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40325 cannot [[English]] ipa :/ˈkænɒt/[Alternative forms] edit - cannet, cannit (Tyneside) [Anagrams] edit - Canton, Conant, Nacton, canton, nonact, noncat [Etymology] editcan +‎ not [Noun] editcannot (plural cannots) 1.Something that cannot be done. the cans and cannots 2.A person who cannot do (something). [Synonyms] edit - can't [Verb] editcannot 1.Can not (be unable to). I cannot open the window. It is stuck. 2.Be forbidden or not permitted to 3.1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575 The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt. 4.2013 June 21, Karen McVeigh, “US rules human genes can't be patented”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 10: The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation. You cannot enter the hall without a ticket. [[Norman]] [Etymology] editRelated to French cane (“(female) duck”) and canard (“duck; drake”); see there for more. Cognate with French canot (“little boat”). [Noun] editcannot m (plural cannots) 1.(Jersey) duckling 0 0 2009/04/01 17:16 2022/02/15 13:03 TaN
40326 can't [[English]] ipa :/kaːnt/[Anagrams] edit - NCTA, T-Can [Etymology] editcan +‎ -n't, since 1706[1] or earlier.[2] [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “can't”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. 2. ^ “can't”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. 3. ^ Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513 [Verb] editcan't 1.Cannot (negative auxiliary[3]); is unable to; does not have the ability to. Antonyms: be able to, can I can’t quite get it to work. 2.Is forbidden to; is not permitted to. Antonyms: be able to, can, have to, must You can’t enter the hall without a ticket. 3.Often followed by be: is logically impossible. Antonyms: be able to, can, have to, must The butler can’t be the murderer because he was in London that evening. 4.1750, W[illiam] Ellis, The Country Housewife's Family Companion: Or Profitable Directions for Whatever Relates to the Management and Good Œconomy of the Domestick Concerns of a Country Life, According to the Present Practice of the Country Gentleman's, the Yeoman's, the Farmer's, &c. Wives, in the Counties of Hertford, Bucks, and Other Parts of England: Shewing how Great Savings may be Made in Housekeeping: [...] With Variety of Curious Matters [...] The Whole Founded on Near Thirty Years Experience, London: Printed for James Hodges, at the Looking-glass, facing St. Magnus Church, London-Bridge; and B. Collins, bookseller, at Salisbury, OCLC 837728611, page 157: To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for if they are too little, it can't be done; […] 0 0 2018/08/15 09:56 2022/02/15 13:03 TaN
40328 commuter [[English]] ipa :/kəˈmjuːtɚ/[Etymology] editcommute +‎ -er. [Noun] editcommuter (plural commuters) 1.One who commutes (etymology 1). 2.A person who regularly travels from one place to another, typically to work. 3.(US, informal) A piece of transportation equipment used for the transportation of such persons. He takes the commuter to headquarters at least once a week. [[French]] ipa :/kɔ.my.te/[Etymology] editFrom Latin commūtō. [Further reading] edit - “commuter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Verb] editcommuter 1.(mathematics) to commute 2.(electronics) to switch [[Latin]] [Verb] editcommūter 1.first-person singular present passive subjunctive of commūtō 0 0 2022/02/15 13:08 TaN
40329 pale [[English]] ipa :/peɪɫ/[Anagrams] edit - Alep, LEAP, Lape, Leap, Peal, e-pal, leap, peal, pela, plea [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English pale, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”). Doublet of pallid. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English pale, pal, borrowed from Old French pal, from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”). English inherited the word pole (or, rather Old English pāl) from a much older Proto-Germanic borrowing of the same Latin word.Doublet of peel and pole. [References] edit 1. ^ P. L. Simmonds, A Dictionary of Trade Products, Commercial, Manufacturing, and Technical Terms, London: Routledge, 1858, p. 272,[1] [Related terms] edit - impale - palisade - pallescent [[Afrikaans]] [Noun] editpale 1.plural of paal [[Estonian]] [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Noun] editpale (genitive pale, partitive palge or pale) 1.cheek [[French]] ipa :/pal/[Anagrams] edit - Alep, lape, lapé, pela [Etymology] editBorrowed from Occitan pala (or some western Oïl language), from Latin pāla (“shovel, spade”). [Further reading] edit - “pale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editpale f (plural pales) 1.blade (of a propeller etc) 2.vane (of a windmill etc) [[Haitian Creole]] ipa :/pa.le/[Etymology] editFrom French parler (“talk, speak”) [Verb] editpale 1.to talk, to speak 2.2019 March 19, “Rankont ann Itali ant Anvwaye Espesyal Etazini ak Larisi sou Kriz Venezuela a”, in Lavwadlamerik‎[8]: Anvwaye espesyal Etazini pou Venezuela, Elliot Abrams, ak vis-minis afè etranjè Larisi, Sergei Ryabkov, ap fè reyinyon nan vil Wòm ann Itali pou yo pale sou “sityasyon Venezuela kap agrave.” American Special Envoy for Venezuela Elliot Abrams and Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov are meeting in the city of Rome, Italy to talk about "the worsening situation in Venezuela." [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - alpe, pela [Noun] editpale f 1.plural of pala [[Jakaltek]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Spanish padre (“father”). [Noun] editpale 1.priest [References] edit - Church, Clarence; Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano‎[9] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 17; 39 [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈpa.leː/[Etymology 1] editBorrowed from Ancient Greek πάλη (pálē). [Etymology 2] edit [References] edit - pale in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - pale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette - pale in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers - pale in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly [[Lindu]] [Noun] editpale 1.(anatomy) hand [[Lower Sorbian]] ipa :/ˈpalɛ/[Participle] editpale 1.third-person plural present of paliś [[Norman]] [Adjective] editpale m or f 1.(Jersey) pale [Etymology] editFrom Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”). [Synonyms] edit - bliême [[Northern Kurdish]] ipa :/pɑːˈlɛ/[Noun] editpale ? 1.worker [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Noun] editpale n (definite singular paleet, indefinite plural pale or paleer, definite plural palea or paleene) 1.alternative spelling of palé [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Noun] editpale n (definite singular paleet, indefinite plural pale, definite plural palea) 1.alternative spelling of palé [[Old French]] ipa :/ˈpa.lə/[Adjective] editpale m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pale) 1.pale, whitish or having little color [Alternative forms] edit - pasle - paule [Etymology] editFrom Latin pallidus. [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈpa.lɛ/[Further reading] edit - pale in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editpale m 1.nominative/accusative/vocative plural of paleditpale m 1.locative/vocative singular of pałeditpale f 1.dative/locative singular of pała [[Serbo-Croatian]] [Verb] editpale (Cyrillic spelling пале) 1.third-person plural present of paliti [[Swahili]] [Adjective] editpale 1.Pa class inflected form of -le. 0 0 2022/02/15 13:13 TaN
40330 pale in comparison [[English]] [Verb] editpale in comparison (third-person singular simple present pales in comparison, present participle paling in comparison, simple past and past participle paled in comparison) 1.(idiomatic) To appear small or unimportant in relation to something else. 0 0 2022/02/15 13:13 TaN
40331 Pales [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Peals, Slape, e-pals, lapse, leaps, lepas, peals, pleas, salep, sepal, slape, spale [Etymology] editLatin, from Etruscan.English Wikipedia has an article on:PalesWikipedia English Wikipedia has an article on:49 PalesWikipedia [Proper noun] editPales 1.(Roman mythology) The deity of shepherds, flocks and livestock in Roman mythology. 2.(astronomy) 49 Pales, a main belt asteroid. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈpa.leːs/[Etymology] editMaybe from Etruscan. [Proper noun] editPalēs f sg (genitive Palis); third declension 1.(Roman mythology) The goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock [References] edit - Pales in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - Pales in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette 0 0 2022/02/15 13:13 TaN
