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keep up
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- upkeep
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English kepen up (“to perpetuate, maintain, preserve”), equivalent to keep + up.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (stay even or ahead): keep pace
[Verb]
editkeep up (third-person singular simple present keeps up, present participle keeping up, simple past and past participle kept up)
1.(transitive) To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating.
2.1992, The Daily Telegraph, London
The NRA is pumping groundwater into the River Itchen in Hampshire to keep up its flow and is trying to save three streams, the Tong, the Little Stour and the Dour from going dry this summer.
3.(transitive, idiomatic) To continue with (work, etc).
4.1991, Tennis World, Sussex: Presswatch
Keep up the good work of entertaining your fans on court Steffi; we know you can do it; your fans are behind you all the way.
5.1991, Barty-King, Hugh, The worst poverty, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, pages 85-203
If the borrower could no longer afford to keep up the payments, the longer he stayed in the home the more the interest bill mounted.
6.(intransitive, idiomatic) To stay even or ahead.
They ran so fast I could hardly keep up.
7.2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Rooney and his team-mates started ponderously, as if sensing the enormity of the occasion, but once Scholes began to link with Ryan Giggs in the middle of the park, the visitors increased the tempo with Sunderland struggling to keep up.
8.2021 September 8, Howard Johnston, “Network News: HS2 jobs boost - but skills shortage a concern”, in RAIL, number 939, page 16:
However, there are some warning signs. Phases 1 and 2A labour requirements are expected to peak at around 26,500 over the next two years, and there will be a constant labour demand until 2025-26, but there are signs that the skills training programmes may not be able to keep up.
9.To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.
I always try to keep up with (or "keep up on") current affairs.
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breakdown
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɹeɪkdaʊn/[Etymology]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:breakdownWikipedia From the verb phrase break down.
[Noun]
editbreakdown (countable and uncountable, plural breakdowns)
1.A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed
We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.
2.A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability
After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.
3.Listing, division or categorization in great detail
Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.
4.(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
5.(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
6.(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
7.A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
8.1992, En Vogue, My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (song)
And now it's time for a breakdown!
9.1999, CMJ New Music Report (volume 59, number 631, page 28)
The fired-up foursome takes itself very seriously, singing politically charged lyrics, which, in the tradition of Strife and Damnation AD, are strategically placed in the middle of slamming, moshable breakdowns.
10.(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
11.2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.
12.(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music.
13.(US, dated) Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
14.1854, New England Tales
Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over, for we are going to have a breakdown to wind up with.
15.(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
16.1893, Mark Twain "The Californian's Tale", in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906)
Towards nine the three miners said that as they had brought their instruments they might as well tune up, for the boys and girls would soon be arriving now, and hungry for a good old fashioned breakdown. A fiddle, a banjo, and a clarinet - these were the instruments.
17.1898, Charles Garvice, Nell, of Shorne Mills, page 4:
Without a change of countenance, as if he were deaf to her entreaties and threats, he tuned up the banjo, and played a breakdown.
18.2005, Joe R. Lansdale, Sunset and Sawdust, page 65:
she soon took up with a traveling shoe salesman who played the banjo, wandered away with him and his shoes, probably to the sound of a banjo breakdown
19.2008, Stephen Davis, Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N' Roses, page 102:
Izzy lays down some big chords while Slash plays the song's banjo breakdown of a theme.
20.2011, Jenny Wingfield, The Homecoming of Samuel Lake, page 98:
The grown-ups were lolling around on the porch and in the yard, finger snapping and foot tapping while Samuel played “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” on his fivestring banjo
21.2011, Madison Smartt Bell, Soldier's Joy:
The banjo built up to breakdown speed and then took a sidestep into another register, an oddly complex net of notes which stretched out for a time and finally stopped on a full rest.
22.(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.
[Synonyms]
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- (musical technique): degradation
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degrees
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈɡɹiːz/[Anagrams]
edit
- Geerdes
[Noun]
editdegrees
1.plural of degree
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degrees Fahrenheit
[[English]]
[Noun]
editdegrees Fahrenheit
1.plural of degree Fahrenheit
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degree Fahrenheit
[[English]]
[Noun]
editdegree Fahrenheit (plural degrees Fahrenheit)
1.A degree on the Fahrenheit temperature scale.
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Fahrenheit
[[English]]
ipa :/fɑːɹənˈhaɪt/[Adjective]
editFahrenheit (not comparable)
1.Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
2.2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 142:
For example, in the Fahrenheit scale 212°F is the boiling point of water.
Coordinate terms: Celsius, kelvin
[Etymology]
editFrom German Fahrenheit, named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.
[Further reading]
edit
- Fahrenheit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈfaːʁənhaɪ̯t/[Etymology]
editNamed after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. The surname is poorly attested and of uncertain origin, but superficially composed of fahren (“to go, travel”) + the suffix -heit.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Fahrenheit” in Duden online
- “Fahrenheit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editFahrenheit n (strong, genitive Fahrenheit, no plural)
1.(sciences) Fahrenheit
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fahrenheit
[[English]]
ipa :/fɑːɹənˈhaɪt/[Adjective]
editFahrenheit (not comparable)
1.Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
2.2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 142:
For example, in the Fahrenheit scale 212°F is the boiling point of water.
Coordinate terms: Celsius, kelvin
[Etymology]
editFrom German Fahrenheit, named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.
[Further reading]
edit
- Fahrenheit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈfaːʁənhaɪ̯t/[Etymology]
editNamed after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. The surname is poorly attested and of uncertain origin, but superficially composed of fahren (“to go, travel”) + the suffix -heit.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Fahrenheit” in Duden online
- “Fahrenheit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editFahrenheit n (strong, genitive Fahrenheit, no plural)
1.(sciences) Fahrenheit
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blame
[[English]]
ipa :/bleɪm/[Anagrams]
edit
- Amble, Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, amble, belam, melba
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English blame, borrowed from Old French blame, blasme, produced from the verb blasmer, which in turn is derived from Vulgar Latin *blastēmāre, present active infinitive of *blastēmō, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin blasphēmō, ultimately from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blaspheme. Displaced native Old English tǣling (“blame”) and tǣlan (“to blame”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English blamen, borrowed from Old French blasmer, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmō (“to reproach, to revile”), from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Compare blaspheme, a doublet. Overtook common use from the native wite (“to blame, accuse, reproach, suspect”) (from Middle English wīten, from Old English wītan).
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈblaːm(ə)/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old French blasme, a deverbal noun from blasmer (“to criticise”).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Walloon]]
[Noun]
editblame f (plural blames)
1.flame
Synonym: flame
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unseasonal
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunseasonal (comparative more unseasonal, superlative most unseasonal)
1.Not normal, appropriate, or expected for the season or time of year.
