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pundit
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpʌn.dɪt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- pandit
[Anagrams]
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- undipt
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Hindi पण्डित (paṇḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”).
[Further reading]
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- pundit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editpundit (plural pundits)
1.An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.]
2.2006, The Observer, 4 Jun 2006:
This week we introduce Jenny Walker, who will be The Observer's expert pundit for the duration of the World Cup.
3.A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]
4.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 430:
Pundits in black gowns, with spectacles on their noses and undigested wisdom in their insides; bearded headmen of the wards; [...] all these people and more also you might find in the white room.
5.(historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
6.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 295:
At every hundredth pace the Pundit would automatically slip one bead. Each complete circuit of the rosary thus represented ten thousand paces.
[See also]
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- hafiz, hafez
- influencer
- pandit
- qari' (qari)
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rallying
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- nargilly
[Noun]
editrallying (plural rallyings)
1.The act of one who rallies.
2.1935, Worship: A Review Devoted to the Liturgical Apostolate
We are convinced that these public rallyings around the banner of Christ the King are a most effective means of counteracting "the diabolical program" and "the brazen unfurlings of the satanical banners of war against God and religion" […]
[Verb]
editrallying
1.present participle of rally
2.1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 192:
My mother entered my room at that moment; but Mademoiselle went on rallying, and it seemed to me that the subject was not disagreeable even to her.
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yield
[[English]]
ipa :/jiːld/[Anagrams]
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- Leidy, ylide
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English yielden, yelden, ȝelden (“to yield, pay”), from Old English ġieldan (“to pay”), from Proto-West Germanic *geldan, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną (“to pay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).CognatesCognate with Scots yield (“to yield”), North Frisian jilden (“to pay”), Saterland Frisian Saterland Frisian jäilde (“to be valid; matter; count; be worth”), West Frisian jilde (“to pay”), Low German Low German gellen, Dutch gelden (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), German gelten (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Icelandic gjalda (“to pay, yield, give”), Danish gælde (“to apply, count, be valued, be regarded”), Norwegian Bokmål gjelde.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English ȝeld, from Old English ġild, ġield, from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“reward, gift, money”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”).CognatesCompare West Frisian jild, Dutch geld, Low German and German Geld, Danish gæld, Swedish gäld, Icelandic gjald. See also geld.
[[Portuguese]]
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English yield.[1][2]
[Noun]
edityield f or m (in variation) (plural yields)
1.(finance) yield (the current return as a percentage of the price of a stock or bond)
[References]
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1. ^ “yield” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2022.
2. ^ “yield” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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matter
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmætə/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin materia (“matter, stuff, material”), from mater (“mother”). Doublet of Madeira and mother.The word displaced the native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”), from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).
[Further reading]
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- matter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- matter (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “matter”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “matter” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
[Noun]
editmatter (countable and uncountable, plural matters)
1.(uncountable) Material, substance.
1.(physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.
2.(physics) Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
Antonym: antimatter
3.A kind of substance.
vegetable matter
4.Printed material, especially in books or magazines.
He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.
5.(philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
Is much the matter with the old plan?
Something is the matter with him.
state matters
- 1597, Francis [Bacon], “Of the Colours of Good and Evill, a Fragment”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland […], published 1632, OCLC 863527675:
So in many armies, if the matter ſhould bee tried by duell betvvene tvvo Champions, the victory ſhould goe on the one ſide, & yet if it be tried by the groſſe, it vvould goe on the other ſide: for excellencies goe as it vvere by chance, but kinds goe by a more certaine Nature, as by Diſcipline in vvarre.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Son of God, Saviour of men! Thy name / Shall be the copious matter of my song.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus xviii:22:
Every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
- 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.An approximate amount or extent.
I stayed for a matter of months.
- 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , OCLC 946735472:
No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year before.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
Away he goes, […] a matter of seven miles.
- 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228728146, Act III, scene xv, page 47:
[…] I have Thoughts to tarry a ſmall Matter in Town, to learn ſomewhat of your Lingo firſt, before I croſs the Seas.(obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
- 1611, Ben Jonson, Oberon, the Faery Prince
He is the matter of virtue.(obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], OCLC 868004604, book:
And this is the matter why interpreters upon that passage in Hosea will not consent it to be a true story, that the prophet took a harlot to wife.(dated, medicine) Pus.
[Synonyms]
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- material
- stuff
- substanceedit
- (be important): signify
[Verb]
editmatter (third-person singular simple present matters, present participle mattering, simple past and past participle mattered)
1.(intransitive) To be important. [from 16th c.]
The only thing that matters to Jim is being rich.
Sorry for pouring ketchup on your clean white shirt! - Oh, don't worry, it does not matter.
2.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828:
As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, […]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. […] I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
3.2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
Despite further attempts by Agbonlahor and Young, however, they could not find the goal to reward their endeavour.
It mattered little as Newcastle's challenge faded and Villa began to dominate the game in midfield, and it was only Barton's continued sense of injustice that offered the visitors any spark in a tame contest.
4.(transitive, in negative constructions, now England regional, Caribbean) To care about, to mind; to find important. [from 17th c.]
5.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292:
, Folio Society 1973, p.47:
Besides, if it had been out of doors I had not mattered it so much; but with my own servant, in my own house, under my own roof […]
6.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], OCLC 13631815:
He matter'd not that, he said; coy maids made the fondest wives […].
7.(intransitive, medicine, archaic) To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
8.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, OCLC 801077108; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, OCLC 318419127:
Each slight sore mattereth.
[[French]]
ipa :/ma.te/[Anagrams]
edit
- mettra
[Verb]
editmatter
1.Alternative spelling of mater
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈmatɐ/[Adjective]
editmatter
1.comparative degree of matt
2.inflection of matt:
1.strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
2.strong genitive/dative feminine singular
3.strong genitive plural
[[Middle French]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- mater
[Verb]
editmatter
1.to checkmate
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Noun]
editmatter m pl or f pl
1.indefinite plural of matte (Etymology 1)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Noun]
editmatter f pl
1.indefinite plural of matte (Etymology 1)
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rallye
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- re-ally, real-ly, really, reälly, y'all're, yaller
[Noun]
editrallye (plural rallyes)
1.(motor racing) Dated form of rally.
2.1969, Charles Winick, The New People: Desexualization in American Life
A car that wins such a rallye uses its victory to convince potential purchasers that it can cope with difficult driving conditions.
[[Czech]]
[Noun]
editrallye f
1.rally (motor racing event)
[Synonyms]
edit
- rally f
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁa.li/[Etymology]
editFrom English rally.
