etymology 5] editFrom earlier sowle (“to pull by the ear”). Origin unknown. Perhaps from sow (“female pig”) +‎ -le, as in the phrase "take a sow by the wrong ear", or from Middle English sole (“rope”). See above. [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈsolɛ][Verb] editsole 1.masculine singular present transgressive of solit [[Danish]] [Noun] editsole c 1.indefinite plural of sol [[Esperanto]] ipa :[ˈsole][Adverb] editsole 1.solely [[French]] ipa :/sɔl/[Etymology] editFrom Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea. [Further reading] edit - “sole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editsole f (plural soles) 1.(zoology) sole (fish) 2.sole, the bottom of a hoof 3.(carpentry) sole, a piece of timber, a joist 4.(agriculture) a piece of land devoted to crop rotation [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈso.le/[Anagrams] edit - leso [Etymology 1] editFrom Sole, from Latin sōlem, accusative case of sōl, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognates include Greek ήλιος (ílios), Icelandic sól, Hindi सूर्य (sūrya), and Russian со́лнце (sólnce). [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈsoː.le/[Etymology 1] editSee sōl. [Etymology 2] editSee sōlus. [[Neapolitan]] ipa :/ˈsolə/[Etymology] editFrom Latin sōl. [Noun] editsole m 1.Sun Steva chiuvenno, po' è asciuto 'o sole. ― It was raining, then the sun came out. [[Norman]] [Etymology] editFrom Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea. [Noun] editsole f (plural soles) 1.sole (fish) [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editProbably from the noun sol [References] edit - “sole” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [Verb] editsole (imperative sol, present tense soler, passive -, simple past sola or solet or solte, past participle sola or solet or solt, present participle solende) 1.(reflexive, sole seg) to sunbathe, sun oneself, bask (also figurative) [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/skuːlə/[Anagrams] edit - lose, Sola, sloe [Etymology 1] editFrom Old Norse sóli m, from Latin solum (“bottom, ground”). [Etymology 2] editFrom the noun sol f (“sun”). [References] edit - “sole” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Old English]] [Alternative forms] edit - solu [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin solea, from solum (“bottom, base”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swol-. [Noun] editsole f 1.sole 2.shoe, sandal [References] edit - Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sole”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. - John R. Clark Hall (1916), “sole”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan. [[Old French]] [Adjective] editsole f 1.oblique/nominative feminine singular of sol [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈsɔ.lɛ/[Noun] editsole 1.nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sóleditsole 1.nominative/accusative/vocative plural of solaeditsole 1.nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sol [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editsole 1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of solar 2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of solar 3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of solar 4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of solar [[Serbo-Croatian]] [Verb] editsole (Cyrillic spelling соле) 1.third-person plural present of soliti 0 0 2013/04/03 09:23 2022/01/20 09:43
39210 building block [[English]] [Noun] editbuilding block (plural building blocks) 1.(literally) A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone. 1.A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.(figuratively) A component that is part of a larger system. Words are the building blocks of a language. Cells are the building blocks of life. 0 0 2009/03/09 17:59 2022/01/20 09:54
39212 velodrome [[English]] ipa :/ˈvɛl.ə.dɹəʊm/[Etymology] editFrom French vélodrome, from vélo (“bicycle”) + -drome, from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”); velo- +‎ -drome [Noun] editvelodrome (plural velodromes) 1.An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing. 0 0 2021/09/24 17:45 2022/01/20 10:08 TaN
39213 hinge [[English]] ipa :/ˈhɪndʒ/[Anagrams] edit - ehing, neigh [Etymology] editFrom Middle English henge, from Old English *henġ (“hinge”), compare Old English henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *hangaz, *hangiz (“hanging”, adjective). Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Dutch heng (“door handle”), Low German henge (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“a hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), geheng (“hinge”), hengsel (“handle”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), German Henkel (“handle, hook”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang. [Noun] edithinge (plural hinges) 1.A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc. 2.1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, volume 3, chapter 1 The massy portals of the churches swung creaking on their hinges; and some lay dead on the pavement. 3.A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve. 4.1862, Charles Darwin, The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Fertilized by Insects: The pedicel of the pollinium is articulated as before by a hinge to the disc; it can move freely only in one direction owing to one end of the disc being upturned. 