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tumultuous
[[English]]
ipa :/tjʊˈmʌl.tjʊ.əs/[Adjective]
edittumultuous (comparative more tumultuous, superlative most tumultuous)
1.Characterized by loud, confused noise. [from mid 16th c.]
Synonyms: noisy, uproarious; see also Thesaurus:noisy
2.1709, Horace; [Wentworth Dillon, 4th] Earl of Roscommon, transl., Horace: Of the Art of Poetry: A Poem, London: Printed and sold by H[enry] Hills, […], OCLC 1011184311, page 5:
Rage with Iambicks, arm'd Archilocus / Numbers for Dialogue and Action fit, / And Favourites of the Dramatick Muſe. / Fierce, Lofty, Rapid, whoſe commanding Sound / Awes the tumultuous Noiſes of the Pit, / And whoſe peculiar Province is the Stage.
3.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 55746801, page 68:
The noise in this room was perfectly tumultuous, for there were more children there, than Scrooge in his agitated state of mind could count; and, unlike the celebrated herd in the poem, they were not forty children conducting themselves like one, but every child was conducting itself like forty.
4.1865 February, “Christmas at Trinity”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume XXX, number CLXXVII, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, […], OCLC 924884025, page 335:
Down showers tumultuous music from the belfry of Old Trinity— / Merry chiming for His birth, and gave songs for His Divinity!
5.1917 December, Howard Philip Rhoades, “Home Town Homage”, in The Black Cat: Clever Short Stories, volume XXIII, number 3, Salem, Mass.: Shortstory Publishing Company, OCLC 1536525, page 23:
"Flynn! Flynn! Mike Flynn!" came surging a tumultuous roar from the crowd.
6.Causing or characterized by tumult; chaotic, disorderly, turbulent. [from mid 16th c.]
Synonyms: riotous, tempestuous, tumultuary; see also Thesaurus:disorderly
7.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554, lines 13–18:
Yet not rejoycing in his [Satan's] ſpeed, though bold, / Far off and fearleſs, nor with cauſe to boaſt, / Begins his dire attempt, with nigh the birth / Now rowling, boiles in his tumultuous breſt, / And like a devilliſh Engine back recoiles, / Upon himſelf; […]
8.1715 July 24, Samuel Rosewell, The Unreasonableness of the Present Riotous and Tumultuous Proceedings: As are Directed against His Majesty King George; and His Faithful Subjects, the Protestant Dissenters: […], London: Printed for M. Lawrence, […], OCLC 863417390, page 17:
And ſeeing theſe Tumultuous and Rebellious Men do more immediately vent their Malice on ſome of their Fellow-Subjects and Fellow-Protestants, who will be true to their Oaths, and their Obligations to the King, whom God has placed over them, may not one humbly ask, As for theſe Sheep, what have they done? What Cauſe is there whereby an Account may be given of theſe tumultuous Inſurrections against them?
9.1822, [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume IV, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 2392685, page 108:
The old cavalier stooped his head in token of acquiescence in the command of his Sovereign, but he raised it not again. The tumultuous agitation of the moment had been too much for spirits which had been long in a state of depression, and health which was much decayed.
10.1913, Booth Tarkington, chapter 5, in The Flirt, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, OCLC 1079137728, page 71:
She leaned very slowly closer and yet closer to the mirror; a rich colour spread over her; her eyes, gazing into themselves, became dreamy, inexpressibly wistful, cloudily sweet; her breath was tumultuous.
11.2007, Burnham, Laurie, Rivers[1], Chelsea House, →ISBN, page 43:
A tumultuous waterway, the Yangtze ranks second after the Amazon in terms of discharge. Fed by copious amounts of melting snow and also heavy rains, the river's flow is 10 times greater than China's Huang Ho (Hwang River, Huanghe; also known in English as the Yellow River).
12.2017 March 1, Anthony Zurcher, “Trump Addresses Congress: A Kinder, Gentler President”, in BBC News[2], archived from the original on 2 February 2018:
In his first address to a joint session of Congress, after a tumultuous first month in office, Mr [Donald] Trump delivered a conventional speech in a conventional manner.
[Antonyms]
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- untumultuous
- (characterized by loud, confused noise): see Thesaurus:quiet
- (causing or characterized by tumult): see Thesaurus:calm
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French tumultuous (modern French tumultueux), from Latin tumultuōsus (“restless, turbulent”), from tumultus (“disturbance, uproar, violent commotion, tumult; agitation, disturbance, excitement”)[1] + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
[Further reading]
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- tumultuous (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[References]
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1. ^ “tumultuous, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1915.
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only
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈəʊn.li/[Adjective]
editonly (not comparable)
1.Alone in a category.
He is the only doctor for miles.
The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials.
That was the only time I went to Turkey.
2.2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […]”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
3.Singularly superior; the best.
4.1623, William Shakespeare, As You Like It:
Motley's the only wear.
5.1888, United States. Department of State, Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, page 316:
The baron had taken a great liking to the Americans and to their ways of doing things, and frequently asserted that America was the only place to live.
6.2015, Mike Lupica, The Only Game, →ISBN, page 58-59:
"People say there's other games," Jack had said to Cassie at Small Falls earlier that day. "But baseball's the only game."
7.Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
He is their only son, in fact, an only child.
8.1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
To DAD ¶ who only reared twelve children ¶ and ¶ To MOTHER ¶ who reared twelve only children
9.(obsolete) Mere.
10.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
I know some who wittingly have drawne both profit and preferment from cuckoldrie, the only name whereof is so yrksome and bail-ful to so many men.
[Adverb]
editonly (not comparable)
1.Without others or anything further; exclusively.
2.2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
My heart is hers, and hers only.
The cat sat only on the mat. It kept off the sofa.
3.No more than; just.
4.1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
To DAD
who only reared twelve children
and
To MOTHER
who reared twelve only children
5.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess[1]:
‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
6.1931, Dorothy L Sayers, The Five Red Herrings chapter 24:
[…] oot of a' six suspects there's not one that's been proved to ha' been nigh the place where the corpse was found, only Mr Graham.
7.2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
The cat only sat on the mat. It didn't scratch it.
If there were only one more ticket!
8.As recently as.
9.c. 1924-1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book
Only yesterday did I feed you with bread for your bodies; today I offer you the bread of life for your hungry souls.
10.2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
He left only moments ago.
11.
12. (Britain) Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
She's only gone and run off with the milkman!
13.
14. Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
They rallied from a three-goal deficit only to lose in the final two minutes of play.
I helped him out only for him to betray me.
15.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[2]:
He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive.
16.(obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
17.1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, OCLC 1203241927, (please specify the page):
his most only elected mistress
[Alternative forms]
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- onely (obsolete)
- onlie (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- Lyon, lyon, noyl, ynol
[Conjunction]
editonly
1.(informal) Under the condition that; but.
You're welcome to borrow my bicycle, only please take care of it.
2.But; except.
I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg.
She would get good results only she gets nervous.
3.1664 April 22, The Diary of Samuel Pepys:
[…] and pleasant it was, only for the dust.
4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 8:28:
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English oonly, onli, onlych, onelich, anely, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“like; similar; equal”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz, equivalent to one + -ly. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig. Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.
[Noun]
editonly (plural onlys or onlies)
1.An only child.
2.1995, Don Martin, Maggie Martin, Pat Jeffers, Is Your Family Making You Fat?, page 101:
Sometimes, secondborns marry onlys and the conflicts are similar.
3.2013, Sybil L. Hart, Maria Legerstee, Handbook of Jealousy
The consistent finding […] that infants who are onlies do not differ from those who have siblings despite their lesser history of exposure to differential treatment is perplexing.
[References]
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- only at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
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- (alone in a category): sole, lone; see also Thesaurus:sole
- (singularly superior): peerless, unequaled, nonpareiledit
- (without others): See also Thesaurus:solely
- (no more than): See also Thesaurus:merely
- (as recently as):
- (above all others):
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humiliating
[[English]]
ipa :/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ/[Adjective]
edithumiliating (comparative more humiliating, superlative most humiliating)
1.Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
2.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
[Verb]
edithumiliating
1.present participle of humiliate
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humiliate
[[English]]
ipa :/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare (“to abase, humble”), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.
