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clarity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/[Anagrams]
edit
- triacyl
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English claritee, from Old French clarté, from Latin clāritās, from clārus (“clear”).
[Noun]
editclarity (countable and uncountable, plural clarities)
1.The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
She dreamed, with great clarity, that she had been seen her own death.
Lack of clarity on the part of the teacher will cause confusion among the students.
Synonyms: clearness, obviousness, transparency
Antonym: confusion
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humming
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhʌmɪŋ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom hum + -ing.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English hummynge, equivalent to hum + -ing.
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hum
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhʌm/[Anagrams]
edit
- HMU, MUH, muh, uhm
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.
[Interjection]
edithum
1.Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
2.1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four:
“'Hum!' said he. 'A fifth share! That is not very tempting.'
“'It would come to fifty thousand apiece,' said I.
3.Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.
4.1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 27:
Ah, now, this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves.
[Noun]
edithum (plural hums)
1.A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
2.An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.
3.c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
the shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums
4.Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
5.(UK, slang) Unpleasant odour.
6.(dated) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
7.(obsolete) A kind of strong drink.
8.c. 1622, John Fletcher; Philip Massinger [et al.?], “Beggars Bvsh”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with
9.(with article) A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
10.2011 June 13, “Who, What, Why: Why is 'the hum' such a mystery?”, in BBC News[1]:
There is a range of theories from farm or factory machinery to conspiracy theories such as flying saucers. And yet, "the hum" remains an unsolved case.
[Synonyms]
edit
- bumble
- bustle
- hustle
- buzz
- croon
- whir
[Verb]
edithum (third-person singular simple present hums, present participle humming, simple past and past participle hummed)
1.(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
We are humming happily along with the music.
2.(transitive) To express by humming.
to hum a tune
The team ominously hummed “We shall overcome” as they came back onto the field after the break.
3.(intransitive) To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
4.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, OCLC 19736994; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, OCLC 258624721:
A slight gloom fell upon the table. Jacob was helping himself to jam; the postman was talking to Rebecca in the kitchen; there was a bee humming at the yellow flower which nodded at the open window.
5.(intransitive) To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
The streets were humming with activity.
6.(intransitive) To produce low sounds which blend continuously
7.(Britain, slang) To reek, smell bad.
This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
8.(transitive, UK, dated, slang) To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editUnknown. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”).
[Noun]
edithum m (indefinite plural humi, definite singular huma)
1.rough sea
[[Bahnar]]
ipa :/huːm/[Alternative forms]
edit
- hŭm
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Bahnaric *huːm ~ hoːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *huum ~ *ʔum. Cognate with Sedang huam, Cua tahoːp, Pacoh houm, Puoc ʔuːm, Nyah Kur hóom. Probably also related to the forms with initial *s-, such as Khasi sum and Hu θúm.
[Verb]
edithum
1.to bathe
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology 1]
editjocular abbreviation of humeur (cfr.)
[Etymology 2]
editOnomatopoeia
[[French]]
ipa :/ɔm/[Etymology]
editExpressive onomatopoeia; possible descent in ancient Latin or Frankish interjections.
[Further reading]
edit
- “hum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Interjection]
edithum
1.(onomatopeia, colloquial) um..., hm
[[Jakaltek]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Mayan *huuʼng.
[Noun]
edithum
1.paper
[References]
edit
- Church, Clarence; Church, Katherine (1955) Vocabulario castellano-jacalteco, jacalteco-castellano[2] (in Spanish), Guatemala C. A.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 45; 23
[[Middle English]]
[Pronoun]
edithum
1.Alternative form of hem (“them”)
[[Ngamo]]
[Noun]
edithùm
1.water
[References]
edit
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Ngamo hùm [Schuh], […]
[[Phalura]]
ipa :/hum/[Etymology]
editFrom Pashto [script needed] (hum).
[Particle]
edithum (discourse, Perso-Arabic spelling ہُم)
1.also, as well as
[References]
edit
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
[[Portuguese]]
[Article]
edithum m (plural huns, feminine huma, feminine plural humas)
1.Obsolete spelling of um
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/xûːm/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *xъlmъ.
[Etymology 2]
editUnknown origin.
[References]
edit
- “hum” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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Humm
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editHumm (plural Humms)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Humm is the 31587th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 732 individuals. Humm is most common among White (93.17%) individuals.
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HUM
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- HMU, MUH, muh, uhm
[Noun]
editHUM (plural HUMs)
1.(bridge) Initialism of highly unusual method: any of a class of contract bridge bidding systems that require advance preparation to contend with, and are usually restricted to the highest levels of tournament play.
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hobble
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɒbəl/[Anagrams]
edit
- hobbel
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English hobblen, hobelen, akin to Middle Dutch hoblen, hobbelen (Modern Dutch hobbelen).
[Noun]
edithobble (plural hobbles)
1.(chiefly in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
2.An unsteady, off-balance step.
3.(archaic, informal) A difficult situation; a scrape.
4.1845, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, The Cock and Anchor
"Saddle a horse—any horse—only let him be sure and fleet," cried Ashwoode, "and I'll pay you his price thrice over!"
"Well, it's a bargain," replied the groom, promptly; "I don't like to see a gentleman caught in a hobble, if I can help him out of it. […]
5.(dialect, UK and Newfoundland) An odd job; a piece of casual work.
[Synonyms]
edit
- tether (rope)edit
- (walk unevenly): hirple
[Verb]
edithobble (third-person singular simple present hobbles, present participle hobbling, simple past and past participle hobbled)
1.To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
2.1865, Charles Dickens, Doctor Marigold
you hobble your old horse and turn him grazing
3.To walk lame, or unevenly.
4.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 6484883, (please specify the page number):
The friar was hobbling the same way too.
5.(figuratively) To move roughly or irregularly.
6.1815, William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone
The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
7.To perplex; to embarrass.
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spigot
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspɪ.ɡət/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin spīca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Middle French [Term?].
[Noun]
editspigot (plural spigots)
1.A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
2.The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
3.(Appalachia) A faucet.
4.1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 323:
I went to the sink and turned the spigot, feeling the cold rush of water upon my hand.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Harvard Dialect Survey
[Verb]
editspigot (third-person singular simple present spigots, present participle spigoting, simple past and past participle spigoted)
1.To block with a spigot.
2.2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement (page 2-31)
Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps.
3.(transitive) To insert (a spigot).
4.1956, The Automobile Engineer (volume 46, page 118)
Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase. Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈspiɡɔt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- spegot, spygott, spygot, spygote, spyket, spygotte, speget, spykkett, spygett
[Etymology]
editFrom dialectal Middle French espigeot.
