50582
Fahlman
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editFahlman (plural Fahlmans)
1.A surname.
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emoticon
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈmoʊtəˌkɑn/[Anagrams]
edit
- come into
[Etymology]
editBlend of emotion + icon
[Noun]
editemoticon (plural emoticons)
1.A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.
1.A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley.
2.[1992 December 1, William Grimes, “Computer as a Cultural Tool: Chatter Mounts on Every Topic”, in The New York Times[1], page C13:
A remark intended humorously is often indicated by the letter G in parentheses, for "grin," or by a sideways happy face built from punctuation marks. Such symbols are known as emoticons.]
3.2006, Joseph B. Walther, “Nonverbal dynamics in computer-mediated communication”, in Valerie Manusov, Miles Patterson, editors, The SAGE Handbook of Nonverbal Communication, →ISBN, page 470:
In a 4 by 2 experimental procedure, :) ;) :( or no emoticon were inserted alternately in simulated e-mail message mock-ups
4.2007, M. Yanagisawa, M. Kobayashi, Y. Kato, S. Kato, D. Scott, “Research on the emotions interpreted from emoticons in Japanese cellular telephone email”, in T. Hirashima, U. Hoppe, S. Young, editors, Supporting Learning Flow through Integrative Technologies, →ISBN, page 271:
The range of interpretations was surprising broad, for instance the emoticon (-.-) had 16 possible interpretations
5.An image or graphic icon used to represent such emotions; an emoji.
6.2007, Loren Abdulezer, Susan Abdulezer, Howard Dammond, Skype for Dummies, →ISBN, page 61:
In addition to placing emoticons by clicking icons in the pop-up panel shown in Figure 4-2, you can enter the text representation in your text chat window. For example, to show the image of the emoticon with sunglasses, you enter (cool).
[See also]
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- Emoticons appendix
- emotag
- emoji
- kaomoji
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- metonico
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English emoticon.
[Noun]
editemoticon m (invariable)
1.emoticon
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/e.mo.t͡ʃiˈkõ/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English emoticon.
[Noun]
editemoticon m (plural emoticons)
1.emoticon (simple drawing using text characters)
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gear
[[English]]
ipa :/ɡɪə(ɹ)/[Adjective]
editgear (comparative more gear, superlative most gear)
1.(chiefly Liverpool) great or fantastic
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ager, GRAE, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gare, rage
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:gearWikipedia gear (countable and uncountable, plural gears)
1.(uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
2.Clothing; garments.
3.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 26:
Aray thy selfe in her most gorgeous geare
4.(obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
5.1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC:
Homely gear and common ware.
6.(countable) A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other; a gear wheel.
Synonyms: cog, cogwheel, gearwheel
7.(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
8.(countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
9.(aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
gear-up landing
Get the gear down quick!
10.(uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
11.2003, Marianne Hancock, Looking for Oliver, page 90:
"Have you got any gear? Dominic, have you got any acid?" Emma kept running her hands nervously through her hair. "Not LSD, man; that last trip freaked me out."
12.(uncountable, archaic) Stuff.
13.1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
When he was digged up, which was in the presence of the Magistracy of the Town, his body was found entire, not at all putrid, no ill smell about him, saving the mustiness of the grave-Clothes, his joynts limber and flexible, as in those that are alive, his skin only flaccid, but a more fresh grown in the room of it, the wound of his throat gaping, but no gear nor corruption in it; there was also observed a Magical mark in the great toe of his right foot, viz. an Excrescency in the form of a Rose.
14.(obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
15.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30:
goe they both together to their geare.
16.(obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
17.March 29, 1549, Hugh Latimer, the fourth sermon preached before King Edward
That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man.
[Verb]
editgear (third-person singular simple present gears, present participle gearing, simple past and past participle geared)
1.(engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
2.(engineering, intransitive) To be in, or come into, gear.
3.To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
4.(usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.
They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.
5.(finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
[[Manx]]
[Adjective]
editgear
1.sharp, keen
2.sour, acid
[Alternative forms]
edit
- geayr, geyre
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Irish gér, from Old Irish gér.
[Further reading]
edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gér”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Verb]
editgear (verbal noun gearey)
1.to laugh, chuckle
[[Old English]]
ipa :/jæ͜ɑːr/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ġǣr, ġēr — Anglian
[Etymology]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:JērąWikipedia From Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r-.
[Noun]
editġēar n
1.year
2.c. 9-12 CE, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:
Þis wæs fēorþes ġēares his rīċes
This was in the fourth year of his reign.
3.the runic character ᛄ (/j/)
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ʒeˈa(ʁ)/[Etymology]
editFrom an Old Galician-Portuguese *gear (compare geo), from Latin gelāre. Doublet of the borrowing gelar. Compare also Galician xear.
[Verb]
editgear (impersonal, third-person singular present geia, third-person singular preterite geou, past participle geado)
1.(impersonal) to frost (weather)
[[West Frisian]]
ipa :/ɡɪə̯r/[Adverb]
editgear
1.together
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gearshift
[[English]]
[Noun]
editgearshift (plural gearshifts)
1.Alternative spelling of gear shift
[Verb]
editgearshift (third-person singular simple present gearshifts, present participle gearshifting, simple past and past participle gearshifted)
1.(rare) To shift gears.
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Gear
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Ager, GRAE, Gera, Rega, ager, areg, gare, rage
[Proper noun]
editGear
1.A surname.
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
[Etymology]
editAbbreviation of Gearran (“February”).
[Proper noun]
editGear
1.Feb (February)
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50589
become
[[English]]
ipa :/bɪˈkʌm/[Etymology]
editA compound of the sources of be- + come.From Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”). Sense of "befit, suit" due to influence from Middle English cweme, icweme, see queem.
[References]
edit
- “become”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “become”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “become”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to be suitable for): befit, suit
[Verb]
editbecome (third-person singular simple present becomes, present participle becoming, simple past became, past participle become or (rare, dialectal) becomen)
1.(copulative) begin to be; turn into. [from 12th c.]
Synonyms: get, turn, go
She became a doctor when she was 25.
The weather will become cold after the sun goes down.
The sense ‘state or process of bearing fruit’ has become imposed on fruition as the 20c. proceeded.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
3.2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
Then, as the Sunderland fans' cheers bellowed around the stadium, United's title bid was over when it became apparent City had pinched a last-gasp winner to seal their first title in 44 years.
4.2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
5.(copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise. [from 12th c.]
What became of him after he was let go?
It hath becomen so that many a man had to sterve.
6.
7.(transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]
8.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warrant,
And bring thee forth brave brood.
9.1892, Ambrose Bierce, “The Applicant,” in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), New York: Gordian Press, 1966,[1]
He was hatted, booted, overcoated, and umbrellaed, as became a person who was about to expose himself to the night and the storm on an errand of charity […]
10.1930, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 7:
His ordination […] enabled him to be independent of his parents, and to afford a manner of living which became his rank rather than his calling.
11.(transitive) Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone). [from 14th c.]
That dress really becomes you.
12.(intransitive, obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place). [9th–18th c.]
13.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter II, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVIII:
& thenne the noble knyghte sire Launcelot departed with ryghte heuy chere sodenly / that none erthely creature wyste of hym / nor where he was become / but sir Bors
(please add an English translation of this quotation)
14.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
But, madam, where is Warwick then become?
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50590
negli
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- gleni, glien, glien', legni
[Contraction]
editnegli
1.contraction of in gli; in the
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negligent
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnɛɡ.lɪ.d͡ʒənt/[Adjective]
editnegligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)
1.Careless or inattentive.
2.(law) Culpable due to negligence.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin negligēns.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:careless
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/nə.ɡliˈʒent/[Adjective]
editnegligent m or f (masculine and feminine plural negligents)
1.negligent
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin negligentem. First attested in 1272.[1]
[Further reading]
edit
- “negligent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “negligent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
[References]
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- “negligent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
1. ^ “negligent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editnegligent
1.third-person plural future active indicative of negligō
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editnegligent m or n (feminine singular negligentă, masculine plural negligenți, feminine and neuter plural negligente)
1.Obsolete form of neglijent.
[References]
edit
- negligent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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50592
win
[[English]]
ipa :/wɪn/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English winnen, from Old English winnan (“to labour, swink, toil, trouble oneself; resist, oppose, contradict; fight, strive, struggle, rage; endure”) (compare Old English ġewinnan (“conquer, obtain, gain; endure, bear, suffer; be ill”)), from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (“to swink, labour, win, gain, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”). Cognate with Low German winnen, Dutch winnen, German gewinnen, Norwegian Bokmål vinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish vinna.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English winn, winne, from Old English winn (“toil, labor, trouble, hardship; profit, gain; conflict, strife, war”), from Proto-Germanic *winną (“labour, struggle, fight”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, desire, wish, love”). Cognate with German Gewinn (“profit, gain”), Dutch gewin (“profit, gain”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English wynne, winne, wunne, from Old English wynn (“joy, rapture, pleasure, delight, gladness”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju, from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy, delight, pleasure, lust”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).Cognate with German Wonne (“bliss, joy, delight”), archaic Dutch wonne (“joy”), Danish ynde (“grace”), Icelandic yndi (“delight”).
[Etymology 4]
editFrom wind.
[References]
edit
1. ^ 1881, Rossiter W. Raymond, A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms
[[Chuukese]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English win.
[Noun]
editwin
1.win
2.victory
3.prize
[Verb]
editwin
1.to win
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɪn[Verb]
editwin
1.inflection of winnen:
1.first-person singular present indicative
2.imperative
[[Kis]]
[Further reading]
edit
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
[Noun]
editwin
1.woman
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/win/[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English winn, from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winną, *winnaną; akin to winnen. Reinforced by earlier iwin, from Old English ġewinn.
[Etymology 3]
edit
[Etymology 4]
edit
[[North Frisian]]
ipa :/vɪn/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Frisian wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old Frisian wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.
[[Old Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.
[Noun]
editwīn m
1.wine
[[Old English]]
ipa :/wiːn/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wīn from Latin vīnum.
[Noun]
editwīn n
1.wine
2.c. 810, charter of Christ Church Canterbury, Cotton Augustus II, 79, f1r:
...selle mon... mittan fulne huniges oðða tuegen uuines...
