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projected
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈdʒɛktɪd/[Adjective]
editprojected (comparative more projected, superlative most projected)
1.displayed
[Anagrams]
edit
- deproject
[Verb]
editprojected
1.simple past tense and past participle of project
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project
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹɒdʒɛkt/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō (“throw forth, extend; expel”).
[Further reading]
edit
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “project”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
[Noun]
editproject (plural projects)
1.A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
2.a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation
projects of happiness devised by human reason
3.1924, Clarence Budington Kelland, The Steadfast Heart/Chapter 22
Rainbow, […] came forward enthusiastically to put its money into the project in sums which ran all the way from one share at ten dollars to ten shares
4.2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
The proposal with China would involve a project to create artificial rain.
5.
6.(usually in the plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.
Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished.
7.1996, “Stakes is High”, in Stakes Is High, performed by De La Soul:
Experiments when needles and skin connect / No wonder where we live is called the projects
8.2012, “Money Trees”, in Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, performed by Kendrick Lamar ft. Jay Rock:
Imagine rock up in them projects / Where them niggas pick your pockets
9.(dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
a man given to projects
10.(US, sports) a raw recruit who the team hopes will improve greatly with coaching; a long shot diamond in the rough
11.2014 Oct 27, Gabriele Marcotti, "Ancelotti triumphs, van Gaal's progress, Dortmund disappoint, more", ESPN FC:
Sakho was seen as no-frills, whereas Maiga was a project who could develop into the next big thing.
12.2018 Sep 2, Arnie Melendrez Stapleton, "Broncos cut ties with 2016 first-round pick QB Lynch", WNYT:
Elway acknowledged at the time that Lynch was a project who needed some seasoning but he expressed hope that Lynch might be a quick study. He wasn't.
13.(obsolete) A projectile.
14.(obsolete) A projection.
[Verb]
editproject (third-person singular simple present projects, present participle projecting, simple past and past participle projected)
1.(intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
Synonyms: extend, jut, protrude, stick out
2.(transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
Synonyms: cast, throw
3.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book VI, canto I, stanza 45:
Before his feet her selfe she did proiect
4.1713, Alexander Pope, “Windsor-Forest. […]”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, OCLC 43265629:
Behold! th' ascending villas on my side / Project long shadows o'er the crystal tide.
5.(transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
Synonyms: extend, jut, jut out
6.(transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
Synonyms: forecast, foresee, foretell
7.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 3, page 172:
To form a strict alliance between the cabinets of Paris and London—which meant, that he should influence both,—to induce Charles to marry the loveliest of his nieces, Hortense—thus making a common interest between them, were now the great objects with the Cardinal; and the present visit was of his projecting.
The CEO is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007.
8.1667, 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:
projecting Peace and Warr?
9.(transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
10.1946, Dr. Ralph S. Banay, The Milwaukee Journal, Is Modern Woman a Failure:
It is difficult to gauge the exact point at which women stop trying to fool men and really begin to deceive themselves, but an objective analyst cannot escape the conclusion (1) that partly from a natural device inherent in the species, women deliberately project upon actual or potential suitors an impression of themselves that is not an accurate picture of their total nature, and (2) that few women ever are privileged to see themselves as they really are.
11.(transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
12.(cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.
13.(geometry) To draw straight lines from a fixed point through every point of any body or figure, and let these fall upon a surface so as to form the points of a new figure.
14.To speak or sing in such a way that one can be heard from a large distance away.
15.2016 — Sam Esmail, Courtney Looney, Mr. Robot: Red Wheelbarrow: eps1.91_redwheelbarr0w.txt, Abrams Books, New York City, →ISBN;
You would think that topic coulda put me to sleep, but HE can really project when HE wants to.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/proːˈjɛkt/[Etymology]
editUltimately from Latin prōiectum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Noun]
editproject n (plural projecten, diminutive projectje n)
1.project (planned endeavor)
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put down
[[English]]
[Noun]
editput down (plural put downs)
1.Alternative spelling of put-down
[Synonyms]
edit
- (add a name to a list): register; see also Thesaurus:enlist
- (land an aircraft): touch down
[Verb]
editput down (third-person singular simple present puts down, present participle putting down, simple past and past participle put down)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
Why don't you put down your briefcase and stay awhile?
2.1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
"There he is!" cried Mrs. Flanders, coming round the rock and covering the whole space of the beach in a few seconds. "What has he got hold of? Put it down, Jacob! Drop it this moment!
3.1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 105:
As she did so Fanny put down her book , stood up and stretched her arms, and at once Jessamy noticed a difference.
4.(idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean.
Antonyms: compliment, talk up
They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.
5.1965, The Who, My Generation
People try to put us down / Just because we get around.
6.(of money as deposit) To pay.
We put down a $1,000 deposit.
7.To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
Synonyms: end, stop, eliminate, extinguish
The government quickly put down the insurrection.
8.22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
9.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, OCLC 1261299044, PC, scene: Nexus: William Spender Codex entry:
When the Nexus first arrived in Andromeda and an uprising arose among the desperate crew, it was William Spender who convinced clan leader Nakmor Morda to put down the mutineers. By all accounts, it did not go well.
10.(euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal).
Synonyms: put to sleep, euthanize
Rex was in so much pain, they had to put him down.
11.2016, "Dog found buried alive in Redcar with nail in head", BBC:
A couple walking in Kirkleatham Woods, Redcar, heard whimpering and found the terrier-type animal in a mound of earth at about midday. It was rushed to a vet but its injuries were so serious it had to be put down.
12.(euphemistic) To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
Synonyms: execute, down, eliminate
13.
14. To write (something).
15.1970, Elton John and Bernie Taupin (lyrics and music), “Your Song”, in Elton John, performed by Elton John:
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world
Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.
16.(of a telephone) To terminate a call; to hang up.
17.1992 June 24, Edwina Currie, Diary:
Ray eventually called at 7pm and took the school’s side. He sounded imperious and distant and made me even angrier.
I told him he sounded just like my father, and put the phone down on him.
Antonym: pick up
Synonym: hang up
Don't put the phone down. I want a quick word with him, too.
18.To add a name to a list.
I've put myself down for the new Spanish conversation course.
19.(UK) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
BP are putting petrol and diesel down in what could be the start of a price war.
20.(idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
I had just put Mary down when you rang. So now she's crying again.
21.(idiomatic) To give something as a reason for something else.
She put her long life down to daily meditation.
22.(idiomatic, of an aircraft) To land.
The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.
23.(idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
Antonym: pick up
The taxi put him down outside the hotel.
24.(idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).
I was unable to put down The Stand: it was that exciting.
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put-down
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb phrase put down.
[Noun]
editput-down (plural put-downs)
1.An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.
When he called you a know-it-all, he meant it as a put-down.
[Synonyms]
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- burn
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make ends meet
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editUnknown. Perhaps originally referred to the ends of rope meeting, signifying continuity and therefore security and stability. Perhaps shifting later to refer to the attempt at making money last from one pay period to the next (i.e. the ends), thereby leaving no gap or break in the availability of funds. Compare French joindre les deux bouts (literally “join the two ends”) with the same meaning. The form make both ends meet is attested from the 17th century, and was the more common form until the early-to-mid 20th century.