[Noun]
editspigot (plural spigottes)
1.wooden stopper; wooden spigot
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cumulus
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkjuː.mjə.ləs/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin cumulus. Doublet of comble.
[Noun]
editcumulus (plural cumuli)
1.A large white puffy cloud that develops through convection. On a hot, humid day, they can form towers and even become cumulonimbus clouds.
2.2007 September 1, "Who’s afraid of Google?: The world’s internet superpower faces testing times", in The Economist, The Economist Newspaper Ltd, ISSN 0013-0613, volume 384, number 8544, page 9,
Ironically, there is something rather cloudlike about the multiple complaints surrounding Google. The issues are best parted into two cumuli: a set of “public” arguments about how to regulate Google; and a set of “private” ones for Google’s managers, to do with the strategy the firm needs to get through the coming storm.
3.A mound or heap.
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈkumulus/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin cumulus.
[Noun]
editcumulus
1.cumulus (cloud)
[Synonyms]
edit
- cumuluspilvi
- kumpupilvi
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈku.mu.lus/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ku-m-olo, from *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”); see also Lithuanian saunas (“firm, fit, solid, capable”), Ancient Greek κύω (kúō), and Sanskrit श्वयति (śvayati, “swell”).
[Noun]
editcumulus m (genitive cumulī); second declension
1.heap, pile
Synonyms: acervus, moles, massa
2.surplus
3.summit
[References]
edit
- “cumulus”, 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.
- “cumulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cumulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cumulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua re
- his crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is..: aliquid felicitatis cumulum affert
- to add the crowning point to a person's joy: cumulum gaudii alicui afferre (vid. sect. V. 6) (Fam. 16. 21. 1)
cumulus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
[[French]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “cumulus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editcumulus m (plural cumulus)
1.cumulus
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French cumulus, from Latin cumulus.
[Noun]
editcumulus m (uncountable)
1.cumulus
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Charles
[[English]]
ipa :/tʃɑɹlz/[Anagrams]
edit
- Lachers, clasher, larches, raschel
[Etymology]
editFrom French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“free man”); compare the English word churl and the German Kerl.
[Proper noun]
editCharles (countable and uncountable, plural Charleses)
1.A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
Charles the Great / Subdued the Saxons, and did seat the French / Beyond the river Sala, in the year / Eight hundred five.
3.1844 Edgar Allan Poe: Thou Art the Man:
[…] there never was any person named Charles who was not an open, manly, honest, good-natured, and frank-hearted fellow, with a rich, clear, voice, that did you good to hear it, and an eye that looked at you always straight at the face, as much as to say: "I have a clear conscience myself, am afraid of no man, and am altogether above doing a mean action." And thus all the hearty, careless, 'walking gentlemen' of the stage are very certain to be called Charles.
4.1988 Ed McBain: The House That Jack Built: page 212:
[…] spoke the way the English do, funny, you know? His name was Roger, I think. Or Nigel. Something like that." "How about Charles?" "Charles? Well, yes, it could have been.Charles does sound English, doesn't it? Their prince is named Charles, isn't he?"
5.A patronymic surname, from given names.
6.A hamlet in East and West Buckland parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6832).
7.A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Charles is the 548th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 61,211 individuals. Charles is most common among Black (53.0%) individuals.
[Synonyms]
edit
- Chas. (abbreviation)
[[Cebuano]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English Charles, from French Charles, from Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from and also reinfluenced by Old High German Karl, from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (“free man”).
[Proper noun]
editCharles
1.a male given name from French
[Quotations]
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Charles.
[[French]]
ipa :/ʃaʁl/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French Charles, Carles, from Latin Carolus, from Germanic.
[Proper noun]
editCharles m
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Charles
[[Norman]]
[Proper noun]
editCharles m
1.A male given name.
[Synonyms]
edit
- Charlot
[[Old French]]
ipa :/ˈt͡ʃar.ləs/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Carles
- Karles
[Etymology]
editSee Charlon.
[Proper noun]
editCharles m
1.nominative of Charlon
[[Portuguese]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French Charles. Doublet of Carlos.
[Proper noun]
editCharles m
1.A male given name
[[Swedish]]
[Proper noun]
editCharles c (genitive Charles)
1.A male given name borrowed from English and French.
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difference
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɪfɹən(t)s/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English difference, from Old French difference, from Latin differentia (“difference”), from differēns (“different”), present participle of differre. Doublet of differentia.Morphologically differ + -ence.
[Further reading]
edit
- “difference” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “difference” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editdifference (countable and uncountable, plural differences)
1.(uncountable) The quality of being different.
You need to learn to be more tolerant of difference.
Antonyms: identity, sameness
2.(countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
3.2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
There are three differences between these two pictures.
4.(countable) A disagreement or argument.
We have our little differences, but we are firm friends.
5.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene v]:
What was the difference? It was a contention in public.
6.1714, Thomas Ellwood, The History of the Life of Thomas Ellwood: written by his own hand
Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their difference as they could.
7.(countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
8.1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
The line of the horizon was clear and hard against the sky, and in one particular quarter it showed black against a silvery climbing phosphorescence that grew and grew. At last, over the rim of the waiting earth the moon lifted with slow majesty till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off, free of moorings; and once more they began to see surfaces—meadows wide-spread, and quiet gardens, and the river itself from bank to bank, all softly disclosed, all washed clean of mystery and terror, all radiant again as by day, but with a difference that was tremendous.
9.1967, Barbara Sleigh, 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. It was the same Fanny but not the Fanny who climbed trees and tore her frock playing in the garden. It was as though a young lady film had settled over her, neatening her unruly hair, which was tied back with a large black bow, and primly composing her small mouth.
It just won't make much difference to me.
It just won't make much of a difference to anyone.
10.
11. (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
The difference between 3 and 21 is 18.
12.(obsolete) Choice; preference.
13.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto XII:
That now be chooseth with vile difference
To be a beast, and lack intelligence.
14.(heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
15.(logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
16.(logic circuits) A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( A B ¯ + A ¯ B {\displaystyle \scriptstyle A{\overline {B}}+{\overline {A}}B} ).
17.(relational algebra) The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( A B ¯ {\displaystyle \scriptstyle A{\overline {B}}} ).