40332 pal [[English]] ipa :/pal/[Anagrams] edit - ALP, APL, LPA, PLA, Pla, alp, lap [Etymology] editBorrowed from Angloromani pal (“brother, friend”), from Romani phral (“brother”), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”). Doublet of brother and frater. [Noun] editpal (plural pals) 1.(colloquial) A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with. Little Timmy's out playing with his pals. 2.(colloquial) An informal term of address, often used ironically in a hostile way. Don't you threaten me, pal – I'll report you to the police. [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:friend [Verb] editpal (third-person singular simple present pals, present participle palling, simple past and past participle palled) 1.Be friends with, hang around with. John plans to pal around with Joe today. [[Angloromani]] ipa :[ˈpʰæl][Alternative forms] edit - palla, pel, pral, prala, pralla, pulu [Etymology] editInherited from Romani phral. Cognate with English brother. [Noun] editpal 1.brother Sa see pal te pen? (please add an English translation of this usage example) 2.friend Every time I tried to make a pal... (please add an English translation of this usage example) [References] edit - “pal”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 25 - “pal”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 59 [[Asturian]] [Contraction] editpal m 1.for the [Etymology] editFrom a contraction of the preposition pa (“for”) + masculine singular article el (“the”). [[Cahuilla]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa. [Noun] editpál 1.water [References] edit - Katherine Siva Sauvel; Pamela Munro (1983) Chem'ivillu' (let's speak Cahuilla) [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈpal/[Etymology] editFrom Old Occitan pal, from Latin pālus (“stake, pole”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-. [Noun] editpal m (plural pals) 1.stake 2.pole 3.(heraldry) pale 4.(colloquial) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. és un pal ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) [[Cupeño]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa. Cognate with Cahuilla pál, Luiseño paala, Tübatulabal bal, Northern Paiute paa, Comanche paa, Hopi paahu, Classical Nahuatl atl. [Noun] editpál 1.water [References] edit - Jane H. Hill (2005) A Grammar of Cupeño [[Czech]] ipa :[ˈpal][Further reading] edit - pal in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957 - pal in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989 [Interjection] editpal! 1.fire! (a signal to shoot) [Verb] editpal 1.second-person singular imperative of pálit [[Dutch]] ipa :/pɑl/[Adverb] editpal 1.firm, firmly 2.(with a preposition or adverb) right, immediately [Anagrams] edit - lap [Etymology] editFrom Middle French pal, from Latin pālus. Cognate with paal. [Noun] editpal m (plural pallen, diminutive palletje n) 1.catch (mechanism which stops something from moving the wrong way) [[French]] ipa :/pal/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin pālus (“stake, pole”). Compare the inherited doublet pieu. [Further reading] edit - “pal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editpal m (plural pals) 1.stake 2.pole 3.(heraldry) pale [[Garo]] [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Postposition] editpal 1.(follows genitive case -ni) because, on account of [[Indonesian]] ipa :[ˈpal][Etymology 1] editFrom Dutch paal (“pole”), from Middle Dutch pâel, from Old Dutch pāl, from Latin pālus. See Dutch mijlpaal (“milestone”). [Etymology 2] edit [Further reading] edit - “pal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016. [[Lower Sorbian]] ipa :[pal][Participle] editpal 1.second-person singular imperative of paliś [[Northern Kurdish]] ipa :/pɑːl/[Noun] editpal ? 1.side [[Occitan]] ipa :/pal/[Noun] editpal m (plural pals) 1.post, pole, stake 2.(nautical) mast [[Old English]] ipa :/pɑːl/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin pālus (“stake”), possibly through a Proto-West Germanic intermediate *pāl. Compare Old High German pfāl (German Pfahl), Old Dutch pāl (Dutch paal). Doublet of pǣl, from the variant Proto-West Germanic *pāli. [Noun] editpāl m 1.stake [[Old Frisian]] ipa :/ˈpaːl/[Etymology] editBorrowed from either Old Dutch pāl or Old High German pāl, from Proto-West Germanic *pāl, from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”), from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to attach”). Cognate to Old English pāl. Doublet of pēl. [Noun] editpāl f 1.pole [References] edit - Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN [[Pipil]] ipa :/pal/[Relational] edit-pal 1.of (genitive relation, also forms genitive pronouns) Ne pelu ipal ne takat The dog of the man → The man's dog. Ashan ini kal mupal Now this house is yours 2.for (benefactive relation) Tikpiat se mupal wan se nupal We have one for you and one for me [[Polish]] ipa :/pal/[Etymology 1] editFrom Latin pālus (“stake”). [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [Further reading] edit - pal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - pal in Polish dictionaries at PWN [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editpal m or n (feminine singular pală, masculine plural pali, feminine and neuter plural pale) 1.pale [Etymology] editFrom French pâle. [[Spanish]] [Contraction] editpal 1.(colloquial) contraction of para (“for”) + el (“the”) [Further reading] edit - “pal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [[Volapük]] ipa :[pal][Noun] editpal (nominative plural pals) 1.parent, father or mother Hyponyms: fat, hipal, jipal, mot 0 0 2022/02/15 13:13 TaN
40333 Pal [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - ALP, APL, LPA, PLA, Pla, alp, lap [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [[Albanian]] [Etymology] editDimunitive of Palush (“Paulus”) (from Latin Paulus). [Proper noun] editPal m (definite Pali) 1.A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul. [[Polish]] ipa :/pal/[Etymology] editFrom pal, palec, or palić. [Proper noun] editPal m pers or f 1.A masculine surname​. 2.A feminine surname​. 0 0 2022/02/15 13:13 TaN
40334 PAL [[English]] ipa :/pæl/[Anagrams] edit - ALP, APL, LPA, PLA, Pla, alp, lap [Noun] editPAL (countable and uncountable, plural PALs) 1.(television, uncountable) Acronym of Phase Alternating Line. or of Phase Alternation Line or "Phase Alternated Line" (TV standard) 2.(electronics, countable) Acronym of Programmable Array Logic. 3.Acronym of permissive-action link. 4.Acronym of prisoner at large. [Proper noun] editPAL 1.Initialism of Police Athletic League. 0 0 2022/02/15 13:13 TaN
40337 statutory [[English]] ipa :/ˈstætjʊt(ə)ɹɪ/[Adjective] editstatutory (not comparable) 1.Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute. [Etymology] editstatute +‎ -ory 0 0 2009/08/24 12:40 2022/02/15 14:14 TaN
40338 directive [[English]] ipa :/daɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/[Adjective] editdirective (not comparable) 1.that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide 2.2002, Colin Gray, Enterprise and Culture (page 54) A directive management style is stronger among owners with 'lifestyle' as a business objective than among those with business/economic objectives. 3.(grammar) relating to the directive case [Etymology] editFrom Middle French directif. The noun senses are from French directive (feminine form of the adjective). [Noun] editdirective (plural directives) 1.An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal. 2.(programming) A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run. 3.An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force. 4.(European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation. 5.(grammar) The directive case. [[French]] ipa :/di.ʁɛk.tiv/[Adjective] editdirective 1.feminine singular of directif [Further reading] edit - “directive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editdirective f (plural directives) 1.directive, general instructions, guideline 0 0 2021/11/02 10:51 2022/02/15 14:14 TaN
40340 come in for [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - cofermion [Verb] editcome in for (third-person singular simple present comes in for, present participle coming in for, simple past came in for, past participle come in for) 1.(transitive) to be subjected to If you go into the forest, you'll come in for a nasty surprise. The director came in for a lot of criticism about the way she handled the disaster. 0 0 2022/02/15 14:16 TaN
40341 principal [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɹɪnsɪpəl/[Adjective] editprincipal (comparative more principal, superlative most principal) 1.Primary; most important; first level in importance. Smith is the principal architect of this design. The principal cause of the failure was poor planning. 2.1760 [1726], Homer, tr. Alexander Pope, The Odyssey, Volume 2, page 217, In a word, the Epiſodes of Homer are complete Epiſodes; they are proper to the ſubject, because they are drawn from the ground of the fable; they are ſo joined to the principal action, that one is the neceſſary conſequence of the other, either truly or probably: and laſtly, they are imperfect members which do not make a complete and finiſhed body; for an Epiſode that makes a complete action, cannot be part of a principal action; as is eſſential to all Epiſodes. 3.1995, Madeleine Cabos, Baedeker Paris, page 105, The principal treasure of ths department, however, is the Stele of Hammurabi (1792—1750 B.C.), king of the first Babylonian kingdom, a basalt cylinder 2.25m/7ft 5in. inscribed with Hammurabi′s laws written in Akkadian in cuneiform script. 4.2005, Ruth N. Collins, Application of Phylogenetic Algorithms to Assess Rab Functional Relationships, Sidney P. Colowick, Alan Hall (editors), Methods in Enzymology, Volume 403, page 22, In theory, there are the same number of principal components as there are variables, but in practice, usually only a few of the principal components need to be identified to account for most of the data variance. 5.(obsolete, Latinism) Of or relating to a prince; princely. 6.Template:RQ:Spenser [Alternative forms] edit - principall (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English principal, from Old French principal, from Latin prīncipālis. [Noun] editprincipal (countable and uncountable, plural principals) 1. 2. (finance, uncountable) The money originally invested or loaned, on which basis interest and returns are calculated. A portion of your mortgage payment goes to reduce the principal, and the rest covers interest. 3.1902, William Pember Reeves, State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand, Volume 1, 2011, Cambridge University Press, page 342, In March 1902, I find in the statement of liabilities and assets £711 put down as arrears of interest, but there is no entry of arrears of principal. 