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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]
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- ebullience
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gripe
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡɹaɪp/[Anagrams]
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- 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]
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[References]
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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]
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- “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]
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[[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]
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- “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]
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[Etymology 2]
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[[Romanian]]
ipa :[ˈɡripe][Noun]
editgripe f pl
1.inflection of gripă:
1.indefinite plural
2.indefinite genitive/dative singular
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈɡɾipe/[Alternative forms]
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- gripa (Colombia, Mexico)
[Anagrams]
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- pigre
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize”), of Germanic origin.
[Further reading]
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- “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
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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]
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- colour (Commonwealth, Ireland) (see the usage notes below)
[Anagrams]
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- corol, crool
[Antonyms]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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[See also]
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- tincture
[Synonyms]
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- (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]
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- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “color”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
[[Asturian]]
[Alternative forms]
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- 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]
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- “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]
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[[Galician]]
ipa :[ˈkoloɾ][Alternative forms]
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- 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]
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- “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]
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- cloro, cloro-
[Noun]
editcolor m (apocopated)
1.Apocopic form of colore
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈko.lor/[Alternative forms]
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- 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]
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- “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]
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- coulour (Provençal)
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Occitan color, from Latin color, colōrem.
[Noun]
editcolor f (plural colors)
1.color
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
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- 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]
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[[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]
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- cloro, corló, corlo, locro
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Spanish color, from Latin colōrem, singular accusative of color.
[Further reading]
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- “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.
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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]
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1. ^ “color” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, primera edición, Real Academia Española, 2005.
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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]
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- levirates, relatives
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin versātilis (“turning easily”), from versātus, past participle of versō (“I turn, change”), frequentative of vertō (“I turn”).
[Further reading]
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- 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]
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- “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]
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- 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
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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]
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- “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]
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- “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]
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- taille
- largeur
- hauteur
[[Walloon]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French grandur.
[Noun]
editgrandeur f (plural grandeurs)
1.size
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dependability
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editdepend + -ability
[Noun]
editdependability (countable and uncountable, plural dependabilities)
1.The characteristic of being dependable; the ability to be depended upon.
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dependa
[[Esperanto]]
[Adjective]
editdependa (accusative singular dependan, plural dependaj, accusative plural dependajn)
1.dependent
[Antonyms]
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- 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
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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
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loud
[[English]]
ipa :/laʊd/[Alternative forms]
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- lowd (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- 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]
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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]
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- 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.
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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
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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]
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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.
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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]
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- 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]
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- dudgeon
- hold a grudge
- umbrage
- regret
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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
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succeed
[[English]]
ipa :/səkˈsiːd/[Alternative forms]
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- 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]
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- (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;
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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
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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.
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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]
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- 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
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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]
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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]
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- (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)
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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
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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]
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- slice knot
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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]
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- See also Thesaurus:supposition
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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]
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- “fold”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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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]
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- (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]
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- (message): beskjed
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meld
[[English]]
ipa :/mɛld/[Etymology 1]
editBlend of melt + weld; alternatively, from English melled (“mingled; blended”), past participle of mell.
[Etymology 2]
editProbably borrowed from Dutch or German melden (“to report, announce”). Compare cognate Middle English melden (“to call out, accuse”), from Old English meldian (“to declare, announce, tell”).
[References]
edit
- “meld”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[[Danish]]
[Verb]
editmeld
1.imperative of melde
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɛlt[Verb]
editmeld
1.first-person singular present indicative of melden
2. imperative of melden
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Verb]
editmeld
1.imperative of melde
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse meldr.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[References]
edit
- “meld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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communication
[[English]]
ipa :/kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən/[Antonyms]
edit
- anticommunication
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English communicacion, from Old French communicacion, from Latin commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”), from commūnicō (“I share, I impart”).Morphologically communicate + -ion
[Further reading]
edit
- communication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editcommunication (countable and uncountable, plural communications)
1.The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
communication of smallpox
communication of a secret
2.(uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
3.A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications.
4.The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
5.An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
6.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
Argument […] and friendly communication.