An unseasonal rainstorm took everyone by surprise.
[Antonyms]
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- seasonal
[Etymology]
editun- + seasonal
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cri
[[French]]
ipa :/kʁi/[Anagrams]
edit
- RCI
[Etymology 1]
editSince the Middle Ages, deverbal form of crier.
[Etymology 2]
edit Cris on French WikipediaClipping of Christenaux (now Knistenaux), from Cree Kenisteniwuik (the name of a Cree village).
[Further reading]
edit
- “cri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
editcri m (plural cris or criz)
1.cry; shout
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
editcri m (oblique plural cris, nominative singular cris, nominative plural cri)
1.cry; shout
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈkɾi/[Etymology 1]
editOnomatopoeic.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editOnomatopoeic.
[Interjection]
editcri
1.chirrup (sound made by crickets)
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bend
[[English]]
ipa :/bɛnd/[Anagrams]
edit
- D. Neb.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English benden, from Old English bendan (“to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandijan, from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate with Middle High German benden (“to fetter”), Danish bænde (“to bend”), Norwegian bende (“to bend”), Faroese benda (“to bend, inflect”), Icelandic benda (“to bend”). Related to band, bond.
[Noun]
editbend (plural bends) Azure a bend or, the arms of Scrope
1.A curve.
2.1968, Johnny Cash, Folsom Prison Blues
I hear the train a comin'/It's rolling round the bend
3.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.
There's a sharp bend in the road ahead.
4.Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
5.2012, Percy W. Blandford, Practical Knots and Ropework, page 67:
A simpler version of the common bend with its ends in the same direction is used to join binder twine in a hay baling machine.
6.(in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends.
7.(heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
8.1968, Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry, pages 63-64:
Perhaps the most celebrated coat of arms is that of Scrope, which is Azure a bend Or. This is the coat over which, from 1385 to 1390, Sir Robert le Grosvenor and Sir Richard le Scrope invoked the High Court of Chivalry to decide which of them had the right to bear these arms. Chaucer gave evidence before the court. In the end the arms were awarded to Scrope, and Grosvenor was ordered to difference with a bordure Argent. This he disdained to do, and being highly dissatisfied with the verdict he appealed to Richard II who altered the decision of the court by refusing to allow the bend to Grosvenor at all! Grosvenor then adopted a garb, or sheaf of corn.
9.(obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
10.1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess, Act 1, Scene 3
Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend.
11.In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
12.(mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
13.(nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
14.(nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
the midship bends
15.(music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
[References]
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- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
[Related terms]
edit
- bent
[Verb]
editbend (third-person singular simple present bends, present participle bending, simple past and past participle bent or (archaic) bended)
1.(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.
Don’t bend your knees.
2.(intransitive) To become curved.
Look at the trees bending in the wind.
3.(transitive) To cause to change direction.
4.1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Bend thine ear to supplication.
5.c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene viii]:
Towards Coventry bend we our course.
6.1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 226649000:
bending her eyes on the floor
7.(intransitive) To change direction.
The road bends to the right.
8.(intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
9.1634, John Milton, “Arcades”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, OCLC 606951673:
to whom our vows and wishes bend
10.(intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
He bent down to pick up the pieces.
11.(intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
12.1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Each to his great Father bends.
13.(transitive) To force to submit.
They bent me to their will.
14.1611 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]:
Of liegers for her sweet, and which she after
Except she bend her humour, shall be assured
To taste of too.
15.(intransitive) To submit.
I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
16.(transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
He bent the company's resources to gaining market share.
17.1677 June 28, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Cure of Gout by Moxa. […]”, in Miscellanea. The First Part. [...], 3rd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], and Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1691, OCLC 1113628240, page 192:
And I remember one great Miniſter that confeſt to me, when he fell into one of his uſual Fits of the Gout, He was no longer able to bend his mind or thoughts to any Publick Buſineſs, [...]
18.1714, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, OCLC 43265629, canto III:
when to mischief mortals bend their will
19.(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
20.(transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
21.(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
Bend the sail to the yard.
22.(transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
23.(intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *band (“drop”). Compare Phrygian βεδυ (bedu, “water”), Sanskrit बिन्दु (bindú, “drop”), Middle Irish banna, baina (“drop”) and possibly Latin Fōns Bandusiae.
[Noun]
editbend m
1.pond, water reservoir
2.idle or provocative words
3.servant, henchman
[[Northern Kurdish]]
[Noun]
editbend ?
1.slave
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom benda, bende (“to bend”).
[Noun]
editbend n (definite singular bendet, indefinite plural bend, definite plural benda)
1.a bend
2.a bent position
3.a butt on a thick rope
[Participle]
editbend (neuter bendt, definite singular and plural bende)
1.past participle of benda and bende
[References]
edit
- “bend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[Verb]
editbend
1.imperative of benda and bende
[[Old Norse]]
[Participle]
editbend
1.inflection of bendr:
1.strong feminine nominative singular
2.strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
[Verb]
editbend
1.second-person singular active imperative of benda
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈbẽd͡ʒ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English bend.
[Noun]
editbend m (plural bends)
1.(music, electric guitar) bend (change in pitch produced by bending a string)
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/bênd/[Etymology]
editFrom English band.
[Noun]
editbȅnd m (Cyrillic spelling бе̏нд)
1.(music) band (group of musicians)
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named
[[English]]
ipa :/neɪmd/[Adjective]
editnamed (not comparable)
1.Having a name.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Amend, Edman, Mande, Medan, ad-men, admen, amend, amend., deman, maned, menad
[Antonyms]
edit
- unnamed
[Verb]
editnamed
1.simple past tense and past participle of name
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nam
[[Acehnese]]
[Numeral]
editnam
1.six
[[Catacao]]
[Noun]
editnam
1.moon
[[Crimean Tatar]]
[Noun]
editnam
1.name, appellation, title
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɑm[Anagrams]
edit
- Man, man
[Verb]
editnam
1. singular past indicative of nemen
[[Eastern Cham]]
ipa :/nʌm/[Alternative forms]
edit
- nem / ꨘꨮꩌ
- ꨘꩌ
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
[Numeral]
editnam
1.six
[[Finnish]]
[Interjection]
editnam
1.yum
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
editnam
1.Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼
[[Ido]]
[Conjunction]
editnam
1.for, since, because, seeing that
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin nam.
[[Indonesian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
[Numeral]
editnam
1.(colloquial) six
[[Interlingua]]
[Conjunction]
editnam
1.for
[[Lashi]]
ipa :/nam/[Postposition]
editnam
1.near
[[Latin]]
ipa :/nam/[Conjunction]
editnam
1.for
2.4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 2:15
Nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges ita isti parentes et cognati eius et inridebant vitam eius.
