42731
today
[[English]]
ipa :/təˈdeɪ/[Adjective]
edittoday (not comparable)
1.(informal) Current; up to date.
Synonym: now
2.1965, Tom Wolfe, quoting Phil Spector, “The First Tycoon of Teen”, in The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, OCLC 42810524, page 67:
Actually, it's more like the blues. It's pop blues. I feel it's very American. It's very today. It's what people respond to today.
3.1966 December 18, Joan Barthel, “Francoise from France: White Boots and Ye-Ye”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
[…] she (Françoise Hardy) is so today, so white boots and yé-yé, that she can make anyone over 25 (me) feel prehistoric, raccoon coat and rah-rah.
[Adverb]
edittoday (not comparable)
1.On the current day or date.
I want this done today.
Today, my brother went to the shops.
2.In the current era; nowadays.
3.2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- to-day (archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- toady
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).
[Noun]
edittoday (plural todays)
1.A current day or date.
Synonyms: current day, this day
Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
The youth of today have never known what life is like without a cell phone.
2.1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:
Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
3.(US, meteorology) From 6am to 6pm on the current day.
4.The present time period; nowadays
[See also]
edit
- nowadays
- hodiernal
- hodiernally
- yesterday
- tomorrow night
- tonight
- last night
- nudiustertian
- hesternal
- hesternally
[[Middle English]]
[Adverb]
edittoday
1.On the current day.
2.On this date in past years.
3.(used substantively) The current day.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- todæg, todæig, todai, todaie, todæi, todei, tedai, tedei, todaȝȝ
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English tōdæġ, equivalent to to- + day.
[References]
edit
- “todai, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2018.
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42734
talkie
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɔːki/[Antonyms]
edit
- silent film
- silent movie
[Etymology]
editFrom a clipping of talking (picture), + -ie. Compare movie.
[Noun]
edittalkie (plural talkies)
1.(informal, dated or historical) A movie with sound, as opposed to a silent film.
2.2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.
[[French]]
[Noun]
edittalkie m (plural talkies)
1.Synonym of talkie-walkie
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paper
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpeɪpə/[Adjective]
editpaper (not comparable)
1.Made of paper.
paper bag; paper plane
2.1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619:
At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.
3.Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper)
paper tiger; paper gangster
4.2016: Manila Standard, "Speed limiter law: A paper tiger"; Maricel Cruz
Speed limiter law: A paper tiger
5.2016: The Australian, "China says Australia ‘is no paper tiger, only a paper cat at best’"; Rowan Callick
It concluded that Australia was “not even a paper tiger, it’s only a paper cat at best”
6.Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper)
paper rocket; paper engine
7.2015: Flight Global, "Airbus Helicopters to begin Arrano tests for H160 shortly"; Dominic Perr
We have to be able to demonstrate that it is not just a paper engine but a real engine
8.2015: CBS News, "ULA unveils new rocket to replace Russian boosters"; William Harwood
In a background teleconference hosted by SpaceX late last week, an unnamed official dismissed ULA's new booster as a "paper rocket," saying he doubted it would be significantly cheaper than ULA's current stable of launchers.
9.2010: BBC News, "Pratt & Whitney eyes global plane engine deals"; Jorn Madslien
Ours is not a paper engine... these are real engines that are in production today
10.2010: Spaceflight Now, "Musk refutes report slamming safety standards"; Stephen Clark
"The Ares 1 is a paper rocket that's far off in the future," Musk said. "Falcon 9 is a real rocket, most of which is at Cape Canaveral right now."
11.Having a title that is merely official, or given by courtesy or convention.
a paper baron; a paper lord
[Anagrams]
edit
- pre-AP
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English paper, borrowed from Anglo-Norman paper, papier, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papyrus.
[Noun]
editpaper (countable and uncountable, plural papers)
1.A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water.
2.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
3.A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine).
4.1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, OCLC 491297620:
"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. […]."
5.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke […] whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”
6.(uncountable) Wallpaper.
7.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, OCLC 7780546; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], OCLC 2666860, page 0091:
There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
8.(uncountable) Wrapping paper.
9.(rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
10.A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government.
11.A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting (such as a conference, workshop, or symposium).
12.A scholastic essay.
13.2014 January 1, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review[1], volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, DOI:10.1075/aila.27.02kra, ISSN 1461-0213, page 30:
This paper surveys the research methods and approaches used in the multidisciplinary field of applied language studies or language education over the last fourty[sic] years. Drawing on insights gained in psycho- and sociolinguistics, educational linguistics and linguistic anthropology with regard to language and culture, it is organized around five major questions that concern language educators.
14.(Britain) A set of examination questions to be answered at one session.
15.(slang) Money.
16.(finance, uncountable) Any financial assets other than specie.
17.1812, William Major, Theory of Money and Exchanges (page XV)
Why might not a Government annuity, the Principal of which was originally invested in Paper since the Cash suspension in 1797, be constituted the guarantee of Paper Money, emendating from that investiture and suspension, and the Parliament authority transferred to its security, as it has been to its creation, in preference to all others, while Paper continues our general Medium.
18.1859, The Bankers' Magazine, and Statistical Register (page 244)
[…] three millions and a half specie in its vaults, and nearly six millions invested in paper, loans, discounts, pledges […]
19.(New Zealand) A university course. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
20.A paper packet containing a quantity of items.
a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
21.A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application.
cantharides paper
22.A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs.
23.(dated) Free passes of admission to a theatre, etc.
24.(dated, by extension) The people admitted by free passes.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (medium used in writing): bookfell
[Verb]
editpaper (third-person singular simple present papers, present participle papering, simple past and past participle papered)
1.(transitive) To apply paper to.
to paper the hallway walls
2.(transitive) To document; to memorialize.
After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up.
3.(transitive) To fill (a theatre or other paid event) with complimentary seats.
Synonym: paper the house
4.2020, Kelly Kessler, Broadway in the Box (page 198)
Later, seat-filling or “papering” services cropped up, with organizations like Audience Extras, Play-by-Play, […]
5.(transitive) To submit official papers to (a law court, etc.).
6.2006, Drusilla Modjeska, The Best Australian Essays 2006[2]:
As powerhouse lawyers shuttled to Cuba to meet clients and papered the federal courts with habeas corpus petitions, Guantanamo's isolation and lack of publicity, once the military's most powerful psychological weapon, was eliminated.
7.2007, Thomas M. Hanna, The Employer's Legal Advisor: Handling Problem Employees Effectively ...[3]:
[…] the warning received only six weeks later for poor attendance as proof that the employer was unjustly papering his personnel file in an effort to create a reason for discharge.
8.(transitive) To give public notice (typically by displaying posters) that a person is wanted by the police or other authority.
9.(transitive) To sandpaper.
10.(transitive) To enfold in paper.
11.To paste the endpapers and flyleaves at the beginning and end of a book before fitting it into its covers.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/pəˈpe/[Etymology]
editFirst attested 1249.[1] From Latin papȳrus (via a semi-learned route and adapted to a Catalan suffix[2][3]; cf. Medieval Latin paperium), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Paper-making was introduced to Europe by the Arabs in the Middle Ages through Italy and Spain[4]. Compare also Old Occitan and French papier, Occitan papièr, Old French paper.