[Related terms]
edit
- differ
- different
- differential
- differentiate
- differentiation
[Synonyms]
edit
- (characteristic of something that makes it different from something else): departure, deviation, divergence, disparity
- (disagreement or argument about something important): conflict, difference of opinion, dispute, dissension
- (result of a subtraction): remainder
- (significant change in state): nevermindedit
- (to distinguish or differentiate): differentiate, distinguish
[Verb]
editdifference (third-person singular simple present differences, present participle differencing, simple past and past participle differenced)
1.(obsolete, transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.
2.1672 Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions
This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy.
3.1901 [1839], Philip James Bailey, Festus: A Poem, London: George Routledge & Sons, page 10:
[…] and souls, like in the mass, but differenced in themselves, with special gifts, duties and joys […]
4.1904, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory, London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 344:
In the Calais Roll the arms of William de Warren […] are differenced by the addition of a canton said to be that of Fitzalan […]
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈdifɛrɛns(ə)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- differens, defference, defferense, dyfferens
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French difference, from Latin differēntia; equivalent to differren (“to postpone”) + -ence.
[Noun]
editdifference (plural differences or difference)
1.Difference; the state of being different.
2.A difference; an element which separates.
3.Distinguishment; the finding or creation of dissimilarity.
4.(heraldry, rare) A heraldic cadency for a family's junior branch.
5.(mathematics, rare) The result of subtraction; an amount left over.
6.(mathematics, rare) An order in decimal representation of numbers.
7.(rare) Something that people do not agree upon.
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- differance
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin differentia.
[Noun]
editdifference f (oblique plural differences, nominative singular difference, nominative plural differences)
1.difference
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difference engine
[[English]]
[Noun]
editdifference engine (plural difference engines)
1.(computing, historical) A mechanical special-purpose computer used to generate tables of values of polynomials.
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lose out
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- outsole
[References]
edit
- “lose out”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[Verb]
editlose out (third-person singular simple present loses out, present participle losing out, simple past and past participle lost out)
1.To be at a disadvantage.
People who do not speak a second language find that they lose out when looking for a job.
I think you will lose out on the exchange rate if you move to dollars now.
2.(with 'to') To be defeated (by).
I went for a job interview, but I lost out to a younger guy.
3.2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Chelsea had two players sent off and lost out to a Heidar Helguson penalty in a heated west London derby.
4.2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:
The Western Region learned that it was to lose out on new stock deliveries, inheriting instead 110 part-second-hand dual-heated Mk 2a vehicles from the Eastern Region.
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worktop
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editwork + top
[Noun]
editworktop (plural worktops)
1.(UK) A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen.
The cupboards were oak and the worktop was granite.
[See also]
edit
- countertop
- desktop
- tabletop
- worksurface
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anodized
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editanodized (comparative more anodized, superlative most anodized)
1.Of a metal object: having a surface layer of oxide, for decoration or protection, and formed via an electrolytic process.
This deluxe machine features anodized aluminum handles on all adjusting levers.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Adonized, adonized
[Verb]
editanodized
1.simple past tense and past participle of anodize
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extruded
[[English]]
[Verb]
editextruded
1.simple past tense and past participle of extrude
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skid
[[English]]
ipa :/skɪd/[Anagrams]
edit
- disk, kids
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English *skid, from Old Norse skíð (“a billet of wood, a beam or plank on which something rests”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, clapboard”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey-t-, *skey- (“to split, divide, separate”). Cognate with English shide, from Middle English schyd, schyde, schide (“plank, beam”), German Scheit (“piece of wood, log”). Doublet of ski.
[Etymology 2]
editShortening of stepkid.
[Etymology 3]
editShortened from script kiddie, probably via skiddie.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/skiːˀð/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse skítr, from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz, cognate with Dutch schijt, English shit, German Scheiße, Scheisse, German Low German Schiet, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Norwegian Nynorsk skit, skitt, Swedish skit.
[Noun]
editskid c (singular definite skiden, plural indefinite skide or skider)
1.(vulgar) fart
2.(vulgar, derogatory) turd, shit (a person one dislikes)
3.(vulgar, with a negative) a bit, damn (little bit, iota)
Jeg ved ikke en skid om den slags.
I don't know shit about that kind of thing
[References]
edit
- “skid” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “Skid,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/ʃiː/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse skíð n, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).
[Noun]
editskid n (plural skid)
1.(pre-1901) alternative spelling of ski (“ski”)
ganga på skid (plural) ― to ski
[References]
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- “skid” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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decadence
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɛkədəns/[Etymology]
editFrom French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia (“decay”), from *decadens (“decaying”), present participle of *decadere (“to decay”); see decay.
[Further reading]
edit
- “decadence” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “decadence” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editdecadence (countable and uncountable, plural decadences)
1.A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay
2.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 35:
"Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence."
3.The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.
the decadence of a five-star hotel
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scooter
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- Cooters, cooters
[Etymology]
editFrom scoot + -er.
[Noun]
editscooter (plural scooters)
1.A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
2.A electric version of the kick scooter.
Synonyms: e-scooter, motorized scooter
3.A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
4.A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.
5.An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice.
6.Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
[Verb]
editscooter (third-person singular simple present scooters, present participle scootering, simple past and past participle scootered)
1.To ride on a scooter.
2.2005, October 24, Love Those Boomers[1]:
But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices […]
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈsku.tər/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English scooter.
[Noun]
edit scooterscooter m (plural scooters, diminutive scootertje n)
1.scooter
[See also]
edit
- motorfiets
[[French]]
ipa :/sku.tœʁ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English scooter.
[Further reading]
edit
- “scooter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editscooter m (plural scooters)
1.scooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈsku.ter/[Anagrams]
edit
- costerò, cretoso, estorco, scoterò
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English scooter.
[Noun]
editscooter m (invariable)
1.(vehicles) scooter, specifically:
2.(nautical) a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht, designed to travel over ice
1.motor scooter
2.Short for acquascooter; water scooter
[References]
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1. ^ scooter in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English scooter
[Noun]
editscooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scootere, definite plural scooterne)
1.a scooter (type of motorcycle)
2.short for snøscooter, vannscooter.
[References]
edit
- “scooter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “scooter” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English scooter
[Noun]
editscooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scooterar, definite plural scooterane)
1.a scooter (type of motorcycle)
2.short for snøscooter, vasscooter etc..
[References]
edit
- “scooter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/esˈkuteɾ/[Further reading]
edit
- “scooter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editscooter m (plural scooters or scooter)
1.scooter (vehicle)
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super
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈs(j)uːpə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- Pre-Us, Purse, Rupes, puers, pures, purse, re-ups, reups, rupes, sprue
[Etymology 1]
editFrom super- (prefix), from Middle English super-, from Latin super-, from super (“above”), from Pre-Italic or Proto-Indo-European *eks-uper, from *eḱs (“out of”) (English ex-), from *h₁eǵʰs + *uperi (English over). Cognate to hyper, from Ancient Greek.