[[Polish]]
ipa :/vin/[Noun]
editwin f
1.genitive plural of winaeditwin n
1.genitive plural of wino
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English wind.
[Noun]
editwin
1.wind
2.1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:7:
Bihain God, Bikpela i kisim graun na em i wokim man long en. Na em i winim win bilong laip i go insait long nus bilong man, na man i kisim laip.
→New International Version translation
[[Torres Strait Creole]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English wind.
[Noun]
editwin
1.wind
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/wiːn/[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editwin
1.Soft mutation of gwin.
[[West Makian]]
ipa :/win̪/[Noun]
editwin
1.day
2.sun
[References]
edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics
[[Yoruba]]
ipa :/wĩ̀/[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
editReplaced by yá
[Etymology 3]
editCompare with Olukumi wẹ́n and possibly Igala mẹ́, also used by SEY speakers, it has largely been replaced by sún mọ́ in standard Yoruba
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creditor
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- creditour (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- director
[Antonyms]
edit
- debtor
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English creditour, from Anglo-Norman creditour, from Latin crēditor, from crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”).
[Noun]
editcreditor (plural creditors)
1.(finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.
Antonym: debtor
2.One who gives credence to something; a believer.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/kɾə.diˈto/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin crēditōr-, stem of crēditor.
[Noun]
editcreditor m (plural creditors, feminine creditora)
1.creditor
[Synonyms]
edit
- (slang) anglès, (slang, Valencia) anglés
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈkreː.di.tor/[Etymology]
editFrom crēditum (“loan”), from crēditus, perfect passive participle of crēdō (“lend”).
[Noun]
editcrēditor m (genitive crēditōris); third declension
1.creditor, lender
[References]
edit
- “creditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “creditor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- creditor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- creditor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the creditor: creditor, or is cui debeo
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French créditeur.
[Noun]
editcreditor m (plural creditori)
1.creditor
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petition
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈtɪʃ.ən/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English, borrowed from Old French peticiun, from stem of Latin petitio, petitionem (“a request, solicitation”), from petere (“to require, seek, go forward”).
[Noun]
editpetition (plural petitions)
1.A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
2.A compilation of signatures built in order to exert moral authority in support of a specific cause.
We're looking to get 10,000 people to sign the petition to have the bird colony given legal protection.
3.(law) A formal written request for judicial action.
4.A prayer; a supplication; an entreaty.
5.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Maccabees 7:37:
A house of prayer and petition for thy people.
[Verb]
editpetition (third-person singular simple present petitions, present participle petitioning, simple past and past participle petitioned)
1.(transitive) To make a request to, commonly in written form.
The villagers petitioned the council to demolish the dangerous building.
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50595
distressed
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈstɹɛst/[Adjective]
editdistressed (comparative more distressed, superlative most distressed)
1.anxious or uneasy
I'm distressed that sexy John hasn't answered my calls. I hope nothing bad happened to him on the way here.
2.(of merchandise, etc.) damaged
3.(of a property) offered for sale after foreclosure
4.(of furniture, etc.) faded or abused in order to appear old, or antique
[Verb]
editdistressed
1.simple past and past participle of distress
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parametric
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editparametric (not comparable)
1.(mathematics, design, engineering, computing) Of, relating to, or defined using parameters.
parametric designs
parametric programming
[Noun]
editparametric (plural parametrics)
1.A parametric equation
[Synonyms]
edit
- parameterized (often synonymous, when agency of imposing such nature is relevant)
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editparametric m or n (feminine singular parametrică, masculine plural parametrici, feminine and neuter plural parametrice)
1.parametric
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French paramétrique. By surface analysis, parametru + -ic.
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constraint
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈstɹeɪnt/[Anagrams]
edit
- in contrast
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English constreynt, constreynte, from Old French constreinte, past participle of constreindre (“to constrain”), from Latin cōnstringō (corresponding to the past participle cōnstrictus).
[Noun]
editconstraint (countable and uncountable, plural constraints)
1.Something that constrains; a restriction.
Coordinate term: problem
An engineer must recognize the difference between a constraint (to work within) and a problem (to be eliminated via resolution).
2.An irresistible force or compulsion.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
3.The repression of one's feelings.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
4.(mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
5.(databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.
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50598
mean to
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Eatmon, Manteo, nemato-, omenta, to-name, toname
[Verb]
editmean to (third-person singular simple present means to, present participle meaning to, simple past and past participle meant to)
1.To intend to.
I've been meaning to visit him for a while, but work has been busy.
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50599
means
[[English]]
ipa :/miːnz/[Anagrams]
edit
- Mensa, Seman, amens, manes, manse, mensa, mesna, names, namés, neams, ñames
[Etymology]
editSee mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”).
[Noun]
editmeans
1.plural of meaneditmeans (plural means)
1.An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
She treated him as a means to an end.
A car is a means of transport.
2.1622, Francis Bacon, History of the reign of King Henry VII:
And by this means also he had them the more at vantage, being tired and harassed with a long march; and more at mercy, being cut off far from their country, and therefore not able by any sudden flight to get to retreat, and to renew their troubles.
3.1623, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, act V, scene 1:
Our hope in him is dead: let us return,
And strain what other means is left unto us
In our dear peril.
4.2013 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.editmeans pl (plural only)
1.(uncountable) Resources; riches.
a person of means; independent means
He was living beyond his means.
2.1676, Richard Baxter, A Treatise of Justifying Righteousness, page 163:
Where there is much means to be used, and conditions yet to be performed, for the continuation and Consummation of our Justification, there it is not yet continued or consummate.
3.1888, Karl Marx, edited by Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto, page 5:
Because there is too much civilisation, too much means of subsistence, too much industry, too much commerce
4.1921, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Authorizing association of producers of agricultural products, page 99:
Then the other 12 packers […] were men without much means, who lived in Fresno
5.1955, Rex Stout, “Die Like a Dog”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam Books, published 1994 October, →ISBN, page 154:
Some kind of writer. He didn't have to make a living; he had means.
[Synonyms]
edit
- wherewithal
[Verb]
editmeans
1.third-person singular simple present indicative of mean
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈme.ans/[Etymology]
editPresent active participle of meō (“go along, traverse”)
[Participle]
editmeāns (genitive meantis); third-declension one-termination participle
1.going along, passing, traversing
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[[English]]
ipa :/ɹəˈdækʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- I don't care, carotenid, citronade, draconite
[Etymology]
editFrom New Latin redactiō (“redaction”), from Latin redigō (“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”), from red- (“back”) + agō (“to put in motion, to drive”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “redaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “redaction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- redaction at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editredaction (countable and uncountable, plural redactions)
1.(countable) Edited or censored version of a document.
The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret.
2.(countable) The change or changes made while editing.
3.(uncountable) The process of editing or censoring.
The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act.
[See also]
edit
- recension
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[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈnɒkjuəs/[Adjective]
editinnocuous (comparative more innocuous, superlative most innocuous)
1.Harmless; producing no ill effect.
Synonyms: innoxious, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, undamaging, unharmful, harmless
Antonyms: nocuous, noxious, harmful, poisonous, toxic; see also Thesaurus:harmful
2.1838, Richard Chenevix Trench, “Sonnet I. To England. In the Tyrol.”, in Sabbation; Honor Neale; and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 158:
With its green cupola or tapering spire, / Which sunset touches with innocuous fire, / The little church appears, to sanctify / The precincts duly where men live and die— [...]
3.1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 9, in A Footnote to History:
The shells fell for the most part innocuous; an eyewitness saw children at play beside the flaming houses; not a soul was injured.
4.1911, Bram Stoker, “Mesmer’s Chest”, in The Lair of the White Worm, London: William Rider and Son, […], →OCLC, page 110:
Other things, too, there were, not less deadly though seemingly innocuous—dried fungi, the touch of which was death and whose poison was carried on in the air; also traps intended for birds, beast, fishes, reptiles, and insects; machines which could produce pain of any kind and degree, and the only mercy of which was the power of producing speedy death.
5.1997, David Foster Wallace, “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:
The effects of any one instance of TV absorbing and pablumizing cultural tokens seems innocuous enough.
6.2011 September 2, “Wales 2 — 1 Montenegro”, in BBC Sport[1]:
As the half closed [Gareth] Bale and [Joe] Ledley both went close with good efforts, but [Craig] Bellamy picked up a yellow card for an innocuous challenge that also rules the new Liverpool man out of the trip to Wembley.
7.Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable.
Synonym: uncontroversial
8.1893, Gilbert Parker, chapter 12, in Mrs. Falchion:
Ruth Devlin announced that the song must wait, though it appeared to be innocuous and child-like in its sentiments.
9.1910, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 29, in The Intrusion of Jimmy:
He sat down, and lighted a cigarette, casting about the while for an innocuous topic of conversation.
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin innocuus (“harmless”).
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˌsɛvəˈstoʊpəl/[Alternative forms]
edit
- Sebastopol (historical)
[Etymology]
editLate 18th century. From Ukrainian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ) and Russian Севасто́поль (Sevastópolʹ), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστόπολις (Sebastópolis) from σεβαστός (sebastós, “august”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), probably after Empress (=Augusta) Catherine II of Russia.
[Proper noun]
editSevastopol
1.A port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia. It is the base of the Black Sea Fleet.
[Synonyms]
edit
- Aqyar (historical)
[[Portuguese]]
[Proper noun]
editSevastopol
1.Alternative form of Sebastopol
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thwarting
[[English]]
[Noun]
editthwarting (plural thwartings)
1.An instance of blocking or obstructing.
2.1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 15, in Middlemarch […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):
[…] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong.