[Further reading]
edit
- “paper” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “paper” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “paper” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editpaper m (plural papers)
1.paper
2.role
[References]
edit
1. ^ “paper” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
2. ^ “paper” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
3. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
4. ^ “papier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Cornish]]
[Noun]
editpaper m
1.paper
[References]
edit
- Cornish-English Dictionary from Maga's Online Dictionary
[[Latvian]]
[Verb]
editpaper
1.2nd person singular present indicative form of papērt
2.3rd person singular present indicative form of papērt
3.3rd person plural present indicative form of papērt
4.2rd singular imperative form of papērt
5.(with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of papērt
6.(with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of papērt
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/paˈpɛːr/[Alternative forms]
edit
- papyre, papere, papure, papyr, papir, paupir, pauper
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Anglo-Norman paper, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros).
[Noun]
editpaper (plural papyres)
1.paper (a thin, white, and flat writing surface made of wood)
2.A text, message or note; something that is written.
3.A record or accounting document.
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- papere
- papir
- papire
- papier
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin papȳrus (likely via a northern Italian intermediate, itself a semi-learned derivative of Medieval Latin paperium), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Cf. the regional variant paupier. Cognate with Old Occitan papier. Compare also the Medieval Judeo-French paveil (“type of reed”), inherited from a Vulgar Latin form *papelius. Paper-making was introduced to Europe by the Arabs in the Middle Ages through Italy and Spain/Catalonia[1].
[Noun]
editpaper m (oblique plural papers, nominative singular papers, nominative plural paper)
1.reed (plant)
2.paper (for writing on, etc.)
3.document
[References]
edit
-
- paper on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
1. ^ “papier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈpeipeɾ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English paper.
[Noun]
editpaper m (plural papers)
1.paper ( written document that reports scientific or academic research)
2.2020 July 23, Juan Felipe Vélez, “Colombia discute la legalización y comercialización de la cocaína”, in PanAm Post[4]:
Hay varios papers recientes sobre el efecto de la regularización del acceso a opioides en Estados Unidos [...]
There are some recent papers on the effect of the regularization of access to opioids in the United States [...]
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tiff
[[English]]
ipa :/tɪf/[Anagrams]
edit
- fift
[Etymology 1]
editOriginally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English tiffen, Old French tiffer, tifer ("to bedizen"; > Modern French attifer), from Frankish *tipfōn, *tippōn (“to decorate”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“top, tip”). Compare Dutch tippen (“to clip the points or ends of the hair”), Old Norse tippa (“point, tip”), English tip (noun), Middle High German zipfen (“to prance; skip; sashay; bob; flutter; frisk”).
[Etymology 3]
edit
[Etymology 4]
edit
[References]
edit“tiff” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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42737
TIFF
[[English]]
ipa :/tɪf/[Anagrams]
edit
- fift
[Noun]
editTIFF (plural TIFFs)
1.(computer graphics) An image stored in the TIFF format.
Synonyms: tif, Tif, TIF
2.(computing) A file using TIFF file format
Synonyms: .tif, .Tif, .TIF, .tiff, .Tiff, .TIFF
[Proper noun]
editTIFF
1.(computer graphics, acronym, initialism) Acronym of tagged image file format.
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42739
reputed
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈpju.tɪd/[Adjective]
editreputed (comparative more reputed, superlative most reputed)
1.Accorded a reputation.
2.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree. Moreover, he was of gentle kin, and she was a poor lass biding in a cot house with an ill-reputed mother.
3.1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo[1], Part 2, Chapter 1.:
The other young ladies of Sulaco stood in awe of her character and accomplishments. She was reputed to be terribly learned and serious.
4.Supposed or assumed to be true.
5.1859, Charles Darwin, chapter 2, in On the Origin of Species[2]:
Mr H. C. Watson has marked for me in the well-sifted London Catalogue of plants (4th edition) 63 plants which are therein ranked as species, but which he considers as so closely allied to other species as to be of doubtful value: these 63 reputed species range on an average over 6.9 of the provinces into which Mr Watson has divided Great Britain.
[Anagrams]
edit
- deputer, erupted
[Verb]
editreputed
1.simple past tense and past participle of repute
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repute
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈpjuːt/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French reputer, from Latin reputo (“I count over, reckon, calculate, compute, think over, consider”), from re- (“again”) + puto (“I think”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “repute” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “repute” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- repute at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editrepute (usually uncountable, plural reputes)
1.Reputation, especially a good reputation.
2.1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619:
At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
[Verb]
editrepute (third-person singular simple present reputes, present participle reputing, simple past and past participle reputed)
1.(transitive) To attribute or credit something to something; to impute.
2.(transitive) To consider, think, esteem, reckon (a person or thing) to be, or as being, something
3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 18:3:
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
4.1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iv]:
The king your father was reputed for / A prince most prudent.
5.1722, William Wollaston, The Religion of Nature Delineated
If the comparison could be made, I verily believe these would be found to be almost infinituple of the other; which ought therefore to be reputed as nothing.
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editrepute
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of reputar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of reputar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of reputar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of reputar
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/reˈpute/[Verb]
editrepute
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reputar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reputar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reputar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of reputar.
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heel
[[English]]
ipa :/hiːl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ehle, Hele, hele
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz (compare North Frisian hael, Dutch hiel, Danish and Norwegian hæl, Swedish häl), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.
[Etymology 2]
editProbably inferred from the past tense of hield, from Middle English heelden, from Old English hyldan, hieldan (“to incline”), cognate with Old Norse hella (“to pour out”) (whence Danish hælde (“lean, pour”)).
[Etymology 3]
editSee hele (“conceal, keep secret, cover”).
[References]
edit
- heel at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “heel” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Jonathon Green (2022), “heel n.”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
[[Afar]]
ipa :/ˈheːl/[Noun]
edithéel m
1.cardamom
[References]
edit
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “heel”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 84
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ɦeːl/[Anagrams]
edit
- hele
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch hêel, from Old Dutch hēl, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Luxembourgish]]
[Verb]
editheel
1.second-person singular imperative of heelen
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Adjective]
edithêel
1.whole, full
2.undamaged, unbroken
3.healthy, healed
4.honest, sincere, pure
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch hēl, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz.
[Further reading]
edit
- “heel (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “heel (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
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been
[[English]]
ipa :/bɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- Bene, Eben, NEbE, bene, eben, neeb
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English been (past participle), from Old English (ġe)bēon.
[Etymology 2]
editEither from Middle English been (“to be”, infinitive) (from Old English bēon), or from a dialectal use of the preceding past tense form as an infinitive form (compare dialectal use of (I)'s, (I) is in the first person, (he) am in the third person, etc).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English been (plural indicative form).
[Etymology 4]
edit
[References]
editVaux, Bert and Scott Golder. 2003. The Harvard Dialect Survey: been. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Linguistics Department.
[[Afrikaans]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch been, from Middle Dutch bêen, from Old Dutch bēn, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
[Noun]
editbeen (plural bene or beendere, diminutive beentjie)
1.leg
2.bone
[[Basque]]
[Noun]
editbeen
1.genitive plural of be
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/beːn/[Anagrams]
edit
- bene
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch bêen, from Old Dutch bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Dutch Low Saxon]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Low German Been, from Middle Low German bên, from Old Saxon bēn.