[Verb]
edithumiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)
1.(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
Synonyms: debase, demean, disgrace, mortify, shame; see also Thesaurus:abash
2.(transitive) To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
Synonym: humble
Antonyms: dignify, honor
[[Latin]]
ipa :/hu.mi.liˈaː.te/[Verb]
edithumiliāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of humiliō
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disintegrate
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈɪntɪɡɹeɪt/[Anagrams]
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- reinstigated
[Antonyms]
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- integrate
[Etymology]
editRecorded since 1785, dis- + integrate
[Synonyms]
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- (transitive, to cause to break into parts) dismember, dissolve
- (intransitive, to break into one's parts) compost, decay, dissolve
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
[Verb]
editdisintegrate (third-person singular simple present disintegrates, present participle disintegrating, simple past and past participle disintegrated)
1.(transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
2.1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy
Marlites […] are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
3.(intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.
4.(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.
5.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine[1]:
There is a Latvian gentleman named Theodore Nemor living at White Friars Mansions, Hampstead, who claims to have invented a machine of a most extraordinary character which is capable of disintegrating any object placed within its sphere of influence.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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tumult
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtjuː.mʌlt/[Etymology]
editFrom Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
[Noun]
edittumult (plural tumults)
1.Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
2.1725, Homer; [Alexander Pope], transl., “Book III”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:
Till in loud tumult all the Greeks arose.
3.Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
4.2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in the Guardian[1]:
Football is a game of tumult and glory, of small disappointments and lingering dreams, and Mata has played long enough at the highest level to appreciate these truths.
the tumult of the elements
the tumult of the spirits or passions
5.A riot or uprising.
[Synonyms]
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- uproar
- ruckus
[Verb]
edittumult (third-person singular simple present tumults, present participle tumulting, simple past and past participle tumulted)
1.(obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
2.1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], OCLC 868004604, book:
Importuning and tumulting even to the fear of a revolt.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/tumult/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
[Noun]
edittumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)
1.uproar, tumult
2.riot, disturbance
3.scuffle
[Synonyms]
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- tummel
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/tyˈmʏlt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch tumult, from Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.
[Noun]
edittumult n (plural tumulten)
1.tumult
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈtu.mult/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin tumultus.
[Further reading]
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- tumult in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tumult in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
edittumult m inan
1.tumult (noise as made by a crowd)
Synonym: zgiełk
2.(archaic) tumult (violent commotion or agitation)
Synonym: zamieszki
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin tumultus.
[Noun]
edittumult n (plural tumulturi)
1.tumult
[Synonyms]
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- larmă
- zarvă
- agitație
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bitter
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɪtə(ɹ)/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite + -er (adjectival suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian bitter (“bitter”), West Frisian bitter (“bitter”), Dutch bitter (“bitter”), Low German bitter (“bitter”), German bitter (“bitter”), Swedish bitter (“bitter”), Icelandic bitur (“bitter”).
[Etymology 2]
editbit + -er
[[Danish]]
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Middle Low German bitter.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English bitter.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈbɪtər/[Adjective]
editbitter (comparative bitterder, superlative bitterst)
1.bitter (having an acrid taste)
2.bitter, embittered
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch bitter, from Old Dutch bitter, from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.
[Noun]
editbitter m or n (plural bitters, diminutive bittertje n)
1.A type of strong spirits made by steeping (often bitter) herbs in brandy or jenever, traditionally considered a digestive drink.
Zonder zijn gebruikelijke bittertje om vier uur voelde Opa zich niet lekker. ― Without his regular shot of bitter at four o'clock, Grandpa wouldn't feel well.
[Synonyms]
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- kruidenbitter
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
editbitter
1.bitter (type of beer)
[[French]]
ipa :/bi.te/[Further reading]
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- “bitter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Verb]
editbitter
1.(transitive, slang) to understand, usually used in negative form and especially with rien
Synonym: comprendre
J’ai rien bitté au cours.
I got nothing of the class
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈbɪ.tɐ/[Adjective]
editbitter (strong nominative masculine singular bitterer, comparative bitterer, superlative am bittersten)
1.bitter
[Adverb]
editbitter
1.bitterly
Synonym: verbittert
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German bitter, pitter, from Old High German bittar, from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz. Compare Low German bitter, Dutch bitter, English bitter, Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur.
[Further reading]
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- “bitter” in Duden online
- “bitter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “bitter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English bitters.
[Noun]
editbitter m (invariable)
1.bitters
[[Middle Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈbɪtːər/[Adjective]
editbitter
1.bitter (taste)
2.sad, painful
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Dutch bitter, from Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.
[Further reading]
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- “bitter”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bitter”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editbitter (neuter singular bittert, definite singular and plural bitre, comparative bitrere, indefinite superlative bitrest, definite superlative bitreste)
1.bitter
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Low German bitter and Old Norse bitr.
[References]
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- “bitter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editbitter (neuter singular bittert, definite singular and plural bitre, comparative bitrare, indefinite superlative bitrast, definite superlative bitraste)
1.bitter
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Low German bitter and Old Norse bitr.
[References]
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- “bitter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/ˈbit.ter/[Adjective]
editbitter
1.Alternative form of biter
[[Old High German]]
ipa :/ˈbit.ter/[Adjective]
editbitter
1.Alternative form of bittar
[References]
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- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editbitter (comparative bittrare, superlative bittrast)
1.bitter; having an acrid taste
2.bitter; hateful
3.bitter; resentful
[Anagrams]
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- bittre
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse bitr (partly through the influence of Middle Low German bitter), from Proto-Germanic *bitraz.
[Further reading]
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- bitter in Svensk ordbok.
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bitter gourd
[[English]]
[Noun]
editbitter gourd (plural bitter gourds)
1.Synonym of bitter melon
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raft
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɑːft/[Anagrams]
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- FRTA, RTFA, TRAF, fart, frat, traf
[Etymology 1]
edit an inflatable life raft a wooden raftLate Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from West Old Norse raptr, from Proto-Germanic *raf-tra-, from Proto-Indo-European *rap-tro-, from *rep- (“stake, beam”).[1] See also Norwegian raft (“beam, rafter”), Danish raft (“thin pole”). Compare also Albanian trap (“raft, ferry”).
[Etymology 2]
editAlteration of raff.
[Etymology 3]
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[References]
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1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “raft”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish راف (raf), from Arabic رَفّ (raff), contaminated with rrafsh.
[Noun]
editraft m
1.shelf
2.horse's phalera (Old Albanian, attested in Frang Bardhi)This noun needs an inflection-table template.
[[Czech]]
ipa :/raft/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English raft.
[Noun]
editraft m
1.raft (inflatable floating craft)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish راف (raf), from Arabic رَفّ (raff).
[Noun]
editraft n (plural rafturi)
1.shelf
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waterlog
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
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- water-log
- water log (rare)
[Etymology]
editwater + log
[Verb]
editwaterlog (third-person singular simple present waterlogs, present participle waterlogging, simple past and past participle waterlogged)
1.(transitive) To saturate with water.
2.(transitive, nautical) To make (a boat) heavy and in danger of sinking by flooding it with water.
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sapling
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsæplɪŋ/[Anagrams]
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- Galpins, lapsing, palings, salping-, spaling
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English sapplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap + -ling.
[Noun]
editsapling (plural saplings)
1.A young tree, bigger than a seedling.
2.(figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editsapling
1.Alternative form of sapplyng
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invasive
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈveɪsɪv/[Adjective]
editinvasive (comparative more invasive, superlative most invasive)
1.Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive.
2.1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, “The Arrainment and Execution of the Third Letter”, in The Apologie of Pierce Pennilesse. Or, Strange Newes, of the Intercepting Certaine Letters: […], London: […] Iohn Danter, […], OCLC 222196160; republished as John Payne Collier, editor, Strange Newes, of the Intercepting Certaine Letters […] (Miscellaneous Tracts; Temp. Eliz. and Jac. I), [London: s.n., 1870], OCLC 906587369, page 52:
The Spanyards called their invaſive fleete againſt England the Navie Invincible, yet it was overcome.
3.c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
Oh inglorious league: / Shall we vpon the footing of our land, / Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimiſe, / Inſinuation, parley, and baſe truce / To Armes Inuaſiue?
4.1643, William Prynne, “[The Third Part of the Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes. To the Reader]”, in The Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes: […], London: […] Michael Sparke Senior, OCLC 22720680:
[…] The Parliaments Forces, neither would, nor lawfully might in point of Law or Conſcience forcibly reſiſt or repulſe their invaſive Armes, without danger or High Treaſon and Rebellion, […]
5.1650, Edward Coke; Thomas Ireland, compiler, “St. Johns Case. 34. El. Banco Regis. fol. 71.”, in An Exact Abridgment in English, of the Eleven Books of Reports of the Learned Sir Edward Coke, […], London: […] M. Simmons, for Matthew Walbancke, […], and H. Twyford […], OCLC 1179504517, book V, page 209:
[T]he Sheriffe, or any of his Officers, for the better execution of Juſtice, may carry handguns or other weapons invaſive or defenſive, […]
6.(military, also figuratively) That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive.