[Further reading]
edit
- “rallye”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editrallye m (plural rallyes)
1.rally (motor-racing)
2.social dance (or a group of young people who meet at such dances)
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
editrallye m (plural rallyes)
1.Alternative spelling of rali
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ammunition
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom older French amunition, rebracketing of la munition (“the war supplies”) as l'amunition. Ultimately from Latin; see munition for more.
[Noun]
editammunition (countable and uncountable, plural ammunitions)
1.
2.Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
Synonym: ammo
3.(obsolete) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
ammunition bread
ammunition shoes
4.(figuratively) Arguments and information that can be used against the other party in a conflict.
5.1938, American Lumberman, page 52:
They say that the booklet gives them ammunition which is proving effective in breaking down resistance against home building which was created by false propaganda.
6.1960, America, Volume 104, America Press, page 697:
As long as the integration fight is in progress, some Southerners are willing to believe anything if it gives them ammunition in their fight to "retain our traditional way of life." If you have any wise bits of philosophy, please pass them along.
7.2005, Blanche Woolls, David V. Loertscher, The Whole School Library Handbook, American Library Association, →ISBN, page 146:
Providing your administrator(s) with evidence of research progress gives them ammunition to request additional funds from the site-based management pool.
8.2010, Joan Kloth-Zanard, Where Did I Go Wrong? How Did I Miss the Signs? Dealing with Hostile Parenting & Parental Alienation, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 109:
The first thing to do is NOT constantly defend and argue with the ex or the children. It gives them ammunition and fuels their engines to come after you. In addition, you are just giving them more to use against you.
[Verb]
editammunition (third-person singular simple present ammunitions, present participle ammunitioning, simple past and past participle ammunitioned)
1.To supply with ammunition.
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editammunition c
1.ammunition
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sign-on
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
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- sign on
[Anagrams]
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- Ngonis, nigons, nosing
[Noun]
editsign-on (plural sign-ons)
1.The username and password for logging in to a computer account.
2.2014, Elizabeth Keathley, Digital Asset Management, →ISBN:
No one likes to continually update and remember multiple passwords and sign-ons, so if it's affordable, try to keep the security as simple as possible.
3.2014, Thomas Payne, Practical Guide to Clinical Computing Systems, →ISBN:
Considering the large number of applications in healthcare, multiple sign-ons can become a significant burden to the users.
4.2015, Alan Calder & Steve Watkins, IT Governance: An International Guide to Data Security and ISO27001/ISO27002, →ISBN:
A user access profile that contains a number of individual system and information access rights can simplify life for the users (there is only one set of information to remember and therefore fewer written records to comporomise) and for the system administrator (it is easier to control and monitor access rights by an individual and to concentrate on tightening and improving security rather than administering multiple sign-ons).
5.2016, Balser Group, Mandated Benefits Compliance Guide 2016 W/ Cd, →ISBN, page 5-19:
Thus preparers needed to have their own sign-ons to the system in order to complete the report, and plan administrators need to obtain their own electronic signature credentials (a PIN) to the EFAST2 system.
6.An attempt to log in.
7.1998, Martin A. Krist, Standard for Auditing Computer Applications, →ISBN:
If the number of attempted sign-ons reaches the threshold value in the security software, the system will respond.
8.2012, Abdulrahman Alghamdi, Tracking Student Record, →ISBN, page 20:
Daily sign-ons are reported by exceptions, i.e. by who has not signed on each day.
9.2012, Rick Sutcliffe, The Builder, →ISBN:
I'll get the passwords attempted in the failed sign-ons.
10.(more generally) An instance of signing on to something.
11.1996, Keith Graber Miller, Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves, →ISBN:
Some legislative aides in Washington suggest that church lobbyists do need to be discriminating in their sign-ons.
12.2006, Raymond A. Smith & Patricia D. Siplon, Drugs Into Bodies: Global AIDS Treatment Activism, →ISBN, page 108:
The work of getting sign-ons, for example, was also beneficial because it literally facilitated talking among strangers, and after one sign-on was done, a person who had been approached as a stranger the first time could now be spoken to as a colleague to see whether she or he might be interested in being part of a group working on a project or action.
13.2016, Daniel E. Dawes, 150 Years of ObamaCare, →ISBN, page 111:
Please find the larger group sign-on letter attached for comments/feedback. Send any comments to Daniel Dawes at: ***@*** by Tuesday, April 28. Remember -- this is just a draft. After this letter has been vetted by you all, we will send out a final copy right after sign-ons.
14.A person who signs on to something.
15.2009, Brian David Bruns, Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline, →ISBN, page 164:
The early sign-ons were already picking their way through the buffet, but the majority of the 3,500 guests had yet to arrive.
16.2012, Ebed Louis, Screwed at Sea: The Devilish Gleam of Equis Cruise Lines, →ISBN, page 28:
I got a call from the crew relations specialist that the sign-on had arrived, and they were taken to the so-called conference room for the sign-on process.
17.A verbal script that is repeated at the start of every instance of something, as a form of greeting and identification.
18.1991, Charles E. Knox & Charles Harris Scanlon, Flight tests with a data link used for air traffic control information exchange, page 11:
In an effort to further reduce voice-radio frequency congestion with the use of data link, some crew members have suggested that no verbal sign-ons be required by the flight crews whenever an ATC frequency change occurs.
19.2005, Mario Bosquez, The Chalupa Rules, →ISBN:
These sign-ons and sign-offs have evolved through the years and have become “MFM” and “YFM.” This way, my entire family is included in the hellos and good-byes.
20.2013, Violet “Cookie” Lynch, Years Into Lives: Pages from Our Family Stories, →ISBN, page 106:
We got the news from Gabriel Heater whose sign-on was “Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America, let's go to press;"
21.A signing bonus.
22.1997, Informationweek - Issues 625-637, page 85:
At Ryder, Habib used sign-ons as a way to attract key talent to the transportation company.
23.2009, Emergency Medicine - Volume 41, Issues 1-6, page 49:
NEPRC gave me excellent comparotives on all Northeast Jobs: Salaries, incentives, sign-ons, loan repay, relocation, bonuses, benefits in minutes.
24.2010, Chris Roush, Show Me the Money, →ISBN:
Sign-ons, to be fair, are neither a gift nor a bonus. They are payments for surrendering what remuneration an executive was promised at the job he's leaving.
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sign-on bonus
[[English]]
[Noun]
editsign-on bonus (plural sign-on bonuses)
1.(business) A one-time payment given by a party entering a contractual relationship to another party entering that same contract, as an incentive to finalize the agreement. Also called a signing bonus
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sign on
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ngonis, nigons, nosing
[Noun]
editsign on (plural sign ons)
1.(broadcasting) The time of day when a radio or television station begins broadcasting, usually after being off the air for several hours.