4.2012, Denis Clifford, Plan Your Estate, 11th Edition, NOLO, US, page 298, For instance, in some states, dividends that have automatically been reinvested will be treated as principal. 5.2012, Fred Steingold, Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business, page 88, If you know the principal amount, the interest rate, and the number of years the payments will be made, you can consult an amortization calculator or schedule to arrive at the monthly payment. 6. 7. (Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The chief administrator of a school. 8.1971, Louis Kaplan, Education and Mental Health, page 413, The important administrative figure to the teacher is the school principal. 9.2008, Brian Dive, The Accountable Leader: Developing Effective Leadership Through Managerial Accountability, page 212, The problem was neatly summed up by one principal in Australia who said recently: ‘There is no incentive for me to develop my best teachers to become my successor. […] ’ 10.2009, Colin J. Marsh, Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum, page 132, Now renamed Teaching Australia, its officers are undertaking exploratory steps in developing professional standards for school leaders. A National Standards Drafting Group of volunteer principals is currently drafting principal standards (Teaching Australia, 2007). 11.2011, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook 2011-2012, page 45, Principals are now being held more accountable for the performance of students and teachers, while at the same time they are required to adhere to a growing number of government regulations. 12.(UK, Canada) The chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college. 13.1967, University of Edinburgh Graduates′ Association, University of Edinburgh Journal, Volumes 23-24, page 314, Unlike the students, Principal Robertson, who now resided almost alone in the College, continued to use the accistomed route on his visits to the Old Town; and it “became the joke of the day that from being the principal gate it had become only a gate for the Principal.”5 14.(law) A legal person that authorizes another (the agent) to act on their behalf; or on whose behalf an agent or gestor in a negotiorum gestio acts. When an attorney represents a client, the client is the principal who permits the attorney, the client′s agent, to act on the client′s behalf. My principal sells metal shims. 15.1958, American Law Institute. Restatement of the Law, Second: Agency 2d, Volume 7, page 533, The firm admitted the amount owed, but averred as an affirmative defense that it had hired the expert as an agent of a disclosed principal, the client. 16.1966, Pan American Union, The Marketing Structure for Selected Processed Food Products: In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, The Federal Republic of Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom, page 34, A food broker has been defined as an independent sales agent who performs the services of negotiating the sale of food and/or grocery products for and on account of the seller as principal. 17.2009, California Continuing Education of the Bar, California Probate Code, page 375, An attorney-in-fact has a duty to act solely in yhe interest of the principal and to avoid conflicts of interest. 18. 19. (law) The primary participant in a crime. Coordinate term: accessory Hypernym: accomplice 20.1915, Eugene Allen Gilmore, Wiliam Charles Wermuth, Modern American Law, page 125, The accessories may be prosecuted, tried and punished, though the principal has not been prosecuted or has been acquitted. 21. 22.(Canada, US) A partner or owner of a business. 23.(music) A diapason, a type of organ stop on a pipe organ. 24.(architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing. 25.The first two long feathers of a hawk's wing. 26.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, OCLC 890162479: a birde whose principals be scarce growne out 27.1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports The first two feathers - Principals 28.One of the turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and centre of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned[1] 29.(obsolete) An essential point or rule; a principle. 30.A dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company. 31.(computing) A security principal. [References] edit 1. ^ 1845, Oxford Glossary of Architecture [See also] edit - PITI payment - prince - principality - principle [Synonyms] edit - (primary): chief, main, primaryedit - (original money invested or loaned): - (school administrator): headteacher n, headmaster m, headmistress f - (chief executive and chief academic officer of a university or college): dean - (one under whose direction and on whose behalf an agent acts): client - (company represented by a salesperson): - (primary participant in a crime): ringleader - (owner of or partner in a business): proprietor - (organ stop): diapason [[Catalan]] ipa :/pɾin.siˈpal/[Adjective] editprincipal (masculine and feminine plural principals) 1.main; principal 2.a partir de l'any 1799 Urgias va ser un dels principals animadors del Parnàs Alguerès [Etymology] editFrom Latin prīncipālis. [[French]] ipa :/pʁɛ̃.si.pal/[Adjective] editprincipal (feminine singular principale, masculine plural principaux, feminine plural principales) 1.main, key, principal l'un des principaux problèmes ― one of the key problems les principales ethnies du pays ― the principal ethnic groups of the country [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin prīncipālis. [Further reading] edit - “principal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editprincipal m (plural principaux, feminine principale) 1.someone or something which is important, key, paramount les principaux du royaume ― the chief men of the kingdom 2.principal (school administrator) 3.(finance) principal (the money originally invested or loaned) [[Galician]] [Adjective] editprincipal m or f (plural principais) 1.main, principal [[Occitan]] [Adjective] editprincipal m (feminine singular principala, masculine plural principals, feminine plural principalas) 1.main, principal [[Portuguese]] ipa :/pɾĩ.siˈpaw/[Adjective] editprincipal m or f (plural principais, comparable) 1.main; principal (most important) Synonym: primário 2.fundamental; essential Synonyms: see Thesaurus:importante, Thesaurus:importante 3.(astronomy, of a heavenly body) having another body orbiting it Synonym: primário 4.(grammar, of a sentence) not subordinate [Antonyms] edit - (main): secundário - (fundamental): See Thesaurus:importante - (having another body orbiting it): orbitante - (said of a sentence which is not subordinate): subordinado [Etymology] editFrom Latin principālis (“first; principal”), from prīncipium (“beginning”). [Noun] editprincipal m (plural principais) 1.prelate of a religious, educational or commercial institution Synonyms: diretor, prelado [[Romanian]] ipa :/prin.t͡ʃiˈpal/[Adjective] editprincipal m or n (feminine singular principală, masculine plural principali, feminine and neuter plural principale) 1.principal, primary, chief, foremost [Antonyms] edit - secundar [Etymology] editFrom French principal, from Latin principalis. [Synonyms] edit - central [[Spanish]] ipa :/pɾinθiˈpal/[Adjective] editprincipal (plural principales) 1.main, most important 2.essential [Etymology] editFrom Latin principālis. [Further reading] edit - “principal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. [Noun] editprincipal m (plural principales) 1.chief, boss [[Swedish]] [Noun] editprincipal c 1.a principal; one who directs another (the agent) to act on one's behalf 0 0 2012/01/16 18:22 2022/02/15 14:16 jack_bob
40343 declaratory [[English]] ipa :/dɛˈklæɹətɹi/[Adjective] editdeclaratory (not comparable) 1.Serving to declare or explain [Etymology] editdeclare +‎ -atory 0 0 2022/02/15 14:29 TaN
40344 unconstitutional [[English]] [Adjective] editunconstitutional (comparative more unconstitutional, superlative most unconstitutional) 1.contrary to or violative of the constitution of a state or other sovereign institution [18th C.] That recently passed political bill has been declared unconstitutional. Synonym: anticonstitutional Antonym: constitutional [Etymology] editFrom un- +‎ constitutional. [References] edit - James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Unconstitutional”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume X, Part 1 (Ti–U), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 101, column 1. 0 0 2022/02/15 14:32 TaN
40345 abridgement [[English]] ipa :/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mənt/[Etymology] editabridge +‎ -ment [Noun] editabridgement (countable and uncountable, plural abridgements) 1.(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment 2.1960 August, “New Reading on Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 512: CHEMINS DE FER. Edited by Jean Herbert. Elsevier Publishing Co. [...] 30s. [...] The work of abridgement has been skilfully done by excluding financial, administrative and general engineering terms. [References] edit - “abridgement”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2022/02/15 14:32 TaN
