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46920 IPAs [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - AIPs, AISP, APIs, ASPI, IAPs, IASP, PIAs, PISA, Pais, Pisa, SAPI, pais, sipa [Noun] editIPAs 1.plural of IPA [[German]] [Noun] editIPAs n 1.genitive singular of IPA 0 0 2023/01/26 14:52 TaN
46923 pot [[English]] ipa :/pɒt/[Anagrams] edit - OPT, OPt, OTP, PTO, TPO, oPt, opt, opt., top [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot (“pot”) (probably from Frankish *pott); both Old English and Frankish from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”).Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pot (“pot”), Dutch pot (“pot”), German Low German Pott (“pot”), German Pott (“pot”), Swedish potta (“chamber pot”), Icelandic pottur (“tub, pot”), Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, “pot, earthen pot”). Also, Old Norse pottr (“pot, tub, basin”).The sense of ruin or deterioration was originally a general allusion to "being chopped up and tossed in a (normally fiery) pot, like a piece of meat" (i.e. to get wasted or done with (by someone)). The 'clean' slang term which was used in reference to toilet rooms and lavatories apparently derives from English chamberpots, although now usually encountered as potty in the context of children's toilet training. [Etymology 2] editPossibly a shortened form of Mexican Spanish potiguaya (“marijuana leaves”) or potaguaya (“cannabis leaves”) or potación de guaya (literally “drink of grief”), supposedly denoting a drink of wine or brandy in which marijuana buds were steeped, from pota +‎ de +‎ guaya (see guayar (“to lament”)). [Etymology 3] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:potentiometerWikipedia Clipping of potentiometer. [Etymology 4] editClipping of potion. [References] edit - “pot” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition. - Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “pot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [[Afrikaans]] [Etymology] editFrom Dutch pot, from Middle Dutch pot. [Noun] editpot (plural potte) 1.pot; jar [[Albanian]] [Etymology] editFrom Romance *pottus (“pot”). [Noun] editpot m (indefinite plural pota, definite singular poti, definite plural potat) 1.mill-hopper, flower-bin 2.little boy [[Aromanian]] [Alternative forms] edit - potu [Etymology] editFrom a Vulgar Latin *potō, analogical replacement for possō, regularization of Latin possum. Compare Romanian pot, putea. [Verb] editpot (third-person singular present indicative poati / poate, past participle pututã) 1.I can, could, am able to. [[Basque]] [Noun] editpot inan 1.kiss [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈpɔt/[Etymology 1] editFrom Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”).Cognate with French pot, English pot, Saterland Frisian Pot, Dutch pot, German Low German Pott, German Pott, Swedish potta (“chamber pot”), Icelandic pottur (“tub, pot”), Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, “pot, earthen pot”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Vulgar Latin *pote(t), regularized form of Classical Latin *potest. The reglularized pattern is present in all the Romance languages, see possō. [[Czech]] ipa :/pot/[Etymology] editFrom Old Czech pot, from Proto-Slavic *potъ (“sweat”). [Further reading] edit - pot in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957 - pot in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989 [Noun] editpot m inan 1.sweat [[Dutch]] ipa :/pɔt/[Anagrams] edit - top [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Dutch pot, from Old Dutch pot, from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”). Cognate with English pot (“pot”). [Etymology 2] editClipping of lollepot. [Etymology 3] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [[French]] ipa :/po/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle French pot, from Old French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). More at pot. [Etymology 2] editFrom English pot. [Further reading] edit - “pot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [[Indonesian]] ipa :[ˈpɔt̪̚][Etymology] editFrom Dutch pot, from Middle Dutch pot, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”). Doublet of poci. [Further reading] edit - “pot” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016. [Noun] editpot (first-person possessive potku, second-person possessive potmu, third-person possessive potnya) 1.pot (a vessel used to hold soil for growing plants) 2.ellipsis of pispot. [[Middle Dutch]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Dutch pot, from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”). [Further reading] edit - “pot (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 - Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “pot”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN [Noun] editpot m 1.pot, jar 2.can, jug [[Middle English]] ipa :/pɔt/[Alternative forms] edit - potte, pott, poot, pote [Etymology] editFrom Old English pott and Old French pot, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *puttaz, from Proto-Indo-European *budnós. [Noun] editpot (plural pottes) 1.A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel: 1.A cookpot (a pot used for cooking in) 2.A pot used for storing substances (especially food or water) 3.A pot used for ladling or serving liquids; a beaker. 4.A measurement for the quantity of liquids. 5.A pot of a certain material or manufacture: 1.A ceramic pot or vessel. 2.A pot or vessel made out of metal.(rare) The top of the skull.(rare) A shard of earthen material. [[Norman]] [Etymology] editFrom Old French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). [Noun] editpot m (plural pots) 1.(Jersey) pot [[Old French]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). More at pot. [Etymology 2] editsee poeir. [[Polish]] ipa :/pɔt/[Etymology] editInherited from Proto-Slavic *pȍtъ (“sweat”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *paktas, from Proto-Indo-European pokʷ-tó-s, from the root *pekʷ- (“to cook”). [Further reading] edit - pot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - pot in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editpot m inan 1.sweat [[Romanian]] ipa :[pot][Etymology 1] editFrom French pot. [Etymology 2] edit [[Serbo-Croatian]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Slavic *potъ. [Noun] editpȍt m (Cyrillic spelling по̏т) 1.(regional) sweat Synonym: znȏj [[Slovene]] ipa :/pòːt/[Etymology 1] editFrom Proto-Slavic *pǫtь. [Etymology 2] editFrom Proto-Slavic *potъ. [Further reading] edit - “pot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran [[Tatar]] [Noun] editpot 1.(archaic) A unit of volume: 1 pot, the volume of 16 kg of water. 2.(archaic) A unit of weight: 1 pot = 40 qadaq = 16.380 kg . [[Tok Pisin]] [Etymology] editFrom English port. [Noun] editpot 1.port 0 0 2011/03/13 12:01 2023/01/26 15:02
46929 sumi [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈsu.mi/[Verb] editsumi 1.third-person singular imperative form of sumar 2.third-person singular present subjunctive form of sumar 3.first-person singular present subjunctive form of sumar [[Inupiaq]] [Pronoun] editsumi 1.where, at what Sumi taimña itpa? What is that thing in? [Synonyms] edit - nani - naami - nauŋ [[Italian]] ipa :/ˈsu.mi/[Anagrams] edit - musi [Verb] editsumi 1.inflection of sumere: 1.second-person singular present indicative 2.second-person singular imperative [[Japanese]] [Romanization] editsumi 1.Rōmaji transcription of すみ [[Latin]] [Verb] editsūmī 1.present passive infinitive of sūmō [[Laz]] [Numeral] editsumi 1.Latin spelling of სუმი (sumi) [[Portuguese]] [Verb] editsumi 1.inflection of sumir: 1.first-person singular preterite indicative 2.second-person plural imperative 0 0 2023/01/26 16:56 TaN
46930 wata [[Antigua and Barbuda Creole English]] [Etymology] editFrom English water. [Noun] editwata 1.water [References] edit - Susan Shepherd, Modals in Antiguan Creole (1981) - Karl Martin Loeffler Reisman, "The Isle is Full of Noises": A Study of Creole in the Speech Patterns of Antigua (1964) [[Chamicuro]] [Noun] editwata 1.year [[Gullah]] [Etymology] editFrom English water. [Noun] editwata 1.water [[Hausa]] ipa :/wá.tàː/[Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [[Japanese]] [Romanization] editwata 1.Rōmaji transcription of わた [[Javanese]] [Romanization] editwata 1.Romanization of ꦮꦠ [[Krio]] [Etymology] editFrom English water. [Noun] editwata 1.water [References] edit - Peace Corps Sierra Leone (1985) Krio Language Manual‎[1] [[Maguindanao]] [Etymology] editAkin to Maranao bata'. [Noun] editwata 1.child [[Numbami]] [Alternative forms] edit - ata [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat. [Further reading] edit - Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988) [Numeral] editwata 1.four [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈva.ta/[Etymology] editBorrowed from German Watte, from Dutch watten, from Middle French ouate. [Further reading] edit - wata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - wata in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editwata f 1.cotton wool (raw fibers of cotton) [[Quechua]] [Noun] editwata 1.year 0 0 2023/01/26 16:57 TaN
46931 watasu [[Japanese]] [Romanization] editwatasu 1.Rōmaji transcription of わたす 0 0 2023/01/26 16:57 TaN
46933 Leader [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - dealer, leared, red ale, redeal, relade, relead [Etymology] editEnglish surname, both from the noun leader and an occupational use of lead (“heavy metal”). [Proper noun] editLeader (countable and uncountable, plural Leaders) 1.A surname originating as an occupation for a person who led a horse and cart. 2.A river in north Canterbury, New Zealand, which joins the (Canterbury) Waiau. 3.A town in the Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231, western Saskatchewan, Canada, originally named Prussia. 4.A locality in Adams County, Colorado, United States. 0 0 2023/01/26 17:03 TaN
46935 tokidoki [[Japanese]] [Romanization] edittokidoki 1.Rōmaji transcription of ときどき 0 0 2023/01/26 17:12 TaN
46937 27 [[Translingual]] [Symbol] edit27 (previous 26, next 28) 1.The cardinal number twenty-seven. 0 0 2022/03/15 10:30 2023/01/26 17:14
46938 26 [[Translingual]] [Symbol] edit26 (previous 25, next 27) 1.The cardinal number twenty-six. [[English]] [Noun] edit26 (plural 26s) 1.(Canada, informal) A 26-ounce bottle of alcoholic drink. [[Chinese]] ipa :/ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ljoʊ̯⁵¹/[Etymology] editArabic numerical form of 二六, which is clipped from 二六仔, from Min Nan 阿陸仔/阿陆仔. [Noun] edit26 1.(Taiwanese Mandarin, Internet slang) person from Mainland China; Mainlander [Synonyms] editeditSynonyms of 26 0 0 2023/01/26 17:14 TaN
46944 ld [[Translingual]] [Etymology] editAbbreviation of Latin logarithmus dualis. [Symbol] editld 1.(computer science) binary logarithm; logarithm to the base 2 log 2 ⁡ ( x ) = l d ( x ) {\displaystyle \log _{2}(x)=\mathrm {ld} (x)} . l d ( 2 ) = 1 {\displaystyle \mathrm {ld} (2)=1} [Synonyms] edit - lb - lg 0 0 2023/01/19 15:09 2023/01/27 08:07 TaN
46946 jj [[Egyptian]] ipa :/ˈjiːjit/[References] edit - Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 37.1–37.36 - Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 10 - James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 455 page 159, 455. [Verb] edit  anom. 1.(intransitive) to arrive, to come to a certain place 2.c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 119–121: jw dpt r jjt m ẖnw sqdw jm.s rḫ.n.k A boat is to come from home with sailors in it whom you know. 3.(intransitive) to come here, to move from further to nearby 4.c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 60–62: kf.n.j ḥr.j gm.n.j ḥfꜣw pw jw.f m jjt When I uncovered my face, I found it was a snake. He was coming! 5.(intransitive) to return, to come back 6.c. 2000 BCE – 1900 BCE, Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor (pHermitage/pPetersburg 1115) lines 7–8: jzwt.n jj.t(j) ꜥd.t(j) nn nhw n mšꜥ.n Our crew has returned intact, without loss to our expedition. [[Maltese]] ipa :/ˈjɛk ˈjɔːd͡ʒ.bɔk/[Interjection] editjj 1.Abbreviation of jekk jogħġbok. 2.Abbreviation of jekk jogħġobkom. 0 0 2023/01/27 09:02 TaN
