42041
Ins
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- NIS, NSI, Niš, SIN, Sin, nis, sin
[Noun]
editIns (uncountable)
1.Abbreviation of Insert.
[Proper noun]
editIns
1.(China) Short for Instagram.
Synonym: IG
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ballpark
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editballpark (not comparable)
1.Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.
2.1986, Darrell J. Steffensmeier, The Fence: In the Shadow of Two Worlds[1], →ISBN, page 104:
These are ballpark prices: you could give or take a little either way.
[Etymology]
editball + park
[Noun]
editballpark (plural ballparks)
1.(US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
2.(US, figuratively) The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.
Let’s get in the ballpark, then worry about the fine details.
3.1990, Paul Simon, “The Obvious Child”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.,
Some people say a lie is just a lie / But I say the cross is in the ballpark / Why deny the obvious, child?
[Verb]
editballpark (third-person singular simple present ballparks, present participle ballparking, simple past and past participle ballparked)
1.To make a rough estimate of.
If you don’t have the exact expense total, just ballpark it.
2.2016, JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass, →ISBN, page 47:
Ballpark what you need in each category and average those amounts by 12 months.
3.8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg
science has deduced the following: that megalodon was the biggest and baddest of all sharks and, less cinematically, that it had a lower intestine not unlike that of some modern shark species. Scientists estimate its length at around 40 to 50 feet, Alten’s novel bumps it up to 65 feet, and the movie ballparks it at “75 to 90 feet.”
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Hail Mary
[[English]]
[Further reading]
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- Hail Mary prayer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hail Mary pass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editHail Mary (plural Hail Marys or Hail Maries)
1.(Christianity) A prayer calling for the intercession of the Virgin Mary.
Synonyms: angelic salutation, ave, Ave Maria
2.1872, F. A., chapter V, in Marion Howard; or Trials and Triumphs, Philadelphia: Peter F. Cunningham, […], page 100:
“What did the priest, and all of you, keep on saying when we first went in?” / “Our Fathers, Hail Maries, and Glorias; couldn’t you hear?” asked Emily, laughing. / “No, I should think not, you rattled on so fast- What are Hail Maries and Glorias?” / “The Gloria you know well enough, my dear, because you say it in your church at the end of every psalm,” replied Miss Horton; “the Hail Mary is a prayer to our Blessed Lady,” and she repeated it.
3.1987, Gary Clark (lyrics and music), “Mary's Prayer”, performed by Danny Wilson:
And if I say ten Hail Marys / Leave a light on in Heaven for me
4.(figuratively, usually attributive, US) A risky last-ditch effort with great benefit but little chance of success; one whose success would require divine intervention; a Hail Mary pass.
Hail Mary deal
5.2015, Nathaniel Popper, chapter 6, in Digital Gold, first edition, New York: Harper, →ISBN, OCLC 903213020:
Silk Road was, in some sense, a last heave—a Hail Mary in the parlance of Ross's football-mad hometown.
6.2017 June 13, Geiling, Natasha, “Trump administration files Hail Mary appeal to derail youth climate lawsuit”, in ThinkProgress[1]:
Trump administration files Hail Mary appeal to derail youth climate lawsuit [title]
7.2018 February 23, Janko Roettgers, “Twitter’s Annual Report Reveals That Its $70 Million SoundCloud Investment Was a Bust”, in Variety[2]:
SoundCloud finally secured a Hail Mary deal that included $170 million of new funding from the Raine Group and Singapore’s Temasek in August of 2017.
8.2020 August 30, Londoño, Ernesto, quoting Rudy Gonsior, “‘A Hail Mary’: Psychedelic Therapy Draws Veterans to Jungle Retreats”, in The New York Times[3]:
“I have traveled across continents to come to the jungle to do psychedelics,” marveled Mr. Gonsior, who had steered clear from drugs his whole life. “I guess this is what might be considered a Hail Mary.”
[Verb]
editHail Mary (third-person singular simple present Hail Marys, present participle Hail Marying, simple past and past participle Hail Maryed)
1.To pray by saying a Hail Mary.
2.2003, Ray Cranley, Chip Chop Cherry, →ISBN, page 120:
He Hail Maryed himself to sleep every night and woke up Hail Marying in the morning, and to his amazement and delight it worked.
3.2015, Pamela DuMond, The Assassin:
Sister Cecilia Hail Maryed herself and slid back in the room.
4.2018, Gregory Phillip Jones, 51 Years of Bipolar Disease: A Survivor's Story, →ISBN, page 168:
I can just imagine a medical examiner standing beside my corpse, pulling the sheet back so as to expose my head and torso, and explaining to a detective, “This poor man Hail Maryed himself to death!”
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on and off
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editon and off (not comparable)
1.(idiomatic) Intermittently.
With so much worry, I only slept on and off last night.
[Alternative forms]
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- on-and-off (adjective form)
[Anagrams]
edit
- off and on, off-and-on
[Synonyms]
edit
- (intermittently): off and on
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on-off
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editon-off
1.That is either fully on or fully off, and is used to toggle a status between on and off; as in an on-off switch
John loved being with his sister, but from time to time he wished she had an on-off switch.
2.That fluctuates between a positive and negative status, as an on-off relationship
[Synonyms]
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- (fluctuating between positive and negative): on-again, off-again
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happen on
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
edit
- chance upon
- come across
- stumble upon
[Verb]
edithappen on (third-person singular simple present happens on, present participle happening on, simple past and past participle happened on)
1.to find by chance
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tune
[[English]]
ipa :/tjuːn/[Anagrams]
edit
- Nute, neut, neut.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone[1], from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “tune” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tune in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Interjection]
edittune
1.(UK, slang) Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.
You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!
[Noun]
edittune (countable and uncountable, plural tunes)
1.A melody.
2.A song, or short musical composition.
3.(informal) The act of tuning or maintenance.
Your engine needs a good tune.
4.The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
Your engine is now in tune.
This piano is not in tune.
5.(obsolete) Temper; frame of mind.
6.(obsolete) A sound; a note; a tone.
7.c. 1608–1609, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii], page 12, column 2:
Pray you now, if it may the ſtand with the tune of your voices, that I may bee Conſull, I haue heere the Cuſtomarie Gowne.
8.(obsolete) Order; harmony; concord.
9.1693, [John Locke], “§72”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482, page 76:
A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he […] is dragged unwillingly to [his task].
[References]
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1. ^ http://www.dictionary.com/browse/tune?s=t
[Verb]
edittune (third-person singular simple present tunes, present participle tuning, simple past and past participle tuned)
1.To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
to tune a piano or a violin
2.1568, William Cornishe [i.e., William Cornysh], “In the Fleete Made by Me William Cornishe otherwise Called Nyshwhete Chapelman with the Most Famose and Noble Kyng Henry the VII. His Reygne the XIX. Yere the Moneth of July. A Treatise betwene Trouth, and Information.”, in John Skelton; J[ohn] S[tow], editor, Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate, London: […] Thomas Marshe, OCLC 54747393; republished as Pithy Pleasaunt and Profitable Workes of Maister Skelton, Poete Laureate to King Henry the VIIIth, London: […] C. Davis […], 1736, OCLC 731569711, page 290:
The Harpe. […] A harper with his wreſt maye tune the harpe wrong / Mys tunying of an Inſtrument ſhal hurt a true ſonge
3.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 6484883, Act II, page 21:
She bids me hope; oh Heav'ns; ſhe pities me! / And pity ſtill foreruns approching love; / As Lightning does the Thunder! Tune your Harps / Ye Angels to that ſound; and thou, my Heart, / Make room to entertain thy flowing Joy.
4.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Tenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], OCLC 80026745, page 199:
Fortune foretun'd the Dying Notes of Rome: / Till I, thy Conſul ſole, conſol'd thy Doom.