[Further reading]
editmake ends meet, make both ends meet at Google Ngram Viewer
[References]
edit
- “"Making ends meet: Etymology of phrase"”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 15 February 2009, archived from the original on 23 February 2009
[Verb]
editmake ends meet (third-person singular simple present makes ends meet, present participle making ends meet, simple past and past participle made ends meet)
1.(idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).
2.1748, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random in The Miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, p. 18:
... a schoolmaster, whose income being small, he was fain to keep a glass of good liquor for the entertainment of passengers, by which he made shift to make the two ends of the year meet.
3.1996, Chris Peters, Sudan: A Nation in the Balance, p. 42:
Although most of the poor and displaced in Khartoum struggle to make ends meet, a very small number not only find work, but form small co-operatives.
4.1997, Richard Ashcroft (lyrics and music), “Bitter Sweet Symphony”, performed by The Verve:
'Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony that's life / Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die
5.2007, Peter Geoffrey Hall, London Voices, London Lives, p. 269:
Very many Londoners reported to us that they were struggling to make ends meet; that it was a constant battle to keep their heads above water, or that they had only just got into the position of being able to breathe freely.
6.2009 Feb. 27, "Avarice and Audacity," The Guardian (UK):
Barclays, which until now has made ends meet with costly loans from the Middle East rather than take public money, may soon join the queue for the emergency medicine too.
7.2022 April 6, “Network News: Spring Statement: Sunak accused of making rail less competitive”, in RAIL, number 954, page 8:
TSSA General Secretary Manuel Cortes was typically forthright in his criticism by claiming that Sunak had "blatantly failed" to cure "a growing tragedy", as "every single day, more and more families can't make ends meet".
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ruminate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹumɪneɪt/[Adjective]
editruminate (not comparable)
1.(botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
a ruminate endosperm
[Etymology]
edit1533, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1547), from Latin rūminātus, past participle of rūmināre (“to chew the cud, turn over in the mind”), from rūmen (“the throat, gullet”), of uncertain origin.
[Further reading]
edit
- “ruminate” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “ruminate” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ruminate at OneLook Dictionary Search
[See also]
edit
- chew the cud
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:ponder
- Or Thesaurus:think
[Verb]
editruminate (third-person singular simple present ruminates, present participle ruminating, simple past and past participle ruminated)
1.(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.
2.(intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
I didn't answer right away because I needed to ruminate first.
3.2020 April 8, David Clough, “How the West Coast wiring war was won”, in Rail, page 59:
Meanwhile, the MoT had itself also been ruminating on options for the northern half of the route.
4.(transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
5.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:
What I know / Is ruminated, plotted, and set down.
6.1697, “Cinyras and Myrrha”, in Virgil; John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin.
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- minutare, numerati
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editrūmināte
1.vocative masculine singular of rūminātus
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excruciating
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋ/[Adjective]
editexcruciating (comparative more excruciating, superlative most excruciating)
1.Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing
2.2011, Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey, How Now Shall We Live?:
Sagan faced an excruciating dilemma: Should he remain true to his naturalistic philosophy and reject the marrow graft as something acquired by immoral means? Or should he agree to undergo the medical treatment in hope of saving his life
3.Exceedingly intense; extreme
[Etymology]
editPresent participle of excruciate, from Latin excruciō, from ex- + cruciō (“I torment”).
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excruciate
[[English]]
ipa :/ɛk.ˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/[Adjective]
editexcruciate (comparative more excruciate, superlative most excruciate)
1.(obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.
2.1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey
And here my heart long time excruciate
Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).
[Verb]
editexcruciate (third-person singular simple present excruciates, present participle excruciating, simple past and past participle excruciated)
1.(transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
2.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
But this it is that doth excruciate
The verie ſubſtance of my vexed ſoule:
To ſee our neighbours that were wont to quake
And tremble at the Perſean Monarkes name,
Now ſits and laughs our regiment to ſcorne, […]
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editexcruciāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of excruciō
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monotony
[[English]]
ipa :/məˈnɑtəni/[Anagrams]
edit
- ontonomy
[Antonyms]
edit
- polytony
[Etymology]
editFrom French monotonie, from Late Latin monotonia, from Ancient Greek μονοτονία (monotonía, “sameness of tone, monotony”).
[Noun]
editmonotony (plural monotonies)
1.Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
2.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 24:
It matters little to trace the rapidity of the land journey, or the monotony of the sea voyage—alike unmarked by adventure. Robert Evelyn landed at Southampton,...
3.1907, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 1, in Through the Magic Door[1]:
Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race.
4.(mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.
5.The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.
[Synonyms]
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- (tedium): boredom, sameness; see also Thesaurus:tedium
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ennui
[[English]]
ipa :/ɒnˈwiː/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.
[Noun]
editennui (countable and uncountable, plural ennuis)
1.A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
[Synonyms]
edit
- acedia
- weltschmerz
- boredom
[Verb]
editennui (third-person singular simple present ennuis, present participle ennuying, simple past and past participle ennuied or ennuyed)
1.(transitive) To make bored or listless; to weary.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɑ̃.nɥi/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French enui, probably from the verb enuier.
[Further reading]
edit
- “ennui”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editennui m (plural ennuis)
1.(uncountable) Boredom; lassitude.
2.1832, Honoré de Balzac, La Femme de Trente Ans, Chapter 3,
Notre ennui, nos mœurs fades sont le résultat du système politique. — Our boredom, our insipid customs, are the result of the political system.
3.(uncountable) Trouble, issue, annoyance.
4.1883, Emile Zola, La joie de vivre
— Mon Dieu ! nous étions d’une inquiétude ! dit le père qui avait suivi son fils, malgré le vent. Qu’est-il donc arrivé ?
— Oh ! des ennuis tout le temps, expliqua-t-elle. D’abord, les chemins sont si mauvais, qu’il a fallu près de deux heures pour venir de Bayeux. Puis, à Arromanches, voilà qu’un cheval de Malivoire se casse une patte ; et il n’a pu nous en donner un autre, j’ai vu le moment qu’il nous faudrait coucher chez lui… Enfin, le docteur a eu l’obligeance de nous prêter son cabriolet. Ce brave Martin nous a conduites…
"We have been very anxious about you," said the father, who had followed his son, in spite of the wind. "What has happened to make you so late ?"
" Oh ! we've had nothing but troubles," she answered. "To begin with, the roads are so bad that it has taken us nearly two hours to come from Bayeux. Then, at Arromanches, one of Malivoire's horses went lame and he couldn't let us have another. At one time I really thought we should have to stay with him all night. But the Doctor was kind enough to offer us his gig, and Martin here has driven us home."
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editennui
1.Alternative form of anoy
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chunk
[[English]]
ipa :/t͡ʃʌŋk/[Etymology]
editVariant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.).
[Noun]
editchunk (plural chunks)
1.A part of something that has been separated.