[Verb]
editthwarting
1.present participle and gerund of thwart
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[[English]]
ipa :/θwɔːt/[Adjective]
editthwart (comparative more thwart, superlative most thwart)
1.Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 768–773:
Which elſe to ſeveral Sphears thou muſt aſcribe,
Mov'd contrarie with thwart obliquities,
Or ſave the Sun his labour, and that ſwift
Nocturnal and Diurnal rhomb ſuppos'd,
Inviſible elſe above all Starrs, the Wheele
Of Day and Night; […]
3.(figurative, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
Synonyms: cross-grained, froward; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
4.c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
[…] harke Nature, heare deere Goddeſſe, ſuſpend thy purpoſe, if thou did'ſt intend to make this creature fruitful into her wombe, conuey ſterility, drie vp in hir the organs of increaſe, and from her derogate body neuer ſpring a babe to honour her, if ſhee muſt teeme, create her childe of ſpleene, that it may liue and bee a thourt diſuetur'd[sic – meaning disnatured] torment to her, […]
5.1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 11, recto:
[…] and it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churlish[,] thwart, and mutinous; […]
6.(figurative, dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
Synonyms: unpropitious, untoward; see also Thesaurus:unlucky
[Adverb]
editthwart (not comparable)
1.(obsolete) Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
2.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 701–706:
With adverſe blaſt up-turns them from the South
Notus and Afer black with thundrous Clouds
From Serraliona; thwart of theſe as fierce
Forth ruſh the Levant and the Ponent VVindes
Eurus and Zephir with their lateral noiſe,
Sirocco, and Libecchio.
[Etymology]
editThe adjective is derived from Early Middle English thwert, thwerte, thuart, thurt, thurte, thwart, thwarte, twart, twarte, twhart, twhert, twort, þuert, þwerrt, þwert, þwerte, ðwert (“crosswise, transverse; counter, opposing; contrary, obstinate”),[1] borrowed from Old Norse þvert (“across, athwart”), originally the neuter form of þverr (“across, transverse”),[2] from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (“cross; adverse”) (altered or influenced by Proto-Germanic *þweraną (“to stir; to swirl; to turn”)), from Proto-Germanic *þerh-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to spin; to turn”).The English adjective is cognate with Danish tvær (“sullen, sulky”), Gothic 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍃 (þwairs, “angry”), Middle Dutch dwers, dwars (modern Dutch dwars (“crosswise, transverse; slantwise, askew; stubbornly disobedient”)), Norwegian tvert, tvært, Old Frisian þweres, dwers (Saterland Frisian twars, West Frisian dwers, dwerz (“across, to the other side of; beyond”)), Middle Low German dwers, dwars (Low German dwars (“contrary; cross-grained”)), Old English þweorh (“transverse; perverse; angry, cross”), Old High German twer (Middle High German twer, quer, modern German quer (“crosswise; cross”)), Swedish tvär (“across, transverse; of a curve: sharp; immediate, sudden; grumpy, stubborn”).[2] It is related to queer; also Proto-West Germanic *þwerh,The adverb is derived from Middle English thwert, ywerte (“crosswise; across the grain”); the Middle English Dictionary suggests the adverb was derived from the adjective,[3] while the Oxford English Dictionary notes that the adverb is attested earlier than the adjective.[2]The verb is derived from Middle English thwerten, thwert, thwarten, þwerten (“to lie across; to oppose, to thwart”),[4] and further from the adverb[5] and perhaps also the adjective.[4]Noun sense 1 (“a seat across a boat on which a rower may sit”) may be derived from the adverb or adjective, from the position of the seat across the length of the boat,[6] while noun sense 3 (“(rare) an act of thwarting”) is derived from the verb.[7] Compare Middle English thwert (“in in thwert: crosswise”), from the adjective.[8]
[Further reading]
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- thwart on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}A rowboat with three thwarts (sense 1) in Lake Maria State Park, Minnesota, USAThe thwarts (sense 2) of this canoe support its structurethwart (plural thwarts)
1.(nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
Synonyms: thaught, thawt, (Britain, dialectal) thoft
The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.
2.[1876–1879?], “Our Holiday. Rowing.—I.”, in The Popular Educator: A Complete Encyclopædia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education, new and revised edition, volume IV, London, New York, N.Y.: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, […], →OCLC, page 32, column 2:
When taking his seat in a boat, the learner should first observe that the thwart is firmly fixed, and that the mat upon it is securely tied to that part of it which is farthest from his rowlock.
A diagram of a boat, showing its thwarts, appears on the page.
3.(nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
A well-made dugout canoe rarely needs a thwart.
4.1773, “Of the Canoes and Navigation of the Inhabitants of New Zealand; […]”, in John Hawkesworth, editor, An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, […] In Three Volumes, volume III, Printed for W[illiam] Strahan and T[homas] Cadell […], →OCLC, book II, page 58:
A conſiderable number of thwarts were laid from gunwale to gunwale, to which they were ſecurely laſhed on each ſide, as a ſtrengthening to the boat [a canoe].
5.1800, Michael Symes, chapter VII, in An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, by the Governor-General of India, in the Year 1795, London: Printed by W[illiam] Bulmer and Co., […]; and sold by Messrs. G[eorge] and W[illiam] Nicol, […]; and J[ohn] Wright, […], →OCLC, page 223:
My barge was sixty feet in length, and not more than twelve in the widest part; by taking away one thwart beam near the stern, laying a floor two feet below the gunwale, and raising an arched roof about seven feet above the floor, a commodious room was formed, fourteen feet long, and ten wide, with a closet behind it; […]
6.2015, Cliff Jacobson, “Outfitting and Customizing Your Canoe”, in Canoeing Wild Rivers: The 30th Anniversary Guide to Expedition Canoeing in North America, 5th edition, Guildford, Conn., Helena, Mont.: Falcon Guides, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 66:
I looked down into the Old Town [a canoe]; there was no yoke, only a straight ash thwart.
7.(rare) An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.
[Preposition]
editthwart
1.(archaic or poetic) Across, athwart.
[References]
edit
1. ^ “thwert, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2019.
2.↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “thwart, adv., prep., and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1912; “thwart, prep. and adv.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
3. ^ “thwert, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2019.
4.↑ 4.0 4.1 “thwerten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2018.
5. ^ “thwart, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1912; “thwart, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
6. ^ “thwart, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1912; “thwart, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
7. ^ “thwart, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1912.
8. ^ “thwert, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 August 2019.
[Verb]
editthwart (third-person singular simple present thwarts, present participle thwarting, simple past and past participle thwarted)
1.(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
Synonyms: balk, foil, spoil
Antonym: promote
Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.
The police thwarted the would-be assassin.
2.1590, T[homas] L[odge], “Alindas Comfort to Perplexed Rosalynd”, in Rosalynde. Euphues Golden Legacie: […], London: Imprinted by Thomas Orwin for T. G[ubbin] and John Busbie, →OCLC; republished [Glasgow: Printed for the Hunterian Club, 1876], →OCLC, folio 13, verso, page 34:
If thou grieueſt that beeing the daughter of a Prince, and enuie thwarteth thée with ſuch hard exigents, thinke that royaltie is a faire marke; that Crownes haue croſſes when mirth is in Cottages; that the fairer the Roſe is, the ſooner it is bitten with Catterpillers; […]
3.1662 November 9, Robert South, “[Sermon II] A Sermon Preached at the Cathedral-Church of St. Paul’s, November the 9th, 1662: Genesis i. 27. So God created Man in his own Image, in the Image of God created He him.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 5th edition, volume I, London: Printed for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1722, →OCLC, page 60:
The Underſtanding and Will never diſagreed; for the Propoſals of the one never thwarted the Inclinations of the other.
4.1830, Walter Scott, “Auchindrane; or, The Ayrshire Tragedy”, in The Doom of Devorgoil, a Melo-drama; Auchindrane; or, The Ayrshire Tragedy, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Company] for Cadell and Company; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 309:
Hear ye the serf I bred, begin to reckon
Upon his rights and pleasure! Who am I—
Thou abject, who am I, whose will thou thwartest?
5.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:
Not unnaturally, "Auntie" took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and had perhaps spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.
6.2004, Peter Bondanella, “Wise Guys: Hollywood Italian Gangsters”, in Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, New York, N.Y.: Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, pages 231–232:
The film ends with the colorful deaths of Nico's enemies after he thwarts their attempts to assassinate a U.S. Senator investigating ties between drug dealers and the CIA.
7.2006, Edwin Black, “Power Struggle”, in Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, →OL:
More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
8.2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 – 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 13 December 2011:
Everton were now firmly on the back foot and it required some sharp work from Johnny Heitinga and Phil Jagielka to thwart [Theo] Walcott and Thomas Vermaelen.
9.(transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
10.(transitive, also figurative, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
11.(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
An arrow thwarts the air.
12.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 555–557:
Thither came Uriel, gliding through the Eeven
On a Sun beam, ſwift as a ſhooting Starr
In Autumn thwarts the night, […]
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[[English]]
ipa :/dɹɔːn/[Adjective]
editdrawn (comparative more drawn, superlative most drawn)
1.Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
2.Of a game: undecided; having no definite winner and loser.
[Anagrams]
edit
- warn'd
[Etymology]
editMorphologically draw + -n.
[Verb]
editdrawn
1.past participle of draw
2.2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, […] . Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/drau̯n/[Mutation]
edit
[Verb]
editdrawn
1.Soft mutation of trawn.
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ire
[[English]]
ipa :/aɪɹ/[Anagrams]
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- -ier, EIR, Eri., RIE, Rie, eir, rei, rie
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English ire, yre, shortened form of iren (“iron”). More at iron.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English ire, from Old French ire (“ire”), from Latin īra (“wrath, rage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to fall upon, act sharply”) (compare Old English ofost (“haste, zeal”), Old Norse eisa (“to race forward”), Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), οἶστρος (oîstros, “frenzy; gadfly”), Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”), Sanskrit एषति (eṣati, “to drive on”)). Compare also Middle English irre, erre (“anger, wrath”), from Old English yrre, ierre, eorre (“anger, wrath”).
[[Dongxiang]]
ipa :/iˈrə/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Mongolic *ire-, compare Mongolian ирэх (irex), Daur irgw.
[Verb]
editire
1.to come
[[French]]
ipa :/iʁ/[Anagrams]
edit
- rie
[Etymology]
editInherited from Latin īra.
[Further reading]
edit
- “ire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editire f (plural ires)
1.(archaic, literary or poetic) ire, anger
Synonym: colère
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈi.re/[Anagrams]
edit
- eri, rei, rie, riè
[Etymology 1]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈiː.re/[References]
edit
- “ire”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
[Verb]
editīre
1.present active infinitive of eō
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
edit
[Etymology 4]
edit
[Etymology 5]
editFrom Old French ire (“ire”) or Latin īra (“wrath, rage”). See English ire for more.
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editOld French ire < Latin īra.