5.To adjust or modify (esp. a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.
Tune your mind, and anything becomes possible.
6.To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.
7.Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.
8.To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
9.c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, 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 246, column 2:
[H]ee hath incurred the euerlaſting diſpleaſure of the King, who had euen tun'd his bounty to ſing happineſſe to him.
10.To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
11.c. 1630, John Milton, “The Passion”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, OCLC 606951673, stanza II, page 17:
For now to ſorrow must I tune my ſong, / And ſet my Harpe to notes of ſaddeſt wo, […]
12.(transitive) To give a certain tone or character to.
13.(obsolete) To sing with melody or harmony.
14.c. 1595–1596, W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, OCLC 61366361; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], OCLC 1154977408, [Act IV, scene iii]:
To ſee great Hercules whipping a Gigge, / And profound Sallomon to tune a Iigge.
15.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 195-196:
Fountains and yee, that warble, as ye flow, / Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praiſe.
16.(transitive, South Africa, slang) To be impudent towards; to cheek.
Are you tuning me?
[[French]]
ipa :/tyn/[Anagrams]
edit
- tenu
[Further reading]
edit
- “tune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
edittune f (plural tunes)
1.(slang) Alternative spelling of thune
[[German]]
[Verb]
edittune
1.inflection of tunen:
1.first-person singular present
2.first/third-person singular subjunctive I
3.singular imperative
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
edittune
1.Alternative form of toun
[[Ngarrindjeri]]
[Noun]
edittune
1.sand
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
edittune
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of tunar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of tunar
3.first-person singular imperative of tunar
4.third-person singular imperative of tunar
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[ˈtune][Verb]
edittune
1.third-person singular present subjunctive of tuna
2.third-person plural present subjunctive of tuna
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
edittune
1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tunar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tunar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tunar.
4.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tunar.
[[Tarantino]]
[Pronoun]
edittune (personal, second person singular)
1.youtune m (possessive, feminine toje)
1.your
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pitch
[[English]]
ipa :/pɪtʃ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English picche, piche, pich, from Old English piċ, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pik (“pitch, tar”), Dutch pek (“pitch, tar”), German Low German Pick (“pitch, tar”), German Pech (“pitch, tar”), and Spanish pegar (“to stick, glue”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English picchen, pycchen (“to thrust in, fasten, settle”), an assibilated variant of Middle English picken, pikken (“to pick, pierce”). More at pick.
[Etymology 3]
editUnknown. Perhaps related to the above sense of level or degree, or influenced by it.
[References]
edit
- “pitch” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pitch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[[French]]
ipa :/pitʃ/[Noun]
editpitch m (plural pitchs)
1.pitch (sales patter, inclination)
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editpitch m
1.(cricket) cricket pitch
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42063
pier
[[English]]
ipa :/pɪə/[Anagrams]
edit
- Peri, peri, peri-, prie, ripe
[Etymology]
edit Night Scene of Pier 9, Central Piers, Hong Kong A small pier at a campsite in CanadaFrom Middle English pere (“bridge pillar”), from Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pira (“breakwater”), from Vulgar Latin *petricus, from Latin petra.
[Noun]
editpier (plural piers)
1.A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
Your boat is docked at the pier.
2.A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
There is a gaming arcade on the pier.
3.A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
4.1961 January, “Talking of Trains: The Severn Bridge disaster”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:
The force of the explosion demolished one pair of piers and two spans of the bridge crashed down into the river on top of the barges.
5.(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.
[See also]
edit
- jetty
- mole
- wharf
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ir[Anagrams]
edit
- prei
- riep
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch pier, probably from the name Pierre.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English pier.
[Etymology 3]
editUnknown; Flanders only
[References]
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- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editpier
1.first-person singular present passive subjunctive of piō
[[Middle English]]
[Adjective]
editpier
1.Alternative form of pere (“equal”)
[Noun]
editpier
1.Alternative form of pere (“peer”)
[[Romanian]]
[Verb]
editpier
1.first-person singular present indicative of pieri
2.first-person singular present subjunctive of pieri
[[Romansch]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) biera
[Noun]
editpier f (plural piers)
1.(Sutsilvan) beer, ale
[Synonyms]
edit
- gervosa
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pi
[[English]]
ipa :/paɪ/[Anagrams]
edit
- IP, Ip
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pe. Its mathematical use apparently stems from its use as the first letter in περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “periphery; circumference”) and was first cited in 1706 in the Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos by William Jones.
[Etymology 2]
editAbbreviations
[[Abinomn]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.(anatomy) gall bladder
[Pronoun]
editpi
1.you (more than two)
[[Albanian]]
ipa :[pi][Etymology]
editFrom Old Albanian pii, from Proto-Albanian *pīja, from Proto-Indo-European *pih₃-, *peh₃- probably via the reduplicated form *píph₃eti; compare Greek πίνω (píno), Serbo-Croatian pìti, Italian bere. Orel compares the similarity between Proto-Albanian *pīja and Proto-Slavic *pijǫ;[1] Tomaschek compares Tosk pirë/Gheg pinë with Thracian πίνον (pínon, “beer”).
[Verb]
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- (Standard, Tosk) pi (first-person singular past tense piva, participle pirë)
- (Gheg) pi (first-person singular past tense piva, participle pinë)
1.I drink, I suck
2.I smoke (in use with duhan (“tobacco, cigarettes”))
3.I take (in use with drogë (“drug(s)”) and medicinë (“medicine”))
A pi drogë? - Do you take drugs?
A i pive ilaçet? - Did you take (your) medicine?
[[Ambonese Malay]]
ipa :/pi/[Alternative forms]
edit
- pigi
[Etymology]
editClipping of pigi.
[References]
edit
- D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[2], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa
[Verb]
editpi
1.(intransitive) to go
Beta pi ka bendar. ― I'm going to the city.
[[Aromanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- pri, pre
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per. Compare Romanian pe.
[Preposition]
editpi
1.on
[[Berawan]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.(Central, West) water
[References]
edit
- Robert Blust, 2000, Low Vowel Fronting in Northern Sarawak, Oceanic Linguistics, 39:2, pp. 285-319, page 316
- Robert Blust, 2006, The Origin of the Kelabit Voiced Aspirates: A Historical Hypothesis Revisited, Oceanic Linguistics, 45:2, pages 311-338
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈpi/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Occitan pin, from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Chachi]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.water
2.river
[References]
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- Peter W. Stahl, Archaeology in the Lowland American Tropics (2006, →ISBN, page 253
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
[[Dalmatian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin pes, pedem.
[Noun]
editpi m (plural pič)
1.foot
[[Danish]]
[Proper noun]
editpi
1.pi (number)
2.pi (letter)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/pi/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî).
[Noun]
editpi ? (uncountable)
1.pi (Greek letter)
2.(mathematics) pi (number)
[[French]]
ipa :/pi/[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- “pi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Greenlandic]]
[Root]
editpi
1.Means nothing in particular.
[[Guambiano]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.water
2.river
[References]
edit
- Beatriz Vásquez de Ruiz, La predicación en guambiano (Colciencias, 1988)
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
[[Inuktitut]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.Latin spelling of ᐱ (pi)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈpi/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin pē (the name of the letter P).
[Etymology 2]
editItalian Wikipedia has an article on:piWikipedia itFrom Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî, the name of the Greek letter Π).
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
editpi
1.Rōmaji transcription of ぴ
2.Rōmaji transcription of ピ
[[Kedah Malay]]
ipa :/pi/[See also]
edit
- pergi
[Verb]
editpi
1.Go
Satgi kalau depa nak pi keluaq dah, habaq kat aku awai sikit noh, satgi tak dan.
If they are ready to go out, please inform me earlier, so that I won't be late.
Hang ni oghang kata pa pun bukan nak dengaq, mampuih pi kat hang la.
