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péril
[[French]]
ipa :/pe.ʁil/[Anagrams]
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- piler, plier, repli
[Etymology]
editInherited from Old French peril, from Vulgar Latin *periclu(m), syncopated form of Latin perīculum.
[Further reading]
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- “péril”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editpéril m (plural périls)
1.peril, danger
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deception
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈsɛpʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English decepcioun, from Old French decepcion, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive”).
[Noun]
editdeception (countable and uncountable, plural deceptions)
1.An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
deliberate deception
pure deception
She got the money out of the tourist by deception.
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:deception
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outfitted
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- fitted out
[Verb]
editoutfitted
1.simple past and past participle of outfit
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outfit
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈaʊtfɪt/[Anagrams]
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- fit out, fit-out, fitout
[Antonyms]
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- (statistics): infit
[Etymology]
editFrom out- + fit.
[Noun]
editoutfit (plural outfits)
1.A set of clothing (with accessories).
She wore a fashionable outfit with matching purse and shoes.
2.2003, Jason Isbell, Outfit:
Don't call what you're wearing an outfit.
3.Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
4.Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
5.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: League of One Codex entry:
The League of One was suddenly exposed and in danger of being hunted by enemies of the salarians. Before any harm could be done, the team mysteriously disappeared.[...]Realizing the threat posed by this rogue outfit, the Special Tasks Group dispatched a team of hunters. When they didn't return, the STG dispatched ten of its brightest operators with broad discretionary powers. Only two returned; they reported no evidence of the League.
6.(informal) A business or firm.
Should we buy it here, or do you think the outfit across town will have a better deal?
7.(sports) A sports team.
8.2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport[1]:
With only two fit centre-backs available, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp employed young midfielder Jake Livermore at the back alongside Sebastien Bassong but Spurs struggled against a seasoned Champions League outfit, who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities.
9.(statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
10.(Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
11.1949, John McLoughlin, The Financial Papers of Dr. John McLoughlin, page 56:
[…] the outfit of 1821, which outfit suffered a loss. From 1822 there were profits on each outfit as the many subsequent credit entries indicate.
[Synonyms]
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- (set of clothing): getup
- kit
- rig
- turnoutedit
- equip
- fit
[Verb]
editoutfit (third-person singular simple present outfits, present participle outfitting, simple past and past participle outfitted)
1.(transitive) To provide with, usually for a specific purpose.
The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities.
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
editoutfit m (plural outfits)
1.outfit (clothing)
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Alternative forms]
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- àutfīt
[Etymology]
editFrom English outfit.
[Noun]
editoutfit m (Cyrillic spelling оутфит)
1.(Croatia, Bosnia) outfit
[References]
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- “outfit” in Hrvatski jezični portal
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editoutfit m (plural outfits)
1.outfit (clothing)
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Outfit
[[German]]
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English outfit.
[Further reading]
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- “Outfit” in Duden online
- “Outfit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editOutfit n (strong, genitive Outfits, plural Outfits)
1.(clothing) outfit
Synonyms: Anziehsachen, Bekleidung, Gewand, Kleider, Kleidung, Klamotten
komplettes Jeans-Outfit
double denim
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revamp
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹiːˈvæmp/[Anagrams]
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- vamper
[Etymology]
editThe verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”).[1] The noun is derived from the verb.[2]
[Further reading]
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- revamp (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editrevamp (plural revamps)
1.An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision. [from mid 19th c.]
Synonym: revampment
a revamp of a website
2.1848 March, “Holden’s Review: The Family Joe Miller [book review]”, in Holden’s Dollar Magazine, volume I, number III, New York, N.Y.: Charles W. Holden, →OCLC, page 182:
The following appear rather like revamps of old versions absolutely than absolutely new jokes: […]
3.1884, Stephen Roper, “Steam-engine Economy”, in The Engineer’s Handy-book. Containing a Full Explanation of the Steam-engine Indicator, and Its Use and Advantages to Engineers and Steam Users. […], 7th edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: E. Claxton & Company, […], →OCLC, 4th part, page 326:
To be sure, there have been many innovations introduced in that time, but upon examination it will be discovered that, in nearly all cases, they were a revamp of things which had been used before, and abandoned for want of experience in their use and proper facilities for perfecting them.
4.1999, M. Petrick, J. Pellegrino, “An Assessment of Carbon Reduction Technology Opportunities in the Petroleum Refining Industry”, in Baldur Eliasson, Pierce Reimer, Alexander Wokaun, editors, Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, 30 August – 2 September 1988, Interlaken, Switzerland, Kidlington, Oxfordshire: Pergamon, Elsevier Science, →ISBN, page 929:
Major opportunities to reduce energy usage in the mid-term also exist through retrofitting and/or replacement of existing equipment nearing the end of its useful life and during major refinery revamps that are periodically undertaken to meet market/environmental dictates.
5.2007, Christopher Knowles, “The Amazons”, in Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes, San Francisco, Calif.: Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 163:
Sales still dwindled, so a revamp was ordered in 1969 to bring the character more in line with heroines in then-popular TV shows like The Avengers and The Mod Squad. The revamp was instigated by Justice League artist Mike Sekowsky, who had Wonder Woman renounce her powers so she could stay on Earth.
6.2007 April, Leon Ryan, “Motorola RAZR V3xx”, in Ismet Bachtiar, editor, GameAxis Unwired, Singapore: Hardware Zone, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 84, column 4:
There is no denying that this RAZR model is leaps and bounds ahead of its older brethren. Welcomed updates and even revamps will certainly appeal well to the small following behind Motorola phones, although the lack of a really distinct "wow" factor will do little to convince Nokia regulars to jump ship.
7.2012, Gerald Jonker, Jan Harmsen, “Creating Design Solutions”, in Engineering for Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Sustainable Design, Amsterdam, Kidlington, Oxfordshire: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 67:
Also for new products, a revamp of an existing process to produce this new product is to be considered. Revamps are modifications of existing processes. Revamps are applicable to operations, equipment operation conditions, and also to input and output changes – applicable in all process industries.
8.2021 January 13, Richard Clinnick, “HS2 Reaches Key Milestones and Gears Up for a Busy 2021”, in Rail, number 922, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 12–13:
Work on the Grade 1-listed building starts early next year, with LMJV (Lang O'Rourke and J. Murphy & Sons) to carry out the revamp.
[References]
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1. ^ “revamp, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021; “revamp, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
2. ^ “revamp, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2018; “revamp, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[Verb]
editrevamp (third-person singular simple present revamps, present participle revamping, simple past and past participle revamped)
1.(transitive) To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something). [from early 19th c.]
Synonyms: improve, (obsolete) newvamp, overhaul, (obsolete) recoct, refurbish; see also Thesaurus:improve, Thesaurus:repair
They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.
2.1842 May 21, “The International Copy-right Law”, in Brother Jonathan: A Weekly Compend of Belles Lettres and the Fine Arts, Standard Literature, and General Intelligence, volume II, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Wilson & Company, […], →OCLC, page 74, column 1:
But the great man [Thomas Carlyle] has great littlenesses, the original sometimes revamps old thoughts, the strong reasoner may beg his question and build a strong hypothesis on assumed premises, and the clear writer frequently gets into the predicament which formed the countryman's definition of a metaphysical colloquy— […]
3.1899 February 10, Marriott Henry Brosius, “Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill”, in Congressional Record: […] (United States House of Representatives, 55th Congress, 3rd session), volume XXXII, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 1692, column 1:
[T]hey did not revise, revamp, and reiterate the argument that I have heard so often from that side of the Chamber, and sometimes on this, that it would be very wicked and wrong and unpatriotic for this Republic to compel by force, against the will of the people, the annexation of the Philippine Islands to the United States.
4.1914, Caroline Lockhart, “The Foreman of the L.X.”, in The Full of the Moon, Philadelphia, Pa., London: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, page 53:
The audience snickered, and Nan saw the startled flash of pain in his sunken eyes. His long fingers closed convulsively as he nerved himself to face them, and then, with a gulp of nervousness he began his monologue of ancient conundrums and jokes, not too skilfully revamped.
5.1920 December, Arthur Stringer, “A Sense of Humor: A Christmas Story”, in Canadian Home Journal, volume 17, number 8, Toronto, Ont.: Home Journal Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 8, columns 2–3:
He went back to his play like an opium-smoker back to his drug. He revised and re-arranged and revamped. He closed his eyes, valiantly, and cut away whole act-ends, at one grim stroke, like a surgeon operating on his own flesh and blood.
6.1939 January 4, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States, “Message of the President of the United States [Sixth State of the Union Address]”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 76th Congress, First Session (joint session of the United States Senate and House of Representatives), volume 84, part 1, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 75–76:
The tools of government which we had in 1933 are outmoded. We have had to forge new tools for a new role of government in democracy—a role of new responsibility for new needs and increased responsibility for old needs, long neglected. […] Most of us recognize that none of these tools can be put to maximum effectiveness unless the executive processes of government are revamped—reorganized, if you will—into more effective combination.
7.1955 June 14, Pierre S[amuel] du Pont (witness), United States of America, Appellant, vs. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, et al.: Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois: […] , volume I (Transcript of Record), Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler, →OCLC, page 841:
There was a great demand for cars, but as the trade fell off people became more particular and it was found necessary to revamp the construction of nearly all the cars, the Buick and the Cadillac excepted, but the other three cars were in very bad condition and had to be rebuilt entirely on new lines.