[Etymology 2]
editAbbreviation by shortening.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈsupɛr][Adjective]
editsuper (indeclinable)
1.(informal) super, great
Můj brácha si koupil super auto, to musíš vidět!
Ten výlet byl prostě super!
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English super, French super, from Latin super.
[Further reading]
edit
- super in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
[Interjection]
editsuper
1.(informal) super
[Synonyms]
edit
- supredit
- supr
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈsuˀb̥ɐ][Adjective]
editsuper (neuter super or supert, plural super or (unofficial) supre)
1.(informal) terrific
[Adverb]
editsuper
1.(informal) very
[Etymology]
editBorrowed via English super from Latin super (“over”)
[Synonyms]
edit
- herre
- mega
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈsy.pər/[Adjective]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.great, super
Die nieuwe karts zijn super.
Those new karts are great.
[Adverb]
editsuper
1.(informal) very, extremely, super
De kunststofuitvoering is wel super duur.
The plastic version is super expensive.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English super, ultimately from Latin super.
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :[ˈsuper][Antonyms]
edit
- sub
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin super.
[Preposition]
editsuper
1.above
[[French]]
ipa :/sy.pɛʁ/[Anagrams]
edit
- peurs, pures, repus, rupes
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sur. See also hyper, borrowed from Ancient Greek.
[Etymology 2]
editProbably a borrowing from a Germanic language, from *sūpaną (“to sip, sup”). If so then doublet of souper.
[Further reading]
edit
- “super”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈzuːpɐ/[Adjective]
editsuper (strong nominative masculine singular superer, not comparable)
1.(colloquial) super, great, awesome
Synonyms: klasse, spitze
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English super.
[Further reading]
edit
- “super” in Duden online
- “super” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[[Interlingua]]
[Preposition]
editsuper
1.about (focused on a given topic)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈsu.per/[Adjective]
editsuper (invariable)
1.super
[Anagrams]
edit
- pruse, ruspe, sprue
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin super. Cf. sopra.
[Noun]
editsuper m (invariable)
1.the best
2.superphosphateeditsuper f (invariable)
1.the best grade of petrol
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈsu.per/[Adverb]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.above, on top, over
2.upwards
3.moreover, in addition, besides
[Antonyms]
edit
- sub
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Italic *super, from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over, above”). The latter is cognate to Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) and Proto-Germanic *uber (English over).
[Preposition]
editsuper (+ accusative, ablative)
1.(with accusative) [of place] above, on the top of, upon
Cibus super mensam est.
The food is on the table.
2.(with accusative) [of place] above, beyond
3.405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2:
terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
4.(with accusative) [of measure] above, beyond, over, in addition to
5.(with ablative) concerning, regarding
[References]
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- “super”, 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.
- “super”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- super in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen super ripas effunditur
super in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈsu.pɛr/[Adjective]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.(colloquial) great, excellent
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dobry
[Adverb]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.(colloquial) excellently
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English super.
[Further reading]
edit
- super in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- super in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[See also]
edit
- super-
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editsuper (invariable, comparable)
1.super
[Adverb]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.(informal) super, very (intensifier)
super fixe
very nice
Synonyms: muito, bastante, bué, mega
[Alternative forms]
edit
- súper (prescribed)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editsuper m or f or n (indeclinable)
1.superb, great
[Adverb]
editsuper
1.superbly
[Etymology]
editFrom French super.
[[Sardinian]]
ipa :/super/[Alternative forms]
edit
- suber
- supre
- subre
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin super.
[Preposition]
editsuper
1.on, on top of, above
Synonym: supra
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editsuper (invariable)
1.(intensifier) very, mega
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/²sʉːpɛr/[Adjective]
editsuper (not comparable)
1.perfect, super, excellent, great
det blir super! ― that's going to be great!
[Pronunciation 1]
edit
- IPA(key): /²sʉːpɛr/
[Verb]
editsuper
1. present tense of supa.
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unambiguously
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editunambiguously (comparative more unambiguously, superlative most unambiguously)
1.In a manner that is not ambiguous; leaving no doubt; clearly
She told him unambiguously to leave, yet he failed to leave.
[Etymology]
editFrom unambiguous + -ly.
[Synonyms]
edit
- expressly, unequivocally; see also Thesaurus:explicitly
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overblown
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊn[Adjective]
editoverblown (comparative more overblown, superlative most overblown)
1.Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?
[Anagrams]
edit
- blown over
[Synonyms]
edit
- inflated
[Verb]
editoverblown
1.past participle of overblow
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overblow
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- blow over, bowl over, overbowl
[Etymology 1]
editFrom over- + blow (“to flower, bloom”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English overblowen, equivalent to over- + blow.
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wash
[[English]]
ipa :/wɒʃ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Haws, Shaw, Wahs, haws, shaw, shwa, wahs
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen, from Old English wasċan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet; water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”), Icelandic vaska (“to wash”).
[Noun]
editwash (plural washes) A drawing and wash by Samuel Wallis entitled York Island (c. 1767)
1.The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed.
My jacket needs a wash.
2.A liquid used for washing.
3.A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
mouth wash
hand wash
4.The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.
5.(art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.
6.The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach.
I could hear the wash of the wave.
7.1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]
[…] the wind in the cordage and the wash of the sea helped the more to put them beyond earshot […]
8.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 192:
Bradly posed Cora against the incessantly moving patterns of the wash and set to work with nervous haste, alarmed at the difficult problem of water in movement.
9.The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular:
1.The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws.
The ship left a big wash
Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat.
2.2003, Guidelines for Managing Wake Wash from High-speed Vessels: Report of Working Group 41 of the Maritime Navigation Commission, PIANC →ISBN, page 5
To date, much of the research undertaken on high-speed vessel wake wash has appeared only as unpublished reports for various authorities and management agencies.
3.The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
4.The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc.(nautical) The blade of an oar.Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, OCLC 13320837:
The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, […] where rain water hath a long time settled.A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh.
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene vi]:
These Lincoln washes have devoured them.A shallow body of water. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi.
- 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature
In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”)
- 1999, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert
...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year.
- 2005, Le Hayes, Pilgrims in the Desert: The Early History of the East Mojave Desert:
Rock Spring Wash continues a short distance then joins Watson Wash. Water from Rock Spring comes out of the boulder strewn wash and disappears into the sandA situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change.