You never listen, just go to hell
2.Do
Hangpa pi bedak elok-elok bagi sama banyak buah moktan tu, satgi baghu tak berkelai.
You should split the rambutans equally between yourselves, then you won't have to fight over it.
Awat yang hang pi pukui dia, satgi dia bawak mai geng pi taboh hang pulak, lagu mana?
Why did you hit him, don't you afraid he might summon his gang to beat you up?
[[Lango (Uganda)]]
[Noun]
editpì
1.water
[References]
edit
- Michael P. Noonan, A Grammar of Lango [Uganda]
[[Luo]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.water
[References]
edit
- Benny Garell Blount, Acquisition of Language by Luo Children (1969), page 57
- Roy Lawrence Stafford, An elementary Luo grammar, page 24, 1967
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
editpi
1.Nonstandard spelling of pī.
2.Nonstandard spelling of pí.
3.Nonstandard spelling of pǐ.
4.Nonstandard spelling of pì.
[[Marshallese]]
ipa :[pʲi][Etymology]
editBorrowed from English bee.
[Noun]
editpi
1.bee
[References]
edit
- Marshallese–English Online Dictionary
[[Norman]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- pyid (continental Normandy)
- pid (Jersey, Guernsey)
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French pié, from Latin pēs, pedis, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
[Noun]
editpi m (plural pis)
1.(Sark, anatomy) foot
[[Nuer]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.water
[References]
edit
- Joseph Pasquale Crazzolara, Outlines of a Nuer grammar, page 28, 1933
[[Pali]]
[Alternative forms]
editAlternative forms
- 𑀧𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- पि (Devanagari script)
- পি (Bengali script)
- පි (Sinhalese script)
- ပိ (Burmese script)
- ปิ (Thai script)
- ᨷᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ປິ (Lao script)
- បិ (Khmer script)
[Conjunction]
editpi
1.also, even so
2.even
[Etymology]
editEnclitic form of api.
[Particle]
editpi
1.an emphatic particle
[References]
edit
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “pi”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
[[Pirahã]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- water: pii[1], pé, ipé[2]
[Noun]
editpi
1.water[3]
2.thorn[1]
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Volume 1, 1986
2. ^ Čestmír Loukotka, Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 96 (as pé, ipé)
3. ^ “Pirahã Dictionary/ Dicionário Mura-Pirahã”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 2 February 2011, archived from the original on 2 February 2011
[[Polish]]
ipa :/pi/[Etymology 1]
editOnomatopoeic.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî), from Phoenician 𐤐 (p /pē/).
[Further reading]
edit
- pi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈpi/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî).
[Etymology 2]
editOnomatopoeic.
[[Quechua]]
[Pronoun]
editpi
1.who
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Greek πι (pi)
[Noun]
editpi m (uncountable)
1.pi
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/pîː/[Noun]
editpȋ n (Cyrillic spelling пи̑)
1.pi (Greek letter)
2.pi (mathematical constant)
[[Shilluk]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.water
[References]
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- B. Kohnen, Shilluk grammar : with a little English-Shilluk dictionary, Missioni Africane, Vérone, Italie, 317 pages, page 313, 1933
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/píː/[Noun]
editpȋ m inan
1.pi (Greek letter)
2.pi (mathematical constant)
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈpi/[Further reading]
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- “pi” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editpi f (plural píes)
1.pi; the Greek letter Π, π
[[Swahili]]
[Particle]
editpi
1.Suffix used as an alternative to gani to more specifically say "which" of a known noun class.
Anakaa nyumba ipi? ― Which house does he live in?
[See also]
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- gani
- -po: definite place indicator
- -ko: indefinite place indicator
- -mo: "inside" of a definite place indicator
[[Swedish]]
ipa :-iː[Noun]
editpi n
1.(mathematics) pi, a constant
2.pi; a Greek letter
[[Tocharian B]]
[Particle]
editpi
1.really, indeed (used to emphasize questions and commands)
[[Totoro]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.water
[References]
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- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
[[Tsafiki]]
[Noun]
editpi
1.water
[References]
edit
- Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary, page 86, 1992
[[Veps]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic *pii, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *piŋe.
[Noun]
editpi
1.tooth (protrusion of certain objects, e.g. a saw, rake)
[References]
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- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “зуб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/piː/[Mutation]
editThis word cannot be mutated.
[Noun]
editpi f (plural piau)
1.The name of the Latin-script letter P.
[[West Makian]]
ipa :/pi/[References]
edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics
[Verb]
editpi
1.(ditransitive) to give
Synonym: pula
nipi de te ― (you) give me (some) tea!
2.(ditransitive) to sell
Synonym: pula
[[Yoruba]]
ipa :/k͡pí/[Noun]
editpí
1.The name of the Latin-script letter P.
[See also]
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- (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí
[[Zou]]
ipa :/pi˧/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Kuki-Chin *puj (augmentative marker).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Northern Proto-Kuki-Chin *bii.
[References]
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- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, pages 40, 45
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkeɪ.dn̩s/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French cadence, from Italian cadenza, from Latin *cadentia, form of cadēns, form of cadō (“I fall, I cease”), from Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- (“to fall”). Doublet of cadenza and chance.
[Noun]
editcadence (countable and uncountable, plural cadences)
1.The act or state of declining or sinking.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book 10”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Now was the sun in western cadence low.
3.Balanced, rhythmic flow.
4.c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii]:
You find not the apostrophas, and so miss the accent:
let me supervise the canzonet. Here are only numbers ratified;
but, for the elegancy, facility, and golden cadence of poesy,
caret.
5.1991 December 2, “At the Saudi-Kuwaiti Border”, in ABC Nightline:
Night has now passed in the Saudi desert and as we hear from Nightline correspondent Forrest Sawyer, the normal cadence of life at the front is about to change.
6.The measure or beat of movement.
7.1993, Ken Schultz, “Terror of the deep”, in Field and Stream, volume 98, number 5, page 102:
Getting into a good jigging rhythm means making short quick jerks in a regular cadence that might average about one jerk every 1.5 to 2 seconds.
8.The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
9.1667, John Milton, “Book 2”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Blustering winds, which all night long / Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull / Seafaring men o'erwatched.
10.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], OCLC 742335644:
The accents […] were in passion's tenderest cadence.
11.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
Then away at last they sped to the house or bedside of some elderly and worthy person, and Pym sat fascinated to see how swiftly Rick trimmed his manner to suit theirs, how naturally he slipped into the cadences and vernacular that put them most at ease, and how the love of God came into his good face when he talked about Liberalism and Masonry and his dear dead father, God rest him, and a firstclass rate of return, ten percent guaranteed plus profits for as long as you're spared.
12.1991 December 30, David Holmstrom, “Raimey: A Breath of Fresh Ayah”, in Christian Science Monitor:
The cadence of Raimey's voice is pure Down-Easter Maine
13.(music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.
14.(music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
15.(speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
16.(dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.
The cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence.
17.(fencing) The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
18.(running) The number of steps per minute.
19.(cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
20.(military) A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
21.(heraldry) cadency
22.(horse-riding) Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
23.(horseracing) The number of strides per second of a racehorse, measured when the same foot/hoof strikes the ground
24.(software engineering) The frequency of regular product releases.
25.2010 12, Dean Leffingwell, Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 317:
In this third case, releasing more frequently, the PSI cadence becomes a planning cadence, rather than a release cadence.
26.2012, Scott Ambler; Mark Lines, Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Practitioner's Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise, IBM Press, page 227:
We recommend aiming for a release cadence of no more than six months, with a goal of getting it down to three months or shorter.
27.2016 9, Jaokim Verona; Michael Duffy; Paul Swartout, Learning DevOps: Continuously Develop Better Software, Packt Publishing, →ISBN, page 47:
This happens when the installation cadence in production is slower than the release cadence of the development teams.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (musical conclusion): clausula
[Verb]
editcadence (third-person singular simple present cadences, present participle cadencing, simple past and past participle cadenced)
1.To give a cadence to.