7.A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
8.1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.
9.1900, Patents for Inventions: Abridgments of Specifications (page 75)
This communication between the tank and pump is controlled by a float valve in the tanks and a cock in the pipe, while a poppet valve prevents the undrawn liquor going into the waste tank.
10.(anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
11.1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617
...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
12.(obsolete) Association; company.
13.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Bible Corinthians/#15 1 Corinthians:15–33:
Evil communications corrupt good manners.
14.Participation in Holy Communion.
15.1672, William Cave, Primitive Christianity:
We admit them in the Church to a right of Communication to drink of the Cup of the Bloud of Christ.
16.(rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
17.1798, James Beattie, Elements of Moral Science:
Communication […] takes place when a speaker or writer assumes his hearer or reader as a partner in his sentiments and discourse, saying We, instead of I or Ye.
[References]
edit
- communication at OneLook Dictionary Search
- communication in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "communication" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 72.
- communication in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ.my.ni.ka.sjɔ̃/[Alternative forms]
edit
- communicaison
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French communicacion, borrowed from Latin commūnicātiō, commūnicātiōnem (“sharing, communication”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “communication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editcommunication f (plural communications)
1.communication
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sprawling
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editsprawling (comparative more sprawling, superlative most sprawling)
1.That sprawls
2.Expansive; extensive
a sprawling cityscape
3.1972, Topping, Seymour, “Departure”, in Journey Between Two Chinas[1], Harper & Row, →ISBN, OCLC 906398512, page 101:
We looked over Hoihow, a dirty sprawling city of 250,000 people, many of them living in old two-story buildings made of mud and white plaster, across the narrow Hainan Strait to the Liuchow Peninsula on the mainland.
4.2021 July 28, Peter Plisner, “The race to the Games has begun”, in RAIL, number 936, page 54:
It's close to the sprawling University of Birmingham campus and the ever-growing Queen Elizabeth Hospital site, which also includes a large medical school.
[Noun]
editsprawling (plural sprawlings)
1.The act of one who sprawls.
2.1838, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist (page 176)
Having feasted our souls with this sublime spectacle, we ministered to the wants of the body by a plentiful breakfast, and about noon we commenced the descent, rendered ludicrous enough by various tumblings and sprawlings on the part of the more inexpert mountaineers.
[Verb]
editsprawling
1.present participle of sprawl
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rupture
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹʌptʃə/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French rupture, or its source, Latin ruptūra (“a breaking, rupture (of a limb or vein)”) and Medieval Latin ruptūra (“a road, a field, a form of feudal tenure, a tax, etc.”), from the participle stem of rumpere (“to break, burst”).
[Further reading]
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- rupture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- rupture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- rupture at OneLook Dictionary SearchCategory:English terms derived from the PIE root *Hrewp-
[Noun]
editrupture (countable and uncountable, plural ruptures)
1.A burst, split, or break.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Hatch from the egg, that soon, / Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed / Their callow young.
3.A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
4.1825, Edward Everett, Claims of the United States on Naples and Holland
He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.
5.1761, The Modern Part of an Universal History
Thus a war was kindled with Lubec; Denmark took part with the king's enemies, and made use of a frivolous pretence, which demonstrated the inclination of his Danish majesty to come to a rupture.
6.(medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
7.(engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
[See also]
edit
- Rupture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Verb]
editrupture (third-person singular simple present ruptures, present participle rupturing, simple past and past participle ruptured)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.
2.(botany, intransitive) To dehisce irregularly.
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁyp.tyʁ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin ruptūra. Doublet of roture.
[Further reading]
edit
- “rupture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editrupture f (plural ruptures)
1.breakup, rupture
[Verb]
editrupture
1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
[[Latin]]
[Participle]
editruptūre
1.vocative masculine singular of ruptūrus
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heal
[[English]]
ipa :/hiːl/[Anagrams]
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- Aleh, Hale, Hela, Leah, hale
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English helen, from Old English hǣlan (“to heal, cure, save, greet, salute”), from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal, make whole, save”), from Proto-Indo-European *koyl- (“safe, unharmed”).CognatesCognate with Scots hale, hail (“to heal”), Saterland Frisian heila, heilen (“to heal”), West Frisian hielje, Dutch helen (“to heal”), German heilen (“to heal”), Danish hele, Swedish hela (“to heal”). More at whole.