8.2011 January 14, J. D. Biersdorfer, “ArtsBeat: The revamped O.E.D. Online”, in New York Times Blog[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, archived from the original on 7 February 2021:
When we learned that the O.E.D. Online was revamped late last year, we jumped at the chance to learn more about how this esteemed publication (which first stirred to life in 1857) was adapting itself for a modern online audience.
9.2013 January 21, Barack Obama, “Inaugural Address by President Barack Obama”, in The White House[2], archived from the original on 6 August 2021:
We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government, revamp our tax code, reform our schools, and empower our citizens with the skills they need to work harder, learn more, and reach higher.
10.2021, MarcyKate Connolly, Heartless Heirs[3], Grand Rapids, Mich.: Blink, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
"We'll work on revamping our strategy in the morning," I say, "Now I think we all need some sleep. It's been a long night."
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avert
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈvɝt/[Anagrams]
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- Trave, tarve, trave
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English averten, adverten, from Old French avertir (“turn, direct, avert; turn the attention, make aware”), from Latin āvertere, present active infinitive of āvertō, from ab + vertō (“to turn”).
[References]
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- avert at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
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- See Thesaurus:hinder
[Verb]
editavert (third-person singular simple present averts, present participle averting, simple past and past participle averted)
1.(transitive) To turn aside or away.
I averted my eyes while my friend typed in her password.
2.1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Unity in Religion”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church.
3.(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
How can the danger be averted?
Synonym: forestall
4.1700, Matthew Prior, Carmen Seculare. for the Year 1700:
Till ardent prayer averts the public woe.
5.(intransitive, archaic) To turn away.
6.1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
Cold and averting from our neighbour's good.
[[Lombard]]
[Adjective]
editavert
1.open (not closed)
[Etymology]
editAkin to aperto, from Latin apertus. Compare French ouvert.
[[Romansch]]
[Adjective]
editavert m (feminine singular averta, masculine plural averts, feminine plural avertas)
1.(Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) open
[Alternative forms]
edit
- aviert (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin apertus.
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creep
[[English]]
ipa :/kɹiːp/[Anagrams]
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- Perce, Percé, crepe, crêpe, perce
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian krippe, krûpe, West Frisian crjippa (“to creep”), Low German krepen and krupen, Dutch kruipen (“to creep, crawl”), Middle High German kriefen (“to creep”), Danish krybe (“to creep”), Norwegian krype (“to creep”), Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”), Icelandic krjúpa (“to stoop”).The noun is derived from the verb.
[Noun]
editcreep (countable and uncountable, plural creeps)
1.The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
2.A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
3.A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
4.(uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
Christmas creep
feature creep
instruction creep
mission creep
5.(publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
6.(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
7.(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
8.(informal, derogatory) Someone annoyingly unpleasant, especially one who is strange or eccentric.
Synonym: weirdo
9.1968, Mickey Spillane, Delta Factor:
"You mentioned some others," I said.
"More creeps," she told me. '"That guy was plain looking for trouble. You know, he starts hanging out with some of the shooters Whitey Tass keeps around, angling for an introduction to the big man himself, and he's damn lucky he got picked up by the fuzz before Whitey got sore. He runs too big an operation in the city to be bugged by a pig like Yard. One day Lou Steubal tried to get an inside track with Whitey, levering him on account of what Whitey did to his sister, and they found Lou in the drink. It looked like Lou got gassed up and fell in, but don't try to tell me that. Whitey had him tapped out."
10.1992, “Creep”, in Pablo Honey, performed by Radiohead:
But I'm a creep / I'm a weirdo / What the hell am I doing here? / I don't belong here
11.1992, Thaisa Frank, A Brief History of Camouflage, page 113:
[…] the catalyst was getting locked in the bathroom of her office with her landlord. "Two hours with that creep," she said. "You can't believe it […] he got a ladder and came through the bathroom window and almost broke his balls on that pointed tampax box he made us buy. He brought hammers and screws and drills, but we were trapped. It got dark […] He kept chipping away at the lock, and between the chipping he talked to me about his back and a couple of knee-operations. Finally someone tapped on the door from the outside and it opened, just like that. […] "
12.1994, Bapsi Sidhwa, An American Brat, page 168:
"Why're you working your butt off for that creep? He takes your money, borrows your car, and treats you like shit. Can't you tell he's on drugs?"
13.1995, Bob Cattell, Glory in the Cup, page 36:
"Outrageous!" said Tylan. "You know, without Fingers and baby Trev, we could have won."
"Yeah, Trevor, what a creep — running off home at half-time like that," said Frankie.
14.(informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment. [21st century]
Synonyms: pervert, (slang) perv
15.2016, Jón Gnarr, Hrefna Lind Heimisdóttir, translated by Lytton Smith, The Pirate, page 201:
It was whispered that the priest was a pervert. Was he? The girls said he was a creep. I didn't quite know what it meant to be a creep, but it was obviously not a good thing. It was said that he sometimes fondled the girls, their breasts, and said lousy things to them, that they were beautiful or something like that. […] Disgusting guys. I thought the guy at Bústaðir was a creep. An old man who liked to dance.
16.2022, Scott Bell, Pest Cemetery, page 235:
Saiera shuddered through an exaggerated shiver. "He's a creep. He was a creep in high school, and he's been a creep ever since. Look..." She flipped to the index, found what she was looking for, and fanned the pages until she reached the one she wanted. "Here he is.
A young Andy Gluck, chubby as a penguin, stared out of the page from behind round wire-frame glasses. A camera hung from a strap around his neck. […]
"He doesn't look creepy," I said. "Kind of nerdy, in a harmless way.
"Looks can be deceiving. See that camera? He was always going around with that camera, snapping pictures. Some girls caught him trying to get 'up skirt' shots while they sat at their desks. […] "
17.(Can we verify(+) this sense?) (informal, derogatory) A frightening or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
Stop following me, you creep!
18.(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
[Verb]
editcreep (third-person singular simple present creeps, present participle creeping, simple past crept or creeped or (archaic) crope, past participle crept or creeped or (archaic) cropen)
1.(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
Synonym: crawl
Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.
2.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the tall bracken near him.
3.1994, “On the Huai River”, in A Drifting Boat: An Anthology of Chinese Zen Poetry[1], Fredonia, NY: White Pine Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 138:
Reed tips face the dawn
shivering in the autumn wind
At P'u-k'ou the winter tide
has not yet come
Sunrise on the sandy bank
pocked with narrow caves
Pale frogs and dark crabs
creep without end.
4.(intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
5.(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.
6.1961 November, “More accelerations in the French winter timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 670:
Electrification of the Eastern Region main line from Strasbourg, incidentally, is steadily creeping nearer to Paris, and is now complete as far as Château Thierry, 59 miles away; [...].
7.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 84:
She crept up the stairs, keeping well into the side because she knew they were less likely to creak this way.
8.(intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
Prices have been creeping up all year.
9.To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
Old age creeps upon us.
10.1706, John Locke, Of the Conduct of the Understanding[2], Fallacies:
[…] guard his understanding from being imposed on by the willful or at least undesigned sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument.
11.1966 December, Stephen Stills, “For What It's Worth”[3]performed by Buffalo Springfield:
Paranoia strikes deep / Into your life it will creep / It starts when you're always afraid / Step out of line, the man come and take you away
12.To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
The collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying.
The quicksilver on a mirror may creep.
13.To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
A creeping sycophant.
14.c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
To come as humbly as they used to creep / To holy altars.
15.To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
The sight made my flesh creep.
16.To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
17.(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
18.2000, “It Wasn't Me”, performed by Shaggy:
Honey came in and she caught me red-handed / Creeping with the girl next door / Picture this we were both butt naked / Banging on the bathroom floor
19.2003, “I Don't Wanna Know”, performed by Mario Winans:
I don't wanna know / If you're playin' me, keep it on the low / 'Cause my heart can't take it anymore / And if you're creepin', please don't let it show
20.2016, Sherika Moore, Been Hustlen, →ISBN:
"Now you want the nigga out 'cause he creeping with his baby momma."
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creep up
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- prepuce
[Verb]
editcreep up (third-person singular simple present creeps up, present participle creeping up, simple past and past participle crept up)
1.(intransitive) To advance or increase with stealth, unnoticed (literally or figuratively).
The lioness has to creep up behind her prey so as not to be noticed.
2.2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:
These days cramped classrooms are all too common, with class sizes creeping up.
3.1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet, London, Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934:
Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again.to advance with stealth
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misnomer
[[English]]
ipa :/mɪsˈnəʊmə/[Anagrams]
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- semi-norm, seminorm
[Antonyms]
edit
- aptronym
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English misnoumer, from Anglo-Norman mesnomer, noun use of Anglo-Norman and Old French verb mesnomer (“to name incorrectly”), from mes- (“mis-”) + nomer (“to name”) (from Latin nōmināre).
[Noun]
editmisnomer (plural misnomers)
1.A use of a term that is misleading; a misname.
Synonym: misname
Calling it a driveway is a bit of a misnomer, since you don't drive on it, you park on it.
2.2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian[1]:
Rewilding […] is also a misnomer, for whether by getting rid of tens of thousands of sheep in Patagonia or introducing a living species as a surrogate for an extinct one – Sayaguesa cattle in place of aurochs in Croatia’s Velebit Mountains, for instance – rewilding requires more human intervention than its name suggests.
3.1994, Illinois. Appellate Court, Stephen Davis Porter, Illinois Appellate reports, page 257:
[…] plaintiff's misstyling himself as corporation in initial complaint constituted case of misnomer.