46947 willfully [[English]] [Adverb] editwillfully (comparative more willfully, superlative most willfully) 1.US standard spelling of wilfully. [Etymology] editwillful +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/08/13 21:52 2023/01/27 09:03 TaN
46949 governing [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡʌvɚnɪŋ/[Verb] editgoverning 1.present participle of govern [[Middle English]] [Noun] editgoverning 1.Alternative form of governynge 0 0 2023/01/27 09:14 TaN
46950 outsell [[English]] ipa :/ɑʊtˈsɛl/[Anagrams] edit - sell out, sell-out, sellout [Etymology] editout- +‎ sell [References] edit - outsell in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 - outsell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 [Verb] editoutsell (third-person singular simple present outsells, present participle outselling, simple past and past participle outsold) 1.(transitive) To sell more than; to surpass in sales. 2.(transitive) To sell at a higher price (than) 0 0 2023/01/27 09:16 TaN
46953 CNN [[English]] ipa :/ˈsiːɛnɛn/[Further reading] edit - CNN (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editCNN (plural CNNs) 1.(machine learning) Initialism of convolutional neural network. Coordinate terms: ANN, RNN [Proper noun] editCNN 1.Initialism of Cable News Network: an American television channel. 2.(humorous, derogatory, US politics) Initialism of Clinton News Network. 3.(humorous, derogatory) Initialism of Communist News Network. 0 0 2023/01/27 09:46 TaN
46954 pooling [[English]] ipa :/ˈpuːlɪŋ/[Anagrams] edit - looping [Noun] editpooling (countable and uncountable, plural poolings) 1.(resource management) Grouping together of various resources or assets. [Verb] editpooling 1.present participle of pool 0 0 2023/01/27 09:46 TaN
46955 discrimination [[English]] ipa :/dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/[Etymology] editLearned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate +‎ -ion. In English use from the 17th century. [Further reading] edit - “discrimination”, in Collins English Dictionary. - “discrimination, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. - discrimination at OneLook Dictionary Search - “discrimination”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary - “discrimination” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023. - discrimination in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 [Noun] editdiscrimination (countable and uncountable, plural discriminations) 1.(uncountable, countable) Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions. [from early 17th c.] 2.1846, Henry Hollis, Christian Discrimination; Or, A Discourse on the Things in Religion which Differ, page 86: Have you felt the weight of the considerations which have been presented, in order to show the importance of discrimination on the subject of revealed truth? 3.1892, Ambrose Bierce, Black Beetles in Amber‎[1]: An earthquake here rolls harmless through the land, And Thou art good because the chimneys stand— There templed cities sink into the sea, And damp survivors, howling as they flee, Skip to the hills and hold a celebration In honor of Thy wise discrimination. 4.1950, Lyle Vincent Jones, Analysis of Visual Discrimination Learning by Pigeons, page 14: In place of a discrimination box a jumping apparatus was used, and apparently this required performance less foreign to the natural response repertory of the bird.· 5.1989, Karen Ann Campbell, Mechanisms of Prey-tracking in the Echolocating Bat, page 71: The 'pretraining' for the two-choice discrimination involved a discrimination between angles differing by 19° (6° versus 25°) in which the smaller angle was marked with a 2 cm Plexiglas square that the bats had previously detected in a simple one-choice discrimination. 6.(uncountable, countable, sometimes with "against") Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry. [from early 19th c.] Hyponyms: heterosexism, ageism, ableism, xenophobia, racism, sexism, classism, religionism, homophobia sexual or racial discrimination reverse discrimination 7.1931, Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court, 284 U.S. 8, 18–19 The state, in the exercise of its general power to prescribe rules of evidence, may provide that proof of a particular fact, or of several facts taken collectively, shall be prima facie evidence of another fact when there is some rational connection between the fact proved and the ultimate fact presumed. The legislative presumption is invalid when it is entirely arbitrary, or creates an invidious discrimination, or operates to deprive a party of a reasonable opportunity to present the pertinent facts in his defense. 8.1939, United States. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on interstate commerce, Freight-rate Discriminations, page 49: However, is it not true that within the preferred or official territory there are certain discriminations? For instance, are there not certain States in New England that suffer from certain discriminations, in comparison with other States in that official territory? 9.1963, King, Jr., Martin Luther, “Transformed Nonconformist”, in Strength to Love‎[2], New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, OCLC 768659813, page 13: Many sincere white people in the South privately oppose segregation and discrimination, but they are apprehensive lest they be publicly condemned. 10.2014, Carter, Jimmy, “The Bible and Gender Equality”, in A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power‎[3], Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, OCLC 904254615, page 23: The four Gospels were written by men, but they never report any instance of Jesus’ condoning sexual discrimination or the implied subservience or inferiority of women. 11.2021, Rosita Fibbi, ‎Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, ‎Patrick Simon, Migration and Discrimination: The book also presents empirical results from studies of discrimination across the world to show the magnitude of the problem and the difficulties of comparison across national borders. 12.(uncountable) The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment, especially in matters of good taste. [from 18th c.] 13.1863, Alfred Gladstone, The Man of the Hour: A Tale of Real Life - Volume 2, page 128: You are a man of discrimination,” said Qunk, “I admire that girl a little myself, and, entre nous, I think that I'm a bit of a favourite in that quarter.” 14.1881, C. F. Hull, Shadows of good things to come; or, the gospel in Ruth, page 42: Take heed, then, lest, while you plume yourselves on your superior wisdom and discrimination, the Great Captain does not arraign you before his court-martial on the charge of blood-guiltiness. 15.1963, David Paton Cuthbertson, Progress in Nutrition and Allied Sciences, page 238: These differences amount to a discrimination by the animal in favour of calcium and against strontium and barium. 16.1996, Eknath Easwaran, Seeing with the Eyes of Love, page 106: In the vocabulary of Madison Avenue, the man of discrimination is one who knows a fine set of luggage when he sees it. 17.2017, Keren Arbel, Early Buddhist Meditation, page 106: Furthermore, holding the view that the jhānas are in conflict with discrimination and wisdom, one might argue that this quality cannot be developed and sustained when one attains the jhānas. 18.2018, Jane Forsey, On Taste: Aesthetic Exchanges, page viii: If taste is, in Sibleyan terms, an ability involving perceptiveness, sensitivity, discrimination and appreciation, this suggests that it should be directed towards a certain set of objects, and that there is clear room for error and critical debate: about which objects—and which responses—are in fact correct, and which provide evidence of the presence of tasteful discrimination. 19.2019, Rick South, The Odes of God: Among those who are purified by their good deeds, there are four kinds of men who worship me: the world-weary, the seeker for knowledge, the seeker for happiness and the man of spiritual discrimination. The man of discrimination is the highest of these. 20.(countable, obsolete) That which discriminates; a distinguishing mark, a characteristic. 21.1775, Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland - Volume 1, page 239: He who has not made the experiment, or who is not accustomed to require rigorous accuracy from himself, will scarcely believe how much a few hours take from certainty of knowledge, and distinctness of imagery; how the succession of objects will be broken, how separate parts will be confused, and how many particular features and discriminations will be compressed and conglobated into one gross and general idea. 22.1789, William Coxe, “Letter 41”, in Travels in Switzerland: In a Series of Letters to William Melmoth, Esq. from William Coxe, […] In Three Volumes […] , page 52: But even if this difference should be still greater, it could never be admitted as forming a specific distinction. For the horns not only differ in individuals of the same species, but in the same individuals at different ages. If we were to attempt to arrange animals solely by their horns, the discriminations would be as endless as uncertain. 23.1796, Sir Uvedale Price, An Essay on the Picturesque, page 236: These seem to me their most obvious and striking causes, and certainly sufficient to distinguish them from each other: but let the most acute metaphysician, place in one point of view whatever may, in any way, mark the nice boundaries which separate them from each other, and then let his discriminations be compared, for clear, and strongly marked difference and opposition, with those I have stated to exist between the beautiful, and the picturesque; and if his discriminations are not more clear, and more strongly marked, but on the contrary much less so, why should they have a power, which is denied to mine? 24.1800, Marcus Terentius Varro, The Three Books of M. Terentius Varro Concerning Agriculture, page 50: The great discriminations of land are three, and it concerns us to know whether it is poor, or rich, or in a middle state. [See also] edit - stereotype - bias - racism [[French]] ipa :/dis.kʁi.mi.na.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Latin discrimīnatiō, discrimīnatiōnem. Synchronically, from discriminer +‎ -ation. [Further reading] edit - “discrimination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editdiscrimination f (plural discriminations) 1.discrimination, distinction discrimination positive ― reverse discrimination, affirmative action 0 0 2009/01/20 00:12 2023/01/27 09:52 TaN