- 2003, David Brenner, I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup, page 100:
I knew that for every vote I cast for, say, the Republicans, some kid at a polling place nearby was casting his votes for the Democrats, so it was probably a wash or close to it.(finance, slang) A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients.Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash.In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
- 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies
In order to augment the vinosity of the wash, many substances are recommended by Dr. Shaw, such as tartar, nitre, common salt, and the vegetable or mineral acids.A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.(architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water.
a carriage wash in a stable(television) A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour.(stagecraft) A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight.
[See also]
edit
- WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
[Synonyms]
edit
- lavatory
[Verb]
editwash (third-person singular simple present washes, present participle washing, simple past washed, past participle washed or (archaic) washen)
1.To clean with water.
The car is so dirty, we need to wash it.
Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans.
2.1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9
Wash the vegetables, drain off the surplus water, and pack them in a keg, crock, or other utensil until it is nearly full
3.1971, Homemaking Handbook: For Village Workers in Many Countries, page 101
If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water.
4.2010, Catherine Abbott, The Everything Grow Your Own Vegetables Book: Your Complete Guide to planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables, Everything Books →ISBN, page 215
Wash the vegetables thoroughly; even a little dirt can contain bacteria. Wash vegetables individually under running water.
5.(transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment.
The flood washed away houses.
6.(mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.
7.(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
I wash every morning after getting up.
8.(transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
Waves wash the shore.
9.a. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, OCLC 606951673:
fresh-blown roses washed with dew
10.1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, OCLC 51433663:
[the landscape] washed with a cold, grey mist
11.(intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
to hear the water washing
12.(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
13.(intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
14.2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever
The king is running out of ideas as well as cash. His favourite shock-absorbing tactic—to blame his governments and sack his prime ministers—hardly washes.
15.(intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
Some calicoes do not wash.
16.(intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc.
17.To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
18.To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
steel washed with silver
19.(transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide.
20.(transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents.
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especially
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈspɛʃ(ə)li/[Adverb]
editespecially (comparative more especially, superlative most especially)
1.(manner) In a special manner; specially.
He got up early especially.
2.(focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
3.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
4.(focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
Invite them all, especially Molly.
5.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
Captain Edward Carlisle […] felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, […]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
6.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- esp., esp
[Etymology]
editespecial + -ly
[See also]
edit
- esp
[Synonyms]
edit
- (special manner):
- (particularly): in particular; see also Thesaurus:specifically
- (emphasis): first and foremost; see also Thesaurus:above all
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self-fulfilling
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editself-fulfilling (not comparable)
1.Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.
The prediction of poor turnout for the event was self-fulfilling: once people heard the turnout would be bad, they didn't come.
[Etymology]
editself- + fulfilling
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so-so
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/[Adjective]
editso-so (not comparable)
1.(informal) Neither good nor bad; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so.
2.1776, Oliver Goldsmith, The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare
In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, / One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show.
3.1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:
He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.
[Adverb]
editso-so (not comparable)
1.(informal) Neither very well nor very poorly.
He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Osos, Soos
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- (neither good nor bad): average, comme ci comme ça, fair, meh, mediocre, middling, lackluster, okayedit
- (neither well nor poorly): blandly, indifferently, insipidly, moderately, passably
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so that
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Shatto, atshot, shotta
[Conjunction]
editso that
1.Indicates purpose; in order that, with the result that.
He must die so that others might live.
2.1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
He seized his axe, which he had made very sharp, and as the leader of the wolves came on the Tin Woodman swung his arm and chopped the wolf's head from its body, so that it immediately died.
3.Indicates purpose; in such a way that, with the intent that.
He tied a complex knot so that others would find it hard to undo.
4.1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart; Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, OCLC 20230794, page 01:
The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English so that, so þat, sa þat, swo þat, swa þat, from Old English swā þæt, equivalent to so + that. Cognate with Saterland Frisian sodät, West Frisian sadat, Dutch zodat, German sodaß, sodass.
[References]
edit
- so that at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “so that” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Synonyms]
edit
- in order that
- that (conjunction)
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amortise
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Amorites, Masorite, Timor Sea, atomiser
[Verb]
editamortise (third-person singular simple present amortises, present participle amortising, simple past and past participle amortised)
1.(British spelling) Alternative form of amortize
2.1961 July, “Editorial: Sir Brian begs the questions”, in Trains Illustrated, page 386:
Within a few days of Sir Brian's lecture we were in Belgium, hearing at first hand from the traction chiefs of the S.N.C.B. that their investments in main-line diesel locomotives have been amortised within six or seven years, although the units do not average more than 260 miles or 15 hours a day in traffic.
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amortize
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈmɔːtaɪz/[Alternative forms]
edit
- amortise
[Anagrams]
edit
- atomizer
[Antonyms]
edit
- accrue
[Etymology]
editFrom (the stem of) Middle French amortir (“to bring to death”), probably from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, from Latin ad + mortuus.
[Further reading]
edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “amortize”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Verb]
editamortize (third-person singular simple present amortizes, present participle amortizing, simple past and past participle amortized)
1.(transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain.
2.(transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.
3.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 318:
extraordinary borrowing had been so extensive, Joly de Fleury reckoned, that even if it were amortized over the following decade, the state would still be running an annual deficit of over 50 million livres.
4.(transitive, computer science) To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time.
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editamortize
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of amortizar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of amortizar
3.first-person singular imperative of amortizar
4.third-person singular imperative of amortizar
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battle-hardened
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbattle-hardened (comparative more battle-hardened, superlative most battle-hardened)
1.(literally and figuratively) Unfeeling or lacking emotion due to experience in battle; callous.
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shaving
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Sanghvi, havings
[Noun]
editshaving (countable and uncountable, plural shavings)
1.(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
2.(uncountable) The action of having a shave.
[Verb]
editshaving
1.present participle of shave
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shave
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃeɪv/[Anagrams]
edit
- haves, sheva
[Etymology 1]
editInherited from Middle English shaven, schaven, from Old English sċafan (“to shave, scrape, shred, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *skabaną (“to scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to cut, split, form, carve”). Cognate with West Frisian skave, Dutch schaven (“to shave, plane”), Low German schaven (“to scrape, scratch, shave”), German schaben (“to scrape, shave”), Danish skave, Norwegian Nynorsk skava, Swedish skava (“to scrape, chafe”), Icelandic skafa, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (skaban, “to shear, shave”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English shave, from Old English sceafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabô.