4.A term that is misleading, even if it may not be incorrect.
The name Chinese checkers is a misnomer since the game has nothing to do with China.
The word blackboard as applied to green or brown chalkboards is a misnomer but is not incorrect, as the broad sense of the word is idiomatic.
5.A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.
6.(proscribed, nonstandard) something asserted not to be true; a myth or mistaken belief
It's a misnomer that engineers can't write.
[References]
edit
- “misnomer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
[Verb]
editmisnomer (third-person singular simple present misnomers, present participle misnomering, simple past and past participle misnomered)
1.(transitive) To use a misleading term; to misname.
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perch
[[English]]
ipa :/pɜːtʃ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin pertica (“staff”, “long pole”, “measuring rod”).
[References]
edit
- perch at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “perch”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editperch
1.Alternative form of perche (“pole”)
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wrestle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹɛ.səl/[Alternative forms]
edit
- wrassle (eye dialect)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Lewters, Welters, swelter, welters
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (also as wraxlen), from Old English wræstlian, wraxlian (“to contend, wrestle”); corresponding to wrest + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wrosselje (“to contend, wrestle”), West Frisian wrakselje (“to wrestle”), Middle Dutch wrastelen (“to wrestle”), Middle Low German wrostelen (“to wrestle”).
[Noun]
editwrestle (plural wrestles)
1.A wrestling bout.
2.A struggle.
[Verb]
editwrestle (third-person singular simple present wrestles, present participle wrestling, simple past and past participle wrestled)
1.(intransitive) To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest.
2.(intransitive) To struggle or strive.
3.(transitive) To take part in a wrestling match with someone.
4.(transitive) To move or lift (something) with difficulty.
5.2023 July 26, Jeanna Smialek, “Fed Raises Rates After a Pause and Leaves Door Open to More”, in The New York Times[1]:
Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates to their highest level in 22 years and left the door open to further action as they continued their 16-month campaign to wrestle inflation lower by cooling the American economy.
6.(transitive) To throw a calf etc in order to brand it.
7.(transitive) To fight.
8.2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport[2], archived from the original on 21 April 2019:
Tunisia dug in to frustrate England in the second half but [Harry] Kane was the match-winner with a late header from Harry Maguire's flick, justice being done after referee Wilmar Roldan and the video assistant referee (VAR) had failed to spot him being wrestled to the ground twice in the penalty area.
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50056
rote
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹəʊt/[Anagrams]
edit
- tore
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English rote (“custom, habit, wont, condition, state”), further origin unknown. Found in the Middle English phrase bi rote (“by heart, according to form, expertly”), c. 1300. Some have proposed a relationship either with Old French rote/rute (“route”), or Latin rota (“wheel”) (see rotary), but the OED calls both suggestions groundless.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Norse rót n (“tossing, pitching (of sea)”), perhaps related to rauta (“to roar”); see hrjóta. Compare Middle English routen (“to roar, bellow, storm, rage, howl”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English rote, from Old French rote, probably of German origin; compare Middle High German rotte, and English crowd (“a kind of violin”).
[References]
edit
- rote at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁɔt/[Anagrams]
edit
- ôter, tore
[Etymology 1]
editInherited from Old French rote, Middle High German rotte.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Further reading]
edit
- “rote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Gallo]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editrote f (plural rotes)
1.road
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈʁoːtə/[Adjective]
editrote
1.inflection of rot:
1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2.strong nominative/accusative plural
3.weak nominative all-gender singular
4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -tore, Orte, erto, otre
[Noun]
editrote f
1.plural of rota
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈroːt(ə)/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Late Old English rōt, rōte, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Doublet of wort (“plant”). See more at English root.
[Etymology 2]
editUnknown. Sometimes connected to Old French route (“route”) or Latin rota (“wheel”), but OED rejects both comparisons.
[Etymology 3]
editBorrowed from Old French rote, from Latin chrotta, borrowed from a Germanic form such as Old High German hruoza, borrowed itself from a Celtic term deriving from Proto-Celtic *kruttos; compare Welsh crwth. A doublet of crowde.
[Etymology 4]
edit
[Etymology 5]
edit
[Etymology 6]
edit
[Etymology 7]
edit
[[Neapolitan]]
[Noun]
editrote
1.plural of rota
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/roːtə/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse róta.
[References]
edit
- “rote” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Verb]
editrote (present tense roter, past tense rota or rotet, past participle rota or rotet)
1.to untidy, to make a mess
2.(slang) to fool around (engage in casual or flirtatious sexual acts)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse róta.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old Norse roti, from Middle Low German rote from Old French rote, from Medieval Latin rota, rotta, ruta, rutta (“a rout”).
[References]
edit
- “rote” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editOf Celtic origin, from Welsh crwth.
[Noun]
editrote f (oblique plural rotes, nominative singular rote, nominative plural rotes)
1.rote (musical instrument)
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editrote
1.inflection of rotar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editrote
1.inflection of rotar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Tore, oret
[Etymology]
editOld Swedish rote, from Middle French route, roupte (“disorderly flight of troops”), literally "a breaking off, rupture," from Vulgar Latin *rupta (“a dispersed group”), literally "a broken group," from Latin rupta. Related to English rout.
[Noun]
editrote c
1.a district (of a parish or town, for the purpose of fire fighting, road maintenance, mail forwarding, social care, etc.)
2.a file, a section, a squad, a pair (of soldiers, of aircraft)
20 rotar
twenty file
med utryckta rotar
four deep
indelning av rotar!
squad-number!
[References]
edit
- rote in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rote in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rote in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964)
[See also]
edit
- rotel
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Reed
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -dere, Eder, Rede, de re, deer, dere, dree, rede
[Etymology]
edit
- As an English and Scottish surname, from the adjective red.
- Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan.
- Also as an English surname, from several places in England, such as Reed, Lancashire (from Old English ra (“roe deer”) or Rede, Suffolk (see Rede).Compare Rider, Reader.
[Proper noun]
editReed
1.A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Reid.
2.A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
3.A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3636).
4.A number of places in the United States.
1.A town in Desha County, Arkansas.
2.An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky.
3.A township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
4.An unincorporated community in Freeman, Crawford County, Wisconsin.
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50060
wedge
[[English]]
ipa :/wɛd͡ʒ/[Etymology 1]
editMiddle English wegge (“wedge”), from Old English weċġ (“wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Wedgewood, surname of the person who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editEnglish wedge.
[Noun]
editwedge m (plural wedges)
1.(golf) wedge
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50061
uninterrupted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edituninterrupted (comparative more uninterrupted, superlative most uninterrupted)
1.continuing with no interruption
2.2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:
Having departed Inverness on time, I take the advice of several guidebooks and sit in a right-hand-side seat, which should afford me uninterrupted views of the sea as the train winds its way north.
[Etymology]
editun- + interrupted
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50062
terrain
[[English]]
ipa :/tə.ˈɹeɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- rantier, retrain, trainer
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).
[Noun]
editterrain (countable and uncountable, plural terrains)
1.(geology) A single, distinctive rock formation; an area having a preponderance of a particular rock or group of rocks.
2.An area of land or the particular features of it.
The race will be run over a variety of terrain, including grass and sand.
3.(chiefly aviation) The surface of the earth; the ground.
This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.
controlled flight into terrain
TOO LOW, TERRAIN
[Synonyms]
edit
- (area of land): ground
[[French]]
ipa :/tɛ.ʁɛ̃/[Anagrams]
edit
- rentrai, ternira, trainer, traîner
[Etymology]
editInherited from Old French terrain, terrein, from Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrēnum.
[Further reading]
edit
- “terrain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editterrain m (plural terrains)
1.ground, landscape
2.field (as in soccer field)
Un nouveau terrain de football a été aménagé l’an dernier. ― A new soccer field was build last year.
3.lot, plot, parcel
[[Romansch]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- terren (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
- taragn (Sutsilvan)
- teragn (Surmiran)
[Etymology]
editFrom Vulgar Latin *terranum, from Latin terrenum.
[Noun]
editterrain m (plural terrains)
1.(Puter, Vallader) land, soil
2.(Puter) country, land
Synonym: (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) pajais
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倍率
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly⁵¹/[Noun]
edit倍率
1.multiplying power; zoom ratio
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[ba̠iɾʲit͡sɨᵝ][Noun]
edit倍(ばい)率(りつ) • (bairitsu) ←ばいりつ (bairitu)?
1.magnification; magnifying power
2.acceptance rate
Synonym: 競争率 (kyōsōritsu)
[References]
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1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. ^ 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
[[Korean]]
[Noun]
edit倍率 • (baeyul) (hangeul 배율)
1.Hanja form? of 배율 (“magnification, magnifying power”).
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art
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editart
1.(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for artificial languages.
[[English]]
ipa :/ɑːt/[Anagrams]
edit
- 'rat, ATR, RAT, RTA, Rat, TAR, Tar, rat, tar, tra
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English art, from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative of ars (“art”). Partly displaced native Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English art, from Old English eart (“(thou) art”), second-person singular present indicative of wesan, from Proto-Germanic *art (“(thou) art", originally, "(thou) becamest”), second-person singular preterite indicative form of *iraną (“to rise, be quick, become active”), from Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or(w)- (“to lift, rise, set in motion”). Cognate with Faroese ert (“art”), Icelandic ert (“art”), Old English earon (“are”), from the same preterite-present Germanic verb. More at are.
[Further reading]
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- art on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Art on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Art on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- Art on Wikisource.Wikisource
- Art on Wikibooks.Wikibooks
[References]
edit
- art at OneLook Dictionary Search
- "art" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 40.