Sign on for the radio station is at 5 a.m.
2.Alternative form of sign-on
3.1994, SEC Docket - Volume 57, page 753:
After 12:30 p.m., no new sign ons are permitted.
4.1997, Australian Hotelier: Official National Magazine of the Australian Hotels Association, Volume 14:
However, this commitment today is a strong sign of the level of support being received from the hotel industry, especially in the top line four and five star hotels. “I am confident that the stream of sign ons will continue in the run-up to the cut-off date of the rebate scheme of December 31."
5.2001, Skipper Lee Frazier, Tighten Up: The Autobiography of a Houston Disc Jockey, →ISBN:
He had one of the greatest signs, one of the all time great sign ons in radio.
6.2010, Dean Browne, IBM Cognos Business Intelligence V10.1: Intelligence Unleashed, →ISBN:
Administrators can now elect to have users manage their own data access sign ons, which are stored under a user's profile.
[Verb]
editsign on (third-person singular simple present signs on, present participle signing on, simple past and past participle signed on)
1.To join something, after signing.
2.To commit oneself, as to a project, a goal, on organization, a cause.
3.1997 September, Bernard A. Weisberger, “What made the government grow.”, in American Heritage, volume 48, number 5, page 34:
By January of 1996 President Clinton himself had apparently signed on with his declaration in the State of the Union message that "the era of big government is over."
4.2011 March 26, Amanda Paulson, “How to fix America's worst schools”, in Christian Science Monitor:
As a result, all the teachers at Phillips have signed on to a certain curriculum and follow common practices in the classroom.
I never signed on for this.
5.(broadcasting) To begin broadcasting a radio or television signal, usually at the beginning of a broadcasting day and after being off the air for several hours.
Years ago, the TV station would sign on at 5 a.m., but now it broadcasts 24 hours a day.
6.(idiomatic) To log on; to start using a computer, radio, etc., or to start talking.
7.(UK, intransitive) To apply to receive unemployment benefits.
8.1999, Madeleine St John, A Stairway to Paradise, Chapter 28
Oh, one thing led to another; you know. I just sort of faffed around — I just did odd jobs; and sometimes in between I signed on.
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big-box
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbig-box (comparative more big-box, superlative most big-box)
1.(US) Of or relating to a very large retail establishment built as a massive, free-standing structure
Big-box retailers like Wal-Mart have driven local mom-and-pop stores out of business.
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public policy
[[English]]
ipa :/pʌb.lɪk.ˈpɔ.lɪ.si/[Noun]
editpublic policy (countable and uncountable, plural public policies)
1.(law) The set of policies (laws, plans, actions, behaviors) of a government; plans and methods of action that govern that society; a system of laws, courses of action, and priorities directing a government action.
2.1993 Henry H. Perritt, Jr. "Knowbots, Permissions Headers and Contract Law", paper for the conference on Technological Strategies for Protecting Intellectual Property in the Networked Multimedia Environment
"The licensee exceeding the use restrictions would argue that it violates public policy to enforce the restrictions and therefore that state contract law may not impose liability for their violation."
3.2001 Ohio Revised Code TITLE [41] XLI LABOR AND INDUSTRY» CHAPTER 4113: MISCELLANEOUS LABOR PROVISIONS 4113.62
"Construction contract provisions against public policy.
"(A) Any provision of a construction contract, agreement, or understanding that waives rights under a surety bond is void and unenforceable as against public policy."
4.2001 Plosker, JA "Privacy on thin ice? Considering the California Court of Appeal decision in Johnson v. Superior Court". Jurimetrics 2001 Fall;42(1):73-83
"In Johnson v. Superior Court, the California Court of Appeal determined that a provision of a contract limiting the discovery of the identity of a sperm donor was against public policy and that the privacy interest did not protect against disclosure of this information. Although the court's analysis of the public policy exception to the enforcement of contracts was unnecessary, the opinion properly balances California's and petitioners' interests against an anonymous donor's privacy right."
[See also]
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- public policy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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mom-and-pop
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editmom-and-pop (not comparable)
1.(US, Canada) (typically of a business) Small and unsophisticated, typically because operated by a couple or a family.
Mom-and-pop diners are disappearing from American streets and being replaced by bland corporate giants.
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storefront
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editstore + front
[Noun]
editstorefront (plural storefronts)
1.The side of a store (or other shop) which faces the street; usually contains display windows.
Synonym: shopfront
2.(by extension) An e-commerce website offering goods or services to the public.
3.2021 October 2, John Herrman, “Will TikTok Make You Buy It?”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
Brands are now able to set up storefronts to sell within Facebook and Instagram, where they were previously relegated to advertising for outside sales channels.
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signon
[[Esperanto]]
[Noun]
editsignon
1.accusative singular of signo
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pose
[[English]]
ipa :/poʊz/[Anagrams]
edit
- ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, peso, poes, sope
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English pose, from Old English ġeposu pl (“cold in the head; catarrh”, literally “(the) sneezes; (the) snorts”), from Old English pos, ġepos (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-West Germanic *pos, from Proto-Germanic *pusą (“sneeze, snort”), from Proto-Germanic *pusōną, *pusjaną (“to snort, blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Compare Low German pusten (“to blow, puff”), German dialectal pfausen (“to sneeze, snort”), Norwegian dialectal pysa (“to blow”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English posen, from Old French poser (“to put, place, stell, settle, lodge”), from Vulgar Latin pausāre (“to blin, cease, pause”), from Latin pausa (“pause”), from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis); influenced by Latin pōnere. Doublet of pause.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English posen, a combination of aphetic forms of Middle English aposen and opposen. More at appose, oppose.
[Further reading]
edit
- pose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pose at OneLook Dictionary Search.
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈpʰoːsə][Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse posi, from Proto-Germanic *pusô.
[Noun]
editpose
1.bag
[References]
edit
- “pose” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Dutch]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- epos, poes, soep
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French pose.
[Noun]
editpose f (plural posen or poses, diminutive posetje n)
1.stance or pose
[[Finnish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- peso
[Noun]
editpose
1.(slang) jail
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editDerived from the verb poser. Compare also Italian posa, Latin pausa.
[Further reading]
edit
- “pose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editpose f (plural poses)
1.installationeditpose m (plural poses)
1.extension (in telecommunications)
[Verb]
editpose
1.inflection of poser:
1.first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2.second-person singular imperative
[[Ido]]
[Adverb]
editpose
1.afterwards
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈpɔ.ze/[Anagrams]
edit
- epos, peso, pesò
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
edit
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 pose in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse posi.