[Etymology 2]
editSee hele.
[[Estonian]]
[Adjective]
editheal
1.adessive singular of hea
[[Scots]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English hǣlth, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *hail.
[Noun]
editheal (uncountable)
1.(obsolete) health
[References]
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- “heal” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
[[West Frisian]]
ipa :/hɪə̯l/[Adjective]
editheal
1.half
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Frisian half, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.
[[Yola]]
[Noun]
editheal
1.Alternative form of heale
[References]
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- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 45
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sexiest
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛksi.əst/[Adjective]
editsexiest
1.superlative form of sexy: most sexy
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reimburse
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɹiːɪmˈbɜː(ɹ)s/[Anagrams]
edit
- umbrieres
[Etymology]
edit1610s, re- (“back”) + imburse (“pay”) (imburse (literally “put in a purse”), circa 1530, now obsolete), from Middle French embourser, from Old French en- (“in”) + borser (“to get money”), from borse (“purse”), from Medieval Latin bursa (English purse).[1]
[References]
edit
1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “reimburse”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Verb]
editreimburse (third-person singular simple present reimburses, present participle reimbursing, simple past and past participle reimbursed)
1.To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
Synonym: (one sense, obsolete) imburse
The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip.
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POV
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- OPV, OVP, VOP
[Noun]
editPOV (plural POVs)
1.Initialism of point of view.
Alternative forms: P.O.V., PoV, p.o.v.
2.1988, Kristin Thompson, Breaking the Glass Armor: Neoformalist Film Analysis, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 308:
By this time we might suspect that he had not been looking at her in the previous shot, and that the bird shot had been from his pov.
3.1993, Richard Price, 3 Screenplays, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 261:
From his pov, we see Boom Boom Grossman, 60, huge ex-pug Jack Dempsey look-alike with meat-hook hands and meat-pie face.
4.1999, Laurence A. Rickels, The vampire lectures, page 259:
When one of the girls goes down into the basement, she is devoured by the POV accompanied by audio portions of werewolfish sounds.
5.2015, Kate Elliott, The Very Best of Kate Elliott, Tachyon Publications, →ISBN, page 344:
A female point-of-view (pov) character is not necessarily written from the perspective of a female gaze. […] A pov character is a character through whose eyes and perspective we follow the action of the story.
6.2022, Peter C. Pugsley; Ben McCann, The Cinematic Influence: Interaction and Exchange Between the Cinemas of France and Japan, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
The film takes us immediately to Oscar’s pov, complete with momentary ‘blackouts’ as he blinks. […] Soon, still from Oscar’s pov, he begins lighting up a form of hallucinatory drug, and after a seemingly interminable number of attempts, begins to achieve the high he was seeking.
7.2022, Nigel Hamilton, “The Missing Key: Theorizing Modern Historical Biography”, in Hans Renders and David Veltman, editors, Fear of Theory: Towards a New Theoretical Justification of Biography, Brill, →ISBN, part I (Reflections on Theory and Biography), page 39:
Who would dare theorize the history and practice of jazz without taking into account its significant composers, vocalists and instrumentalists from their pov?
8.Initialism of privately owned vehicle.
9.(finance, computing) Initialism of percentage of volume, a type of securities trading algorithm.
[References]
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1. ^ Emma Carey (2022-08-04), “What Does POV Mean On TikTok? The Popular Acronym, Explained”, in Bustle[1], archived from the original on 2022-11-01
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PoV
[[English]]
[Noun]
editPoV (plural PoVs)
1.Alternative form of POV (“point of view”)
2.2015, Antonio Manuel Liz Gutiérrez; Margarita Vázquez Campos, “Temporal Aspects of Points of View”, in Temporal Points of View: Subjective and Objective Aspects, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, →ISBN, pages 131–132:
We are going to define the notion of temporal points of view (TPoV). But we need the help of a conception of points of view (PoV) according to which any point of view can be seen as having the following canonical structure: […] Temporal Points of View (TPoV) are PoV with explicit contents EC*, either non-CC or CC, identifying certain differences in some explicit non-CC, let us call them EC, as changes in time, or permanencies in time, with respect to distinct positions in an A-series (past, present and future).