46959 nominal [[English]] ipa :/ˈnɒm.ɪnl̩/[Adjective] editnominal (not comparable) 1.Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names. 2.Assigned to or bearing a person's name. 3.Existing in name only. a nominal difference 4.1856 February, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Oliver Goldsmith, republished in 1865, The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord Macaulay, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, page 300, At Edinburgh he passed eighteen months in nominal attendance on lectures, and picked up some superficial information about chemistry and natural history. 5.2013 October 5, Joel Kotkin, “California’s New Feudalism Benefits a Few at the Expense of the Multitude”, in The Daily Beast‎[1]: In contrast to the traditionally conservative or libertarian ethos of the entrepreneurial class, the oligarchy is increasingly allied with the nominally populist Democratic Party and its regulatory agenda. 6.(philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism. 7. 8. Insignificantly small. Synonym: trifling He gave me only a nominal sum for my services. 9.2021 November 17, Andrew Mourant, “Okehampton: a new dawn for Dartmoor”, in RAIL, number 944, page 43: In the summer, DCC [Devon County Council] transferred ownership of the northern part of the station to NR for a nominal £1, enabling it (and the platform) to become part of the rail network. 10.Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value. The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher. the nominal yield of a nuclear weapon Antonym: effective 11.(finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value. 12.(finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation. 13.(grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun. This sentence contains a nominal phrase. 14.(engineering) According to plan or design. Synonym: normal We'll just do a nominal flight check. Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal. 15.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 9: The slots are waiting. Waiting for hot pizza. And waiting. The Deliverator honks his horn. This is not a nominal outcome. 16.1996 September, Dustin Browder, MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, Activision, spoken by Narrator (Carole Ruggier): Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal. 17.(economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation. Antonym: real My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is. The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low. 18.1991, Richard J. Gilbert, Regulatory Choices: A Perspective on Developments in Energy Policy, page 267, Comparisons of the costs of the Diablo Canyon plant with other nuclear power plants can be misleading because the available cost data are in nominal dollars and therefore include the toll of inflation over the construction periods. 19.2001, Erich A. Helfert, Financial Analysis: Tools and Techniques: A Guide for Managers, page 467, This simple process allows us to convert nominal dollars into inflation-adjusted real dollars. 20.(statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant. 21.(taxonomy) Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species. 22.2015 November 26, Mosè Manni et al., “Relevant genetic differentiation among Brazilian populations of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae)”, in ZooKeys, volume 540, DOI:10.3897/zookeys.540.6713: Since then, a good deal of research has documented and concluded that the nominal species A. fraterculus actually comprises an unresolved complex of cryptic species. [Anagrams] edit - nonmail [Etymology] editFrom the Middle English nominalle (“of nouns”), borrowed from Latin nōminālis (“of names”), from nōmen (“name”). [Further reading] edit - nominal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 - nominal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 [Noun] editnominal (plural nominals) 1. 2. (grammar) A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase. This sentence contains two nominals. 3. 4. (grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.) 5.2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12: A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots. 6. 7. A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.) Numeric codes of characters used in programming are nominals. 8. 9. (UK, police jargon) A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested. [[Catalan]] ipa :/no.miˈnal/[Adjective] editnominal (masculine and feminine plural nominals) 1.nominal [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin nominalis. [Further reading] edit - “nominal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “nominal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023 - “nominal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “nominal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[French]] ipa :/nɔ.mi.nal/[Adjective] editnominal (feminine nominale, masculine plural nominaux, feminine plural nominales) 1.nominal [Descendants] edit - → Dutch: nominaal - → Indonesian: nominal - - → West Frisian: nominaal - → Romanian: nominal [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin nominalis. [Further reading] edit - “nominal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editnominal m (plural nominaux) 1.nominal [Related terms] edit - nom - classe nominale - locution nominale - valeur nominale [[German]] ipa :/nomiˈnaːl/[Adjective] editnominal (strong nominative masculine singular nominaler, not comparable) 1.nominal [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin nominalis. [Further reading] edit - “nominal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache - “nominal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon [[Indonesian]] ipa :[noˈminal][Adjective] editnominal 1.nominal, 1.existing in name only. 2.insignificantly small. 3.(grammar) of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun. [Etymology] editFrom Dutch nominaal, from French nominal, from Latin nominalis. [Further reading] edit - “nominal” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016. [[Portuguese]] ipa :/no.miˈnaw/[Adjective] editnominal m or f (plural nominais, not comparable) 1.nominal [Etymology] editLearned borrowing from Latin nōminālis. [Further reading] edit - “nominal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa. [[Romanian]] ipa :/nomiˈnal/[Adjective] editnominal m or n (feminine singular nominală, masculine plural nominali, feminine and neuter plural nominale) 1.nominal [Etymology] editBorrowed from French nominal, Latin nominalis. [[Spanish]] ipa :/nomiˈnal/[Adjective] editnominal (plural nominales) 1.nominal [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin nominalis. [Further reading] edit - “nominal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014 0 0 2009/04/28 08:57 2023/01/27 10:44 TaN
46961 confidence [[English]] ipa :/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/[Alternative forms] edit - confidency (dated) [Antonyms] edit - (self-assurance): timidity [Etymology] editFrom Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”).Morphologically confide +‎ -ence. [Noun] editconfidence (countable and uncountable, plural confidences) 1.Self-assurance. 2.A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. 3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 118:8–9: It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in man. / It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in Princes. 4.1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 39: Khedron hesitated for a moment, wondering how far he should take Jeserac into his confidence. He knew that Jeserac was kindly and well-intentioned, but he also knew that he must be bound by the same taboos that controlled everyone on Diaspar. 5.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎[1]: But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts. 6.Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret. 7.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], OCLC 1042815524, part I, page 201: In the course of these confidences it became quite plain to me I had been represented to the wife of the high dignitary, and goodness knows to how many more people besides, as an exceptional and gifted creature - a piece of good fortune for the Company - a man you don’t get hold of every day. 8.(dated) Boldness; presumption. [References] edit - confidence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [[French]] ipa :/kɔ̃.fi.dɑ̃s/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin cōnfīdentia. Doublet of confiance. [Further reading] edit - “confidence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editconfidence f (plural confidences) 1.confidence, secret 0 0 2016/06/12 23:02 2023/01/27 10:52
46962 profoundly [[English]] ipa :/pɹəˈfaʊndli/[Adverb] editprofoundly (comparative more profoundly, superlative most profoundly) 1.(manner) With depth, meaningfully. He thought and wrote profoundly. 2.(evaluative) Very importantly. More profoundly, it has shaken our most fundamental assumptions. 3.(degree) Deeply; very; strongly or forcefully. From his childhood, she was profoundly troubled. 4.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017: Leo was sleeping profoundly, and on the whole I thought it wise not to wake him. 5.2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 11: In fact, the influence of signage in a certain area may exist anywhere on a continuum from profoundly effective to utterly trivial or completely insignificant, irrespective of the intent motivating the signs. [Etymology] editprofound +‎ -ly 0 0 2010/09/07 10:15 2023/01/27 10:52
46964 juvenile [[English]] ipa :/ˈd͡ʒuːvənaɪl/[Adjective] editjuvenile (comparative more juvenile, superlative most juvenile) 1.Young; not fully developed. 2.[1716], [Abraham] de Wicquefort; [John] Digby, transl., “What Age is Proper for an Embassador”, in The Embassador and His Functions. […], London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, […], OCLC 777974372, page 54, column 1: There are certain Climates, where the Mind ripens and attains ſooner to Perfection than in others: nay there are ſome Conſtitutions of Body, where the humours are ſo exactly mixt, that they form an admirable Temper; the Effects thereof are diſcoverable in the firſt Juvenile Years, and leave very fine Remains, even in a decrepit Age. 3.1845 November, “How Boys and Girls may be Missionaries”, in The Juvenile Missionary Herald, volume III, London: Printed for and published by the Baptist Missionary Society, and sold by Houlston and Stoneman, […], OCLC 1009012788, page 257: We should then be able to count on the labours of fifty thousand juvenile home missionaries, and the next generation would be able to speak from a happier experience than we, of "times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord."—From the Canada Sunday School Record. 4.1853, Mary Carpenter, “Characteristics and Classes”, in Juvenile Delinquents, Their Condition and Treatment, London: W. & F. G. Cash, (successors to C. Gilpin,) […], OCLC 7662899, page 17: When juvenile offenders are spoken of, young thieves are usually intended; for an examination of the annals of crime will show that varied as are the offences of adults, those for which children are arraigned in a criminal court are almost invariably thefts more or less trivial; […] 5.1988, Edmund F. McGarrell, “Juvenile Justice in Change”, in Juvenile Correctional Reform: Two Decades of Policy and Procedural Change (SUNY Series in Critical Issues in Criminal Justice), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 7: [T]he juvenile justice system became firmly established as the legitimate institution for responding to juvenile delinquency and misconduct during 1900 and 1960. 6.Characteristic of youth or immaturity; childish. Synonyms: (colloquial) juvey, milky, puerile; see also Thesaurus:childish 7.1659, John Gauden, chapter XXXI, in Ίερα Δακρυα [Hiera dakrya]. Ecclesiae Anglicanae Suspiria. The Tears, Sighs, Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England: […], London: Printed by J[ohn] G[rismond] for R[ichard] Royston, […], OCLC 1006016842, book II (Searching the Causes and Occasions of the Church of England’s Decayes), page 251: Adde to this diſsipated and diſtracted ſtate of Miniſters, their private diſtreſſes and poverties, together with the publick neglect and indifferency of people toward them; who can wonder if they look pitifully one on another, which no jocoſe or juvenile drolings can relieve? 8.1792 June, “Art. I. The Pleasures of Memory, a Poem, in Two Parts, by the Author of ‘An Ode to Superstition, with Some Other Poems.’ 4to. pp. 71. 3s. 6d. Boards. Cadell. 1792. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume VIII, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T[homas] Becket, in Pall Mall, OCLC 901376714, pages 122–123: This is illuſtrated by a variety of examples; particularly by the attachment which we naturally form to inanimate objects; and by the pleaſure derived from hiſtoric ſcenes, from painting, and from the review of juvenile days. 9.2005, Sidney Michael Trantham, “Diagnoses Commonly Associated with Childhood”, in Amy Wagenfeld and Jennifer Kaldenberg, editors, Foundations of Pediatric Practice for the Occupational Therapy Assistant, Thorofare, N.J.: SLACK Incorporated, →ISBN, page 85: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children under the age of 16 […]. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis impacts the larger joints of the body and is a chronic condition. 