[Noun]
editire f (plural ires)
1.ire; rage; fury
[[Neapolitan]]
[Verb]
editire
1.Alternative form of jire (“to go”)
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Noun]
editire m (definite singular iren, indefinite plural irer, definite plural irene)
1.person from Ireland, Irishman.
Synonyms: irlender, irlending
[References]
edit
- “ire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Noun]
editire m (definite singular iren, indefinite plural irar, definite plural irane)
1.person from Ireland, Irishman.
Synonyms: irlendar, irlending
[References]
edit
- “ire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editLatin īra.
[Noun]
editire f (oblique plural ires, nominative singular ire, nominative plural ires)
1.ire, anger, rage
[References]
edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ire)
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- ire on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
[[Old Saxon]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- ira, iro, iru
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *hiz.
[Pronoun]
editire
1.Alternative form of ira
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editire
1.inflection of irar:
1.first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2.third-person singular imperative
[[Yoruba]]
ipa :/ī.ɾē/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ure (Èkìtì)
[Etymology 1]
editCompare with oore (“blessing”) and rere (“goodness”)
[Etymology 2]
editIgi ire
[Etymology 3]
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[Etymology 4]
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[Etymology 5]
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[Etymology 6]
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IRE
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- -ier, EIR, Eri., RIE, Rie, eir, rei, rie
[Proper noun]
editIRE
1.(sports) Abbreviation of Ireland. (Republic of Ireland)
2.(historical) Initialism of Institute of Radio Engineers.
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Ire
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈiːʁə/[Further reading]
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- “Ire” in Duden online
- “Ire” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editIre m (weak, genitive Iren, plural Iren, feminine Irin)
1.Irishman (man from Ireland)
Synonym: (uncommon) Irländer
[[Yoruba]]
ipa :/ì.ɾè/[Proper noun]
editÌrè
1.Ire Ekiti (a Yoruba town in Ekiti, Nigeria); known for being closely associated to the deity of Ògún. Ògún is believed to have went to Ire first when descending from the heavens, and fought for the people of Ìrè. It is also where Ògún is believed to have disappeared into the ground, and returned to the other deities. Ògún is commonly referred to as Onírè, "owner of Ìrè."
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complicit
[[English]]
ipa :/kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/[Adjective]
editcomplicit (comparative more complicit, superlative most complicit)
1.Associated with or participating in an activity, especially one of a questionable nature.
2.1861, Henry M. Wheeler, The Slaves' Champion, page 203:
It [slavery] has set the seal of a complicit, guilty silence upon the most orthodox pulpits and the saintliest tongues, […]
3.1973, Angus Wilson, As If by Magic, Secker and Warburg, page 177:
"I confess," and the Englishman turned with a near complicit grin to Hamo, "I have certain vulgar tastes myself."
4.2005 March 7, Larry Dennsion, “Letters”, in Time:
Khan's sale of nuclear secrets and a complicit Pakistani government have made the world a ticking time bomb.
5.2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42:
I have been critical of the RDG in the past for merely being a cypher for government announcements, but the failure of its members to make a stand on this issue and not be complicit in the Government's subterfuge is a shocking indictment of their failure to protect the industry.
[Etymology]
editBack-formation from complicity, most likely, which from French complicité, from complice (“partner, accomplice”), from Latin complexus, complicem (“partner”).
[References]
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- “complicit”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
[Synonyms]
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- complicitous
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back
[[English]]
ipa :/bæk/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-West Germanic *bak, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). The adverb represents an aphetic form of aback.Compare Middle Low German bak (“back”), from Old Saxon bak, and West Frisian bekling (“chair back”), Old High German bah, Swedish and Norwegian bak. Cognate with German Bache (“sow [adult female hog]”).
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from French bac.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈbɛk][Alternative forms]
edit
- bek
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English back.
[Further reading]
edit
- back in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- back in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editback m anim
1.(sports, obsolete) back
Synonyms: obránce, zadák
Antonyms: útočník, forward
2.1904, František K. Hejda with et al., Praha ve dne v noci: zajímavosti a zvláštnosti ze źivota staré a nové Prahy[4], volume 1, P. Körber, page 70:
Forward útočí na branku nepřátel podporován jsa zálohou, a backové s brankářem proti tomu mají čeliti útokům forwardu nepřátelského.
Forward line attack the opponent's goal, being supported by midfielders, and backs with the goalkeeper are supposed to face the attacks of the opponent's forward line.
3.1997, Kronika českého fotbalu[5], volume 1, page 196:
Sparta má proslulý forward, a ten tak uvykl na svou proslulost, že se nesnaží ani trainovat, že opovrhuje běháním, že se spoléhá na znamenitou, ale pomalou kombinaci, že vlastně už zapomněl běhat, chodit mezi backy a vystavovat se nebezpečí, že svůj goal zaplatí snad nějakým tím klepnutím do choulostivých končetin.
Sparta has a renowned forward line, which got used to its fame so much, that they do not take pains to train, despise running, rely on excellent but slow combination, that they forgot how to run, go among the backs and put themselves in danger of being hit into sensitive limbs.editback m inan
1.(sports, rare) defense
Synonym: obrana
Antonym: útok
2.1986, Vladimír Valenta, Power play[6], Polygon:
Na backu všechno odřeme, to křídlo, to je jiný: chrápe na modrý čáře a čeká, až mu to někdo bouchne.
In the defense we do all the hard work, while the wing is different: they snore at the blue line and wait until somebody passes it to them.
[[French]]
ipa :/bak/[Adverb]
editback
1.(Louisiana, Cajun, Acadian) back
Dis trois je vous salue Marie, et je veux point te voir icitte back à voler du plywood.
Say three hail Maries, and I don't want to see you back here stealing plywood.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English back.
[[German]]
ipa :/bak/[Verb]
editback
1.inflection of backen:
1.second-person singular imperative
2.(colloquial) first-person singular present indicative
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editback
1.Alternative form of bak (“back”)
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom English back.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom German Back.
[References]
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- back in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- back in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- back in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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craft
[[English]]
ipa :/kɹɑːft/[Anagrams]
edit
- fract
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English craft (“strength, skill”), from Old English cræft (“strength, skill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftu, from Proto-Germanic *kraftuz (“strength, power”); further origin obscure.Cognate with German Kraft (“strength, power, force, energy, employee”).
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:craftWikipedia craft (countable and uncountable, plural craft or crafts)
1.(uncountable, obsolete) Strength; power; might; force [9th century].
2.1526, William Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection[1]:
By the craft of nature.
3.(uncountable) Intellectual power; skill; art.
1.Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].
2.1846, George Grote, A history of Greece:
The Cyclôpes were Brontês, Steropês, and Argês,—formidable persons, equally distinguished for strength and for manual craft […]
3.2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport[2]:
England should have had enough against a very ordinary Russia to complete the job but Rooney's removal robbed them of his craft and guidance and now increases the pressure on Thursday's meeting with Wales in Lens.
4.Cunning, art, skill, or dexterity applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; subtlety; shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [13th century].
5.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 14:1:
[…] and the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
6.1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […] [William Wilson] for Andrew Crooke, […], →OCLC:
[…] you have that Crooked Wisdome, which is called Craft […]
7.1904, Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
We have not the strength with which to fight this man; we must dissimulate, and win, if win we can, by craft.
Synonyms: craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
8.(obsolete) Occult art, magic [13th century].(countable, obsolete in the general sense) A work or product of art [c. 1000].
1.(collective or plural) Handmade items, especially domestic or decorative objects; handicrafts [20th century].
2.1911 January, Timberman:
[Canton] has a large export trade in hand-made crafts, ivory and furniture.(countable, obsolete) A device, a means; a magical device, spell or enchantment [13th century].
- c. 1440, Generydes. A royal historie of the excellent knight Generides:
For your entente I shall a craft devise […] That ye shall haue your purpose euery dele.(countable, obsolete) Learning of the schools, scholarship; a branch of learning or knowledge, a science, especially one of the ‘seven liberal arts’ of the medieval universities [13th century].
- a. 1325, Cursor Mundi, page 272:
[…] Þe seuen craftes all he can […](uncountable) Skill, skilfulness, art, especially the skill needed for a particular profession [9th century].
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Timber: or Discoveries made upon Men and Matter, page 213:
A poem […] is the work of the poet; the end and fruit of his labour and study. Poesy is his skill or craft of making; the very fiction itself, the reason or form of the work.
- 1678, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises, or The doctrine of handy-works:
It is counted […] good workmanship in a Joyner, to have the craft of bearing his hand so curiously even, the whole length of a long Board.
The craft of writing plays.
Synonyms: craftsmanship, workmanship(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].
- 1847, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie, page 281:
[…] For since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, / Has the craft of the smith been held in repute by the people.
- 1871, Edward Augustus Freeman, The history of the Norman conquest, page 250:
Fond as William was of the craft of the woods, he was the least likely of all men to let his sport stand in the way of his interest.
- 1991, James Munson, The Nonconformists: In Search of a Lost Culture, "The+great+preachers+were+masters+of+their+craft"&dq="The+great+preachers+were+masters+of+their+craft"&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXrqf9pNjcAhXEa1AKHQ3RBD8Q6AEIJzAA page 113:
The great preachers were masters of their craft.
- 2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport[3]:
This was billed as the battle between Kane and his Poland opposite number Lewandowski but this was a game where it was possible to simply enjoy two masters of their craft at work.
The carpenter's craft.
He learned his craft as an apprentice.
Synonyms: art, trade, handicraft, business, profession(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ [15th century].
She represented the craft of brewers.(countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].
1.(nautical) Boats, especially of smaller size than ships. Historically primarily applied to vessels engaged in loading or unloading of other vessels, as lighters, hoys, and barges.
2.(nautical, British Royal Navy) Those vessels attendant on a fleet, such as cutters, schooners, and gun-boats, generally commanded by lieutenants.
3.(figurative) A woman.
4.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.(countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. [17th century].
- a. 1784, T. Green, “An Act for encouraging and regulating Fiſheries”, in Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut, in America, page 79:
And whereas the continual Interruption of the Courſe and Paſſage of the Fiſh up the Rivers, by the daily drawing of Seins and other Fiſh-Craft, tends to prevent their Increaſe, […]
- 1869 April 27, C. M. Scammon, “On the Cetaceans of the Western Coast of North America”, in Edward D. Cope, editor, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, volume 21, page 46:
The whaling craft consists of harpoons, lances, lines, and sealskin buoys, all of their own workmanship.