3.2016, Ian Wood, Seasoning:
Unfortunately from their PoV, the bottom line was Mags’s and hers alone.
4.2018, Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana, Formal Approach to the Metaphysics of Perspectives: Points of View as Access, Springer International Publishing AG, →ISBN, page 53:
On the other hand, as Hautamäki points out, “a PoV selects a set of possible worlds, namely, those worlds which have a structure or features presupposed by the PoV. In these worlds, the PoV is satisfied” (Hautamäki 1983b: 226).
5.2020, Neerja Singh, quoting Aqseer Sodhi, No Time to Be Young: 30 Insights into Generational Empathy from the Seenager, Senior Teenager, Notion Press, →ISBN:
It shows us the power of thinking from their PoV in an informed manner, and tackling the divide with empathy, curiosity and a good faith belief that these kids must have some reason for acting the way they do.
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pov
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpov (comparative more pov, superlative most pov)
1.(colloquial, Australian slang) Poor; impoverished; cheap.
2.1999 April 28, Gerard, “GAF clothes in Melbourne”, in aus.culture.gothic, Usenet:
Phantazeum is still in existence, on Chapel Street (the more pov end, not the yuppy end) ...
3.2002 June 2, Marco Spaccavento, “Focus to start at $23k!”, in aus.cars, Usenet:
Especially considering the most pov Astra is $18,990 and $20k gets you a fully loaded Pulsar...
[Anagrams]
edit
- OPV, OVP, VOP
[Etymology]
editAbbreviation of poverty or clipping of impoverished.
[[Volapük]]
[Noun]
editpov (nominative plural povs)
1.(geography) pole
[[White Hmong]]
ipa :/pɒ˧˦/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Hmong-Mien *pənX (“to shoot”).
[References]
edit
- John Duffy, Writing from These Roots: Literacy in a Hmong-American Community →ISBN, 2007)
[Verb]
editpov
1.to throw
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herd
[[English]]
ipa :/hɜːd/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; keeping, care, custody”), from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with German Herde, Swedish hjord. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian herdhe (“nest”) and Serbo-Croatian krdo.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English herde, from Old English hirde, hierde, from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz. Cognate with German Hirte, Swedish herde, Danish hyrde.
[See also]
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- Appendix:English collective nouns
- drove
- gather
- muster
- round up
- ride herd on
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Verb]
editherd
1.imperative of herde
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/hæːr/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse herðr.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
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- “herd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Ivar Aasen (1850), “Hær”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
[[Old High German]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *herþ.
[Noun]
editherd m
1.hearth
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Herd
[[German]]
ipa :/heːrt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German hert, from Old High German herd, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ. Cognate with Dutch haard, English hearth.
[Further reading]
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- “Herd” in Duden online
- “Herd” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Herd”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
[Noun]
editHerd m (strong, genitive Herdes or Herds, plural Herde)
1.cooker; stove
Der Herd besteht aus einem Ofen und vier Herdplatten.
The cooker consists of an oven and four rings.
2.(by restriction) hob; cooktop
Synonym: Kochfeld (rarely in everyday use)
Der Ofen ist aus, aber der Herd ist noch an.
The oven is off, but the hob is still on.
Eine Sekunde! Ich hab was auf dem Herd.
One second! I have something [cooking] on the hob.
3.(dated, except in Herdfeuer) fireplace, hearth
Synonyms: (offener) Kamin, Feuerstätte
Abends saßen sie alle am Herd und wärmten ihre Glieder.
In the evening they all sat by the hearth and warmed their limbs.
4.(figuratively) the household as the traditional workplace of women
Frauen gehören an den Herd.
Women belong in the household.