10.2013, Thomas Keneally, chapter 21, in Shame and the Captives, Sydney, N.S.W.: Random House Australia, →ISBN; trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, Simon & Schuster, December 2015, →ISBN, page 197: He indicated that Cheong should follow his actions, but Cheong was little tempted and chose not to engage in such a juvenile scene. [Antonyms] edit - adult - mature - nonjuvenile - old - senile  [Etymology] edit A juvenile female (adjective sense 1) – a young Aka girl – from the Central African RepublicBorrowed from Latin iuvenīlis (“youthful; juvenile”), from iuvenis (“young; a youth”) + -īlis (“suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to”). Iuvenis is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”), from *h₂óyu (“long life; lifetime”) (from *h₂ey- (“age; life”)) + *h₁én (“in”). [Further reading] edit - juvenile (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}Three 16-year-old male juveniles (sense 2)American actress Maude Adams (1872–1953) playing the juvenile role (sense 5) of Peter Pan on BroadwayA kitten is a feline juvenile (sense 6)juvenile (plural juveniles) 1.A prepubescent child. 2.1978, Paul A[llen] Walker, “The Role of Antiandrogens in the Treatment of Sex Offenders”, in C. Brandon Qualls, John P. Wincze, and David H. Barlow, editors, The Prevention of Sexual Disorders: Issues and Approaches (Perspectives in Sexuality), New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, →ISBN, page 127; reprinted New York, N.Y.: Springer Science+Business Media, 2013, DOI:10.1007/978-1-4684-2469-0, →ISBN, page 127: One patient, a pedophile with a long history of arrests, penal incarceration, psychiatric admissions, and outpatient psychotherapy, commented that in the past when he saw a juvenile male playing, he (the patient) would without hesitation approach the boy and make a sexual proposition. When he was on MPA [medroxyprogesterone acetate] therapy, he stated that, at worst, when he saw such a juvenile, he only smiled "with appreciation" for the boy's good looks and otherwise kept about his business. 3.A person younger than the age of majority; a minor. Synonyms: (dated) infant, (colloquial) juvie 4.2005, Markus Zusak, “The Kiss (a Childhood Decision Maker)”, in The Book Thief, Sydney, N.S.W.: Picador, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, →ISBN, page 49: Every childhood seems to have exactly such a juvenile in its midst and mists. He's the boy who refuses to fear the opposite sex, purely because everyone else embraces that particular fear, and he's the type who is unafraid to make a decision. 5.(criminal law) A person younger than the age of full criminal responsibility, such that the person either cannot be held criminally liable or is subject to less severe forms of punishment. 6.2010, Richard Lawrence; Mario Hesse, “The Juvenile Court Process”, in Juvenile Justice: The Essentials, Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 192: If the juvenile violates the conditions of the stayed sentence, typically by committing a new offense, the court may revoke the stay and require that the offender be taken into custody. The juvenile is then given written notice of the reasons for the revocation of the stayed sentence, and may have a hearing with representation of legal counsel if the revocation is challenged. 7.(literature) A publication for young adult readers. 8.1958, The Author and Journalist, volume 42–43, Denver, Colo.: H. Ellithrope, OCLC 8701031, page lxxxiv, column 1: Formerly a publisher of juveniles, out of the market till 1959, when it will enter adult fiction field. 9.(theater) An actor playing a child's role. 10.1875 February 6, “Drama. [Haymarket.]”, in The Athenæum: Journal of English and Foreign Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music and the Drama, number 2467, London: Printed by E[dward] J. Francis & Co., […] published […] by John Francis. [...], OCLC 956082422, page 201, column 3: 'Home,' as, following his habit of giving monosyllable titles to his pieces, T[homas] W[illiam] Robertson christened his version of 'L'Aventurière,' has been revived. […] In a juvenile part, Mr. Lytton Sothern made a successful début. 11.(zoology) A sexually immature animal. 12.2002, Charles H. Janson; Carel P[hilippus] Van Schaik, “Ecological Risk Aversion in Juvenile Primates: Slow and Steady Wins the Race”, in Michael E. Pereira and Lynn A. Fairbanks, editors, Juvenile Primates: Life History, Development, and Behavior, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 65, column 1: Even if juveniles acquire sex-specific adult-like foraging skills before reaching adult size, their smaller body size may put them at a foraging disadvantage. […] The size effect on foraging is reduced in species that use small or easily manipulated substrates. For instance, in Costa Rican squirrel monkeys, juveniles apparently mastered techniques for insect foraging only a few months after weaning, when they were still much smaller than adults […]. 13.A two-year-old racehorse. 14.1972, Edward Samuel Montgomery, The Thoroughbred (page 449) Even more incredible is the legion of two-year-olds who win handsomely as juveniles and then disappear from the racetrack. 15.2005, Ken McLean, Designing Speed in the Racehorse (page 206) Professional trainers foster young horses with obvious potential. Instance the way Sir Michael Stoute uses patience to bring along his two-year-old colts and fillies at Newmarket, or the careful approach taken with juveniles by that wonderful conditioner Charlie Whittingham in California. 16.2012, Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing (page 6) Thereafter, males aged two to four are colts, females are fillies, racing two-year-olds are sometimes referred to as juveniles, and animals still running at five, the age of thoroughbred maturity, or older, are horses or mares according to gender. [[Latin]] [Adjective] editjuvenīle 1.nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of juvenīlis 0 0 2009/08/19 15:22 2023/01/27 11:47 TaN
46966 stark [[English]] ipa :/stɑɹk/[Anagrams] edit - Karst, Trask, karst, karts, skart [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English stark, starc, from Old English stearc, starc (“stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stiff, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian sterc (“strong”), Dutch sterk (“strong”), Low German sterk (“strong”), German stark (“strong”), Danish stærk (“strong”), Swedish stark (“strong”), Norwegian sterk (“strong”), Icelandic sterkur (“strong”). Related to starch.In the phrase stark naked: an alternation of Middle English stert naked, from stert (“tail”), a literal parallel to the modern butt naked. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English starken, from Old English stearcian (“to stiffen, become hard, grow stiff or hard”), from Proto-Germanic *starkōną, *starkēną (“to stiffen, become hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with German erstarken (“to strengthen”). [[German]] ipa :/ʃtark/[Adjective] editstark (strong nominative masculine singular starker, comparative stärker, superlative am stärksten) 1.strong (intense, powerful, unyielding) 2.strong (having a high concentration of some ingredient, e.g. alcohol) Coordinate terms: gemischt, schwach 3.(of an action, especially sports) good, great, skilled 4.(colloquial, slightly dated) brilliant, awesome 5.(colloquial, dated) incredible, unbelievable ein starkes Stück ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) starker Tobak ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) 6.1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 69: Nun, es sind Eheleute, in Gottes Namen, soweit ist die Sache in Ordnung. Aber am hellen Morgen, das ist doch stark. (please add an English translation of this quote) 7.(dated, euphemistic) overweight, fat 8.(grammar) strong (inflecting according to a pattern distinct from another called "weak") [Etymology] editFrom Middle High German stark, from Old High German stark, from Proto-West Germanic *stark. [Further reading] edit - “stark” in Duden online - “stark” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache - Friedrich Kluge (1883), “stark”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 [[Kashubian]] [Etymology] editUltimately from Proto-Slavic *starъ. [Noun] editstark m 1.grandfather [[Low German]] ipa :/stark/[Adjective] editstark (comparative starker, superlative starkst) 1.strong, powerful [Etymology] editCognate with German stark, Dutch sterk. [Synonyms] edit - dull - heftig - hevig - ossig - slimm - stevig - dannig - düchtig - swied [[Old High German]] [Adjective] editstark 1.strong [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Germanic *starkuz, whence also Old English stearc, Old Norse sterkr. [[Slovene]] [Noun] editstark 1.genitive dual/plural of starka [[Swedish]] [Adjective] editstark (comparative starkare, superlative starkast) 1.strong; able to use great force 2.strong; capable of withstanding great physical force 3.strong; highly stimulating to the senses starkt ljus strong light 4.(taste) spicy, hot; with a biting taste Den maten är för stark för mig. That food is too hot for me. 5.strong; having a high concentration of an essential; possibly alcohol starkt kaffe strong coffee 6.(grammar) strong 7.(military) strong; not easily subdued or taken [Anagrams] edit - raskt [Etymology] editFrom Old Swedish starker, from Old Norse starkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-. [See also] edit - oregelbundet verb [Synonyms] edit - (able to use great force): kraftfull - (capable of withstanding force): stadig - (spicy): het - (having intense odor or flavor): frän, skarp, stickande 0 0 2010/02/03 12:54 2023/01/27 14:10 TaN
46967 pummeled [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - emplumed [Verb] editpummeled 1.simple past tense and past participle of pummel His opponent was smaller but faster, and he got pummeled. 0 0 2021/09/15 11:19 2023/01/27 14:25 TaN
46969 stung [[English]] ipa :/stʌŋ/[Anagrams] edit - gunts, tungs [Verb] editstung 1.simple past tense and past participle of sting 0 0 2012/06/22 21:14 2023/01/27 14:29
46971 pummel [[English]] ipa :/ˈpʌməl/[Etymology] editAlteration of pommel. [Noun] editpummel (plural pummels) 1.Alternative form of pommel [Verb] editpummel (third-person singular simple present pummels, present participle (UK) pummelling or (US) pummeling, simple past and past participle (UK) pummelled or (US) pummeled) 1.To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly. Rain pummeled the roof. The boxer pummeled his opponent. 2.2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1]: The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.” [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈpʏ.məl/[Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Noun] editpummel m (plural pummels, diminutive pummeltje n) 1.(derogatory) bumpkin (unsophisticated person, usually male) 0 0 2010/03/31 13:52 2023/01/27 15:32
46972 tanak [[Malay]] ipa :/ta.nak̚/[Etymology] editFrom Proto-Malayic *tanak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanək, from Proto-Austronesian *tanək. [Further reading] edit - “tanak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017. [Verb] edittanak (Jawi spelling تانق‎) 1.(transitive) to cook (prepare (food) for eating) Synonym: masak [[Moken]] [Noun] edittanak 1.earth; soil [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/tânak/[Adjective] edittȁnak (definite tànkī, comparative tȁnjī, Cyrillic spelling та̏нак) 1.thin 2.delicate 3.gossamer 4.flimsy 5.slender, slim 6.tapering 7.sheer [Antonyms] edit - debeo [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Slavic *tьnъkъ. [References] edit - “tanak” in Hrvatski jezični portal 0 0 2023/01/27 15:39 TaN
46973 linux [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - Linux [Noun] editlinux (plural linuxes) 1.(software) Any unix-like operating system that uses the Linux kernel. 0 0 2023/01/27 16:15 TaN
46976 exuberance [[English]] ipa :/ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/[Etymology] editFrom French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder. [Noun] editexuberance (countable and uncountable, plural exuberances) 1.(uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness. 2.2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game. 3.An instance of exuberant behaviour. 4.An overflowing quantity; superfluousness. 5.An abundance of wealth. [Synonyms] edit - ebullience 0 0 2009/11/20 10:29 2023/01/28 08:12 TaN
