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backdrop
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbæk.dɹɒp/[Anagrams]
edit
- drop back, drop-back, dropback
[Etymology]
editFrom back + drop
[Noun]
editbackdrop (plural backdrops)
1.A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
2.An image that serves as a visual background.
3.2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers”, in New York Times[1]:
The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames.
4.2008, Guy W. Lecky-Thompson, Video Game Design Revealed, page 12:
Animated, seemingly varied crowd movement will place a game in the early 1990s, while static crowd backdrops and blocky, sprite-based athletes tend to point toward technology used in the 1980s.
5.The setting or background of an acted performance.
6.2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph[2]:
Blackpool’s aggregate victory ensures Birmingham are now preparing for a potential summer of change. Manager Chris Hughton has been operating against a backdrop of financial uncertainty all season and last night Peter Pannu, the vice-chairman, announced that the club’s accounts would finally be published next week, and that a new investor had been identified.
7.2012 November 13, European Court of Human Rights, M. M. v. The United Kingdom[3], number 24029/07, marginal 171:
Specifically on the question of Article 8 considerations, the Court of Appeal expressed the view that it was difficult to see how a chief constable’s decision to disclose [the applicant’s charges to the employer] could ever be challenged (see paragraph 81 above). The Court observes that the case was decided against the backdrop of a clearly-defined legislative framework (i.e., the 1997 Act, which was in force in England and Wales at the time) which the court took to be in compliance with Article 8 (see paragraph 78 above).
8.2016 February 6, James Zogby, “Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace”, in The National[4]:
All of this heightened hyper-reaction to criticism plays out against a backdrop of dangerous moves by Israel and its supporters in the US to not only defame and politically punish critics and in some instances to go further by making criticism illegal.
9.(figuratively) Any background situation.
Against a backdrop of falling interest rates, the new savings account is looking less appealing.
10.2021 October 20, Philip Haigh, “RDG lauches voluntary redundancy scheme”, in RAIL, number 942, page 9:
Against this backdrop, RDG said it needed to "review historic working practices so that the railway can respond to changing passenger needs and enable future growth".
[Verb]
editbackdrop (third-person singular simple present backdrops, present participle backdropping, simple past and past participle backdropped)
1.(transitive) To serve as a backdrop for.
a brilliant sunset backdropping the famous skyline
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boon
[[English]]
ipa :/buːn/[Anagrams]
edit
- Bono, NOBO, Obon, noob
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English boon (“prayer”), from Old Norse bón (“prayer, petition”), from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), influenced by boon (“good, favorable”, adj). Doublet of ben; see there for more.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English boon, bone, borrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”), from Old Latin duonus, dvenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to respect”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English bone (North), akin to or alteration of Old English bune (“reed”).[1]
[Etymology 4]
edit
[References]
edit
1. ^ Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, s.v. ‘boon3’ (NY: Random House, 2001).
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/bʊə̯n/[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch boon, from Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch *bōna, from Proto-Germanic *baunō.
[Noun]
editboon (plural bone, diminutive boontjie)
1.bean
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/boːn/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch bône, from Old Dutch *bōna, from Proto-Germanic *baunō.
[Noun]
editboon f or m (plural bonen, diminutive boontje n)
1.bean
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/boːn/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Old Norse bón, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Old Northern French boon, from Old French bon (“good”).
[Etymology 3]
edit
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boo
[[English]]
ipa :/buː/[Anagrams]
edit
- OBO, OOB, OoB, o/b/o, obo
[Etymology 1]
editFrom earlier (15c.) boh, coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom beau.
[Etymology 3]
edit
[Etymology 4]
editLikely onomatopoeic.
[Etymology 5]
editDubious; perhaps adaptation of French beau (“beautiful”).[1]
[Further reading]
edit
- boo at OneLook Dictionary Search
[References]
edit
1. ^ “boo, n.”, in Dictionary of South African English, Makhanda, Eastern Cape: Dictionary Unit for South African English, 1996–2022.
[[Dumbea]]
ipa :/ᵐbøo/[Noun]
editboo
1.moon
[References]
edit
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
[[French]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editboo m (uncountable)
1.(linguistics) Boo
Synonym: boko
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈbo.oː/[Alternative forms]
edit
- bovō
[Etymology]
editFrom bōs + -ō.
[References]
edit
- “boo”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “boo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
[Synonyms]
edit
- (bellow, roar): īnfremō, mūgiō, rudō
[Verb]
editboō (present infinitive boāre, perfect active boāvī, supine boātum); first conjugation
1.(intransitive) I cry aloud, bellow, roar; bray.
sed in prima remansi voce et identidem boavi
but I stayed stuck on the first syllable and brayed it repeatedly
2.c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 7.3:
Et verbum quidem praecedens semel ac saepius inmodice clamitavi, sequens vero nullo pacto disserere potui, sed in prima remansi voce et identidem boavi "Non non", quanquam minia rutunditate pendulas vibrassem labias.
3.(transitive) I call loudly upon; bellow, cry or roar forth.
[[Scots]]
ipa :/buː/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English buwen, buȝen, bowen, from Old English būgan, from Proto-West Germanic *beugan, from Proto-Germanic *beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with English bow, Dutch buigen, German biegen, Danish bue.
[Noun]
editboo (plural boos)
1.a bow (of greeting)
[Verb]
editboo (third-person singular simple present booes, present participle booin, simple past boo'd, past participle boo'd)
1.to bow, to stoop
2.to bend, to curve
3.to make something bend or curve
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years
[[English]]
ipa :/ji.ə(ɹ)z/[Anagrams]
edit
- Areys, Ayers, Ayres, Rayes, Reays, Sayer, Sayre, arsey, ayres, eyras, resay, sayer
[Noun]
edityears
1.plural of year.
2.1981, May 5 1718-PDT, Jim McGrath, Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups: fa.sf-lovers, said with a smile at an awards ceremony in the Pennsylvania state Capitol
It will be a shorter book and it will not start four million years ago.
3.2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.edityears pl (plural only)
1.(colloquial, hyperbolic) A very long time.
It took years for the bus to come.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (unusually long time): ages, yonks, for ever, donkey’s years, donkey’s
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fuse
[[English]]
ipa :/fjuːz/[Anagrams]
edit
- feus
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Italian fuso and French fusée, from Latin fūsus (“spindle”).
[Etymology 2]
editBack-formation from fusion (“to melt”), first to verbal sense, then noun.
[[French]]
[Verb]
editfuse
1.inflection of fuser:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2.second-person singular imperative
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈfu.ze/[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Latin]]
[Adverb]
editfūsē (comparative fūsius, superlative fūsissimē)
1.widely, extensively
2.in great detail
3.loosely, roughly
[Participle]
editfūse
1.vocative masculine singular of fūsus
[References]
edit
- “fuse”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “fuse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editfuse
1.inflection of fus:
1.definite singular
2.plural
[References]
edit
- “fuse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Verb]
editfuse (present tense fuser, past tense fuste, past participle fust)
1.rush
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editfuse
1.inflection of fus:
1.definite singular
2.pluralneuter of fusen
[Alternative forms]
edit
- fusa (verb) (a infinitive)
[References]
edit
- “fuse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[Verb]
editfuse (present tense fusar, past tense fusa, past participle fusa, passive infinitive fusast, present participle fusande, imperative fuse/fus)
1.rush
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[ˈfu.se][Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Venetian]]
[Verb]
editfuse
1.first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
2.third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of èser
3.third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of èser
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premises
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹɛməsiːz/[Alternative forms]
edit
- præmises (archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- emprises, impreses, impresse, mesprise, spiremes
[Etymology 1]
editSee premise
[Etymology 2]
edit
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liftoff
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- lift-off
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb phrase lift off.