- a. 1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, “A Boy Who Went Whaling”, in The Highest Hit: and Other Selections by Newbery Authors, Gareth Stevens Publishing, published 2001, →ISBN, page 47:
From the mate’s boat they removed, at his direction, all whaling gear and craft except the oars and a single lance.
- 1950, Discovery Reports, volume 26, Cambridge University Press, page 318:
[…] Temple, a negro of New Bedford, who made ‘whalecraft’, that is, was a blacksmith engaged in working from iron the special utensils or ‘craft’ of the whaling trade.
- 1991, Joan Druett, Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives at Sea, 1820–1920, University Press of New England, published 2001, →ISBN, page 55:
The men raced about decks collecting the whaling craft and gear and putting them into the boats, while all the time the lookouts hollered from above.
[References]
edit
- Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1 (journal website).
[Verb]
editcraft (third-person singular simple present crafts, present participle crafting, simple past and past participle crafted)
1.To make by hand and with much skill.
2.To construct, develop something (like a skilled craftsman).
state crafting; the process of crafting global policing
3.(video games) To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editcraft (plural crafts)
1.trade union or guild
2.c. 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Cokes Tale, page 50:
A prentis whilom dwelt in our citee, / And of a craft of vitaillers was he […]
3.skill
4.c. 1381, Geoffrey Chaucer, Parlement of Foules:
The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne […]
[[Old Dutch]]
[Alternative forms]
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- kraft, creft
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *kraftu.
[Noun]
editcraft f
1.strength, power, force
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boomer
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbuːmə(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- Broome
[Etymology 1]
editboom + -er
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
edit
- boomer at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈbuː.mər/[Etymology]
editBorrowed English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer. Equivalent to boom + -er.
[Noun]
editboomer m (plural boomers)
1.(informal) A baby boomer, stereotypically associated with selfish or old-fashioned ideas. [from ca. 2000]
[[French]]
ipa :/bu.mœʁ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer; mainly through the expression OK, boomer. Equivalent to boom + -eur.
[Noun]
editboomer m (plural boomers, feminine boomeuse)
1.(Internet slang) a baby boomer, an old person stereotypically portrayed as ignorant of new technology or modern concepts
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English boomer.
[Noun]
editboomer m (invariable)
1.boomer
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈbu.mɛr/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English boomer.
[Further reading]
edit
- boomer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- boomer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editboomer m pers
1.(derogatory, Internet slang) boomer (person who does not know how to utilize new technologies well)
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/buː.m(ɯ)ɾ/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from English boomer, a clipping of baby boomer.
[Noun]
editboomer (definite accusative boomerı, plural boomerlar)
1.(slang) boomer, baby boomer
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reservation
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɹɛzəˈveɪʃən/[Anagrams]
edit
- veratrosine
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French reservation.
[Noun]
editreservation (countable and uncountable, plural reservations)
1.The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.
The committee authorised the reservation of funds.
1.The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.
2.The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.Something that is withheld or kept back.(often in the plural) A limiting qualification regarding certainty; a doubt.
I have reservations about your intentions.
- 1992, Jonny Quest (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 75, page 16)
Apart from the problemette with the punchy bits, I've got only one reservation with the game and that's that the tie-in element is a bit shaky to say the least.(US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.
I have a hotel reservation in the name of Mr Smith.
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.(UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.
A vehicle crashed through the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic.
- 2023 August 23, Chris Howe, “Green screen: HS2's route through the shires”, in RAIL, number 990, page 34:
A three-lane motorway can be up to (or even more than) 35 metres wide, with a hard shoulder on either side and a central reservation.(India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).(law, politics) A power of an overseeing authority to suspend legislation in the jurisdiction being overseen pending the approval of a higher authority. Such as a provincial/state governor reserving a bill passed by the state/provincial legislature from assent, pending approval of the federal government; or a federal bill passed by federal parliament being reserved by the viceroy pending approval by the crown.
Coordinate term: disallowance
[Synonyms]
edit
- (advance arrangement): booking
- (central reservation, motorway lane separator): median, median strip
- (Indian reservation): reserve, res, rez
[[Middle French]]
[Noun]
editreservation f (plural reservations)
1.reservation (limiting qualification)
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assurance
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈʃʊɹəns/[Alternative forms]
edit
- assuraunce (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- anacruses
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English assuraunce, from Old French asseürance, from asseürer; as if assure + -ance.
[Noun]
editassurance (countable and uncountable, plural assurances)
1.The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 17:31:
Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
3.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 9, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
Assurances of support came pouring in daily.
4.The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty.
5.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 10:22:
Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.
6.Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
7.1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
the affairs of the Tarkish camp together with assurance
8.1693, [John Locke], “§70”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
Conversation, when they come into the world, soon gives them a becoming assurance
9.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. […] His air, of self-confident assurance, seemed that of a man well used to having his own way.
10.Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
his assurance is intolerable
11.1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 7:
You confined to the society of the illiterate and vulgar all your life! I wonder how the young man could have the assurance to ask it. He must have a pretty good opinion of himself.
12.(obsolete) Betrothal; affiance.
13.(insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
14.(law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
15.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom.
16.(theology) Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
[References]
edit
- “assurance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
[[French]]
ipa :/a.sy.ʁɑ̃s/[Etymology]
editFrom assurer + -ance.
[Further reading]
edit
- “assurance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editassurance f (plural assurances)
1.insurance
2.assurance
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attest
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈtɛst/[Anagrams]
edit
- T-state
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French attester, from Latin attestor (“to witness to, bear witness”), from at-, combining form of ad (“to”) + testor (“to bear witness”), from testis (“a witness”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “attest”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “attest”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- attest at OneLook Dictionary Search
[See also]
edit
- cite
- quote
[Verb]
editattest (third-person singular simple present attests, present participle attesting, simple past and past participle attested)
1.(transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
When will the appraiser attest the date of the painting?
2.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
Dishonour not your Mothers: now attest that those whom you call'd Fathers, did beget you.
3.a. 1720 (date written), Joseph Addison, “Section III. The Providence of God.”, in The Evidences of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], published 1730, →OCLC, subsection VII, page 25:
[W]e have already ſeen many particular facts vvhich are recorded in holy vvrit, atteſted by particular Pagan Authors: […]
4.2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club[1]:
As the Wildlings can attest, there’s already new life even north of the wall, poking up through the ice. Winter only lasts so long.
5.(transitive) To certify by signature or oath.
You must attest your will in order for it to be valid.
6.(transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
7.(transitive, intransitive) To supply or be evidence of.
Her fine work attested her ability.
8.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act PROLOGUE, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
O pardon : since a crooked Figure may / Attest in little place a Million, / And let us, Cyphers to this great Accompt, / On your imaginarie Forces worke.
9.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
10.(transitive) To put under oath.
11.(transitive, obsolete) To call to witness; to invoke.
12.1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state / Attests in oaths, and fears to violate.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ɑˈtɛst/[Anagrams]
edit
- tastte
[Etymology]
editShortening of attestatie.
[Noun]
editattest n (plural attesten, diminutive attestje n)
1.certificate, document supporting an assertion
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin attestatum.
[Noun]
editattest m (definite singular attesten, indefinite plural attester, definite plural attestene)
1.a certificate
2.a testimonial
[References]
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- “attest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin attestatum.
[Noun]
editattest m (definite singular attesten, indefinite plural attestar, definite plural attestane)
1.a certificate
2.a testimonial
[References]
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- “attest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
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- testat
[Further reading]
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- attest in Svensk ordbok.
[Noun]
editattest c
1.certification, authorization; certificate
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˌkɑnsəˈkwɛnʃəl/[Adjective]
editconsequential (comparative more consequential, superlative most consequential)
1.Following as a result.
2.Having significant consequences; of importance.
3.2023 September 18, Charles Hugh Smith, The Peculiar Power of Denial[1]:
The more profound and consequential the issue, the more stubborn our denial.
4.Important or significant.
5.(of a person) Self-important.
6.1919, Lord Frederic Hamilton, The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday[2], page 69:
He was a very short, fat little man, with immensely long grey side-whiskers, and a most consequential manner.
[Antonyms]
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- inconsequential
[Etymology]
editconsequent + -ial [1]
[References]
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1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “consequential”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
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- (having significant consequences): considerable, important
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Gen
[[English]]
ipa :/d͡ʒɛn/[Anagrams]
edit
- ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
editShortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.
[Etymology 3]
edit
[Etymology 4]
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[[German]]
ipa :/ˈɡeːn/[Etymology]
editCoined by Danish biologist Wilhelm Johannsen in 1909, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”).
[Further reading]
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- “Gen” in Duden online
- “Gen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[Noun]
editGen n (strong, genitive Gens, plural Gene)
1.gene
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Gen X
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdʒɛn ˈɛks/[Alternative forms]
edit
- gen X, Gen-X
[Proper noun]
editGen X
1.Clipping of Generation X.
Coordinate terms: Gen Y, Gen Z
2.1999, Rob Owen, Gen X TV: The Brady Bunch to Melrose Place, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 54:
If the MTV innovation is one hallmark of Gen X, another important attribute is this generation's sense of humor, which is self-conscious, self-deprecating, and filled with irony, but also tends to be somewhat subversive and antiestablishment.
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employed
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪmˈplɔɪd/[Adjective]
editemployed (comparative more employed, superlative most employed)
1.In a job; working.
2.Used; in use.
[Verb]
editemployed
1.simple past and past participle of employ
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trustworthiness
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɹʌst.wɜɹ.ði.nɛs/[Etymology]
edittrustworthy + -ness
[Noun]
edittrustworthiness (uncountable)
1.The state or quality of being trustworthy or reliable.
Synonym: trustability
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indispensable
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl/[Adjective]
editindispensable (comparative more indispensable, superlative most indispensable)
1.(ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. [16th–17th c.]
2.(of duties, rules etc.) Unbendable, that cannot be set aside or ignored. [from 17th c.]
3.1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:
The law was moral and indispensable.
4.Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without. [from 17th c.]
An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.
5.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion[1]:
But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists.