5.A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album. 6.A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend. This argument was the hinge on which the question turned. 7.1840, Adam Duncan Tait, Remarks on a Pamphlet by the Reverend James Buchanan, page 26: But let me say, with all deference, that these positions do not appear to me to touch the hinge of the argument before us. 8.(statistics) The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution. 9.One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south. 10.1697, Thomas Creech, The five books of Mr. Manilius containing a system of the ancient astronomy and astrology: together with the philosophy of the Stoicks, page 121: If when the Moon is in the Hinge at East, / The Birth breaks forward from its native rest; / Full Eighty Years, if you two Years abate, / This Station gives, and long defers its Fate 11.1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, page 4: 100 [Synonyms] edit - (device upon which a door hangs): har - (statistics): quartile [Verb] edithinge (third-person singular simple present hinges, present participle hinging or hingeing, simple past and past participle hinged) 1.(transitive) To attach by, or equip with a hinge. 2.(intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something. 3.2015, Louise Taylor, Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle (in The Guardian, 4 March 2015)[1] Games can hinge on the sort of controversial decision made by Taylor in the 10th minute. After Rivière collected Gabriel Obertan’s pass and sashayed beyond Daley Blind he drew the United centre-half into a rash, clumsy challenge but, puzzlingly, Taylor detected no penalty. 4.(transitive, archaeology) The breaking off of the distal end of a knapped stone flake whose presumed course across the face of the stone core was truncated prematurely, leaving not a feathered distal end but instead the scar of a nearly perpendicular break. The flake hinged at an inclusion in the core. 5.(obsolete) To bend. 6.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii], page 92: Be thou a Flatterer now, and ſeeke to thriue / By that which ha's[sic – meaning has] vndone thee; hindge thy knee, / And let his very breath whom thou'lt obſerue / Blow off thy Cap: [...] [[Dutch]] [Verb] edithinge 1.(archaic) singular past subjunctive of hangen [[Estonian]] [Noun] edithinge 1.genitive singular of hing 2.partitive singular of hing 3.illative singular of hing [[German]] [Verb] edithinge 1.first/third-person singular subjunctive past of hängen [[Middle Dutch]] [Verb] edithinge 1.first/third-person singular past subjunctive of hangen [[Middle English]] [Noun] edithinge 1.Alternative form of henge 0 0 2018/10/25 02:11 2022/01/20 10:15
39214 hing [[English]] ipa :/hɪŋ/[Anagrams] edit - Nigh, inHg, nigh [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] editFrom Hindi हींग (hīṅg). [[Dutch]] ipa :-ɪŋ[Verb] edithing 1. singular past indicative of hangen [[Estonian]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Proto-Finnic *henki. Cognate with Finnish henki. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle Low German henge. [[German]] [Alternative forms] edit - hieng (archaic) [Verb] edithing 1.first/third-person singular indicative past of hängen [[Scots]] ipa :/hɪŋ/[Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [[Zhuang]] ipa :/hiŋ˨˦/[Etymology] editFrom Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”). Cognate with Thai ขิง (kǐng), Lao ຂີງ (khīng), Lü ᦃᦲᧂ (ẋiing), Tai Dam ꪄꪲꪉ, Shan ၶိင် (khǐng), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Bouyei hingl. Compare Middle Chinese 薑 (MC kɨɐŋ, “ginger”). [Noun] edithing (Sawndip form 䒡, old orthography hiŋ) 1.ginger Synonym: (dialectal) gieng 0 0 2021/06/20 08:05 2022/01/20 10:15 TaN
39215 thought [[English]] ipa :/θɔːt/[Alternative forms] edit - thowt (archaic) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:thoughtWikipedia thought (countable and uncountable, plural thoughts) 1.(countable) Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking. The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. 2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698: I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing. 3.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 5, in The Mirror and the Lamp: He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts. 4.(uncountable) The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished. Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom, and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. 5.a. 1983', Paul Fix (attributed quote) The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory. 6.(uncountable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region). Traditional eastern thought differs markedly from that of the west. 7.(uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress. 8.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 6:27: Which of you by taking thought, can adde one cubite vnto his ſtature? 9.(uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:consideration After much thought, I have decided to stay. 10.A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot. 11.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide 'Bide the night at Heriotside,' says he. 'It's a thought out of your way, but it's a comfortable bit.' [Verb] editthought 1.simple past tense and past participle of think [[Middle English]] ipa :/θoːxt/[Alternative forms] edit - thoughte, thougt, thouhte, thoute - thogt, thohte, thogh [Etymology] editFrom Old English þōht. [Noun] editthought (plural thoughtes) 1.product of mental activity 0 0 2009/04/08 09:52 2022/01/20 10:16 TaN