[References]
edit
- “shave” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- shave at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈʃaːv(ə)/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English sceafa, from Proto-Germanic *skabô.
[Etymology 2]
edit
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slash
[[English]]
ipa :/slaʃ/[Anagrams]
edit
- LSSAH
[Etymology 1]
editOriginally a verb of uncertain etymology. Possibly from French esclachier (“to break”). Used once in the Wycliffe Bible as slascht but otherwise unattested until 16th century. Conjunctive use from various applications of the punctuation mark ⟨/⟩. See also slash fiction.
[Etymology 2]
editOf uncertain etymology. Compare Scots slash (“large splash”), possibly from Old French esclache. Slang use for urination attested from the 1950s.
[Etymology 3]
editOf uncertain etymology. Compare flash (“a marsh; a pool of water”) and British dialectal slashy (“wet and dirty, miry”).
[Etymology 4]
editSee slatch
[References]
edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "slash, v.¹ & v.²" & "slash, n.¹, n.², n.³, & n.⁴". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1911.
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editslash m (plural slash)
1.(punctuation) slash
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unlock
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌnˈlɒk/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English unloken, unlouken, onlouken, from Old English onlūcan (“to unlock”), equivalent to un- + lock. Cognate with Dutch ontluiken (“to unlock”).
[Noun]
editunlock (plural unlocks)
1.The act of unlocking something.
2.1998, Steven Herberts, The Correctional Officer Inside Prisons (page 38)
Unlike modern, automated prisons, each cell here was locked and unlocked manually with a large skeleton key. The first duty was to get a proper head count of each inmate, insuring each was alive. Once done, an unlock was conducted.
3.2011, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, Shaz Qadeer, Computer Aided Verification: 23rd International Conference
The instructions between a lock and an unlock form a critical section.
[References]
edit
- “unlock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[Verb]
editunlock (third-person singular simple present unlocks, present participle unlocking, simple past and past participle unlocked)
1.(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
I unlocked the door and walked in.
2.(transitive) To obtain access to something.
I unlocked the dictionary article so I could edit it.
This computer game is shareware, but you can pay for a code to unlock the full version.
3.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
4.2019 October, “Funding for 20tph East London line service”, in Modern Railways, page 18:
The combination of the new station and road improvements is expected to unlock up to 14,000 new homes, with the council saying no more than 2,500 homes can be built at Beaulieu and north east Chelmsford without the station.
5.(transitive, mobile telephony) To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
6.(transitive) To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.
The discovery of a clue unlocked the mystery.
7.(intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
8.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219:
He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.
9.(figuratively) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
10.2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Electrification key to decarbonisation”, in Rail, page 16:
He also warned of the supply chain issues, stating: "Don't pretend you're going to unlock half a dozen [electrification] schemes simultaneously because you'll probably flood the supply chain, we don't have the capacity."
11.2022 April 14, Rupert Neate, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for more than $40bn”, in The Guardian[1]:
Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it.
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participant
[[English]]
ipa :/pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/[Adjective]
editparticipant (not comparable)
1.Sharing; participating; having a share of part.
2.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, OCLC 1086746628:
Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “participant” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “participant” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- participant at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editparticipant (plural participants)
1.One who participates.
All participants must adhere to the rules of the competition.
[Synonyms]
edit
- entrant, partaker, participator
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/pəɾ.ti.siˈpant/[Further reading]
edit
- “participant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “participant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “participant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “participant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editparticipant m or f (plural participants)
1.participant
[Verb]
editparticipant
1.present participle of participar
[[French]]
ipa :/paʁ.ti.si.pɑ̃/[Further reading]
edit
- “participant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editparticipant m (plural participants, feminine participante)
1.participant
[Participle]
editparticipant
1.present participle of participer
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editparticipant
1.third-person plural present active indicative of participō
[[Occitan]]
[Noun]
editparticipant m or f (plural participants)
1.participant
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French participant
[Noun]
editparticipant m (plural participanți)
1.participant
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Even
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈvɛn/[Anagrams]
edit
- Neve, eevn, neve, névé
[Etymology]
editFrom Russian Эве́нский (Evénskij), from эвэн (evɛn), of Tungusic origin. Compare Evenki.
[Further reading]
edit
- Ethnologue entry for Even, eve
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:EvensWikipedia Even (plural Evens)
1.An ethnic Even: a member of an indigenous people living in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
[Proper noun]
editEven
1.A Tungusic language spoken by the Evens in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
[References]
edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
[Synonyms]
edit
- Lamut (former name)edit
- Lamut (former name)
[[Norwegian]]
[Proper noun]
editEven
1.A male given name, variant of Eivind.
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eve
[[English]]
ipa :/iːv/[Anagrams]
edit
- EeV, Vee, vee
[Etymology]
editFrom a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. [1] See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.
[Further reading]
edit
- eve at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editeve (plural eves)
1.The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
2.(archaic, poetic) Evening, night.
3.Mid-19th century, Clare, John, Autumn:
I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve
4.1896, Housman, A[lfred] E[dward], chapter XXVII, in A Shropshire Lad, lines 42-43:
And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.
5.
6. (figuratively) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
Antonyms: evening, winter
the eve of a scientific discovery
[References]
edit
1. ^ “eve” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (evening): een, eventide, forenight; see also Thesaurus:evening
[[Aiwoo]]
[Numeral]
editeve
1.three
[References]
edit
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
[[Ewe]]
ipa :/ˈeve/[Numeral]
editeve
1.two
[[Finnish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- vee
[Noun]
editeve
1.(slang) ecstasy (drug)
[Synonyms]
edit
- ekstaasi
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[References]
edit
- “eve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Verb]
editeve (present tense ever, past tense eva or evet, past participle eva or evet)
1.(reflexive) to wait, doubt, drag one's feet
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse efa, ifa.[1] Confer also with earlier ivast.
[Etymology 2]
editRelated to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.[1]
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “eve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
2. ^ Ivar Aasen (1850), “æva”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
3. ^ Ivar Aasen (1850), “Æve”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editLatin aqua.
[Noun]
editeve f (oblique plural eves, nominative singular eve, nominative plural eves)
1.Alternative form of iaue; water
[[Rapa Nui]]
[Noun]
editeve
1.buttocks
[[Turkish]]
[Noun]
editeve
1.singular dative of ev
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Eve
[[English]]
ipa :/iːv/[Anagrams]
edit
- EeV, Vee, vee
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English Eve, Eue, from Old English Eue, Æue, from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
[Etymology 2]
editA pun on eavesdropper.
[Etymology 3]
editEither a variant of Eaves or a matronymic from the given name.