40346 abridgment [[English]] ipa :/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mn̩t/[Alternative forms] edit - abridgement [Etymology] editFirst attested in 1494. From Middle English abrygement,[1] from Middle French abrégement.[2] Equivalent to abridge +‎ -ment. [Further reading] edit - “abridgment” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - abridgment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - abridgment at OneLook Dictionary Search [Noun] editabridgment (countable and uncountable, plural abridgments) 1.(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).] Synonyms: diminution, lessening, shortening[2] an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses 2.(US) The state of being abridged or lessened. 3.(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][2] 4.2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club‎[1]: When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious. 5.(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly 6.1605, Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, V-i: What abridgment have you for this evening? What masque? what music? 7.(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases. 8.(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder. [References] edit 1. ^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 5 2.↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abridgment”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8. [Synonyms] edit - (act of abridging): compendium, epitome, abstract, synopsis, précis 0 0 2022/02/15 14:32 TaN
40348 footnote [[English]] ipa :/ˈfʊtˌnəʊt/[Alternative forms] edit - f.n. (abbreviation) [Etymology] editFrom foot +‎ note. [Further reading] edit - footnote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editfootnote (plural footnotes) 1.A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text. Coordinate terms: headnote, endnote, hatnote, marginal note consult the footnotes for more details 2.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714: Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics. 3.(by extension) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related. a mere footnote in history 4.2012, Martin McQuillan, Political Archive of Paul de Man, page 72: If we are another footnote to Plato, Plato was himself already a footnote to still earlier footnotes, in an endless chain of footnotes to footnotes 5.2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014: In that context Scotland's fate is a modest element, a symptom of wider fragmentation of the current global order, a footnote to the fall of empire and the Berlin Wall, important to us and punchdrunk neighbours like France and Italy, a mere curiosity to emerging titans like Brazil. 6.A qualification to the import of something. [See also] edit - marginalia - reference mark [Verb] editfootnote (third-person singular simple present footnotes, present participle footnoting, simple past and past participle footnoted) 1.To add footnotes to a text. Synonym: annotate 0 0 2022/02/15 14:47 TaN
40351 afoul [[English]] ipa :/əˈfaʊl/[Adverb] editafoul (comparative more afoul, superlative most afoul) 1.(archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement. The ships’ lines and sails were all afoul. 2.1840, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, New York: Harper & Bros., Chapter 15, p. 137,[1] After paying out chain, we swung clear, but our anchors were no doubt afoul of hers. 3.1849, William F. Lynch, The Naval Officer, Chapter 2, in Graham’s Magazine, Volume 34, Number 3, March 1849,[2] The atmosphere was soon thick and stifling, and the crews were working their guns with the energy of desperation, when a severe concussion, followed by a harsh and grating sound, told that the ships were afoul. 4.(with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with). He had a knack for running afoul of the law. 5.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 29,[3] What the devil’s the matter with me? I don’t stand right on my legs. Coming afoul of that old man has a sort of turned me wrong side out. 6.1957, “Still in Business,” Time, 15 December, 1957,[4] A hemispheric axiom has it that when a dictator falls afoul of Washington, his opponents are emboldened to try to topple him. 7.1979, Bernard Malamud, Dubin’s Lives, New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, Chapter Two, p. 79,[5] Kings came to hear [Vivaldi’s] concerts but in the end he ran afoul of the Pope’s nuncio and fell out of favor, presumably for neglecting to say Mass […] 8.1993, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, The Gripping Hand, New York: Pocket Books, 1994, Part 1, Chapter 3, p. 28,[6] He committed acts which put him afoul of Empire law, details classified, twenty-six years ago. [Anagrams] edit - AFOLU [Etymology] edita- +‎ foul [Further reading] edit - afoul at OneLook Dictionary Search - afoul in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. 0 0 2022/02/15 14:47 TaN
40352 doctrine [[English]] ipa :/ˈdɑktɹɪn/[Anagrams] edit - Crediton, centroid, on credit [Etymology] editFrom Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor. [Noun] editdoctrine (countable and uncountable, plural doctrines) 1.(countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters. The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity. The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism. 2.(countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group or text. What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine? 3.1560, John Knox, An Answere to a Great Number of Blasphemous Cavillations Written by an Anabaptist, and aduersarie to Gods eternall Predestination, London: Thomas Charde, published 1591, page 95: This one thing do we (compelled by your blaſphemous accuſations) repeat oftener then we would: to the end that indifferent men may ſee what doctrine it is, which you ſo maliciouſly impugne. [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˌdɔkˈtri.nə/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Dutch doctrine, from Middle French doctrine, from Latin doctrīna. [Noun] editdoctrine f (plural doctrines, diminutive doctrinetje n) 1.doctrine De doctrine stelt duidelijk dat... The doctrine clearly states that... Synonyms: leer, leerstuk [[French]] ipa :/dɔk.tʁin/[Etymology] editFrom Latin doctrina, diminutive from doctus, taught, perfect passive participle of docere, teach [Further reading] edit - “doctrine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editdoctrine f (plural doctrines) 1.doctrine [[Spanish]] [Verb] editdoctrine 1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of doctrinar. 2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of doctrinar. 3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of doctrinar. 4.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of doctrinar. 0 0 2022/02/15 14:48 TaN
40354 guise [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡaɪz/[Anagrams] edit - Segui, egusi [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English guise, gise, gyse, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“wise, way, fashion, custom, habit, manner”), Dutch wijze (“manner, way”). More at wise. [Etymology 2] edit [[French]] ipa :/ɡiz/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French guise, from Old French guisse, guise, vise (“guise, manner, way”), from Old Frankish *wīsa (“manner, way, fashion”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsǭ (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, view, behold, perceive”). Cognate with Old High German wīsa (“way, manner”), Old English wīse (“wise, way, fashion, custom, habit, manner”). More at wise. [Further reading] edit - “guise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editguise f (plural guises) 1.way le faire à ma guise — do it my way Je l'ai laissé chanter à sa guise. — I let him sing his way. en guise de — by way of, as [[Italian]] [Anagrams] edit - segui, seguì [Noun] editguise f 1.plural of guisa [[Old French]] [Noun] editguise f (oblique plural guises, nominative singular guise, nominative plural guises) 1.way; manner 2.circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide: Biaus sire, quant vos an tel guise An blanc chainse et an sa chemise Ma cosine an volez mener, Un autre don li vuel doner Good sir, when you in such a way In a white tunic and in her shirt Want to take my cousin I want to give her another gift [References] edit - Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (guise, supplement) [[Spanish]] [Verb] editguise 1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of guisar. 2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of guisar. 3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of guisar. 4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of guisar. 0 0 2022/02/15 14:48 TaN
40355 Guise [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Segui, egusi [Proper noun] editGuise (plural Guises) 1.A surname​. [See also] edit - Aspley Guise [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Guise is the 19774th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1361 individuals. Guise is most common among White (79.06%) and Black/African American (15.8%) individuals. [[French]] ipa :/ɡɥiz/[Proper noun] editFrench Wikipedia has an article on:GuiseWikipedia frGuise m 1.A city in Hauts-de-France, France. 0 0 2022/02/15 14:48 TaN
40357 among other things [[English]] [Adverb] editamong other things (not comparable) 1.in addition to things not mentioned [Alternative forms] edit - amongst other things [Synonyms] edit - inter alia 0 0 2022/02/15 14:49 TaN
40358 allege [[English]] ipa :/əˈlɛdʒ/[Alternative forms] edit - alledg, alledge, allegge (obsolete) [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English aleggen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exlītigāre (“to clear at law”), from Latin ex (“out”) + lītigō (“sue at law”), the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin allēgāre, present active infinitive of allēgō (“send, depute; relate, mention, adduce”), from ad (“to”) + lēgō (“send”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English alleggen, from Old French alegier, from Latin alleviāre, present active infinitive of alleviō (“lighten”), from ad + levis (“light”). Doublet of alleviate. [Further reading] edit - “allege” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - allege in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [References] edit - John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “allege”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. [See also] edit - Wikipedia article on "oath" [[Latin]] [Verb] editallege 1.second-person singular present active imperative of allegō 0 0 2012/01/08 21:54 2022/02/15 14:51