39217 wind down [[English]] ipa :/waɪnd ˈdaʊn/[Anagrams] edit - downwind [Synonyms] edit - (Relax; get rid of stress): chill out, let off steam, unwind [Verb] editwind down (third-person singular simple present winds down, present participle winding down, simple past and past participle wound down) 1.(transitive) To lower by winding something. Wind down the car window if you want to talk to me. 2.(intransitive) To slow, as if coming to an end; to become calmer or less busy. The festival seems to be winding down now. 3.(intransitive, idiomatic) To relax; to get rid of stress. After a long day at work, she winds down by kickboxing. 0 0 2009/04/15 16:57 2022/01/20 10:18 TaN
39219 ditching [[English]] ipa :/ˈdɪtʃɪŋ/[Noun] editditching (plural ditchings) 1.(aviation) A deliberate crash landing on the sea or other body of water. 2.1990, Operator's Manual for Army U-21G Aircraft Model test and actual ditchings of various aircraft indicate that ditchings into the wall of water created by the major swell is roughly analogous to flying into a mountain. [Verb] editditching 1.present participle of ditch 0 0 2021/04/21 11:30 2022/01/20 10:25 TaN
39221 imperceptible [[English]] [Adjective] editimperceptible (comparative more imperceptible, superlative most imperceptible) 1.not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed We all missed the imperceptible shake of his head as he tried to warn us without being seen. 2.1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality, volume 3, page 142: A narrow, almost imperceptible path led them through the thickest of the wood. Two or three times they had to creep under boughs which, but for the ease with which they gave way, would seem never to have admitted a passage before. 3.1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 425: To my unpractised eye, the undulations in the track were quite imperceptible, but the engineer's hand on the throttle was never still. 4.1986, Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons, OUP Oxford (→ISBN), page 75: Very small benefits may be imperceptible. And it is plausible to claim that an 'imperceptible benefit' is not a benefit. Synonyms: imperceivable, undistinguishable, unperceivable Antonyms: detectable, perceptible [Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle French imperceptible, from Medieval Latin imperceptibilis [[Catalan]] ipa :/im.pəɾ.səpˈti.blə/[Adjective] editimperceptible (masculine and feminine plural imperceptibles) 1.imperceptible Antonym: perceptible [Etymology] editFrom Medieval Latin imperceptibilis, equivalent to im- +‎ perceptible. [Further reading] edit - “imperceptible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “imperceptible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “imperceptible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “imperceptible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[French]] ipa :/ɛ̃.pɛʁ.sɛp.tibl/[Adjective] editimperceptible (plural imperceptibles) 1.imperceptible [Etymology] editFrom the Medieval Latin imperceptibilis. [Further reading] edit - “imperceptible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [[Spanish]] ipa :/impeɾθebˈtible/[Adjective] editimperceptible (plural imperceptibles) 1.imperceptible [Etymology] editFrom Medieval Latin imperceptibilis; synchronically analyzable as im- +‎ perceptible. [Further reading] edit - “imperceptible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2012/04/21 14:47 2022/01/20 10:36
39225 untapped [[English]] [Adjective] edituntapped (comparative more untapped, superlative most untapped) 1.Not tapped; not drawn on in terms of resources. 2.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎[1], page 18: The author kindly welcomes notification of any terms overlooked, any antedatings of earliest attestations, and any untapped sources that may prove to be productive. [Alternative forms] edit - untapt (obsolete, rare) [Etymology] editun- +‎ tapped 0 0 2009/12/21 18:48 2022/01/20 10:43 TaN
39227 logistics [[English]] ipa :/ləˈdʒɪstɪks/[Anagrams] edit - glossitic, logicists [Etymology 1] editFrom French logistique, coined or popularized 1830 by Antoine-Henri Jomini from logis (“lodging place”),[1] in phrases maréchal des logis (“marshall of lodging”) (see maréchal des logis), major-général des logis (“major-general of lodging”).[2][3] Possibly influenced by existing mathematical term logistique, of Ancient Greek origin; see logistic. [Etymology 2] edit [References] edit 1. ^ “logistics”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. 