5.(figuratively) hotbed, place where something (negative) spreads from
Synonyms: Brutstätte, Hochburg
Diese Region ist ein Herd der Unruhe.
This region is a hotbed of unrest.
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geriatric
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editgeriatric (comparative more geriatric, superlative most geriatric)
1.Relating to the elderly.
2.Elderly, old.
Synonyms: hoary, long in the tooth, on in years; see also Thesaurus:elderly
3.Relating to geriatrics.
[Etymology]
editFrom geriatrics; sychronically, from Ancient Greek γῆρας (gêras, “old age”) + -iatric.
[Noun]
editgeriatric (plural geriatrics)
1.(slang) An old person.
Synonyms: genarian, oldster, silver top; see also Thesaurus:old person
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taken for granted
[[English]]
[Verb]
edittaken for granted
1.past participle of take for granted
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taken for
[[English]]
[Verb]
edittaken for
1.past participle of take for
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suss
[[English]]
ipa :/sʌs/[Alternative forms]
edit
- sus
[Anagrams]
edit
- USSS
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editClipping of suspicious.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom suspect; originally suss out (“to investigate”).
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telemetry
[[English]]
ipa :/təˈlɛ.məˌtri/[Etymology]
edittele- + -metry
[Noun]
edittelemetry (countable and uncountable, plural telemetries)
1.(applied sciences) The science, and associated technology, of the automatic recording and transmission of data from a remote source to a receiving station for analysis.
2.2022 April 20, Alex Hynes, “Making our railway safer”, in RAIL, number 955, page 27:
We have also installed river level monitors and scour telemetry on more than 25 bridges across our network, and over the next two years we will continue to increase the number of locations fitted with these technologies.
[References]
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- “telemetry”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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errand
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛɹənd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- arrand
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ardern, Darner, Darren, Renard, darner, redarn
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English erande, erende, from Old English ǣrende, from Proto-West Germanic *ārundī (“message, errand”).
[Noun]
editerrand (plural errands)
1.A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
1.(literary or archaic) A mission or quest.
2.1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
What will ye, said King Arthur, and what is your errand?
(please add an English translation of this quote)
3.1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Few have ever come hither through greater peril or on an errand more urgent.
In this evil hour I have come on an errand over many dangerous leagues to Elrond: a hundred and ten days I have journeyed all alone.
4.A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.)
The errands before he could start the project included getting material at the store and getting the tools he had lent his neighbors.
I'm going to town on some errands.The purpose of such a journey.
- 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
- 1633, John Donne, Elegy VII
I had not taught thee then the alphabet
Of flowers, how they, devicefully being set
And bound up, might with speechless secrecy
Deliver errands mutely and mutually.
[Verb]
editerrand (third-person singular simple present errands, present participle erranding, simple past and past participle erranded)
1.(transitive) To send someone on an errand.
All the servants were on holiday or erranded out of the house.
2.(intransitive) To go on an errand.
She spent an enjoyable afternoon erranding in the city.
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Outside
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- dies out, side out, sudoite, tedious
[Proper noun]
editOutside
1.(slang, US) To residents of Alaska, the rest of the United States, especially the contiguous 48 states south of Canada.
She's going to the Outside for Christmas.
[Synonyms]
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- the lower 48
- United States
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outside
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈaʊt.saɪd/[Adjective]
editoutside (comparative more outside, superlative most outside)
1.Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
The outside surface looks good.
2.1901, Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career,
Household drudgery, woodcutting, milking, and gardening soon roughen the hands and dim the outside polish.
3.1921, Ernest Leopold Ahrons, Steam Locomotive Construction and Maintenance:
The tyres, which come from the steel manufacturers, are rolled without weld. They are bored inside to an internal diameter slightly less than the outside diameter of the wheel centre, on to which they have to be shrunk, the allowance being about 1⁄1000 of the diameter of the wheel centre.
4.Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
5.1938 (believed written c.1933), H. P. Lovecraft, The Book,
Dogs had a fear of me, for they felt the outside shadow which never left my side.
6.1976, Helen Schucman, A Course in Miracles,
It is the witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition.