For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life.
3.since
4.thus
5.because
6.actually
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).
[References]
edit
- “nam”, 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.
- “nam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nam 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)
- nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :[nam][Pronoun]
editnam
1.dative of my
[[Malay]]
ipa :/nam/[Alternative forms]
edit
- enam
- ĕnam
- anam
- ănam
- انم
- نم
[Etymology]
editShortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
[Numeral]
editnam (Jawi spelling نم)
1.Alternative form of enam
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Verb]
editnam
1.first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen
[[Middle High German]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- name
[Noun]
editnam m
1.name
2.(grammar) noun
3.14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch
zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,
vorsatz, înworf under irem dach
gemunzet und geformet stân.
[[Ngarrindjeri]]
[Pronoun]
editnam
1.us
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- nam-nam, nam nam
[Interjection]
editnam
1.yum, or yum yum
[References]
edit
- “nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- nam-nam, nam nam
[Interjection]
editnam
1.yum, or yum yum
[References]
edit
- “nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Nyishi]]
[Noun]
editnam
1.house, home
[[Old English]]
ipa :/nɑm/[Verb]
editnam
1.first/third-person preterite of niman
[[Old Norse]]
[Verb]
editnam
1.first/third-person singular past active indicative of nema
[[Polish]]
ipa :/nam/[Pronoun]
editnam
1.dative of my
[[Portuguese]]
[Adverb]
editnam (not comparable)
1.Obsolete spelling of não
[[Rohingya]]
[Etymology]
editCognate with Bengali নাম (nam).This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Noun]
editnam
1.name
[[Sapé]]
[Noun]
editnam
1.water
[References]
edit
- Ernesto C. Migliazza, Maku, Sapé and Uruak languages: Current status and basic lexicon (1978), in Anthropological Linguistics 20 (also cited in Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors)
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
[Etymology 1]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Etymology 2]
editUniverbation of an (“in”) + mo (“my”).
[Etymology 3]
editUniverbation of an (“in”) + am (“their”).
[Etymology 4]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Pronoun]
editnam (Cyrillic spelling нам)
1.to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
Možemo i bolje! Nema nam granica!
We can do better! We have no limits!
(literally, “We can even better! There are no limits to us.”)
2.(emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
Gdje nam je auto?
Where is our car?
[[Sumerian]]
[Romanization]
editnam
1.Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- man
[Verb]
editnam
1. past tense of nimma.
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/nɑm/[Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish نام (nam), from Persian نام (nâm).
[Noun]
editnam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)
1.reputation
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[naːm˧˧][Anagrams]
edit
- man
[Etymology 1]
editSino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”). Compare also nôm/Nôm and nồm (as in gió nồm (“south(east) wind”)).
[Etymology 2]
editSino-Vietnamese word from 男.
[[Volapük]]
ipa :/nam/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).
[Noun]
editnam (nominative plural nams)
1.hand
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Nam
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- 'Nam, 'nam
[Anagrams]
edit
- -man, AMN, MAN, MNA, Man, Man., man, man., mna
[Proper noun]
editNam
1.(informal) Clipping of Vietnam.
2.(informal, historical) The Vietnam War.
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[naːm˧˧][Anagrams]
edit
- man
[Etymology]
editSino-Vietnamese word from 南.
[Proper noun]
editNam
1.A male given name from Chinese
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NAM
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editNAM
1.(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Namibia.
Synonym: NA (alpha-2)
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -man, AMN, MAN, MNA, Man, Man., man, man., mna
[Proper noun]
editNAM
1.Initialism of Non-Aligned Movement.
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notable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnəʊtəbl̩/[Adjective]
editnotable (comparative more notable, superlative most notable)
1.Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished. [from 14th c.]
2.{{RQ:Shakespeare Verona}|passage=[...] how sayest thou, that my master is become a notable lover?}}
3.Easily noted (without connotations of value); clearly noticeable, conspicuous. [from 14th c.]
4.1623, Shakespeare, William, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be.
5.That can be observed; perceptible. [from 14th c.]
6.1989, Stanton Peele, Diseasing of America:
Dyslexia is most notable in children who are unable to focus on their assignments.
7.2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 60:
Another most notable change concerns rolling stock liveries. Back then, corporate Rail Blue was omnipresent, whereas now there is a kaleidoscope of colours and styles.
8.(now rare) Industrious, energetic; (specifically) (usually of a woman) capable, efficient in household management. [from 17th c.]
9.c. 1793, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs, Penguin, page 48:
During his residence abroad, his concerns at home were managed by his mother Hester, an active and notable woman.
10.1863, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Sylvia's lovers:
Hester looked busy and notable with her gown pinned up behind her, and her hair all tucked away under a clean linen cap; […]
11.(obsolete) Useful; profitable.
12.1618 March 15, James Howell, “V. To Dr. Fr. Mansell, at All-Souls in Oxford.”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], volume I, 3rd edition, London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], published 1655, OCLC 84295516, section II, page 68:
Your honourable Uncle Sir Robert Manſell, who is now in the Mediterranean, hath been very notable to me, and I ſhall ever acknowledge a good part of my education from him.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- nottable (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Labonte
[Antonyms]
edit
- (all): non-notable
- (worthy of notice): nameless, obscure
- (capable of being noted): subtle
[Etymology]
editMiddle English notable, from Anglo-Norman notable, Middle French notable (“noteworthy”), from Latin notābilis (“noteworthy, extraordinary”), from notō (“to note, mark”); corresponding to note + -able.
[Noun]
editnotable (plural notables)
1.A person or thing of distinction.
2.July 16 1875, Carl Schurz, letter to W. M. Grosvenor
What we ought to have, in my opinion, is a meeting of notables—men whose names will be of weight with the country and who can be depended upon to agree to an independent course.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (worthy of notice): eminent, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable
- (capable of being noted): apparent, evident; see also Thesaurus:obvious
[[Asturian]]
[Adjective]
editnotable (epicene, plural notables)
1.notable
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin notābilis.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/noˈta.blə/[Adjective]
editnotable (masculine and feminine plural notables)
1.notable
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin notābilis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “notable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “notable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “notable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “notable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[French]]
ipa :/nɔ.tabl/[Adjective]
editnotable (plural notables)
1.notable
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French notable, from Latin notābilis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “notable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editnotable m (plural notables)
1.notable
[[Galician]]
[Adjective]
editnotable m or f (plural notables)
1.notable
[Alternative forms]
edit
- notábel
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin notābilis.