- art in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “art”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- Hickey, Raymond (1984), “Coronal Segments in Irish English”, in Journal of Linguistics, volume 20, issue 2, →DOI, pages 233–250
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editLearned borrowing from Latin ars, artem.
[Noun]
editart m (definite arti)
1.art
[Synonyms]
edit
- zeje
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈaɾt/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin ars.
[Further reading]
edit
- “art” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “art”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “art” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “art” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editart m or f (plural arts)
1.art (something pleasing to the mind)editart m (plural arts)
1.fishing net
[[Cornish]]
ipa :[ɒɹt][Etymology]
editFrom Latin ars (“art”).
[Noun]
editart m (plural artys)
1.art
[[Crimean Tatar]]
[Noun]
editart
1.back
Synonyms: arqa, sırt
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈɑˀd̥][Etymology]
editFrom Middle Low German art, from Old Saxon *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz, cognate with German Art.
[Noun]
editart c (singular definite arten, plural indefinite arter)
1.kind
2.nature
3.species
[[French]]
ipa :/aʁ/[Anagrams]
edit
- rat
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin artem, accusative singular of ars.
[Further reading]
edit
- “art”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editart m (plural arts)
1.art (something pleasing to the mind)
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/art/[Noun]
editart f (genitive singular artar, nominative plural artir)
1.nature, character, disposition
það var svo góð art í honum að hann talaði aldrei nema vel um fólk á bak
He had such a good nature that he never spoke unkindly about people behind their backs.
2.wellbeing, growth
það er engin art í grasinu
the grass is not thriving.
3.(obsolete) type
[Synonyms]
edit
- náttúrufar, þríf
[[Irish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish art, explained in glossaries as “stone”.
[Further reading]
edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “art”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “art”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editart m (genitive singular airt, nominative plural airt)
1.stone
[[Latvian]]
ipa :[âɾt][Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Baltic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plow”), from *h₁er- (“sparse; to crumble, to fall to pieces”), whence also the verb irt; see there for more. Cognates include Lithuanian árti, Old Prussian artoys (“plowman”) (compare Lithuanian artójas), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Russian dialectal or dated ора́ть (orátʹ), Belarusian ара́ць (arácʹ), Ukrainian ора́ти (oráty), Bulgarian ора́ (orá), Czech orati, Polish orać, Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (arjan), Old Norse erja, Hittite [Term?] (/ẖarra-/, “to crush; (passive form) to disappear”), [Term?] (/ẖarš-/, “to tear open; to plow”), Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Latin arō.[1]
[References]
edit
1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “art”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN.
[Verb]
editart (tr., 1st conj., pres. aru, ar, ar, past aru)
1.to plow (to prepare (land) for sowing by using a plow)
art zemi ― to plow the land, earth
art tīrumu, lauku ― to plow a field
art dārzu ― to plow a garden
art kūdraino augsni ― to plow the peaty soil
art ar traktoru ― to plow with a tractor
papuvi ara divi traktori ― two tractors plowed the fallow (land)
iziet art agri no rīta ― to go plowing early in the morning
rudenī, rugāju arot, sekoju Jurim pa vagu un sarunājos ― in autumn, while (he was) plowing the stubble field, I followed Juris along the furrows and talked
[[Maltese]]
ipa :/art/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ard (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Arabic أَرْض (ʾarḍ).
[Noun]
editart f (plural artijiet or (obsolete) iradi)
1.earth (our planet)
Synonym: dinja
2.land, ground, soil
3.homeland
art twelidi ― my homeland
bla art ― without a homeland
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/art/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English eart, second person singular of wesan (“to be”), from Proto-Germanic *art,second person singular of *iraną.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Old French art, from Latin artem, accusative form of ars, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥tís.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old English eard, from Proto-West Germanic *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz (“nature; type”). Doublet of erd (“nature, disposition”).
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editInherited from Old French art.
[Noun]
editart m (plural ars)
1.art
2.15th century, Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, lines 7–8, page 15:
Il y a de toutes choses habondance, et ils vivent de marchandise et d'art.
There is an abundance of everything and they make a living from merchandise and from art
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- rat, tar
[Noun]
editart f or m (definite singular arta or arten, indefinite plural arter, definite plural artene)
1.character, nature, kind
2.(biology) a species
[References]
edit
- “art” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- rat, tar
[Noun]
editart m or f (definite singular arten or arta, indefinite plural artar or arter, definite plural artane or artene)
1.(biology) a species
2.character, nature, kind
[References]
edit
- “art” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Occitan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin ars.
[Noun]
editart m (plural arts)
1.art
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin artem, accusative of ars.
[Noun]
editart m or f (oblique plural arz or artz, nominative singular arz or artz, nominative plural art)
1.art (skill; practice; method)
2.(Can we date this quote?) Walter of Bibbesworth: Le Tretiz, ed. W. Rothwell, ANTS Plain Texts Series 6, 1990. Date of cited text: circa 1250
ore serroit a saver de l’art a bresser & brasyr
Now would be the time to know the art of brewing
[References]
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- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (art, supplement)
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- art on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Etymology and history of “art”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Old Irish]]
ipa :/ar͈t/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Celtic *artos (“bear”) (compare Cornish arth, Welsh arth), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”).
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editart m
1.bear
Synonym: mathgamain
[[Old Norse]]
[Adjective]
editart
1.strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of argr
[Alternative forms]
edit
- argt
- ragt (with metathesis)
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- tar
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish art, from Middle Low German art, from Old Saxon *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz (“character, nature, inborn quality”).
[Noun]
editart c
1.species
[References]
edit
- art in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/ˈaɾt/[Adjective]
editart
1.hind, rear
art tekerler ― rear wheels
[Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish آرت (art), آرد (ard) from Proto-Turkic *hārt (“back”). Cognate with Turkish arka.
[Noun]
editart (definite accusative ardı, plural artlar)
1.back
Ardına bakmadan kaçtı.
He ran away without looking "at his back".
2.the other side
[Synonyms]
edit
- arkaedit
- arka
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Art
[[English]]
ipa :-ɑː(ɹ)t[Anagrams]
edit
- 'rat, ATR, RAT, RTA, Rat, TAR, Tar, rat, tar, tra
[Etymology]
editClipping.
[Proper noun]
editArt
1.A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
[[German]]
ipa :/aːrt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German art, from Old High German *art, from Proto-West Germanic *ard, from Proto-Germanic *ardiz.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Art” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Art” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Art” in Duden online
[Noun]
editArt f (genitive Art, plural Arten)
1.kind, sort, type (von (“of”))
2.2017, Simone Meier, Fleisch, Kein & Aber, page 20:
Und so begann eine Art von Beziehung.
And so began a kind of relationship.
3.(biology, taxonomy) species
Hyponyms: Pflanzenart, Tierart
4.nature, character
5.behaviour
6.way, method
Das ist nicht seine Art. ― That's not his way [of doing things].
7.(grammar, of verbs) mode, mood
Synonyms: Aussageart, Aussageform, Aussageweise, Modus, Redeweise, Sprechart, Wandelweise, Weise
8.(grammar, rare, of verbs) voice
Synonyms: Aktionsform, Diathese, Gattung, Genus, Handlungsart, Handlungsform, Handlungsrichtung
[[Manx]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish art (“bear”).
[Proper noun]
editArt m
1.a male given name, equivalent to English Arthur
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
ipa :/arˠʃt̪/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish art (“bear”).
[Proper noun]
editArt m (genitive/vocative Airt)
1.a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Arthur
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ART
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- 'rat, ATR, RAT, RTA, Rat, TAR, Tar, rat, tar, tra
[Noun]
editART (countable and uncountable, plural ARTs)
1.Abbreviation of assisted reproductive technology.
2.Abbreviation of Androgen Replacement Therapy.
3.Abbreviation of Active Release Technique.
4.Abbreviation of Adaptive resonance theory.
5.Abbreviation of Algebraic Reconstruction Technique.
6.Abbreviation of Alternative Risk Transfer.
7.Abbreviation of acoustic resonance technology.
8.Abbreviation of anti-retroviral therapy.
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[aˈɛrte][Noun]
editART (first-person possessive ARTku, second-person possessive ARTmu, third-person possessive ARTnya)
1.Initialism of anggaran rumah tangga.
2.Initialism of asisten rumah tangga.
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melt
[[English]]
ipa :/mɛlt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English melten, from a merger of Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both meaning “to melt, digest,” from Proto-West Germanic *meltan and *maltijan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną and *maltijaną, both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“melt”). Cognate with Icelandic melta (“to digest”).
[Noun]
editmelt (countable and uncountable, plural melts)
1.Molten material, the product of melting.
2.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
The crust (a mere 1% of the Earth's volume) is made of lighter melt products from the mantle.
3.The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state.
4.The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
5.A melt sandwich.
6.2002, Tod Dimmick, Complete idiot's guide to 20-minute meals:
I recently asked a group of people whether they had eaten tuna melts as a kid. Everyone remembered a version of this dish.
7.(geology) Rock showing evidence of having been remelted after it originally solidified.
Numerous samples of breccia and impact melts were recovered by drilling into the floor of the crater.
8.A wax-based substance for use in an oil burner as an alternative to mixing oils and water.
Synonym: tart
9.(UK, slang, derogatory) An idiot.
10.2003 June 10, Roo, “See the Quality !!!”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton[1] (Usenet):
You are from Blackburn you fucking melt...have a bastard word with yourself.