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
editVariant of Eva and a short form of Evelin.
[Proper noun]
editEve
1.A female given name.
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology 1]
editShort form of Evert and Evald, also a masculine form of Eva. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1904.
[Etymology 2]
editVariant of Eva and short form of Evelina.
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compared
[[English]]
ipa :/kəmˈpɛɹd/[Anagrams]
edit
- compadre
[Verb]
editcompared
1.simple past tense and past participle of compare
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compa
[[San Juan Colorado Mixtec]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Spanish compa.
[Noun]
editcómpà
1.buddy
[References]
edit
- Stark Campbell, Sara; et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 9
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
editClipping of compadre or compañero.
[Further reading]
edit
- “compa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editcompa m (plural compas)
1.(slang, US, Mexico) buddy
¡Oye, compa, que te pasa?
Hey buddy, what's up?
Synonym: (Mexico) ñero
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cognisant
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editcognisant (comparative more cognisant, superlative most cognisant)
1.Alternative spelling of cognizant
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Albert
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæl.bɚt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Balter, Bartel, Bartle, Tabler, balter, bralet, labret, tabler
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English Æþelbeorht, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalberht, a compound of *aþalaz (“noble”) + *berhtaz (“bright, famous”), or from Old French Albert, from Latin Albertus, itself from the Germanic name. Regardless of the exact route, it is a doublet of Ethelbert. It became popular in 19th-century England due to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
[Noun]
editAlbert (plural Alberts)
1.Synonym of Albert chain
[Proper noun]
editAlbert (plural Alberts)
1.A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2.1862 Alfred Tennyson, The Idylls of the King: Dedication:
Thou noble Father of her Kings to be - - - / Dear to thy land and ours, a Prince indeed, / Beyond all titles, and a household name, / Hereafter, thro' all times, Albert the Good.
3.1956 Eddie Condon, Thomas Sugrue: We Called it Music: A Generation of Jazz. Peter Davies 1956. page 40:
Helena was not flattered. "Albert just doesn't appreciate music," she said. They all called me Albert then. I thought it was a fine name; I like elegance.
4.2000 Anne Enright, What Are You Like?, Random House (2001), →ISBN, page 85:
Hogan, Byrne, O'Brien. She stopped at one name. Albert Delahunty — what Catholic in their right mind would call a child Albert?
5.A patronymic surname, from given names.
6.A constituency in Belize
7.A city in Kansas
8.A rural municipality of Manitoba
9.A town in New South Wales
10.A ghost town in Texas
11.A crater on the Moon
[[Azerbaijani]]
[Proper noun]
editAlbert
1.A transliteration of the English male given name Albert.
2.2018, Daron Acemoğlu and James A. Robinson, Millətlər niyə tənəzzül edir, p. 95:
Bu ölkələrdə, güman ki, çox sayda potensial Bill Geytslər və bir, ya da iki Albert Eynşteyn var, amma onlar təhsil ala bilmədiyi və həyatda öz yerlərini tapmadığı üçün əkinçiliklə məşğul olmağa, ya da hərbi xidmətə getməyə məcburdurlar.
3.2019 September 6, Xalq Qəzeti[1]:
Azərbaycan paytaxtında Milli Qəhrəman Albert Aqarunovun xatirəsini əbədiləşdirmək məqsədilə heykəli ucaldılır.
A monument to the memory of National Hero Albert Agarunov is being erected in the capital of Azerbaijan.
4.2020, Nicat Tarverdiyev, İslam və Motivasiya, p. 75:
Unutmayın ki, bizim hər birimizin ixtiyarında olan zaman Mikelancelo, Leonardo Da Vinçi, Tomas Cefferson, Paster, Helen Keller, Albert Eynşteyn kimi dahi şəxsiyyətlərin sahib olduğu vaxt qədərdir.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/əlˈbɛɾt/[Proper noun]
editAlbert m
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[Cebuano]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English Albert.
[Proper noun]
editAlbert
1.A male given name from the Germanic languages.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈalbɛrt][Proper noun]
editAlbert m
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[Danish]]
[Proper noun]
editAlbert
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈɑl.bərt/[Proper noun]
editAlbert m
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[Estonian]]
ipa :/ˈɑlb̥ert/[Proper noun]
editAlbert
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[Faroese]]
[Proper noun]
editAlbert m
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈɑlbert/[Proper noun]
editAlbert
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[French]]
ipa :/al.bɛʁ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Aubert (rare)
[Anagrams]
edit
- tabler
[Proper noun]
editAlbert m
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
2.A patronymic surname, from given names.
[[German]]
[Etymology]
editContraction of Adalbert, from Old High German adal (“noble”) + beraht (“bright”).
[Proper noun]
editAlbert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Alberts)
1.A male given name
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈɒlbɛrt][Proper noun]
editAlbert
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[Icelandic]]
[Proper noun]
editAlbert m
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert
[[Norwegian]]
[Proper noun]
editAlbert
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈal.bɛrt/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Latin Albertus, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalberht.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Further reading]
edit
- Albert in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Albert in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom German Albert.
[Proper noun]
editAlbert m (genitive/dative lui Albert)
1.A surname, from German.
[References]
edit
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names][2], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
[[Slovak]]
ipa :[ˈalbert][Further reading]
edit
- Albert in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
[Proper noun]
editAlbert m (genitive Alberta, nominative plural Albertovia, declension pattern of chlap)
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/¹albæʈ/[Etymology]
editFirst recorded in Sweden in 1283. Cognate with German and English Albert.
[Proper noun]
editAlbert c (genitive Alberts)
1.A male given name, equivalent to English Albert.
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like to
[[English]]
ipa :[laɪk.tə][Adverb]
editlike to (not comparable)
1.(Southern US) nearly; almost
2.1995, Elizabeth Kytle, The Voices of Robby Wilde, page 204:
And the wall facing the hall was almost all glass. It looked more like a store display window than a room. Rob didn't know about all this until a week later when she was back on her ward; but when she told him, he like to died.
[Anagrams]
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- Keltoi
[Etymology]
editRe-analysis of like (to) (an adjective meaning "likely") as an adverb. (Forms like liked to and would have liked to are from re-analysis as a verb.)