The statue broke into chunks.
2.1910, Jack London, Burning Daylight:
Daylight, between mouthfuls, fed chunks of ice into the tin pot, where it thawed into water. ... Daylight cut up generous chunks of bacon and dropped them in the pot of bubbling beans.
3.A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
a chunk of granite
4.(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
examples of chunks would include "in accordance with", "the results of", and "so far"
5.(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
6.1994, Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide
The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.
7.(comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.
8.1994, Gene Perret, Successful Stand-up Comedy: Advice from a Comedy Writer (page 80)
You begin gathering two hours of dependable comedy by developing that first three-minute chunk. When you're satisfied with it, you create another three minutes of laughs, then another three minutes.
9.2012, Jay Sankey, Zen and the Art of Stand-Up Comedy (page 168)
If you're gigging outdoors for the Society of Catholic Gardeners, don't close your set with your "Papa Beelzebub" chunk (no matter how life affirming you think it is!).
[Verb]
editchunk (third-person singular simple present chunks, present participle chunking, simple past and past participle chunked)
1.(transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
2.(transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
3.2005, Yong Zhao, Research in Technology and Second Language Education:
These results offer tentative evidence that suggests that certain components of computer-mediated instruction (in this case, access to and control over syntactically chunked, captioned video) are not necessarily beneficial for certain learners […]
4.(transitive, slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.
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Nobel
[[English]]
ipa :/nəʊˈbɛl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Bolen, Lebon, NOBLE, Noble, noble
[Etymology]
editFrom Swedish Nobel.
[Noun]
editNobel (plural Nobels)
1.A Nobel Prize.
a Nobel-winning author
[Proper noun]
editNobel
1.A surname, from Swedish, especially referring to Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and philanthropist.
[See also]
edit
- Nobel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈnɔ.bel/[Alternative forms]
edit
- nobel
[Anagrams]
edit
- bleno-
[Etymology]
editFrom Swedish Nobel, surname of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel.
[Noun]
editNobel m (invariable)
1.Ellipsis of premio Nobel; Nobel Prize
Enrico Fermi vinse il Nobel per la fisica nel 1938.
Enrico Fermi won the Nobel in Physics in 1938.editNobel m or f (invariable)
1.(metonymically) a Nobel Prize winner
[References]
edit
1. ^ Nobel in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈnɔ.bɛl/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Swedish Nobel.
[Proper noun]
editNobel m pers or f
1.A masculine surname.
2.A feminine surname.
[See also]
edit
- Appendix:Polish surnames
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
editNobel m (uncountable)
1.Alternative form of nobelNobel m, f (uncountable)
1.Alternative form of nobel
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/nʊˈbɛl/[Anagrams]
edit
- noble
[Proper noun]
editNobel c (genitive Nobels)
1.A surname.
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Nobel laureate
[[English]]
[Noun]
editNobel laureate (plural Nobel laureates)
1.A person who has been awarded a Nobel Prize.
[Synonyms]
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- Nobelist
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laureate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɒ.ɹi.ət/[Adjective]
editlaureate (not comparable)
1.(sometimes postpositive) Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
2.1637, John Milton, “Lycidas”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, OCLC 606951673:
To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
3.1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, OCLC 1033416756:
Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
4.2007, Robert J. Meyer-Lee, Poets and Power from Chaucer to Wyatt
Although the post of poet laureate as we know it was not established until John Dryden's appointment in 1668,
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin laureatus, from laurea (“laurel tree”), from laureus (“of laurel”), from laurus (“laurel”). Compare French lauréat.
[Further reading]
edit
- “laureate” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “laureate” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- laureate at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editlaureate (plural laureates)
1.(dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
2.a. 1658, John Cleveland, An Elegy to Ben Johnson
a learn'd laureate
3.A graduate of a university.
[Related terms]
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- lauraceous
- laurel
- laurestine
- lauriferous
[Verb]
editlaureate (third-person singular simple present laureates, present participle laureating, simple past and past participle laureated)
1.(intransitive) To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at English universities.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editlaureāte
1.vocative masculine singular of laureātus
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late
[[English]]
ipa :/leɪt/[Adjective]
editlate (comparative later, superlative latest)
1.Near the end of a period of time.
It was late in the evening when we finally arrived.
2.Specifically, near the end of the day.
It was getting late and I was tired.
3.(usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.
Late Latin is less fully inflected than classical Latin.
4.Not arriving until after an expected time.
Even though we drove as fast as we could, we were still late.
Panos was so late that he arrived at the meeting after Antonio, who had the excuse of being in hospital for most of the night.
5.Not having had an expected menstrual period.
I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test?
6.1992 February 5, Larry Charles; Elaine Pope, “The Fix-Up”, in Seinfeld, spoken by Cynthia (Maggie Wheeler):
I am very worried. I am never late.
7.(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Often used with "the"; see usage notes.)
Her late husband had left her well provided for.
The piece was composed by the late Igor Stravinsky.
8.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071, page 181:
To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling.
9.1969 December 7, Monty Python, “Full Frontal Nudity, Dead Parrot sketch”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese):
This parrot is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet its maker! This is a late parrot! It's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies!
10.Order 3(ca)(i), Public Order (Prohibited Areas) Order 2009 (G.N. S 490/2009)
The following public assemblies and public processions are excluded from the prohibition in paragraph 2: […] any public assembly or public procession in an open space that is held primarily to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew […]
11.Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; departed, or gone out of office.
the late bishop of London
the late administration
12.1640, Edvvard Reynoldes, A Treatise of the Passions and Facvlties of the Soul of Man. With the severall Dignities and Corruptions thereunto belonging., London: […] R. H. for Robert Bostock, […]:
By Edvvard Reynoldes, late Preacher to the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inne: And now Rector of the Church of Braunſton in Northamptonſhire.
13.Recent — relative to the noun it modifies.
14.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:
OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter,
Haſt thou according to thy oath and band
Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon:
Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale,
Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare,
Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?
15.1914, Robert Frost, “A Hundred Collars”, in North of Boston:
Lancaster bore him—such a little town, / Such a great man. It doesn't see him often / Of late years, though he keeps the old homestead / And sends the children down there with their mother […]
16.(astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.
[Adverb]
editlate (comparative later, superlative latest)
1.After a deadline has passed, past a designated time.
We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late.
2.Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit.
Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party.
The Hendersons will all be there / Late of Pablo Fanque's Fair / What a scene!
3.
4. Not long ago; just now.
5.c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, 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 IV, scene i], page 181, column 1:
He ſhall doe this, or elſe I doe recant / The pardon that I late pronounced heere.
[Anagrams]
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- EATL, ETLA, Elta, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., leat, tael, tale, teal, tela
[Antonyms]
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- early
[Derived terms]
editTerms derived from late (all senses)
- a day late and a dollar short
- as of late
- better late than never
- day late, dollar short
- late bloomer
- latecomer
- late in the day
- late in the game
- lately
- late night
- later
- of late
- sooner or later
- two thousand and late
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”).
[Noun]
editlate (plural lates)
1.(informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.