11.2004 September 20, Diablos Rojos, “North South divide??”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool[2] (Usenet):
Kiss it ya melt!
12.2006 May 30, Dave G, “England vs Hungary...”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton[3] (Usenet):
LOL! you fucking melt. Get a job.
13.2017, Love Island On Paper: The Official Love Island Guide to Grafting, Cracking On and Mugging Off[4], →ISBN, page 12:
Over the course of this chapter on 'Love Island Essentials' we'll be charting exactly who went with who, showing you around the villa, and equipping you with the vocabulary you'll need to avoid looking like a melt and get grafting like a true Islander.
14.Variant spelling of milt, the semen of a male fish, used as food.
15.1825, Lochandhu: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century[5], page 28:
A mass of herring melts, tinged with the streams of claret, had fallen into his hair, and this, added to his temporary stupor, had led to the Doctor's mistake.
[Synonyms]
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- (change from solid to liquid): to found, to thaw
[Verb]
editmelt (third-person singular simple present melts, present participle melting, simple past melted or (rare) molt, past participle melted or molten)
1.(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
I melted butter to make a cake.
When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.
2.(intransitive, figurative) To dissolve, disperse, vanish.
His troubles melted away.
3.2008 October, Davy Rothbart, “How I caught up with dad”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 110:
I gave him a couple of Advil and, after a few minutes, urged him back onto the track. Over the next few laps his pained expression slowly melted, although he still shuffled with a slight limp.
4.(transitive, figurative) To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken.
5.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
Thou would'st have […] melted down thy youth.
6.1687, John Dryden, A Song for Cecilia's Day:
For pity melts the mind to love.
7.(intransitive) To be discouraged.
8.(intransitive, figurative) To be emotionally softened or touched.
She melted when she saw the romantic message in the Valentine's Day card.
9.(intransitive, colloquial) To be very hot and sweat profusely.
I need shade! I'm melting!
[[Middle English]]
[Verb]
editmelt
1.Alternative form of melten
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melt away
[[English]]
[Verb]
editmelt away (third-person singular simple present melts away, present participle melting away, simple past and past participle melted away)
1.(intransitive) To fade or wane
2.1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VI
It came at last. The sky lightened, the mist melted away, and then a long, low, far-off streak of pale yellow light floated on the eastern horizon.
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Spaniard
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈspæn.jəd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Spaynard
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English Spaignarde, from Old French Espaignard, from Espaigne.
[Noun]
editSpaniard (plural Spaniards)
1.A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.
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stinting
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- nittings, tintings
[Antonyms]
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- unstinting
[Noun]
editstinting (plural stintings)
1.Act of one who stints.
2.1848, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:
[…] as long as they can contrive to make a respectable appearance once a year, when they come to town, he gives himself little concern about their private stintings and struggles at home.
3.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
There is no such bad policy as stinting a boy—or putting him on a lower allowance than his fellows
[Verb]
editstinting
1.present participle and gerund of stint
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stint
[[English]]
ipa :/stɪnt/[Anagrams]
edit
- 'tisn't, it'sn't, tints
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).
[Etymology 2]
editOrigin unknown.
[Etymology 3]
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[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editstint
1.indefinite neuter singular of stinn
[Adverb]
editstint (not comparable)
1.repletely, bulgingly
se stint på ― stare at
[Anagrams]
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- snitt
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art de vivre
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editLiterally, “art of living”.
[Noun]
editart de vivre m (plural arts de vivre)
1.the knowledge of how to enjoy life, or the practice of it
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Tank
[[German]]
ipa :/taŋk/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English tank.
[Further reading]
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- “Tank” in Duden online
- “Tank” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editTank m (strong, genitive Tanks or Tankes, plural Tanks or (very rare) Tanke)
1.tank (container for liquids or gases)
2.(military, archaic) tank (armoured fighting vehicle)
Synonyms: Panzer, Panzerkampfwagen
3.1942, Bertolt Brecht, Kinderkreuzzug 1939:
Einmal, nachts, sahen sie ein Feuer / Da gingen sie nicht hin. / Einmal rollten drei Tanks vorbei / Da waren Menschen drin.
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staple
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsteɪ.pəl/[Anagrams]
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- Patels, leptas, palest, palets, pastel, peltas, petals, plates, pleats, septal, tepals
[Etymology 1]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:The StapleWikipedia From Middle English staple, from Anglo-Norman estaple, Old French estaple (“market, (trading) post”), from Late Latin stapula, from Frankish *stapul, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”). Compare staff.
[Etymology 2]
editA box of staplesFrom Middle English stapel (“staple, pillar, post”), from Old English stapol (“post, pillar”), from Proto-West Germanic *stapul, from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“post, stem”).See also Old English steppan (“to step”) and Old French estaple (“post”). Consider also stapes (“stirrup”), from Latin. Doublet of staple (etymology 1).
[See also]
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- Staple Hill
[[German]]
[Verb]
editstaple
1.inflection of stapeln:
1.first-person singular present
2.singular imperative
3.first/third-person singular subjunctive I
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Anglo-Norman staple (Old French estaple), from Frankish *stapul (“post, pillar; basis, foundation”). Doublet of stapel (“post, stake”).
[Etymology 2]
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discipline
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɪs.ɪ.plɪn/[Antonyms]
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- (controlled behaviour et al.): spontaneity
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman, from Old French descipline, from Latin disciplina (“instruction”), from discipulus (“pupil”), from discere (“to learn”), from Proto-Indo-European *dek- (“(cause to) accept”).
[Noun]
editdiscipline (countable and uncountable, plural disciplines)
1.
2. A controlled behaviour; self-control.
3.a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation:
The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard.
1.An enforced compliance or control.
2.1956, Michael Arlen, “1/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
The masters looked unusually stern, but it was the sternness of thought rather than of discipline.
3.A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
4.1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated:
Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience.
5.1973, Bible (New International Version), Hebrews 12:7:
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?
6.A state of order based on submission to authority.
7.1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, / Obey the rules and discipline of art.
8.A set of rules regulating behaviour.
9.A punishment to train or maintain control.
10.1712 October 13 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, Richard Steele [et al.], “THURSDAY, October 2, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 499; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
giving her the discipline of the strap
1.(Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
2.A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification. A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
- 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art.
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick:
This mathematical discipline, by the help of geometrical principles, doth teach to contrive several weights and powers unto motion or rest.
1.A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
[Synonyms]
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- (branch or category): field, sphere
- (punishment): penalty, sanctionedit
- drill
[Verb]
editdiscipline (third-person singular simple present disciplines, present participle disciplining, simple past and past participle disciplined)
1.(transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
2.(transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
3.(transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
4.(transitive) To impose order on someone.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˌdi.siˈpli.nə/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch discipline, from Old French discipline, from Latin disciplīna.
[Noun]
editdiscipline f (plural disciplines, diminutive disciplinetje n)
1.discipline, self-control
Synonyms: zelfbeheersing, zelfcontrole
2.discipline, regime of forcing compliance
3.discipline, sanction
Synonym: tucht
4.discipline, branch
Synonym: tak
[[French]]
ipa :/di.si.plin/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Latin disciplīna.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
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- “discipline”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Italian]]
[Noun]
editdiscipline f pl
1.plural of disciplina
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/d͡ʒi.siˈplĩ.ni/[Verb]
editdiscipline
1.inflection of disciplinar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editdiscipline
1.inflection of disciplinar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
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cornered
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- nerdcore
[Verb]
editcornered
1.simple past and past participle of corner
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈkɔrnərid/[Adjective]
editcornered
1.Cornered; possessing corners or angles.
2.(rare) Connected in the middle.
[Alternative forms]
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- cornerd, cornerede, cornerid, corneryd
[Etymology]
editFrom corner + -ed.
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astrophysicist
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editastro- + physicist
[Noun]
editastrophysicist (plural astrophysicists)
1.One who studies astrophysics.
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Corner
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editCorner (countable and uncountable, plural Corners)
1.A surname.
2.An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, at the "corner" of three counties.
3.A township in Custer County, Nebraska, United States; it is in the north-east corner of the county.
[[German]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English corner.
[Further reading]
edit
- “Corner” in Duden online
- “Corner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editCorner m (strong, genitive Corners, plural Corner)
1.(soccer, Austria, Switzerland) corner kick
Synonyms: Ecke, Eckball
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off-limits
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editoff-limits (not comparable)
1.Not to be entered or used; restricted.
The pond was off-limits to swimmers.
2.2004, Tina Fey, Mean Girls, spoken by Gretchen Wieners (Lacey Chabert):
Irregardless, ex-boyfriends are just off-limits to friends. I mean that's just, like, the rules of feminism.
3.2004 October 18, “Kinmen seeks to develop six demilitarized islets”, in Taipei Times[1]:
According to Yang, the six islets have been purely military for more than five decades.
"These islets were completely off-limits to civilians, even to Kinmen residents," Yang said.
4.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Noveria:
To Restricted Area
Directions
The restricted area is off-limits to all unauthorized personnel.
5.2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, pages 49–50:
It was truly one of the most horrific filming experiences of my career there, contrasting neatly with some of the best of my career - filming in various off-limits storerooms at LTM's Acton Depot.
[Synonyms]
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- out of bounds
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limit
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɪmɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- milit.
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre.English Wikipedia has an article on:limitWikipedia
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English limiten, from Old French limiter, from Latin līmitō (“to bound, limit, fix, determine”), from līmes; see noun.