[Noun]
editbeen
1.leg
[See also]
edit
- German Low German: Been
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
editbeen
1.genitive/accusative singular of bee
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch bēn, from Proto-West Germanic *bain, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.
[Further reading]
edit
- “been”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “been”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
[Noun]
editbêen n
1.leg
2.foot
3.bone
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/bøːn/[Etymology 1]
editFrom a conflation of Old English bēon and wesan, from Proto-Germanic *beuną and *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewHeti and a conflation of *h₂wéseti and *h₁ésti.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old French and Medieval Latin, from Arabic بَان (bān, “ben tree”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old English bēon, nominative plural form of bēo, from Proto-Germanic *bijōniz, nominative plural form of *bijǭ. Equivalent to bee + -en (plural suffix).
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Old English ġebēon, past participle of bēon (“to be”); equivalent to y- + be + -en (participial suffix).
[Etymology 5]
editFrom (with the -þ replaced with an -n leveled in from the past and subjunctive) Old English bēoþ, present plural of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *biunþi, third-person present plural of *beuną (“to be, become”).
[Etymology 6]
editFrom Old English bēon, present subjunctive plural of bēon (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *biwīn, third-person present subjunctive plural of *beuną (“to be, become”).
[Etymology 7]
edit
[[Scots]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English ybeen, from Old English ġebēon, past participle of bēon (“to be”).
[Verb]
editbeen
1.past participle of be
[[Yola]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English bee, from Old English bēo, from Proto-Germanic *bijō.
[Noun]
editbeen
1.bees
[References]
edit
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith
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diplexer
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editdiplex + -er
[Noun]
editdiplexer (plural diplexers)English Wikipedia has an article on:diplexerWikipedia
1.(broadcasting) A passive device that implements frequency domain multiplexing.
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grafting
[[English]]
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:graftingWikipedia grafting (plural graftings)
1.(horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
2.(nautical) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
3.(surgery) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.
4.(carpentry) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
[Verb]
editgrafting
1.present participle of graft
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graft
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡɹɑːft/[Alternative forms]
edit
- graff
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English graffe, from Old French greffe (“stylus”), from Latin graphium (“stylus”), from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon), from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”); probably akin to English carve. So named from the resemblance of a scion or shoot to a pointed pencil. Compare graphic, grammar.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle Dutch graft (“canal”), from graven (“dig”).[1] The contemporary senses “depth of digging blade” and “narrow spade” may have a separate history, but this is uncertain. Compare Old Norse grǫft (“the action of digging”).[2] Attested from the 17th century.
[Etymology 3]
editUncertain. Some lexicographers suggest an extended use of Etymology 2, above, expanding from “digging” to work more generally,[3] and from there to dishonest work.[4] Others, however, suggest an extension from Etymology 1, shifting from “a shoot or scion” to the notion of corruption through the idea of excrescence.[5]
[References]
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- “graft” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. See supplements.
1. ^ graft, n.2 in Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
2. ^ graft, n.3 in Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
3. ^ graft, n.4 in Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
4. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “graft”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
5. ^ graft, n.5 in Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
[[Dutch]]
[Noun]
editgraft f (plural graften, diminutive graftje n)
1.(chiefly Holland) Obsolete form of gracht (“canal”).editgraft n (plural graften, diminutive graftje n)
1.Obsolete form of gracht (“grave”).
[[West Frisian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Dutch graft.
[Noun]
editgraft c (plural graften, diminutive graftsje)
1.Alternative form of grêft.
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stand-out
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editstand-out
1.Alternative form of standout
2.2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC[1]:
Luiz was Chelsea's stand-out performer, although Ferguson also had a case when he questioned how the £21m defender escaped a red card after the break for a hack at Rooney, with the Brazilian having already been booked.
[Anagrams]
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- outstand
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stan
[[English]]
ipa :/stæn/[Anagrams]
edit
- ASNT, NTAs, Nast, Nats, Sant, Tans, Tsan, ants, nats, tans
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Stan (“Stanley”), after the song Stan by Eminem (2000),[1] a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker + fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme.[2]
[Etymology 2]
editBack-formation from -stan.
[Further reading]
edit
- "Stan" fans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Stan Twitter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[References]
edit
1. ^ Eminem; Dido; Paul Herman (lyrics and music) (2000), “Stan”, in The Marshall Mathers LP, performed by Eminem: “ […] truly yours, your biggest fan, this is Stan”
2. ^ Lili Feinberg (20 July 2015), “The emergence of the ‘stan’”, in Oxford Dictionaries Blog[1], archived from the original on 2015-07-23
[[Albanian]]
ipa :/stan/[Etymology]
editFrom a South Slavic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *stanъ (“lodging”). Compare Bulgarian стан (stan, “camp”), Serbo-Croatian stȃn (“apartment”);[1] non-Slavic cognates include Romanian stână and Greek στάνη (stáni).
[Noun]
editstan m (indefinite plural stane, definite singular stani, definite plural stanet)
1.A shepherd's hut.
2.A herd of sheep or other livestock.
[References]
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1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), “stan”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 268-269
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈstan][Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *stanъ.
[Further reading]
edit
- stan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- stan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editstan m inan
1.tent
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editstan (plural stanes or stan)
1.Alternative form of stone
[[Old Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *stāną.
[Verb]
editstān
1.To stand.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/stɑːn/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂no-, *stih₂-no- (a suffixed form of *steyh₂- (“to be solid, to crowd together”)); cognate with Old Frisian stēn, Old Saxon stēn (German Low German Steen), Old Dutch sten, stein (Dutch steen), Old High German stein (German Stein), Old Norse steinn (Icelandic steinn, Faroese steinur, Norwegian Nynorsk stein, Norwegian Bokmål stein, sten, Danish sten, Swedish sten), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek στῖον (stîon, “pebble”), Proto-Slavic *stěnà (Bulgarian стена (stena), Russian стена́ (stená), Czech stěna (“wall”)).
[Noun]
editstān m
1.stone
[[Old Saxon]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- standan
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *stāną.
[Verb]
editstān
1.To stand.
[[Polish]]
ipa :/stan/[Etymology]
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.
[Further reading]
edit
- stan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- stan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editstan m inan
1.state (of affairs), condition
2.state (e.g., a political division of Australia or the United States)
3.(rare) state (sovereign polity)
4.waist (a part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist)
[[Romanian]]
[Noun]
editstan n (plural stanuri)
1.Alternative form of stană
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/stâːn/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *stanъ, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”), whence also stȁti (“to stand”), stȁviti (“to set, place”), stȁdo (“herd”) and stȏl (“table”).
[Noun]
editstȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ста̑н)
1.flat, apartment
2.loom (tkàlačkī stȃn)
[References]
edit
- “stan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
[[Slovak]]
ipa :/ˈstan/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *stanъ, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”), whence also stáť (“to stand”), staviť (“to set, place”), stádo (“herd”) and stôl (“table”).
[Further reading]
edit
- stan in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
[Noun]
editstan m (genitive singular stanu, nominative plural stany, genitive plural stanov, declension pattern of dub)
1.tent
2.(slang) erection, hard-on
[[Swedish]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- sta'n
[Anagrams]
edit
- sant
[Etymology]
editContraction of staden, the definite singular of stad.