[[Middle French]]
[Adjective]
editnotable m or f (plural notables)
1.important; significant
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin notābilis.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/noˈtable/[Adjective]
editnotable (plural notables, superlative notabilísimo)
1.remarkable, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, significant, marked, outstanding, striking, noted
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin notābilis. Cognate with English notable.
[Further reading]
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- “notable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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hand in hand
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌhændɪnˈhænd/[Adverb]
edithand in hand (not comparable)
1.Holding or clasping hands.
The couple strolled down the sidewalk, hand in hand.
2.(figuratively) Naturally, ordinarily or predictably together; commonly having a correlation or relationship.
The tendency to follow trends and explore one's sense of self goes hand in hand with being a teenager.
3.2022 February 9, Tom Allett, “The BTP's eyes and ears in the air”, in RAIL, number 950, page 50:
Owing to sensitivities about the force's capabilities, Russell is unable to say how many drones BTP has, or where and when they operate. But he does confide that the force works hand in hand with the helicopter service, and its ability to deploy drones is getting quicker.
4.(obsolete) Just; fair; equitable.
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 iv]:
As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- hand-in-hand
[References]
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- “hand in hand”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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hand-in-hand
[[English]]
[Adverb]
edithand-in-hand (not comparable)
1.Alternative spelling of hand in hand
2.2020 January 2, Barry Doe, “Excellent fares changes on Transport for Wales”, in Rail, page 63:
All-in-all, these are significant benefits for Welsh users and go hand-in-hand with improved train services, [...]
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inclined
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈklaɪnd/[Adjective]
editinclined (comparative more inclined, superlative most inclined)
1.At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.
The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees.
2.Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.
I am inclined to believe you.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- enclin’d (obsolete)
- enclined (obsolete)
- inclin’d (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
edit
- disinclined
[Etymology]
editincline + -ed
[See also]
edit
- incline
[Verb]
editinclined
1.simple past tense and past participle of incline
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incline
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪn[Alternative forms]
edit
- encline (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- -nicline
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).
[Further reading]
edit
- “incline” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “incline” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- incline at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editincline (plural inclines)
1.A slope.
To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
2.A portal of a subway tunnel.
the Pleasant Street Incline
[Verb]
editincline (third-person singular simple present inclines, present participle inclining, simple past and past participle inclined)
1.(transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.
2.(intransitive) To slope.
Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
3.(chiefly intransitive, chiefly passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.
I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.
4.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
5.1966, J. M. G. van der Poel, "Agriculture in Pre- and Protohistoric Times", in the Acta Historiae Neerlandica published by the Netherlands Committee of Historical Sciences, p.170:
The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters. […] Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs, […].
[[French]]
[Verb]
editincline
1.inflection of incliner:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2.second-person singular imperative
[[Galician]]
[Verb]
editincline
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
[[Italian]]
ipa :/inˈkli.ne/[Adjective]
editincline (plural inclini)
1.inclined, prone
Synonyms: facile, propenso
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editincline
1.first-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
2.third-person singular present subjunctive of inclinar
3.third-person singular imperative of inclinar
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editincline
1.inflection of inclinar:
1.first-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular present subjunctive
3.third-person singular imperative
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extra
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛkstɹə/[Adjective]
editextra (not comparable)
1.Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.
2.(dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
3.(slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!
4.2017, Yael Livnch, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23:
I highly recommend getting some more bread on the side—they offer small loaves and soup crackers for free, but I'm so extra, I bought my own loaf.
5.2017, Claire Craig, "#Instabeauty", Northern Woman, November 2017, page 48:
Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve.
6.2019, Michelle Spottswood, quoted in Kirby Myers, "Does Christmas in your house start before or after Thanksgiving", Key West Weekly, 21 November 2019, page 7:
Two months of Christmas trees, Christmas movies and Christmas music brings so much fun to our home, we are so extra with it!
7.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:extra.
[Adverb]
editextra (not comparable)
1.(informal) To an extraordinary degree.
That day he ran to school extra fast.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Artex, retax, taxer
[Determiner]
editextra
1.Denotes more.
She wants extra pickles on her burger.
[Etymology]
editAbbreviation of extraordinary.
[Noun]
editextra (plural extras)
1.Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
Synonyms: addition, supplement
2.An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
Extra, extra! Read all about it!
3.(cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
Synonym: sundry
4.(acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
5.(slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
Stop! I can't deal with all your extra today!
6.Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (something additional): See also Thesaurus:adjunct
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈɛks.traː/[Adjective]
editextra (not comparable)
1.extra
2.(Limburg) on purpose
[Adverb]
editextra
1.extra
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin extra, influenced by French and Middle French extraordinaire.
[Noun]
editextra m (plural extra's, diminutive extraatje n)
1.something extra, something in addition
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editextra (plural extras)
1.extra, additional
2.great, super, famous
[Further reading]
edit
- “extra”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editextra m or f (plural extras)
1.extra, supplement
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈɛks.tʁa/[Adjective]
editextra (strong nominative masculine singular extraer, not comparable)
1.(colloquial) Alternative form of extra- (“extra, special, additional”)
Das is’n ganz extra Rezept von meiner Mutter. ― This is a very special recipe of my mother’s.
[Adverb]
editextra
1.specifically (for a given purpose)
Das Wrack wurde mit extra entworfenen Bergungskränen gehoben. ― The wreck was lifted with specifically designed salvage cranes.
Synonym: eigens
2.(colloquial) on purpose
Das hab ich doch nich’ extra gemacht! ― I didn't do that on purpose!
Synonyms: absichtlich, mit Absicht
3.(colloquial) aside, apart, separately
Können Sie mir die Fritten und die Wurst extra abpacken? ― Could you wrap the fries and the sausage separately?
Synonyms: einzeln, getrennt, separat
4.(colloquial) particularly, very
Vorsicht! Der Tee is’ extra heiß! ― Be careful! The tea is extra hot!
Synonyms: besonders, sehr
[Further reading]
edit
- “extra” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “extra” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈɛkstrɒ][Adjective]
editextra (comparative extrább, superlative legextrább)
1.extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional)
extra kiadások ― extra expenses
[Etymology]
editFrom German extra, from Latin extra.[1]
[Noun]
editextra (plural extrák)
1.luxury features (e.g. in vehicles)
[References]
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1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
[[Ido]]
ipa :/ekstra/[Adjective]
editextra
1.extra
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈɛk.stra/[Adjective]
editextra (invariable)
1.extra
2.select (best quality)
[Noun]
editextra m (invariable)
1.extra (something additional)
[Preposition]
editextra
1.outside of, aside from, not including
[References]
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1. ^ extra in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈek.straː/[Adverb]
editextrā (comparative exterius, no superlative)
1.on the outside
Synonyms: extrīnsecus, forīs
[Etymology]
editAdverb contracted from the ablative exterā (parte), of exter.