7.1858, Thomas Carlyle, “Brannibor: Henry the Fowler”, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], OCLC 156109991, book II, page 70:
He managed to get back Lorraine; made truce with the Hungarians, who were excessively invasive at that time. Truce with the Hungarians; and then, having gathered strength, made dreadful beating of them; two beatings,—one to each half, for the invasive Savagery had split itself, for better chance of plunder; […]
8.(by extension)
1.Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc.
Antonym: uninvasive
2.2008 October, Leanne Smith, chapter 21, in Silent Mysteries: Discover the Mystery of Kara …, Chepachet, R.I.: Leanne Elise Smith, →ISBN, page 396:
It's wrong of me to ask such an invasive question when I keep so many secrets hidden from you.
3.Originating externally.
4.1902, William James, “Lectures IV and V: The Religion of Healthy-mindedness”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature: […], New York, N.Y.: Longmas, Green, and Co. […], OCLC 1132170172, page 90:
All invasive moral states and passionate enthusiasms make one feelingless to evil in some direction.
5.(biology) Of an animal or plant: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna.
Antonyms: noninvasive, non-invasive
an invasive species
6.(medicine, surgery) Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body.
Antonyms: noninvasive, non-invasive
7.1995, Constantine T. Frantzides, Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery, St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby, →ISBN, page 135:
The natural evolution of minimally invasive surgery has taken the surgeon to new heights and has extended the breadth of laparoscopic surgery to include procedures of the colon.
8.(pathology) Of a carcinoma or other abnormal growth: that invades healthy tissue, especially rapidly.
9.1982, William W. Bonney and George R. Prout, Jr., editors, Bladder Cancer: American Urological Association Seminar on Bladder Cancer, Chicago, Illinois, April 1980 (AUA Monographs; 1), Baltimore, Md.: Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 162:
Two patients developed cancer in the upper urinary tract, and 3 eventually developed invasive cancer.
[Etymology]
editThe adjective is derived from Middle English invasif (“of a weapon: offensive”),[1] from Middle French invasif, Old French invasif (“invasive”) (modern French invasif), from Medieval Latin invāsīvus, from Latin invāsus (“entered; invaded”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives).[2] Invāsus is the perfect passive participle of invādō (“to enter; to invade”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’) + vādō (“to go; to rush; to walk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, proceed; to pass, traverse”)).The noun is derived from the adjective.
[Further reading]
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- invasion (cancer) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- invasive species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- minimally invasive procedure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- invasive (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editinvasive (plural invasives)
1.(biology) An invasive organism, such as an animal or plant.
2.2005, Barbara J. Euser, “A Place for Invasives?”, in Barbara J. Euser, editor, Bay Area Gardening: 64 Practical Essays by Master Gardeners, Palo Alto, Calif.: Solas House, Travelers’ Tales, →ISBN, page 174:
Is there ever a time to plant invasives—plants that are known to spread—in the garden? I believe the answer is a qualified "yes." There is never a time to plant exotic, that is non-native, invasives. Exotic invasives such as pampas grass and French and Scottish broom were sold by local nurseries in the past, before their destructive nature was understood. […] Native invasive plants are another story: there are situations in which they can be both practical and desirable.
[References]
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1. ^ “invāsī̆f, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
2. ^ Compare “invasive, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2019; “invasive, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editinvasive
1.feminine singular of invasif
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editinvasive
1.inflection of invasiv:
1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2.strong nominative/accusative plural
3.weak nominative all-gender singular
4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editinvasive f pl
1.feminine plural of invasivo
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editinvasive
1.definite singular of invasiv
2.plural of invasiv
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editinvasive
1.definite singular of invasiv
2.plural of invasiv
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scarce
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈskɛəs/[Adjective]
editscarce (comparative scarcer, superlative scarcest)
1.Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
2.1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, OCLC 933799310:
You tell him silver is scarcer now in England, and therefore risen in value one fifth.
3.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
4.(archaic) Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
5.1667, 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:
a region scarce of prey
[Adverb]
editscarce (not comparable)
1.(archaic, literary) Scarcely, only just.
2.1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], OCLC 606951673, page 24:
The Virgin quite for her requeſt / The God that ſits at marriage feaſt; / He at their invoking came / But with a ſcarce-wel-lighted flame; / And in his Garland as he ſtood, / Ye might diſcern a Cipreſs bud.
3.1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review[1], volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], OCLC 1015246566, page 144:
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, / That I scarce was sure I heard you […]
4.1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934:
Yet had I scarce set foot in the passage when I stopped, remembering how once already this same evening I had played the coward, and run home scared with my own fears.
5.1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, OCLC 28569419, part 1, stanza VI, page 48:
He rose upright in the stirrups; he scarce could reach her hand, / But she loosened her hair i' the casement! His face burnt like a brand / As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast; / And he kissed its waves in the moonlight, / (Oh, sweet, black waves in the moonlight!)
6.1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 122:
Upon the barred and slitted wall the splotched shadow of the heaven tree shuddered and pulsed monstrously in scarce any wind.
7.1969, John Cleese, Monty Python's Flying Circus:
Well, it's scarce the replacement then, is it?
[Alternative forms]
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- scarse (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- Craces, arcsec
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English scarce, skarce, scarse, scars, from Old Northern French scars, escars ("sparing, niggard, parsimonious, miserly, poor"; > French échars, Medieval Latin scarsus (“diminished, reduced”)), of uncertain origin. One theory is that it derives originally from a Late Latin *scarpsus, *excarpsus, a participle form of *excarpere (“take out”), from Latin ex- + carpere; yet the sense evolution is difficult to trace. Compare Middle Dutch schaers (“sparing, niggard”), Middle Dutch schaers (“a pair of shears, plowshare”), scheeren (“to shear”).
[References]
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1. ^ Stanley, Oma (1937), “I. Vowel Sounds in Stressed Syllables”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, DOI:10.7312/stan90028, →ISBN, § 6, page 16.
[Synonyms]
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- (uncommon, rare): geason, infrequent, raresome; see also Thesaurus:rare
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editscarce
1.Alternative form of sarse
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successor
[[English]]
ipa :/səkˈsɛsə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- successour (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
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- (person or thing that immediately follows another): predecessor; see also Thesaurus:predecessor
[Etymology]
editFrom Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.
[Noun]
editsuccessor (plural successors)
1.A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
2.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[1]:
As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.
3.The next heir in order or succession.
4.A person who inherits a title or office.
5.(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.
[Synonyms]
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- (person or thing that immediately follows another): aftercomer (uncommon); see also Thesaurus:successor
[[Catalan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin successor.
[Further reading]
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- “successor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “successor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “successor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “successor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editsuccessor m (plural successors, feminine successora)
1.successor
[[Latin]]
ipa :/sukˈkes.sor/[Etymology]
editFrom succēdō.
[Noun]
editsuccessor m (genitive successōris, feminine succestrīx); third declension
1.follower, successor
[References]
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- “successor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “successor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- successor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
[[Occitan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin successor.
[Noun]
editsuccessor m (plural successors)
1.successor
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formidable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɔːɹmɪdəbəl/[Adjective]
editformidable (comparative more formidable, superlative most formidable)
1.Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.
2.1823, [Walter Scott], “The Contrast”, in Quentin Durward. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 892089432, page 3:
The latter part of the fifteenth century prepared a train of future events, that ended by raising France to a formidable power, which has ever since been, from time to time, the principal object of jealousy to the other European nations.
3.Difficult to defeat or overcome.
a formidable opponent
4.1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, LCCN 77-87793, OCLC 760525066, OL 7561812M, page 577:
As I look back on that week in China two impressions stand out most vividly. One is the awesome sight of the disciplined but wildly—almost fanatically—enthusiastic audience at the gymnastic exhibition in Peking, confirming my belief that we must cultivate China during the next few decades while it is still learning to develop its national strength and potential. Otherwise we will one day be confronted with the most formidable enemy that has ever existed in the history of the world.
5.2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2–3 on agg): Match report”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph[2], London: Telegraph Media Group, ISSN 0307-1235, OCLC 635239717, archived from the original on 6 January 2018:
[Ian] Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French formidable, from Latin formīdābilis (“formidable, terrible”), from formīdō (“fear, dread”).
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/foɾ.miˈda.blə/[Adjective]
editformidable (masculine and feminine plural formidables)
1.formidable
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin formīdābilis.