2.2007, Paul W Browning, The Good Guys Wear Blue:
At about 11 pm one night in Corporation Street my watch were on van patrol and Yellow Watch were on late as usual.
[References]
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- 2009 April 3, Peter T. Daniels, "Re: Has 'late' split up into a pair of homonyms?", message-ID <bdb13686-a6e4-43cd-8445-efe353365394@l13g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, alt.usage.english and sci.lang, Usenet.
[Synonyms]
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- (past a designated time): belatedly; see also Thesaurus:belatedly
- (formerly): erenow; see also Thesaurus:formerly
- (not long ago): freshly; see also Thesaurus:recently
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈlaːtə/[Adjective]
editlate
1.Inflected form of laat
[Verb]
editlate
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of laten
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈla.te/[Adjective]
editlate
1.feminine plural of lato
[Anagrams]
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- alte, tale, tela
[[Karelian]]
ipa :/ˈlɑte/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic [Term?], borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛚᚨᛏᛃᚨ (*flatja), from Proto-Germanic *flatją. Cognates include Finnish lattia and Livvi late.
[Noun]
editlate (genitive lattien, partitive latetta)
1.floor
[References]
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- P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015), “пол”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
[[Latin]]
[Adverb]
editlātē (comparative lātius, superlative lātissimē)
1.broadly, widely
2.extensively
3.far and wide, everywhere
4.lavishly, to excess
[References]
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- late in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- late in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the twigs are shooting out, spreading: rami late diffunduntur
- to have a wide extent: late patere (also metaphorically vid. sect. VIII. 8)
[[Livvi]]
ipa :/ˈlɑtʲe/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic [Term?], borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛚᚨᛏᛃᚨ (*flatja), from Proto-Germanic *flatją. Cognates include Finnish lattia and Karelian late.
[Noun]
editlate (genitive lattien, partitive latettu)
1.floor
[References]
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- Tatjana Boiko (2019), “late”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/laːt/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English læt, from Proto-West Germanic *lat.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English late.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old Norse lát (“conduct, demeanour, voice, sound”, literally “let, letting, loss”) (from Proto-Germanic *lētiją (“behaviour”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēid-, *lēy- (“to leave, let”). Cognate with Middle Low German lāt (“outward appearance, gesture, manner”), Old English lǣtan (“to let”). More at let.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse láta
[References]
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- “late” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/²lɑːtə/[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old Norse láta
[References]
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- “late” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/ˈlɑ.te/[Adverb]
editlate
1.late
[Etymology]
editAdverbial form of læt
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈla.t͡ʃi/[Verb]
editlate
1.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of latir
2.second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of latir
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editlate
1.Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of latir.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of latir.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of latir.
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editlate
1.absolute definite natural masculine singular of lat.
[Anagrams]
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- leta
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turn a blind eye
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editAdmiral Horatio Nelson said this when wilfully disobeying a signal to withdraw during a naval engagement.
You know, Foley, I have only one eye - and I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal. 1809, Life of Nelson
[Verb]
editturn a blind eye (third-person singular simple present turns a blind eye, present participle turning a blind eye, simple past and past participle turned a blind eye)
1.(idiomatic) To ignore or deliberately overlook, especially with respect to something unpleasant or improper, to look the other way. To knowingly refuse to acknowledge something which you know to be real.
Synonyms: (obsolete) connive, shut one's eyes, look the other way, wink
The mother turned a blind eye to her son’s mischief as she expected him not to repeat it.
2.1880 October 11, James Jackson Jarves, "Future American Art," The New York Times, page 2:
In this my countrymen, without having produced any really very great work, by the old standards, make a respectable show. [...] In saying this, however, we must turn a blind eye to a considerable number of statues of our distinguished citizens which even more lamentably exhibit the defects arising from ignorance of modeling and design.
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grind to a halt
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom windmills. To stop a windmill from turning too quickly, such as during a strong gust of wind, excess corn would be poured between the grinding stone (top stone) and the nether stone (bottom stone). The extra pressure would cause the stones to slow down or literally "grind to a halt", and thereby stop the windmill from turning.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
[Verb]
editgrind to a halt (third-person singular simple present grinds to a halt, present participle grinding to a halt, simple past and past participle ground to a halt)
1.(intransitive, of an activity) To come to a standstill, or cease to be productive or make progress, due to an obstacle.
Work on the new high-rise ground to a halt as contractors tried to deal with all the red tape.
After the visionary's death, work on his ideas ground to a halt.
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reprieve
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈpɹiːv/[Alternative forms]
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- repryve (obsolete), reprive (rare) [1]
[Etymology]
edit1571, in sense of “to take back to prison”, from Middle English repryen (“to remand, detain”) (1494), probably from Middle French repris, form of reprendre (“take back”); cognate to reprise. Sense generalized, but retains connotations of punishment and execution. Noun attested 1598.[2] Compare to Latin privare.
[Noun]
editreprieve (plural reprieves)
1.The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
The prisoner was saved from execution; the governor had requested a reprieve.
2.A document authorizing such an action.
3.Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
4.2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London)[1]:
Yet it was not easy, on the balance of play, to be convinced by Pellegrini and his defeated players that the reprieve might somehow be a defining moment over the two legs.
5.A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
6.1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 468:
At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service.
[References]
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1. ^ "reprive" Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. 1913. G. & C. Merriam Co.
2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “reprieve”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Verb]
editreprieve (third-person singular simple present reprieves, present participle reprieving, simple past and past participle reprieved)
1.(transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
2.(transitive) To bring relief to someone.
3.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
Company […] may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
4.(transitive, obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
5.To abandon or postpone plans to close, withdraw or abolish (something).
6.1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 468:
At the time of writing the halts have been reprieved due to doubts as to the legality of the withdrawal of services. It is feared that this reprieve may not outlast the summer timetable which, on the section in question, provides only a skeleton of the former service.
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hands-off
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithands-off (comparative more hands-off, superlative most hands-off)
1.Alternative spelling of hands off
[Anagrams]
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- hand-offs, handoffs
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hands off
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithands off (comparative more hands off, superlative most hands off)
1.Tending not to interfere with people's (employees', subjects', etc.) decisions and actions.
a hands-off policy
Antonym: hands-on
[Alternative forms]
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- hands-off (adjective)
[Anagrams]
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- hand-offs, handoffs
[Interjection]
edithands off!
1.(informal) don't touch!
2.(nautical, historical) cut off a hand
decreed by old admiralty law as punishment for pulling a knife during a fight with a shipmate.
[Verb]
edithands off
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hand off
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lay on
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- any ol', onlay
[References]
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- “lay on”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[Verb]
editlay on (third-person singular simple present lays on, present participle laying on, simple past and past participle laid on)
1.(transitive, idiomatic) to provide (food or drinks) for free
At the conference, they laid on a wonderful buffet.
2.To provide
3.2016, David Hytner, Mesut Özil has Arsenal daring to dream of Premier League glory (in The Guardian, 1 January 2016)[1]
Özil has 16 assists in the Premier League and three goals; he has two more goals in the Champions League. On Monday, he took Bournemouth apart in the 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium, setting up the first for Gabriel and scoring the second himself. Özil laid on a total of nine chances, the majority of them for Walcott.