[Preposition]
editextrā (+ accusative)
1.outside of
2.beyond
[References]
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- “extra”, 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.
- “extra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the river is over its banks, is in flood: flumen extra ripas diffluit
- to go outside the gate: extra portam egredi
- joking apart: extra iocum, remoto ioco (Fam. 7. 11. 3)
- to pass the limit: extra modum prodire
- beyond all measure: extra, praeter modum
- to be free from blame: extra culpam esse
- to be out of range: extra teli iactum, coniectum esse
extra in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “extra”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 232von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002), “extra”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 30, page 330
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈes.tɾɐ/[Adjective]
editextra m or f (plural extras, comparable)
1.extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected or necessary)
Synonym: adicional
[Noun]
editextra m (plural extras)
1.anything that is extra
2.bonus (extra amount of money given as a premium)
Synonym: bónuseditextra m, f (plural extras)
1.(film) extra; walk-on (actor in a small role with no dialogue)
Synonym: figurante
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈeɡstɾa/[Adjective]
editextra (plural extras)
1.additional, extra
2.superior
3.extraordinary
Synonym: extraordinario
[Further reading]
edit
- “extra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editextra m or f (plural extras)
1.extra (in a film)
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editextra
1.extra
[Adverb]
editextra
1.extra
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mantis
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- mantid
[Anagrams]
edit
- MASINT, Mastin, Matins, Tamsin, manist, matins, santim, stamin, tamins
[Etymology]
editFrom New Latin mantis, from Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis, “soothsayer”). Distant doublet of mind via Proto-Indo-European *méntis.
[Noun]
editmantis (plural mantises or mantes)
1.Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
2.A green colour, like that of many mantises.
mantis:
[Synonyms]
edit
- (insect): rearhorse
[[Spanish]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “mantis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editmantis f (plural mantis)
1.mantis
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dandy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdæn.di/[Adjective]
editdandy (comparative dandier, superlative dandiest)
1.Like a dandy, foppish.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:foppish
2.Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
Synonyms: all very well, well and good
That's all fine and dandy, but how much does it cost?
3.Excellent; first-rate.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent
What a dandy little laptop you have.
4.1924, Boys' Life, page 27:
Grip Sures are dandy shoes for anything that comes along. Hiking, climbing, canoeing, around camp or in the gym — you can't have anything better.
5.1945, Mack David; Alex C Kramer; Joan Whitney (lyrics and music), “Candy”, performed by Nat King Cole:
Its gonna be just dandy / The day I take my Candy / And make him mine all mine
6.1967 December 23, “Disney ‘Jungle Book’ Arrives Just in Time”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
A perfectly dandy cartoon feature, “The Jungle Book,” scooted into local theaters yesterday just ahead of the big day, and it's ideal for the children.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Scots dandy (“a fop; one who is well-dressed”). Of uncertain origin.Possibly from Dandy, a diminutive of Andrew, yet the Scots word is used also in reference to women. Alternatively, possibly a back-formation of Scots dandilly, dandillie (“one who is spoiled or pampered; a "pet"”). Compare English dandle and dander.
[Noun]
editdandy (plural dandies)
1.A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dandy
2.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 60, in Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, OCLC 3174108:
The gallant young Indian dandy at home on furlough — immense dandies these — chained and moustached — driving in tearing cabs, the pillars of the theatres, living at West End Hotels, — […]
3.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter VI, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299, page 68:
No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one—I mean a downright bumpkin dandy–a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
4.(Britain, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
5.A dandy roller.
6.(UK, Ireland, slang, archaic) A small glass of whisky.
7.1844, William Jesse, The life of George Brummell (page 57)
Somebody quite as notorious as Brummell, but whose follies have been far more mischievous; whose eloquence is great, but certainly not always refined; and to whose health many a dandy of whisky has been tossed off.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈdɛn.di/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English dandy.
[Noun]
editdandy m (plural dandy's, diminutive dandy'tje n)
1.dandy
Synonyms: fat, pronker
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈdændi/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English dandy.
[Noun]
editdandy
1.dandy
[[French]]
ipa :/dɑ̃.di/[Etymology]
editEnglish dandy
[Further reading]
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- “dandy”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editdandy m (plural dandys or dandies)
1.dandy
2.1864, Charles Baudelaire, Mon cœur mis à nu:
Le dandy doit aspirer à être sublime, sans interruption. Il doit vivre et dormir devant un miroir.
(please add an English translation of this quote)
[[Romanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- dandy
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English dandy.
[Noun]
editdandy m (uncountable)
1.dandy
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈdandi/[Alternative forms]
edit
- dandi
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English dandy.
[Further reading]
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- “dandi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editdandy m (plural dandys)
1.dandy
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hatcheck
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhætˌt͡ʃɛk/[Anagrams]
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- chatchke
[Etymology 1]
editFirst attested in 1914–1915; formed as hat + check.
[Etymology 2]
editFirst attested in 1981; see háček.
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市
[[Translingual]]
[Alternative forms]
editNote that the Ming typeface used in Japan and Korea as well as the Kangxi dictionary uses a vertical dot for the upper component of 亠 which is slightly different from modern Chinese scripts which uses a slanting 丶 dot for the upper component of 亠 in 市.
[Han character]
edit市 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜中月 (YLB), four-corner 00227, composition ⿱丶帀 or ⿱亠巾)
[Usage notes]
editThis character is not to be confused with visually similar but unrelated 巿 (U+5DFF) ("type of clothing in ancient China") which has only four strokes and is written with 一 across the top of 巾.
[[Chinese]]
ipa :OC[Compounds]
editDerived terms from 市
[Definitions]
edit市
1.city; town
2.market; fair
3.to trade; to do business
4.to buy
5.to sell
6.(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) business situation (buy and sell of goods)
[Etymology]
editPossibly related to Proto-Tai *z.ɟɯːꟲ (“to buy”), whence Thai ซื้อ (sʉ́ʉ) (Schuessler, 2007).
[Glyph origin]
editOracle bone script and bronze inscriptions: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djɯʔ): semantic 兮 (“bustling”) + phonetic 之 (OC *tjɯ).
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[it͡ɕi][Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Japanese 市 (ichi). Found in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]
[Etymology 2]
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[Kanji]
editSee also: Category:Japanese terms spelled with 市 市(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[References]
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1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
[[Korean]]
ipa :[ɕʰi(ː)][Etymology]
editFrom Middle Chinese 市 (MC d͡ʑɨX).
[Hanja]
editKorean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:市Wikisource市 (eumhun 저자 시 (jeoja si))
1.Hanja form? of 시 (“market”).