46977 gripe [[English]] ipa :/ɡɹaɪp/[Anagrams] edit - Greip, Griep [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Swedish gripa. See also grip, grope. [Etymology 2] edit [References] edit 1. ^ 1841, Richard Henry Dana Jr., The Seaman's Friend [[Galician]] ipa :[ˈɡɾipɪ][Etymology] editAttested since 1853. From French grippe [Noun] editgripe m or f (plural gripes) 1.(pathology) flu, influenza Synonyms: gripallada, gripalleira, gripaxe [References] edit - “gripe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013. - “gripe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG. - “gripe” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈɡrip(ə)/[Etymology 1] editInherited from Old English gripe, from Proto-West Germanic *gripi, from Proto-Germanic *gripiz. [Etymology 2] editBorrowed from Old French gripe, from Latin gryps, grȳphus, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps). [Etymology 3] edit [[North Frisian]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Frisian gripa, which derives from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. [Verb] editgripe 1.(Mooring) to grab, seize [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”). Cognate with Danish gribe, Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa, English gripe, Dutch grijpen, German greifen. [References] edit - “gripe” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [Verb] editgripe (imperative grip, present tense griper, simple past grep or greip, past participle grepet, present participle gripende) 1.to grab, grasp, grip 2.to seize (grab, capture). 3.to seize (take advantage of an opportunity). [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/²ɡriːpə/[Verb] editgripe (present tense grip, past tense greip, past participle gripe, passive infinitive gripast, present participle gripande, imperative grip) 1.Alternative form of gripa [[Old English]] ipa :/ˈɡri.pe/[Etymology 1] editFrom Proto-Germanic *gripiz. Cognate with Old High German grif- (German Griff), Old Norse gripr. [Etymology 2] editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. [[Portuguese]] [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [[Romanian]] ipa :[ˈɡripe][Noun] editgripe f pl 1.inflection of gripă: 1.indefinite plural 2.indefinite genitive/dative singular [[Spanish]] ipa :/ˈɡɾipe/[Alternative forms] edit - gripa (Colombia, Mexico) [Anagrams] edit - pigre [Etymology] editBorrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize”), of Germanic origin. [Further reading] edit - “gripe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014 [Noun] editgripe f (plural gripes) 1.(medicine) flu, influenza Synonym: influenza Tengo la gripe. ― I have the flu. [Verb] editgripe 1.inflection of gripar: 1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive 2.third-person singular imperative [[West Frisian]] ipa :/ˈɡripə/[Etymology] editFrom Old Frisian grīpa, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. [Verb] editgripe 1.to grab, to grasp 0 0 2023/01/28 08:15 TaN
46978 color [[English]] ipa :/ˈkʌl.ɚ/[Adjective] editcolor (not comparable) (American spelling) 1.Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray. Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white. [Alternative forms] edit - colour (Commonwealth, Ireland) (see the usage notes below) [Anagrams] edit - corol, crool [Antonyms] edit - decolor [Etymology] editFrom Middle English colour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color.Displaced English blee, Middle English blee (“color”), from Old English blēo. Also partially replaced Old English hīew (“color”) and its descendants, which is less often used in this sense. Doublet of couleur.In the US, the spelling color is used to match the spelling of the word's Latin etymon, and to make all derivatives consistent (colorimeter, coloration, colorize, colorless, etc). Elsewhere in the English-speaking world, the spelling colour has been retained. [Further reading] edit - color at OneLook Dictionary Search - Color (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Colors on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons [Noun] editcolor (countable and uncountable, plural colors) (American spelling) (Canadian spelling, rare) 1.(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light. Humans and birds can perceive color. Synonym: (archaic) blee 2.A subset thereof: 1.(countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class. Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green. Synonyms: hue, (archaic) blee 2.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071: Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands. 3.(uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays). He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color". Synonyms: hue, shade, (archaic) blee 4.These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television). This film is broadcast in color.  Most people dream in color, but some dream in black and white. Synonym: color television 5.(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Coordinate terms: metal, stainA paint. The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape.(uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity. Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies. Synonyms: complexion, ethnicity, race(medicine) Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion. - 1864, Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham, Late Laurels (volumes 1-2, page 117) […] her very embarrassment wore a graceful air; her high colour had softened down to a warm, delicate tint; and her dress, which looked beautifully new and fresh, was in good taste, and showed her off to advantage. (figuratively) Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment. There is a great deal of colour in his writing. a bit of local color - 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter I, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 1915, OCLC 40817384: Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […]. Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?A standard, flag, or insignia: 1.(in the plural) A standard or banner. The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale. Synonyms: banner, standard 2.(in the plural) The flag of a nation or team. The colors were raised over the new territory. 3.1856, “Treaty signed April 18, 1855; ratified April 5, 1856”, in Treaty of friendship and commerce between Great Britain and Siam, Bangkok: J. H. Chandler, page 7: The arrival of the British Consul at Bangkok shall not take place before the ratification of this Treaty, nor until ten vessels owned by British subjects, sailing under British colours and with British papers, shall have entered the port of Bangkok for purposes of trade, subsequent to the signing of this Treaty. 4.(in the plural) Gang insignia. Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors.(in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university. He was awarded colors for his football.(military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.(physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons; color charge.(finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.(typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )(snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext. - 2011, David Baldacci, The Collectors At the far end of the continuum, Roger Seagraves collected personal items from people he'd murdered, or assassinated rather, since he'd done it under the color of serving his country.An appearance of right or authority; color of law. Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars. - 1882, The Ohio Law Journal (volume 2, page 396) The only thing which this defendant is accused of doing is that he excluded this boy from the school, and he did it under the color of the statute relating to the subject, and did it because he was a colored boy. - 1770, “Parliamentary Privilege Act 1770”, in legislation.gov.uk‎[1]: no such action, suit, or any other process or proceeding thereupon shall at any time be impeached, stayed, or delayed by or under colour or pretence of any privilege of Parliament. [References] edit [See also] edit - tincture [Synonyms] edit - (measure of derivative price sensitivity): colour, DgammaDtime, gamma decay [Verb] editcolor (third-person singular simple present colors, present participle coloring, simple past and past participle colored) (American spelling) 1.(transitive) To give something color. Synonyms: dye, paint, stain, shade, tinge, tint We could color the walls red. 1.(transitive) To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.(intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons. Synonym: color in My kindergartener loves to color.(of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow. Synonym: blush Her face colored as she realized her mistake.To affect without completely changing. Synonyms: affect, influence That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.(informal) To attribute a quality to; to portray (as). Synonym: call Color me confused. They tried to colour the industrial unrest as a merely local matter.(mathematics, graph theory) To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color. Can this graph be 2-colored? You can color any map with four colors. [[Aragonese]] [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Noun] editcolor f 1.color [References] edit - Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “color”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN [[Asturian]] [Alternative forms] edit - collor [Etymology] editFrom Latin color, colōrem. [Noun] editcolor m (plural colores) 1.color, colour [[Catalan]] ipa :/koˈlo/[Etymology] editFrom Latin color, colōrem. Compare Occitan color, French couleur. [Further reading] edit - “color” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “color”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023 - “color” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “color” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [Noun] editcolor m (plural colors) 1.color, colour 2.(poker) flush [See also] edit [[Galician]] ipa :[ˈkoloɾ][Alternative forms] edit - cor [Etymology] editFrom Old Galician and Old Portuguese color, alternative form of coor, perhaps from an older forms collor (compare Asturian collor and color), from Latin color, colōrem. [Noun] editcolor f (plural colores) 1.color, hue 2.1295, R. Lorenzo, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 745: diz que apareçeu ẽno çeo hũa cruz, que era de muytas colores et muy fremosa; et teuerõna os cristãos por muy boo sinal he says that a cross appeared in the sky, which was of many colors and very beauty; and the Christians considered it a very good sign 3.flush (suffusion of the face with blood) [References] edit - “color” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022. - “color” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018. - “collor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018. - “color” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013. - “color” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG. - “cor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. [[Italian]] ipa :/koˈlor/[Anagrams] edit - cloro, cloro- [Noun] editcolor m (apocopated) 1.Apocopic form of colore [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈko.lor/[Alternative forms] edit - colōs (archaic) [Etymology] editFrom earlier colōs (genitive colōris), from Proto-Italic *kelōs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). The nominative singular changed to color in Classical times by analogy with the oblique forms, where /r/ had regularly developed from an original intervocalic /s/. [Noun] editcolor m (genitive colōris); third declension 1.colour (UK), shade; color (US); hue, tint 2.8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.429-430: tot fuerant illic, quot habet nātūra, colōrēs, pictaque dissimilī flōre nitēbat humus. In that place there had been so many colors – as many as nature possesses – and the ground was radiant, having been decorated with every different flower. (Ovid describes the field where Persephone and her attendants picked flowers.) 