4.2022 January 26, Stephen Roberts, “Top of the stops: our least used stations”, in RAIL, number 949, page 56:
Operator Abellio ScotRail doubled the Mon-Sat service from one train in each direction to two from May 2019 - it being something of a self-fulfilling prophecy that if you lay on trains, people might use them.
5.(transitive) To apply or implement (something).
He laid on the solicitude pretty thickly.
6.(transitive, idiomatic) To repeatedly say (particular types of thing)
He laid on compliments.
She was fed up him laying on the jokes, which she found insulting.
7.To do something excessively.
8.1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
I would I could see / this taborer! He lays it on.
9.(transitive) To cover something with a layer of (something).
He's going to lay on a coat of primer before painting the wall.
10.(transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To impart or explain (something) in words.
Lay some wisdom on me, man.
11.(archaic) To attack or strike.
12.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 166:
So the lad went back again to the north wind, and said that the goat wasn't worth anything, and he wasn't going to be done out of his meal, not he! "Well," said the north wind, "I have nothing else to give you but that old stick over there in the corner; but it is a good stick, and if you only say, 'Stick of mine, lay on,' it lays on, till you say, 'Stick of mine, leave off.'"
13.(UK) To give (something) as a gift, special treat or bonus.
14.(nautical) To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).
15.(nautical) To vigorously row (an oar) to propel a boat or ship.
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close off
[[English]]
[Verb]
editclose off (third-person singular simple present closes off, present participle closing off, simple past and past participle closed off)
1.To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
The police closed off the street while they investigated the murder scene.
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dragonfly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɹæɡənˌflaɪ/[Alternative forms]
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- dragon-fly
[Etymology]
editFrom dragon + fly.
[Noun]
editdragonfly (plural dragonflies)
1.An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
2.1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum:
The delicate coloured Dragon Flies may have likewise some Corrosive quality.
[See also]
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- Anisoptera
- damselfly
- Odonata
[Synonyms]
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- (insect of infraorder Anisoptera): adderbolt, darner, darning needle, devil's darning needle, dining needle, ear sewer, horse-stinger, mosquito fly, mosquito hawk, needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder, spindle
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dwarf
[[English]]
ipa :/dwɔɹf/[Adjective]
editdwarf (comparative dwarfer, superlative dwarfest)
1.(especially in botany) Miniature.
The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.
It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz. Cognate with Scots dwerch; Old High German twerc (German Zwerg); Old Norse dvergr (Swedish dvärg); Old Frisian dwirg (West Frisian dwerch); Middle Low German dwerch, dwarch, twerg (German Low German Dwarg, Dwarch); Middle Dutch dwerch, dworch (Dutch dwerg).The Modern English noun has undergone complex phonetic changes. The form dwarf is the regular continuation of Old English dweorg, but the plural dweorgas would have given rise to dwarrows and the oblique stem dweorge- would have led to dwery. These forms are sometimes found as the nominative singular in Middle English texts and in English dialects. A parallel case is that of Old English burg giving burgh, borough, burrow, bury.
[Further reading]
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- Dwarf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editdwarf (plural dwarfs or dwarves)
1.(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
2.(now often offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
Synonyms: midget, pygmy (imprecise)
Antonyms: ettin, giant
3.An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
Synonym: runt
dwarf tree
dwarf honeysuckle
4.(astronomy) A star of relatively small size.
[Verb]
editdwarf (third-person singular simple present dwarfs, present participle dwarfing, simple past and past participle dwarfed)
1.(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
Synonyms: miniaturize, shrink
2.(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.
3.1960 April, J. P. Wilson and E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 225:
The train bursts from Rusher Cutting Tunnel with explosive violence, the engine's exhaust soaring high into the air, but dwarfed by the mighty limestone cliffs on either side.
4.2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184:
In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
5.(transitive) To make appear insignificant.
Synonyms: eclipse, overshadow, outshadow, outshine, outdo, put to shame, upstage, surpass, outmatch, outstrip
Bach dwarfs all other composers.
6.(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
Synonym: shrink
7.To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
8.1710 July 3 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “THURSDAY, June 22, 1710”, in The Spectator, number 98; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:
At present the whole sex is in a manner dwarfed and shrunk - into a race of beauties that seems almost another species
9.1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry
Even the most common moral ideas and affections […] would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background.
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manipulator
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editmanipulate + -or.
[Noun]
editmanipulator (plural manipulators)
1.Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates.
2.A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
3.A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French manipulateur.
[Noun]
editmanipulator m (plural manipulatori)
1.technician, operator
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virtuoso
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌvɜ.tʃuˈəʊ.səʊ/[Adjective]
editvirtuoso (comparative more virtuoso, superlative most virtuoso)
1.Exhibiting the ability of a virtuoso.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Italian virtuoso, from Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), from Latin virtus (“excellence”). Doublet of virtuous.
[Noun]
editvirtuoso (plural virtuosos or virtuosi)
1.(now historical) An expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur. [from 17th c.]
2.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 10, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292, book VIII, page 224:
For, besides the extraordinary Neatness of the Room, it was adorned with a great Number of Nicknacks, and Curiosities, which might have engaged the Attention of a Virtuoso.
3.Someone with special skill or knowledge; an expert. [from 17th c.]
4.Specifically, a musician (or other performer) with masterly ability, technique, or personal style. [from 18th c.]
[Related terms]
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- virtue
- virtuosa
- virtuosic
- virtuosically
- virtuosity
[[Italian]]
ipa :/vir.tuˈo.zo/[Adjective]
editvirtuoso (feminine virtuosa, masculine plural virtuosi, feminine plural virtuose, superlative virtuosissimo)
1.virtuous
2.skilful
3.upright
[Anagrams]
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- ostruivo
[Etymology]
editProbably borrowed from Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), from Latin virtūs (“excellence”). Synchronically analysable as virtù + -oso.
[Noun]
editvirtuoso m (plural virtuosi, feminine virtuosa)
1.virtuoso, master (of an instrument)
[References]
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1. ^ virtuoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editvirtuōsō
1.dative masculine singular of virtuōsus
2.dative neuter singular of virtuōsus
3.ablative masculine singular of virtuōsus
4.ablative neuter singular of virtuōsus
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/viɾ.tu.ˈo.zu/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), from Latin virtūs + -ōsus.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Italian virtuoso, from Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”).
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/biɾˈtwoso/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Late Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”), from Latin virtūs + -ōsus.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Italian virtuoso, from Latin virtuōsus (“virtuous”).
[Further reading]
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- “virtuoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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photogrammetry
[[English]]
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:photogrammetryWikipedia photogrammetry (usually uncountable, plural photogrammetries)
1.The making of precise measurements from photographs.
2.The making of maps from photographs, especially from aerial surveying.
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conventional
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈvɛnʃənəl/[Adjective]
editconventional (comparative more conventional, superlative most conventional)
1.Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
2.2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
A “moving platform” scheme […] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
3.Ordinary, commonplace.