[Noun]
editliftoff (plural liftoffs)
1.(aerospace) The point in the launch of a rocket or an aircraft where it leaves contact with the ground.
2.The point at which a person or animal leaves the ground, as for example when jumping.
3.2011, Robert Strauss, Daddy's Little Goalie (page 53)
As she was on her approach to the hoop, taking that first Jordanesque liftoff step, her mouth guard fell floorward. Undeterred, she kept going up with the ball in her right hand.
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lift-off
[[English]]
[Noun]
editlift-off (plural lift-offs)
1.Alternative form of liftoff
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explore
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪkˈsplɔː/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).
[Noun]
editexplore (plural explores)
1.(colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.
2.2008, John Watters, Bonza Voyage
Daylight was fading quickly, but I was still keen to have a little explore of the town and beach.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (examine or investigate systematically): delve into, research
[Verb]
editexplore (third-person singular simple present explores, present participle exploring, simple past and past participle explored)
1.(intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
2.(transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.
3.2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
4.(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.
5.(intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
6.(transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.
7.(intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.
8.(intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.
9.1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, OCLC 491297620, page 9:
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
10.(transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
[[French]]
[Verb]
editexplore
1.inflection of explorer:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2.second-person singular imperative
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editexplore
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of explorar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of explorar
3.first-person singular imperative of explorar
4.third-person singular imperative of explorar
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editexplore
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of explorar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of explorar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of explorar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of explorar.
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combiner
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- incomber
[Etymology]
editcombine + -er
[Noun]
editcombiner (plural combiners)
1.A person who or a thing that combines.
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.bi.ne/[Anagrams]
edit
- incomber
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin combīnāre, present active infinitive of combīnō.
[Further reading]
edit
- “combiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Verb]
editcombiner
1.to combine (bring (two or more things or activities) together)
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editcombīner
1.first-person singular present passive subjunctive of combīnō
[[Middle French]]
[Verb]
editcombiner
1.to combine (to mix; to put things together)
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advent
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæd.vɛnt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”)
[Noun]
editadvent (plural advents)
1.arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears
2.1741, [Edward Young], “Night the Fifth. The Relapse. […]”, in The Complaint. Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality. Night the Fifth, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley […], OCLC 1102703094:
Death's dreadful advent
3.1853, Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as Bartleby, →ISBN, page 3:
At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.
4.2008, Philip Roth, Indignation:
The car in which I had taken Olivia to dinner and then out to the cemetery — a historic vehicle, even a monument of sorts, in the history of fellatio's advent onto the Winesburg campus in the second half of the twentieth century — went careening off to the side...
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 2, 51–52:
Berlin's six-decade career began before the advent of radio and ended during the height of Beatlemania.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (coming): arrival, approach, oncome, onset
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ədˈvent/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Advent
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “advent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “advent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “advent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “advent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editadvent m (plural advents)
1.Advent
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈadvɛnt][Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus
[Further reading]
edit
- advent in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- advent in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editadvent m inan
1.Advent (season before Christmas)
[[Danish]]
ipa :/advɛnt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus.
[Noun]
editadvent c (singular definite adventen, plural indefinite adventer)
1.Advent (the period from Advent Sunday to Christmas)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ɑtˈfɛnt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch advent, borrowed from Latin adventus.
[Noun]
editadvent m (uncountable)
1.(Christianity) Advent (period from the fourth Sunday before Christmas until Christmas Eve)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/ɑdʋɛnt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus.
[Noun]
editadvent m (definite singular adventen, indefinite plural adventer, definite plural adventene)
1.Advent (period before Christmas)
[References]
edit
- “advent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus.
[Noun]
editadvent f (definite singular adventa, indefinite plural adventer, definite plural adventene)
1.Advent (period before Christmas)
[References]
edit
- “advent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old Frisian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus.
[Noun]
editadvent m
1.advent
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French advent or Latin adventus.
[Noun]
editadvent n (plural adventuri)
1.Advent
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/ǎdʋent/[Alternative forms]
edit
- àdvenat
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus (“coming to”), perfect passive participle form of verb advenīre (“come to”).
[Noun]
editàdvent m (Cyrillic spelling а̀двент)
1.(Christianity) Advent (period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas)
[References]
edit
- “advent” in Hrvatski jezični portal
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/adˈvɛnt/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish advent, borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”). Compare Swedish åtkomst.
[Noun]
editadvent n
1.Advent
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[[English]]
[Etymology]
editSee advent.
[Proper noun]
editAdvent
1.(Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
2.(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (season): Christmas season, Christmastide, yuletide; holiday season (secular)
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ədˈvent/[Alternative forms]
edit
- advent
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus.
[Proper noun]
editAdvent m
1.Advent
[[German]]
ipa :/ʔatˈvɛnt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German advente, borrowed from Latin adventus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Advent” in Duden online
- “Advent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editAdvent m (strong, genitive Adventes or Advents, plural Advente)
1.(Christianity) Advent
Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt. ― Advent, advent, a light is burning.
Erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier; ― First one, then two, then three, then four;
Dann steht das Christkind vor der Tür. ― Then the Christkind is at the door. (A nursery rhyme.)
[See also]
edit
- Vorweihnachtszeit
- Wintersonnenwende
- Mittwinter
- Dreikönigsfest
[[Luxembourgish]]
ipa :/atˈvænt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus.
[Noun]
editAdvent m (uncountable)
1.Advent
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/ǎdʋent/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Àdvenat
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin adventus (“coming to”), perfect passive participle form of verb advenīre (“come to”).
[Noun]
editÀdvent m (Cyrillic spelling А̀двент)
1.(Christianity) Advent (the first or the expected second coming of Christ)
[References]
edit
- “Advent” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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freewheeling
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɹiːˌ(h)wiːlɪŋ/[Adjective]
editfreewheeling (comparative more freewheeling, superlative most freewheeling)
1.Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
2.1967, Donald M. Counihan, “Statement of American Producers of Italian-type Cheeses Association and Universal Foods Corp., Stella Cheese Division, Milwaukee, Wis.”, in Import Quotas Legislation: Hearings before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, First Session on Proposal to Impose Import Quotas on Oil, Steel, Textiles, Meat, Dairy Products, and Other Commodities: Part 1: October 18 and 19, 1967: […], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, OCLC 452561, page 142:
We are confident that such a provision will be drafted such that it will not allow the President to vitiate the intent of the bill through "freewheeling" negotiations.
3.1977 December 14, John P. Weise, trial judge; Audrey Bernhardt, reporter, “The Singer Company, Librascope Division v. The United States [No. 132-75; 215 Ct. Cl. 281]”, in Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims: September 1, 1977 to February 28, 1978: […], volume 215, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1979, ISSN 0149-2810, OCLC 7891288, page 298:
To begin with, the advisory panel did not operate in the freewheeling fashion that the plaintiff's brief seems to suggest. There was not a disregard by SIDG [Subsystems Integration Design Group] of the contractual implications of the action that it was generating.