6.7 July 2022, Boris Johnson, resignation speech[2]:
And my friends in politics, no-one is remotely indispensable and our brilliant and Darwinian system will produce another leader, equally committed to taking this country forward through tough times.
[Antonyms]
edit
- dispensable
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French indispensable, from Medieval Latin indispensābilis, corresponding to in- + dispensable.
[Noun]
editindispensable (plural indispensables)
1.A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity. [from 17th c.]
2.(in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers. [from 19th c.]
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:requisite
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/in.dis.pənˈsa.blə/[Adjective]
editindispensable m or f (masculine and feminine plural indispensables)
1.indispensable
Antonym: dispensable
[Etymology]
editFrom in- + dispensable.
[Further reading]
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- “indispensable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “indispensable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ̃.dis.pɑ̃.sabl/[Adjective]
editindispensable (plural indispensables)
1.indispensable
[Further reading]
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- “indispensable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/indispenˈsable/[Adjective]
editindispensable m or f (masculine and feminine plural indispensables)
1.indispensable
Synonym: imprescindible
Antonym: dispensable
[Etymology]
editFrom in- + dispensable.
[Further reading]
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- “indispensable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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up
[[English]]
ipa :/ʌp/[Adjective]
editup (not comparable)
1.Facing upwards.
Turn the cloth over so that the patterned side is up.
2.1983, Gary E. Meek, Stephen J. Turner, Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions, page 41:
Suppose that we roll a fair die and flip a fair coin in a game that awards 10 dollars whenever one pip shows on the up face of the die and 2 dollars whenever a head shows on the up side of the coin.
3.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:up.
4.On or at a physically higher level.
The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country.
5.Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
Where is the up escalator?
6.Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
All the notices are up now.
The Christmas decorations are up.
7.(by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
Is your new video up yet? I looked on the website, but I couldn't find it.
8.Aloft.
The kite is up!
9.Raised; lifted.
The castle drawbridge was up.
Don't go into the living room just now – I've got the carpet up.
10.Built, constructed.
Are the new buildings up yet?
11.Standing; upright.
The audience were up and on their feet.
12.(obsolete) Risen up, rebelling, in revolt.
13.1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
The fearefull newes that whilſt the flame doth but begin,
Sad pollicie may ſerue to quench the fire:
The Commons nowe are vp in Kent, let vs not ſuffer this firſt attempt too farre.
14.Awake and out of bed.
I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.
15.(horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
16.(of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
It'll get warmer once the sun's up.
17.1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 4, in Moonfleet, London, Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934:
I have said I was still in darkness, yet it was not the blackness of the last night; and looking up into the inside of the tomb above, I could see the faintest line of light at one corner, which showed the sun was up.
18.Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
Sales are up compared to last quarter.
My temperature is up this morning.
19.Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
The barometer is up, so fine weather should be on the way.
20.Ahead; leading; winning.
The home team were up by two goals at half-time.
21.
22. Finished, to an end
Time is up!
Her contract is up next month, so it's time to negotiate another one.
23.In a good mood.
I’m feeling up today.
24.(usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
25.Next in a sequence.
Smith is up to bat.
26.
27. (not used attributively) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
What's up, bro?
What is up with that project at headquarters?
When I saw his face, I knew something was up.
28.(poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
AAKK = aces up
QQ33 = queens up
29.Well-informed; current.
I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
30.(computing) Functional; working.
Is the server back up?
31.(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
The London train is on the up line.
32.(US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice.
Would you like that drink up or on ice?
33.(slang) Erect. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
34.(UK) At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
35.2002, Philip Pullman, “Dreaming of Spires”, in Daemon Voices, Vintage, published 2017, page 98:
When I was up (1965–68) I had a group of idle friends who occupied their time and mine betting on horses, getting drunk and sprawling about telling creepy tales.
36.(slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
37.1996, Matthew Busby Hunt, The Sociolinguistics of Tagging and Chicano Gang Graffiti, page 71:
Being "up" means having numerous graffiti in the tagging landscape.
38.2009, Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground, pages 16–40:
Graffiti writers want their names seen by writers and others so that they will be famous. Therefore writers are very serious about any opportunity to “get up.” […] The throw-up became one of the fundamental techniques for getting up, and thereby gaining recognition and fame.
39.2011, Adam Melnyk, Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti:
From his great rooftop pieces, selected for high visibility, to his sneaky tags and fun loving stickers, he most certainly knows how to get up.
40.2003, Nicolas Barker, The Devonshire Inheritance: Five Centuries of Collecting at Chatsworth:
Won by Park Top (Lester Piggott up), at Epsom on June 5, 1969
[Adverb]
editup (not comparable)
1.Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
2.To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
All day we climbed up and up.
3.1925, Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie
‘The Phantom! The Phantom is up from the cellars again!’
4.To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
Turn it up, I can barely hear it.
Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.
5.To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
I was up to my chin in water.
A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
6.(intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
Tear up the contract.
He really messed up.
Please type up our monthly report.
Drink up. The pub is closing.
Can you sum up your research?
The meteor burned up in the atmosphere.
I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
7.To or from one's possession or consideration.
I picked up some milk on the way home.
The committee will take up your request.
She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
8.To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
I live in Florida, but I'm going up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
9.Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
We travelled from Yorkshire up to London.
I'm going up to the other end of town.
He lives up by the railway station.
10.(rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
11.Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
to lay up riches; put up your weapons
12.(sailing) Against the wind or current.
13.(Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
14.(cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
The bowler pitched the ball up.
15.(US, bartending) Without additional ice.
A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.
16.(UK, academia, dated) To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.
She's going up to read Classics this September.
17.1867, John Timbs, Lives of wits and humourists, page 125:
The son of the Dean of Lichfield was only three years older than Steele, who was a lad of only twelve, when at the age of fifteen, Addison went up to Oxford.
18.1998, Rita McWilliams Tullberg, Women at Cambridge, page 112:
Others insinuated that women 'crowded up to Cambridge', not for the benefits of a higher education, but because of the proximity of 2,000 young men.
19.2002, Peter Harman, Cambridge Scientific Minds, page 79:
A precocious mathematician, Babbage was already well versed in the Continental mathematical notations when he went up to Cambridge.
[Anagrams]
edit
- P U, PU, Pu
[Antonyms]
edit
- (away from the centre of the Earth): down
- (louder): down
- (higher in pitch): down
- (towards the principal terminus): downedit
- (toward the top of): downedit
- (facing upwards): down
- (on a higher level): down
- (computing: functional): down
- (traveling towards a major terminus): downedit
- (direction opposed to the pull of gravity): down
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English up, from Old English upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, see more there.
[Noun]
editup (plural ups)
1.(uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
Up is a good way to go.
2.(countable) A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
There are many ups to caravanning, but also many downs.
I've been on an up all this week.
3.(particle physics) An up quark.
Hypernym: flavor
4.An upstairs room of a two story house.
She lives in a two-up two-down.
[Preposition]
editup
1.Toward the top of.
2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
The cat climbed up the tree.
They walk up the steps.
3.Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
The information made its way up the chain of command to the general.
I felt something crawling up my arm.
4.From south to north of.
We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields.
5.2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, retrieved 31 October 2012:
Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.
6.Further along (in any direction).
Go up the street until you see the sign.
7.From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
He led an expedition up the Amazon.
8.(vulgar slang) Of a man: having sex with.
Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.
9.(colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
I'll see you later up the snooker club.
10.2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, published 2016, page 94:
“I'll tell you how I got on in the fight if I should see you up the Smokers.”
[References]
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- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
[Synonyms]
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- (away from the centre of the Earth): alley oop (rare)
[Verb]
editup (third-person singular simple present ups, present participle upping, simple past and past participle upped)
1.(transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
We upped anchor and sailed away.
2.(transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says.
As usual, they've upped the prices for Valentine's Day.
3.2008, Randy Wayne White, Black Widow[1], page 181:
Part of the woman's mystique, I guess. Makes people want to meet her all the more. A year ago, she upped her stock with that crowd when she bought the Midnight Star — among the world's most famous star sapphires
4.2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport[2]:
After a dreadful performance in the opening 45 minutes, they upped their game after the break and might have taken at least a point from the match.
5.(transitive, colloquial) To promote.
It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
6.1940, Jessica Mitford, Peter Y. Sussman, Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford[3], published 2010, page 64:
The other day Mr. Meyer came to see me in Weinbergers, it caused a great sensation & I think upped me a lot in prestige there
7.2003, Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon[4], page 136:
"Ryker's a--" He swallowed. "A cop. Used to work Sleeve Theft, then they upped him to the Organic Damage Division.
8.2005, Larry Brody, Turning Points in Television[5], page 70:
(And who, by the way, got his start as a producer from Desi Arnaz, who upped him from film editor to take charge of the Desilu series The Untouchables
9.(intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
She was sitting there quietly, then all of a sudden she upped and left.
He just upped and quit.
He upped and punched that guy.
10.1895, “Waltzing Matilda”, Banjo Paterson (lyrics)[6]:
But the swagman he up and jumped into the waterhole,
Drowning himself by the coolibah tree.
And his ghost may be heard as it sings by the billabong,
'Who'll come a'waltzing Matilda, with me.'
11.1991, Michael Jackson (lyrics and music), “Who Is It”:
And she didn't leave a letter, she just upped and ran away
12.(intransitive, archaic or poetic) To ascend; to climb up.
13.1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies, page 10:
"Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?".
14.(computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
100 new apps and games have just been upped.
[[Chinese]]
ipa :/ɐp̚⁵/[Etymology 1]
editFrom clipping of English update.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom clipping of English upload.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom English up.
[Etymology 4]
editIrregular romanisation of 噏 (ap1, ngap1).
[[Middle Dutch]]
[Adverb]
editup
1.Alternative form of op
[Preposition]
editup
1.Alternative form of op
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/up/[Adverb]
editup
1.to a vertical axis
[Alternative forms]
edit
- upp, vp, ap
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp.
[[Old Dutch]]
[Adverb]
editūp
1.up, upwards
[Alternative forms]
edit
- ub, ob
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *upp
[[Old English]]
ipa :/up/[Adverb]
editup
1.up
[Alternative forms]
edit
- upp
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *upp, akin to Old High German ūf, Old Norse upp.