[Noun]
editpose m (definite singular posen, indefinite plural poser, definite plural posene)
1.bag, sack
[References]
edit
- “pose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse posi.
[Noun]
editpose m (definite singular posen, indefinite plural posar, definite plural posane)
1.a bag or sack
[References]
edit
- “pose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Pali]]
[Alternative forms]
editAlternative forms
- 𑀧𑁄𑀲𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- पोसे (Devanagari script)
- পোসে (Bengali script)
- පොසෙ (Sinhalese script)
- ပေါသေ or ပေႃသေ (Burmese script)
- โปเส (Thai script)
- ᨷᩮᩤᩈᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂປເສ (Lao script)
- បោសេ (Khmer script)
[Noun]
editpose
1.inflection of posa (“man”):
1.locative singular
2.accusative plural
[[Spanish]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “pose”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editpose f (plural poses)
1.pose (unnatural posture)
[Verb]
editpose
1.inflection of posar:
1.first-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular present subjunctive
3.third-person singular imperative
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posé
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editposé (not comparable)
1.(heraldry, of a beast) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground.Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for posé in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
[Anagrams]
edit
- ESOP, PEOs, epos, opes, peos, peso, poes, sope
[Etymology]
editFrench posé (“placed, posed”).
[[French]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “posé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Participle]
editposé (feminine posée, masculine plural posés, feminine plural posées)
1.past participle of poser
[[Louisiana Creole French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French reposer (“to rest”), compare Haitian Creole repoze.
[References]
edit
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
[Verb]
editposé
1.to rest
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editposé
1.first-person singular preterite indicative of posar
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pos
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- OPS, OPS+, OPs, PSO, S.O.P., SOP, ops, sop
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Galician]]
[Noun]
editpos
1.plural of po
[Verb]
editpos
1.Second-person singular (ti) present indicative of poñereditpos
1.Second-person singular (ti) present indicative of pór
[[Ido]]
ipa :/pos/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin post (with the t dropped so not to interfere with posto (“postal service, post, mail”)), Russian после (posle).
[Preposition]
editpos
1.after
Ni drinkis kelka biri pos la ludo.
We had a few beers after the game.
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[ˈpɔs][Etymology]
editFrom Dutch post (“post”), from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, posto, from Latin postus, from positus. Cognate to Malay pos.
[Further reading]
edit
- “pos” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[Noun]
editpos (plural pos-pos, first-person possessive posku, second-person possessive posmu, third-person possessive posnya)
1.mail
2.post, station
3.(colloquial) meeting place
4.(accounting) budget
[[Malay]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English post. Cognate to Indonesian pos.
[Noun]
editpos
1.mail.
2.post, an assigned station, an appointed position in an organization.
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editpos
1.Obsolete spelling of pôs
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈpos/[Conjunction]
editpos
1.(Latin America) Alternative spelling of pues
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Further reading]
edit
- “pos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editpos m (uncountable)
1.Only used in en pos de (“in pursuit of”)
[Preposition]
editpos
1.(archaic) after, behind
[[Upper Sorbian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.
[Further reading]
edit
- pos in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik
[Noun]
editpos m
1.dog
[[Volapük]]
[Preposition]
editpos
1.after, behind
[[White Hmong]]
ipa :/pɒ˩/[Noun]
editpos
1.thorn
[References]
edit
- Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land →ISBN, 2004)
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Moneyball
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editAfter the 2003 book by Michael Lewis; from money + ball.
[Noun]
editMoneyball (uncountable)
1.Baseball management relying on sabermetrics.
2.More generally, any management using business analytics.
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swath
[[English]]
ipa :/swɒθ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- swathe
[Anagrams]
edit
- HAWTs, Thaws, hawts, thaws, washt, waths, what's, whats
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English swath, swathe, from Old English swæþ, swaþu (“track; trace; footstep; mark; vestige; scar”), from Proto-Germanic *swaþō (“a wind-swept place; open field; borderland; terrain”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to bend, turn, swing”).[1]Cognate with Dutch zwade, zwad (“swath; windrow”), German Schwade (“swath; windrow”), Icelandic svæði (“area; zone; sector; region”).other etymological informationCorresponds to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch swat, Middle High German and MNG swade, NDu swad(e), Old Frisian swethe (“border”).Root meaning: trace of a cut.Attested in English since 888 in its obsolete meaning of track or trace, since 1475 in its more modern usage.Cognate with German Schwaden (“row of mown grass or grain”).No definite cognates outside Germanic languages.
- See F. Kluge, Etymologisches Wörterbuch (De Gruyter), entry Schwaden, and OED.
[Noun]
editswath (plural swaths)
1.The track cut out by a scythe in mowing.
2.(often figuratively) A broad sweep or expanse, such as of land or of people.
A large swath of the population is opposed to this government policy.
Five days after Hurricane Katrina, large swaths of New Orleans are still submerged in water.
3.2015 February 20, Jesse Jackson, “In the Ferguson era, Malcolm X’s courage in fighting racism inspires more than ever”, in The Guardian (London)[1]:
It is undeniable that Malcolm was a beacon of huge strength in his lifetime. He could connect with swaths of people when others could not.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3030
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English swaþu.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English *swaþian.
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sneak peek
[[English]]
[Noun]
editsneak peek (plural sneak peeks)
1.(informal) A preview, especially of something not yet public.
Visit the website for a sneak peek of their new movie.
[See also]
edit
- sneak preview
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peek
[[English]]
ipa :/piːk/[Alternative forms]
edit
- peak, peke (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ekpe, Keep, Peke, keep, kepe, peke
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English *peken, piken, pyken (“to peep”), probably a fusion of Middle English pepen (“to peep”) and keken, kiken (“to keek, look, spy”), equivalent to a blend of peep + keek.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Basque]]
[Noun]
editpeek
1.ergative plural of pe
[[Hlai]]
ipa :/pʰeːk˥/[Adjective]
editpeek
1.high
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Hlai *pʰaːk (“high”), from Pre-Hlai *paːk (Norquest, 2015).
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PEEK
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ekpe, Keep, Peke, keep, kepe, peke
[Noun]
editPEEK
1.Acronym of polyetheretherketone.
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trailer
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- retiral, retrial, trialer
[Etymology]
editFrom trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today.
[Noun]
edittrailer (plural trailers)
1.Someone who or something that trails.
2.2014, Chris Ekpekurede, Laughing Over Serious Matters: Stories to Make You Laugh and Reflect:
There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer.
3.Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
Synonyms: appendage, attachment, appendix, extension, extrusion
the trailer of a plant
4.An unpowered wheeled vehicle, not a caravan or camper, that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.