2.Hanja form? of 시 (“city; town”).
[References]
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- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
edit市: Hán Nôm readings: thị
1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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44239
rejuvenate
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈdʒuːvəneɪt/[Etymology]
editre- (“again”) + Latin iuvenis (“young”) + -ate
[Verb]
editrejuvenate (third-person singular simple present rejuvenates, present participle rejuvenating, simple past and past participle rejuvenated)
1.To render young again.
2.To give new energy or vigour to; to revitalise.
3.2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 53:
"We have completely rejuvenated the project. Everyone is galvanised. We will get it open - and open means open. [...]."
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slotted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editslotted (not comparable)
1.Having slots.
Removing the cooked food from the oil with a slotted spatula lets it drain better.
2.(Antarctica, of ice or snow) Containing crevasses.
We drove carefully across the slotted ice.
[Anagrams]
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- dottles, toldest
[Verb]
editslotted
1.simple past tense and past participle of slot
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buildup
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- upbuild
[Antonyms]
edit
- teardown
[Etymology]
editbuild + up, from the verb phrase.
[Noun]
editbuildup (countable and uncountable, plural buildups)
1.An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
Snow buildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.
There was a buildup of pressure in the boiler.
2.(dentistry) The construction of a composite core to repair a damaged tooth.
3.2017, Jose-Luis Ruiz, Supra-Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry (page 103)
Blocking undercuts out with bonded flowable composite is an option, but the time involved doing a buildup, plus the additional complication to provisionalize, make this option less desirable (Figure 6.19e).
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actor
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈak.tə/[Alternative forms]
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- acter (uncommon)
- actour (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Cator, Croat, Croat., carto-, rocta, taroc
[Antonyms]
edit
- (grammatical role): undergoer
[Etymology]
editMiddle English actour, from Anglo-Norman actor, Middle French actor, and their source, Latin āctor (“doer”), from agō (“to do”). Equivalent to act + -or. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄκτωρ (áktōr, “leader”), from ἄγω (ágō, “lead, carry, convey, bring”).
[Further reading]
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- “actor” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “actor” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- actor at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:actor (player)Wikipedia actor (plural actors, feminine actress, or (nonstandard) actoress)
1.(obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant. [13th–19th c.]
2.(obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian. [14th–18th c.]
3.Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent. [from 15th c.]
4.1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview 2001, p. 373:
Never, my dear Bethel, did the most feverish dreams of fiction produce scenes more painful, or more terrific, than the real events to which I have been an actor, since the date of my last letter.
5.A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]
6.1991, Ani DiFranco (lyrics and music), “Anticipate”, in Not So Soft:
Seems like everyone's an actor / Or they're an actor's best friend / I wonder what was wrong to begin with / That they should all have to pretend
7.2017 April 2, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, HBO:
Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.”
8.(obsolete, Ancient Rome) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes. [16th–19th c.]
9.(grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb. [from 18th c.]
10.(software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
[Synonyms]
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- (person who performs in a theatrical play or film): performer, player
- (one who acts): doer
- (one who takes part): participant
- (a plaintiff): complainant, plaintiff
- (entity performing a role in use case analysis): role
[[Asturian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin āctor.
[Noun]
editactor m (plural actores)
1.An actor.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/əkˈto/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin āctor.
[Further reading]
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- “actor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[Noun]
editactor m (plural actors, feminine actriu)
1.An actor.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈɑk.tɔr/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin āctor.
[Noun]
editactor m (plural actores or actoren, diminutive actortje n)
1.An actor; an agent, a player, who has a part in some field of economical, social or other action, i.e. an active human factor.
[[Galician]]
ipa :/akˈtoɾ/[Further reading]
edit
- “actor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
[Noun]
editactor m (plural actores, feminine actriz, feminine plural actrices)
1.actor
A acción revela o actor.
The act reveals the actor
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈaːk.tor/[Etymology]
editAgent noun formed from āctus + -tor, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act, make”).
[Noun]
editāctor m (genitive āctōris, feminine āctrīx); third declension
1.a doer, an agent
2.An actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie).
3.A (law) prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, orator.
[References]
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- “actor”, 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.
- “actor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- actor 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)
- actor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the actor who plays the leading part: actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium
“actor”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]“actor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers“actor”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray“actor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editactor
1.Alternative form of actour
[[Occitan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin āctor.
[Noun]
editactor m (plural actors, feminine actritz, feminine plural actrises)
1.An actor.
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
editactor m (plural actores)
1.Superseded spelling of ator. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/akˈtor/[Alternative forms]
edit
- aftor (dated)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French acteur, Latin āctor.
[Noun]
editactor m (plural actori, feminine equivalent actriță)
1.(acting) An actor.
[References]
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- actor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
[See also]
edit
- teatralist
[Synonyms]
edit
- artist, interpret
[[Scots]]
ipa :/ˈaktər/[Etymology]
editFrom English actor.
[Noun]
editactor (plural actors)
1.An actor.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/aɡˈtoɾ/[Anagrams]
edit
- corta
- tocar
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin actor.
[Further reading]
edit
- “actor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editactor m (plural actores, feminine actriz or actora, feminine plural actrices or actoras)
1.An actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie)editactor m (plural actores, feminine actora, feminine plural actoras)
1.(law) A defendant.
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/ˈaktɔr/[Etymology]
editFrom English actor.
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editactor m (plural actorion)
1.An actor.
[References]
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- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “actor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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foreseeable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editforeseeable (comparative more foreseeable, superlative most foreseeable)
1.able to be foreseen or anticipated
This project will not be finished in the foreseeable future.
2.2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:
Whatever is decided, it is clear that Crossrail 2 must be regarded as a non-starter for the foreseeable future.
[Etymology]
editforesee + -able
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in the future
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- in the past
[Prepositional phrase]
editin the future
1.At a future time, at some point in the future.
Synonyms: later on, someday; see also Thesaurus:one day
Perhaps humans will live on Mars in the future.
7 messages to people 500 years in the future.
A short time away in the future.
2.(US) From now on.
Synonyms: as of now, going forward, hereafter; see also Thesaurus:henceforth
Please put the toilet seat down in the future.
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calendar
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkæl.ən.də/[Alternative forms]
edit
- kalendar (archaic)
[Anagrams]
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- calander, landcare, landrace
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (“account book”), from kalendae (“the first day of the month”), from calō (“to announce solemnly, to call out (the sighting of the new moon)”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-. Doublet of calendarium.
[Further reading]
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- Calendar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
[Noun]
editcalendar (plural calendars)
1.Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
The three principal calendars are the Gregorian, Jewish, and Islamic calendars.
2.A means to determine the date consisting of a document containing dates and other temporal information.