4.1984, Howard R[oberts] Lamar, “Introduction”, in E[dmond] de Mandat-Grancey; William Conn, transl., Cow-boys and Colonels: Narrative of a Journey across the Prairie and over the Black Hills of Dakota […], Lincoln, Neb.; London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN:
De Mandat-Grancey's interest in America was whetted further by a dashing and somewhat mysterious ex-Confederate soldier named Gifford F. Parker. […] Later, the Baron found this freewheeling soldier of fortune living as a nabob merchant in Hong Kong; and yet again the two met in Paris.
5.1994, Christopher Anderson, “David O. Selznick and the Making of Light’s Diamond Jubilee”, in Hollywood TV: The Studio System in the Fifties, Austin, Tx.: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 109:
In the movie industry, the promise of windfall profits at the box office had encouraged his freewheeling spending. Now [David O.] Selznick feared that the entire budget for Light's Diamond Jubilee would barely cover his company's typical operating expenses during the months of production.
6.2018 June 8, Sabrina Siddiqui, “Freewheeling Trump sounds off on tariffs, pardons and NFL ahead of G7: Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, the president also discussed international tensions and EPA chief Scott Pruitt”, in The Guardian[1], London, archived from the original on 18 June 2018:
Donald Trump sounded off on presidential pardons, international tensions over trade and his embattled environmental chief, Scott Pruitt, on Friday as he departed Washington for what is likely to be a combative G7 summit in Canada. Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, the freewheeling president also said he would like to meet with the NFL athletes who he has sharply criticized for kneeling during the national anthem.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- free-wheeling
[Etymology]
editfreewheel + -ing.
[Verb]
editfreewheeling
1.present participle of freewheel.
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[[English]]
[Etymology]
editfree + wheel
[Noun]
editfreewheel (plural freewheels)
1.a device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.
[Verb]
editfreewheel (third-person singular simple present freewheels, present participle freewheeling, simple past and past participle freewheeled)
1.(of a gear) To continue spinning after disengagement.
2.(of a cyclist) To ride a bicycle without pedalling, e.g. downhill.
3.1935, George Orwell, A Clergyman’s Daughter, Chapter 3,[1]
On her elderly bicycle with the basketwork carrier on the handle-bars, Dorothy free-wheeled down the hill, doing mental arithmetic with three pounds nineteen and fourpence--her entire stock of money until next quarter-day.
4.(of a motorist) To operate a motor vehicle which is coasting without power, e.g. downhill.
5.(by extension) To operate free from constraints.
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malleable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmæli.əbəl/[Adjective]
editmalleable (comparative more malleable, superlative most malleable)
1.Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
2.(figuratively) Flexible, liable to change.
My opinion on the subject is malleable.
3.(cryptography, of an algorithm) in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”).
[References]
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- “malleable” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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harrowing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhæɹəʊiŋ/[Adjective]
editharrowing (comparative more harrowing, superlative most harrowing)
1.Causing pain or distress.
2.2006, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Killer Smile, Dark Horse Books, cover text
Harrowing journeys down the dark roads of anger, violence, and madness
3.2013 January 1, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 1, page 62:
Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.
[Noun]
editharrowing (plural harrowings)
1.The process of breaking up earth with a harrow.
The field received two harrowings.
2.Suffering, torment.
3.Ravaging; hostile incursion; spoliation; intentional widespread destruction.
4.1956 April 1, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Chicago, page 122, column 1:
Scientists who complain about the helplessness of politicians might consider the desolation in England which followed the harrowing of the north by William the Conqueror or the state of the Palatinate long after the end of the Thirty Years War[.]
1.(Christianity) Christ's ravaging or hostile incursion of Hell, conducted between his crucifixion and resurrection, in which he liberated the souls of the righteous held captive by Satan.
2.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 178:
As in other myths, like Christ's harrowing of hell, the initiate descends into the netherworld for the magical three days.
3.1986, Jeffrey Burton Russell, Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages, →ISBN, page 108:
In the harrowing, Christ sweeps down upon death, hell, and the Devil, smashes down the doors of hell, and triumphantly carries the just off to heaven.
4.2002, Michael W. Herren & Shirley Ann Brown, Christ in Celtic Christianity: Britain and Ireland from the Fifth to the Tenth Century, →ISBN, page 157:
The motif of the harrowing of hell was highly influential in the Insular world.
5.2013, Robert E. Bjork, The Cynewulf Reader, →ISBN, page 153:
But Juliana's uniquely powerful chaining of the devil is surely meant to recall Christ's harrowing of hell.
[Verb]
editharrowing
1.present participle of harrow
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moment
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈməʊmənt/[Anagrams]
edit
- montem
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin mōmentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.
[Further reading]
edit
- moment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editmoment (countable and uncountable, plural moments)
1.A brief, unspecified amount of time.
Synonyms: stound, instant, trice
Wait a moment, while I lock the front door.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] , and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
3.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.
4.2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
5.The smallest portion of time; an instant.
6.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
7.(figuratively) Weight or importance.
8.c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene vii], line 67:
In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.
9.1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Second Stain, (Norton 2005, p.1192)
The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment.
10.1941 May, “Notes and News: William Stroudley”, in Railway Magazine, page 234:
As to any suggestion that Stroudley's engines were not free-running at high speed, this was of little moment with 60 m.p.h. laid down as the limit at that time.
11.(physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation.
Synonym: moment of force
12.(historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
13.(neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
14.(colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
15.(mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
16.(mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
If the points represent mass, then the zeroth moment is the total mass, the first moment divided by the total mass is the center of mass, and the second moment is the rotational inertia.
[References]
edit
- 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 3 p 3174. ("The smallest portion of time; an instant." is a direct quote from this Dictionary.)
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/moˈment/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin mōmentum.
[Further reading]
edit
- “moment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “moment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “moment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “moment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editmoment m (plural moments)
1.moment (specific instant or time)
2. […] el català, malgrat tot, viu un moment de glòria efímera durant els darrers anys del segle XVIII i primers del XIX.
Catalan, in spite of everything, had a moment of ephemeral glory in the last years of the 18th century and the first ones of the 19th.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈmomɛnt][Further reading]
edit
- moment in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- moment in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editmoment m
1.moment (specific instant or time)
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/moːˈmɛnt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch moment, from Middle French moment, from Latin momentum.
[Noun]
editmoment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)
1.moment (very brief period of time)
Synonym: ogenblik
2.(physics) moment of force, moment
Synonym: krachtmoment
[[French]]
ipa :/mɔ.mɑ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin mōmentum.
[Further reading]
edit
- “moment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editmoment m (plural moments)
1.moment (point in time)
2.moment (short period of time)
3.a while
Ça fait un moment que je l'attends
I've been waiting for him for a while
4.(physics, mechanics) moment, momentum
[See also]
edit
- instant
[[Friulian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin mōmentum.
[Noun]
editmoment m (plural moments)
1.moment, instant
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/mʊˈmɛnt/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin momentum, from movere
[Noun]
editmoment n (definite singular momentet, indefinite plural moment, definite plural momenta)
1.element, variable, contributing factor or circumstance
Det er mange moment som spelar inn her.