40359 disfavor [[English]] [Antonyms] edit - favor [Etymology] editdis- +‎ favor [Noun] editdisfavor (countable and uncountable, plural disfavors) 1.(American spelling) Alternative form of disfavour [Verb] editdisfavor (third-person singular simple present disfavors, present participle disfavoring, simple past and past participle disfavored) 1.(American spelling) Alternative form of disfavour 0 0 2022/02/15 14:51 TaN
40361 stay on top of [[English]] [Preposition] editon top of 1.Atop 2.Very close to, in any orientation or in time. Living on top of one another in a refugee camp is stressful. At peak times, a telephone operator must handle a number of calls, one on top of the next. 3.(idiomatic) In addition to something else. […] and on top of all that, I got a puncture! 4.(idiomatic) Fully informed about, and in control of, something; up to speed with. I have sorted out the problems and am now on top of the situation. You will need to get on top of your nutrition in addition to training for washboard abs. to feel on top of the world 0 0 2022/02/15 14:52 TaN
40363 topper [[English]] ipa :/ˈtɒ.pə/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English toppor, equivalent to top +‎ -er. [Noun] edit man wearing a toppertopper (plural toppers) 1.Something that is on top. 2.2009 January 26, Cameron Adams, “Sniffer dogs have their Big Day Out”, in Herald Sun‎[1]: UK act the Prodigy will headline the Boiler Room, with chart toppers the Ting Tings playing at 2.15pm on the green stage. 3.1999, John Yeoman, Self Reliance: A Recipe for the New Millennium (page 55) Chicken livers, of course, can also be gently fried, mashed in butter, and spread as a toast topper. 4.A top hat. 5.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61: This is another area in which it's hard to tell the dude from the twitcher, as ratting caps and deerstalkers, flying helmets and even toppers are considered acceptably eccentric. 6.Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank. 7.(chiefly US) A short outer jacket worn by women or children. 8.a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN: She was wearing her short pink topper and the small red hat that tilted over one eye so that she looked like a refugee starlet from the Gold Diggers film series. 9.A soft, relatively thin, piece of padding placed on top of a mattress, or forming the upper layer of a mattress. 10.(India) The student who achieves the highest score in an examination. 11.(colloquial) The head or chief of an organization. 12.1953, August 29, Billboard (page 4) Cooley currently is ironing out details of the proposed kinescoping with Klaus Landsberg, topper at KTLA, over whose facilities the hour-long show has been telecast […] 13.A person or tool that cuts off the top of something. 14.1980, Barry Targan, Kingdoms (page 24) At first, in the pines, he had worked as a topper in his strong and boldest days, walking up the trees two hundred feet […] 15.2007 October 14, Amanda Hesser, “2000: Le Bernardin’s Croque-Monsieur”, in New York Times‎[2]: The only problem is that the best egg toppers, which are different from egg cutters, are an investment — the Inox professional egg topper is $55 at surlatable.com . 16.One who tops steel ingots. 17.A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail. 18.A three-square float, or file, used by comb-makers. 19.(dated, slang) Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; so called from being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl. 20.1875, E. R. Billings, Tobacco (page 189) One man was faithful to his pipe, and kept / Despair and deeper misery at bay, / By seeking ever for a "topper," dropped / From some spurned pipe, but that he could not find; […] 21.(dated, slang) A fine or remarkable thing or person. 22.A small secondary comic strip seen along with a larger Sunday strip, and usually by the same author. [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈtɔ.pər/[Etymology] editFrom top +‎ -er. [Noun] edittopper m (plural toppers) 1.Someone or something excellent; a belter, a ripper. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Noun] edittopper m 1.indefinite plural of topp 0 0 2022/02/15 14:54 TaN
40364 Topper [[English]] [Proper noun] editTopper (plural Toppers) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Topper is the 11555th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2720 individuals. Topper is most common among White (94.67%) individuals. 0 0 2022/02/15 14:54 TaN
40365 Topp [[German]] ipa :/tɔp/[Etymology] editFrom German Low German Topp, from Middle Low German top, from Old Saxon *top, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, whence also inherited Zopf (“bundle of hair”) and, from English, Top (“women's shirt”). [Noun] editTopp m (genitive Topps, plural Toppen or Topps) 1.(nautical) top of a mast Synonym: Mastspitze 0 0 2022/02/15 14:54 TaN
40367 focus [[English]] ipa :/ˈfəʊ.kəs/[Anagrams] edit - Fusco [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”); see there for more. [Noun] editfocus (countable and uncountable, plural foci or focuses or focusses) 1.(countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. The heat of sunlight at the focus of a magnifying glass can easily set dry leaves on fire. 2.(countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge. 3.(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. 4.2013 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. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale. Unfortunately, the license plate is out of focus in this image. 5.(uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. During this scene, the boy’s face shifts subtly from soft focus into sharp focus. 6.(uncountable) Concentration of attention. I believe I can bring the high degree of focus required for this important job. 7.(countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre). The earthquake's focus was at exactly 37 degrees north, 18 degrees south, seventy five meters below the ground. 8.(graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight. Text entered at the keyboard or pasted from a clipboard is sent to the component which currently has the focus. 9.(linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information. 10.An object used in casting a magic spell. 11.2004, Marian Singer, Trish MacGregor, The Only Wiccan Spell Book You'll Ever Need Candles, in fact, are an essential ingredient in many spells. They can be used as either the focus of the spell or as a component that sets the spell's overall mood and tone. 12.2014, Kristen S. Walker, Witch Gate (page 180) I ran through what I knew about spells from Mom and other witchcraft sources, but nothing matched what I was used to seeing in her magic work. Usually she used herbs and other plants as a focus for the spell. [Verb] editfocus (third-person singular simple present focuses or focusses, present participle focusing or focussing, simple past and past participle focused or focussed) 1.(intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate during a task. I have to focus on my work. 2.(transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task. The president focused her remarks to the newcomers. 3.(transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point. 4.1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Newcastle”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 75-76: The difficulties of focussing colour-light signals on curved tracks to ensure maximum sighting distance were underlined in the recent official report [...] on a low-speed collision at Newcastle Central on July 25, 1960, between an unfitted freight and a diesel-hauled passenger train. 5.(transitive) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane. You'll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface. 6.(intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention. If you're going to beat your competitors, you need to focus. 7.(computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input. The text box won't receive the user's keystrokes unless you explicitly focus it. [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈfɔ.kus/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin focus. Compare the inherited doublet foc. [Noun] editfocus m (plural focus) 1.focus [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈfoː.kʏs/[Etymology] editBorrowed from New Latin focus. The figurative sense probably derives from English focus.[1] [Noun] editfocus m (plural focussen) 1.(optics, physics) focus Zij plaatste een convexe lens op de focus. She placed a convex lense on the focus. Synonym: brandpunt 2.(figuratively) focus, centre Die jodocus heeft geen focus. That clown doesn't have any focus. 3.(linguistics) focus Focus is een belangrijk begrip in de informatiestructuur van zinnen. Focus is an important concept in the information structure of sentences. [References] edit 1. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈfɔ.kus/[Anagrams] edit - Fusco [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin focus, whence also Italian fuoco (an inherited doublet). [Noun] editfocus m (invariable) 1.focus (all senses) [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈfo.kus/[Etymology] edit - The origin is uncertain. Usually connected with Old Armenian բոց (bocʿ). - Some connect this along with faciēs, facētus, fax to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). In that case, cognate at the root level with Sanskrit भाति (bhā́ti), Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”), etc. - In explaining how Kepler discovered the elliptical orbits, Nicholas Mee provides this explanation:"One of the interesting properties of an ellipse is that if there were a light bulb at one focus, then all the light that it emits would reflect off the ellipse and converge at the other focus. This is why Kepler originally used the name focus for these points." (Gravity, 2014, p. 74) [Noun] editfocus m (genitive focī); second declension 1.fireplace, hearth 2.firepan, coal pan, brazier 3.(figuratively) house, family 4.(Vulgar Latin) fire [References] edit - focus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - focus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - focus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) - focus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette - Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. - to fight for hearth and home: pro aris et focis pugnare, certare, dimicare focus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothersfocus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin [Synonyms] edit - (fire): ignis 0 0 2018/02/01 00:05 2022/02/15 14:57