[Further reading]
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- “limit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “limit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- limit at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈlɪmɪt][Further reading]
edit
- limit in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- limit in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editlimit m inan
1.limit
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈlimit][Etymology]
editFrom English limit.[1]
[Noun]
editlimit (plural limitek)
1.limit (the final, utmost, or furthest point)
[References]
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1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :/ˈlimɪt̚/[Etymology]
editInternationalism, from Dutch limiet, from Middle Dutch limiten, from Old French limite, from Latin līmes.[1]
[Further reading]
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- “limit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
[Noun]
editlimit (plural limit-limit, first-person possessive limitku, second-person possessive limitmu, third-person possessive limitnya)
1.limit:
1.the final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
Synonyms: batas, had
2.(mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
Synonym: had (Standard Malay)
[References]
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1. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈli.mit/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French limite, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes.
[Further reading]
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- limit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- limit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editlimit m inan
1.limit (restriction; bound beyond which one may not go)
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom German Limit.
[Noun]
editlìmit m (Cyrillic spelling лѝмит)
1.boundary
2.boundary that cannot be surpassed
[[Tagalog]]
ipa :/ˈlimit/[Noun]
editlimit
1.frequency
Synonyms: dalas, kadalasan, kalimitan, pagkamalimit
2.closeness; compactness; density
Synonyms: sinsin, kasinsinan
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discrepancies
[[English]]
[Noun]
editdiscrepancies
1.plural of discrepancy
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discrepancy
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈkɹɛpənsi/[Alternative forms]
edit
- discrepance (archaic)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. See also discrepant.
[Noun]
editdiscrepancy (countable and uncountable, plural discrepancies)
1.An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why.
2.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, […]. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies.
3.The state or quality of being discrepant.
[Synonyms]
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- (inconsistency): conflict, contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, incompatibility, inconsistency, mismatch, variance, variation, dissimilarity, anomaly
- (discrepant state): discordance, anomalous
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concession
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈsɛʃən/[Etymology]
editFrom late Middle English concession, from Middle French concession, from Latin concessiō (“a grant, permission, conceding”), from concēdō.
[Noun]
editconcession (usually uncountable, plural concessions)
1.The act of conceding.
2.c. 1472, October, Rolls of Parliament, Edward IV, 2nd Roll, §8:
Any parsone, prest or clerk, havyng any benefice... by wey of presentation, donation, concession, collation or institution.
3.1876, James Bowling Mozley, Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford, v, 130:
In this country... civil war has been forestalled by opportune concession.
4.An act of conceding, particularly:
1.A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
2.1865, John Bright, Speeches of John Bright, M.P., on the American Question,, page 174:
But these concessions failed, as I believe concessions to evil always do fail.
3.Land granted by an authority for some specific purpose, particularly:
1.(historical) A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
2.(historical) A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
The French Concession in Shanghai
3.(Canada) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
4.(chiefly US) The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
1.A right to use land or an offshore area for a specific purpose, such as oil exploration.
2.(chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent franchise of a larger company.
3.(chiefly US) A right to operate a quasi-independent business within another's premises, as with concession stands.
4.A preferential tax rate.
5.(chiefly UK) A discounted price offered to certain classes of people, such as students or the elderly.(rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.
Synonym: concessio(by extension) Any admission of the validity or rightness of a point; an instance of this.(originally US) An admission of defeat following an election.
- 2000 December 13, Al Gore, Concession Speech[1]:
Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States. And I promised him that I wouldn't call him back this time... tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.A gift freely given or act freely made as a token of respect or to curry favor.(chiefly US) A franchise: a business operated as a concession (see above).(chiefly US, usually in the plural) An item sold within a concession (see above) or from a concessions stand.(chiefly UK) A person eligible for a concession price (see above).
[Synonyms]
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- (granting a request): tithe (obs.)
- (a smaller business operating under another's aegis): See franchise
[Verb]
editconcession (third-person singular simple present concessions, present participle concessioning, simple past and past participle concessioned)
1.To grant or approve by means of a concession agreement.
2.2000, Private Solutions for Infrastructure: Opportunities for Vietnam, World Bank Publications, →ISBN, page 82:
While the process of bringing the private sector into the railroad industry in Vietnam is probably not going to be a single step, several countries have pursued the path of concessioning their rail operations in order to reduce the public fiscal burden associated with rail subsidization and to improve a deficient service.
3.2007, International Monetary Fund, Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Annual Progress Report - 2003/2004, International Monetary Fund, page 24:
[A] consultant was contracted for one year to prepare the legal and administrative framework for concessioning selected roads to the private sector and is expected to complete the framework in July 2005.
[[French]]
ipa :/kɔ̃.sɛ.sjɔ̃/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin concessiōnem.
[Further reading]
edit
- “concession”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editconcession f (plural concessions)
1.concession
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only to
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈəʊn.li/[Adjective]
editonly (not comparable)
1.Alone in a category.
He is the only doctor for miles.
The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials.
He was the only male in attendance at the boyband concert.
That was the only time I went to Turkey.
2.2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […]”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
3.Singularly superior; the best.
4.1623, William Shakespeare, As You Like It:
Motley's the only wear.
5.1888, United States. Department of State, Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, page 316:
The baron had taken a great liking to the Americans and to their ways of doing things, and frequently asserted that America was the only place to live.
6.2015, Mike Lupica, The Only Game, →ISBN, pages 58–59:
"People say there's other games," Jack had said to Cassie at Small Falls earlier that day. "But baseball's the only game."
7.Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
He is their only son, in fact, an only child.
8.1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
To DAD ¶ who only reared twelve children ¶ and ¶ To MOTHER ¶ who reared twelve only children
9.(obsolete) Mere.
10.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
I know some who wittingly have drawne both profit and preferment from cuckoldrie, the only name whereof is so yrksome and bail-ful to so many men.
[Adverb]
editonly (not comparable)
1.Without others or anything further; exclusively.
2.2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
My heart is hers, and hers only.
The cat sat only on the mat. It kept off the sofa.
3.No more than; just.
4.1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
To DAD
who only reared twelve children
and
To MOTHER
who reared twelve only children
5.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 20, in The China Governess[1]:
‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
6.1931, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 24, in The Five Red Herrings:
[…] oot of a' six suspects there's not one that's been proved to ha' been nigh the place where the corpse was found, only Mr Graham.
7.2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
The cat only sat on the mat. It didn't scratch it.
If there were only one more ticket!
8.As recently as.
9.c. 1924-1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book
Only yesterday did I feed you with bread for your bodies; today I offer you the bread of life for your hungry souls.
10.2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
He left only moments ago.
11.
12. (Britain) Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
She's only gone and run off with the milkman!
13.
14. Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
They rallied from a three-goal deficit only to lose in the final two minutes of play.
I helped him out only for him to betray me.
15.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[2]:
He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive.
16.(obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
17.1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
his most only elected mistress
[Alternative forms]
edit
- onely (obsolete)
- onlie (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- Lyon, lyon, noyl, ynol
[Conjunction]
editonly
1.(informal) Under the condition that; but.
You're welcome to borrow my bicycle, only please take care of it.
2.But; except.
I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg.
She would get good results only she gets nervous.
3.1664 April 22, The Diary of Samuel Pepys:
[…] and pleasant it was, only for the dust.
4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 8:28:
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English oonly, onli, onlych, onelich, anely, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“like; similar; equal”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz, equivalent to one + -ly. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.
[Noun]
editonly (plural onlys or onlies)
1.An only child.
2.1995, Don Martin, Maggie Martin, Pat Jeffers, Is Your Family Making You Fat?, page 101:
Sometimes, secondborns marry onlys and the conflicts are similar.
3.2013, Sybil L. Hart, Maria Legerstee, Handbook of Jealousy:
The consistent finding […] that infants who are onlies do not differ from those who have siblings despite their lesser history of exposure to differential treatment is perplexing.
4.2022 November 1, Chiara Dello Joio, “Why Are People Weird About Only Children?”, in The Atlantic[3]:
And in 2016, researchers in China took MRI brain scans and found that, compared with kids with siblings, onlies showed greater flexibility—a measurement of creativity—but lower agreeableness.
[References]
edit
- only at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
edit
- (alone in a category): sole, lone; see also Thesaurus:sole
- (singularly superior): peerless, unequaled, nonpareiledit
- (without others): See also Thesaurus:solely
- (no more than): See also Thesaurus:merely
- (as recently as):
- (above all others):
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photography
[[English]]
ipa :/fəˈtɒ.ɡɹə.fi/[Anagrams]
edit
- phagotrophy
[Etymology]
editFrom French photographie. Surface etymology is photo- + -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φωτός (phōtós, “of light”, genitive), and γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).
[Noun]
editphotography (usually uncountable, plural photographies)
1.The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.
go on a photography course
2.The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.
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retinal
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹɛt.ɪn.əl/[Anagrams]
edit
- -traline, Latiner, art line, entrail, larnite, latrine, line art, ratline, reliant, trainel, trenail
[Etymology 1]
editFrom retina + -al (“of or pertaining to”).
[Etymology 2]
editStructure diagram of retinal (carotenoid pigment)From retina + -al (“aldehyde”).