[Further reading]
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- “formidable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “formidable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “formidable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “formidable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[French]]
ipa :/fɔʁ.mi.dabl/[Adjective]
editformidable (plural formidables)
1.(dated or literary) fearsome
2.fantastic, tremendous
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin formīdābilis (“formidable, terrible”), from formīdō (“fear, dread”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “formidable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editformidable
1.definite singular of formidabel
2.plural of formidabel
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editformidable
1.definite singular of formidabel
2.plural of formidabel
[[Occitan]]
[Adjective]
editformidable m (feminine singular formidabla, masculine plural formidables, feminine plural formidablas)
1.formidable
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin formīdābilis.
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
editformidable (plural formidables)
1.great, fantastic, tremendous
2.formidable
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin formidabilis.
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in sight
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Tignish, histing, shiting, sight in, sithing
[Antonyms]
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- out of sight
- hidden
- distant
[Prepositional phrase]
editin sight
1.In a place where something can be seen.
When we rounded the corner, Peter was in sight at the other end of the road.
2.Figuratively near or close in either distance or time.
The end is in sight.
We were in sight of land.
[Synonyms]
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- visible
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sight
[[English]]
ipa :/saɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- ghits, thigs, tighs
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English siȝht, siȝt, siht, from Old English siht, sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti, equivalent to see + -th. Cognate with Scots sicht, Saterland Frisian Sicht, West Frisian sicht, Dutch zicht, German Low German Sicht, German Sicht, Danish sigte, Swedish sikte.
[Noun]
editsight (countable and uncountable, plural sights)
1.(in the singular) The ability to see.
He is losing his sight and now can barely read.
2.c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
Thy sight is young, / And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.
3.1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, lines 67, page 12:
O loſs of ſight, of thee I moſt complain!
4.The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
to gain sight of land
5.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 1:9:
And when hee had spoken these things, while they beheld, hee was taken vp, and a cloud receiued him out of their sight.
6.Something seen.
7.2005, Lesley Brown (translator), Plato (author), Sophist, 236d:
He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights; […]
8.
9. Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on.
You really look a sight in that ridiculous costume!
10.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 3:3:
And Moses saide, I will nowe turne aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
11.1596, Edmund Spenser, Prothalamion
They never saw a sight so fair.
12.A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
13.A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
the sight of a quadrant
14.c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:
their eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel
15.(now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
a sight of money
This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
16.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 2, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], OCLC 855945:
"If your mother put you in the pit at twelve, it's no reason why I should do the same with my lad."
"Twelve! It wor a sight afore that!"
17.In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
18.(obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
19.c. 1607–1608, William Shakeſpeare, The Late, And much admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: Imprinted at London for Henry Goſſon, […], published 1609, OCLC 78596089, [Act I, scene i]:
Why cloude they not their ſights perpetually,
20.Mental view; opinion; judgment.
In their sight it was harmless.
21.1720, William Wake, Principles of the Christian Religion in a Commentary on the Church Catechism:
a very heinous Sin in the Sight of God
22.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 16:15:
That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
[See also]
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- see
- vision
[Synonyms]
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- (ability to see): sense of sight, vision
- (something seen): view
- (aiming device): scope, peep sightedit
- (visually register): see
- (get sight of): espy, glimpse, spot
- (take aim): aim at, take aim at
[Verb]
editsight (third-person singular simple present sights, present participle sighting, simple past and past participle sighted)
1.(transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
2.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.
to sight land from a ship
1.(transitive) To observe though, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
2.1912, John Herbert Farrell; Alfred Joseph Moses, Practical Field Geology, page 30:
Next a point of known elevation, preferably one of the triangulation stations, is sighted; the vertical angle is read and the horizontal distance is scaled from the point of the setup on the map to the point sighted.(transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
to sight a rifle or a cannon(transitive, intransitive) To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
- 2005 August 2, C. J. Cherryh, The Deep Beyond, Penguin, →ISBN:
Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger. Beside him a body collapsed, limp. It was Max. A shot had gone through his brain. Jim stared down at him, numb with horror.
- 2009, James Wright, FBI: Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity : an Autobiography, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 27:
So I sighted the deer with my .30—30 and fired at him. The bullet hit about ten yards below the deer. I realized that I had a problem with the gun so I aimed about ten yards above the deer as he was running and he dropped dead on the [spot].
- 2010 October 6, Bryce M. Towsley, Gunsmithing Made Easy: Projects for the Home Gunsmith, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., →ISBN:
This buck was finally mine. I had spent hours shooting at moving targets with that rifle and there was no way I could miss. I raised my gun and sighted through the scope.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editsight
1.a great deal, a lot
2.c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, OCLC 827099568:
A nombre of twenty sterres bright,
Which is to sene a wonder sight
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in control
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editin control
1.(idiomatic) Exercising control over a machine, vehicle, situation etc.
The General said that his troops were now in control of the situation.
2.2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport[1]:
It was a bitter blow to England's players, who sank to their knees in disappointment, after fighting so hard but a draw does not cause too much damage and they still remain in control of their own destiny.
[See also]
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- under control
- out of control
[Synonyms]
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- in the saddle
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MAO
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- -oma, Amo, Amo., MOA, Oma, moa, oma
[Noun]
editMAO
1.(biochemistry) Initialism of monoamine oxidase.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ.ma.o/[Noun]
editMAO
1.(biochemistry) initialism of monoamine oxydase; monoamine oxidase
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sanctum
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsæŋktəm/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sānctum (“that which is holy”).
[Noun]
editsanctum (plural sanctums)
1.A place set apart, as with a sanctum sanctorum; a sacred or private place; a private retreat or workroom.
2.1842, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lady Anne Granard, volume 2, page 200:
As he descended the stairs, two persons passed him, so remarkably dissimilar in their persons, dress, and carriage, that he could not forbear to look earnestly at them, as forming a criterion of the mixed character of company admissible in such places, and which was to him (with his preconceived notions of the inviolability of the female sanctum) an insuperable objection to such scenes of general resort.
3.1848, Charlotte Bronte, chapter 17, in Jane Eyre:
For myself, I had no need to make any change; I should not be called upon to quit my sanctum of the schoolroom; for a sanctum it was now become to me, – "a very pleasant refuge in time of trouble."
4.2016 February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right”, in The Economist[1]:
His colleagues quailed when, in 1986, he first sat on the court as a brash 50-year-old whose experience had been mostly as a combative government lawyer: a justice who, in that sanctum of columns and deep judicial silence, was suddenly firing questions like grapeshot.
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editsānctum
1.inflection of sānctus:
1.nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
2.accusative masculine singular
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general
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈd͡ʒɛnɹəl/[Adjective]
editgeneral (comparative more general, superlative most general)
1.Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular. [from 13th c.]
2.c. 1495, Skelton, John, "Vppon a deedman's hed":
It is generall / To be mortall: / I haue well espyde / No man may hym hyde / From Deth holow eyed […] .
3.1842, Jerrold, Douglas, “Mr Peppersorn ‘At Home’”, in Cakes and Ale:
"Among us!" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair.
4.1946, Russell, Bertrand, “Stoicism”, in History of Western Philosophy, book 1, part 3:
Undoubtedly the age of the Antonines was much better than any later age until the Renaissance, from the point of view of the general happiness.
5.2006 October 15, Sutherland, Ruth, “Invite public to the private equity party”, in The Observer:
One advantage of having profitable companies in Britain is that they pay large sums in corporate tax into the Exchequer, which in theory at least is used for the general good.
6.(sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent. [from 14th c.]
7.1865, Cust, Edward, Lives of the Warriors of the Thirty Years War, page 527:
For these successes he obtained the rank of Field-Marshal General.
8.2002, Turner, James, Libertines and Radicals in Early Modern London, page 122:
He becomes the chief chartered libertine, the whoremaster-general flourishing his "standard" over a female army […] .
9.Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual. [from 14th c.]
10.1817, Scott, Sir Walter, chapter IX, in Rob Roy:
‘I can't quite afford you the sympathy you expect upon this score,’ I replied; ‘the misfortune is so general, that it belongs to one half of the species […] .’
11.2008 December 20, Patterson, John, “Home movies”, in The Guardian:
The general opinion on Baz Luhrmann's overstuffed epic Australia seems to be that it throws in everything but the kitchen sink, and then tosses that in too, just to be sure.
12.Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category. [from 14th c.]
13.1924 March 17, Time:
M. Venizelos went to Athens from Paris early last January in response to a general invitation from the Greek populace.
14.2009, Zipes, Douglas P., Saturday Evening Post, volume 281, number 1, page 20:
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a general term indicating a rapid heartbeat (tachycardia) coming from the top chambers of the heart - in essence, above (supra) the lower chamber (ventricular).
15.Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite. [from 16th c.]