40368 solely [[English]] ipa :/ˈsəʊl.li/[Adverb] editsolely (not comparable) 1.Alone; exclusively. The new chef was solely responsible for attending the grill. 2.2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in New York Times‎[1]: This week, officials closed all evacuation centers but two on Staten Island. Now they plan to rely solely on hotels, even as they brace for a new wave of people displaced from storm-damaged housing where they are facing winter without heat or hot water. [Anagrams] edit - Solley [Etymology] editFrom Middle English soly, sooly, soolly, equivalent to sole +‎ -ly. [Synonyms] edit - entirely, wholly; see also Thesaurus:solely 0 0 2012/02/13 18:15 2022/02/15 14:57
40370 tween [[English]] ipa :-iːn[Anagrams] edit - Wente, wente [Etymology 1] editClipping of in between. [Etymology 2] editBlend of teen +‎ between 0 0 2022/02/15 14:59 TaN
40371 'tween [[English]] ipa :-iːn[Anagrams] edit - Wente, wente [Contraction] edit'tween 1.Contraction of between. [Verb] edit'tween (third-person singular simple present 'tweens, present participle 'tweening, simple past and past participle 'tweened) 1.(animation) Alternative form of tween 0 0 2022/02/15 14:59 TaN
40372 between [[English]] ipa :/bɪˈtwiːn/[Alternative forms] edit - betweene (archaic) - betwene (archaic) - b/w (abbreviation) [Anagrams] edit - betwene [Etymology] editFrom Middle English betwene, from Old English betwēonum (“between, among”, dative plural, literally “by the two, near both”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“be-”) + *twīhnaz (“two each”), corresponding to be- +‎ twain. Cognate with Scots between (“between”), Scots atween (“between”), Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 (tweihnai, “two each”), Old English betweohs (“between”), Old English twinn (“double, twofold”). More at betwixt, twin. [Noun] editbetween (plural betweens) 1.A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics. [Preposition] editbetween 1.In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.) John stood between Amy and Mary.  Let's meet between two and three. I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars. 2.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well. 3.2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. 4.Done together or reciprocally. conversation between friends 5.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court: She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill. 6.Shared in confidence. Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.  Let's keep this between ourselves. 7.In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places). He's between jobs right now.  The shuttle runs between the town and the airport. 8.Combined (by effort or ownership). Between us all, we shall succeed.  We've only got £5 between us. Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isn't much about this house to appeal to a buyer. 9.One of (representing a choice). You must choose between him and me. Some colour-blind people can't distinguish between red and green. 10.Taking together the combined effect of. Between the food and the card games, this proved to be the best birthday party I have ever had. [References] edit 1. ^ “How to distinguish “between” and “among””, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], (please provide a date or year) [Synonyms] edit - atween (archaic) - atwix (dialectal) - atwixt (archaic) - betwixt (archaic) 0 0 2009/02/27 08:36 2022/02/15 14:59
40383 ground-breaking [[English]] [Adjective] editground-breaking (comparative more ground-breaking, superlative most ground-breaking) 1.(idiomatic) innovative, different than other things of its type. ground-breaking technology 2.2019 November 20, Philip Haigh, “A prestigious institution”, in Rail, page 69: There were papers such as John Aspinall's presidential address about his ground-breaking work on railway electrification in 1909 [...]. 0 0 2020/07/01 08:10 2022/02/15 15:09 TaN
40387 breaking [[English]] ipa :/ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/[Anagrams] edit - rebaking [Noun] editbreaking (countable and uncountable, plural breakings) 1.The act by which something is broken. 2.2009, John Renard, Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation, page 53: We, on the other hand, do not reject the occurrence of breakings of the natural order of things that occur in connection with a prescribed proclamation […] 3.(linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong 4.(music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones 5.breakdancing 6.2014, Karen Schupp, Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond, page 48: The urban dance genre includes breaking, waacking, and house dancing, among others. [Verb] editbreaking 1.present participle of break 0 0 2017/02/10 09:40 2022/02/15 15:09 TaN
40395 remuneration [[English]] ipa :/rɪˌmjuːnəˈreɪʃən/[Anagrams] edit - renumeration [Etymology] editFrom Latin remūnerātiō. [Noun] editremuneration (countable and uncountable, plural remunerations) 1.Something given in exchange for goods or services rendered. 2.1885, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 2, in King Solomon's Mines‎[1]: “Mr. Quatermain,” said the former, “I am well off, and I am bent upon this business. You may put the remuneration for your services at whatever figure you like in reason, and it shall be paid over to you before we start. Moreover, I will arrange in the event of anything untoward happening to us or to you, that your son shall be suitably provided for. You will see from this offer how necessary I think your presence. Also if by chance we should reach this place, and find diamonds, they shall belong to you and Good equally. I do not want them. But of course that promise is worth nothing at all, though the same thing would apply to any ivory we might get. You may pretty well make your own terms with me, Mr. Quatermain; and of course I shall pay all expenses.” 3.A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument. 4.A recompense for a loss; compensation. [Synonyms] edit - reward - recompense - compensation - pay - payment - repayment - satisfaction - requital 0 0 2009/10/02 09:36 2022/02/15 15:12 TaN
40398 negotiate [[English]] ipa :/nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/[Alternative forms] edit - negociate (archaic) [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin negotiatus, past participle of negotiari (“to carry on business”), from negotium (“business”) (Eng. usg. 1599), from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”). [Verb] editnegotiate (third-person singular simple present negotiates, present participle negotiating, simple past and past participle negotiated) 1.(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. 2.1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., to the eight fellow clergymen who opposed the civil rights action, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Why We Can't Wait "You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue." 3.(transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement. 4.2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. […] The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction. The client and server computers must first negotiate a network protocol to be used. 5.(transitive) To succeed in coping with, or getting over something. 6.2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian‎[1], archived from the original on 15 November 2016: Novak Djokovic earlier had negotiated his own tricky passage through the fifth day. We negotiated the mountain track with difficulty. Although the car was quite rickety, he could negotiate the curves very well. 7.(transitive) To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill. 8.(obsolete) To transact business; to carry on trade. 9.(Can we date this quote?), John Evelyn, “(please specify the date of the diary entry)”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […] , volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1819, OCLC 976971842: Jews, Turks, Armenians, […] negotiating in this famous Emporium. 10.(obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme. 11.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628: Certaine it is, shee was a busie negotiating woman. [[Latin]] [Participle] editnegōtiāte 1.vocative masculine singular of negōtiātus 0 0 2012/09/30 09:57 2022/02/15 15:19
40399 in faith [[English]] [Adverb] editin faith (not comparable) 1.(archaic) really, truly [Anagrams] edit - Fithian, infitah 0 0 2022/02/15 15:19 TaN