7.1993 September 3, Nancy Tatom Ammerman, Report to the Justice and Treasury Departments regarding law enforcement interaction with the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas,
Nor did they consult with outside persons in religious studies, sociology of religion, or psychology of religion.
8.Away from the interior or center of something.
9.2003, Timothy Noakes, Lore of Running, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 731:
As the centripetal force is an inverse function of the radius of the curve, it follows that the runner in the outside lane will be less affected than the runner in the inside lane.
10.Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
The Board did not trust outside information about their rivals.
11.1968, Barney G. Glaser, Organizational Careers, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 23:
Positions in organizations are being vacated continually through death and retirement, promotion and demotion. Replacements may be drawn from the outside ("an outside man") or from within the organization.
12.Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
13.2004, Viktor Zander, Identity and Marginality among New Australians: Religion and Ethnicity in Victoria's Slavic Baptist Community, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 88:
Although a marriage to "one of ours" was encouraged, an outside marriage was not condemned if it would be to a believer of a similar faith. Some of the immigrants' children married Australians and joined Australian Churches.
14.(baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
The first pitch is ... just a bit outside.
15.Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
an outside estimate
16.Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
the outside lane of the motorway
17.(of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
Antonym: inside
18.1994, Caroline H. Bledsoe, Gilles Pison, Nuptiality in Sub-Saharan Africa: contemporary anthropological and demographic perspectives (Oxford University Press, USA):
Isaac Nathan's Christian wife served as godmother to his outside son, born after their Christian marriage. She allowed the boy, but not his mother, to live with her, her husband, and their two children.
19.2008, Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 158:
An 'outside wife' has limited social recognition and status because her husband typically refuses to declare her publicly as his wife. She also has much less social and politico-jural recognition than an 'inside wife' [...]
20.2009, Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, Yoruba women, work, and social change (Indiana Univ. Pr.):
The legitimacy and inheritance rights of children were questionable, because colonial law did not acknowledge the validity of an outside marriage contracted after a monogamous, Christian one.
21.2013, John C.S. Fray; Janice G Douglas, Pathophysiology of Hypertension in Blacks, Springer, →ISBN, page 78:
A husband will thus have responsibilities to his own household, as well as to those in which his “outside” children reside.
22.2014, Mary Jo Maynes, Ann Waltner, Birgitte Soland, Gender, Kinship and Power, page 256:
The latter is her “outside” child in reference to her conjugal tie at the time. Should she leave this man and move in again with the father of her first child, then the three younger children assume the place of “outside” children, [...]
23.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:outside.
[Adverb]
editoutside (comparative more outside, superlative most outside)
1.To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
I am going outside.
Residents of the city rarely ventured outside.
1.
2. (colloquial) Not in prison.
3.1964, Merfyn Turner, A Pretty Sort of Prison, page 15:
It is the prison that supports the image of the criminal […] he's lost when he's outside.Outdoors.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess[1]:
Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
I slept outside last night.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- owtside (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- dies out, side out, sudoite, tedious
[Antonyms]
edit
- inside
[Derived terms]
editTerms derived from outside (all parts of speech)
- bring outside
- just a bit outside
- on the outside, looking in
- outside back
- outside caliper
- outside centre
- outside chance
- outside director
- outside edge
- outside gross area
- outside loop
- outside market
- outside mirror
- outsideness
- outside of
- outsider
- outside the box
- outside world
- take it outside
[Etymology]
editFrom out + side.
[Noun]
editoutside (plural outsides)
1.The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
He's repainting the outside of his house.
2.1653, Thomas Urquhart (translator), François Rabelais, Gargantua, "The Author's Prologue to the First Book"
Silenes of old swere little boxes, like those we now may see in the shops of apothecaries, painted on the outside with wanton toyish figures, as harpies, satyrs, bridled geese, horned hares, saddled ducks, flying goats, thiller harts, and other such-like counterfeited pictures at discretion, ...
3.1890, Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives,
The outside of the building gives no valuable clew.
4.1911, Cab, article in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition,
The number of persons which the cab is licensed to carry must be painted at the back on the outside.