16.1817, Scott, Sir Walter, chapter X, in Rob Roy:
As she thus spoke, the entrance of the servants with dinner cut off all conversation but that of a general nature.
17.2006 July 16, Nance, Kevin, “Ghosts of the White City”, in Chicago Sun-Times:
The quick answer is that the 1893 Exposition was simply so important — "the greatest event in the history of the country since the Civil War," as Harper's put it that October — but that feels too general.
18.2008, Maloney, Robert P., “The Quiet Carpenter”, in America, volume 199, number 19, page 18:
Given the scarcity of relevant historical detail in the New Testament, we are left with only a general outline about Joseph.
19.Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area. [from 16th c.]
20.1941, Maugham, W Somerset, Up at the Villa, Vintage, published 2004, page 24:
There was a moment's pause. The Princess broke in with some casual remark and once more the conversation became general.
21.1947 October 20, “Russian Catechism”, in Time:
Already in the primary school work is conducted for the purpose of equipping the pupils with those elements of general knowledge which are closely related to the military preparation of future warriors.
22.2007, Cheuse, Alan, “A Little Death”, in Southern Review, volume 43, number 3, page 692:
His measured, springless walk was the walk of the skilled countryman as distinct from the desultory shamble of the general labourer […] .
[Adverb]
editgeneral (not comparable)
1.(obsolete) In a general or collective manner or sense; in most cases; upon the whole.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- generall (chiefly archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- enlarge, gleaner, reangle
[Antonyms]
edit
- (involving every part or member): particular, specific; see also Thesaurus:specific
- (prevalent or widespread): abnormal, uncommon
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”); thus morphologically parallel with, and a doublet of, generic.
[Noun]
editgeneral (countable and uncountable, plural generals)
1.(now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality. [from 16th c.]
We have dealt with the generals; now let us turn to the particulars.
2.(military) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. [from 16th c.]
3.A great strategist or tactician. [from 16th c.]
Hannibal was one of the greatest generals of the ancient world.
4.(Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits. [from 16th c.]
5.(nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral. [16th–18th c.]
6.(colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties. [from 19th c.]
7.1918 March, Rebecca West [pseudonym; Cicily Isabel Fairfield], chapter I, in The Return of the Soldier, 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 222017629, page 18:
My general is sister to your second housemaid.
8.(countable) A general anesthetic.
9.(uncountable) General anesthesia.
10.(uncountable, insurance) The general insurance industry.
I work in general.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (involving every part or member): broad, generic; see also Thesaurus:generic
- (prevalent or widespread): typical; see also Thesaurus:common
[Verb]
editgeneral (third-person singular simple present generals, present participle generalling or generaling, simple past and past participle generalled or generaled)
1.To lead (soldiers) as a general.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ʒə.nəˈɾal/[Adjective]
editgeneral (masculine and feminine plural generals)
1.general
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin generālis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “general” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “general”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “general” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “general” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editgeneral m (plural generals, feminine generala)
1.(military) general
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
editgeneral c (singular definite generalen, plural indefinite generaler)
1.general
[[Ladin]]
[Adjective]
editgeneral m (feminine singular generala, masculine plural generai, feminine plural generales)
1.general
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/dʒɛnəˈraːl/[Adjective]
editgeneral
1.universal, complete
2.comprehensive, wide-ranging
3.general, widely useable or applicable
4.common, widely present
[Alternative forms]
edit
- generall, generale
[Etymology]
editFrom a mixture of Anglo-Norman general, Middle French general, and Latin generālis.
[Noun]
editgeneral (plural generals)
1.genus, class, group
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Noun]
editgeneral m (definite singular generalen, indefinite plural generaler, definite plural generalene)
1.(military) a general
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Noun]
editgeneral m (definite singular generalen, indefinite plural generalar, definite plural generalane)
1.(military) a general
[[Old French]]
[Adjective]
editgeneral m (oblique and nominative feminine singular generale)
1.general (not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin generālis.
[Noun]
editgeneral m (oblique plural generaus or generax or generals, nominative singular generaus or generax or generals, nominative plural general)
1.(military) general
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ʒe.neˈɾaw/[Etymology]
editLearned borrowing from Latin generālis. Doublet of geral.
[Further reading]
edit
- “general” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
[Noun]
editgeneral m (plural generais, feminine generala, feminine plural generalas)
1.(military) general
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/d͡ʒe.neˈral/[Adjective]
editgeneral m or n (feminine singular generală, masculine plural generali, feminine and neuter plural generale)
1.general
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French général, from Latin generālis.
[Noun]
editgeneral m (plural generali)
1.general
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/ɡeněraːl/[Etymology]
editFrom German General, from Latin generālis.
[Noun]
editgenèrāl m (Cyrillic spelling генѐра̄л)
1.(military) general
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/ɡɛnɛráːl/[Etymology]
editFrom German General, from Latin generālis.
[Noun]
editgenerȃl m anim (female equivalent generȃlica or generȃlka)
1.(military) general
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/xeneˈɾal/[Adjective]
editgeneral (plural generales)
1.general, overall
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin generālis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “general”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editgeneral m (plural generales, feminine generala, feminine plural generalas)
1.(military) general
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/jɛn(ɛ)ˈrɑːl/[Etymology]
editFrom German General, from Old French general, from Latin generālis.
[Noun]
editgeneral c
1.a general; a military title[1]
2.an Air Chief Marshal[1]
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Utrikes namnbok (7th ed., 2007) →ISBN
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general secretary
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Secretary General, secretary general, secretary-general
[Noun]
editgeneral secretary (plural general secretaries)
1.Alternative letter-case form of General Secretary
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Politburo
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editSee politburo § Etymology.
[Proper noun]
editPolitburo
1.Any of various politburos, especially that of the Soviet Union or that of the People's Republic of China.
2.(metonymically) The senior leadership of the Soviet Union, or that of the People's Republic of China.
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lineup
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlaɪn.ʌp/[Anagrams]
edit
- Lupien, lupine, pinule, unpile, up line, up-line, upline
[Etymology]
editFrom the verb phrase line up.
[Further reading]
edit
- “lineup”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “lineup”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary
- “lineup”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “lineup” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[Noun]
editlineup (plural lineups)
1.(US, law and law enforcement) a physical or photographic queue of people allegedly involved in a crime, allowing a witness to identify them
2.2007, Jack R. Greene, The Encyclopedia of Police Science, Taylor & Francis →ISBN, page 493
This innocent suspect is placed in a lineup with five fillers who look similar to that innocent suspect. Given this scenario, one may ask How many people are in the lineup because they fit the description of the perpetrator?
3.(Canada) A line of people or vehicles, in which the individual at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and in which newcomers join at the end; a queue.
4.(sports) Collectively, the members of a team.
5.2006, John Roth, Ned Hinshaw, The Encyclopedia of Duke Basketball, Duke University Press →ISBN, page 369
Elton Brand in 1998 missed 15 games because of an injury in the middle of the year but returned to the lineup late in the season, so he is listed as a starter here. The aim here is to list the lineup that was in use near the end of each season […]
The manager fielded his strongest lineup for the game against United.
6.(baseball) The batting order.
7.(music) The members of a music group at any one time.
8.(music) The acts performing at a concert or music festival.
9.2010, Ray D. Waddell, Rich Barnet, Jake Berry, This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring: A Practical Guide to Creating, Selling, Organizing, and Staging Concerts, Billboard Books →ISBN, page 121
Festival talent buyers can take one of several approaches in putting together their lineup. […] [H]e was very concerned about putting together a talent lineup that resonates with music lovers.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (line of people or vehicles): (American) line, (British) queue
- (row of people for identifying a suspect): (British) identity parade
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editlineup m (plural lineups)
1.lineup
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inner
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪnɚ/[Adjective]
editinner (not generally comparable, comparative innermore, superlative innermost)
1.Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.
inner door; inner room; inner sanctum; inner surface
2.2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.
3.Close to the centre, located near or closer to center.
the inner suburbs
4.Inside or closer to the inside of the body.
inner ear
5.Of mind or spirit, relating to the mind or spirit, to spiritual or mental processes, mental, spiritual, relating to somebody's private feelings or happening in somebody's mind, existing as an often repressed part of one's psychological makeup.
inner confidence; inner strength; inner life; inner child; inner artist; inner peace; inner light
6.1973, John Lennon, Out the Blue
I will try to express. My inner feeling and thankfulness. For showing me the meaning of success
7.2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
8.Not obvious, private, not expressed, not apparent, hidden, less apparent, deeper, obscure; innermost or essential; needing to be examined closely or thought about in order to be seen or understood.
inner meaning; inner resources; inner logic
9.Privileged, more or most privileged, more or most influential, intimate, exclusive, more important, more intimate, private, secret, confined to an exclusive group, exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence being near a center especially of influence.
inner circle; inner council
10.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
Mother […] considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.