40400 in step [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - T-spine, nepits, pinest, septin, spinet, step in, step-in [Antonyms] edit - (both senses): out of step [Prepositional phrase] editin step 1.Of a number of people walking, or especially marching, synchronously, so that that footfalls occur at the same time. 2.(figuratively) Of two or more people agreeing, or following the same policy or procedure. 0 0 2022/02/15 15:19 TaN
40402 revisit [[English]] ipa :/ɹiːˈvɪzɪt/[Anagrams] edit - Viteris, visiter [Etymology] editFrom Middle French revisiter [Noun] editrevisit (plural revisits) 1.An act of revisiting; a second or subsequent visit. [from 17th c.] 2.1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 446: On my revisit to the lady, I found her almost as much a sufferer of joy as she had sometimes been from grief […] . [Verb] editrevisit (third-person singular simple present revisits, present participle revisiting, simple past and past participle revisited) 1.To visit again. 2.1703, [Richard Blackmore], A Hymn to the Light of the World. With a Short Description of the Cartons of Raphael Urbin, in the Gallery at Hampton-Court, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], OCLC 40584794, page 8: Thou, Kind Redeemer, toucht to ſee / So ſad a Sight, ſuch moving Miſery, / Didſt ſoon determine to diſpel / Theſe Shades of Death, and Gloom of Hell: / And ſo to reviſit with Thy Heav'nly Light / Loſt Man, bewilder'd in Infernal Night. 3.1960 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 122: On November 21 the restored Highland "Jones Goods" 4-6-0, No. 103, revisited its old haunts when it worked a Stephenson Locomotive Society special from Glasgow (Buchanan Street) to Blair Atholl and back; [...]. 4.To reconsider or re-experience something. [[Latin]] [Verb] editrevīsit 1.third-person singular present active indicative of revīsō 0 0 2010/06/08 11:44 2022/02/15 15:20
40404 evergreen [[English]] ipa :/ˈɛvəɡɹiːn/[Adjective] editevergreen (not comparable) 1.Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally. Synonym: sempervirent Antonym: deciduous 2.1902: Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower [1] ...these three little creeping vines put forth their hands with joy, and spread over rock and hillock and twisted tree-root and mouldering log, in cloaks and scarves and wreaths of tiny evergreen, glossy leaves. 3.(often figuratively) Continually fresh or self-renewing. 1.(contracts) A clause which causes an automatic renewal of a contract unless action is taken. 2.(computing) Of a document, a piece of software, or a dataset, being continually up-to-date (as opposed to being published at regular intervals and outdated in the meantime) 3.2014, Peter Gasston, Book of CSS3, 2nd Edition: A Developer's Guide to the Future of Web Design, No Starch Press →ISBN, page 257 Chrome and Firefox are evergreen browsers: they update automatically and version numbers are only used for internal reference.(broadcasting) Suitable for transmission at any time; not urgent or time-dependent. Synonym: timeless - 2001, Christopher H Sterling, John M Kittross, Stay Tuned (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2001, p. 654) Another change in the news was emphasis on “evergreen” features involving attractive children or animals, parades or fireworks, as well as local developments. [Etymology] editFrom ever +‎ green. [Further reading] edit - evergreen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - evergreening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editevergreen (plural evergreens) 1.A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally. 2.1838, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter I, in Alice or The Mysteries: […] , volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], OCLC 2844716, book I, page 3: The lawn before them was gay with evergreens, relieved by the first few flowers and fresh turf of the reviving Spring; […] 3.1912, Thomas Hardy, “An Imaginative Woman”, in Life’s Little Ironies […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 10398752, page 5: Husband and wife walked till they had reached the house they were in search of, which stood in a terrace facing the sea, and was fronted by a small garden of wind-proof and salt-proof evergreens, stone steps leading up to the porch. 4.(specifically, informal) A conifer tree. 5.1858, Henry David Thoreau, The Maine Woods [2]: The spruce and fir trees crowded to the track on each side to welcome us, the arbor- vitae, with its changing leaves, prompted us to make haste, and the sight of the canoe-birch gave us spirits to do so. Sometimes an evergreen just fallen lay across the track with its rich burden of cones, looking, still, fuller of life than our trees in the most favorable positions. 6.1958 March 31, Chuck Berry (lyrics and music), “Johnny B. Goode”, performed by Chuck Berry: Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans, / Way back up in the woods among the evergreens, / There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood / Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode 7.(mass media, informal) A news story that can be published or broadcast at any time. [Verb] editevergreen (third-person singular simple present evergreens, present participle evergreening, simple past and past participle evergreened) 1.(patent law, pharmaceuticals) To extend the term of a patent beyond the normal legal limit, usually through repeated small modifications. 2.(banking) To set the repayment rate of a loan at or below the interest rate, so low that the principal will never be repaid. [[Finnish]] ipa :/ˈeʋørɡriːn/[Etymology] editFrom English evergreen. [Noun] editevergreen 1.(anglicism) evergreen (evergreen song, song that is ever popular) [Synonyms] edit - ikivihreä [[Italian]] [Adjective] editevergreen (invariable) 1.evergreen (always in style) [Etymology] editFrom English evergreen. [Further reading] edit - evergreen in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana [Noun] editevergreen m (invariable) 1.a song or singer that is always in style 2.(finance) revolving credit [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editFrom English evergreen. [Further reading] edit - evergreen in Svensk ordbok. [Noun] editevergreen c 1.classic song, evergreen song, song that is ever popular [Synonyms] edit - klassiker 0 0 2021/11/09 13:44 2022/02/15 16:00 TaN
40405 Evergreen [[English]] [Proper noun] editEvergreen 1.A rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. 2.A neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 3.A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 4.A neighbourhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. 5.A city, the county seat of Conecuh County, Alabama, United States. 6.An unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama, United States. 7.A ghost town in Los Angeles County, California, United States. 8.A neighborhood and district of San Jose, California, United States. 9.A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. 10.An unincorporated community in Nassau County, Florida, United States. 11.A town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. 12.A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. 13.A village in Laclede County, Missouri, United States. 14.An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Flathead County, Montana, United States. 15.An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Tatums Township, Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. 16.An unincorporated community in Ransom Township, Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. 17.An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States. 18.An unincorporated community in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. 19.An unincorporated community in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. 20.A neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. 21.An unincorporated community in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States. 22.An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, United States. 23.A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. 24.A former CDP in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States, now part of the village of Kronenwetter. 25.A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. 0 0 2022/02/15 16:00 TaN
40411 bring up the rear [[English]] [Antonyms] edit - lead the way - take up the running [Verb] editbring up the rear (third-person singular simple present brings up the rear, present participle bringing up the rear, simple past and past participle brought up the rear) 1.(idiomatic) To be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line. 2.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292: As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear. 3.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 1, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299, page 1: Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; 0 0 2022/02/15 16:03 TaN
40412 bring up [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - burping, upbring [Etymology] editFrom Middle English bring up, dissimilated from Middle English upbringen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring. [Synonyms] edit - (uncover, resurface): bring back [Verb] editbring up (third-person singular simple present brings up, present participle bringing up, simple past and past participle brought up) 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To bring from a lower to a higher position. 2.1953, United States Supreme Court, John Den ex dem. Archibald Russell v. The Association of the Jersey Company, reprinted in the United States Reports, volume 56, page 426: This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. When you're in the basement, can you bring up the paints? 3.To mention. Don't bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy. 4.To raise or rear (children). 5.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess‎[1]: ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’. She did well enough bringing up two sons and a daughter on her own. 6.To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory) A short Internet search brought up some amazing details of this story. 7.To turn on power or start, as of a machine. Wait a minute while I bring up my computer. 8.To vomit. I was very ill today; I kept bringing up everything I ate. 9.To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion. 10.1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 91: " […] Mr. Wolfe, I beg you—I beg of you—" I was sure she was going to cry and I didn't want her to. But Wolfe brusquely brought her up: "That's all, Miss Barstow. […] " 11.1999, Alice Borchardt, Night of the Wolf, Ballantine, →ISBN, page 260 [2]: "No," Maeniel shouted, "No!" trying to distract the man, and lunged toward him. The chain on his ankle brought him up short and he fell on his face. 0 0 2022/02/15 16:03 TaN