2.1897, Don Carlos Buell, “Why the Confederacy Failed”, in The Century, volume 53:
there was besides, in an already dominating and growing element, a motive that was stronger and more enduring than enthusiasm —an implacable antagonism which acted side by side with the cause of the Union as a perpetual impelling force against the social conditions of the South, controlling the counsels of the government, and cadencing the march of its armies to the chorus:
John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave,
But his soul is marching on!
3.1910, Publication: Illinois State Historical Society, Illinois State Historical Library, number 14, page 182:
In this march to the City of the Dead,'" scores upon scores of the best musical organizations of the nation were in line, whose funeral dirges cadenced the great wail of a bereft people.
4.1990, Lewis Lockwood; Edward H. Roesner, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 120:
Example 10a gives a melody for one endecasyllabic line of verse; there are various ways of utilizing it, including Rore's choice of cadencing the first line on the third scale degree, for a two-line segment of an ottava stanza.
5.To give structure to.
6.1966, Joseph Leon Blau, Modern varieties of Judaism, page 158:
It was the Exile, however, which cadenced the rhythm of Jewish existence
7.2000, David C. Hammack, Making the Nonprofit Sector in the United States, page 256:
They are neither mentioned specifically in the Constitution, nor in the Federalist Papers that cadenced the nationalist debates.
8.2004, Andrew Ayers, The architecture of Paris: an architectural guide, page 38:
... an idea taken up by Percier and Fontaine, who also supplied the Corinthian order and transverse arcades cadencing the gallery's length today
[[French]]
ipa :/ka.dɑ̃s/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle French cadence, borrowed from Italian cadenza. Doublet of chance.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- “cadence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom the word cadence.
[Proper noun]
editCadence
1.A female given name from English, taken to use in the 2000s.
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cadencé
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editcadencé (feminine singular cadencée, masculine plural cadencés, feminine plural cadencées)
1.rhythmic
[Further reading]
edit
- “cadencé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Verb]
editcadencé m (feminine singular cadencée, masculine plural cadencés, feminine plural cadencées)
1.past participle of cadencer
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entice
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈtaɪs/[Anagrams]
edit
- encite
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier, from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre, from Latin titiō.
[References]
edit
- entice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “entice” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[See also]
edit
- beguile
- tempt
- seduce
[Verb]
editentice (third-person singular simple present entices, present participle enticing, simple past and past participle enticed)
1.(transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
2.2012 March 1, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, page 106:
Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.
I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.
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just about
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editjust about
1.(idiomatic) Approximately, very nearly.
‘Have you already reached your sales target?’ ‘Just about.’
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:approximately
2.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.
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demo
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɛm.əʊ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Dome, E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, dome, mode
[Etymology 1]
editClipping of demonstration and various other words beginning with "demo-".
[Etymology 2]
editClipping of demonstrate.
[Etymology 3]
editClipping of demolish.
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈdemo/[Anagrams]
edit
- Edmo, mode
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English demo.
[Noun]
editdemo
1.demo (brief demonstration)
[[Galician]]
ipa :/ˈdɛ.mo̝/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Galician and Old Portuguese demõ (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).
[Noun]
editdemo m (plural demos)
1.devil; demon
Synonyms: diabo, diaño
2.(uncountable) the Devil
3.(figuratively) an evil person
O demo ós seus quer. (proverb) ― Devil loves his own people.
4.(figuratively) a playful kid
[References]
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- “demo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
- “demo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2016.
- “demo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “demo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “demo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈdɛ.mo/[Anagrams]
edit
- medo, mode
[Noun]
editdemo m (plural demi)
1.demo
2.deme
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
editdemo
1.Rōmaji transcription of でも
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈdeː.moː/[Etymology 1]
editFrom dē- (“from, away from, out of”) + emō (“I acquire, I obtain”).
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[References]
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- demo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- demo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- demo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to undeceive a person: alicui errorem demere, eripere, extorquere
- to make a thing credible: fidem facere, afferre alicui rei (opp. demere, de-, abrogare fidem)
- to deliver some one from slavery: iugum servile alicui demere
demo in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[3]demo in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
[[Old Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈde.mo/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).
[Noun]
editdemo m (plural demões)
1.(uncountable, Christianity) the Devil; Satan
2.13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 3 (facsimile):
Eſta é de como ſanta maria fez cobrar a Theophilo a carta que fezera cono demo u ſe tornou ſeu vaſſalo.
This one is (about) how Holy Mary recovered for Theophilos the contract he had made with the Devil and became his vassal.
3.a devil; a demon
4.13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 26 (facsimile):
e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar
and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul, and took it very quickly without delay
[Synonyms]
edit
- (Satan): diabo, Locifer, satanas
- (devil): demonio, diablo, diaboo, diabre
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈdẽ.mu/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Portuguese demo (“demon; devil”), from Latin daemon (“demon”), from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom English demo, from demonstration.
[[Spanish]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “demo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editdemo m (plural demos)
1.(music) demo
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vest
[[English]]
ipa :/vɛst/[Anagrams]
edit
- ETVs, EVTs, vets
[Etymology]
editFrom French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes-ti(h₂)-, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.
[Further reading]
edit
- “vest” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vest in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vest at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editvest (plural vests)
1.(now rare) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
2.(now Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
3.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
4.(Britain) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
5.A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
6.Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
7.2010, Thomas Mullen, The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers, Random House, →ISBN, page 162:
He gripped some of the shreds and pulled off his vest and the shirt beneath it, his clothing disintegrating around him. What in the hell point was there in wearing a twenty-five-pound bulletproof vest if you could still get gunned to death?
8.A vestment.
9.1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite
In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require.
10.Clothing generally; array; garb.
11.1800, William Wordsworth, [unnamed poem] (classified under Inscriptions)
Not seldom, clad in radiant vest / Deceitfully goes forth the morn.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (garment worn under a shirt): singlet, tank top (US), undershirt (US)
- (garment worn over a shirt): waistcoat (Britain)
[Verb]
editvest (third-person singular simple present vests, present participle vesting, simple past and past participle vested)
1.(chiefly passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
2.1673, John Milton, Methought I Saw my Late Espoused Saint:
Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
3.1697, John Dryden, Aeneid
With ether vested, and a purple sky.
4.To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
5.c. 1718, Matthew Prior, “To Mr. Howard – An Ode”:
Had thy poor breast receiv’d an equal pain; / Had I been vested with the monarch’s power; / Thou must have sigh’d, unlucky youth, in vain; / Nor from my bounty hadst thou found a cure.
6.To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
7.1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], OCLC 83985187:
, Book I
Empire and dominion […] was vested in him.
8.(obsolete) To invest; to put.
to vest money in goods, land, or houses
9.(law) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
to vest a person with an estate
an estate is vested in possession
10.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522:
For the right of the crown vests […] upon his heir.
11.(law, intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.
12.(financial, intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.
My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.
13.2005, Kaye A. Thomas, Consider Your Options, page 104
If you doubt that you'll stick around at the company long enough for your options to vest, you should discount the value for that uncertainty as well.
14.2007, Ransey Guy Cole, Jr. (United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit), Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony ATV Publishing, LLC
Sony interpreted 17 U.S.C. § 304 as requiring that the author be alive at the start of the copyright renewal term for the author’s prior assignments to vest.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/vɛst/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom French veste.
[References]
edit
- “vest” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/vɛst/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch vest, veste. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from French veste, from Italian veste, from Latin vestis.
[[Latvian]]
[Verb]
editvest (tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. vedu, ved, ved, past vedu)
1.to lead
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Latin vestis, via French [Term?] and Italian [Term?].