They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.
4.1881, Henry James, chapter XXIX, in The Portrait of a Lady[1], volume 2, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company:
“You’re not conventional?” Isabel gravely asked. “I like the way you utter that word! No, I’m not conventional: I’m convention itself. You don’t understand that?”
5.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[2]:
Mother […] considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.
6.1980, Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage:
The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
7.Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
8.(weaponry) Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.
9.(agriculture) Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.
10.(bridge) In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.
[Antonyms]
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- (pertaining to a convention): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional
- (ordinary): imaginative
- (weapons): nuclear
- (agriculture): organic
- (bridge): natural
[Etymology]
editconvention + -al
[Further reading]
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- "conventional" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 80.
[Noun]
editconventional (plural conventionals)
1.(finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
[Synonyms]
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- (pertaining to a convention): typical, canonical
- (banal): stereotypical
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conventional wisdom
[[English]]
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:conventional wisdomWikipedia conventional wisdom (usually uncountable, plural conventional wisdoms)
1.A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close examination.
2.1958, John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society:
It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom.
3.1971, “Week’s Watch,” Time, 17 May,
So many Americans accept “zero population growth” as a new canon of conventional wisdom that it comes as a surprise to hear the notion disputed.
4.2021 July 28, Christian Wolmar, “Forgotten by the railways, but ripe for the exploring”, in RAIL, number 936, page 35:
Well, during our short staycation at Humberston Fitties, just south of Cleethorpes, we cycled through the very unspoilt Lincolnshire Wolds, which are by no means flat and boring as conventional wisdom about the county suggests.
[Synonyms]
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- received wisdom
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in reality
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- linearity
[Antonyms]
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- hypothetically
- theoretically
[Prepositional phrase]
editin reality
1.When actually done or put into practice.
[Synonyms]
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- in practice
- really
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prevalence
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French prévalence
[Noun]
editprevalence (countable and uncountable, plural prevalences)
1.The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
2.(epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈprɛvalɛnt͡sɛ][Further reading]
edit
- prevalence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- prevalence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editprevalence f
1.(epidemiology) prevalence
Synonym: výskyt
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lend
[[English]]
ipa :/lɛnd/[Etymology 1]
editFrom earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound, round, etc.), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”). Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from Old English lendenu, lendinu pl (“loins”), from Proto-Germanic *landijō, *landį̄ (“loin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loin, kidney”). Cognate with Scots lend, leynd (“the loins, flank, buttocks”), Dutch lendenen (“loins, reins”), German Lenden (“loins”), Swedish länder (“loins”), Icelandic lendar (“loins”), Latin lumbus (“loin”), Russian ля́двея (ljádveja, “thigh, haunch”).
[References]
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- “lend” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “lend” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Albanian *lenta, from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *lent- (“lentil”), of neolithic substrate origin. Compare Latin lens, lentis, Old High German linsi.
[Noun]
editlend f
1.acorn
[[Estonian]]
[Noun]
editlend (genitive lennu, partitive lendu)
1.flight
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editlend
1.Alternative form of lenden (“to come, to dwell”)
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immediate
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈmi.di.ət/[Adjective]
editimmediate (comparative more immediate, superlative most immediate)
1.Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
2.c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iv]:
Assemble we immediate council.
3.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess[1]:
When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.
Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.
4.Very close; direct or adjacent.
immediate family; immediate vicinity
5.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 I, scene ii]:
You are the most immediate to our throne,
6.Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
7.(computer science, of an instruction operand) embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location)
8.(procedure word, military) Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.
Bravo Three, this Bravo Six. Immediate! We are coming under fire from the north from an unknown enemy, over!
9.(procedure word, military) An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).
Hotel Two-Niner, this is Bravo Six. Immediate suppression at grid November-Kilo four-five-three two-one-five. Danger Close. I authenticate Golf Echo, over.
[Anagrams]
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- metiamide
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French immediat, from Late Latin immediātus (“without anything between”), from Latin in + mediātus, past participle of mediō (“to halve, to be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”)
[Synonyms]
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- (happening right away): instant, present; see also Thesaurus:instantaneous
- (very close): close, nearby; see also Thesaurus:near
- (manifestly true): self-evident, indubitable
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editimmediate f pl
1.feminine plural of immediato
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editimmediāte
1.vocative masculine singular of immediātus
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debunk
[[English]]
ipa :/diːˈbʌŋk/[Anagrams]
edit
- bunked
[Etymology]
editde- + bunk (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923
[Verb]
editdebunk (third-person singular simple present debunks, present participle debunking, simple past and past participle debunked)
1.(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.
debunk a theory
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copycat
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editcopycat (comparative more copycat, superlative most copycat)
1.Imitative; unoriginal.
2.1997, “The Atlantic monthly”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
"Because of my size, I was a natural leader in junior high school. Gangs are the most copycat of subcultures. It used to be zoot suits; now it's tattoos. When I was thirteen, I got a tattoo"
3.1997, Daniel Miller, Capitalism: an ethnographic approach:
As one executive put it: Now in the beverage market we are to a great extent very copycat.
4.2009, Alan Cole, Fathering your father: the Zen of fabrication in Tang Buddhism:
It was that very copycat kind of "grandfather stealing" that makes Jinjue's text look like the son of Du Fei's Record, even as it works to push Du Fei's "father-text" out of the way.
[Alternative forms]
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- copy cat, copy-cat
[Etymology]
editFrom copy + cat (“former derogatory term for a person”).
[Noun]
editcopycat (plural copycats)
1.(informal, derogatory) One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work.
2.A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just been or recently committed by someone else.
a copycat strangler
[Verb]
editcopycat (third-person singular simple present copycats, present participle copycatting, simple past and past participle copycatted)
1.To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way
2.2007 September 3, Janet Maslin, “His Girl Friday Meets a Sadistically Chic Serial Killer”, in New York Times[1]:
In a genre that is rife with copycatting, Ms. Cain deserves some credit for having gotten a potentially interesting new series off the ground.
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ.pi.ka/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English copycat.
[Noun]
editcopycat m (plural copycats)
1.copycat criminal
Synonym: imitateur
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dielectric
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdaɪ.ɪˈlɛk.tɹɪk/[Adjective]
editdielectric (comparative more dielectric, superlative most dielectric)
1.(electrically) insulating
[Etymology]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:dielectricWikipedia From dia- (“through”) + electric.Learned 19th-century formation, coined by William Whewell (died 1866).
[Noun]
editdielectric (plural dielectrics)
1.(physics) An electrically insulating or nonconducting material considered for its electric susceptibility, i.e. its property of polarization when exposed to an external electric field.
[Synonyms]
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- insulator
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editdielectric m or n (feminine singular dielectrică, masculine plural dielectrici, feminine and neuter plural dielectrice)
1.dielectric
[Etymology]
editFrom French diélectrique
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candidate
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkæn.dɪdət/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -ātus (an adjectival suffix), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.
[Noun]
editcandidate (plural candidates)
1.A person who is running in an election.
Smith announced he was the party's candidate for the next election.