2. ^ Tableau Analytique des principales combinaisons De La Guerre, Et De Leurs Rapports Avec La Politique Des États: Pour Servir D'Introduction Au Traité Des Grandes Opérations Militaires, Baron de Jomini,1830, p. 74: “Autrefois les officiers de l’état-major se nommaient: maréchal des logis, major-général des logis; de là est venu le terme de logistique, qu’on emploie pour désigner ce qui se rapporte aux marches d’une armée.” “Formerly the officers of the general staff were named: marshall of lodgings, major-general of lodgings; from there came the term of logistics [logistique], which we employ to designate those who are in charge of the functionings/movements of an army.” 3. ^ The term is credited to Jomini, and the term and its etymology criticized by fr:Georges de Chambray in 1832, writing: “Logistique: Ce mot me paraît être tout-à-fait nouveau, car je ne l'avais encore vu nulle part dans la littérature militaire. … il paraît le faire dériver du mot logis, étymologie singulière … ” “Logistic: This word appears to me to be completely new, as I have not yet see it anywhere in military literature. … he appears to derive it from the word lodgings [logis], a peculiar etymology … ” Chambray also notes that the term logistique was present in the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française with only a single meaning, as a synonym for algebra.“Observation sur Le Tableau Analytique des principales combinaisons De La Guerre, Et De Leurs Rapports Avec La Politique Des États: Pour Servir D’Introduction Au Traité Des Grandes Opérations Militaires par le général Jomini.”, fr:Georges de Chambray, Le Spectateur militaire: Recueil de science, d’art et d’histoire militaires, 1832, Volume 13, p. 19 - Council of Logistics Management, USA in 1991 - TELS logistics, UK 0 0 2012/02/11 19:49 2022/01/20 11:15
39228 teleprompter [[English]] ipa :/ˈtɛləˌpɹɑmptəɹ/[Etymology] edittele- +‎ prompter; genericized trademark, originally styled TelePrompTer. [Noun] editteleprompter (plural teleprompters) 1.a device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera 2.2009 March 6, Mark Knoller, CBS News‎[1]: He was more at ease in reading his speech off the dual screens of a teleprompter than looking up and down at a speech text on his lectern. [[Spanish]] [Noun] editteleprompter m (plural teleprompters or teleprompter) 1.teleprompter 0 0 2017/08/22 10:05 2022/01/20 11:16 TaN
39229 pathogen [[English]] ipa :/ˈpæθədʒn̩/[Anagrams] edit - heptagon, phone tag [Etymology] editFrom patho- +‎ -gen. [Noun] editpathogen (plural pathogens) 1.(pathology, immunology) Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or fungi. Microorganisms are not considered to be pathogenic until they have reached a population size that is large enough to cause disease. 2.2013 January 1, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 101, number 1, page 64: In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans. [[German]] ipa :/ˌpatoˈɡeːn/[Adjective] editpathogen (comparative pathogener, superlative am pathogensten) 1.pathogenic Synonym: krankheitserregend [Etymology] editFrom πάθος (páthos, “suffering, pain”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”). Equivalent to patho- + -gen. [Further reading] edit - “pathogen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache - “pathogen” in Duden online - “pathogen”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– - “pathogen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon 0 0 2009/05/15 10:47 2022/01/20 11:25 TaN
39230 zoonotic [[English]] ipa :/ˌzəʊ.ə.ˈnɒ.tɪk/[Adjective] editzoonotic (not comparable) 1.relating to, or having a zoonosis 2.2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193: Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents. [Etymology] editFrom zoonosis +‎ -otic. [Noun] editzoonotic (plural zoonotics) 1.Synonym of zoonosis 0 0 2022/01/20 11:25 TaN
39234 in the works [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editin the works 1.(idiomatic) Being planned or worked upon. They always have some wonderful new project in the works. 2.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: In a mechanism or machine. Be careful not to get any debris in the works. [Synonyms] edit - (being planned or worked upon): in the hopper 0 0 2022/01/20 11:31 TaN
39235 everywhere [[English]] ipa :/ɛv.ɹi.(h)weə(ɹ)/[Adverb] editeverywhere (not comparable) 1.In or to all locations under discussion. 2.2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76: Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. He delivers the mail everywhere on this street. We went everywhere at the school - we talked to all the teachers in their classrooms. 3.(colloquial, hyperbolic) In or to a few or more locations. We went to Europe last year and went everywhere: Berlin, Paris, London, and Madrid. When I shop for shoes, I like to look everywhere. I've looked everywhere in the house and still can't find my glasses. [Alternative forms] edit - everwhere (US, dialectal) - every where (obsolete) [Antonyms] edit - nowhere [Etymology] editFrom Middle English eauerihwer, from Old English æfre + Old English gehwær. Not a compound of every + where. 0 0 2022/01/20 11:32 TaN
39237 take away from [[English]] [Verb] edittake away from (third-person singular simple present takes away from, present participle taking away from, simple past took away from, past participle taken away from) 1.To subtract a quality from; make something seem not so good or interesting. Even the rain couldn't take away from the excitement of the match. 0 0 2022/01/20 11:36 TaN