There are many variables at play here.
2.(physics) moment of force
[References]
edit
- “moment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Occitan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin mōmentum.
[Noun]
editmoment m (plural moments)
1.moment
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈmɔ.mɛnt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin mōmentum.
[Further reading]
edit
- moment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- moment in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Interjection]
editmoment
1.(colloquial) wait a minute
[Noun]
editmoment m inan (diminutive momencik)
1.(physics) moment
moment bezwładności ― moment of inertia
moment gnący / moment zginający ― bending moment
moment pędu ― angular momentum, moment of momentum
moment siły ― moment of force
moment skręcający ― twisting moment
2.moment (short period of time)
Synonym: chwila
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[moˈment][Etymology]
editBorrowed from French moment, from Latin momentum.
[Noun]
editmoment n (plural momente)
1.moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this definition is needed)
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in store
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Orients, iterons, nitrose, noirest, norites, oestrin, orients, sterino, stonier, tersion, tries on, triones
[Prepositional phrase]
editin store
1.In waiting; in readiness.
He's got some bad news in store for us, judging from his mood.
2.In a retail outlet.
We have great Christmas deals in store!
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sleek
[[English]]
ipa :/sliːk/[Adjective]
editsleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)
1.Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
sleek hair
Synonyms: frictionless, silky; see also Thesaurus:smooth
2.1717, Dryden, John; Garth, Samuel; et al, “Book 1”, in Metamorphoses, translation of Metamorphoses by Ovid, line 837:
So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.
3.Glossy.
Synonyms: glacé, sheeny; see also Thesaurus:glossy
4.Not rough or harsh.
Synonyms: civilized, classy, elegant, graceful, refined
5.1673, Milton, John, “Sonnet 11”, in Poems, line 10:
Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek.
6.Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.
Synonyms: lithe, svelte; see also Thesaurus:slender
7.Of stock animals, healthy, well-fed and well-groomed; in good condition.
[Adverb]
editsleek (comparative more sleek or sleeker, superlative most sleek or sleekest)
1.(dated) With ease and dexterity.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Keels, Klees, Leske, Selke, elkes, keels, leeks, skeel
[Etymology]
editA late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.
[Noun]
editsleek (uncountable)
1.That which makes smooth; varnish.
[Verb]
editsleek (third-person singular simple present sleeks, present participle sleeking, simple past and past participle sleeked)
1.To make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.
[[Scots]]
ipa :/slik/[Adjective]
editsleek (comparative sleeker, superlative sleekest)
1.sleek
[Etymology]
editVariant of slick.
[Verb]
editsleek (third-person singular simple present sleeks, present participle sleekin, simple past sleekit, past participle sleekit)
1.to sleek
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light-years
[[English]]
[Noun]
editlight-years
1.plural of light-year
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no matter
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Metatron
[Etymology]
editShortened from earlier it makes no matter, it is no matter.
[Interjection]
editno matter (not comparable)
1.(dated or US) It doesn't matter, it's unimportant, it doesn't make any difference.
It seems that Doug's coat has gone missing. Oh, well, no matter: we can always buy a new one, now can't we?
"Did you fail your exam?" "Yes, but no matter. I'll just study harder next time."
[Preposition]
editno matter
1.Irrespective of, regardless of, in spite of.
As an experienced geologist, he can identify any rock no matter where he finds it.
No matter what the excuse, you must not be late.
We can fix your plumbing no matter the problem.
I'll pick you up at the airport on Friday no matter when your flight arrives.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 46:
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
3.2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
The result in Greece meant Tottenham could not progress, no matter how many goals they scored against Rovers but, after making nine changes to his starting line-up, Harry Redknapp will be pleased with the performance of his fringe players.
[See also]
edit
- no matter what
[Synonyms]
edit
- (irrespective of, in spite of): regardless
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Taps
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- APTS, APTs, ATSP, PATs, PSAT, PTAs, PTSA, Pats, TPAs, ap'ts, apts, past, pats, spat, stap
[Etymology]
editDisputed.
[Proper noun]
editTaps
1.A bugle call played by the United States Armed Forces at dusk, during flag ceremonies, and at military funerals.
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pupil
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpjuːpəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- pipul
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English pupille, from Anglo-Norman pupille (“orphan”), from Latin pūpillus (“orphan, minor”), variant of pūpulus (“little boy”), from pūpus (“child, boy”).
[Etymology 2]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:pupilWikipedia From Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.
[Further reading]
edit
-
- Pupil in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/puˈpil/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin pūpillus. Doublet of pubill.
[Further reading]
edit
- “pupil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pupil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “pupil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pupil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editpupil m (plural pupils, feminine pupil·la)
1.orphan
Synonym: orfe
[[Danish]]
ipa :/pupil/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin pūpilla (“little girl”), diminutive of pūpa (“girl”).
[Noun]
editpupil c (singular definite pupillen, plural indefinite pupiller)
1.pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)
[References]
edit
- “pupil” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/pyˈpɪl/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Middle French pupille, from Latin pūpillus.
[[Malay]]
ipa :/pupel/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English pupil, from Middle French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”).
[Noun]
editpupil (Jawi spelling ڤوڤيل, plural pupil-pupil, informal 1st possessive pupilku, 2nd possessive pupilmu, 3rd possessive pupilnya)
1.(anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)
[Synonyms]
edit
- anak mata / انق مات
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈpu.pil/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French pupille, from Latin pūpilla.
[Further reading]
edit
- pupil in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pupil in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editpupil m pers (diminutive pupilek, feminine pupilka)
1.favorite son, favored student, protégé, teacher's pet
2.(archaic) pupil (learner)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French pupille, from Latin pupillus.
[Noun]
editpupil m (plural pupili)
1.pupil
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wireless
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwaɪə.ləs/[Adjective]
editwireless (not comparable)
1.Not having any wires.
2.Of or relating to communication without a wired connection, such as by radio waves.
[Antonyms]
edit
- wired
[Etymology]
editwire + -less
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:wirelessWikipedia wireless (usually uncountable, plural (dated) wirelesses)
1.(uncountable) The medium of radio communication.
Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.
2.1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”
3.(uncountable, networking) Wireless connectivity to a computer network.
If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.
4.(dated, chiefly Britain) A radio set.
Let's switch on the wireless and listen to the news.
5.1979, Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley, “Video Killed the Radio Star”:
I heard you on my wireless back in '52
[Synonyms]
edit
- cordless
[Verb]
editwireless (third-person singular simple present wirelesses, present participle wirelessing, simple past and past participle wirelessed)
1.To send a message by wireless (by radio)
2.1919, William Charles Henry Wood, Flag and Fleet:
At 3:30 A.M. a huge Zeppelin flew across the British battle line, wirelessing down to any Germans still to the westward the best way to get home.
3.1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 1,[1]
Just outside Piraeus we circled low over a capsized fishing-boat, a grisly wreck in the crystal blue water, and wirelessed a description of it to the mainland.
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editwireless (invariable)
1.(computing) wireless
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English wireless.
[Noun]
editwireless m (invariable)
1.wireless (transmission without wires)
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English wireless.
[Noun]
editwireless m (uncountable)
1.(Guernsey) wireless, radio
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editwireless (plural wireless, comparable)
1.(of hardware) wireless (communicating without wired connections)
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English wireless.