Write his birthday on the calendar hanging on the wall.
3.A list of planned events.
The club has a busy calendar this year.
4.An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule.
a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assembly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court
5.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles. XV.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, OCLC 863521290, page 76:
Shepherds of People, had need know the Kalenders of Tempeſts in State; which are commonly greateſt, when Things grow to Equality; As naturall Tempeſts are greateſt about the Æquinoctia.
6.1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 483591931, page 249:
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
7.(US) An appointment book (US), appointment diary (UK)
[See also]
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- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregorian calendar month; January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December (Category: en:Gregorian calendar months)
- (Hebrew calendar months) Hebrew calendar month; Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul (Category: en:Hebrew calendar months)
- (Islamic calendar months) Islamic calendar month; Muharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Sha'ban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu'l-Qa'da, Dhu'l-Hijja (Category: en:Islamic months)
[Synonyms]
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- (list of planned events): agenda, schedule, docket; calends (uncommon)
[Verb]
editcalendar (third-person singular simple present calendars, present participle calendaring, simple past and past participle calendared)
1.(law) To set a date for a proceeding in court, usually done by a judge at a calendar call.
The judge agreed to calendar a hearing for pretrial motions for the week of May 15, but did not agree to calendar the trial itself on a specific date.
2.To enter or write in a calendar; to register.
3.1594–1597, Richard Hooker, J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, OCLC 931154958, (please specify the page):
Wee are generally more apt to Kalender Saints then Sinners dayes.
[[Romanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- călindar (popular)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed (in this form) from Latin calendārium. Compare the inherited doublet cărindar.
[Noun]
editcalendar n (plural calendare)
1.calendar
2.almanac
Synonym: almanah
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44258
dictator
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪkˈteɪtə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- dictatour (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”).Surface analysis is dictate + -or “one who dictates”.
[Noun]
editdictator (plural dictators)
1.A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
2.2019, (Existential Comics), 29 January, 9:27 AM Tweet:
Dictator, noun : someone who doesn't let American CEOs dictate how their country is run
3.(history) A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war.
4.A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
5.A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk).
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˌdɪkˈtaː.tɔr/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin dictātor.
[Noun]
editdictator m (plural dictatoren or dictators, diminutive dictatortje n)
1.dictator (tyrant, despot)
Synonyms: despoot, dwingeland, tiran
2.(historical) dictator (Roman magistrate with expanded powers)
[[Latin]]
ipa :/dikˈtaː.tor/[Etymology]
editFrom dictō (“I dictate”) + -tor.
[Noun]
editdictātor m (genitive dictātōris); third declension
1.an elected chief magistrate
2.one who dictates.
[References]
edit
- “dictator”, 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.
- “dictator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dictator 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)
- dictator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to name a person dictator: dictatorem dicere (creare)
- a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
“dictator”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers“dictator”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French dictateur, Latin dictātor.
[Noun]
editdictator m (plural dictatori)
1.dictator
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brook
[[English]]
ipa :/bɹʊk/[Anagrams]
edit
- Borko, Borok, bokor, obrok
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to enjoy”). German brauchen is cognate.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English brook, from Old English brōc (“brook; stream; torrent”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōk (“stream”).
[References]
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1. ^ “Brook” in John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791, →OCLC, page 123, column 2.
[[Scots]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English bro(o)ken (“to use, enjoy, digest”), from Old English brūcan (“to use, enjoy”). See also brouk.
[Verb]
edittae brook
1.To enjoy; to possess; to have use or owndom of.
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bionic
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɪˌɒn.ɪk/[Adjective]
editbionic (comparative more bionic, superlative most bionic)
1.(not comparable) Related to bionics.
2.Of a biological organism, having been enhanced by electronic or mechanical parts; cyborg.
3.Superhuman
4.2007, Yasmin Shiraz, The Blueprint for My Girls: How to Build a Life Full of Courage, ...[1]:
Entering womanhood is awesome, but the learning, growing, and obstacle facing are not going to stop. As you grow into womanhood, it's going to seem as if the world wants you to be bionic—be stronger, faster, and smarter.
5.2018 January 21, Virginia Heffernan, “Trump's jargon is infectious”, in Los Angeles Times:
But to hear the presidential physician tell it, Trump is bionic. In a news conference, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson hailed Trump's health as "excellent" eight times.
6.2018 July 20, Lisa O'Carroll, “Ireland open to new proposal on Brexit border”, in The Guardian:
Before leaving the factory, May met Delma Käthner, a local woman, who told her she was “bionic”. / “She’s coped with so much,” Käthner said. “She has a terrible job. Just look at the way her shoulders are hunched. She has the whole weight of Brexit on her.”
[Anagrams]
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- niobic
[Etymology]
editBlend of bio- + electronic. The superhuman sense is attributed to the TV shows The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.
[References]
edit
- bionic at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editbionic m or n (feminine singular bionică, masculine plural bionici, feminine and neuter plural bionice)
1.bionic
[Etymology]
editFrom French bionique
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reasoning
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹiːzənɪŋ/[Further reading]
edit
- “reasoning” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “reasoning” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editreasoning (countable and uncountable, plural reasonings)
1.The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises; abstract thought; ratiocination.
2.A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (deduction of inferences): ratiocination
- rationale
[Verb]
editreasoning
1.present participle of reason
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wreak
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹiːk/[Anagrams]
edit
- kewra, waker, wrake
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English wreken, from Old English wrecan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrekan, from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną, from root *wrek-, from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“push, shove, drive, track down”).[1] Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Dutch wreken, German rächen, Swedish vräka; cognate via PIE with Latin Latin urgere (English urge), and distantly cognate with English wreck.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English wreke, wrake, Northern Middle English variants of wreche, influenced later by Etymology 1, above. Compare Dutch wraak.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “wreak”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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launder
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɔːndə/[Anagrams]
edit
- Arundel, lurdane, rundale
[Etymology]
editContracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandena, from Latin lavō (“I wash”).
[Noun]
editlaunder (plural launders)
1.(obsolete) A washerwoman or washerman.
2.(mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
3.A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
Synonym: inlayer
4.A gutter (for rainwater).
[References]
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- “launder” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- launder at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Related terms]
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- launderer
- launderette
- laundress
- laundry
- lave
[Synonyms]
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- (washerwoman): launderer, laundress, washerwoman
[Verb]
editlaunder (third-person singular simple present launders, present participle laundering, simple past and past participle laundered)
1.To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
2.(obsolete) To lave; to wet.
3.1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:
Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne, / Which on it had conceited characters, / Laundering the silken figures in the brine
4.