[References]
edit
- “retinal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “retinal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
[[Interlingua]]
[Adjective]
editretinal (not comparable)
1.retinal
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/retiˈnal/[Adjective]
editretinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural retinales)
1.retinal
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she
[[English]]
ipa :/hjoː/[Anagrams]
edit
- EH&S, EHS, Esh, HSE, ehs, esh, he's, hes, hse
[Determiner]
editshe
1.(African-American Vernacular) Synonym of her
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English sche, scho, hyo, ȝho (“she”), whence also Scots she, sho.Probably from Old English hēo[1][2] (whence dialectal English hoo), with an irregular change in stress from hēo to heō /hjoː/, then a development from /hj-/ to /ç/ to /ʃ-/,[3][4] similar to the derivation of Shetland from Old Norse Hjaltland. In this case, she is from Proto-West Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic *hijō f (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”), and is cognate with Saterland Frisian jo, ju, West Frisian hja, North Frisian jü, Danish hun, Swedish hon; more at he.A derivation from Old English sēo (“the or that", occasionally "she”) is also possible, though less likely.[2][3][4] In that case, sēo would have undergone a change in stress from sēo to seō /sjoː/, then a change from /sj-/ to /ʃ-/, similar to the derivation of sure from Old French seur.[4][5] It would then be cognate to Dutch zij and German sie.Neither etymology would be expected to yield the modern vocalism in /iː/ (the expected form would be shoo, which is in fact found dialectally). It may be due to influence from he,[1] but both hēo and sēo also have rare variants (hīe and sīe) that may give modern English /iː/.[4][6]
[Noun]
editshe (plural shes)
1.A female.
Pat is definitely a she.
2.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
Come, come, we know very well what all the matter is; but if one won’t, another will; so pretty a gentleman need never want a lady. I am sure, if I was you, I would see the finest she that ever wore a head hanged, before I would go for a soldier for her.
3.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 130”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare / As any she belied with false compare.
4.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
he came home to find […] honest Swartz in her favourite amber-coloured satin, with turquoise bracelets, countless rings, flowers, feathers, and all sorts of tags and gimcracks, about as elegantly decorated as a she chimney-sweep on May-day.
5.1972, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Walk on the Wild Side”, in Transformer:
Plucked her eyebrows on the way / Shaved her legs and then he was a she
6.2000, Sue V. Rosser, Building inclusive science volume 28, issues 1–2, page 189:
A world where the hes are so much more common than the shes can hardly be seen as a welcoming place for women.
[Pronoun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:She (pronoun)Wikipedia she (third-person singular, feminine, nominative case, oblique and possessive her, possessive hers, reflexive herself)
1.(personal) The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
I asked Mary, but she said that she didn't know.
After the cat killed a mouse, she left it on our doorstep.
2.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Goodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall […]
3.1917, Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories[1], Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71:
The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
4.(personal, sometimes endearing) A ship or boat.
She could do forty knots in good weather.
She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she?
5.(personal, dated, sometimes endearing, old-fashioned) A country, or sometimes a city, province, planet, etc.
She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people.
6.(personal, endearing or poetic, old-fashioned) Any machine or thing, such as a car, a computer, or (poetically) a season.
She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
7.1928, The Journal of the American Dental Association, page 765:
Prodigal in everything, summer spreads her blessings with lavish unconcern, and waving her magic wand across the landscape of the world, she bids the sons of men to enter in and possess. Summer is the great consummation.
8.(personal, nonstandard) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun).
9.1990, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow:
Optimal experience is thus something that we make happen. For a child, it could be placing with trembling fingers the last block on a tower she has built, higher than any she has built so far; for a swimmer, it could be trying to beat his own record; for a violinist, mastering an intricate musical passage.
[References]
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1.↑ 1.0 1.1 Roger Lass (1992), “Phonology and Morphology”, in Norman Blake, editor, Cambridge History of the English Language, volume II, pages 118-119
2.↑ 2.0 2.1 “she, pron.¹, n., and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2013.
3.↑ 3.0 3.1 R. D. Fulk (2012) An Introduction to Middle English: Grammar and Texts, pages 64-65
4.↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Cecily Clark, The Peterborough Chronicle, 1070-1154 (1970), page lxvi-lxvii: "Most favoured recently has been derivation from heo/hie, though a chain of development [hi] > [hj] > [ç] > [ʃ]. The decisive change [ç] > [ʃ] has been various explained, either as an example of a Norse sound-change found elsewhere only in a few place-names (the so-called "Shetland theory") or as substitution of a common initial phoneme for a rare one, linked with the need to maintain the distinction both from masculine he and from second-person plural ȝe. Geographical distribution ofh- and sch- forms during the Middle English period is said to support derivation from stress-shifted [hjè]. [... There] still seems, however, something to be said for the older theory put forward in NED: that scæ developed from sie, through [sjè]. Certainly the demonstrative seo was used as an emphatic pronoun, as, for instance, in Sermo in Festis S. Marie; and, although the variant nom. sing. sie is regularly used only in the Vespasian Psalter Gloss (once in Rushworth St. Matthew), such forms as sy ea in the E Preface (beside DF seo) and si [...] in the Northhamptonshire Geld-Roll suggest that it may have been current in Peterborough usage as well. This theory explains better than that of derivation from stress-shifted heo/hie the coexistence of sch- and h-forms in the same text, as in Sir Gawain (scho and ho) and William of Palerne (sche and he). Its weakness lies in failing to explain why the [ʃ], regular in the pronoun, never occurs in the demonstrative [...]"
5. ^ E. E. Wardale, An Introduction to Middle English (1937 [2016]), chapter VI (pp. 91-92 and notes), covers other proposed explanations, including that it is from a mixture of both hēo and sēo
6. ^ Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hē, hēo, hit”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I , Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.
7. ^ Greville G. Corbett, The Expression of Gender (2013), page 26: "There are uses of she to refer to people who are attributed and claim male sex. Rudes and Healy 1979 give many examples collected in their ethnolinguistic investigation among gay males in Buffalo, NY."
8. ^ Kirby Conrod, "Pronouns in motion", in Lavender Linguistics (2018), page 11
9. ^ Anna T., Opacity - Minority - Improvisation: An Exploration of the Closet Through Queer Slangs and Postcolonial Theory (→ISBN, 2020), pages 84-85
[See also]
edit
- She
- shi
- Shi
- Shih
- Shii
- sis
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editA derivative of shi.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
[Noun]
editshe m (plural she, definite sheu, definite plural shetë)
1.undrying rivulet
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
editshe
1.Nonstandard spelling of shē.
2.Nonstandard spelling of shé.
3.Nonstandard spelling of shě.
4.Nonstandard spelling of shè.
[[Manx]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Irish is ed (“it is so”). Compare Irish sea, Scottish Gaelic seadh.
[Particle]
editshe (dependent form nee)
1.Present/future copula form
She ynseyder eh Juan. ― John is a teacher. (definition: predicate is indefinite)
She Juan yn ynseyder. ― John is the teacher. (identification: predicate is definite)
She mish honnick eh. ― It's me who saw him. (cleft sentence)
She Juan ta ny ynseyder. ― It's John who is a teacher. (cleft sentence)
[[Middle English]]
[Pronoun]
editshe
1.Alternative form of sche
[[Wutunhua]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Mandarin 十 (shí).
[Numeral]
editshe
1.ten
[References]
edit
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
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She
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- EH&S, EHS, Esh, HSE, ehs, esh, he's, hes, hse
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Mandarin 畲 (Shē).
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50100
variant
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/[Adjective]
editvariant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)
1.Showing variety, diverse.
2.Showing deviation or disagreement.
3.(obsolete) Variable.
4.(programming) Covariant and/or contravariant.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- variaunt (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- nativar
[Etymology]
editRecorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”).
[Noun]
editvariant (plural variants)
1.Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
2.(genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
3.2022 January 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Emergency timetables as absences surge due to COVID”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6:
Most train operators have reduced services with emergency timetables, as they struggle to cope with a rapid increase in staff absences due to the Omicron variant of COVID.
4.(computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
5.(linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
6.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes[1], page 297:
The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants.
7.2014, Kimberly Geeslin, Avizia Yim Long, Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition[2], page 27:
Each member of this group of two or more forms is called a variant. [...] In this case ‘-in’ and ‘-ing’ are variants of the sociolinguistic variable -ing.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/və.ɾiˈant/[Adjective]
editvariant m or f (masculine and feminine plural variants)
1.varying
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin variantem, attested from 1839.[1]
[Further reading]
edit
- “variant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “variant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “variant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[Noun]
editvariant m (plural variants)
1.variant
[References]
edit
1. ^ “variant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
[[Danish]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “variant” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “variant” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
[Noun]
editvariant c (singular definite varianten, plural indefinite varianter)
1.variant
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˌvaː.riˈɑnt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French variant or variante, from Latin variāns.
[Further reading]
edit
- “variant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
[Noun]
editvariant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)
1.A variant.
[Synonyms]
edit
- variante
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German Variante.
[Further reading]
edit
- variant in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- variant in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- variant in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- variant in Sõnaveeb
[Noun]
editvariant (genitive variandi, partitive varianti)
1.variant, variety, version (a specific variation of something)
Synonyms: teisend, versioon
2.option (one of a set of choices that can be made)
Synonyms: alternatiiv, võimalus
[[French]]
ipa :/va.ʁjɑ̃/[Adjective]
editvariant (feminine variante, masculine plural variants, feminine plural variantes)
1.varied, which varies; variable
[Further reading]
edit
- “variant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editvariant m (plural variants)
1.mutation, variant (of a virus)
[Participle]
editvariant
1.present participle of varier
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editvariant
1.third-person plural present active indicative of variō
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin varians.
[Noun]
editvariant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural varianter, definite plural variantene)
1.a variant
[References]
edit
- “variant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin varians.