[Noun]
editwireless f (plural wireless)
1.(networking) wireless (wireless connectivity to a computer network)
[Synonyms]
edit
- sem fio (Brazil) / sem fios (Portugal)
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bulletin
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbʊlɪtɪn/[Etymology]
editFrom French bulletin.
[Further reading]
edit
- “bulletin”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “bulletin”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “bulletin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “bulletin” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[Noun]
editbulletin (plural bulletins)
1.A short report, especially one released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.
2.A short news report.
3.A short printed publication, especially one produced by an organization.
[Verb]
editbulletin (third-person singular simple present bulletins, present participle bulletining, simple past and past participle bulletined)
1.To announce something by means of such a report or publication.
[[French]]
ipa :/byl.tɛ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French bullette + diminutive suffixes -in, or possibly a borrowing from Italian bollettino.
[Further reading]
edit
- “bulletin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editbulletin m (plural bulletins)
1.bulletin
2.newsletter
3.report card, school report
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Noun]
editbulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletiner, definite plural bulletinene)
1.alternative form of bulleteng
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Noun]
editbulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletinar, definite plural bulletinane)
1.alternative form of bulleteng
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wearer
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛəɹə(ɹ)[Anagrams]
edit
- ree-raw, rewear
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English werer, werere, equivalent to wear + -er.
[Noun]
editwearer (plural wearers)
1.One who wears.
On Saint Patrick's day I put on my green shirt and join the wearers of the green.
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left out
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editleft out (comparative more left out, superlative most left out)
1.Not included or accepted in a group or event.
2.1989, Leo M. Jacobs, A Deaf Adult Speaks Out (page 143)
I could not keep up with hearing people at parties that she gave; I felt left out. My girl friend felt the same way when she attended parties with deaf people.
[Anagrams]
edit
- outfelt
[Verb]
editleft out
1.simple past tense and past participle of leave out
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trillion
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɹɪljən/[Etymology 1]
editFrom French trillion, from tri- (“three”) + -illion.
[Etymology 2]
editCoined by Harvey Pollack, because of the way the numbers read across a basketball box score
[[French]]
ipa :/tʁi.ljɔ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom tri- (“three”) + -illion, from million; i.e. a million million million.Coined by Jehan Adam in 1475 as trimillion.Rendered as tryllion by Nicolas Chuquet in 1484, in his article “Triparty en la science des nombres”.
[Further reading]
edit
- “trillion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Numeral]
edittrillion
1.1018; a long scale trillion; a short scale quintillion
[References]
edit
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
edittrillion m (plural trillions)
1.trillion, 1018
2.1520, Étienne de La Roche, L'arismethique novellement composee, page 6
ung trillion vault mille milliers de billions
a trillion is equivalent to a thousand thousands of billions
[[Tatar]]
[Numeral]
edittrillion (Cyrillic spelling триллион)
1.trillion (1012)
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omission
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈmɪʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English omissioun, from Old French omission, from Late Latin omissio, omissionem, from Latin omitto.
[Noun]
editomission (countable and uncountable, plural omissions)
1.(uncountable) The act of omitting.
2.(uncountable) The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
E&O insurance (for errors and omissions) covers both errors of commission and errors of omission.
3.(countable) An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship.
4.Something not done or neglected.
The lack of a sponge count was an omission by the surgical team.
5.(grammar) The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.
Hyponym: contraction
[See also]
edit
- contraction
[[French]]
ipa :/ɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin omissio, omissionem, from Latin omitto. See omettre and -tion.
[Further reading]
edit
- “omission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editomission f (plural omissions)
1.omission (act of omitting)
Synonym: prétérition
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editomission
1.Alternative form of omissioun
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generous
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/[Adjective]
editgenerous (comparative more generous, superlative most generous)
1.Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous. [from 16th c.]
Thank you for your generous words.
2.Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed. [from 17th c.]
She's been extremely generous with her winnings.
3.Large, more than ample, copious. [from 17th c.]
Add a generous helping of mayonnaise.
his generous buttocks
4.Invigorating in its nature.
a generous wine
5.(obsolete) Of noble birth. [16th-19th c.]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French genereux, and its source, Latin generōsus (“of noble birth”), from genus (“race, stock”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:generous
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proportion
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English proporcion, from Old French proportion, from Latin prōportiō (“comparative relation, proportion, symmetry, analogy”), from pro (“for, before”) + portio (“share, part”); see portion.
[Further reading]
edit
- “proportion” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “proportion” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editproportion (countable and uncountable, plural proportions)
1.(countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
2.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, […]!”
3.(uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
4.(countable) Proper or equal share.
5.1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], OCLC 1203220866:
Let the women […] do the same things in their proportions and capacities.
6.The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.
the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body
7.1563 March 30, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], OCLC 64451939:
The image of Christ made in Pilate's time after his own proportion.
8.1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], OCLC 230694662:
Formed in the best proportions of her sex.
9.(mathematics, countable) A statement of equality between two ratios.
10.(mathematics, archaic) The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.
11.(countable, chiefly in the plural) Size.
12.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
13.2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?
[Verb]
editproportion (third-person singular simple present proportions, present participle proportioning, simple past and past participle proportioned)
1.(transitive) To divide into proper shares; to apportion.
2.1960 April, “The braking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 237:
In order to proportion the braking force to the weight carried by a wheel - a matter of special importance in the braking of wagons - variable leverage systems are now being introduced in which the end of one axle spring is linked to a control spring in the change-over valve, so automatically varying the leverage exerted by the brake-rod according to whether the wagon is full or empty.
3.(transitive) To form symmetrically.
4.(transitive, art) To set or render in proportion.
5.(transitive, archaic) To correspond to.
[[French]]
ipa :/pʁɔ.pɔʁ.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin prōportiō.
[Further reading]
edit
- “proportion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editproportion f (plural proportions)
1.proportion
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outweigh
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌaʊtˈweɪ/[Anagrams]
edit
- weigh out
[Etymology]
editout- + weigh
[See also]
edit
- outnumber
[Verb]
editoutweigh (third-person singular simple present outweighs, present participle outweighing, simple past and past participle outweighed)
1.(transitive) To exceed in weight or mass.
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 II, scene iii:
The King your brother is now hard at hand,
Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders
Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands
And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.
3.(transitive) To exceed in importance or value.
4.1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:
The advantage […] was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it.
5.1960 April, “Talking of trains: The new link at Barnsley”, in Trains Illustrated, page 197:
A few trains, mostly at peak periods, will still terminate at Barnsley because the convenience to workpeople of their current times outweighs the advantages of through working.
6.2019 May 20, Walter Thompson, “A school's mural removal: should kids be shielded from brutal US history?”, in The Guardian[1]:
Flores said the images’ negative impact outweighs their historical and artistic value.
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leave out
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
edit
- exclude, miss out, omit; see also Thesaurus:omit
[Verb]
editleave out (third-person singular simple present leaves out, present participle leaving out, simple past and past participle left out)
1.To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention.
The journalist decided to leave out certain details from her story.
The journalist decided to leave the sleaze out of her story.
2.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt
But apart from this, it is difficult for a man like Watt to tell a long story like Watt's without leaving out some things, and foisting in others.