[Synonyms]
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- would have liked to
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fellow
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɛləʊ/[Anagrams]
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- elf owl
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English felowe, felau, felawe, Early Middle English felage (“person in another’s company or society, acquaintance, associate, companion; close companion, good friend; spiritual companion; drinking companion, reveller; sociable person; intercessor, mediator; chap, man; person of low social status; servant, slave; contemptible person; used to address one’s social inferior in a friendly or condescending manner; colleague, co-worker; business partner; criminal accomplice or accessory; member of an organized group of associates (for example, a fellow of a college; fellow citizen; member of a craft or guild; monk, nun); consort, spouse; mate of an animal; opponent in combat; champion, defender; equal, peer; animal in a flock, herd, etc.; object which is part of a set”) [and other forms],[1] from Old English feolaga, from Old Norse félagi (“associate, colleague; companion; spouse; shareholder; fellow”), from félag (“joint venture; partnership”, literally “a laying together of property”), from fé (“cattle; livestock (especially sheep); money; property”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“livestock; wealth”)) + lag (“something laid down; layer, stratum; due place, right position; arrangement; companionship, fellowship; partnership”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to be in a resting position, to lie”)).[2]cognates
- Old Norse filaga, felaka (“partner”, accusative singular), from which the other terms are derived:
- Danish fælle (“companion”)
- Faroese felagi (“member; partner”)
- Icelandic félagi (“companion, comrade, fellow; member; partner”)
- Norwegian felle (“companion”)
- Old Swedish fälaghi (modern Swedish felaga, felaha (“partner”, accusative singular))
- Scots falow, fallow, follow (“associate, companion, comrade”)
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English felauen, felow (“to join (someone) in companionship, friendship, partnership, etc.”) [and other forms],[3] from felowe, felau, felawe (noun): see etymology 1.[4]
[Further reading]
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- fellow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[References]
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1. ^ “fē̆lau(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
2. ^ “fellow, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “fellow, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
3. ^ “fē̆lauen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
4. ^ “fellow, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editfellow m or f (plural fellows)
1.(education) fellow
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turnabout
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
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- turn-about, turn about
[Anagrams]
edit
- about turn, about-turn
[Etymology]
editturn + about
[Noun]
editturnabout (countable and uncountable, plural turnabouts)
1.The act of turning about so as to face in the opposite direction
2.A reversal of a decision or opinion etc; a change of mind or flip-flop
3.A merry-go-round.
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Spurr
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- RURPs, purrs
[Proper noun]
editSpurr (plural Spurrs)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Spurr is the 18354th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1509 individuals. Spurr is most common among White (94.37%) individuals.
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incorporates
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- procreations
[Verb]
editincorporates
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate
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incorporate
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪŋˈkɔɹpɚe(ɪ)t/[Anagrams]
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- procreation
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”).
[Etymology 2]
editin- (“not”) + corporate
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- crepitarono, patrocinerò, portoricane
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editincorporāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of incorporō
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AHA
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- aah
[Noun]
editAHA (countable and uncountable, plural AHAs)
1.Initialism of alpha-hydroxy acid.
2.(countable, property law, England & Wales) Initialism of Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy.
[Proper noun]
editAHA (usually uncountable, plural AHAs)
1.(medicine, cardiology) Initialism of American Heart Association: an American non-profit organization focusing on cardiovascular medical research, education and care.
2.(countable, property law, England & Wales) Initialism of Agricultural Holdings Act.
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glocal
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡləʊk(ə)l/[Adjective]
editglocal (comparative more glocal, superlative most glocal)
1.(chiefly business, politics) Being both global and local.
2.2011, Will Self, "The frowniest spot on Earth", London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:
Not so much wedded as welded to their airline seats, he and his amanuensis see the cities of the future as ‘glocal’ phenomena, where high-density urban centres are air-linked to intercontinental faubourgs.
[Etymology]
editBlend of global + local.[1]
[References]
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- glocal at OneLook Dictionary Search
1. ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016), “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future[1], Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editglocal (plural glocales)
1.glocal
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free-roaming
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editfree-roaming (comparative more free-roaming, superlative most free-roaming)
1.(video games) Allowing the player to move freely through a virtual world and/or choose the game narrative and objectives at will; Open World.
2.2009, Wendy Despain, Writing for Video Game Genres: From FPS to RPG, →ISBN, page 49:
While Metroid introduced multiple endings to a linear game, other more recent designs have presented free-roaming worlds incorporating multiple gameplay paths.
3.2009, Michael Duggan, Wii Game Creation for Teens, →ISBN, page 294:
Let the player trigger these in any order she chooses; this is vital because the game ceases being static and takes on the illusion of a free-roaming game.
4.2013, Matt Fox, The Video Games Guide, →ISBN:
Its free-roaming world was a departure for both the programmer and for console gamers, and in retrospect it was an ambitious undertaking that could have all gone horribly wrong.
5.Having the ability to move about unconstrained by reins, leashes, fences, cages, barns, and so on.
6.2001, Chilco Choate, The Fire Still Burns, →ISBN, page 51:
From the distance of today, my guess is that it was the free-roaming horses that had most to do with the increase in carnivores, mainly because nobody was trying to protect them.
7.2004, Kosher Chicken from Canada, →ISBN, page 1-5:
Further, the chickens are free-roaming, which means that it is necessary for the farmers to closely watch what the birds ingest.
8.2005, William J. Fielding, Jane Mather, & Maurice Isaacs, Potcakes: Dog Ownership in New Providence, the Bahamas, →ISBN, page 57:
As indicated in the Introduction, free-roaming dogs have "always" been a feature of New Providence's environment and they have "always" been considered a "nuisance" or "problem."
9.2010, Rebecca Solnit & Mona Caron, A California Bestiary, →ISBN, page 10:
By 1985, there were nine free-roaming condors left on earth and a few more in zoos.
10.2012, The Praeger Handbook of Environmental Health - Volume 1, →ISBN, page Robert H. Friis:
Since free-roaming cats may come into the yard, any sandboxes should be covered when not in use to prevent cats from defecating in them.
11.(astronomy) Not orbiting a gravitational center.
12.2005, Neil J C Spooner & Vitaly Kudryavtsev, The Identification of Dark Matter, →ISBN, page 183:
Microlensed double-image quasars have sent a consistent message that the baryonic dark matter consists of a dark population of free-roaming planet mass objects.
13.2012, David Braun, National Geographic Tales of the Weird, →ISBN:
This would offer an explanation for some of the free-roaming planets that have been found and it could mean that more exist across the Milky Way.
14.2013, David Stevenson, Under a Crimson Sun: Prospects for Life in a Red Dwarf System, →ISBN:
There are some suggestions that these free-roaming worlds may outnumber stars by several orders of magnitude, dominating the population of objects in the universe.
[Verb]
editfree-roaming
1.present participle of free-roam
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