[[Old Saxon]]
ipa :/uːp/[Adverb]
editūp
1.up
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *upp.
[Preposition]
editūp
1.upon
[[Yola]]
[Adverb]
editup
1.Alternative form of ap
2.1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6:
Vrem ee Choure here aloghe up to Cargun.
From the Choure here below up to Cargun.
[References]
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- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 86
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[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editup to speed
1.(idiomatic) Fully informed; current.
Is Mary up to speed on the situation in Kuala Lumpur?
2.1977, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, The Safe banking act of 1977: hearings before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation, and Insurance of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, on H.R. 9086, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 1239:
And I don't happen to recollect whether I did bring her up to speed on what Bert was asking for and so forth.
3.2021 January 29, John Herrman, “Everything’s a Joke Until It’s Not”, in The New York Times[1]:
In recent weeks, the only way to get up to speed with WallStreetBets would have been through full immersion, absorbing comments about “tendies” and “diamond hands” and “holding the line” until you worked up the nerve to post the group’s most beloved slogan for yourself: “We like the stock.”
4.(idiomatic) Functioning adequately.
It may take the new hires a week or two to be brought up to speed on the system.
5.1992 February 3, Ed Scannell, “OS/2 slowed by sales force”, in InfoWorld, InfoWorld Media Group, page 8:
IBM has begun a program to better educate its sales force, Reiswig said, but admits it could take as long as six months to bring them up to speed.
6.2001, Eric A. Rose, The Columbia Presbyterian Guide to Surgery[2], page 132:
It takes time after the anesthesia for the muscles to get up to speed, so your stomach and intestines may not be functioning normally yet and you won’t be able to eat.
7.2020, Heidi Helfand, Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 54:
For new hires joining your teams as software engineers, pair programming is a great way to bring them up to speed. It helps them ease into your codebase with a helpful in-the-moment guide, and it helps to share tribal knowledge and the technical practices that you want to be consistent across your codebase.
[See also]
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- up to date
- on top of
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˈʌp tuː/[Anagrams]
edit
- pout, puto, tupo
[Preposition]
editup to
1.Next to; near; towards; as far as.
Go up to the counter and ask.
I've read up to chapter 5.
2.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Council with The Munchkins”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co., →OCLC, page 21:
But the little old woman walked up to Dorothy, made a low bow and said, in a sweet voice, “You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. […]”
3.Capable, ready or equipped, having sufficient material preconditions for, possibly willpower (at a particular moment).
to feel up to it
Are you up to lifting something that heavy?
Are you up to the challenge?
Are you up to going to the beach?
4.As much as; no more than. (also with of)
You can make up to five copies.
Violators may face a fine of up to $300.
5.Until.
Up to that point, I liked her.
6.Within the responsibility of, to be attributed to the sphere of influence of, having someone or something as authoritative in.
Synonym: down to
Hyponyms: Incumbent upon, the obligation of, the duty of, the decision of
It’s up to you whether to get the blue one or the red one.
It's up to the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty.
7.Doing; involved in.
What are you up to today?
He looked like a man up to no good.
8.(mathematics) Considering all members of an equivalence class the same.English Wikipedia has an article on:up toWikipedia
There’s only one rooted tree with two leaves, up to ordering.
9.(archaic, slang) Familiar with the meaning of; able to understand.
10.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, chapter XLII, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
‘Oh,’ said Mr. Pickwick. ‘My what, did you say?’
‘Your chummage ticket,’ replied Mr. Roker; ‘you’re up to that?’
‘Not quite,’ replied Mr. Pickwick, with a smile.
‘Why,’ said Mr. Roker, ‘it’s as plain as Salisbury. You’ll have a chummage ticket upon twenty-seven in the third, and them as is in the room will be your chums.’
[See also]
edit
- up for
- have had it up to here
- up to here
- up yours
- down to
- up to no good
[Synonyms]
edit
- (in mathematics): modulo
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- P U, PU, Pu
[Noun]
editUP (plural UPs)
1.Initialism of unqualified prospect.
2.Initialism of university press.
Oxford UP; Princeton UP
[Proper noun]
editUP
1.Initialism of Upper Peninsula.
2.(religion) Initialism of United Presbyterian.
3.(India) Initialism of Uttar Pradesh.
4.2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 402:
To study old photographs from UP villages like the one where Ram Dass lived is to be reminded of how rural history writes upon the body.
5.(software) Initialism of Unified Process.
6.(Philippines) Initialism of University of the Philippines.
[References]
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- UP on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :/ˈupe/[Noun]
editUP
1.(law) Initialism of uang pesangon (“severance pay”).
2.(education, historical) Initialism of ujian penghabisan.
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
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1.(Uruguay, finance) Initialism of Unidad Previsional.
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[[English]]
ipa :/klɪə(ɹ)/[Adjective]
editclear (comparative clearer, superlative clearest)
1.Transparent in colour.
as clear as crystal
2.Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
The windshield was clear and clean.
Congress passed the President’s Clear Skies legislation.
3.Free of obstacles.
The driver had mistakenly thought the intersection was clear.
The coast is clear.
4.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned, […] and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.
5.Without clouds.
clear weather; a clear day
6.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
7.(meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
8.Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
He gave clear instructions not to bother him at work.
Do I make myself clear?
I'm still not quite clear on what some of these words mean.
9.2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
10.2021 June 30, Anthony Lambert, “A railway station fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 934, page 42:
NR Chairman Sir Peter Hendy had made it clear that he didn't want anything that smacked of the bus shelters seen at many small, usually unstaffed stations.
11.Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
Synonym: conspicuous
12.(figurative) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
a clear conscience
13.1754, Alexander Pope, “Verses occasioned by Mr. Addison's treatise of medals”, in Joseph Addison, Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, page 5:
Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere,
In action faithful, and in honour clear
14.(of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
15.Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
clear of texture; clear of odor
16.(Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
17.1971, Leonard Cohen, Famous Blue Raincoat:
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair. She said that you gave it to her that night that you planned to go clear. Did you ever go clear?
18.Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
a clear intellect; a clear head
19.1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Mother of Science, Now I feel thy Power
Within me cleere, not onely to diſcerne
Things in thir Cauſes, but to trace the wayes
Of higheſt Agents
20.Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
21.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
with a countenance as clear / As friendship wears at feasts
22.Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
23.c. 1708, Alexander Pope, Ode On St. Cecilia's Day:
Hark! the numbers, soft and clear
Gently steal upon the ear
24.Unmixed; entirely pure.
clear sand
25.Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
a clear complexion; clear lumber
26.1975, Janis Ian (lyrics and music), “At Seventeen”:
high school girls with clear-skinned smiles
27.Without diminution; in full; net.
a clear profit
28.1728, Jonathan Swift, Horace, Lib. 2, Sat. 6:
I often wished that I had clear
For life, six hundred pounds a year
29.(of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
30.2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
The signals were clear to allow the train through Soham, as it steadily approached.
31.(MLE) Good, the best.
Nando's is clear.
32.(MLE) Better than, superior to.
Spurs are clear of Arsenal.
[Adverb]
editclear (not comparable)
1.All the way; entirely.
I threw it clear across the river to the other side.
2.Not near something or touching it.
Stand clear of the rails, a train is coming.
3.Free (or separate) from others.
4.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[1]:
Much soul-searching is going on at the west London club who, just seven weeks ago, were five points clear at the top of the table and playing with the verve with which they won the title last season.
5.In a clear manner; plainly.
6.1667, John Milton, “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Now clear I understand
What oft my steadiest thoughts have searched in vain
7.1988, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses[2]:
I want you to know how he spoke: he spoke loud, and he spoke clear.
8.1992, Orson Scott Card, Cruel Miracles[3]:
Can't they see for themselves? Course not. Looks like dust to them, so they can't see it clear at all
9.2005, Sammatha Crosby Scott, There's a War Inside of Me[4], page 111:
I would get very short with people and speak clear of my feelings without consideration of their feelings.
10.2009, Stephen James Shore, Annalea A Princess in Exile[5], page 160:
Then I heard clear your mother's voice, crying out in distress!
11.2010, Jack Mayatt, A Better Man: An Inspirational Book[6], page 20:
Now when God called him, Moses told God immediately that he could not speak clear enough to be this leader.
[Alternative forms]
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- CLR (contraction used in electronics)
[Anagrams]
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- 'clare, Carle, Clare, carle, lacer, recal
[Antonyms]
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- (transparency): opaque, turbid
- (bright): See also Thesaurus:dark
- (without clouds): cloudy, nebulous; See also Thesaurus:nebulous
- (free of ambiguity or doubt): See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible and Thesaurus:confusing
- (of a soup): thick
- obscure
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English clere, from Anglo-Norman cler, from Old French cler (Modern French clair), from Latin clarus. Displaced native Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr (“clear, bright”)), Middle English skere (“clear, sheer”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr (“sheer, clear, pure”)), Middle English smolt (“clear (of mind), serene”) (from Old English smolt (“peaceful, serene”)). Cognate with Danish klar, Dutch klaar, French clair, German klar, Italian chiaro, Norwegian klar, Portuguese claro, Romanian clar, Spanish claro, and Swedish klar.
[Noun]
editclear (plural clears)
1.(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
a room ten feet square in the clear
2.(video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
It took me weeks to achieve a one-credit clear (1CC).
3.(Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
4.1985, Rodney Stark, William Sims Bainbridge, The Future of Religion, page 269:
Today, clear status can be conferred only by high ranking ministers of the church, and clears are not presented for examination by outsiders.
[References]
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- clear at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “clear”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[Synonyms]
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- (transparency): pellucid, transparent; See also Thesaurus:transparent
- (free of ambiguity or doubt): See also Thesaurus:comprehensible of Thesaurus:explicit
- (distinct): See also Thesaurus:distinct
- (easily or distinctly heard): See also Thesaurus:audible
- (unmixed): homogeneousedit
- (clear a forest): stub
[Verb]
editclear (third-person singular simple present clears, present participle clearing, simple past and past participle cleared)
1.(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
Police took two hours to clear the road.
If you clear the table, I'll wash up.
2.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.
Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].
3.1715–8, Matthew Prior, “Alma: or, The Progreſs of the Mind” in Poems on Several Occaſions (1741), canto III, p.297:
Faith, Dick, I muſt confeſs, ’tis true
(But this is only Entre Nous)
That many knotty Points there are,
Which All diſcuſs, but Few can clear.