3.pigment 4.complexion 5.outward appearance [References] edit - “color”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - “color”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - color in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) - color in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette - Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. - to depict a thing in lively colours: summo colore aliquid illustrare [[Occitan]] [Alternative forms] edit - coulour (Provençal) [Etymology] editFrom Old Occitan color, from Latin color, colōrem. [Noun] editcolor f (plural colors) 1.color [[Old French]] [Alternative forms] edit - colour - colur - culur [Etymology] editFrom Latin color, colōrem (“color or colour”). [Noun] editcolor f (oblique plural colors, nominative singular color, nominative plural colors) 1.color, colour [[Old Occitan]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin color, colōrem. [Noun] editcolor f (oblique plural colors, nominative singular color, nominative plural colors) 1.color, colour [[Old Portuguese]] [Noun] editcolor f 1.Alternative form of coor [See also] edit [[Old Spanish]] ipa :/koˈloɾ/[Etymology] editFrom Latin color. Cognate with Old Portuguese coor. [Noun] editcolor m (plural colores) 1.color 2.c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 19r. […] &́ vieron la gĺa de iſŕl dedios. Como huebra de blácor. &́ de cristal. ¬ como color de los cielos módos […] […] and they saw the glory of the God of Israel, like a work of white and crystal, and like the color of realm of the heavens. […] [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editcolor m or f or n (indeclinable) 1.color (about film or photography) [Etymology] editFrom English color. Doublet of culoare. [[Spanish]] ipa :/koˈloɾ/[Anagrams] edit - cloro, corló, corlo, locro [Etymology] editFrom Old Spanish color, from Latin colōrem, singular accusative of color. [Further reading] edit - “color”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014 [Noun] editcolor m or f (plural colores) 1.color, colour, hue 2.1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael: Las mujeres atendían los pasteles y los peones los asados, a los que daban las últimas vueltas en las brasas, ya bien en punto y goteando grasa color de oro. {{{translation}}} 3.rouge (cosmetics) 4.pretext, motive, reason 5.character; special quality 6.1992, César Cadaval, Miguel Ángel Magüesín (lyrics), “Sevilla tiene un color especial”, performed by Los del Río: Sevilla tiene un color especial / Sevilla sigue teniendo su duende / Me sigue oliendo a azahar / Me gusta estar con su gente Seville has a special character / Seville still has its charm / It still smells like orange blossom to me / I like to be with its people 7.side, party, faction 8.race, ethnicity 9.(feminine, archaic or dialectal) complexion 10.(poker) flush [References] edit 1. ^ “color” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, primera edición, Real Academia Española, 2005. 0 0 2009/02/27 08:36 2023/01/28 08:17
46979 versatile [[English]] ipa :/ˈvɝ.səˌtaɪl/[Adjective] editversatile (comparative more versatile, superlative most versatile) 1.Capable of doing many things competently. 2.Having varied uses or many functions. 3.Changeable or inconstant. 4.(biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions. 5.1996, William G. D'Arcy, William G. D'Arcy, Richard C. Keating, editor, The anther: form, function, and phylogeny: The versatile anther is an important step up in flowering plant evolution and it may be the most widespread of all simple anther types. 6.(gay slang) Capable of taking either a penetrative (top) or receptive (bottom) role in anal sex. 7.2017, Simon LeVay, Gay, Straight, and the Reason why: The Science of Sexual Orientation‎[1]: Among men who do engage in anal intercourse, about one-quarter are tops, one-quarter are bottoms, and one-half are versatile. Synonym: (India) double-decker 8.(BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role. 9.2004, "queenchaser1158", Horny Versatile TV/TS Wanted in Phoenix (on newsgroup alt.personals.gay) [Anagrams] edit - levirates, relatives [Etymology] editFrom Latin versātilis (“turning easily”), from versātus, past participle of versō (“I turn, change”), frequentative of vertō (“I turn”). [Further reading] edit - versatile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 - versatile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 - versatile at OneLook Dictionary Search [[French]] ipa :/vɛʁ.sa.til/[Adjective] editversatile (plural versatiles) 1.versatile; easily changeable 2.indecisive [Etymology] editFrom Latin versātilis. [Further reading] edit - “versatile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [[Italian]] ipa :/verˈsa.ti.le/[Adjective] editversatile (plural versatili) 1.versatile 2.all-round, all around, multiskilled [Anagrams] edit - laveresti, rilevaste, rivaleste, rivelaste, servitela, versateli [Etymology] editFrom Latin versātilis, from versāre (“to turn, to twist”). [[Latin]] [Adjective] editversātile 1.nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of versātilis [[Romanian]] ipa :/versaˈtile/[Adjective] editversatile f pl or n pl 1.nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of versatil 0 0 2012/04/08 09:32 2023/01/28 08:17
46980 grandeur [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹæn.d͡ʒɚ/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle French grandeur, from Old French grandur, from grant (French grand), from Latin grandis (“grown up, great”). [Noun] editgrandeur (countable and uncountable, plural grandeurs) 1.The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence. 2.1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems: I wrapp’d myself in grandeur then, And donn’d a visionary crown —— 3.2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 44: So much of what followed from the drawing boards of others will have been designed with the demands, effort and grandeur of Primrose Hill [tunnel] in the back of their minds. 4.Nobility (state of being noble). 5.(archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness. [References] edit - “grandeur”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN. [[French]] ipa :/ɡʁɑ̃.dœʁ/[Etymology] editOld French grandur, from grand +‎ -eur. [Further reading] edit - “grandeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editgrandeur f (plural grandeurs) 1.size 2.(physics, mathematics) magnitude, quantity 3.(astronomy) magnitude 4.grandeur [See also] edit - taille - largeur - hauteur [[Walloon]] [Etymology] editFrom Old French grandur. [Noun] editgrandeur f (plural grandeurs) 1.size 0 0 2012/10/15 22:31 2023/01/28 08:18
46981 dependability [[English]] [Etymology] editdepend +‎ -ability [Noun] editdependability (countable and uncountable, plural dependabilities) 1.The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon. 0 0 2017/08/23 15:33 2023/01/28 08:18 TaN
46982 dependa [[Esperanto]] [Adjective] editdependa (accusative singular dependan, plural dependaj, accusative plural dependajn) 1.dependent [Antonyms] edit - sendependa [Etymology] editFrom dependi (“to depend”) +‎ -a (adjectival ending). [[Portuguese]] ipa :/deˈpẽ.dɐ/[Verb] editdependa 1.inflection of depender: 1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive 2.third-person singular imperative [[Spanish]] [Verb] editdependa 1.inflection of depender: 1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive 2.third-person singular imperative 0 0 2023/01/28 08:19 TaN
46983 imagery [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image +‎ -ry. [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:imageryWikipedia imagery (countable and uncountable, plural imageries) 1.The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects. 2.Imitation work. 3.Images in general, or en masse. 4.(figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance. 5.The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. 6.Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse. [[Middle English]] [Noun] editimagery 1.Alternative form of ymagerie 0 0 2020/11/10 17:29 2023/01/28 08:20 TaN
46986 loud [[English]] ipa :/laʊd/[Alternative forms] edit - lowd (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - Ludo, ludo, ludo-, ould [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen.CognatesAkin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian լու (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic слава (slava, “glory”), слово (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit श्रव (śráva, “glory”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô (“loudly”), related to Etymology 1. [[Middle English]] ipa :/luːd/[Etymology 1] editInherited from Old English hlūd, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós. [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2010/08/27 17:07 2023/01/28 08:23
46987 mount [[English]] ipa :/maʊnt/[Anagrams] edit - muton, notum [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“I project, I protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English mounten, from Anglo-Norman mounter, from Old French monter, from Medieval Latin montare (“to mount; literally, go up hill”), from Latin mons (“a hill, mountain”); compare French monter. [Further reading] edit - mount in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 - mount in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 - mount at OneLook Dictionary Search [Related terms] edit - amount - mountain - paramount - surmount [[Middle English]] ipa :/muːnt/[Alternative forms] edit - mont, mounte, mownt, munt [Etymology] editFrom Old English munt and Anglo-Norman mount, both from Latin mōns. [Noun] editmount (plural mountes or mouns) 1.A mountain; a mount or peak, especially the Alps. 0 0 2009/04/09 15:52 2023/01/28 08:24
46988 consolidation [[English]] ipa :-eɪʃən[Etymology] editFrom Latin cōnsolidātiō, cōnsolidātiōnem, from cōnsolidō. [Noun] editconsolidation (countable and uncountable, plural consolidations) 1.The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated Synonyms: solidification, combination 2.The combination of several actions into one. 3.(medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung. [[French]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin cōnsolidātiō. [Further reading] edit - “consolidation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editconsolidation f (plural consolidations) 1.consolidation 2.strengthening, reinforcement 0 0 2009/07/06 11:46 2023/01/28 08:28 TaN
46991 foment [[English]] ipa :/fəʊˈmɛnt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English fomenten, a borrowing from Old French fomenter[1], from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fōmentum (“lotion”), from fovere (“heat, cherish”). [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:fomentationWikipedia foment (plural foments) 1.Fomentation. 2.1892, Julian Ralph, On Canada's Frontier He came in no conciliatory mood, and the foment was kept up. [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “foment”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [Verb] editfoment (third-person singular simple present foments, present participle fomenting, simple past and past participle fomented) 1.To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate. He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse. Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest. 2.January 7 2021, Peter Walker, “Tories urged to suspend politicians who likened US violence to anti-Brexit protests”, in The Guardian‎[1]: Boris Johnson and senior Conservative ministers have vigorously condemned the violence in Washington, but have largely steered clear of condemning Trump for fomenting it. 3.(medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge. Synonym: beath 4.1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, Norton, published 2005, page 1178: The maid had entered with us, and began once more to foment the bruise upon her mistress's brow. 0 0 2023/01/28 08:30 TaN