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse vestr, from Proto-Germanic *westrą.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Latin vestis, via French and Italian.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German West.
[Noun]
editvest n (uncountable)
1.west
[Synonyms]
edit
- apus, asfințit, occident
[[Romansch]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- ost
- oriaint
[Etymology]
editFrom a Germanic language.
[Noun]
editvest m
1.west
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- (Ijekavian) vijȇst
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *věstь, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know, perceive”).
[Noun]
editvȇst f (Cyrillic spelling ве̑ст)
1.report, news
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/ʋéːst/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *věstь.
[Noun]
editvẹ̑st f
1.conscience
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[[English]]
[Synonyms]
edit
- (adhere strictly to): stick to
[Verb]
editkeep to (third-person singular simple present keeps to, present participle keeping to, simple past and past participle kept to)
1.To adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from.
2.2001, D. W. Ruiter, Legal Institutions, page 60,
For example, the legal rule expressed by the provision "All road-users must keep to the right." projects as a possible general condition of the legal system that being road-user causes the obligation to keep to the right.
3.2006, Kerstin Westin, Jörgen Garvill, Agneta Marell, 1.3: Intelligent Speed Adaptation, Bart Jourquin, Piet Rietveld, Kerstin Westin (editors), Towards Better Performing Transport Networks, page 76,
No change is noted for two of the statements; if they keep to the speed limits a queue behind them is created and it is more important to adjust to the traffic pace than keeping to the speed limits.
4.2008, E. Jardien, F. Parker, N. Wolhunter, FET College Series Level 3: Construction Carpentry and Roof Work, page 257,
They will have a lot more respect for you if you are honest, rather than not keeping to your deadlines.
5.2016, unidentified patient, quoted in Judy Gable, Tamara Herrmann, Counselling Skills for Dietitians, 3rd Edition, page 125,
I was very good, though – I kept to my diet all the time.
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terms
[[English]]
ipa :/tɜːmz/[Anagrams]
edit
- ERTMS
[Noun]
editterms
1.plural of term
[Verb]
editterms
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editterms
1.indefinite genitive singular of term
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head honcho
[[English]]
[Noun]
edithead honcho (plural head honchos)
1.(informal) The person in charge; the highest-ranking person in an organization.
Synonyms: big man, big enchilada, grand poobah; see also Thesaurus:important person
The head honcho is hard to reach because they are too busy.
2.2007, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise, Soft Skull Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 182:
As if being head honcho of the Grand Royal empire wasn't demanding enough, Mike D has his own personal business interests, namely the X-Large clothing company he started with two friends, and X-Large's boutiques (in New York, San Francisco and LA, where the Beasties are now based).
3.2008, Graham Linehan, “The Speech”, in The IT Crowd, season 3, episode 4, spoken by Douglas (Matt Berry):
Well, I'm the boss… Head Honcho. El Numero Uno. Mr. Big. The Godfather. Lord of the Rings. The Bourne… Identity. Er… Taxi Driver. Jaws. I forgot the question quite a while back. Who are you, again?
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honcho
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɑn.tʃoʊ/[Etymology]
editAmerican English, from Japanese 班長 (hanchō, “squad leader”), from 19th c. Mandarin 班長 (bānzhǎng, “team leader”). Probably entered English during World War II: many apocryphal stories describe American soldiers hearing Japanese prisoners-of-war refer to their lieutenants as hanchō.
[Further reading]
edit
- “honcho”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “honcho”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Noun]
edithoncho (plural honchos)
1.(informal) boss, leader
2.1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon, spoken by Private Gator Lerner (Johnny Depp):
Says they had no choice. Says the NVA killed the old honcho when he said no. Now he says all the rice is theirs.
3.1992 October 26, Calvin Sims, “Hard Times, Even on Rodeo Drive”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
For years, snobbery has been a hallmark of this city of wealth and glamour, movie stars and entertainment honchos, where it is possible to spend $20,000 for a watch, $6,000 for a suit with 14-karat gold pinstriping or $15,000 for a handbag of rare leather.
4.1999, Dave Barry, Big Trouble, Penguin, published 2010, →ISBN, page 13:
Mostly he wrote what the higher honchos in the newsroom referred to, often condescendingly, as “offbeat” stories.
5.2001, Michael Moore, Stupid White Men, page 22:
Gulfstream makes jets for both Hollywood honchos and foreign governments like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
[Verb]
edithoncho (third-person singular simple present honchos, present participle honchoing, simple past and past participle honchoed)
1.(transitive, informal, Canada, US) To lead or manage.
2.2010, Buddy Valastro, Cake Boss, Simon and Schuster, published 2020, →ISBN, page 142:
I had never honchoed that many people so even something as simple as ordering them to knead dough or fondant became an important decision.
3.2012, David Lewis Yewdall, Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
The task of choosing the clips that comprised the allotted 10 minutes in the bake-off was left to the supervising sound editor, as it was he or she who honchoed the preparation of the soundtrack for the rerecording mixing stage in the first place.
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
edithoncho
1.Rōmaji transcription of ほんちょ
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adieu
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈdu/[Anagrams]
edit
- Audie
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I commend you to God”), from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Doublet of adios.
[Interjection]
editadieu
1.Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
2.1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3 Scene 1
BEATRICE. What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true?
Stand I condemn'd for pride and scorn so much?
Contempt, farewell! and maiden pride, adieu!
No glory lives behind the back of such.
[Noun]
editadieu (plural adieux or adieus)
1.A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.
We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.
2.1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:
As Noyes bade me adieu and rode off northward in his car I began to walk slowly toward the house.
[Synonyms]
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- addio, adios, aloha, arrivederci, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, cheers, ciao, farewell, good-by, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, shalom, so long
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
editadieu
1.second-person plural present indicative form of adir
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/aːˈdjøː/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch adiu, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?]. Later reinfluenced by French adieu (“to God”).
[Interjection]
editadieu
1.farewell, adieu
[See also]
edit
- aju
[[French]]
ipa :/a.djø/[Etymology]
editShortened form of Old French a Dieu vos comant, from Medieval Latin ad Deum, equivalent to à dieu vous commant (“I commend (entrust) you to God”). Compare Aragonese adiós, Asturian adiós, Catalan adéu, Dutch adjuus, English adieu, Extremaduran adiós, German tschüss, Greek αντίο (antío), Galician adeus, Italian addio, Maltese addiju, Mirandese adius, Occitan adieu, Portuguese adeus, Romanian adio, Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo, Slovene adȋjo, Spanish adiós.
[Further reading]
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- “adieu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Interjection]
editadieu
1.farewell, adieu
Adieu, monsieur le professeur. On ne vous oubliera jamais.
Farewell, Mr. Teacher. We will never forget you.
2.(Canada, Louisiana) goodbye, see you soon
3.(Southern France) hello
4.(Switzerland) hello, goodbye
[Noun]
editadieu m (plural adieux)
1.farewell
[See also]
edit
- à-Dieu-va, à-Dieu-vat
[[Occitan]]
[Interjection]
editadieu
1.hello
2.goodbye
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penne
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɛneɪ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Italian penne.
[Noun]
editpenne (uncountable)
1.A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/pɛnə/[Noun]
editpenne c
1.indefinite plural of pen
[[French]]
ipa :/pɛn/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French, from Latin pinna, penna, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”). Doublet of panne. See also pinacle–panache.
[Further reading]
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- “penne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editpenne f (plural pennes)
1.large feather
2.penne (pasta)
[[German]]
[Verb]
editpenne
1.inflection of pennen:
1.first-person singular present
2.first/third-person singular subjunctive I
3.singular imperative
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editpenne f pl
1.plural of penna
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈpɛn(ə)/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Anglo-Norman penne, from Latin penna, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥. Compare feþer.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English penn, from Proto-Germanic *pennō.