[Anagrams]
edit
- niner, renin
[Antonyms]
edit
- outeredit
- (One who supports remaining in the EU): outer
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English inner, ynner, ynnere, from Old English innera, comparative of inne (“within”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en.
[Noun]
editinner (plural inners)
1.An inner part.
2.(South Africa) A duvet, excluding the cover.
3.A forward who plays in or near the center of the field.
4.(cricket) A thin glove worn inside batting gloves or wicket-keeping gloves.
5.(UK politics) One who supports remaining in the European Union.
6.(military, firearms) The 2nd circle on a target, between the bull (or bull's eye) and magpie.
[Synonyms]
edit
- interior
- internal
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom innen + -er.
[Noun]
editinner m (plural inners, diminutive innertje n)
1.collector (of taxes)
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈɪnɐ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old High German innar.
[Etymology 2]
editContraction of in der
[Further reading]
edit
- “inner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “inner” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
[[Pennsylvania German]]
[Adjective]
editinner
1.inner
[Etymology]
editFrom Old High German innar. Compare German inner, English inner.
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inner sanctum
[[English]]
[Noun]
editinner sanctum (plural inner sanctums)
1.sanctum sanctorum, Holy of Holies
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protege
[[English]]
[Noun]
editprotege (plural proteges)
1.Alternative form of protégé
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editprōtege
1.second-person singular present active imperative of prōtegō
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editprotege
1.third-person singular indicative present of proteger
2.second-person singular imperative of proteger
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editprotege
1.inflection of proteger:
1.third-person singular present indicative
2.second-person singular imperative
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secured
[[English]]
ipa :/səˈkjʊəd/[Anagrams]
edit
- cerused, recused, reduces, rescued, seducer
[Verb]
editsecured
1.simple past tense and past participle of secure
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breakeven
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbreakeven (not comparable)
1.Alternative spelling of break-even
[Noun]
editbreakeven (countable and uncountable, plural breakevens)
1.Alternative spelling of break-even
[Verb]
editbreakeven
1.(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of break even
2.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 94:
The three laws [of thermodynamics] have been humorously restated as (1) You can't win. (2) You can't even breakeven. (3) You can't get out of the game.
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break-even
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbreak-even (not comparable)
1.that is characterized by the level of revenues just sufficient to cover costs
The Altair 8800 computer was a break-even sale for MITS.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- breakeven
[Noun]
editbreak-even (countable and uncountable, plural break-evens)
1.(business, management) The level of revenues sufficient to cover costs.
We'll never reach break-even if our variable costs are higher than our selling price.
[Related terms]
edit
- break even (verb)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (business, management): break-even point
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going forward
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editgoing forward
1.(business, politics) In the immediate future and beyond.
Going forward we plan to leverage our core competencies to gain market share.
2.2021 September 3, Andy Newman; Luis Ferré-Sadurní; Tracey Tully; Jonah E. Bromwich, “Latest Updates: Death Toll Grows From Ida Flooding in Northeast”, in The New York Times[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
[…] Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday that going forward, when flash floods were forecast, the city would go door-to-door in neighborhoods with high concentrations of such apartments and evacuate residents.
[Synonyms]
edit
- henceforward
- hereafter
- moving forwardSee also Thesaurus:henceforth
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recoup
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈkuːp/[Anagrams]
edit
- croupe, upcore
[Etymology]
editFrom French récupérer. Doublet of recuperate and recover.
[Verb]
editrecoup (third-person singular simple present recoups, present participle recouping, simple past and past participle recouped)
1.To make back, as an investment.
He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
to recoup losses made at the gaming table
2.1964 August, “News and Comment: New BR standard half-barrier”, in Modern Railways, page 88:
In July British Railways installed train-operated red-and-white level crossing half-barriers of a new design at 11 places, [...] The cost is given at £800 a pair, which can be readily recouped on savings in the cost of manning ordinary gated crossings.
3.To recover from an error.
4.(law) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct.
A landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
5.(transitive) To reimburse; to indemnify; often used reflexively and in the passive.
6.1856–1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., OCLC 5837766:
Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost.
7.1887, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Scotland as it was and as it is
Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom.
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televisual
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edittelevisual (comparative more televisual, superlative most televisual)
1.of or relating to television
2.suitable for broadcasting on television
3.telegenic (Can we add an example for this sense?)
[Etymology]
edittele- + visual
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
edittelevisual (plural televisuales)
1.televisual
[Further reading]
edit
- “televisual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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retribution
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɹɛt.ɹɪ.ˈbju.ʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin retribuere (“repay”).
[Noun]
editretribution (countable and uncountable, plural retributions)
1.Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
2.1983, Richard A. Posner, The economics of justicem p.208:
Whereas retribution focuses on the offender's wrong, retaliation focuses on the impulse of the victim (or of those who sympathize with him) to strike back at the offender.
3.1999, Barbara Hanawalt, Medieval crime and social control, p.73:
1. Revenge is for an injury; retribution is for a wrong.
2. Retribution sets an internal limit to the amount of the punishment according to the seriousness of the wrong; revenge need not.
3. Revenge is personal; the agent of retribution need have no special or personal tie to the victim of the wrong for which he exacts retribution.
4. Revenge involves a particular emotional tone, pleasure in the suffering of another, while retribution need involve no emotional tone.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:revenge
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Chancellor of the Exchequer
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editChancellor of the Exchequer
1.The official title held by the British cabinet minister, who is responsible for all governmental economic and financial matters, including the treasury.
Synonym: chancellor
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prevailing
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɪˈveɪ.lɪŋ/[Adjective]
editprevailing (comparative more prevailing, superlative most prevailing)
1.Predominant; of greatest force.
The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.
2.1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228728146, Act II, scene ii, pages 19–20:
He has a Humour more prevailing than his Curioſity, and will willingly diſpence with the hearing of one ſcandalous Story, to avoid giving an occaſion to make another, by being ſeen to walk with his Wife.
3.1777, [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 7th edition, London: […] S. Crowder, […]; J. Sewell, […]; W. Johnston, […]; and B. Law, […], OCLC 1103155247, pages 210–211:
But they could never gain my conſent to put him to death, for the reaſons above mentioned, ſince it was an Engliſhman (even yourſelf) was my deliverer: And, as merciful counſels are moſt prevailing, when earneſtly preſſed, ſo I got them to be of the ſame opinion, as to clemency.
4.1826, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons Papers, volume 17, page 411:
I have heard generally that alderman Archer has a more prevailing and powerful influence in the commons than any other alderman, and exercises that influence;
5.Prevalent, common, widespread.
6.1829, James Annesley, Sketches of the Most Prevalent Diseases of India, page 247:
Fever and dysentery are the most prevailing diseases in this division, more particularly the latter, which is one of the most destructive amongst the troops in India, and particularly so in the European constitution.
7.1832, David Brewster, “Spain”, in The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, volume 17, page 371:
One of the most prevailing defects in this people is their invincible indolence, and hatred of labour, which has, at all times, paralysed the government of their best princes, and impeded the success of their most brilliant enterprises.
8.1940, Australian Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 33 - 1940, page 49:
In Sydney at 9 am, by far the most prevailing wind is a westerly, particularly during the colder two-thirds of the year.
9.1941 November, “Notes and News: The Centenary of Cook's”, in Railway Magazine, page 513:
This world-wide travel organisation recently attained its centenary, and under happier conditions than those prevailing at the present time the event would doubtless have been celebrated worthily.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- prævailing, prævaling (obsolete)
[Synonyms]
edit
- (prevalent, common, widespread): pervasive, ubiquitous; see also Thesaurus:widespread
[Verb]
editprevailing
1.present participle of prevail
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prevailing party
[[English]]
[Noun]
editprevailing party (plural prevailing parties)
1.(law) The party in a civil lawsuit whom the factfinder determines to be right, and who, in some jurisdictions, may recover attorney's fees and other expenses associated with the prosecution or defense of the lawsuit.
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prevail
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹɪˈveɪl/[Alternative forms]
edit
- prævail, prævaile, prævale (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- pervial
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English prevailen, from Old French prevaler, from Latin praevaleō (“be very able or more able, be superior, prevail”), from prae (“before”) + valeō (“be able or powerful”). Displaced native Old English rīcsian.
[References]
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- prevail in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- prevail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Verb]
editprevail (third-person singular simple present prevails, present participle prevailing, simple past and past participle prevailed)
1.(intransitive) To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 17:11:
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
3.2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[1]:
Liverpool created a host of chances and had a Joel Matip goal ruled out for a foul and offside in an incident-packed game that went right down to the wire before Jurgen Klopp's side prevailed.