5.The external appearance of someone or something.
Her outside was stern, but inside was a heart of gold.
6.The space beyond some limit or boundary.
Viewed from the outside, the building seemed unremarkable.
7.1714 August 17 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “FRIDAY, August 6, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 577; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:
I in great Transport threw open the Door of my Chamber, and found the greatest Part of the Family standing on the Outside in a very great Consternation
8.1967, The Bee Gees, New York Mining Disaster 1941,
Have you seen my wife, Mr Jones?,Do you know what it's like on the outside?
9.1982, Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, Malcolm Mclaren, Buffalo Gals
Four buffalo gals go 'round the outside
'Round the outside
'Round the outside
Four buffalo gals go 'round the outside
And do-si-do your partners.
10.The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
It may last a week at the outside.
11.The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
On a motorway, you should always overtake other vehicles on the outside.
12.The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
On the final bend, the second-place car tried to go around the outside of the leader but spun off into the barrier.
13.(surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
14.2011, Rick Hansen, Leadership and The Art of Surfing (page xi)
When a wave mounds on the outside and takes its shape, a surfer quickly paddles to the peak, positions himself in its evolving momentum, swings his board around, aligns with the peak, and thrusts himself into its cascading shape.
15.(dated, UK, colloquial) A passenger riding on the outside of a coach or carriage.
16.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, OCLC 28228280:
The outsides did as outsides always do. They were very cheerful and talkative at the beginning of every stage, and very dismal and sleepy in the middle […]
[Preposition]
editoutside
1.On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).
2.1919 June 28, the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany, Treaty of Versailles, Part IV—German Rights and Interests outside Germany,
In territory outside her European frontiers as fixed by the present Treaty, Germany renounces all rights, titles and privileges whatever in or over territory which belonged to her or to her allies, and all rights, titles and privileges whatever their origin which she held as against the Allied and Associated Powers.
3.1905, Upton Sinclair, chapter XXVIII, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, OCLC 1150866071:
Jurgis waited outside and walked home with Marija.
4.1982, 97th Congress of the United States, Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982,
There is jurisdiction over an offense under section 601 committed outside the United States if the individual committing the offense is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act).
5.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
6.Beyond the scope, limits, or borders of.
tourists from outside the country
7.Near, but not in.
8.1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds,
Up the hill Richmond town was burning briskly; outside the town of Richmond there was no trace of the Black Smoke.
9.2002, Jane Green, Bookends, 2003 trade paperback edition, →ISBN, outside back cover:
Jane Green […] lives outside New York City with her husband and children.
10.2010 December, Patricia Corrigan, "Beyond Congregations", OY! (magazine section), St. Louis Jewish Light, volume 63, number 50, page 24:
Kastner lives in University City with his wife, Leslie Cohen, who works for the Jewish Federation, and their 17-month-old old[sic] son. Kastner grew up outside Cleveland.
11.(usually with “of”) Except, apart from.
Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.
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doghouse
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- house dog, housegod
[Etymology]
editdog + house
[Noun]
editdoghouse (plural doghouses)
1.Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
2.1902, Thomas Dixon, The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden--1865-1900, page 61:
"But, honey, whar yo' ole man gwine ter sleep?" "Dey's straw in de barn, en pine shatters in de doghouse!" she shouted, slamming the window.
3.A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
4.1840, James Holman, Travels in Madeira, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, St. Jago, Cape Coast, Fernando ..., page 411
This berth of mine was commonly called a doghouse (a box about six feet long, four high, and two broad,) containing a mattress fitted about 18 inches from the deck.
5.p. 1927, United States Code Annotated
[…] so as to render railroad liable for death of brakeman falling from tender, notwithstanding construction of doghouse on top of tender for brakeman's use.
6.1958, in Rudder, Page 33
The yacht is well equipped and has accommodations for six people. A teak doghouse over the forward part of the cockpit affords […]
7.2005, Alan Cockrell, Drilling Ahead: The Quest for Oil in the Deep South, 1945-2005, page 276:
A rotary rig could have drilled that much in a day. Oscar had been here a month. He kept a careful log on the doghouse wall […]
8.Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
9.(nautical) A difficult or demoralizing situation.