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pen
[[English]]
ipa :/pɛn/[Anagrams]
edit
- NEP, Nep, PNe, nep
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English pen, penne (“enclosure for animals”), from Old English penn (“enclosure, fold, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (“pin, bolt, nail, tack”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pin.Sense “prison” originally figurative extension to “enclosure for persons” (1845), later influenced by penitentiary (“prison”), being analyzed as an abbreviation (1884).[1]
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English pennen, from Old English *pennian (“to close, lock, bolt”, attested in onpennian (“to open”)), derived from penn (see above). Akin to Low German pennen (“to secure a door with a bolt”).
[Etymology 3]
edit A ballpoint pen, showing assembly.From Middle English penne, from Anglo-Norman penne, from Old French penne, from Latin penna (“feather”), from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to rush, fly”) (from which petition). Proto-Indo-European base also root of *petra-, from which Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) (whence pterodactyl), Sanskrit पत्रम् (patram, “wing, feather”), Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “pen”), Old Norse fjǫðr, Old English feðer (Modern English feather);[1] note the /p/ → /f/ Germanic sound change.See feather and πέτομαι (pétomai) for more.
[Etymology 4]
editOrigin uncertain. Compare hen.
[Etymology 5]
editClipping of penalty.
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “pen”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[[Angloromani]]
ipa :[ˈpʰen][Alternative forms]
edit
- pan, pey
[Etymology]
editInherited from Romani phen.
[Noun]
editpen
1.sister
Synonyms: minnipen, rakla
Sa see pal te pen? ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
[References]
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- “pen”, in Angloromani Dictionary, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 132
[[Cumbric]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom, of uncertain derivation.
[Noun]
editpen
1.head
2.top, summit
[References]
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- Attested in Cumbric toponymic compounds and phrasal names (Pen-y-Ghent)
[[Danish]]
ipa :/pɛnˀ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom late Old Norse penni, from Latin penna (“feather”).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/pɛn/[Anagrams]
edit
- nep
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch penne, ultimately from Latin penna. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Noun]
editpen f (plural pennen, diminutive pennetje n)
1.a long feather of a bird
2.pen (writing utensil)
3.pin
Synonym: pin
[[Haitian Creole]]
ipa :/pɛ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom French pain (“bread”).
[Noun]
editpen
1.bread
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[ˈpɛn][Etymology 1]
editFrom Dutch pen, from Latin penna (“feather, pen”). Doublet of pena.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
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- “pen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
editpen
1.Rōmaji transcription of ペン
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
editpen
1.Nonstandard spelling of pēn.
2.Nonstandard spelling of pén.
3.Nonstandard spelling of pěn.
4.Nonstandard spelling of pèn.
[[Mapudungun]]
[Verb]
editpen (Raguileo spelling)
1.to see
Synonym: petun
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/pɛn/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Anglo-Norman penne.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English penn, from Proto-Germanic *pennō, perhaps from the root of pinn (“peg, pin”).
[[Mindiri]]
[Further reading]
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- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
[Noun]
editpen
1.woman
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editpen (neuter singular pent, definite singular and plural pene, comparative penere, indefinite superlative penest, definite superlative peneste)
1.nice
pent vær ― nice weather
2.neat
3.beautiful, pretty
4.handsome, good-looking
[Etymology]
editPossibly from French.
[References]
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- “pen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editpen (neuter singular pent, definite singular and plural pene, comparative penare, indefinite superlative penast, definite superlative penaste)
1.nice
pent vêr ― nice weather
2.neat
3.beautiful, pretty
4.handsome, good-looking
[Etymology]
editPossibly from French.
[References]
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- “pen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Rade]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French pince.
[Noun]
editpen
1.pincers
[[Romani]]
[Pronoun]
editpen
1.themselves (third-person plural reflexive pronoun)
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom English paint.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom English pen.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom English pain.
[[Volapük]]
[Noun]
editpen (nominative plural pens)
1.pen
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/pɛn/[Adjective]
editpen (feminine singular pen, plural pen, equative penned, comparative pennach, superlative pennaf)
1.head
2.chief
3.supreme, principal
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Welsh and Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editpen m (plural pennau)
1.(anatomy) head
2.chief
3.top, apex
4.end, extremity
[References]
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- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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chilly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtʃɪli/[Etymology 1]
editchill + -y.
[Etymology 2]
editSee chili.
[References]
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- chilly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “chilly” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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inching
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪntʃɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Chi-ning, chining, niching
[Noun]
editinching (plural inchings)
1.Very gradual movement.
2.2019, Francis Lynde, Empire Builders
From behind the trucks of the box-car a slender pole, headed with what appeared to be an empty oyster tin, and trailing a black line of fuse, was projecting itself along the ground by slow inchings, creeping across the lighted space […]
[Verb]
editinching
1.present participle of inch
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defamatory
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈfæmətɹi/[Adjective]
editdefamatory (comparative more defamatory, superlative most defamatory)
1.damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French diffamatoire (altered after the prefix de-), from Medieval Latin diffāmātōrius
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:defamatory
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departure
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- apertured
[Antonyms]
edit
- arrival
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French deporteure (“departure; figuratively, death”).
[Further reading]
edit
- departure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editdeparture (countable and uncountable, plural departures)
1.The act of departing or something that has departed.
The departure was scheduled for noon.
2.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running: “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
3.1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 590:
But the outstanding feature of the new timetable arrangement, additional to the standardised departure times, is the number of intermediate points, in addition to such principal cities as Bristol, Plymouth, Cardiff and Birmingham, that now have departures for Paddington at the same minutes past the hour throughout the day.
4.2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure.
5.A deviation from a plan or procedure.
6.1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, OCLC 645131689:
any departure from a national standard
There are several significant departures, however, from current practice.
7.(euphemistic) A death.
8.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Timothy 4:6:
The time of my departure is at hand.
9.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, OCLC 801077108; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, OCLC 318419127:
His timely departure […] barred him from the knowledge of his son's miseries.
10.(navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the product of the distance sailed and the sine of the angle made by the course with the meridian.
11.(surveying) The difference in easting between the two ends of a line or curve.
The area is computed by latitudes and departures.
12.(law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another[1]
13.(obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.
14.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Vnlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], OCLC 879551664:
no other remedy […] but absolute departure
[References]
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1. ^ 1839. John Bouvier, Law Dictionary
- “departure” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Synonyms]
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- leaving
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stunned
[[English]]
ipa :/stʌnd/[Adjective]
editstunned (comparative more stunned, superlative most stunned)
1.Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.
[Etymology]
editstun + -ed
[Verb]
editstunned
1.simple past tense and past participle of stun
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stun
[[English]]
ipa :/stʌn/[Anagrams]
edit
- NUTS, Unst, nuts, tsun, tuns
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English stunien, stonien, stounien, from Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound, resound, roar, strike with a loud sound, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-Germanic *stunōną, *stunjaną (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Germanic *stenaną (“to moan, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tona-, *(s)tena- (“to thunder, roar, groan”) (compare thunder). Cognate with Middle Low German stonen (“to groan”), Middle High German stunen, stunden (“to drive, push, knock, strike”), Swedish stöna (“to moan, groan”), Icelandic stynja (“to moan”). Related also to Dutch steunen (“to groan; support”), German stöhnen (“to groan, moan”), German staunen (“to be astonished, be amazed, marvel at”), Russian стонать (stonatʹ), стена́ть (stenátʹ, “to moan, groan”). See also Occitan estonar, Old French estoner, English astonish.
[Noun]
editstun (countable and uncountable, plural stuns)
1.The condition of being stunned.
2.That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
3.(Newfoundland) A person who lacks intelligence.
4.(billiards, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.
Williams will need a lot of stun to avoid going in the middle pocket
[Verb]
editstun (third-person singular simple present stuns, present participle stunning, simple past and past participle stunned)
1.(transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.