5.1980 April, Greg Stone, Utility hauling? Do it with your boat trailer, Popular Science, page 104,
My trailer is a Highlander T-14 8G, one of the smallest trailers. I normally use it for carrying a pair of Sunfish sailboats that are much lighter than its 800-pound weight limit.
6.2004, Mike Byrnes & Associates, Bumper to Bumper: The Complete Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations, page 310,
Or you can slide the trailer′s tandem forward toward the tractor. This changes the kingpin weight because you changed the “A” dimension of the trailer along with its wheel-base.
7.2009, Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, page 122,
There is also a strong preference to avoid the cave effect associated with the front of most horse trailers and a strong desire to face the large opening between the top of the rear doors and the roof of the trailer.
8.(US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.
We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.
Synonyms: (US) camper, camper van, (UK) caravan, motor home
9.(US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.
Synonym: mobile home
10.(chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.
Synonyms: preview, teaser
11.A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
12.(computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
The linked list terminates with a trailer record.
Synonym: sentinel
13.(networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
Antonym: header
[Verb]
edittrailer (third-person singular simple present trailers, present participle trailering, simple past and past participle trailered)
1.To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.
The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
edittrailer c (singular definite traileren, plural indefinite trailere)
1.(automotive) trailer (vehicle towed behind another vehicle)
2.(media) trailer (preview of a film, TV show, or video game)
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[ˈt̪rai̯.lər][Etymology]
editFrom Dutch trailer, from English trailer.
[Further reading]
edit
- “trailer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[Noun]
edittrailer or trailêr
1.semi-trailer
2.(film) trailer, a preview of a film, video game or TV show.
[[Portuguese]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- trêiler (rare)
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English trailer.
[Noun]
edittrailer m (plural trailers)
1.(film, television) trailer (short preview of a film)
2.(Brazil) caravan (furnished vehicle used as a dwelling)
Synonyms: (Portugal) caravana, (Portugal) rulote, (Portugal) roulotte
3.(Brazil) trailer (vehicle towed behind another, used for carrying equipment)
Synonyms: reboque, (Portugal) atrelado
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English trailer.
[Noun]
edittrailer n (plural trailere)
1.trailer
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
edittrailer m (plural trailers or trailer)
1.Alternative form of tráiler
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
edittrailer c
1.(automotive) trailer (vehicle towed behind another vehicle)
2.(media) trailer (preview of a film, TV show, or video game)
[References]
edit
- trailer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- trailer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- trailer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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noticeable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnoʊtɪsəbl̩/[Adjective]
editnoticeable (comparative more noticeable, superlative most noticeable)
1.Capable of being seen or noticed.
2.November 17 2012, BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [1]
The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift.
3.Worthy of note; significant.
4.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess[2]:
Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
[Etymology]
editFrom notice + -able.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (capable of being seen or noticed): observable, perceivable; see also Thesaurus:perceptible
- (worthy of note): notable, remarkable; see also Thesaurus:important or Thesaurus:notable
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stand in
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Dantins
[Noun]
editstand in (plural stand ins)
1.A substitute; a replacement.
2.Her stand in muffed a lot of lines.
[Verb]
editstand in (third-person singular simple present stands in, present participle standing in, simple past and past participle stood in)
1.To substitute for; to replace; (theater) to serve as an understudy.
2.To make one of a party in a bet or other speculation.
3.To take a side in a dispute.
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stand-in
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Dantins
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb phrase stand in.
[Further reading]
edit
- stand-in at OneLook Dictionary Search.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:stand-inWikipedia stand-in (plural stand-ins)
1.A person of similar size and shape to an actor who "stands in" for that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.
They used a stand-in to set up the lighting so that the actor did not have to be there during the lengthy process.
2.A substitute.
3.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport[1]:
France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.
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Stand
[[German]]
ipa :/ʃtant/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German stant, from Old High German *stant (attested in Old High German firstant, urstant), from Proto-West Germanic *stand. Cognate with English stand.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Stand” in Duden online
- “Stand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editStand m (strong, genitive Standes or Stands, plural Stände, diminutive Ständchen n)
1.standing, state, status, position, situation
2.estate
3.booth, stand
4.(Switzerland) canton (state of Switzerland)
Synonym: Kanton
[[Luxembourgish]]
ipa :/ʃtɑnt/[Etymology]
editFrom Old High German stand.
[Noun]
editStand m (plural Stänn)
1.stand, stall
2.level, position (e.g. in a hierarchy)
3.stage, phase (e.g. of a project)
4.score (in a game)
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cascading
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- saccading
[Verb]
editcascading
1.present participle of cascade
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coking
[[English]]
[Noun]
editcoking (uncountable)
1.The manufacture of coke via the destructive distillation of coal
[Verb]
editcoking
1.present participle of coke
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prognosis
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin prognōsis, from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from prefix προ- (pro-, “before”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “inquiry, investigation, knowing”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “know”). First attested in the mid 17th century. Equivalent to Germanic cognate foreknowledge, Latinate cognate precognition, and Sanskritic cognate prajna.
[Noun]
editprognosis (plural prognoses)
1.(medicine) A forecast of the future course of a disease or disorder, based on medical knowledge.
2.(medicine) The chances of recovery from a disease.
3.1861, John Neill, Francis Gurney Smith, An Analytical Compendium of the Various Branches of Medical Science, Blanchard and Lea, page 858,
The prognosis is unfavourable when the child is very young, when the eruption appears before the third day, or when it suddenly disappears.
4.1987, Constance S. Kirkpatrick, Nurses' Guide to Cancer Care, Rowman and Littlefield, →ISBN, page 132,
Once the patient has worked through the stage of grieving at diagnosis, adjustment may be successful as therapy is begun and a prognosis is determined.
5.A forecast of the future course, or outcome, of a situation; a prediction.
6.1963 September, “The potential of a railway”, in Modern Railways, page 145:
Despite the positive, constructive aspects of the Beeching Report, the gloomy prognoses on B.R. which issued from so many commentators prior to its publication have left a widespread impression that the railway is an outdated concept.
7.2008, Paul Fairfield, Why Democracy?, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 123,
If free speech is the lifeblood of democracy then the fate and the prognosis of the latter are that of the former.
8.2000, Guy R. Woolley, J. J. J. M. Goumans, P. J. Wainwright, Waste Materials in Construction, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 19,
The prognosis was made by taking into consideration the facts that the analog concrete had already achieved its ultimate strength by the period of 1500 days while concrete being predicted was to gain its strength limit by 1.25 time faster, that is by the period of 100 days.