2.A person who is applying for a job.
All candidates who miss the deadline or make a spelling mistake in their applications are automatically rejected.
3.A participant in an examination.
Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.
4.Something or somebody that may be suitable.
After being presented with various suitors, she decided none of the candidates were the kind of man she was looking for.
5.2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184:
In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
6.(genetics) A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
[References]
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1. ^ The Dialect Survey
[Verb]
editcandidate (third-person singular simple present candidates, present participle candidating, simple past and past participle candidated)
1.(uncommon) To stand as a candidate for an office, especially a religious one.
2.1906, Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, page 196:
The matter of candidating for a pulpit is not a matter of difference between congregations and Rabbis, but between Rabbis themselves.
3.1917, William Harvey Allen, Universal Training for Citizenship and Public Service, page 154:
Furthermore, the fact that a school principal has only been in a large school six weeks does not prevent his candidating for principal of a larger school with larger salary.
4.2014, Susan H. Jones, Listening for God's Call, SCM Press (→ISBN), page 74:
The report Shaping the Future also gives a set of learning outcomes for those people candidating for ordained ministry. These were also agreed by the Methodist Conference.
5.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:candidated.
6.(nonstandard, chiefly in jargon and non-native speakers' English) To make or name (something) a candidate (for use, for study as a next project, for investigation as a possible cause of something, etc).
7.1982, Brian O'Leary, Space industrialization, CRC:
Performance comparison of solar energy conversion candidated for SPS. (From NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston 1977.)
8.1989, Institution of Electrical Engineers. Electronics Division, European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, 5-8 September 1989, Peter Peregrinus Limited (→ISBN):
In this program if a processor becomes idle, then all feasible activities requiring that kind of processor will be candidated for scheduling. If the number of candidates is more than the number of available processors, activities with higher priority ...
9.2005, Khaled M. Khan, Yan Zhang, Managing Corporate Information Systems Evolution and Maintenance, IGI Global (→ISBN), page 308:
Evaluate the maintenance costs of the software system in order to candidate it for evolution AA14. Evaluate the hardware platform used and the possibility of migrating the software system toward more economical platforms ...
[[French]]
[Further reading]
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- “candidate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editcandidate f (plural candidates)
1.female equivalent of candidat
[[Italian]]
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
editcandidāte
1.vocative singular of candidātus
[[Norman]]
[Noun]
editcandidate f (plural candidates)
1.female equivalent of candidat
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/kandiˈdate/[Verb]
editcandidate
1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of candidatar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of candidatar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of candidatar.
4.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of candidatar.
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plumage
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpluːmɪdʒ/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French plumage (14c.), itself from plume (“feather”) (from Latin plūma (“feather, down”), from a Proto-Indo-European base *plews- (“to pluck, a feather, fleece”) + -age.
[Noun]
editplumage (countable and uncountable, plural plumages)
1.(ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.
2.1969, Monty Python, "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (Dead Parrot sketch)
[Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
[Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
Synonym: (obsolete) pennage
3.Finery or elaborate dress.
[[French]]
ipa :/ply.maʒ/[Further reading]
edit
- “plumage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editplumage m (plural plumages)
1.(ornithology, collective noun) plumage (a bird's feathers, collectively speaking)
Synonyms: (falconry) pennage, plumée
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fledgling
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/[Adjective]
editfledgling (not comparable)
1.Untried or inexperienced.
2.2011, Jay A. Gertzman, Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940:
His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale.
3.Emergent or rising.
4.1997 August 5, “Film failed to do justice to drama surrounding death of Harry Boland”, in The Irish Times[1]:
Harry Boland was born in Dublin in 1884 and educated with his younger brother Gerry in Clontarf. His father James, who greatly influenced him was politically active in the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the fledgling GAA. Harry Boland fought at the GPO in April 1916 and was interned in Dartmoor and Lewes jail.
5.2021 January 22, Joe Brennan, “Has Eddie O’Connor underestimated the value of his €1bn baby?”, in The Irish Times[2]:
Less than 24 hours later, Aker’s fledgling green energy and technology unit, Aker Horizons, revealed it had landed a bigger catch, with its planned purchase of Roscommon native Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power for up to €1 billion.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- fledgeling
[Etymology]
editFrom fledge (“prepare for flying”) + -ling.
[Noun]
editfledgling (plural fledglings)
1.A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
2.An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
3.(figuratively) An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
[References]
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- “fledgeling” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Synonyms]
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- (untried): unfledged, virginal
- (emergent): nascent, emerging
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chick
[[English]]
ipa :/t͡ʃɪk/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" dates to at least 1860 (compare chit (“young, pert woman”)). More at chicken.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Urdu چق f (ciq), ultimately from Persian چق f (ciq).
[[Yola]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English chike, from Old English ċicen. Cognate with English chick, and Scots schik.
[Noun]
editchick
1.chicken
[References]
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- 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, page 30
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spe
[[Latin]]
ipa :/speː/[Noun]
editspē
1.ablative singular of spēs
[[Tocharian B]]
[Adverb]
editspe
1.nearby
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sp
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- %ps, P&S, P's, P.S., PS, PS., Ps, Ps., p's, p**s, p.s., ps, ps., μPs
[Noun]
editsp
1.Abbreviation of spelling. (often used when correcting or questioning one's own spelling)
2.1993, "Keith Lau", More help needed! Spacecuts, etc ... (on newsgroup comp.graphics)
Does this mean that I would have to use Z-buffering, or tessellate (sp?) the resultant (possibly nonconvex) polygon into triangles and draw them in Z-order?
3.2003, "Maggie", I am back again... (on newsgroup alt.penpals.rejects)
It's all that Britney Spears' fault and that other trashy looking singer, Christina Aguilera sp??? geezzzzzz.. they look like hookers !!!!!!
4.Abbreviation of spur. (in highway designations and signage)
5.Abbreviation of special. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
[Verb]
editsp
1.(proofreading) Abbreviation of spell out.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Proper noun]
editsp n
1.Abbreviation of Senterpartiet.
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SPE
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- EPS, EPs, ESP, Eps, PES, PEs, PSE, SEP, Sep, Sep., eps, esp, esp., pes, sep
[Noun]
editSPE (plural SPEs)
1.(chemistry) Initialism of solid-phase extraction.
2.Initialism of sales process engineering.
3.Initialism of seriously painful experience.
4.(space science) Initialism of solar particle event.
[Proper noun]
editSPE
1.Society of Petroleum Engineers
2.(linguistics) The Sound Pattern of English
3.Struga Poetry Evenings
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SP
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- %ps, P&S, P's, P.S., PS, PS., Ps, Ps., p's, p**s, p.s., ps, ps., μPs
[Noun]
editSP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)
1.(horse racing, chiefly Australia) Starting price.
2.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 157:
He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.
3.1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage 2015, p. 196:
It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie.
4.Selling price
5.(US, military, navy) Shore patrol
6.(law enforcement) state police
7.Slow play
8.(computing) service pack
9.(law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
10.(Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
11.(biochemistry) substance P
12.(firearms) Abbreviation of soft point.