[Noun]
editstan
1.(colloquial) The town, the city.
på stan
downtown
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Stan
[[English]]
ipa :/stæn/[Anagrams]
edit
- ASNT, NTAs, Nast, Nats, Sant, Tans, Tsan, ants, nats, tans
[Etymology 1]
editClipping of Stanley.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom + -stan
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alike
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈlaɪk/[Adjective]
editalike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)
1.Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.
The twins were alike.
[Adverb]
editalike (comparative more alike, superlative most alike)
1.In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.
We are all alike concerned in religion.
2.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Kalie, alkie
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English alike, alyke, alyche, aleche, and earlier ilike, ilik, ylike, yliche, ylich, elik, ȝelic, from Old English ġelīċ (“like; alike; similar; equal”) and Old English onlīċ, anlīċ ("like; similar; equal"; > Middle English anlike, onlich (compare German ähnlich), reinforced by Old Norse álíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“alike, similar”). Cognate with Scots elyke, alyke (“like, alike”), Saterland Frisian gliek (“like, alike”), West Frisian lyk, gelyk (“like, alike”), Dutch gelijk (“like, alike”), German Low German liek, gliek (“like, alike”), German gleich (“equal, like”), Danish lig (“alike”), Swedish lik (“like, similar”), Norwegian lik (“like, alike”), Icelandic líkur (“alike, like, similar”). Equivalent to a- (Etymology 3) + like.
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bid
[[English]]
ipa :/bɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- DBI, DIB, Dib, IBD, IDB, dib
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below). Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English beden, from Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“be awake, aware”). Conflated with Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”) (see Etymology 1 above). Compare Low German beden, Dutch bieden, German bieten, Danish byde, Norwegian Bokmål by. More at bede.
[References]
edit
1. ^ “Bid, bade, bidden”, Grammarist
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/bət/[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch bidden.
[References]
edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
[Verb]
editbid (present bid, present participle biddende, past participle gebid)
1.to pray
[[Cimbrian]]
[Etymology]
editRelated to German Weide (“willow; wicker”).
[Noun]
editbid m (plural biddar, diminutive bìddale)
1.(Sette Comuni) wicker, osier
[References]
edit
- “bid” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈb̥ið][Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse bit n, from Proto-Germanic *bitą. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse biti m, from Proto-Germanic *bitô, cognate with German Bissen. Derived from the verb *bītaną (“to bite”).
[Etymology 3]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Dutch]]
[Verb]
editbid
1.first-person singular present indicative of bidden
2. imperative of bidden
[[Old Irish]]
ipa :/bʲiðʲ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- bith
[Mutation]
edit
[Verb]
editbid
1.inflection of is:
1.third-person singular past subjunctive
2.third-person singular future
[[Polish]]
ipa :/bit/[Noun]
editbid f
1.genitive plural of bida
[[Volapük]]
ipa :[bid][Noun]
editbid (nominative plural bids)
1.(taxonomy) genus
2.sort; kind; type
3.race
[Synonyms]
edit
- sot
[[Welsh]]
[Mutation]
edit
[Synonyms]
edit
- bydded
- boed
[Verb]
editbid
1.(literary) third-person singular imperative of bod
[[Zhuang]]
ipa :/pit˧/[Noun]
editbid (Sawndip forms 䖩 or ⿰虫畢, old orthography bid)
1.cicada
Synonyms: (dialectal) biqrengh, (dialectal) nengzceq
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stressed
[[English]]
ipa :/stɹɛst/[Adjective]
editstressed (comparative more stressed, superlative most stressed)
1.Suffering stress (either physical or mental).
2.(phonetics) Having a stress or accent.
[Anagrams]
edit
- de-stress, desserts, destress, dressest
[Antonyms]
edit
- unstressed
[Verb]
editstressed
1.simple past tense and past participle of stress
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Stress
[[German]]
ipa :/ʃtʁɛs/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Streß (pre-1996 spelling)
[Etymology]
editCa. 1950, from English stress.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Stress” in Duden online
[Noun]
editStress m (strong, genitive Stresses, plural Stresse)
1.(usually uncountable) stress (emotional pressure)
2.(usually uncountable, colloquial) dispute, quarrel, beef
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key
[[English]]
ipa :/kiː/[Anagrams]
edit
- Kye, kye
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English keye, kaye, keiȝe, from Old English cǣġ, cǣġe, cǣga (“key, solution, experiment”) (whence also Scots key and kay (“key”)), of uncertain origin.[1] Related to Old English cǣggian (“to lock, shut”). The only sure cognates are Saterland Frisian Koai (“key”), West Frisian kaai (“key”), and North Frisian kay (“key”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kēgaz, *kēguz (“stake, post, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵogʰ-, *ǵegʰ-, *ǵegʰn- (“branch, stake, bush”), which would make it cognate with Middle Low German kāk (“whipping post, pillory”), and perhaps to Middle Dutch keige (“javelin, spear”) and Middle Low German keie, keige (“spear”). For the semantic development, note that medieval keys were simply long poles (ending in a hook) with which a crossbar obstructing a door from the inside could be removed from the outside, by lifting it through a hole in the door. Liberman has noted, however, "The original meaning of *kaig-jo- was presumably '*pin with a twisted end.' Words with the root *kai- followed by a consonant meaning 'crooked, bent; twisted' are common only in the North Germanic languages."[2]
[Etymology 2]
editVariant of cay, from Spanish cayo, from Taíno cayo (“small island”)
[Etymology 3]
edit
[Etymology 4]
editAbbreviating kilogram, via kilo.
[[Central Kurdish]]
[Adverb]
editkey (key)
1.when
[[Manx]]
[Etymology 1]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 2]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Mutation]
edit
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editkey
1.Alternative form of keye (“key”)
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overdue
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌəʊ.vəˈdju/[Adjective]
editoverdue (comparative more overdue, superlative most overdue)
1.Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.
his library books were three days overdue; my car is overdue for an oil change; she finally left on a long overdue vacation
2.2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.
3.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
More join us at Colwall and at the lovely station at Great Malvern, although the place is in need of some TLC nowadays. The ornate canopy supports are overdue a repaint, and the closed cafe gives the place a forlorn air.
[Etymology]
editFrom over- + due
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sign
[[English]]
ipa :/saɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- IGNs, Ings, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, ings, nigs, sing, sing., snig
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English signe, sygne, syng, seine, sine, syne, from Old English seġn (“sign; mark; token”) and Old French signe, seing (“sign; mark; signature”); both from Latin signum (“a mark; sign; token”); root uncertain. Doublet of signum. Partially displaced native token.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English signen, seinen, seinien, partly from Old English seġnian (“to mark; sign”) and partly from Anglo-Norman seigner, seiner et al., Old French signer et al., and their source Latin signāre (“to mark, seal, indicate, signify”); all from Latin signum (“a mark, sign”); see Etymology 1, above. Compare sain.
[Further reading]
edit
- “sign” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “sign” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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sign into law
[[English]]
[Verb]
editsign into law (third-person singular simple present signs into law, present participle signing into law, simple past and past participle signed into law)
1.(transitive) To sign (legislation) as a mark of official approval.