4.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess[7]:
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’
5.2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.
6.(transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
Please clear all this stuff off the table.
The loggers came and cleared the trees.
7.1711 November 6, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, number 215:
[…] Aristotle has brought to explain his Doctrine of Substantial Forms, when he tells us that a Statue lies hid in a Block of Marble; and that the Art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous Matter, and removes the Rubbish.
8.(intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
9.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199:
Then the whole population cleared into the forest, expecting all kinds of calamities to happen, while, on the other hand, the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic, in charge of the engineer, I believe.
10.(intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
When the road cleared we continued our journey.
After a heavy rain, the sky cleared nicely for the evening.
Shake the test tube well, and the liquid should slowly clear.
11.(transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
We need to clear this issue once and for all.
12.(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
The court cleared the man of murder.
13.1713, John Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Antient and Modern:
[…] yet I appeal to the reader, and am sure he will clear me from Partiality.
14.1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy, act III, scene v:
How! Wouldst thou clear rebellion?
15.(transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
The door just barely clears the table as it closes.
The leaping horse easily cleared the hurdles.
16.(transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
She was the first female high jumper to clear two metres.
17.(transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
I cleared the first level in 36 seconds.
18.(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
The check might not clear for a couple of days.
19.(transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
He's been clearing seven thousand a week.
20.1843, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II[8], volume I, chapter V:
The profit which she cleared on the cargo […] cannot be estimated at less than a thousand guineas.
21.(transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
Air traffic control cleared the plane to land.
The marketing department has cleared the press release for publication.
22.(transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
I've cleared the press release with the marketing department, so go ahead and publish it.
23.(intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
The steamer cleared for Liverpool today.
24.(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
25.To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
26.1613, Francis Bacon, The Eſſaies (second edition), essay 18: “Of Expences”:
Beſides, he that cleares at once will relapſe: for finding himſelfe out of ſtraights, he will reuert to his cuſtomes. But hee that cleareth by degrees, induceth an habite of frugality, and gaineth as well vpon his minde, as vpon his Eſtate.
27.(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
The goalkeeper rushed forward to clear the ball.
A low cross came in, and Smith cleared.
28.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1-0 Bolton”, in BBC[9]:
Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.
29.(transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
to clear an array; to clear a single bit (binary digit) in a value
30.(transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
31.2010, Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One For Dummies, page 290:
To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.
32.(transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.
To prevent any shooting accidents, remember to clear your pistol and stay aware of your surroundings.
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- 'clare, Carle, Clare, carle, lacer, recal
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Clear (Scientology)Wikipedia Clear (uncountable)
1.(Scientology) An idea state of beingness free of unwanted influences.
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as to
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Taos, Tsao, oast, oats, stoa, taos, toas, tosa
[Preposition]
editas to
1.With reference or regard to.
As to your earlier question, I don't think I know the answer.
2.According to; in a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Grading as to size and color.
[See also]
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- about
- so as to
[Synonyms]
edit
- (with regard to): as for, concerning, regarding; See also Thesaurus:about
- (according to): by
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instrumental
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/[Adjective]
editinstrumental (comparative more instrumental, superlative most instrumental)
1.Essential or central; of great importance or relevance.
He was instrumental in conducting the business.
2.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
The head is not more native to the heart, The hand more instrumental to the mouth
3.2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 2, 51:
Few songwriters have been as instrumental in creating the mold for American music.
4.2020 July 29, Ian Prosser discusses with Paul Stephen, “Rail needs robust and strategic plans”, in Rail, page 40:
[...] Prosser was instrumental in the decision in 2010 to recommence publication of an annual health and safety report, following a period when it had fallen into abeyance.
5.Serving as an instrument, medium, means, or agency.
6.1896, Charles M. Sheldon, chapter 12, in In His Steps:
Maxwell started back to his study, feeling that kind of satisfaction which a man feels when he has been even partly instrumental in finding an unemployed person a remunerative position.
7.(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
instrumental music
An instrumental part
8.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship.
9.c. 1700, John Dryden, Cymon and Iphigenia:
Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental sounds.
10.(grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective.
the instrumental case
[Antonyms]
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- noninstrumental
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English instrumental, instrumentale, from Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis.
[Further reading]
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- “instrumental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “instrumental”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[Noun]
editinstrumental (plural instrumentals)
1.(grammar) The instrumental case.
2.(music) A composition written or performed without lyrics, sometimes using a lead instrument to replace vocals.
3.1977, Stereo Review, volume 38, page 70:
I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler, dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent […]
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ins.tɾu.mənˈtal/[Adjective]
editinstrumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural instrumentals)
1.instrumental
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin īnstrūmentālis.
[Further reading]
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- “instrumental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[Noun]
editinstrumental m (uncountable)
1.(grammar) instrumental
2.(medicine) (set of) instruments
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃.tal/[Adjective]
editinstrumental (feminine instrumentale, masculine plural instrumentaux, feminine plural instrumentales)
1.instrumental
[Descendants]
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- → Turkish: enstrümantal.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}
[Etymology]
editLearned borrowing from Late Latin īnstrūmentālis. By surface analysis, instrument + -al.
[Further reading]
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- “instrumental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editinstrumental m (plural instrumentaux)
1.(grammar) instrumental case, instrumental
Coordinate terms: accusatif, génitif, locatif, nominatif, vocatif
[[German]]
ipa :-aːl[Adjective]
editinstrumental (strong nominative masculine singular instrumentaler, not comparable)
1.(music) instrumental
Antonym: nichtinstrumental
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French instrumental. Equivalent to Instrument + -al.
[Further reading]
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- “instrumental” in Duden online
- “instrumental” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :/ɪn.stru.ˈmɛn.tal/[Adjective]
editinstrumental
1.instrumental:
1.(music) pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).
2.(linguistics) applied to a case expressing means or agency.
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Dutch instrumentaal, from French instrumental, from Medieval Latin īnstrūmentālis.
[Further reading]
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- “instrumental” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/inˌstrumɛnˈtaːl/[Adjective]
editinstrumental (rare)
1.Resembling an instrument in role; instrumental (serving as a means)
2.Resembling an instrument in use (i.e. being used as a tool)
3.Resembling a (specific kind of) instrument in appearance.
[Alternative forms]
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- instrumentale, instrumentall
[Etymology]
editFrom Medieval Latin instrumentalis; equivalent to instrument + -al.
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈtaw/[Adjective]
editinstrumental m or f (plural instrumentais, sometimes comparable)
1.(comparable) instrumental (acting as an instrument)
2.(music, not comparable) instrumental (having no singing)
3.(grammar, not comparable) instrumental (pertaining to the instrumental case)
[Noun]
editinstrumental m (plural instrumentais)
1.(uncountable, grammar) instrumental (grammatical case)
2.(countable, music) instrumental (composition without singing)
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/ˌin.stru.menˈtal/[Adjective]
editinstrumental m or n (feminine singular instrumentală, masculine plural instrumentali, feminine and neuter plural instrumentale)
1.instrumental
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French instrumental.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Noun]
editȉnstrumentāl m (Cyrillic spelling и̏нструмента̄л)
1.(grammar) the instrumental case
2.(music) a composition made for instruments only or a (version of some) song in which only the instruments are heard
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/íːnstrumɛntal/[Further reading]
edit
- “instrumental”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
[Noun]
editȋnstrumental or instrumentȃl m inan
1.(grammar) instrumental case
Synonym: orodnik
2.(music) instrumental music
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/instɾumenˈtal/[Adjective]
editinstrumental m or f (masculine and feminine plural instrumentales)
1.instrumental
[Further reading]
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- “instrumental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- whoot
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:how-toWikipedia how to
1.Alternative spelling of how-to
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how-to
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edithow-to (not comparable)
1.that gives advice or instruction on a particular topic
[Alternative forms]
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- howto, how to
[Anagrams]
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- whoot
[Etymology]
edithow + to
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:how-toWikipedia how-to (plural how-tos)
1.A brief informal description of how to accomplish a specific task.
2.A book or other guide describing how to accomplish tasks in a certain field
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supposedly
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editsupposedly (not comparable)
1.As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people.
People from other planets have supposedly visited Earth in flying saucers.
According to your testimony, you were supposedly at home watching TV when the murder occurred.
2.2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France[1]:
France were supposedly a team in pieces, beaten by Tonga just a week ago and with coach Marc Lievremont publicly berating his players, but so clear-cut was their victory that much of the atmosphere had been sucked from the contest long before the end.
3.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
I haven't booked, so I don't have a clue as to whether the service will be busy or not. Supposedly, reservations are compulsory, but I want to find out what would happen if you just turn up.
[Etymology]
editsupposed + -ly
[Synonyms]
edit
- allegedly
- purportedly
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electroluminescent
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editelectroluminescent (not comparable)
1.having the quality of electroluminescence
[Etymology]
editelectro- + luminescent
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editelectroluminescent m or n (feminine singular electroluminescentă, masculine plural electroluminescenți, feminine and neuter plural electroluminescente)
1.(physics) electroluminescent
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French électroluminescent.
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fancy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfæn.si/[Alternative forms]
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- fant’sy, phancie, phancy, phansie, phansy, phant’sy (all obsolete)
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”),[1] from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fantasia, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English fancien, fantasien, fantesien, from Old French fantasier, from the noun (see above)).
[Further reading]
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- Fancy in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
[References]
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1. ^ “φαντασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
[See also]
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- fantasy
- fancy man
- fancypants
- fancy woman
- fancy is as fancy does
[[Danish]]
ipa :/ˈfæːnsi/[Adjective]
editfancy (indeclinable)
1.fancy
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English fancy.
[References]
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- “fancy” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈfɛnsi/[Adjective]
editfancy (indeclinable)
1.(colloquial) fancy (decorative, not everyday, high-end)
Synonyms: schick, ausgefallen, fein
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English fancy. Doublet of Fantasie.
[Further reading]
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- “fancy” in Duden online
- “fancy” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Adjective]
editfancy (indeclinable)
1.fancy
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English fancy.
[References]
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- “fancy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Adjective]
editfancy (indeclinable)
1.fancy
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English fancy.
[References]
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- “fancy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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