13.State Park
14.(highways) Spur
15.(ice skating) Short Program
[Proper noun]
editSP
1.Initialism of São Paulo, A state of Brazil.
[See also]
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- EP
- LP
- SLP
- single
- record
- album
- 33
- 45
- 78
[Synonyms]
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- (law enforcement): supt.
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Socialistische Partij.
[Proper noun]
editSP f
1.Initialism of Socialistische Partij.; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands.
[[French]]
[Noun]
editSP m (plural SP)
1.Initialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”).
[[German]]
[Proper noun]
editSP f (proper noun, genitive SP)
1.(Swiss politics) Initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (“Social Democratic Party of Switzerland”).
[[Indonesian]]
[Noun]
editSP
1.abbreviation of surat peringatan.
[[Portuguese]]
[Proper noun]
editSP
1.Initialism of São Paulo, a Brazilian state.
[[Turkish]]
[Proper noun]
editSP
1.(politics) Initialism of Saadet Partisi (Felicity Party).
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hepatitis
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌhɛpəˈtaɪ̯tɪs/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).
[Noun]
edithepatitis (countable and uncountable, plural hepatitises or hepatitides)
1.Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.
2.2013, Teri Shors, Understanding Viruses, 2nd edition
Hepatitises B and C are the most important chronic viral infections of humans.
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ipa :/ə.pəˈti.tis/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).
[Noun]
edithepatitis f (plural hepatitis)
1.hepatitis
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/epaˈtitis/[Etymology]
edithepato- + -itis
[Further reading]
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- “hepatitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
edithepatitis f (plural hepatitis)
1.(pathology) hepatitis
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proficiency
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈfɪʃənsi/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin proficientem, from proficere.
[Noun]
editproficiency (countable and uncountable, plural proficiencies)
1.Ability, skill, competence.
a test of proficiency in English
to attain (or to reach) proficiency
2.2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it.
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- ability
- command
- competence
- skill
- See also Thesaurus:skill
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mind-boggling
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmaɪndˌbɒɡ(ə)lɪŋ/[Adjective]
editmind-boggling (comparative more mind-boggling, superlative most mind-boggling)
1.That causes the mind to boggle; that is beyond one's ability to understand or figure out.
Synonyms: astounding, bewildering, bogglesome, (obsolete) inexcogitable, mind-blowing, mystifying, overwhelming, stupefying, unimaginable
Faced with a mind-boggling selection of special-purpose shampoos, he gave up and simply purchased something inexpensive with a pleasant fragrance.
2.1980, J. Gordon Ogden, III, “Late Quaternary Palaeoenvironments of Eastern Canada”, in C. R. Harington, editor, Syllogeus (Series; no. 26), Ottawa, Ont.: National Museum of Natural Sciences, ISSN 0704-576X, OCLC 1012339070, page 226:
Concurrent with the development of these techniques is the proliferation of large computers able to manipulate massive data sets with mind-boggling ease.
3.2001 November 30, [Bill] Nelson, “[SENATE—Friday, November 30, 2001] The Economic Stimulus Package”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 107th Congress, First Session, volume 147, part 17, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, OCLC 22840665, page 23620, column 3:
[S]ince the end of September, the average daily unemployment claims for Florida have risen by 55 percent, translatin into approximately 50,000 more Floridians applying for unemployment benefits. That is mind-boggling. That is staggering.
4.2012, J. M. MacDonald, “Mindboggling Revelations”, in The Coins of Cyrus: A Novel, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 659:
Davie opened his eyes but had no idea where he was or if in fact he was still alive. After the realization of lying in his truck bunk had taken hold, he quickly turned to see if he'd dreamt up the whole mindboggling affair and by the grace of God was still parked in Wales.
5.2016, Michael J. Rosen, “Greetings from Ms. Mary Math!”, in Mind-boggling Numbers, Minneapolis, Minn.: Millbrook Press, Lerner Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 3:
Ever since I was young, whenever something involving arithmetic came along, friends and even grown-ups would say, "Oh just give the math to Mary." Before long, my nickname had become Ms. Mary Math. And today, I'm the go-to wiz for mind-boggling math questions.
6.2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in The Guardian[1], London, archived from the original on 12 March 2018:
Chief among the dire presentiments was the suggestion that the ascension of Labour to power would result in Radiohead ceasing touring and instead taking up a residency at a Las Vegas resort. The image of Thom Yorke serenading Sin City’s high rollers with a rousing chorus of Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors was mind-boggling, but you could see why some press went on the offensive.
[Etymology]
editmind + boggling.
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boggling
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[Anagrams]
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- blogging
[Verb]
editboggling
1.present participle of boggle
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boggle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɒɡ.əl/[Etymology 1]
editVariation or derivation of bogle, possibly cognate with bug.
[Etymology 2]
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dodge
[[English]]
ipa :/dɒdʒ/[Adjective]
editdodge (comparative more dodge, superlative most dodge)
1.(Australia) dodgy
[Etymology]
editUncertain, but possibly from Old English dydrian, by way of dialectal dodd or dodder.
[Noun]
editdodge (plural dodges)
1.An act of dodging.
2.A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.)
3.1848-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 12:
The dodges of women beat all comprehension; and I am sure she wouldn’t let the lad off so easily, if she had not some other scheme on hand.
4.1869, Punch (volume 57, page 257)
“Ain't this a rum go? This is a queer sort of dodge for lighting the streets.”
5.1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, OCLC 1085228267, page 14:
He knows everybody, and is up to all the dodges of editorial management and newspaper cliques.
6.(slang) A line of work.
7.1992, Time (volume 140, issues 1-9, page 74)
In the marketing dodge, that is known as rub-off.
8.2009, Chris Knopf, Head Wounds (page 233)
Through a series of unconventional circumstances, some my fault, Jackie had found herself working both civil and criminal sides of the real estate dodge, which put her among a rare breed of attorney […]
[Synonyms]
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- (to avoid): duck, evade, fudge, skirt, shun
[Verb]
editdodge (third-person singular simple present dodges, present participle dodging, simple past and past participle dodged)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
He dodged traffic crossing the street.
2.(transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.
3.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion[1]:
The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
4.(archaic) To go hither and thither.
5.(photography, videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
6.(transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
7.1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, II.iii.7:
“I had a notion he was dodging me all the way I came, for I saw him just behind me, turn which way I would.”
8.1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist! / And still it neared and neared: / As if it dodged a water-sprite, / It plunged and tacked and veered.
9.1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
Miss Griffin screamed after me, the faithless Vizier ran after me, and the boy at the turnpike dodged me into a corner, like a sheep, and cut me off.
10.(transitive, intransitive, dated) To trick somebody.
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Dodge
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom a Middle English diminutive form of Roger.
[Proper noun]
editDodge (countable and uncountable, plural Dodges)
1.(countable, chiefly US) A surname, from given names.
2.A placename
1.A village in Nebraska.
2.A city and village in North Dakota.
3.A census-designated place in Oklahoma.
4.A town in Wisconsin.A brand of motor vehicle.
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