[[Latin]]
ipa :/proɡˈnoː.sis/[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from prefix προ- (pro-, “before”) + γνῶσις (gnôsis, “inquiry, investigation, knowing”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “know”).
[Noun]
editprognōsis f (genitive prognōsis); third declension
1.forecast, prediction
[References]
edit
- “prognosis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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quoti
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈkwɔ.ti/[Noun]
editquoti m
1.plural of quoto
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editquotī
1.inflection of quotus:
1.nominative/vocative masculine plural
2.genitive masculine/neuter singular
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quotient
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkwəʊʃənt/[Anagrams]
edit
- not quite
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin quotiēns, from quotiēs.
[Noun]
editquotient (plural quotients)
1.(arithmetic) The number resulting from the division of one number by another.
The quotient of 12 divided by 4 is 3.
2.(arithmetic) The integer part of the result of such division.
The quotient of 13 divided by 4 is 3, and the remainder is 1.
3.(mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.
4.(obsolete, rare) A quotum or quota.
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ.sjɑ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin quotiēns, from quotiēs.
[Further reading]
edit
- “quotient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editquotient m (plural quotients)
1.quotient (result of a division)
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steel
[[English]]
ipa :/stiːl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Leets, Teels, Teles, leets, sleet, stele, stelè, stélé, teles
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”)[1] (compare Umbrian stakaz (“upright, erected”), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (staxra, “strong”), Sanskrit स्तकति (stakati, “resist, strike against”)), related to Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).[2]
[Etymology 2]
editFrom French Bastille (a French prison).[3]
[References]
edit
1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, "Steel, n. 1" & "v."
2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “steel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
3. ^ Oxford English Dictionary. "Steel, n. 2".
[[Afrikaans]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch stelen, from Middle Dutch stelen.
[Verb]
editsteel (present steel, present participle stelende, past participle gesteel)
1.to steal
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/steːl/[Anagrams]
edit
- leest, sleet, slete, stele
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch stēle, from Old Dutch *stelo, from Proto-West Germanic *stelō, *stalu, from Proto-Germanic *staluz, *steluz (“post, trunk, stump, stem, tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place”). Cognate with dialectal English steal (“stem, stalk”), Scots steel, stiel (“stalk”).
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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[[English]]
[Further reading]
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- steel mill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Steel mills on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
[Noun]
editsteel mill (plural steel mills)
1.An industrial facility that produces or processes steel.
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Mills
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editMills
1.An English and Scottish surname from Middle English [in turn originating as an occupation] for mill owners and workers.
2.A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of an Mhuilinn (“of the mill”).
3.A male given name transferred from the surname
4.A locale in the United States.
1.A town in Wyoming.
2.An unincorporated community in Kentucky; named for postmaster Isaac Mills.
3.An unincorporated community in Nebraska; named for a local gristmill.
4.An unincorporated community in New Mexico; named for rancher and politician Melvin Whitson Mills.
5.An unincorporated community in Utah.
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[[English]]
ipa :/mɪl/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English mylne, mille, from Old English mylen, from Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu (“mill”), from Late Latin molīna, molīnum, molīnus (“mill”), from Latin molō (“grind, mill”, verb), closely allied to Proto-Germanic *muljaną (“to crush, grind”) (see English millstone). Perhaps cognate with Milne (a surname). Doublet of moulin.
[Etymology 2]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Mill (currency)Wikipedia Ultimately from Latin millesimum.
[Etymology 3]
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[Etymology 4]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 5]
editBack-formation from millstone, name of a Magic: The Gathering card with this effect (first printed 1994).
[Further reading]
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- mill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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- Mill in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
[References]
edit
- mill in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- mill in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editPossibly from Proto-Albanian *meila (“fastening (of a knife)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to attach, fasten”).[1]
[Noun]
editmill m (indefinite plural mille, definite singular milli, definite plural millet)
1.sheath
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈmiʎ/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin milium.
[Further reading]
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- “mill” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mill”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “mill” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mill” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editmill m (plural mills)
1.millet
[[Irish]]
ipa :[mʲiːlʲ][Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Irish millid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”).
[Etymology 2]
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[Further reading]
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- "mill" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “millid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “mill” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “mill” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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[[Manx]]
ipa :/mɪl/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Irish millid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”). Cognate with Irish mill and Scottish Gaelic mill.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Irish mil, from Proto-Celtic *meli, from Proto-Indo-European *mélid. Cognate with Irish mil, Scottish Gaelic mil, Latin mel, Ancient Greek μέλι (méli). Akin to millish and blass.
[References]
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- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “mil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
ipa :/miːʎ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Irish millid (“spoils, ruins, destroys”).
[Etymology 2]
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[Further reading]
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- Edward Dwelly (1911), “mill”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “millid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Mutation]
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[[Wiradhuri]]
[Alternative forms]
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- mil
[Noun]
editmill
1.(anatomy) eye
[[Yagara]]
[Noun]
editmill
1.Alternative form of mil.
[References]
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- State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Turubul Body Parts.
[[Yola]]
[Noun]
editmill
1.Alternative form of mile
2.1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 19:
Shule a mill.
Turn a mill.
[References]
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- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131
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[[English]]
ipa :-ɪl[Proper noun]
editMill
1.A surname.
2.John Stuart Mill.
3.1881 June 28, William Montgomery, speech in the New Zealand House of Representatives, seventh Parliament, third session, transcribed in, 1881, Parliamentary Debates, volume 28, page 225 [1]:
I have endeavoured to acquire a knowledge of the Hare system, and I have read Mill upon the subject, and it seems to me that the present proposal is opposed to that system.
4.A village in North Brabant, Netherlands.
5.An unincorporated community in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editPotentially attested as millen in 1166, attested with certainty as mille in 1228. Etymology unknown. Compare Millen.
[Proper noun]
editMill n
1.A village in Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Synonym: Germelaand (Carnival nickname)
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seem
[[English]]
ipa :/siːm/[Alternative forms]
edit
- seme (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- Esme, Esmé, emes, mese, seme, semé, smee
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijaną (“to unite, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). Cognate with Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”), Danish sømme (“to beseem”), Old Swedish søma, Faroese søma (“to be proper”). Related also to Old Norse sómi (“honour”) ( > archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment”)), Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”), Old English sēman (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English sōm (“agreement”).
[Verb]
editseem (third-person singular simple present seems, present participle seeming, simple past and past participle seemed)
1.(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
He seems to be ill. Her eyes seem blue. It must have seemed to her she was safe. How did she seem to you? He seems not to be at home. It seems like rain.
2.1460-1500, The Towneley Playsː
He is so fair, without lease, he seems full well to sit on this.