In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.
2.(transitive) To shock or surprise.
The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.
He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.
3.(snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball
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fall victim
[[English]]
[Verb]
editfall victim (third-person singular simple present falls victim, present participle falling victim, simple past fell victim, past participle fallen victim)
1.(idiomatic, intransitive) to suffer as a result of external circumstances or someone else's actions
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
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victim
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvɪktɪm/[Antonyms]
edit
- offender
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French victime, from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”).
[Noun]
editvictim (plural victims)
1.One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
the youngest victims of the brutal war
victim of a bad decision by a rushed and overworked judge
2.2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
3.2014, Holger H. Herwig, The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918, A&C Black (→ISBN), page 116:
Flexibility, one of the hallmarks of German military doctrine, was a victim of the war.
1.One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
victims of assault; the murderer's victims
became another victim of the latest scam
2.1838, The Lady's Book, volume 16-17, page 125:
The villian, perceiving his danger, groped about in search of his victim, gave him another blow and disappeared.
3.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tremarn Case[1]:
“There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”
4.1980, Heather M. Arden, Fools' Plays: A Study of Satire in the Sottie, page 53:
The role of victim, whether represented by a character on stage or conveyed verbally, is the necessary counterpart of the evil-doer.
5.One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
a fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash
6.1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 6, in The Younger Set:
“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, […] !”
7.One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
a victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetence
the newcomer never managed to make friends, a victim of the town's deep distrust of outsiders
a victim of sexism; victims of a racist system
8.One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane
victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck
local businesses were the main victims of the economic downturn
9.1970 March 12, United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Summary of Legislative Action of the House Education and Labor Committee for the 91st Congress (1st Session) / Educational Technology Act of 1969: Hearing, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session on H.R. 8838 ... March 12, 1970:
To some extent the schools and colleges are victims of conditions beyond their control: rapid population growth and mobility, country; to-city migration, unpredictable economic and social changes wrought by technology, […]
10.2012, Alisa Lebow, The Cinema of Me:
As Ella Shohat (1988) incisively argued some years ago now, the historical role of 'victim' to Zionism's racialising and nationalising frame is one that has been shared – albeit not in identical ways – by Palestinians and Mizrahim, those Sephardic or Arab Jews whose presence was solicited for the structural and demographic efficacy of the fledgling Jewish state.
11.2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. […] Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
1.(by extension, Christianity) The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.
[References]
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1. ^ Inclusive language: words to use and avoid when writing about disability
2. ^ NHS Digital Service Manual: Inclusive language
3. ^ Remploy: Disability etiquette
- victim at OneLook Dictionary Search
- victim in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- victim in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Synonyms]
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- injured party
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cutthroat
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkʌtθɹoʊt/[Adjective]
editcutthroat (comparative more cutthroat, superlative most cutthroat)
1.Involving the cutting of throats.
2.Of or relating to a card game where everyone plays for him or herself rather than playing with a partner.
He found that playing cutthroat Spades was much more difficult than playing with a partner.
3.Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.
Law is a cutthroat business, you always have to look out to see who is trying to outdo you.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- cut-throat
- cut throat
[Etymology]
editcut + throat
[Noun]
editcutthroat (countable and uncountable, plural cutthroats)
1.A murderer who slits the throats of victims.
2.An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person.
3.(uncountable) A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
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Mere
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Emer., REME, erme, meer, reem
[Proper noun]
editMere
1.A village and civil parish in northern Cheshire East, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7381).
2.A small town and civil parish with a town council in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8132).
3.A sub-municipality in East Flanders, Belgium.
[[Hawaiian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English Mary.
[Proper noun]
editMere
1.A female given name from English used in the 19th century.
[References]
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- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Mere occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 29 women.
[[Maori]]
[Proper noun]
editMere
1.A female given name, equivalent to English Mary.
[[Tahitian]]
[Noun]
editMere
1.Mary
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infraction
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈfɹakʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- infarction
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French infraction, from Latin infractio, from infractum, past participle of infringere, from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).
[Further reading]
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- “infraction” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- infraction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- infraction at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editinfraction (plural infractions)
1.(law) A minor offence, petty crime
Even stealing a pack of gum is an infraction in the eyes of the law.
2.a violation; breach
3.(ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin infractio
[Further reading]
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- “infraction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editinfraction f (plural infractions)
1.offense (US), departure
2.infringement, infraction
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aftermath
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæf.tɚ.ˌmæθ/[Anagrams]
edit
- hamfatter
[Etymology]
editFrom after- + math (“a mowing”).
[Noun]
editaftermath (plural aftermaths)
1.(obsolete, agriculture) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
2.1879, Robert Louis Stevenson: Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:
They were cutting aftermath on all sides, which gave the neighbourhood, this gusty autumn morning, an untimely smell of hay.
3.That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.
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schism
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈskɪzəm/[Anagrams]
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- Chisms
[Antonyms]
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- (split, division, separation): unity
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English scisme, from Old French cisme or scisme, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”). Doublet of schisma.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has articles on:schismWikipedia schism (plural schisms)
1.A split or separation within a group or organization, typically caused by discord.
2.2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions[1], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, DOI:10.3390/rel5010219, pages 219-257:
Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.
3.(religion) A formal division or split within a religious body.
The schism between Sunnis and Shias happened quite early in Islamic history.
4.(Catholicism) a split within Christianity whereby a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church, but shares essentially the same beliefs with the Church of Rome. In other words, a political split without the introduction of heresy.
[Synonyms]
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- (split or separation): division, separation, split
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contemplating
[[English]]
[Verb]
editcontemplating
1.present participle of contemplate
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contemplate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/[Etymology]
editAttested since the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, from contemplari (“observe, survey”).
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:ponder
- (look at): examine
[Verb]
editcontemplate (third-person singular simple present contemplates, present participle contemplating, simple past and past participle contemplated)
1.To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
2.1671, 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 1:
To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent.
3.1818, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, London: John Murray, […], OCLC 1015248873, canto IV, stanza CLVIII:
We thus dilate / Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate.
4.To consider as a possibility.
5.1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives:
There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.
6.1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law
If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.
7.2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
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- completante
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editcontemplāte
1.vocative masculine singular of contemplātus
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imperturbable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɪmpəˈtɜːbəbəl/[Adjective]
editimperturbable (comparative more imperturbable, superlative most imperturbable)
1.Not easily perturbed, upset or excited.
2.1837, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Ethel Churchill, volume 3, page 280:
"We may keep it by us," replied the pawnbroker, "for months; there is no demand for such articles." "But," exclaimed she, eagerly, "I shall soon redeem it!" "So you all say," returned the man, with imperturbable coolness.
3.1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 132:
This sort of thing is meat and drink to the born Controller—and Controllers are born with the right imperturbable temperament for the job; hence the fact that they are recruited from many different grades of operating staff, and some recruits don't stay the course.
4.Calm and collected, even under pressure.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French imperturbable, from Late Latin imperturbābilis, from im- + perturbō + -bilis. Surface analysis im- + perturbable.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editimperturbable (plural imperturbables)
1.imperturbable
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin imperturbābilis.
[Further reading]
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- “imperturbable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Galician]]
[Adjective]
editimperturbable m or f (plural imperturbables)
1.imperturbable
[Alternative forms]
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- imperturbábel
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin imperturbābilis.
[Further reading]
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- “imperturbable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
[[Occitan]]
[Adjective]
editimperturbable m (feminine singular imperturbabla, masculine plural imperturbables, feminine plural imperturbablas)
1.imperturbable
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin imperturbābilis.
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editimperturbable (plural imperturbables)
1.imperturbable, unflappable, undisturbed, unruffled, unperturbed
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin imperturbābilis.