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whatsoever
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌwɒtsəʊˈɛvə(ɹ)/[Adverb]
editwhatsoever (not comparable)
1.In any way; at all; whatever.
He gave me no answer whatsoever.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 1:
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
3.2019 — Dierdre Nicole Green, "'I'm the Bishop!' and other Reflections" A Place to Belong, Deseret Book (2019), →ISBN page 141]:
...my father's role as the ecclesiastical leader of our ward gave me no license whatsoever to expect obedience from my agemates?
[Alternative forms]
edit
- what-so-ever
[Determiner]
editwhatsoever
1.(formal or literary) Whatever.
The building may be used for whatsoever purpose the tenant desires.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, 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, line 587:
[…] In whatſoever ſhape he lurk, […]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English whatsoever; equivalent to what + soever.
[Pronoun]
editwhatsoever
1.(archaic or literary) Whatever.
Whatsoever you seek, you will find.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 31:16:
Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
3.c. 1613-1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court
[…] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.
[References]
editPart or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “whatsoever” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
- “whatsoever”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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governor
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡʌv(ə)nə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- gouernour, gouvernor, gouvernour, governer, governour (all obsolete)
- guvnah, guvnuh (both informal)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English governour, from Old French gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kubernḗtēs, “steersman, pilot, guide”), from κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, to drive, to guide, to act as a pilot”), of disputed origin. Doublet of gubernator.
[Noun]
editgovernor (plural governors, feminine governess)
1.(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country.
2.1999, Karen O'Connor, The essentials of American government: continuity and change, p 17
Younger voters are more libertarian in political philosophy than older voters and are credited with the success of libertarian governor Jesse Ventura of Minnesota
3.A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.
4.1961 October, “The first 1,250 h.p. Birmingham/Sulzer Type 2 diesels enter service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 607:
Generator excitation is obtained by a combination of the separately-excited and self-excited fields, and the output is controlled by a resistance in the separate field circuit adjusted by the load regulator under the control of the engine governor.
5.A member of a decision-making for an organization or entity (including some public agencies) similar to or equivalent to a board of directors (used especially for banks); a member of the board of governors.
6.Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, www.federalreserve.gov (November 6, 2009)
The seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.
7.(informal) Father.
8.1869, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl:
"Say 'father.' We never called him papa; and if one of my brothers had addressed him as 'governor,' as boys do now, I really think he'd have him cut off with a shilling."
9.(informal) Boss, employer, similar to gaffer.
10.(UK, informal, dated) Term of address to a man; guv'nor.
11.(grammar) A constituent of a phrase that governs another.
12.(dated) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.
13.(nautical) A pilot; a steersman.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (head of a province): viceroy (of large divisions of a kingdom or empire); proconsul (of Roman regions, historical); bailiff, seneschal, intendant (of French regions, historical); tao tai (obsolete), circuit intendant, intendant, daotai (of Chinese regions, historical); provost (obsolete); gubernator (now humorous)
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editgovernor
1.Alternative form of governour
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prompt
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɒmpt/[Adjective]
editprompt (comparative more prompt, superlative most prompt)
1.Quick; acting without delay.
He was very prompt at getting a new job.
2.On time; punctual.
Be prompt for your appointment.
3.(archaic) Ready; willing to act.
4.1623, Shakespeare, William, Antony & Cleopatra, act 3, scene 8:
Tell him, I am prompt / To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele.
[Etymology]
editFrom French prompt, from Latin prōmptus (“visible, apparent, evident”), past participle of prōmō (“to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light”), from prō (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “prompt” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “prompt” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- prompt at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editprompt (plural prompts)
1.A reminder or cue.
2.(business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
3.1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], OCLC 948263597:
To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months.
4.(computing) A sequence of characters that is displayed to indicate that a computer is ready to receive input.
I filled in my name where the prompt appeared on the computer screen but my account wasn't recognized.
5.(writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (acting without delay): hasty; see also Thesaurus:prompt
- (on time): timely; see also Thesaurus:punctual
- (willing to act): good to go, yareedit
- See also Thesaurus:advise
[Verb]
editprompt (third-person singular simple present prompts, present participle prompting, simple past and past participle prompted)
1.(transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
I prompted him to get a new job.
2.(transitive, theater and television) To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing.
If he forgets his words I will prompt him.
3.(transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.
4.2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC[1]:
The only sour note on a virtually perfect night for England came from shameful 'monkey' chanting aimed at Ashley Cole and Ashley Young from a section of Bulgaria's fans which later prompted an official complaint from the Football Association to Uefa.
5.2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 27:
On October 6, 1927, Warner Bros. released The Jazz Singer, the first sound-synched feature film, prompting a technological shift of unprecedented speed and unstoppable force. Within two years, nearly every studio release was a talkie.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/prɔmpt/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Middle French prompt, from Latin prōmptus.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English prompt, from Middle French prompt, from Latin prōmptus.
[[French]]
ipa :/pʁɔ̃/[Adjective]
editprompt (feminine singular prompte, masculine plural prompts, feminine plural promptes)
1.prompt, swift, quick
2.(Louisiana) curt
[Etymology]
editInherited from Latin promptus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “prompt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Norman]]
[Adjective]
editprompt m
1.(Jersey) hasty
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin prōmptus, past participle of prōmō (“I take, bring out, produce, bring to light”).
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editprompt (singular and plural prompt, comparative mer prompt, superlative mest prompt)
1.quick and punctual; prompt
[Adverb]
editprompt
1.quickly and punctually; promptly
[Alternative forms]
edit
- prompte
[Etymology]
editFrom French prompt, from Latin promptus, from promere (“bring out”)
[References]
edit
- “prompt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “prompt” in The Ordnett Dictionary
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editprompt m or n (feminine singular promptă, masculine plural prompți, feminine and neuter plural prompte)
1.prompt
[Etymology]
editFrom French prompt, from Latin promptus.
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conspiring
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪəɹɪŋ[Anagrams]
edit
- incorpsing
[Noun]
editconspiring (plural conspirings)
1.conspiracy
2.2007 July 15, “The Nixonian Whitewash, Scrubbed”, in New York Times[1]:
This time, however, eavesdropping on more of his tragicomic conspirings is secondary to the fact that they are part of an agreement to finally legitimize the privately run, propagandistic Nixon library.
[Verb]
editconspiring
1.present participle of conspire
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conspire
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈspaɪə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- incorpse, scorpine
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English conspiren, from Old French conspirer, from Latin conspirare, conspīrō, from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + spīrō (“breathe”)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (secretly plot): collogue
[Verb]
editconspire (third-person singular simple present conspires, present participle conspiring, simple past and past participle conspired)
1.(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 37:18:
They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him.
3.2015, Mustafa Khattab (translator), The Clear Quran, →ISBN, surah 28, verse 20:
And there came a man, rushing from the farthest end of the city. He said, “O Moses! The chiefs are actually conspiring against you to put you to death, so leave ˹the city˺. I really advise you ˹to do so˺.”
4.(intransitive) To agree, to concur to one end.
5.Roscommon
The press, the pulpit, and the stage / Conspire to censure and expose our age.
6.1744, Georg Friedrich Händel, Hercules, act 3, scene 5
I feel my vanquish'd heart conspire
To crown a flame by Heav'n approv'd.