39241 indigo [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/[Adjective] editindigo (comparative more indigo, superlative most indigo) 1.having a deep purplish-blue colour [Etymology] edit16th century (as indico, modern spelling from the 17th century), Spanish índigo, Portuguese endego (modern índigo), or Dutch (via Portuguese) indigo, all from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδικὸν (Indikòn, “Indian dye”), from Ἰνδία (Indía).[1] [Noun] editindigo (countable and uncountable, plural indigos or indigoes) 1.A purplish-blue colour indigo:   web indigo:   2.1907, Harold Edward Bindloss, chapter 6, in The Dust of Conflict‎[1]: The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity. 3.An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (the indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye. 4.An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush). [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “indigo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [See also] edit - anil - aniline - Baptisia tinctoria - rainbow - Saxon blue - Appendix:Colors [[Dutch]] [Adjective] editindigo (invariable, comparative meer indigo, superlative meest indigo) 1.indigo-coloured. [Noun] editindigo n (plural indigo's) 1.The colour indigo. [See also] edit [[Finnish]] ipa :/ˈindiɡo/[Adjective] editindigo (comparative indigompi, superlative indigoin) 1.indigo (being of that color) [Noun] editindigo 1.indigo (color) [[French]] [Adjective] editindigo (feminine singular indigoe, masculine plural indigos, feminine plural indigoes) 1.indigo (being of that color) [Further reading] edit - “indigo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editindigo m (plural indigos) 1.indigo (color) [See also] edit [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - gnidio, gonidi [Verb] editindigo 1.first-person singular present indicative of indigere [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editindigo m or f or n (indeclinable) 1.indigo [Etymology] editFrom French indigo. [Noun] editindigo n (plural indigouri) 1.indigo [See also] edit 0 0 2022/01/20 12:46 TaN
39243 compile [[English]] ipa :/kəmpʌɪl/[Anagrams] edit - polemic [Etymology] editFrom Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“heap, plunder”, verb). [Noun] editcompile (plural compiles) 1.(programming) An act of compiling code. 2.1985, Robert A Stern, An Introduction to Computers and Information Processing: […] programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development. 3.2007, Scott Meyers, Mike Lee, MAC OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile. [Verb] editcompile (third-person singular simple present compiles, present participle compiling, simple past and past participle compiled) 1.(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources. Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language. 2.(obsolete) To construct, build. 3.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3: Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin [...]. 4.(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code. After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works. 5.(intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code. There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile. 6.(obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise. 7.1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[80 (please specify the sonnet number or title)]”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: Printed [by Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, OCLC 932931864; reprinted in Amoretti and Epithalamion (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas […], 1927, OCLC 474036557: Which these six books compile. 8.(obsolete) To write; to compose. 9.1690, William Temple, “Of Heroick Virtue”, in Miscellanea. The Second Part. [...], 2nd edition, London: […] J. R. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], OCLC 863624292, section II, page 188: They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice [[French]] [Verb] editcompile 1.inflection of compiler: 1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive 2.second-person singular imperative [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editcompile 1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of compilar 2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of compilar 3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of compilar 4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of compilar [[Spanish]] [Verb] editcompile 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of compilar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of compilar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of compilar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of compilar. 0 0 2009/07/02 21:37 2022/01/20 12:50 TaN
39244 generative [[English]] ipa :/ˈdʒɛnəɹətɪv/[Adjective] editgenerative (comparative more generative, superlative most generative) 1.Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing. 2.1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693: That generative particle. 3.1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 127: Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other. [Antonyms] edit - annihilative [Etymology] editFrom Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif. Compare French génératif. [Synonyms] edit - creative [[German]] [Adjective] editgenerative 1.inflection of generativ: 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] editgenerative 1.feminine plural of generativo [Anagrams] edit - generatevi 0 0 2020/09/18 14:05 2022/01/20 13:20 TaN

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