[Further reading]
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- “imperturbable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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represent
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɛp.ɹɪ.ˈzɛnt/[Anagrams]
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- presenter, repenters
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old French représenter, from Latin repraesentō.
[Etymology 2]
editre- + present.
[Further reading]
edit
- “represent” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- represent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- represent at OneLook Dictionary Search
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sco
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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word
[[English]]
ipa :/wɜːd/[Alternative forms]
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- vurd (Bermuda)
- worde (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- drow
[Etymology 1]
editPlay media The word about signed in American Sign Language.From Middle English word, from Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om. Doublet of verb and verve; further related to vrata.
[Etymology 2]
editVariant of worth (“to become, turn into, grow, get”), from Middle English worthen, from Old English weorþan (“to turn into, become, grow”), from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to turn, turn into, become”). More at worth § Verb.
[Further reading]
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- word on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/vɔrt/[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch worden, from Middle Dutch werden, from Old Dutch werthan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.
[Verb]
editword (present word, present participle wordende, past participle geword)
1.to become; to get (to change one’s state)
Ek het ryk geword.
I became rich.
Ek word ryk.
I am becoming rich.
Sy word beter.
She is getting better.
2.Forms the present passive voice when followed by a past participle
Die kat word gevoer.
The cat is being fed.
[[Chinese Pidgin English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- 𭉉 (Chinese characters)
[Etymology]
editFrom English word.
[Noun]
editword
1.word
2.1862, T‘ong Ting-Kü, Ying Ü Tsap T’sün, or The Chinese and English Instructor, volume 6, Canton:
挨仙㕭𭉉
Aai1 sin1 jiu1 wut3.
I will send you word.
(literally, “I send you word.”)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ʋɔrt/[Verb]
editword
1.first-person singular present indicative of worden
2. imperative of worden
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/wurd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- wurd, weord, vord, woord, wourd, worde
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om. Doublet of verbe.
[Noun]
editword (plural wordes or (Early ME) word)
1.A word (separable, discrete linguistic unit)
2.a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “Book II”, in Troilus and Criseyde, line 22-28:
Ȝe knowe ek that in fourme of ſpeche is chaunge / With-inne a thousand ȝeer, and wordes tho / That hadden pris now wonder nyce and ſtraunge / Us thenketh hem, and ȝet thei ſpake hem so / And ſpedde as wel in loue as men now do
You also know that the form of language is in flux; / within a thousand years, words / that had currency; really weird and bizarre / they seem to us now, but they still spoke them / and accomplished as much in love as men do now.
3.A statement; a linguistic unit said or written by someone:
1.A speech; a formal statement.
2.A byword or maxim; a short expression of truth.
3.A promise; an oath or guarantee.
4.A motto; a expression associated with a person or people.
5.A piece of news (often warning or recommending)
6.An order or directive; something necessary.
7.A religious precept, stricture, or belief.Discourse; the exchange of statements.The act of speaking (especially as opposed to action)The basic, non-figurative reading of something.The way one speaks (especially with modifying adjective)(theology) The Logos (Jesus Christ)
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Joon 1:1, page 44r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
IN þe bigynnyng was þe woꝛd .· ⁊ þe woꝛd was at god / ⁊ god was þe woꝛd
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.(rare) The linguistic faculty as a whole.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/word/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ƿord
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą.
[Etymology 2]
editUnknown. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰos (“sweetbriar”). Compare Latin rubus (“bramble”), Persian گل (gol, “flower”).
[[Old Saxon]]
ipa :/wɔrd/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą.
[Noun]
editword n
1.word
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Word
[[English]]
ipa :/wɝd/[Anagrams]
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- drow
[Etymology 1]
editSemantic loan from Koine Greek λόγος (lógos).
[Etymology 2]
editShortening of Microsoft Word.English Wikipedia has an article on:Microsoft WordWikipedia
[[German]]
ipa :/vœrt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English Word.
[Proper noun]
editWord n (proper noun, strong, genitive Words)
1.Word (Microsoft program)
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princeling
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editprince + -ling
[Noun]
editprinceling (plural princelings)
1.A minor or unimportant prince.
2.(derogatory) A descendant of some prominent and influential senior communist official in the People's Republic of China.
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Guild
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editGuild (plural Guilds)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Guild is the 11250th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2810 individuals. Guild is most common among White (88.83%) individuals.
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guild
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡɪld/[Alternative forms]
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- gild
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.
[Noun]
editguild (plural guilds)
1.A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.
2.A corporation.
3.(ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
4.(video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.
[Synonyms]
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- (medieval professional associations): Hanse (merchants)
- (modern professional associations): trade union, union, professional association
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momentous
[[English]]
ipa :/məʊˈmɛn.təs/[Adjective]
editmomentous (comparative more momentous, superlative most momentous)
1.Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.
2.1725, Daniel Defoe, Everybody's Business is Nobody's Business:
The reason why I did not publish this book till the end of the last sessions of parliament was, because I did not care to interfere with more momentous affairs.
3.1831, James Fenimore Cooper, Homeward Bound, ch. 31:
"It has been a momentous month, and I hope we shall all retain healthful recollections of it as long as we live."
4.1902, Joseph Conrad, The End of the Tether, ch. 3:
What to the other parties was merely the sale of a ship was to him a momentous event involving a radically new view of existence.
5.2007 July 1, Richard Dawkins, "Inferior Design," New York Times (retrieved 19 Nov 2013):
Natural selection is arguably the most momentous idea ever to occur to a human mind, because it — alone as far as we know — explains the elegant illusion of design that pervades the living kingdoms and explains, in passing, us.
[Anagrams]
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- mesonotum
[Etymology]
editFrom moment + -ous.
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disheartening
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editdisheartening (comparative more disheartening, superlative most disheartening)
1.Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
Synonyms: discouraging; see also Thesaurus:disheartening
Antonym: heartening
[Verb]
editdisheartening
1.present participle of dishearten
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scurrilous
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈskʌ.ɹə.ləs/[Adjective]
editscurrilous (comparative more scurrilous, superlative most scurrilous)
1.(of a person) Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.
2.(of language) Coarse, vulgar, abusive, or slanderous.
3.2022 February 3, Heather Stewart, quoting Munira Mirza, “Boris Johnson’s policy chief quits over PM’s ‘scurrilous’ Savile remark”, in The Guardian[1]:
She said Johnson was “a better man than many of your detractors will ever understand”, adding that it was “so desperately sad that you let yourself down by making a scurrilous accusation against the leader of the opposition”.
4.Gross, vulgar and evil.
We have had our address used by scurrilous crooks in the past to gain assets by fraud.
5.2013, Alex Himelfarb, Jordan Himelfarb, Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada
"Some days, I try to imagine how scurrilous it would be for a left-leaning government in Canada to embark on such a costly political agenda for, say, a 10-year period, and still find itself unable to convince Canadians that the majority have benefited from this."
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin scurrīlis (“buffoon-like”), from scurra (“a buffoon”). Doublet of scurrile.
[Further reading]
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- “scurrilous” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- scurrilous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- scurrilous at OneLook Dictionary Search
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homophobic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithomophobic (comparative more homophobic, superlative most homophobic)
1.Relating to or characteristic of homophobia or homophobes.
homophobic abuse
[Etymology]
editFrom homo (“homosexual”) + -phobic.
[Noun]
edithomophobic (plural homophobics)
1.A homophobe.
2.2007, William D. Gairdner, The War Against the Family
If you say something negative about homosexuals, you will be labelled an intolerant "homophobic."
3.2016, Ralph Erber, Maureen Erber, Intimate Relationships: Issues, Theories, and Research, Second Edition
When placed in a situation that threatens to excite their repressed or latent sexual preferences, homophobics tend to react with panic, anger, and hostility as a means to avert or deny the threat (West, 1977).
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