7.(transitive) To work together to bring about.
8.Bishop Hall
Angry clouds conspire your overthrow.
[[French]]
[Verb]
editconspire
1.first-person singular present indicative of conspirer
2.third-person singular present indicative of conspirer
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of conspirer
4.third-person singular present subjunctive of conspirer
5.second-person singular imperative of conspirer
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editconspire
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of conspirar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of conspirar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of conspirar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of conspirar
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[konˈspire][Verb]
editconspire
1.third-person singular present subjunctive of conspira
2.third-person plural present subjunctive of conspira
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/konsˈpiɾe/[Verb]
editconspire
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conspirar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conspirar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conspirar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of conspirar.
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racketeering
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editCoined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.[1]
[Noun]
editracketeering (usually uncountable, plural racketeerings)
1.The criminal action of being involved in a racket.
[References]
edit
1. ^ David Witwer, "'The Most Racketeer-Ridden Union in America': The Problem of Corruption in the Teamsters Union During the 1930s," in Corrupt Histories, Emmanuel Kreike and William Chester Jordan, eds., University of Rochester Press, 2004. →ISBN
[Verb]
editracketeering
1.present participle of racketeer
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racketeer
[[English]]
ipa :-ɪə(ɹ)[Etymology]
editFrom racket + -eer
[Noun]
editracketeer (plural racketeers)
1.one who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
2.one who instigates or has involvement with a racket.
[Verb]
editracketeer (third-person singular simple present racketeers, present participle racketeering, simple past and past participle racketeered)
1.to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.
2.to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.
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unthinkable
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnˈθɪŋkəbəl/[Adjective]
editunthinkable (comparative more unthinkable, superlative most unthinkable)
1.Incapable of being believed; incredible.
2.Inconceivable or unimaginable; extremely improbable in a way that goes against common sense.
Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development - Lewis Mumford
3.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport[1]:
With 16 minutes left on the clock and the tension climbing through the roof, Trinh-Duc tried his luck with a penalty from just inside halfway only to push it wide, but the unthinkable now seemed a real possibility.
4.2021 November 10, Panarat Thepgumpanat & Chayut Setboonsarng, “Thai court rules students' royal reform call sought to overthrow monarchy”, in Reuters[2], Reuters, retrieved 2021-11-10:
The ruling also comes amid calls from an opposition party for a review of the royal insult law, which would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.
[Etymology]
editun- + think + -able
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conscience
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɒn.ʃəns/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “conscience” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “conscience” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editconscience (countable and uncountable, plural consciences)
1.The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
Your conscience is your highest authority.
2.1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist,
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.
3.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 159:
As for Grierson, he poured liquor into himself as if it were so much soothing syrup, demonstrating that a good digestion is the highest form of good conscience.
4.1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 14, page 175, ¶ 7
[“]Twer is not a friend of mine testifying against me reluctantly and for conscience’ sake, as the prosecution would have you believe. He is a spy, performing his paid job.[”]
5.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, in The China Governess[1]:
‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
6.(chiefly fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
7.(obsolete) Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.
8.c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
[See also]
edit
- synteresis
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃s/[Antonyms]
edit
- inconscience
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French conscience, borrowed from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “conscience”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editconscience f (plural consciences)
1.conscience
2.consciousness
[[Middle English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- consience, conciens
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”).
[Noun]
editconscience (plural consciences)
1.conscience
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- cunscience (Anglo-Norman)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”).
[Noun]
editconscience f (oblique plural consciences, nominative singular conscience, nominative plural consciences)
1.conscience
la conscience ne remort point a ces riches homme
the conscience doesn't bite these rich men
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sprawl
[[English]]
ipa :/spɹɔːl/[Derived terms]
edit
- urban sprawl
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English spraulen, from Old English spreawlian, ultimately through a Proto-Germanic form cognate with *spreutaną (“to sprout”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”). Compare North Frisian spraweli.
[Noun]
editsprawl (countable and uncountable, plural sprawls)
1.An ungainly sprawling posture.
2.A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
3.1948 October, Terry B. Augur, “The Dispersal of Cities—A Feasible Program”, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists[8], volume 4, number 10, Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, ISSN 0096-3402, page 314:
He briefly compares the relative merits of providing for that growth by the usual method of urban sprawl and by directing it into suburban satellite communities with the integrity preserved and comes out strongly for the latter method.
4.1959 August 17, William H. Whye Jr., “A Plan to Save Vanishing U.S. Countryside”, in Life, volume 47, number 7, Time, Inc, ISSN 0024-3019, page 92:
Many of our past difficulties in dealing with sprawl come from some very mistaken if widely held assumptions. One is that sprawl is due to too many people and not enough land.
5.2006, Anthony Flint, The Land: The Battle Over Sprawl and the Future of America[9], JHU Press, →ISBN, Introduction: Developing America, page 17:
Getting people to think about the future is difficult. Just ask some of the people who end up being most concerned about sprawl—the millions who move into suburban subdivisions, only to have their dreams of the good life spoiled by maddening traffic and water bans, because millions more moved into the next subdivision over.
6.(wrestling, martial arts) A defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, where one scoots the legs backwards so as to land on the upper back of the opponent.
[References]
edit
- “sprawl”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
[See also]
edit
- Los Angelization
[Verb]
editsprawl (third-person singular simple present sprawls, present participle sprawling, simple past and past participle sprawled)
1.To sit with the limbs spread out.
2.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Baa Baa, Black Sheep”, in The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Stories[1], Wordsworth Editions, published 1994, →ISBN, page 159:
There was no special place for him or his little affairs, and he was forbidden to sprawl on sofas and explain his ideas about the manufacture of this world and his hopes for the future. Sprawling was lazy and wore out sofas, and little boys were not expected to talk.
3.1942, Louise Dickinson Rich, ““Do You Get Out Very Often?””, in We Took to the Woods[2], Down East Enterprises, published 2007, →ISBN, page 314:
But most of all I like to sit in the dark with all these hearty souls sprawled around me on the floor and hear them talk. I am sorry to say that I can never believe that floor-sprawling is anything but a pose; I have tried it and it is not comfortable but it looks well in the flickering fire-light, and is in good magazine-story tradition.
4.1979, Thomas S. Spradley, James P. Spradley, Deaf Like Me[3], Gallaudet University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, Chapter Six, page 64:
There were pillows on the floor, a few chairs, and four or five students sprawled here and there watching a football game.
5.To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
6.1771, Johann Reinhold Foster, “Birds and Beasts”, in A Voyage to China and the East Indies, volume 2[4], A Short Account of the Chinese Husbandry, B. White, translation of original by Carl Gustav Ekeberg, page 321:
The hatched young ones are ſodl to thoſe who breed them up, and theſe try in the following manner whether they are hatched too ſoon or not: they take hold the little ducks by the bill, and their bodies hang down ; if they ſprawl and extend their feet and wings, they are hatched in due time ; but if they have had too much heat, they hang without any ſtruggling.