46993 resentment [[English]] ipa :/ɹɪˈzɛnt.mənt/[Etymology] editFrom Italian risentimento, or French ressentiment from an archaic usage of the verb ressentir via Old French sentir, from Latin sentiō, sentīre (“to feel”). Doublet of resentiment and ressentiment. [Further reading] edit - resentment at OneLook Dictionary Search - “resentment, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. - resentment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911 - William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “resentiment; resentment”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume IV, revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371, page 5100, column 2. [Noun] editresentment (countable and uncountable, plural resentments) 1.Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation. 2.2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in AV Club‎[1]: “I Love Lisa” opens with one of my favorite underappreciated running jokes from The Simpsons: the passive-aggressive, quietly contentious relationship of radio jocks Bill and Marty, whose mindless happy talk regularly gives way to charged exchanges that betray the simmering resentment and disappointment perpetually lingering just under the surface of their relationship. 3.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], “3”, in Pride and Prejudice, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], OCLC 38659585: Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters. 4.(obsolete) The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon it; feeling; impression. 5.1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “(please specify the page)”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His Providence in the World. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Joseph Downing […], published 1713, OCLC 1227551523: He retains so vivid resentments of the more solid morality. 6.1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, OCLC 1051524189: It is a greater wonder that so many of them die, with so little resentment of their danger. 7.(obsolete) satisfaction; gratitude 8.1651, The Council Book: The Council taking notice of the many good services performed by Mr. John Milton […] have thought fit to declare their resentment and good acceptance of the same. [See also] edit - dudgeon - hold a grudge - umbrage - regret 0 0 2012/10/15 04:35 2023/01/28 08:30
46994 straining [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - trainings [Noun] editstraining (plural strainings) 1.The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc) 2.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 4, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299: sundry violent gaspings and strainings 3.filtering, the process of passing something through a strainer. 4.1931, John de Boer, The Theory of Knowledge of the Cambridge Platonists (page 64) Then after that process which Culverwel describes as so many strainings, refinings, and clarifyings, the mind is prepared for a true insight into the real nature of the world by way of intuition. [Verb] editstraining 1.present participle of strain 0 0 2023/01/28 08:31 TaN
46996 succeed [[English]] ipa :/səkˈsiːd/[Alternative forms] edit - succede (dated) [Anagrams] edit - succede [Antonyms] edit - (follow in order): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede - (obtain the object desired; accomplish what is attempted or intended): fail, fall on one's face - (support; prosper; promote): fail [Etymology] editFrom Old French succeder, from Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”). [Synonyms] edit - (follow in order): come after; see also Thesaurus:succeed - (support; prosper; promote): do well, flourish; see also Thesaurus:prosper [Verb] editsucceed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded) 1.(transitive) To follow something in sequence or time. Autumn succeeds summer. 2.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203: Destructive effects […] succeeded the curse. 3.(transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title. The king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne. After a contentious election, Jones succeeded Smith as president of the republic. Synonym: take the place of 4.(intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent; (often with to). 5.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 49”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], OCLC 365836: Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin. 6.(intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to). Following the death of his mother, he succeeded to the throne. So, if the issue of the elder son succeed before the younger, the crown (or: property) falls to me. 7.1924, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), An Analytical Digest of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland, And, on Appeal, in the House of Lords, 1868 to 1922, page 159: An heir in possession of an entailed estate succeeded to another estate under an entail which required him to denude of one of them. Held that before making his election he could not make up a title to or disentail the second estate. 1.(intransitive) To ascend the throne after the removal or death of the occupant. Princess Buttercup succeeded to the throne as queen after King Willoughby died. 2.2011, The Honorable Bede, The Ecclesiastical History of England, Jazzybee Verlag, →ISBN, page 242: If he succeeded in February, 670, this would be his sixteenth year.(intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort. The persecution of any righteous practice has never succeeded in the face of history; in fact, it can expedite the collapse of the persecutory regime. She succeeded in her efforts to repair the tank. - 2015 December 22, Amy E. Stich; Carrie Freie, The Working Classes and Higher Education: Inequality of Access, Opportunity and Outcome, Routledge, →ISBN: Risk here refers to the fact that working-class families are less likely to have members who have already attended and succeeded at university, which means that university is perceived as a more uncertain and thus risky proposition.(intransitive) To prosper or attain success and beneficial results in general. voted most likely to succeed - 1955, Soil Survey, page 35: Legumes thrive better on this soil than on any of those derived entirely from acid materials. Applications of lime benefit clover […] Even with artificial drainage, alfalfa will not succeed, as roots cannot penetrate deep enough.(transitive) To support; to prosper; to promote or give success to. - 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432: Succeed my wish and second my design. - 1666, Edward Stillingfleet, A Sermon preached before the honourable House of Commons ... October 10 ... third edition, page 31: […] and his Royal Highness, who by their presence and incouragement inspired a new life and vigour into the sinking spirits of the Citizens, whereby God was pleased so far to succeed their endeavours, that a stop was put to the fury […](intransitive) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve; (often with to). - 2020 September 1, David P. Barash, Threats: Intimidation and Its Discontents, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: A paterfamilias could arrange a marriage or emancipate a child without its mother's consent, and if the mother died intestate (possibly because her tutor refused to approve her will) her estate succeeded to her siblings, not to her husband or children,  […](transitive, obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit. - c. 1603, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure: Else let my brother die, / If not a feodary, but only he / Owe and succeed thy weakness.}} - (Can we date this quote?), D. Chandra Bose, Business Law, second edition, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., →ISBN, page 314: (iv) By Transmission of Shares: A person may become a member by registration if he succeeds the estate of a deceased member.(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go down or near (with to). - 1679, Edmund Spenser, The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser: Viz : The Faery Queen, [...], page 293: Who, ever as he saw him nigh succeed, / Gan cry aloud with horrible affright,  […] - 1697, Virgil, John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432: Or will you to the cooler cave succeed, / Whose mouth the curling vines have overspread? […] […] And snakes, familiar, to the hearth succeed, / Disclose their eggs, and near the chimney breed— […] To his rough palate his dry tongue succeeds; 0 0 2021/05/31 21:35 2023/01/28 08:31 TaN
46998 unwinding [[English]] [Adjective] editunwinding (not comparable) 1.Not winding or meandering; straight, direct. the long and unwinding road to recovery [Noun] editunwinding (plural unwindings) 1.The act by which something is unwound. [Verb] editunwinding 1.present participle of unwind 0 0 2022/10/16 18:35 2023/01/28 08:32 TaN
46999 unwind [[English]] ipa :/ʌnˈwaɪnd/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English unwinden, from Old English unwindan (“to unwind; unwrap”), from Proto-Germanic *andawindaną (“to unwind”); equivalent to un- +‎ wind (“to coil”). Cognate with Dutch ontwinden (“to unwind”). [Noun] editunwind (plural unwinds) 1.Any mechanism or operation that unwinds something. 2.1989, Ruth E. Goldenberg, Lawrence J. Kenah, VMS Internals and Data Structures: Version 5 Update The NEWPC argument specifies the address to which control should be returned after the unwind is complete. If it is omitted, its default is for control to return to the PC saved in the call frame next outermost to the unwound ones. 3.1998, Tappi Journal (volume 81, page 207) A primary function of the unwind is to provide a guided web into the slitter rewinder for accuracy in locating the web for slitting or to realign the edge of the web in a straight rewinding operation. [Verb] editunwind (third-person singular simple present unwinds, present participle unwinding, simple past and past participle unwound) 1.(transitive) To separate (something that is wound up) to unwind a ball of yarn Could you unwind about a foot of ribbon so I can finish the package? Synonyms: untwist, untwine 2.(transitive, obsolete) To disentangle 3.1836, Richard Hooker, The Works of Richard Hooker, Volume 4, page 27: […] but being not so skilful as in every point to unwind themselves where the snares of glossing speech do lie to entangle them, […] 4.(intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; to rest and relieve of stress After work, I like to unwind by smoking a pipe while reading the paper. 5.(intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted. 6.(transitive, finance) To close out a position, especially a complicated position. 7.(transitive, finance) To undo something. 8.(transitive, programming) To analyse (a call stack) so as to generate a stack trace etc. 9.2006, Hans-Wolfgang Loidl, Trends in Functional Programming (volume 5, page 62) If the expression is a throw, we unwind the stack seeking a handler expression. 0 0 2009/05/26 17:47 2023/01/28 08:32 TaN
47000 atop [[English]] ipa :/əˈtɒp/[Adverb] editatop (not comparable) 1.(literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top. 2.1909, William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities, Kessinger Publishing 2004, p. 46: He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop, though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown. 3.1978, James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, Harper & Row 1978, p. 102: The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop. 4.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, p. 52: Everything large or small is carried atop out of habit as much as necessity, like a delightful but defiant challenge to the laws of gravity. [Anagrams] edit - POTA, pato [Etymology] editFrom a- (“on”) +‎ top. [Preposition] editatop 1.On the top of. He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world. 2.1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 684: For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels. 3.1966, The Minnesota Review, vol. 6, page 242 A virtue is made out of a necessity, with the child feeling far more atop and master of his oddness, his behavior now deliberate or even clever. 4.2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 48 "And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again. 5.2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1] “Monotheism was born here,” Goren tells me atop a cliff overlooking the sheet of iron-colored water. 6.On the top, with "of". [Synonyms] edit - on top - ontop (mainly US) [[Aklanon]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. [Noun] editatop 1.roof; thatch [[Alangan]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. [Noun] editatop 1.roof; thatch [[Bikol Central]] ipa :/ʔaˈtop/[Etymology] editFrom Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. [Noun] editatóp 1.roof; thatch Synonym: bubong [[Cebuano]] ipa :/ʔaˈtop/[Anagrams] edit - otap, pato, tapo, taop [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. [Noun] editatóp 1.roof (cover at the top of a building) 2.roofing (material used on the outside of a roof) 3.rooftop 4.paper covering for a kite [Quotations] editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:atop. [Verb] editatóp 1.to put a roof; to cover or furnish with a roof 2.to cover a kite with paper covering [[Higaonon]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. [Noun] editatop 1.roof [[Hiligaynon]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. [Noun] editatóp 1.roof [Verb] editatóp 1.to roof [[Southern Catanduanes Bicolano]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Philippine *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp. [Noun] editatóp 1.roof; thatch 0 0 2010/01/26 09:52 2023/01/28 08:33 TaN