3.2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC[1]:
Capello mystifyingly left Ashley Young out despite a match-winning display in the Euro 2012 qualifier win in Wales in March and he only underlined the folly of the decision by emerging as substitute at half-time and striking a fine equaliser six minutes after coming on.
4.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see leave, out.
After breakfast, there were still some ingredients left out that needed to be put away.
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roi
[[Bahnar]]
ipa :/rɔːj/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Bahnaric *rɔːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruj ~ *ruuj ~ *ruəj ~ *ruhaj (“fly (insect)”).
[Noun]
editroi
1.fly
[[Bourguignon]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin rex.
[Noun]
editroi m (plural rois, feminine roine)
1.king
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁwa/[Alternative forms]
edit
- roy (obsolete) [pre-1800]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem, accusative of rēx, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs.
[Further reading]
edit
- “roi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editroi m (plural rois, feminine reine)
1.king
Le roi est mort.
The king is dead.
2.(chess) king
3.(card games) king
[See also]
edit
[[Old French]]
ipa :/ˈroi̯/[Alternative forms]
edit
- rai (Le Roman de Tristan, Thomas d'Angleterre)
- rei
- rex (9th century)
- roy
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin rēx, rēgem.
[Noun]
editroi m (oblique plural rois, nominative singular rois, nominative plural roi)
1.king
2.(chess) king
[[Papiamentu]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- rooi (alternative spelling)
[Etymology]
editFrom Spanish arroyo.
[Noun]
editroiA dry creek, that fills with water after rainfall.
1.creek
2.gulch
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈrɔ.i/[Verb]
editroi
1.third-person singular present of roić
[[Romanian]]
ipa :-oj[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Old Church Slavonic рои (roi), from Proto-Slavic *rojь. Compare Czech roj, Slovak roj and Serbo-Croatian roj.
[Noun]
editroi n (plural roiuri)
1.swarm
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[zɔj˧˧][Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Vietic *p-rɔːj. Cognate with Chut [Rục] brɔːj¹, Kha Phong urɔːj.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/rɔi̯/[Mutation]
edit
[Verb]
editroi
1.Soft mutation of rhoi.
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ROI
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- OIr, Ori, RIO, Rio, rio
[Further reading]
edit
- (accounting): Return on investment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (photography): Region of interest on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editROI (plural ROIs)
1.(accounting, acronym) Return on investment.
2.(photography, acronym) Region of interest (in digital images).
3.(military, espionage, acronym) Region of interest.
4.(engineering) Radius of influence.
[Proper noun]
editROI
1.(acronym) Republic of Ireland.
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unrest
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnˈɹɛst/[Anagrams]
edit
- tuners
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English unreste, equivalent to un- + rest. Cognate with West Frisian ûnrêst (“unrest”), Dutch onrust (“unrest”), German Low German Unrüst (“unrest”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Uunraue (“unrest”), German Unruhe (“unrest”), Danish uro (“unrest”), Swedish oro (“unrest”), Icelandic órói (“unrest”). Compare also Old English orrest (“battle”), Old Norse orrosta, orresta (“battle”).
[Noun]
editunrest (usually uncountable, plural unrests)
1.A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
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exacerbating
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editexacerbating (not comparable)
1.That exacerbates
[Verb]
editexacerbating
1.present participle of exacerbate
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sentient
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/[Adjective]
editsentient (comparative more sentient, superlative most sentient)
1.Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
Synonym: sensate
2.Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
Antonym: insensate
3.(chiefly science fiction) Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:self-aware
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.
[Noun]
editsentient (plural sentients)
1.Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
2.(chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sentient
3.1965, Farmer, Philip José, The Maker of Universes:
The merpeople and the sentients who lived on the beach often hitched rides on these creatures, steering them by pressure on exposed nerve centers.
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “SENTIENT | Pronunciation in English”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], Cambridge University Press, accessed 2020-09-18
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editsentient
1.third-person plural future active indicative of sentiō
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fracas
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɹækɑː/[Anagrams]
edit
- Frasca, carsaf
[Etymology]
editFrom French fracas, derived from fracasser, from Italian fracassare, from fra- + cassare, equivalent to Latin infra + quassare.
[Noun]
editfracas (plural fracases or fracas)
1.A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap.
2.1989, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, Faber 1999, paperback edition, p. 16,
And I recall also some years ago, Mr Rayne, who travelled to America as valet to Sir Reginals Mauvis, remarking that a taxi driver in New York regularly addressed his fare in a manner which if repeated in London would end in some sort of fracas, if not in the fellow being frogmarched to the nearest police station.
3.1964, Philip K. Dick, The Simulacra, Vintage Books 2002, paperback edition, p. 37,
The Oregon-Northern California region had lost much of its population during the fracas of 1980; it had been heavily hit by Red Chinese guided missiles, and of course the clouds of fallout had blanketed it in the subsequent decade.
[Synonyms]
edit
- brouhaha
- donnybrook
- kerfuffle
- melee
[[French]]
ipa :/fʁa.ka/[Etymology]
editProbably an independent derivation from fracasser, from Italian fracassare. Alternatively directly borrowed from Italian fracasso, from the same verb.
[Further reading]
edit
- “fracas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editfracas m (plural fracas)
1.crash
2.din, roar
[[Galician]]
[Adjective]
editfracas
1.feminine plural of fraco
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editfracas
1.feminine plural of fraco
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riff
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪf/[Etymology 1]
editUncertain. Perhaps a clipping of riffle, or an alteration of refrain.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English *rif (found only in midrif), from Old English hrif (“the belly; womb”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrif, from Proto-Germanic *hrefaz (“body; torso; belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”). Distant doublet of corpus, corpse, and corse.
[See also]
edit
- riff-raff
- riffraff
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/rɪf/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English riff.
[Noun]
editriff m (plural riffs, diminutive riffje n)
1.(music) riff
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English riff.
[Noun]
editriff m (plural riffs)
1.(music) riff
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈrif/[Etymology]
editFrom English riff.
[Noun]
editriff m
1.(music, neologism, chiefly in translations from English) riff
Synonym: ritornello
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈrif/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English riff
[Noun]
editriff m (plural riffs)
1.(music) riff
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Riff
[[German]]
ipa :/ʁɪf/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Middle Low German rif, ref, from Old Norse rif.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English riff.
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consciousness
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/[Antonyms]
edit
- unconsciousness
[Etymology]
editconscious + -ness
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:consciousnessWikipedia consciousness (countable and uncountable, plural consciousnesses)
1.The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
3.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 39:
Consciousness is universal and precedes even the formation of our solar system.
4.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Asari: Religion Codex entry:
The pantheistic mainstream asari religion is siari, which translates roughly as "All is one." The faithful agree on certain core truths: the universe is a consciousness, every life within it is an aspect of the greater whole, and death is a merging of one's spiritual energy back into the greater universal consciousness. Siarists don't specifically believe in reincarnation; they believe that spiritual energy returned to the universal consciousness upon death will eventually be used to fill new mortal vessels.
5.2013 August 3, “The machine of a new soul”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
[See also]
edit
- being-for-itself
[Synonyms]
edit
- awareness
- witfulness
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anthropomorphize
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfʌɪz/[Alternative forms]
edit
- anthropomorphise (non-Oxford British spelling)
[Verb]
editanthropomorphize (third-person singular simple present anthropomorphizes, present participle anthropomorphizing, simple past and past participle anthropomorphized)
1.(transitive) To endow with human qualities.