[Noun]
editvariant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural variantar, definite plural variantane)
1.a variant
[References]
edit
- “variant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old French]]
[Adjective]
editvariant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)
1.varying; which varies
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French variante, attested from 1779.[1]
[Noun]
editvariant c
1.variant
[References]
edit
1. ^ variant in Svensk ordbok.
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50101
linger
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɪŋɡɚ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ringel, Ringle
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen (“to stay, dwell, tarry”), from Old English lenġan (“to lengthen, delay, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (compare West Frisian lingje (“to linger”), Dutch lengen, German längen, Icelandic lengja (“to lengthen”)), related to the root of English long. Equivalent to linge or long + -er (frequentative verb suffix).
[Verb]
editlinger (third-person singular simple present lingers, present participle lingering, simple past and past participle lingered)
1.(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
Synonyms: abide, loiter, tarry; see also Thesaurus:tarry
2.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ix], page 172:
Still more foole I ſhall appeare / By the time I linger here
3.1859, Charles Dickens, chapter 15, in A Tale of Two Cities:
His tone lingered in the air, almost like the tone of a musical instrument.
4.1891 July, Edith Wharton, “Mrs. Manstey's View”, in Scribner’s Magazine[1]:
She lingered in the window until the windy sunset died in bat-colored dusk; then, going to bed, she lay sleepless all night.
5.1931, “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, Gus Kahn (lyrics), Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt (music):
Stars fading but I linger on, dear / Still craving your kiss / I'm longin' to linger till dawn, dear / Just saying this
6.2011 April 25, Alice Park, “Upgrading the Disaster”, in Time[2], archived from the original on 3 December 2011:
It takes into account […] predictions of how long radioactive contaminants will linger in the soil and water near the nuclear facility.
7.2016 January 30, “Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination”, in The New York Times[3], retrieved 30 January 2016:
Mrs. Clinton’s main opponent, Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic Socialist, has proved to be more formidable than most people, including Mrs. Clinton, anticipated. He has brought income inequality and the lingering pain of the middle class to center stage and pushed Mrs. Clinton a bit more to the left than she might have gone on economic issues.
8.(intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
9.1887, Thomas Hardy, chapter 14, in The Woodlanders:
He lingered through the day, and died that evening as the sun went down.
10.1904, Andrew Lang, “Asmund and Signy”, in The Brown Fairy Book:
During his absence the queen fell ill, and after lingering for some time she died.
11.(intransitive, often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
12.2011 April 14, Michael Scherer, “Trump's Political Reality Show: Will the Donald Really Run for President?”, in Time[4], archived from the original on 23 September 2011:
Trump doesn't linger on the poll.
[[French]]
ipa :/lɛ̃.ʒe/[Anagrams]
edit
- ligner
[Etymology]
editFrom linge + -ier (with elision of -i- after palatal).
[Further reading]
edit
- “linger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editlinger m (plural lingers, feminine lingère)
1.linenkeeper
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Linger
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ringel, Ringle
[Proper noun]
editLinger (plural Lingers)
1.A surname.
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military
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹi/[Adjective]
editmilitary (not generally comparable, comparative more military, superlative most military)
1.Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.
2.1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”, in The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesWikisource:
"My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness which characterises you. You shave every morning, and in this season you shave by the sunlight; but since your shaving is less and less complete as we get farther back on the left side, until it becomes positively slovenly as we get round the angle of the jaw, it is surely very clear that that side is less illuminated than the other. I could not imagine a man of your habits looking at himself in an equal light and being satisfied with such a result."
3.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
4.(Canada, US) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.
5.Relating to war.
6.1989, Gregory Flynn, Soviet Military Doctrine and Western Policy, page 158:
The only goal pursued by Western defense strategy — to cause the Warsaw Pact to break off an attack — is more military than political in nature.
7.Relating to armies or ground forces.
[Alternative forms]
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- milertary (archaic, pronunciation spelling)
[Anagrams]
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- limitary
[Derived terms]
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- geo-military
- military abduction
- military academy
- military advisor
- military attaché
- military brat
- military engine
- military-entertainment complex
- military exercise
- military fork
- military government
- military gray
- military grey
- military hospital
- military hotel
- military-industrial complex
- military insignia
- military intelligence
- military load class
- military load classification
- military macaw
- military medium
- military officer
- military order
- military parade
- military police
- military policeman
- military power
- military prison
- military rank
- military saint
- military school
- military service
- military spouse
- military tactics
- military time
- military tribunal
- military uniform
- military widow
- military will
- nonmilitary, non-military
- non-military service
- politico-military
- private military contractor
- semi-military
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English militari, from Old French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).
[Noun]
editmilitary (plural military or militaries)
1.Armed forces.
He spent six years in the military.
2.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
[Related terms]
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- militia
[See also]
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- martial
- abbreviation: mil.
- army/Army
- navy
- air force/Air Force
- marines/Marines
- Merchant Marine
- US National Guard
- Coast Guard
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demarcation
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdɛmɑːˈkeɪʃən/[Alternative forms]
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- demarkation
[Anagrams]
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- Tremadocian
[Etymology]
editFirst recorded c.1752, from Spanish línea de demarcación and/or Portuguese linha de demarcação, the demarcation line laid down by the Pope on May 4, 1493, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal on a line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Both derive from demarcar, from de- + marcar (“to mark”), from Italian marcare, from the same Germanic root as march.
[Further reading]
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- “demarcation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “demarcation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[Noun]
editdemarcation (countable and uncountable, plural demarcations)
1.The act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit, notably by belligerents signing a treaty or ceasefire.
2.A limit thus fixed, in full demarcation line.
3.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 48–49:
About sunset, he was leaning on the remains of an old wall, which had once probably surrounded a Roman encampment, and now served as a line of demarcation between two villages, as jealous of each other's claims as near neighbours usually are.
4.Any strictly defined separation.
There is an alleged, in fact somewhat artificial demarcation in the type of work done by members of different trade unions.
5.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 7:
In the sea there is no demarcation between the hunter and the hunted, as there is on the African plains.
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50107
military
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tɹi/[Adjective]
editmilitary (not generally comparable, comparative more military, superlative most military)
1.Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.
2.1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”, in The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesWikisource:
"My dear fellow, I know you well. I know the military neatness which characterises you. You shave every morning, and in this season you shave by the sunlight; but since your shaving is less and less complete as we get farther back on the left side, until it becomes positively slovenly as we get round the angle of the jaw, it is surely very clear that that side is less illuminated than the other. I could not imagine a man of your habits looking at himself in an equal light and being satisfied with such a result."
3.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
4.(Canada, US) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.
5.Relating to war.
6.1989, Gregory Flynn, Soviet Military Doctrine and Western Policy, page 158:
The only goal pursued by Western defense strategy — to cause the Warsaw Pact to break off an attack — is more military than political in nature.
7.Relating to armies or ground forces.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- milertary (archaic, pronunciation spelling)
[Anagrams]
edit
- limitary
[Derived terms]
edit
- geo-military
- military abduction
- military academy
- military advisor
- military attaché
- military brat
- military engine
- military-entertainment complex
- military exercise
- military fork
- military government
- military gray
- military grey
- military hospital
- military hotel
- military-industrial complex
- military insignia
- military intelligence
- military load class
- military load classification
- military macaw
- military medium
- military officer
- military order
- military parade
- military police
- military policeman
- military power
- military prison
- military rank
- military saint
- military school
- military service
- military spouse
- military tactics
- military time
- military tribunal
- military uniform
- military widow
- military will
- nonmilitary, non-military
- non-military service
- politico-military
- private military contractor
- semi-military
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English militari, from Old French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).
[Noun]
editmilitary (plural military or militaries)
1.Armed forces.
He spent six years in the military.
2.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
[Related terms]
edit
- militia
[See also]
edit
- martial
- abbreviation: mil.
- army/Army
- navy
- air force/Air Force
- marines/Marines
- Merchant Marine
- US National Guard
- Coast Guard
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broad-based
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editbroad-based (not comparable)
1.(economics) Of a tax: applying to most or all taxpayers or transactions, rather than a targeted subset.
Antonym: narrow-based
2.Broadly based, wide-ranging.
3.2022 December 14, Ben Jones, “Switzerland: a template for Northern Powerhouse Rail?”, in RAIL, number 972, page 29:
In the current situation, we can only dream of a broad-based long-term commitment to public transport in the UK.
[Anagrams]
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- Barbadosed, beadboards
[References]
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- “broad-based” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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50110
Mesozoic
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊɪk[Adjective]
editMesozoic (comparative more Mesozoic, superlative most Mesozoic)
1.(geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods from about 230 to 65 million years ago, when life on earth was dominated by reptiles.
[Etymology]
editmeso- + -zoic
[Proper noun]
editMesozoic
1.(geology) The Mesozoic era.
2.1883, Joseph Le Conte, Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader, New York: D. Appleton and Company:
The whole history of the earth is divided into five eras, with corresponding rock-systems. These are: 1. Archæan or Eozoic1 era, embodied in the Laurentian system; 2. Palæozoic2 era, embodied in the Palæozoic or Primary system; 3. Mesozoic3 era, recorded in the Secondary system; 4. Cenozoic,4 recorded in the Tertiary and Quaternary systems; and, 5. The Psychozoic era, or era of Mind, recorded in the recent system.
3.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition:
The Mesozoic landscape of southeastern Utah can tell us much about the past, and it's one of the most intriguing and beautiful landscapes on Earth.
[See also]
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- Appendix:Geologic timescale
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