4.(intransitive) To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
5.(intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
I prevailed on him to wait.
6.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
Jones began to be very importunate with the lady to unmask; and at length having prevailed, there appeared not Mrs Fitzpatrick, but the Lady Bellaston herself.
7.(transitive, obsolete) To avail.
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thriving
[[English]]
ipa :/θɹaɪvɪŋ/[Adjective]
editthriving (comparative more thriving, superlative most thriving)
1.That thrives; successful; flourishing or prospering.
Synonyms: fortunate, prosperous, successful
[Noun]
editthriving (plural thrivings)
1.The action of the verb to thrive.
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:prosperous
[Verb]
editthriving
1.present participle of thrive
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Gothenburg
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɒθn̩bɜːɡ/[Etymology]
editUltimately from Swedish Göteborg, probably via German Gothenburg (now archaic).
[Proper noun]
editGothenburg
1.A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈɡoːtənˌbʊrk/[Etymology]
editAfter Swedish Göteborg, reinterpreted as Goten (“Goths”, formerly spelt Gothen) + Burg.
[Noun]
editGothenburg n (proper noun, genitive Gothenburgs or (optionally with an article) Gothenburg)
1.Archaic form of Göteborg (“Gothenburg”).
[[Portuguese]]
[Proper noun]
editGothenburg f
1.Alternative form of Gotemburgo
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Chalmers
[[English]]
ipa :/t͡ʃɑːməz/[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Proper noun]
editChalmers
1.A surname.
2.A male given name
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reproducibility
[[English]]
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has articles on:reproducibility and replication crisisWikipedia Wikipedia reproducibility (countable and uncountable, plural reproducibilities)
1.The quality of being reproducible.
1.The closeness of agreement among repeated measurements of a variable made under the same operating conditions over a period of time, or by different people.
2.The closeness of agreement among scientific results more generally, at the level of whole experiments, either nearly identical or similar.
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microcombs
[[English]]
[Noun]
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1.plural of microcomb
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guzzle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡʌzəl/[Alternative forms]
edit
- guzle
- guzzel
[Etymology]
editAttested since 1576. Possibly imitative of the sound of drinking greedily, or from Old French gouziller, gosillier (“to pass through the throat”), from gosier (“throat”), and akin to Italian gozzo (“throat; a bird's crop”).
[Noun]
editguzzle (plural guzzles)
1.(dated, uncountable) Drink; intoxicating liquor.
Where squander'd away the tiresome minutes of your evening leisure over seal'd Winchesters of threepenny guzzle! — Tom Brown
2.(dated) A drinking bout; a debauch.
3.(dated) An insatiable thing or person.
4.(obsolete, Britain, provincial) A drain or ditch; a gutter; sometimes, a small stream. Also called guzzen.
5.1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie Google Books
Means't thou that senseless, sensual epicure, / That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure?
6.1623, W. Whately, Bride Bush:
This is all one thing as if hee should goe about to jussle her into some filthy stinking guzzle or ditch.
7.The throat.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to drink quickly, voraciously): swig, swill
[Verb]
editguzzle (third-person singular simple present guzzles, present participle guzzling, simple past and past participle guzzled)
1.To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.
2.1720, John Gay, “Friday; or, the Dirge” in Poems on Several Occasions, Google Books
No more her care shall fill the hollow tray, / To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey.
3.1971, Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, “Oompa Loompa, Doompa-Dee-Do”, from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
What do you get when you guzzle down sweets, / Eating as much as an elephant eats?
4.2016, Daniel Gray, Saturday, 3pm: 50 Eternal Delights of Modern Football
It is Boxing Day in a football ground, and all we can do is sprawl over the plastic, hurling instructions and vague encouragement. The seat is an extension of the sofa, the match another Pick of the Day in the Radio Times. Some are wearing Santa hats, some have been drinking only six or seven hours after last stopping, guzzling away, topping up their levels to reach pie-eyed delirium.
5.(intransitive, dated) To consume alcoholic beverages, especially frequently or habitually.
6.1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes, Google Books
A comparison more properly bestowed on those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar.
7.1684, Roscommon, Essay on Translated Verse, Google Books
Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who, while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise.
8.1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians, Google Books
Every theatre had it's footman's gallery: […] they guzzled, devoured, debauched, cheated, played cards, bullied visitors for vails: […]
9.(by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst.
This car just guzzles petrol.
10.2004, Mike Rigby, quoted in The Freefoam Roofline Report, [1]
China continues full steam ahead and the Americans continue to guzzle fuel, while supply becomes restricted.
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resignation
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- eating irons
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English resignacion, resignacioun, from Old French resignation, from Medieval Latin resignātiōnem, accusative of resignātio. Equivalent to resign + -ation.
[Noun]
editresignation (countable and uncountable, plural resignations)
1.The act of resigning.
Jane offered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused.
2.1978, Nixon, Richard, “The Presidency 1973-1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon[1], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, LCCN 77-87793, OCLC 760525066, OL 7561812M, page 1064:
I knew my Cabinet well, and despite Haig's reports that they were all holding firm I knew that there would be great pressure on them all, and great temptations, to make public demands for my resignation. That was something I had to prevent if I possibly could. I was determined not to appear to have resigned the presidency because of a consensus of staff or Cabinet opinion or because of public pressure from the people around me. For me and no less for the country, I believed that my resignation had to be seen as something that I had decided upon completely on my own.
3.A written or oral declaration that one resigns.
hand in one's resignation
4.An uncomplaining acceptance of something undesirable but unavoidable.
With resignation I acknowledged that after the accident I would not be able to ski again.
5.(Scotland, law, historical) The form by which a vassal returns the feu into the hands of a superior.
[Synonyms]
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- resignment
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wholly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhəʊ.li/[Adverb]
editwholly (not comparable)
1.Completely and entirely; to the fullest extent.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joshua 14:9:
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet haue troden, shall be thine inheritance, and thy childrens for euer, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.
3.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
4.2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever. This event and its after-effects, along with the war against the Japanese in the 1940s, was to cast a long shadow over the years ahead, and led to the creation of the wholly unprecedented worship of Kim Il-sung, and his elevation to almost God-like status. It was also to create the system in which his son was to occupy almost as impossibly elevated a position.
5.Exclusively and solely.
A creature wholly given to brawls and wine.
[Alternative forms]
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- wholely
- wholy (obsolete)
[Antonyms]
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- (completely): partly
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English holly, holeliche, holliche (also as halely, hallich, etc.), equivalent to whole + -ly.
[Synonyms]
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- (to the fullest extent): completely, totally; see also Thesaurus:completely
- (exclusively): entirely, solely; see also Thesaurus:solely
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lend
[[English]]
ipa :/lɛnd/[Etymology 1]
editFrom earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound, round, etc.), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”).Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from Old English lendenu, lendinu pl (“loins”), from Proto-Germanic *landijō, *landį̄ (“loin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loin, kidney”). Cognate with Scots lend, leynd (“the loins, flank, buttocks”), Dutch lendenen (“loins, reins”), German Lenden (“loins”), Swedish länder (“loins”), Icelandic lendar (“loins”), Latin lumbus (“loin”), Russian ля́двея (ljádveja, “thigh, haunch”).
[References]
edit
- lend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- lend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Albanian *lenta, from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *lent- (“lentil”), of neolithic substrate origin. Compare Latin lens, lentis, Old High German linsi.
[Noun]
editlend f
1.acorn
[[Estonian]]
[Noun]
editlend (genitive lennu, partitive lendu)
1.flight
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editlend
1.Alternative form of lenden (“to come, to dwell”)
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crypto
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɹɪptəʊ/[Adjective]
editcrypto (comparative more crypto, superlative most crypto)
1.Secret or covert.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
[Noun]
editcrypto (countable and uncountable, plural cryptos)
1.A secret supporter or follower.
2.2016, George Orwell, Peter Davison, George Orwell: A Life in Letters:
Martin of course is far too dishonest to be outright a crypto or fellow-traveller, but his main influence is pro-Russian and is certainly intended to be so, and I feel reasonably sure he would quislingise in the case of a Russian occupation, if he had not managed to get away on the last plane.
3.(uncountable, informal) Clipping of cryptography.
4.2004, Chey Cobb, Cryptography For Dummies (page 20)
The CIA is also very into crypto (which makes sense, as they are the home of spy versus spy), […]
5.(informal, cryptocurrencies) Clipping of cryptocurrency.