2.(transitive) To attribute human-like characteristics to (something that is non-human).
3.2018 June 15, Emma Brockes, “No, Facebook, I won’t be back. I’ve seen the dangers of habitual sharing”, in The Guardian[1]:
It has been two months since I last checked my feed, during which time Facebook has sent me notifications I didn't sign up for, informing me every time someone posts, and invited me to attend locally organised focus groups. […] Of course, I am anthropomorphising a machine; no one is in charge of all this.
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by-
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- bye-
[Anagrams]
edit
- YB, Yb, yb
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English by (“town”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse bȳr (“dwelling, town”), from Proto-Germanic *būwiz (“dwelling”). Cognate with Danish by (“town”). More at bower.
[Etymology 2]
editPartly from a combining form of by (“by, near, around”), and partly continuing Middle English bi-, by-, from Old English bī- (“by, near, around”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- (“by-”). Cognate with German be-, Dutch be-.
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by
[[English]]
ipa :/baɪ/[Adjective]
editby (not comparable)
1.Out of the way, off to one side.
a by path, a by room
2.Subsidiary, incidental.
by catch, a by issue
[Adverb]
editby (not comparable)
1.Along a path which runs past the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
2.In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
3.1899 March, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number MI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], OCLC 1042815524, part II:
[The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […]
4.To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
5.Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- bye (archaic for preposition and adverb, not used for abbreviation, preferred for noun and interjection)
[Anagrams]
edit
- YB, Yb, yb
[Antonyms]
edit
- main, principal
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English by, bi, from Old English bī (“by; near; around”), from Proto-West Germanic *bī, from Proto-Germanic *bi (“near; by; around; about”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi. Cognate with West Frisian by (“by; near”), Afrikaans by (“at; by; near”), Saterland Frisian bie (“near; by”), Dutch bij (“near; by”), German Low German bi (“by; near; at”), German bei (“by; near; at”).
[Interjection]
editby
1.Alternative spelling of bye.
[Noun]
editby (plural bys)
1.Alternative form of bye.
[Preposition]
editby
1.Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2.From one side of something to the other, passing close by; past.
The stream runs by our back door.
He ran straight by me.
3.Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).
Be back by ten o'clock!.
We'll find someone by the end of March.
We will send it by the first week of July.
4.
5. Indicates the person or thing that does or causes something: Through the action or presence of.
1.Following a passive verb.
The matter was decided by the chairman.
The boat was swamped by the water.
He was protected by his body armour.
2.2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
Valencia threatened sporadically in the first half with Miguel having a decent effort deflected wide by Ashley Cole, while Jordi Alba's near-post cross was flicked into the sidenetting by Pablo Hernandez.
3.Following a noun.
There was a call by the unions for a 30% pay rise.
4.(not in common modern use) Following an adjective.
I was aghast by what I saw.
5.1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.109:
In other directions the fields and sky were so much of one colour by the snow that it was difficult in a hasty glance to tell whereabouts the horizon occurred […].Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William ShakespeareIndicates a means of achieving something: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
By Pythagoras' theorem, we can calculate the length of the hippopotamus.
We went by bus.
I discovered it by chance.
By 'maybe' she means 'no'.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
- 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. […]"
- 1945, Neva L. Boyd, Handbook of Recreational Games, 1975 Dover edition, →ISBN, p.16:
Players: Can we get there by candlelight? ¶ Gatekeepers: Yes and back again.
- 1960, Dr. Seuss, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
By the light of the moon, / by the light of a star / they walked all nightIndicates an authority according to which something is done.
By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
1.Invokes an authority in an oath.
By Jove! I think she's got it!
By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
2.c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
By yonder moon I swear you do me wrong
3.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
'By my soul! I believe something bad has happened me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond […] Indicates a means of classification or organisation.
I sorted the items by category.
Table 1 shows details of our employees broken down by sex and age.Indicates the amount of change, difference or discrepancy
Our stock is up by ten percent.
His date of birth was wrong by ten years.In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page.
We crawled forward by inches.(with the) Acted on in units of the specified size or measure. (Sometimes hyperbolically)
sold by the yard; cheaper if bought by the gross
He drinks brandy by the bucketful!per; with or in proportion to each.
His health was deteriorating by the day.
The pickers are paid by the bushel.Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
By my reckoning, we should be nearly there.
- 1722, William Wollaston, “Sect. V. Truths relating to the Deity. Of his exiſtence, perfection, providence, &c.”, in The Religion of Nature Delineated[1], page 81:
Ignorant and ſuperſtitious wretches meaſure the actions of letterd and philoſophical men by the tattle of their nurſes or illiterate parents and companions, or by the faſhion of the country : and people of differing religions judge and condemn each other by their own tenents ; when both of them cannot be in the right, and it is well if either of them are.Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.
The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.
The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.(horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.(chiefly Yeshivish) At, with, among
Are you eating by Rabbi Fischer? (at the house of)
By Chabad, it's different. (with, among)
[[Afrikaans]]
ipa :/bəi/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Dutch bij, from Middle Dutch bi, from Old Dutch bī.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Dutch bij, from Middle Dutch bie, from Old Dutch *bīa.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈbɪ][Further reading]
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- by in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- by in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Particle]
editby
1.third-person singular conditional subjunctive of být; would
Vstával by dřív, ale to by si napřed musel koupit budík.
He would be getting up earlier, but then he would have to buy an alarm clock first.
2.(clipping, informal); would
Byl by tam šel, kdyby mě byli pozvali.
I would have gone there if they had invited me.
My by tam šli, kdyby nás byli pozvali.
We would have gone there if they had invited us.
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈb̥yˀ][Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse býr, bœr (settlement).
[Noun]
editby c (singular definite byen, plural indefinite byer)
1.town, city
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[ba̠i][Etymology]
editBorrowed from English by.
[Particle]
editby(バイ) • (bai)
1.(informal) Used to sign off a message/attribute a text.
2.2002, [2]
ココにはバッファから生成したMAPのTEXTURE希望 by JAMAD
3.2007, 『さよなら絶望先生』 第5話[3]
己を知らされば、戦う毎に必ず殆し。by 孫子
4.2009, 『けいおん！』 第4話[4]
めざせ武道館！！ by 軽音部！
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :[bɨ][Further reading]
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- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “by”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “by”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
[Verb]
editby (defective, invariable)
1.would (used with the past active participle to form a conditional)
Njecynimy to, dokulaž by jim škóźeło.
We don’t do that because it would hurt them.
[[Manx]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- b'
- b-
[Particle]
editby (triggers lenition)
1.past/conditional of s'
By vie lhiam goll myrgeddin.
I want to go as well.
B'laik lhiam briaght jiu c'red bare lhiu jannoo jiu.
I'd like to ask you what you'd prefer to do today.
2.(dated) Past and conditional form of s' (used to introduce the comparative and superlative form of adjectives)
yn dooinney by hroshey ― the man who was the strongest
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editby
1.be
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/byː/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse býr (“place (to camp or settle), land, property, lot; and later settlement”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom byde, from Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to wake, rise up”).