7.1914, Herman Whitaker, Cross Trails: The Story of One Woman in the North Woods[5], BiblioBazaar, published 2009, →ISBN, page 116:
A shrewd blow, it caught him off balance, and after one ineffectual stagger he sprawled backward and lay for a moment staring up in blank surprise
8.1995, James H. Hallas, “Eyes on Metz”, in Squandered Victory: the American First Army at St. Mihiel[6], Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 187:
German trucks stood along the road, the drivers dead in the seats or sprawled on the ground nearby. […] The woods were dotted with the corpses of German machine gunners still sprawled grotesquely over their weapons, having given their lives to buy time for Group Mihiel’s escape.
9.2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone”, in BBC Sport[7]:
Bell sprawled full length to turn a Sandaza drive wide of the far post, but Saints had done enough to inflict Killie's first home defeat of the season.
10.(wrestling, martial arts) To scoot the legs backwards, so as to land on the upper back of an opponent attempting a takedown.
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affront
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈfɹʌnt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front).
[Noun]
editaffront (plural affronts)
1.An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
Such behavior is an affront to society.
2.1610, Ben Jonson, “The Alchemist”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson, London: Will Stansby, published 1616, Act II, scene ii, page 620:
This day, thou ſhalt haue ingots : and, to morrow, / Giue lords th’ affront.
3.(obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
[References]
edit
- “affront”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:offendedit
- See also Thesaurus:offense
[Verb]
editaffront (third-person singular simple present affronts, present participle affronting, simple past and past participle affronted)
1.
2. To insult intentionally, especially openly.
3.1701–03, Joseph Addison, “The Isle of Caprea”, in Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c., published 1721, page 92:
But beſides, that ſuch a though was inconſiſtent with the gravity of a Senate, how can one imagine that the Fathers would have dared affront the Wife of Aurelius, and the Mother of Commodus, or that they could think of giving offence to an Empreſs whom they afterwards Defied, and to an Emperor that was the darling of the army and people?
4.To meet defiantly; to confront.
to affront death
5.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 436:
Avignon was beginning to settle down for the night – that long painful stretch of time which must somehow be affronted.
6.(obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
7.1601, Philemon Holland, transl., The History of the World, volume I, translation of Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder, published 1634, book VI, page 124:
Many Iſlands there lie all over that ſea : but one above the reſt, and moſt renowned, is Tazata : for thither all the ſhipping from out of the Caſpian ſea and the Scythian Ocean, doe bend their courſe and there arrive : for that all the ſea coaſts doe affront the Levant, and turne into the Eaſt.
8.c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i], page 265, column 1:
Sweet Gertrude leaue vs too, / For we haue cloſely ſent for Hamlet hither, / That he, as ’twere by accident, may there / Affront Ophelia.
[[French]]
ipa :/a.fʁɔ̃/[Anagrams]
edit
- offrant
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French afront. Synchronically analysable as a deverbal of affronter.
[Further reading]
edit
- “affront”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editaffront m (plural affronts)
1.affront, insult, snub
[[Scots]]
ipa :/əˈfrɔnt/[Derived terms]
edit
- affrontless
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre (“to hit in the face”).
[Noun]
editaffront (plural affronts)
1.disgrace, shame; indignity, humiliation
[References]
edit
- “affront, v., n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
[Verb]
editaffront (third-person singular simple present affronts, present participle affrontin, simple past affrontit, past participle affrontit)
1.to affront; cause to feel ashamed; cause to blush; to humiliate (in front of others), to offend (not necessarily with intention).
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acting
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæk.tɪŋ/[Adjective]
editacting (not comparable)
1.Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
The Acting Minister must sign Executive Council documents in a Minister's absence.
Acting President of the United States is a temporary office in the government of the United States.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Tangic
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb act.
[Noun]
editacting (countable and uncountable, plural actings)
1.(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
2.1685, Herbert Croft, Some Animadversions upon a book intituled, The Theory of the Earth, London, Preface,[1]
[…] he does so much magnifie Nature and her Actings in all this material World, as he gives just cause of suspicion that he hath made her a kind of joynt Deess with God in the Affairs thereof;
3.1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 10,[2]
[…] I desire this Account may pass with them, rather for a Direction to themselves to act by, than a History of my actings,
4.(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
5.Pretending.
6.(drama) The occupation of an actor.
[Verb]
editacting
1.present participle of act
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maliciously
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editmaliciously (comparative more maliciously, superlative most maliciously)
1.in a malicious manner, or for malicious reasons
[Alternative forms]
edit
- malitiously (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English maliciousli; equivalent to malicious + -ly.
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obstruction
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈstɹʌk.ʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), from obstruo (“build against, block, stop”).
[Noun]
editobstruction (countable and uncountable, plural obstructions)
1.The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
2.Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally
Synonyms: obstacle, impediment, hindrance
3.The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
[Synonyms]
edit
- block
- hindrance
- impedance
- roadblock
- stop
- See also Thesaurus:hindrance
[[French]]
ipa :/ɔp.stʁyk.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin obstrūctiō.
[Further reading]
edit
- “obstruction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editobstruction f (plural obstructions)
1.block (something that prevents passing)
2.obstruction
[[Interlingua]]
[Noun]
editobstruction (plural obstructiones)
1.obstruction
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obstruction of justice
[[English]]
[Noun]
editobstruction of justice (countable and uncountable, plural obstructions of justice)
1.(law) Interference with the administration of law and justice, as by ignorance of a justification, fraud of evidential validity, or not disclosing discovery of facts, or by doing damage to a witness, officer, juror.
[References]
edit
- Black's Law Dictionary 10th Edition (2014)
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borough
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbʌɹə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- boro (some US speakers)
- bourg, burough, burrow (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”).Cognate with Dutch burcht, German Burg, Swedish borg, French bourg. Doublet of burgh and Brough.
[Noun]
editborough (plural boroughs)
1.(obsolete) A fortified town.
2.(rare) A town or city.
3.A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
4.An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
5.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess[1]:
The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
6.An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
7.Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
8.A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
9.(historical, Britain, law) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
[References]
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- borough on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “borough” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “borough” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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Borough
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editSee borough (also for pronunciation).
[Proper noun]
editThe Borough
1.The area, properly called Southwark, just south of London Bridge, which is at the north end of Borough High Street (OS grid ref TQ3279).
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Best
[[English]]
ipa :/bɛst/[Anagrams]
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- BTEs, Bets, bets
[Etymology]
editFrom German Beste (“a river in Germany”) or from Anglo-Norman beste (“beast”).
[Proper noun]
editBest (plural Bests)
1.A surname.
[[Dutch]]
[Alternative form]
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- Bèèst (dialect form)
[Etymology]
editFirst attested as est in 1307. Etymology unknown. One proposal links the toponym to bast (“bark, rind”) with collectivising suffix -t, but it is impossible to conclusively prove or disprove this hypothetical etymology.
[Proper noun]
editBest n
1.A town and municipality of Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Synonym: Klompengat (Carnival nickname)
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Big Apple
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editUnknown and disputed. See the Wikipedia article.
[Proper noun]
editthe Big Apple
1.A nickname for New York City.
2.1976, “Song for Sharon”, in Hejira, performed by Joni Mitchell:
Sharon, I left my man
At a North Dakota junction
And I came out to the Big Apple here
To face the dream's malfunction
[References]
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- Michael Quinion (2004), “Big Apple”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
[See also]
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- Big Peach
[[French]]
ipa :/bi.ɡ‿a.pœl/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English Big Apple, of unknown origin.