6.2021 February 12, Muvunyi, Fred, “Nigeria's cryptocurrency crackdown causes confusion”, in Deutsche Welle News[1], Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2021-02-13, World:
Nigeria—the world's second-largest Bitcoin market after the United States—has banned the trading of cryptocurrencies. It's triggered anger among Nigerians who see cryptos as a safe haven in a battered economy.
7.2021 April 26, Ryan Browne, “A second bitcoin exchange collapses in Turkey amid crackdown on cryptocurrencies”, in CNBC[2], retrieved 2021-04-26:
Some Turks have turned to crypto as a way to protect their savings from skyrocketing inflation and the weakening of its currency, the lira.
8.2021 September 5, Eric Lipton; Ephrat Livni, “Crypto’s Rapid Move Into Banking Elicits Alarm in Washington”, in The New York Times[3], ISSN 0362-4331:
But to state and federal regulators and some members of Congress, the entry of crypto into banking is cause for alarm.
9.(informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptococcus.
10.(informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptosporidium.
11.(informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptosporidiosis.
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
editcryptō
1.dative/ablative singular of crypton
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underground
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌʌndəˈɡɹaʊnd/[Adjective]
editunderground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)
1.(not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
Synonyms: subterranean, hypogean
There is an underground tunnel that takes you across the river.
2.2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
3. (figuratively) Hidden, furtive, secretive.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hidden, Thesaurus:covert
These criminals operate through an underground network.
4.(Of music, art &c.) Outside the mainstream, especially unofficial and hidden from the authorities.
Synonyms: unconventional, alternative
Antonym: mainstream
underground music
5.1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, page 27:
‘ […] he wrote to me last week telling me about an incredible bitch of a row blazing there on account of someone having been and gone and produced an unofficial magazine called Raddled, full of obscene libellous Oz-like filth. And what I though, what Sammy and I thought, was—why not?’ ‘Why not what?’ said Tom. ‘Why not do the same thing here?’ ‘You mean an underground magazine?’ ‘Yup.’
6.2010 March 20, James Campbell, “Barry Miles: 'I think of the 60s as a supermarket of ideas. We were looking for new ways to live'”, in The Guardian[1]:
"In many ways, it showed there was no longer an underground, as such. This proved that there was no longer one society with everyone agreeing how to live . . . The underground had officially come above ground, and consequently no longer existed."
[Adverb]
editunderground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)
1.Below the ground.
Synonym: below ground
The tunnel goes underground at this point.
2.Secretly.
Synonyms: clandestinely, in secret, on the quiet
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English undergrounde (adverb), equivalent to under + ground. Compare Dutch ondergrond, ondergronds, German Untergrund, Danish undergrunds.
[Noun]
editunderground (plural undergrounds)English Wikipedia has an article on:undergroundWikipedia
1.(geography) Regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
2.(chiefly Britain) Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.
London Underground
3.(with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.
Synonym: resistance
the French underground during World War II
4.(with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.
Synonyms: avant-garde, counterculture
[See also]
edit
- underground railway
- go underground
[Verb]
editunderground (third-person singular simple present undergrounds, present participle undergrounding, simple past and past participle undergrounded)
1.To route electricity distribution cables underground.
2.1962, David Pesonen, “Battles Over Energy”, in Carolyn Merchant, editor, Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History[2], Island Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 325:
One is to underground where no other alternative will work, and this method should be used universally in urban regions as it now is in “downtown” sections.
3.2004, Don L. Ivey and C. Paul Scott, “Solutions”, in Transportation Research Board Committee on Utilities, editor, Utilities and Roadside Safety[3], State of the Art Report 9, Transportation Research Board, →ISBN, page 9:
Also, undergrounding may not eliminate the potential for crashes with other roadside objects, such as trees, walls, buildings, and so forth. [...] When looking at the fesibility of undergrounding utilities, the complete roadside area and nearby adjacent properties should be evaluated for potential roadside obstructions or hazards.
4.2006, Janes Northcote-Green, Robert Wilson, “Design, Construction and Operation of Distribution Systems, MV Networks”, in Control and Automation of Electrical Power Distribution Systems[4], CRC Press, →ISBN, page 110:
The utility now wants the network to be undergrounded in the urban areas, which would mean substations with 33 kV distribution swtichgear.
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈɑnder.ɡrɑund/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English underground.
[Noun]
editunderground
1.underground (culture)
[[French]]
ipa :/œ̃.dɛʁ.ɡʁawnd/[Adjective]
editunderground (invariable)
1.underground (outside the mainstream)
[Etymology]
editFrom English underground.
[Further reading]
edit
- “underground”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editunderground m (uncountable)
1.(singular only) the underground (people who resist artistic convention)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/an.derˈɡrawnd/[Etymology]
editFrom English underground.
[Noun]
editl'underground m (invariable)
1.the underground (people who resist artistic convention)
[References]
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1. ^ underground in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editunderground m or f or n (indeclinable)
1.underground
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English underground.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/andeɾˈɡɾaund/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English underground.
[Further reading]
edit
- “underground”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editunderground m (plural undergrounds)
1.underground (movement)
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cavern
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkav.ən/[Anagrams]
edit
- Craven, carven, craven
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).
[Noun]
editcavern (plural caverns)
1.A large cave.
2.An underground chamber.
3.1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, OCLC 1380031, page 55:
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
4.A large, dark place or space.
a dark cavern of a shop
[References]
edit
- “cavern”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “cavern”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary
[Verb]
editcavern (third-person singular simple present caverns, present participle caverning, simple past and past participle caverned)
1.(transitive) To form a cavern or deep depression in.
catacombs caverning the hillsides
Synonym: hollow
2.(transitive) To put into a cavern.
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shy
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃaɪ/[Adjective]
editshy (comparative shier or shyer or more shy, superlative shiest or shyest or most shy) "The shy girl" (Die Schüchterne), painting by Hermann von Kaulbach (1846–1909)
1.Easily frightened; timid.
2.1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
The horses of the army, and those of the royal stables, having been daily led before me, were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting.
3.Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shy
Antonyms: audacious, bold, brazen, gregarious, outgoing
He is very shy with strangers.
4.1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull:
What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I.
5.2015 October 30, The Graham Norton Show, Season 18, Episode 6:
Graham Norton: But the people coming up to you now, like the Americans, well, you know, the Americans, they're not shy, the Americans.
Maggie Smith: No. Well, no but I don't go anywhere where really they can get at me. It's usually in museums and art galleries and things, so that limits things. I keep away from there, and Harrod's I don't go near.
6.Cautious; wary; suspicious.
7.1662, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, Part I, Canto 1, lines 45-48:
We grant, although he had much wit,
H' was very shy of using it;
As being loth to wear it out,
And therefore bore it not about,
8.1641, Henry Wotton, The Characters of Robert Devereux and George Villiers
Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of their successors.
9.1661, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations Touching Experimental Essays in General
I am very shy of building any thing of moment upon foundations
10.(informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount.
It is just shy of a mile from here to their house.
11.2013, Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street, spoken by Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio):
The year I turned 26, as the head of my own brokerage firm, I made $49 million, which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week.
12.2018 December 1, Tom Rostance, “Southampton 2 - 2 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport[1]:
United move seventh - still six points off a Champions League place and a massive 16 shy of the lead held by rivals Manchester City.
13.Embarrassed.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Hys, hys, syh
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English sċēoh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), German scheu (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”).
[Noun]
editshy (plural shies)
1.An act of throwing.
2.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, OCLC 2057953:
Foker discharged a prodigious bouquet at her, and even Smirke made a feeble shy with a rose, and blushed dreadfully when it fell into the pit
3.1846, Punch Volume 10
If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody.
4.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 55:
The game had started. A man was chasing the ball, it went out for a shy.
5.A place for throwing.
coconut shy
6.A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
7.In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
[Verb]
editshy (third-person singular simple present shies, present participle shying, simple past and past participle shied)
1.(intransitive) To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand.
2.(intransitive) To jump back in fear.
The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse.
3.(transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
to shy a stone
shy a slipper
4.1857, [Thomas Hughes], “How the Tide Turned”, in Tom Brown’s School Days. […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., OCLC 1154918083, part II, page 248:
Then two or three boys laughed and sneered, and a big brutal fellow, who was standing in the middle of the room, picked up a slipper, and shied it at the kneeling boy, calling him a snivelling young shaver.
5.1868 January 4 – June 6, [William] Wilkie Collins, “First Period. The Loss of the Diamond (1848). […]”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1868, OCLC 225036627, chapter VI, page 78:
"I was thinking, sir," I answered, "that I should like to shy the Diamond into the quicksand, and settle the question in that way."
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