3.1813 (14thc.), Dante Alighieri, The Vision of Hell as translated by The Rev. H. F. Cary.
He, from his face removing the gross air, / Oft his left hand forth stretch'd, and seem'd alone / By that annoyance wearied.
4.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too. […].
5.1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 2, in The Mirror and the Lamp[1]:
That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
6.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess[2]:
Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
7.2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in AV Club:
So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.
8.(obsolete) To befit; to beseem.
9.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:
And all within were pathes and alleies wide,
With footing worne, and leading inward farre:
Faire harbour that them seemes; so in they entred arre.
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch sēm, from Proto-Germanic *saimaz.
[Further reading]
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- “seem”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “seem”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
[Noun]
editsêem m
1.honey
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/sɛːm/[Etymology 1]
editInherited from Old English sēam (“seam”), from Proto-West Germanic *saum, from Proto-Germanic *saumaz. The "nail" sense is a semantic loan from Old Norse saumr.
[Etymology 2]
editInherited from Old English sēam, from Proto-West Germanic *saum (“load”), from Late Latin sauma, from Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma).
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[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpull-off (not comparable)
1.Able to be removed by pulling.
[Etymology]
editFrom the phrasal verb pull off.
[Noun]
editpull-off (plural pull-offs)
1.An area by the side of a road where vehicles may stop; a lay-by.
2.(music) The technique, when playing a string instrument, of using a finger of the fret hand to pluck a string by pulling the finger off the fretboard.
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpaʊə(ɹ)/[Adjective]
editpower (comparative more power, superlative most power)
1.(Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.
2.2001, Thian, Makan Time[7]:
Check out the POWER Mee Rebus & Lontong in this newly established Nasi Padang coffee shop at Market Street Carpark.
3.2005, Bayya, Bayya Eats ... and Other Stuff[8]:
Their performance is very the Power!
4.2010, Caihong Lim & Kesheng Lim, Footprints All Over: Love, Happiness,Joy[9]:
His hokkien is damn power lah!
5.2015, SGMOJI, Your Ultimate Guide to Locally-Grown Emojis[10]:
Eh his soccer skills damn power one.
[Alternative forms]
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- powre (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- powre
[Antonyms]
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- impotence
- weakness
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English power, poer, from Old French poeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre, from Latin posse, whence English potent. Compare Modern French pouvoir. Displaced the native Old English anweald.
[Further reading]
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- power at OneLook Dictionary Search.
[Noun]
editpower (countable and uncountable, plural powers)
1.The ability to do or undergo something.
2.2018, Marilyn McCord Adams, Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God (page 74)
If it is spirits who have power to suffer, it seems they would also have active powers to think and will.
3.(social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
4.2022 March 8, “Magistrate Yang Wen-ke Sends Female Staff in Hsinchu County Government Roses for Their Contributions”, in HsinChu County Government[1], archived from the original on 19 July 2022:
The proportion of female colleagues in the Hsinchu County Government and its affiliated units has reached 61%. “Women Power” is the power behind over half of the services provided by the county government.
1.(countable) The ability to affect or influence.
2.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292, book ii:
An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation.
3.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292, book iii:
Thwackum, on the contrary, maintained that the human mind, since the fall, was nothing but a sink of iniquity, till purified and redeemed by grace. […] The favourite phrase of the former, was the natural beauty of virtue; that of the latter, was the divine power of grace.
4.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[2]:
“ […] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. […]”
5.1998, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
Past and future obviously have no reality of their own. Just as the moon has no light of its own, but can only reflect the light of the sun, so are past and future only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present.
6.Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).
7.1949, Eric Blair, aka George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. [...] We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.
8.2005, Columbia Law Review, April
In the face of expanding federal power, California in particular struggled to maintain control over its Chinese population.
9.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
10.(metonymically, chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
Synonym: powers that be
11.1978 November 17, The Star Wars Holiday Special[3] (Science Fiction), OCLC 968745484, spoken by Carrie Fisher, 1:30:50 from the start:
No matter how different we appear, we're all the same in our struggle against the powers of evil and darkness. I hope that this day will always be a day of joy in which we can reconfirm our dedication and our courage and more than anything else, our love for one another. This is the promise of the Tree of Life.
12.(metonymically) An influential nation, company, or other such body.
13.2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8:
Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.
14.(metonymically, archaic) An army, a military force.
15.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
Then when our powers in points of ſwords are ioin’d
And cloſde in compaſſe of the killing bullet,
Though ſtraite the paſſage and the port be made,
That leads to Pallace of my brothers life,
Proud is his fortune if we pierce it not.(physical, uncountable) Effectiveness.
1.Physical force or strength.
He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.
2.Electricity or a supply of electricity.
After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days.
3.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[4]:
“My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up. […] You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. […]”
4.2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.
5.A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
6.The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
We need a microscope with higher power.(colloquial, dated) A large amount or number.
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, OCLC 55195564:
The threatning words of duke Robert comming at the last to king Henries eares, caused him foorthwith to conceiue verie sore displeasure against a power of men sent into Normandie.
- 1872, Mark Twain, Roughing It:
Don't you mind my snuffling a little—becuz we're in a power of trouble.Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).
the mechanical powers(physics, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.(mathematics)
1.
2.A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x n {\displaystyle x^{n}} , read as " x {\displaystyle x} to the power of n {\displaystyle n} " or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x × x × ⋯ × x {\displaystyle x\times x\times \cdots \times x} , where x {\displaystyle x} appears n {\displaystyle n} times in the product; x {\displaystyle x} is called the base and n {\displaystyle n} the exponent.
3.(set theory) Cardinality.
4.(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.(biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
[Synonyms]
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The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. For synonyms and antonyms you may use the templates {{syn|en|...}} or {{ant|en|...}}.Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)
- aptitude
- arm
- authority
- capability
- capacity
- clout
- command
- competence
- competency
- control
- dominion
- energy
- force
- grip
- hold
- influence
- main
- mastery
- might
- muscle
- potency
- pull
- sinew
- strength
- sway
- vigor
- wald
- weight See also Thesaurus:power
[Verb]
editpower (third-person singular simple present powers, present participle powering, simple past and past participle powered)
1.(transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
This CD player is powered by batteries.
2.(transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
3.2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC[5]:
United keeper Edwin van der Sar was the unlikely provider as his clearance found Rooney, who had got ahead of last defender Richard Dunne, and the forward brilliantly controlled a ball coming from over his shoulder before powering a shot past Brad Friedel.
4.To enable or provide the impetus for.
5.2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian[6]:
Abdul Sattar Edhi came to Karachi as a poor man from an Indian village in 1947. Starting with a small pharmacy tent, his work rapidly expanded, powered by donations from ordinary citizens.