10.1981, Charles Snelling, Nomenclature of Ships, Naval Sea Systems Command publication
During the slave trade, slaves were packed into every available niche aboard the slave ships, including the officers' cabins. The officers slept on deck in semi-cylindrical boxes, nicknamed "dog houses." The term "in the dog house" grew to describe being in a difficult situation due to the extreme discomfort of sleeping in these boxes.
11.A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
12.(informal) Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
13.2011, Christopher Pike, Until the End: The Party; The Dance; The Graduation (page 161)
He didn't even know where he was taking her. He had assumed she would suggest a place she wanted to eat, the movie she wanted to see. Now he suspected she was waiting for him to make the decision. Unfortunately, he hardly knew the area. He didn't want to risk taking her to the local doghouse.
[Synonyms]
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- (chiefly British) kennel
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flammable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈflæməbəl/[Adjective]
editflammable (comparative more flammable, superlative most flammable)
1.Capable of burning, especially a liquid.
2.Easily set on fire.
3.Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.
[Antonyms]
edit
- inflammable (in the newer sense)
- non-flammable, nonflammable
- noninflammable
- unflammable
- uninflammable
[Etymology]
editBack-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.
[Noun]
editflammable (plural flammables)
1.Any flammable substance.
[Synonyms]
edit
- inflammable (in the original sense)
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iffy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɪfi/[Adjective]
editiffy (comparative iffier, superlative iffiest)
1.(slang) Of dubious authenticity, legitimacy or legality.
Synonyms: dodgy, dubious, fishy; see also Thesaurus:iffy
He's selling new CD players for £20 each – that sounds a bit iffy to me.
2.Uncertain or chancy.
The weather is still iffy for Saturday's shuttle launch.
3.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 416:
“He’s underground, anyway, so reception would be iffy.”
4.2011, Terry Pratchett, Snuff, Doubleday, page 60:
"Definitely something iffy, that's for sure.”
[Anagrams]
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- FYFI, yiff
[Etymology]
editif + -y
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presuming
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpresuming (comparative more presuming, superlative most presuming)
1.confidently or arrogantly overstepping reasonable bounds.
[Anagrams]
edit
- impugners, supreming
[Verb]
editpresuming
1.present participle of presume
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pirouetting
[[English]]
[Noun]
editpirouetting (plural pirouettings)
1.The act of turning a pirouette.
2.1887, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, History of Woman Suffrage
He used to seat you on the piano and then, with vehement gestures and pirouettings, would argue the case. Not one word of the speech did you understand.
[Verb]
editpirouetting
1.present participle of pirouette
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seismologist
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- semiologists
[Etymology]
editseismology + -ist
[Noun]
editseismologist (plural seismologists)
1.A person who is skilled at, professes, or practices seismology.
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pirouette
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌpɪ.ɹʊˈɛt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French pirouette, see there for more; attested since 1706.[1]
[Further reading]
edit
- Glossary of ballet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pirouette (dressage) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editpirouette (plural pirouettes)
1.A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing, primarily in ballet.
2.The whirling about of a horse.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “pirouette”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Verb]
editpirouette (third-person singular simple present pirouettes, present participle pirouetting, simple past and past participle pirouetted)
1.(intransitive) To perform a pirouette; to whirl on the toes, like a dancer.
2.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:
I came down like a sack of coals. The pulse was rapid, the blood pressure high, and for awhile the Blue Room pirouetted about me like an adagio dancer.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˌpi.ruˈɛ.tə/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French pirouette, see there for more.
[Noun]
editpirouette f (plural pirouettes or pirouetten)
1.pirouette
[[French]]
ipa :/pi.ʁwɛt/[Etymology 1]
editFrom a Gallo-Roman root *pir- („peg, plug“, hence Italian piruolo (“peg top”)) and -ette (diminutive suffix). The word originally meant a “spinning top” (15th century).[1]
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- “pirouette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Vocabulaire de la danse classique on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
[References]
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1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “pirouette”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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