[Proper noun]
editBig Apple f
1.Big Apple (nickname for New York City)
Synonym: Grosse Pomme
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big air
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editbig + air
[Noun]
editbig air (uncountable)
1.(skiing, snowboarding) A discipline in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, involving sliding down a large launch ramp and then launching off a big kicker, to obtain height and time in the air to perform acrobatic maneuvers, and land on a landing slope.
[Related terms]
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- slopestyle
[[French]]
ipa :/biɡ ɛʁ/[Etymology]
editEnglish big air
[Noun]
editbig air m (plural big airs)
1.(skiing, snowboarding) big air; Synonym of grand saut
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BIG
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- GBI, GiB, Gib., gib
[Noun]
editBIG (plural BIGs)
1.A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of contaminants.
[Phrase]
editBIG
1.(business) Abbreviation of business is a game.
[Synonyms]
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- BIG suit
[[French]]
[Noun]
editBIG m (plural BIGs)
1.IG (Inspector General) Abbreviation of bureau de l'inspecteur général. (Inspector General's Office)
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ERP
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- EPR, PER, Per., RPE, Rep, Rep., per, per-, per., pre, pre-, rep
[Noun]
editERP (plural ERPs)
1.Initialism of erotic roleplay.
2.Initialism of event-related potential.
3.(economy) Initialism of equity risk premium.
4.(economy) Initialism of estimated retail price.
5.(operations, software) Initialism of enterprise resource planning.
6.(telecommunications) Initialism of effective radiated power.
7.(physiology) Initialism of effective refractory period.
[Proper noun]
editERP
1.(transport) Initialism of Electronic Road Pricing. an electronic system of road pricing with gantries installed throughout several locations in Singapore, with the purpose of managing traffic problems especially during peak hours.
2.2004 Feb, ERP in Singapore - what’s been learnt from five years of operation, page 62:
Electronic road pricing (ERP)is one of the main tools which is keeping Singapore’s traffic problems within manageable levels.
3.2010, Simon Richard, Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei, page 569:
Many car parks are now run using the same in-vehicle unit and cashcard and ERP gantries instead of the coupon system.
4.2011, Ercoskin, Ozge Yalciner, Green and Ecological Technologies for Urban Planning: Creating Smart Cities: Creating Smart Cities, page 178:
However, the term ERP is unique to Singapore, and it serves to differentiate the fact that charges are not collected at physical toll stations but are done automatically on the roadways.
5.2014 October 1, The Straits Times (online), LTA calls tender for next generation ERP:
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has called a tender to develop Singapore's next generation electronic road pricing system. The new system will be based on Global Navigation Satellite System technology.
6.2016 February 25, Christopher Tan, The Straits Times (Singapore), LTA to roll out next-generation ERP from 2020, NCS-MHI to build system for $556m:
Singapore has cleared the way for its next-generation Electronic Road Pricing (ERP)(ERP) system, which will have islandwide coverage and the ability to charge according to distance travelled.
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eastward
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈist.wɚd/[Adjective]
editeastward (comparative more eastward, superlative most eastward)
1.Situated or directed towards the east.
[Adverb]
editeastward (comparative more eastward, superlative most eastward)
1.Towards the east.
[Anagrams]
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- awardest, radwaste
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English estward, from Old English ēastweard, ēasteweard; equivalent to east + -ward.
[Noun]
editeastward (uncountable)
1.The direction or area lying to the east.
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understatement
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editunder- + statement
[Noun]
editunderstatement (usually uncountable, plural understatements)
1.(uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.
Synonym: meiosis
Antonym: hyperbole
Hyponym: litotes
A master of understatement
2.(countable) An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis.
Now that's an understatement.
Hyponym: laconism
3.An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˌɑn.də(r)ˈsteːt.mənt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English understatement.
[Noun]
editunderstatement n (plural understatements)
1.understatement
[Synonyms]
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- parabool
[[Italian]]
ipa :/an.derˈstɛjt.ment/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English understatement.
[Noun]
editunderstatement m (invariable)
1.understatement
[References]
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1. ^ understatement in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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unaffected
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunaffected (comparative more unaffected, superlative most unaffected)
1.Not affected or changed.
2.2021, Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro (lyrics and music), “Good 4 U”, in Sour, performed by Olivia Rodrigo:
I've lost my mind, I've spent the night / Crying on the floor of my bathroom / But you're so unaffected, I really don't get it / But I guess good for you
Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move.
3.Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.
4.1812, Jane Austen, chapter 3, in Pride and Prejudice[1]:
Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
[Noun]
editunaffected (plural unaffecteds)
1.Someone not affected, as by a disease.
[Synonyms]
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- nonaffected (less common)
[Verb]
editunaffected
1.simple past tense and past participle of unaffect
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United
[[English]]
ipa :/juːnaɪtɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- dunite, unedit, untied
[Proper noun]
editUnited
1.(chiefly Britain) any of many football teams formed by the amalgamation of smaller ones
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honorary
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithonorary (not comparable)
1.Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.
honorary degree; honorary doctorate
2.Voluntary.
3.Describes the holder of a position or title that is assigned as a special honor rather than by normal channels.
honorary citizen
honorary consul
honorary vice president
honorary member of the family
[Alternative forms]
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- honourary (archaic)
[Etymology]
editFrom honor + -ary, modelled after French honoraire, from Latin honorarius.
[Noun]
edithonorary (plural honoraries)
1.An honorarium; a fee for services of no fixed value.
2.A person who holds an honorary appointment.
3.(US) A kind of secret society that operates in name only, with membership given to honor some achievement.
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contact
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɑntækt/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin contactus, from contingō (“I touch on all sides”), from tangō (“I touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.
[Noun]
editcontact (countable and uncountable, plural contacts)
1.The act of touching physically; being in close association.
2.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
3.The establishment of communication (with).
I haven't been in contact with her for years.
4.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
In the old days, […], he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.
5.The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
6.1983, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Activities and Transportation Subcommittee, Hazardous Obstructions at San Francisco Airport (page 126)
If the pilot […] cannot establish visual contact with the ground, he must immediately execute a missed-approach procedure […]
7.A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
Touch the contact to ground and read the number again.
8.Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
Who is the company's contact for sales queries?
The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.
9.(informal) A contact lens.
10.(electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.
11.(informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.
I bought myself a new contact ball last week
12.(mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock[1].
[References]
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1. ^ 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms
[Verb]
editcontact (third-person singular simple present contacts, present participle contacting, simple past and past participle contacted)
1.(transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.
The side of the car contacted the pedestrian.
2.(transitive) To establish communication with something or someone
I am trying to contact my sister.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/kɔnˈtɑkt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- kontakt (superseded)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French contact, from Latin contactus.
[Noun]
editcontact n (plural contacten, diminutive contactje n)
1.physical contact, touching
2.contact (close association)
3.contact (communication, exchange)
4.contact (someone with whom communication has been established)
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.takt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin contactus.
[Further reading]
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- “contact”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editcontact m (plural contacts)
1.(physical) contact; contact (with another person)
2.contact (person that one knows)
3.rapport
Vous avez un bon contact avec les enfants. ― You have a good rapport with children.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French contact
[Noun]
editcontact n (plural contacte)
1.contact
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