47001 lieutenant [[English]] ipa :/lɛfˈtɛnənt/[Adjective] editlieutenant (not comparable) 1.A military grade that is junior to the grade the adjective modifies: lieutenant colonel, lieutenant general, lieutenant commander. [Alternative forms] edit - leftenant, leftenaunt, lieftenant, lieftenaunt, lieutenaunt (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle French lieutenant, from lieu (“place”) + tenant (“holding”). Doublet of locum tenens. [Noun] editlieutenant (plural lieutenants) 1.(military) The lowest Junior Commissioned Officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. 1.(military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above Second Lieutenant and below Captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "Lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks. 2.(military, US, navy) A naval officer whose rank is above that of Ensign in the United States Navy and below that of a Lieutenant Commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: Lieutenant Junior Grade and Lieutenant. 3.(military, US) A Commissioned Officer in the United States Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration whose rank is above that of Ensign and below Lieutenant Commander. There are two ranks of lieutenant: Lieutenant Junior Grade and lieutenant. 4.(military, UK) A Commissioned Officer in the British Army and Royal Marines, holding the rank above Second Lieutenant and below Captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "Lieutenant," however "Second Lieutenant" is to specify that the officer is not yet a full Lieutenant. 5.(military, UK) A naval officer whose rank is above that of Sub-Lieutenant in the British Navy and below that of a Lieutenant Commander. 6.(military, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A naval Commissioned Officer who holds the rank above Sub-Lieutenant and below Lieutenant Commander.A person who manages or executes the plans and directives of another, more senior person - i.e. a manager to his director.The second-in-command (2IC) of a group. [References] edit 1. ^ Only 14 to 19% of 14-year-olds used the traditional pronunciation IPA(key): /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ in a survey in 1972, and they are meanwhile (at the beginning of 2017) at least 57 years old: How do you pronounce Lieutenant Governor?, Toronto Star; July 6, 2014 - Lieutenant, World Wide Words [Synonyms] edit - (military): Lt., LT., LT, lieut., Lieut., lieut, Lieut (abbreviation) [[French]] ipa :/ljøt.nɑ̃/[Etymology] editFrom lieu +‎ tenant. [Further reading] edit - “lieutenant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editlieutenant m (plural lieutenants, feminine lieutenante) 1.lieutenant [[Middle French]] [Noun] editlieutenant m (plural lieutenants) 1.lieutenant (person who executes the plans and directives of another) 0 0 2012/06/03 22:10 2023/01/28 08:33
47002 tenured [[English]] [Adjective] edittenured (not comparable) 1.Having tenure [Anagrams] edit - denture, detuner, retuned, untreed [Antonyms] edit - untenured [Verb] edittenured 1.simple past tense and past participle of tenure 0 0 2021/04/07 07:27 2023/01/28 08:34 TaN
47006 close-knit [[English]] [Adjective] editclose-knit (comparative closer-knit or more close-knit, superlative closest-knit or most close-knit) 1.(of a group) Closely linked or connected, as by a common identity, culture, or bond. Synonym: tight-knit I come from a close-knit family, we never keep secrets from one another. a close-knit community [Anagrams] edit - slice knot 0 0 2023/01/28 08:45 TaN
47007 speculation [[English]] ipa :/ˌspɛk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/[Anagrams] edit - peculations, placentious, spinoculate [Etymology] editFrom Middle English speculacioun, speculation, from Old French speculation (compare French spéculation), from Late Latin speculātiō, speculātiōnem, from Latin speculor.Morphologically speculate +‎ -ion [Noun] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:speculationWikipedia speculation (countable and uncountable, plural speculations) 1.(obsolete) The faculty of sight. 2.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]: Thou hast no speculation in those eyes. 3.(obsolete) An act of looking at something; examination, observation. 4.1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview 2001, p. 115: [T]he expression of exultation and content on their animated faces, is one of my most delicious speculations. 5.The process of thinking or meditating on a subject. 6.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554: Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts. 7.2012, Caroline Davies, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce they are expecting first baby (in The Guardian, 3 December 2012)[1] The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have ended months of intense speculation by announcing they are expecting their first child, but were forced to share their news earlier than hoped because of the Duchess's admission to hospital on Monday. 8.(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed. 9.A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture. 10.1690, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Ancient and Modern Learning”, in Miscellanea. The Second Part. [...], 2nd edition, London: […] J. R. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], OCLC 863624292, page 23: [N]ear the Age of Socrates lived their Great and Renowned Confutius, who began the ſame Deſign, of reclaiming Men from the uſeless and endleſs Speculations of Nature, to thoſe of Morality. 11.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 19, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323: To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason". 12.(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return. 13.The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets. 14.1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by what is called the trade of speculation. 15.1883, Francis Amasa Walker, Political Economy Speculation, while confined within moderate limits, is the agent for equalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of price less sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be. 16.A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes. 17.(programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance. [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:supposition 0 0 2020/05/19 20:44 2023/01/28 08:51 TaN
47008 fold [[English]] ipa :/ˈfəʊld/[Anagrams] edit - FLOD [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English fold, fald, from Old English fald, falæd, falod (“fold, stall, stable, cattle-pen”), from Proto-Germanic *faludaz (“enclosure”). Akin to Scots fald, fauld (“an enclosure for livestock”), Dutch vaalt (“dung heap”), Middle Low German valt, vālt (“an inclosed space, a yard”), Danish fold (“pen for herbivorous livestock”), Swedish fålla (“corral, pen, pound”). [Etymology 3] editFrom Middle English folde, from Old English folde (“earth, land, country, district, region, territory, ground, soil, clay”), from Proto-Germanic *fuldǭ, *fuldō (“earth, ground; field; the world”). Cognate with Old Norse fold (“earth, land, field”), Norwegian and Icelandic fold (“land, earth, meadow”). [[Danish]] ipa :/fɔl/[Etymology 1] editfrom Old Norse faldr (“seam”). [Etymology 2] editFrom Old Danish fald, from Middle Low German valde, from Old Saxon *faled, from Proto-Germanic *faludaz. [Etymology 3] editFrom Old Norse -faldr. [Etymology 4] editSee folde (“to fold”). [See also] edit - fold on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da [[Icelandic]] ipa :[fɔlt][Etymology] editFrom Old Norse fold. [Noun] editfold f (genitive singular foldar, nominative plural foldir) 1.(poetic) earth, ground, land [[Middle English]] ipa :/fɔːld/[Alternative forms] edit - fald, feld, vold [Etymology] editFrom Old English fald, falæd, falod, from Proto-West Germanic *falud, from Proto-Germanic *faludaz. [Noun] editfold (plural foldes) 1.A pen, enclosure, or shelter for domesticated animals. [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Verb] editfold 1.imperative of folde [[Old Norse]] [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Germanic *fuldō (“earth, ground; field; the world”). [Noun] editfold f 1.(poetic) earth, land; field 2.9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5: Hitt vas fyrr, / at fold ruðu sverðberendr / sínum dróttni. […] […] It happened before, / that the sword-bearers reddened the ground / with [the blood of] their lord. […] 3.900-1100, The Alvíssmál, verses 9 and 10: […] Hvé sú jǫrð heitir, / er liggr fyr alda sonum heimi hverjum í? 10. Jǫrð heitir með mǫnnum, en með Ásum fold, / kalla vega Vanir. […] How is the earth named, / which lies before the sons of men, in each of the worlds? 10. "Earth" it is named among men, but among the Æsir "Field", / the Vanir call it "Ways". [References] edit - “fold”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press 0 0 2021/09/13 08:51 2023/01/28 08:53 TaN
47009 melding [[English]] ipa :-ɛldɪŋ[Anagrams] edit - mingled [Noun] editmelding (plural meldings) 1.A composite or hybrid, the result of being melded. 2.2008 March 31, Roslyn Sulcas, “Japanese Traditions on the Move”, in New York Times‎[1]: Cross-cultural meldings of Eastern and Western dance styles and aesthetics must have been unusual and perhaps somewhat exotic when the Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company was founded in 1970. [Verb] editmelding 1.present participle of meld [[Danish]] [Etymology] editFrom melde +‎ -ing. [Noun] editmelding c (singular definite meldingen, plural indefinite meldinger) 1.announcement 2.report 3.message, indication [References] edit - “melding” in Den Danske Ordbog [Synonyms] edit - meddelelse - offentliggørelse - underretning [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈmɛl.dɪŋ/[Etymology] editFrom melden +‎ -ing. Cognate with Icelandic melding, German Meldung. [Noun] editmelding f (plural meldingen, diminutive meldinkje n) 1.a report, notification, message, notice [[Icelandic]] ipa :/ˈmɛltiŋk/[Etymology] editFrom melda (“to report”) (from Danish melde, from Middle Low German melden) + -ing, or borrowed from Danish melding, from the same verb. [Noun] editmelding f (genitive singular meldingar, nominative plural meldingar) 1.(informal) message, notice 2.(informal) the act of reporting in, affirming one's presence or participation [Synonyms] edit - (notice): tilkynning [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom melde +‎ -ing. [Noun] editmelding f or m (definite singular meldinga or meldingen, indefinite plural meldinger, definite plural meldingene) 1.the act of reporting 2.message, report Jeg har fått ei melding fra styret. I've gotten a message from the leadership. 3.review, evaluation 4.an announcement [References] edit - “melding” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - (message): beskjed [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom melde +‎ -ing. [Noun] editmelding f (definite singular meldinga, indefinite plural meldingar, definite plural meldingane) 1.the act of reporting 2.message, report Eg har fått ei melding frå styret. I've got a message from the leadership. 3.review, evaluation 4.an announcement [References] edit - “melding” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - (message): beskjed 0 0 2023/01/28 08:54 TaN

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