[References]
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- “by” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/byː/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse býr m, bœr m (“place (to camp or settle), land, property, lot; and later settlement”). Doublet of bø.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse bjóða, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to offer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to wake, rise up”). Akin to English bid
[References]
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- “by” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “by” in The Ordnett Dictionary
[[Polish]]
ipa :/bɨ/[Conjunction]
editby
1.in order to, so that
Synonyms: aby, żeby
[Etymology]
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *by.
[Further reading]
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- by in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- by in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Particle]
editby
1.a particle used to make conditional mood; would, would've
On by tam nie poszedł./On nie poszedłby tam. ― He would not go there.
[Synonyms]
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- -by (suffix)
[[Scots]]
ipa :[ˈbɪ][Adverb]
editby
1.by, nearby
[Alternative forms]
edit
- bye, bi', be, b'
[Conjunction]
editby
1.by (the time that)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English bi, from Old English bi, from Proto-West Germanic *bī. Cognates include English by and Yola bee.
[Preposition]
editby
1.by
2.(in comparisons) than
3.1894, Robert Hunter, A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant:
Archie was auld by me.
Archie was older than me.
(literally, “Archie was old by me.”)
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “by, prep., adv., conj..” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Swedish bȳr, bȳ (“village, farm, town”), from Old Norse býr. Cognate with Danish by (“town, city”, whence also Faroese býur with the same meaning), Norwegian Bokmål by (“town, city”) and Norwegian Nynorsk by (“town, city”).
[References]
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- by in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- by in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
- by in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
[[West Frisian]]
ipa :/bɛi̯/[Preposition]
editby
1.near to
2.in relation to
By âlds
In the olden days
[[Yola]]
[Preposition]
editby
1.Alternative form of bee (“by”)
2.1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3:
At by mizluck.
Who by misluck.
[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 84
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tussle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtʌsəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- sutles
[Etymology]
editRelated to tousle.
[Noun]
edittussle (plural tussles)
1.A physical fight or struggle.
2.2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC[1]:
And the visiting side appeared to settle quickly as Wayne Routledge, who had a tough tussle with Stevenage left-back Scott Laird, delivered an early cross that Barton drilled goalwards, forcing a decent save from Chris Day.
3.1994, Walter Dean Myers, The Glory Field[2], →ISBN, page 32:
..., two young men—field hands—got into a tussle with a white man.
4.A conflict, an argument, a disagreement.
[Verb]
edittussle (third-person singular simple present tussles, present participle tussling, simple past and past participle tussled)
1.To have a tussle.
The two sets of fans were tussling before the game.
2.2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport[3]:
Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithful.
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sentience
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛn.ʃəns/[Anagrams]
edit
- enceintes
[Etymology]
editFrom sentient, from Latin sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“feel, sense”). Confer with sentence, its equivalent formation from Classic Latin sententia (for *sentientia).
[Noun]
editsentience (usually uncountable, plural sentiences)
1.The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.
2.1903, Bram Stoker, “ch. 5”, in The Jewel of Seven Stars:
[T]he shadows . . . presently began to seem, as on last night, to have a sentience of their own.
3.2007 Dec. 28, Alexandra Silver, “Did This Tiger Hold a Grudge?”, in Time[1]:
The science of animal sentience is far from a firm one; there's no way of knowing exactly what any animal is feeling.
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priest
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹiːst/[Anagrams]
edit
- Pitres, Presti, Sprite, esprit, pierst, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English prest, preest, from Old English prēost (“priest”), from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Reinforced in Middle English by Old French prestre, also from Latin presbyter.
[Noun]
editpriest (plural priests, feminine priestess)
1.a religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple
2.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
The priest at the Catholic church heard his confession.
The Shinto priest burnt incense for his ancestors.
The Israelite priests were descended from Moses' brother Aaron.
3.
4. a blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish
5.(Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood
[References]
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- “Lesson 7: Duties of the Priest”, in Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood, Part A[1], The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2000, page 48
- Smart, Alastair Fish Welfare at Harvest: Killing Me Softly
- Comparison of Common Slaughter Methods for Farmed Finfish Seafood innovations.
[See also]
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- archbishop
- archimandrite
- bishop
- brother
- cardinal
- clergy
- clergyman
- clergyperson
- clergywoman
- cleric
- dean
- father
- metropolitan
- monk
- monsignor
- nun
- patriarch
- pope
- popess
- prelate
- vicar
[Verb]
editpriest (third-person singular simple present priests, present participle priesting, simple past and past participle priested)
1.(transitive) To ordain as a priest.
2.1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library: Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes: With a Table of the Contents, and an Alphabetical Index, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany; or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95:
If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
[[German]]
[Verb]
editpriest
1.second-person singular/plural preterite of preisen
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editpriest
1.Alternative form of prest (“priest”)
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Priest
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Pitres, Presti, Sprite, esprit, pierst, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes
[Proper noun]
editPriest
1.A surname.
[[French]]
ipa :/pʁi/[Etymology]
editFrom Franco-Provençal Priést. Ultimately from Latin Praejectus/Prejectus/Projectus.
[Proper noun]
editPriest m
1.A male given name of historical usage
Priest de Clermont, b. ca 625
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pri
[[Aromanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- pi, pre
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per. Compare Romanian pe (archaic pre).
[Preposition]
editpri
1.on
[[Breton]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Brythonic *prið, from Proto-Celtic *kʷrīyess.
[Noun]
editpri
1.mud
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :[pri][Etymology]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek περί (perí). Compare French péri-, Italian, English and Spanish peri-.
[Preposition]
editpri
1.about
[[Haitian Creole]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French prix (“price”).
[Noun]
editpri
1.price
[[Ido]]
ipa :/pri/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Esperanto pri, from Ancient Greek περί (perí).
[Preposition]
editpri
1.about, concerning
[[Rade]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French prix (“prize”).
[Noun]
editpri
1.reward; recompense
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/prî/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei.
[Preposition]
editprȉ (Cyrillic spelling при̏) (+ locative case)
1.close to, near, at (denoting spatial proximity)
pri samom ulazu ― right at the entrance
pri kraju ulice ― at the end of the street
pri vrhu brda ― near the top of of the hill
2.with, having, in possession of
biti pri novcu ― to have money, having money
biti pri sv(ij)esti ― to be conscious, having consciousness
biti pri (zdravoj) pameti ― to be in one's right mind
biti pri sebi ― to be in possession of one's faculties
pri temperaturi od 20° C ― at 20° Cl
3.(archaic) at (belonging to, collaborating with)
pisar pri sudu ― a scribe at the court
4.during, while, at (denoting temporal co-occurrence)
pri zalasku sunca ― during the sunset, while the sun was/is setting
pri jelu ― while eating
pri kraju razgovora ― at the end of the conversation
pri vožnji ― while driving
5.idiomatic and figurative meanings
biti nekome pri ruci ― to help somebody
ostajem pri svojoj izjavi ― I stick to my statement
ostajem pri svome mišljenju ― I stick to my opinion
pri tome ― while doing so; in this connection/matter
[References]
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- “pri” in Hrvatski jezični portal
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/pri/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *pri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei.
[Preposition]
editpri
1.(with locative) by, near
2.(with locative) at
3.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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ex-convict
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editex- + convict
[Noun]
editex-convict (plural ex-convicts)
1.Alternative form of ex-con
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