40423 instantaneous [[English]] ipa :/ɪnstənˈteɪni.əs/[Adjective] editinstantaneous (not comparable) 1.Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time. [from 17th c.] Synonyms: immediate, instant; see also Thesaurus:instantaneous 2.1631, Twisse, William, chapter VI, in A Discovery of D. Iacksons vanitie, page 223: This instantaneous motion is supposed by you, to be infinitely swift. 3.1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], “Fresh Mortifications, or a Demonstration that Seeming Calamities may be Real Blessings”, in The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume I, Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], OCLC 938500648; reprinted London: Elliot Stock, 1885, OCLC 21416084, page 137: However, no lovers in romance ever cemented a more inſtantaneous friendſhip. 4.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Pride and Prejudice, volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], OCLC 38659585, page 262: The colour now rushed into Elizabeth's cheeks in the instantaneous conviction of its being a letter from the nephew, instead of the aunt; [...] 5.1906 January–October, Joseph Conrad, chapter IV, in The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, London: Methuen & Co., […], published 1907, OCLC 270548466; The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Collection of British Authors; 3995), copyright edition, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1907, OCLC 1107573959, pages 68–69: I walk always with my right hand closed round the india-rubber ball which I have in my trouser pocket. The pressing of this ball actuates a detonator inside the flask I carry in my pocket. It's the principle of the pneumatic instantaneous shutter for a camera lens. 6.2007 May 30, “Spector jury given graphic account of actress ‘murder’”, in The Times‎[1], London, retrieved 13 July 2007: He said that the bullet went through her head, severed her spine and death would have been almost instantaneous. [Etymology] editFrom New Latin [Term?]. [References] edit - Webster, Noah (1828), “instantaneous”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language - “instantaneous” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - “instantaneous” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. - "instantaneous" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) - "instantaneous" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, (Oxford University Press, 2007) - Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989) 0 0 2019/01/07 19:09 2022/02/15 17:38 TaN
40425 inquisitive [[English]] ipa :/ɪŋˈkwɪzətɪv/[Adjective] editinquisitive (comparative more inquisitive, superlative most inquisitive) 1.Eager to acquire knowledge. 2.1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], OCLC 723474632: A young, inquisitive, and sprightly genius. 3.Too curious; overly interested; nosy. 4.1726, William Broome, The Odyssey (by Homer) A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent. 5.1892, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “[Beyond the City] The New-comers”, in The Great Shadow and Beyond the City, Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., OCLC 1000339207, page 157: No, no, Bertha; we must not give them reason to say that their neighbours are inquisitive. 6.1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, London: The Egoist Press, published October 1922, OCLC 2297483, part III [Nostos], page 575: ― Everybody gets their own ration of luck, they say. Now you mention it his face was familiar to me. But leaving that for the moment, how much did you part with, he queried, if I am not too inquisitive? [Etymology] editLate 14th century, from Old French inquisitif, from Late Latin inquisitivus, from Latin inquisitus, past participle of inquirere. See also inquire. [[French]] [Adjective] editinquisitive 1.feminine singular of inquisitif [[Italian]] [Adjective] editinquisitive 1.feminine plural of inquisitivo 0 0 2022/02/16 07:34 TaN
40426 desert [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈzɜːt/[Anagrams] edit - Deters, deters, rested [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English desert, deseert, from Old French deserte, from deservir (“to deserve”), from Vulgar Latin dēserviō (“to gain or merit by giving service”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English desert (“wilderness”), from Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, past participle of dēserō (“to abandon”). Displaced native Old English wēsten. [Etymology 3] editBorrowed from French déserter, from Late Latin desertō, from Latin desertus, from deserō (“abandon”). [[Catalan]] [Etymology] editFirst attested 14th century[1]. From Latin dēsertum, possibly a semi-learned term. [Further reading] edit - “desert” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “desert” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “desert” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [Noun] editdesert m (plural deserts) 1.desert (desolate terrain) [References] edit 1. ^ “desert” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. [[Friulian]] [Alternative forms] edit - disiert [Etymology] editFrom Latin dēsertum (in this form possibly a semi-learned term; cf. the variant form). [Noun] editdesert m (plural deserts) 1.desert [[Middle English]] ipa :/dɛːˈzɛrt/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old French deserte (“deserved”), from deservir (“to deserve”), from Vulgar Latin dēserviō (“to gain or merit by giving service”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Old French desert, from Latin dēsertum, past participle of dēserō (“to abandon”). [[Middle French]] [Etymology] editFrom Old French desert. [Noun] editdesert m (plural desers) 1.desert (desolate terrain) [[Old French]] [Etymology] editProbably borrowed from Latin dēsertum. [Noun] editdesert m (oblique plural deserz or desertz, nominative singular deserz or desertz, nominative plural desert) 1.desert (desolate terrain) [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French dessert. [Noun] editdesert n (plural deserturi) 1.dessert [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/děsert/[Antonyms] edit - predjelo [Etymology] editBorrowed from French dessert. [Noun] editdèsert m (Cyrillic spelling дѐсерт) 1.dessert [References] edit - “desert” in Hrvatski jezični portal 0 0 2022/02/16 13:26
40427 in line [[English]] [Adjective] editin line (comparative more in line, superlative most in line) 1.(idiomatic) Suitable or appropriate; keeping with expectations, norms, ideals, or rules. 2.2006, "Garden Superheroes," Garden Gate, Jan/Feb 2006, Issue 67, p.45 "[Plant] rescues are usually organized by local garden clubs, but before you grab your shovel and head for the door, check with local government agencies to make sure you're in line with regulations." 3.(of three or more objects) Positioned in a straight line. Please stand in line for the pledge of allegiance. 4.(not comparable) assuming a position in the future. He's third in line to be president. He's in line to be the fastest runner of all time. He's in line to be the next champion. [Adverb] editin line (not comparable) 1.one behind another; in a queue I'm waiting in line at the bakery. [Anagrams] edit - Linnie, elinin [Synonyms] edit - (on a queue, waiting one's turn): on line (New York City) 0 0 2021/11/21 19:02 2022/02/16 14:01 TaN
40428 in-line [[English]] [Adjective] editin-line (not comparable) 1.Consisting of parts arranged in a single line. 2.(writing) Inserted in the flow of a text. 3.An in-line mathematical formula does not have to be on a line of its own. 4.Parenthetical referencing is a citation style which uses in-line citations enclosed within parentheses. 5.(computing, of source code) Of a different language than the outer enclosing code. BBC BASIC allows the programmer to write in-line assembly language. 6.(web design, Cascading Style Sheets) Of a style: inserted in the style attribute of an HTML element instead of in a separate stylesheet. 7.2007, Simon Collison, Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional: Now the paragraph to which you applied the inline style should be light gray, as the inline CSS is overriding the embedded CSS and the linked style sheet. Any other default paragraphs should still be dark gray based on the embedded style. [Alternative forms] edit - inline [Anagrams] edit - Linnie, elinin [Synonyms] edit - (arranged in a single line): aligned - (inserted in a text): in-text 0 0 2021/11/21 19:02 2022/02/16 14:01 TaN
40429 in total [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editin total 1.Including all aspects of something 2.2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: In total, the Reds had 28 shots to their opponent's nine, and 15 corners to the Baggies' three. 0 0 2021/07/31 18:09 2022/02/16 14:01 TaN

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