5. (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editlaunder
1.Alternative form of lavender
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vocal cord
[[English]]
[Noun]
editvocal cord (plural vocal cords)
1.(anatomy) Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the human larynx whose vibrations help to produce the voice.
Synonyms: vocal band, vocal fold, plica vocalis
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jagged
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdʒæɡɪd/[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
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pull out of
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- outpull
[Verb]
editpull out (third-person singular simple present pulls out, present participle pulling out, simple past and past participle pulled out)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pull, out.
I need to pull the splinter out of my hand.
2.(idiomatic) To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat.
The troops pulled out of the conflict.
The mayor pulled out of the race for Senate after numerous opinion polls had him polling at less than 10 percent.
The racehorse pulled out of the Stakes with a hurt foot.
3.March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian[1]:
There is still time to find a buyer and for them to stabilise the operation, especially if the deal were done by 31 May – when the club’s special licence to carry on is due to expire. There remain plenty of interested parties, who can only see Chelsea’s price dropping as sponsors pull out or consider their associations; as revenue streams are hit.
4.(aviation, of an aircraft) To transition from a dive to level or climbing flight.
After releasing its bomb, the plane pulled out of its dive.
5.(literally) To use coitus interruptus as a method of birth control.
With a tremendous groan, he pulled out and ejaculated all over her belly.
6.(idiomatic) To remove something from a container.
He pulled his gun out before she had a chance to scream.
Synonyms: whip out, draw
7.(idiomatic) To maneuver a vehicle from the side of a road onto the lane.
When joining a road, you should check for traffic before pulling out.
8.To draw out or lengthen.
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director
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- directour (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- creditor
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:directorWikipedia director (plural directors, feminine directress or directrix)
1.One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
2.2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:
Francis Gurry is director of WIPO.
.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}
3.A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
4.That which directs or orientates something.
5.1971, United States. Office of Saline Water, Distillation Digest (volume 3, page 76)
Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]
6.(military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
7.(chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
[[Catalan]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus, attested from 1696.[1]
[Further reading]
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- “director” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “director” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “director” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editdirector m (plural directors, feminine directora)
1.director
2.conductor
3.headteacher, principal
[References]
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1. ^ “director”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editdirector m (feminine singular directora, masculine plural directores, feminine plural directoras, comparable)
1.Superseded spelling of diretor. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
[Noun]
editdirector m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
1.Superseded spelling of diretor. (Superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French directeur
[Noun]
editdirector m (plural directori)
1.director
2.principal
Profesorul este cu directorul.
The teacher is with the school principal.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/diɾeɡˈtoɾ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.
[Further reading]
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- “director”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editdirector m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
1.director
2.conductor (of musical ensembles)
3.(school) principal, headmaster
4.editor (a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish)
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director general
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
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- director-general
[Etymology]
editA calque of French directeur général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.
[Noun]
editdirector general (plural directors general or director generals or (rare) directors generals)
1.The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.
[[Romanian]]
[Noun]
editdirector general m (plural directori generali)
1.chief executive officer
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director-general
[[English]]
[Noun]
editdirector-general (plural directors-general or director-generals or (rare) directors-generals)
1.Alternative form of director general
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space mission
[[English]]
[Noun]
editspace mission (plural space missions)
1.A journey, by a human or robotic spacecraft, into space for a specific reason (normally to gather scientific data)
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spacefaring
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspeɪsfæɹɪŋ/[Adjective]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:spacefaringWikipedia spacefaring (not comparable)
1.Engaged in the building and launching of vehicles into space.
2.1985, Krafft Ehricke, Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century, Lunar and Planetary Institute, →ISBN, page 830:
If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, He would have given man a moon.
3.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Rachni Codex entry:
Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence.
4.December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger and Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine[1]:
His startup rocket company, SpaceX, has leapfrogged Boeing and others to own America’s spacefaring future.
[Etymology]
editspace + faring, by analogy with seafaring.
[Noun]
editspacefaring (uncountable)
1.(The practice of) spaceflight.
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rebuke
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹiˈbjuːk/[Anagrams]
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- Kueber
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.
[Noun]
editrebuke (plural rebukes)
1.(of a person) A harsh criticism.
2.2012 July 15, Richard Williams, “Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track”, in Guardian Unlimited[1]:
There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.
[Synonyms]
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- reproach, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand, admonitionedit
- reprimand, reproach, reprove, reprehend, admonish, criticise, berate, scold
- See also Thesaurus:criticize
[Verb]
editrebuke (third-person singular simple present rebukes, present participle rebuking, simple past and past participle rebuked)
1.(of a person) To criticise harshly; to reprove.
2.
2011, Biblica, Holy Bible: New International Version, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, 6:(please specify the verse(s)):
O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
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cosmonaut
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɒzməˌnɔːt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Russian космона́вт (kosmonávt), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”), may be decomposed as cosmos + -naut
[Noun]
editcosmonaut (plural cosmonauts)
1.An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/ko.smo.na.ˈut/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French cosmonaute.
[Noun]
editcosmonaut m (plural cosmonauți, feminine equivalent cosmonaută)
1.cosmonaut
[Synonyms]
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- astronaut
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blunting
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈblʌntɪŋ/[Noun]
editblunting (plural bluntings)
1.The process by which something is made blunt.
2.2015, Michael Goldman, Shakespeare and the Energies of Drama (page 95)
Even those productions that mean to “bring Lear home” to the audience seem always to involve fresh bluntings and blurrings of the full effect.
[Verb]
editblunting
1.present participle of blunt
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fighter
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
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- freight, refight
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English fightere, fyghtor, feghtere, feghtare, fiȝtare, fiȝtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.
[Noun]
editfighter (plural fighters)
1.A person who fights; a combatant.
2.A warrior; fighting soldier.
3.A pugnacious, competitive person.
4.(eulogistic) A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
5.A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is that of shooting down other aircraft. Some of these (Fighter-Attack or Attack aircraft) also have a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
6.A boxer or participant in any martial art.
7.(colloquial) A firefighter.
8.(video games) A game with a focus on physical combat.
9.2004, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 59:
Still, it's excellent software, especially for one-on-one fighting titles such as the King Of Fighters series, classic Street Fighter II variants, and newer one-on-one fighters such as Garou.
[Synonyms]
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- warrior, combatant, soldier
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monthslong
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editmonthslong (not comparable)
1.Lasting for multiple months
2.2007 April 14, Adam Nossiter, “Ex-Senator Will Not Run for Governor of Louisiana”, in New York Times[1]:
A former United States Senator, John B. Breaux, ended his monthslong flirtation with the Louisiana governor’s race Friday evening, declaring that he would be not be a candidate in the election this fall.
[Alternative forms]
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- months-long
[Etymology]
editmonths + -long
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