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈpoːvər/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from French pauvre, from Latin pauper.
[Etymology 2]
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[Further reading]
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- “power” in Duden online
- “power” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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buffoon
[[English]]
ipa :/bəˈfuːn/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out the cheeks”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Middle High German buffen ("to puff"; > German büffen), Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). More at English puff.
[Noun]
editbuffoon (plural buffoons)
1.One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
2.1810, W. Melmoth (translator), Letters of Pliny
To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances.
3.(derogatory) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
[Verb]
editbuffoon (third-person singular simple present buffoons, present participle buffooning, simple past and past participle buffooned)
1.To behave like a buffoon
2.1988, January 22, “Henry Sheehan”, in Little Boy Blue[1]:
His mimicry of gay speech and facial expressions is analagous to an Amos 'n' Andy routine, in which white men buffooned their way through incredibly demeaning impersonations of black men.
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹɛt.səl/[Alternative forms]
edit
- bretzel (dated)
[Etymology]
editFrom dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel, from Old High German brezzila, from Medieval Latin brachiatellum, diminutive of Latin bracchium (“arm”); named for the appearance of folded arms.
[Further reading]
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- pretzel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editpretzel (plural pretzels)
1.(cooking) A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
2.(by extension) Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.
[Synonyms]
edit
- pretzelize
[Verb]
editpretzel (third-person singular simple present pretzels, present participle pretzelling or (US) pretzeling, simple past and past participle pretzelled or (US) pretzeled)
1.(transitive, Canada, US, informal) To bend, twist, or contort.
Synonyms: bend, twist, contort
They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈpɾɛtsew/[Etymology]
editFrom dialectal German Pretzel, a variant of standard Brezel.
[Noun]
editpretzel m (plural pretzels)
1.pretzel (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot)
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[[English]]
[Adjective]
editSabbatical (not comparable)
1.Relating to the Sabbath
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[[English]]
[Adjective]
editsabbatical (not comparable)
1.Relating to the Sabbath.
2.Relating to a sabbatical.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- Sabbatic, sabbatic
- Sabbatical
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sabbaticus, from Ancient Greek σαββατικός (sabbatikós) + -al.
[Noun]
editsabbatical (plural sabbaticals)
1.An extended period of leave from a person's usual pursuits.
[References]
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- sabbatical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛnɪ/[Adverb]
editany (not comparable)
1.To even the slightest extent, at all.
I will not remain here any longer.
If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)
2.1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 58:
I wasn't any too easy in my mind.
3.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 104:
'That wouldn't surprise me any.'
[Alternative forms]
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- anie (obsolete)
- anny (pronunciation spelling)
[Anagrams]
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- AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan
[Determiner]
editany
1.(chiefly in the negative) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.
Do you have any biscuits?
Do you have any food?
I haven't got any money.
It won't do you any good.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew xi:27:
No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.
3.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
4.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess[1]:
Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
5.No matter what kind.
Choose any items you want.
Any person may apply.
Press any key to continue.
6.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
7.2013 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.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one + -y. Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”).
[Pronoun]
editany
1.Any thing(s) or person(s).
Any may apply.
[References]
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- any at OneLook Dictionary Search.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈaɲ/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).
[Noun]
editany m (plural anys)
1.year
un home de 26 anys
a 26-year-old man
Quants anys tens?
How old are you?
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
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[[Old Tupi]]
ipa :/a.ˈnɨ/[Noun]
editany
1.Alternative form of anũ
[References]
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- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; 2013; Dicionário do Tupi Antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: Global.
[[Yola]]
[Adjective]
editany
1.Alternative form of aany
2.1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6:
Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung.
If we had any luck, our name would have been sung.
[References]
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- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 86
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[[Demotic]]
ipa :/poːɾ/[Etymology]
editFrom Egyptian (pr, “house”).
[Noun]
edit m
1.temple
2.house
3.palace
[References]
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- Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, page 132
- Johnson, Janet (2000) Thus Wrote ꜥOnchsheshonqy: An Introductory Grammar of Demotic[1], third edition, Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, →ISBN, page 9
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976) Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 127
[[Egyptian]]
ipa :/ˈpaːɾuw/[Etymology]
editPossibly from Proto-Afroasiatic *par- (“house”).[1] Compare also Proto-Berber *farr (“enclosure”).
[Noun]
edit m
1.house
2.c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) line 158:
ꜥḥꜥ.n ḏd.n.f n.j snb.t(j) zpwj snwj nḏs r pr.k
Then he said to me, Safe travels, safe travels, little man, to your house!
3.household
4.(of the king) palace
5.(of gods) temple
[References]
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- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 15
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*par-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
2. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 12
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glossary
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡlɒsəɹi/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English glosarie, from Latin glossārium, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).
[Noun]
editglossary (plural glossaries)
1.A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions.
At the back of the book you can find the glossary.
Synonyms: clavis, idioticon, vocabulary
Coordinate term: terminology
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instigated
[[English]]
[Verb]
editinstigated
1.simple past tense and past participle of instigate
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪnstəɡeɪt/[Etymology]
editFrom the Latin īnstīgātus, past participle of īnstīgāre (“to instigate”), from prefix in- (“in”) + *stigare, akin to stinguere (“push, goad”). Compare German stechen (“to prick”), English stick.
[Verb]
editinstigate (third-person singular simple present instigates, present participle instigating, simple past and past participle instigated)
1.(transitive) to incite; to bring about by urging or encouraging
to instigate a riot
2.2017, Desa Markovic, Working with Sexual Issues in Psychotherapy
If the man perceives that his partner has arousal or orgasmic difficulties, this is likely to influence his desire to instigate sexual activity and/or his enjoyment and pleasure in being sexual with his partner.
3.(transitive) to goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions; to provoke
to instigate someone to a crime
4.1678, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity
he might instigate them to swear against the law of God
5.1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], OCLC 1003933465:
He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity.
Synonyms: animate, encourage, impel, incite, provoke, spur, stimulate, tempt, urge
Antonyms: halt, prevent, stop
[[Esperanto]]
[Adverb]
editinstigate
1.present adverbial passive participle of instigi
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editīnstīgāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of īnstīgō
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イン
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[ĩɴ][Etymology 1]
editFrom English in (preposition).[1][2]First cited to a text from 1906.[1]
[Etymology 2]
editJapanese Wikipedia has an article on:イン (宿泊施設)Wikipedia jaFrom English inn.[1][2]
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2.↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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jeopardized
[[English]]
[Verb]
editjeopardized
1.simple past tense and past participle of jeopardize
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