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craft
[[English]]
ipa :/kɹɑːft/[Anagrams]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- Broome
[Etymology 1]
editboom + -er
[Etymology 2]
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[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]
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- 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]
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- (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]
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- assuraunce (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- 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]
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- “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]
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- “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]
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- 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]
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- “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]
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- 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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consequential
[[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]
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- ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
editShortened from new generation, from Italian generazione nuova.
[Etymology 3]
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[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]
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- 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]
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- 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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[[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]
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- P U, PU, Pu
[Antonyms]
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- (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]
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- up for
- have had it up to here
- up to here
- up yours
- down to
- up to no good
[Synonyms]
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- (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]
editUP f (plural UP)
1.(Uruguay, finance) Initialism of Unidad Previsional.
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clear
[[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]
edit
- CLR (contraction used in electronics)
[Anagrams]
edit
- 'clare, Carle, Clare, carle, lacer, recal
[Antonyms]
edit
- (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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Clear
[[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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- “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]
edit
- “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]
edit
- “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]
edit
- 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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how to
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- 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]
edit
- howto, how to
[Anagrams]
edit
- 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]
edit
- 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]
edit
- “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]
edit
- “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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[[English]]
[Adjective]
editoverly (comparative more overly, superlative most overly)
1.(obsolete) Superficial; not thorough; careless, negligent, inattentive.
2.1602, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarium Sixe Bookes[10], London: Robert Dexter, Satire 3, page 52:
The curteous Citizen bad me to his feast,
With hollow words, and ouerly request:
Come, will ye dine with me this Holy day?
I yeelded, tho he hop’d I would say Nay:
3.1627, Robert Sanderson, Ten Sermons[11], London: R. Dawlman, Sermon 3, p. 120:
Hee prayeth but with an ouerly desire, and not from the deepe of his heart, that will not bend his endeauours withall to obtaine what he desireth:
4.1762, Henry Home, Lord Kames, Elements of Criticism[12], Edinburgh: A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Volume 1, Chapter 2, Part 7, p. 222:
Concerning the passions in particular, however irregular, headstrong, and perverse, in an overly view, they may appear, I propose to show, that they are by nature adjusted and tempered with admirable wisdom, for the good of society as well as for private good.
5.(obsolete) Having a sense of superiority, haughty.
6.1637, Joseph Hall, The Remedy of Prophanenesse[13], London: Nathanael Butter, Book 1, Section 8, p. 66:
Those that know no better, may rejoyce and exult in these worldly contentments; but those, who have had but a blink of the beauty of heaven, can look upon them no otherwise, than with an overly contemptuousnesse.
7.(obsolete) Excessive; too great.
8.1839, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “Notes on Baxter’s Life of Himself”, in Henry Nelson Coleridge, editor, The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge[14], volume 4, London: W. Pickering, page 140:
[…] there appears a very chilling want of open-heartedness on the part of Owen, produced perhaps by the somewhat overly and certainly most ungracious resentments of Baxter.
[Adverb]
editoverly (not comparable)
1.(sometimes proscribed) To an excessive degree.
Parents can be overly protective of their children.
Synonyms: too, excessively, superfluously
2.1821, John Galt, chapter 37, in Annals of the Parish[1], Philadelphia: M. Carey & Sons, page 214:
[…] considering the circumstances of my situation, I saw it would not do for me to look out for an overly young woman, nor yet would it do for one of my ways to take an elderly maiden, ladies of that sort being liable to possess strong-set particularities.
3.1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 30, in Anne of Green Gables[2]:
It’s nothing short of wonderful how she’s improved these three years, but especially in looks. She’s a real pretty girl got to be, though I can’t say I’m overly partial to that pale, big-eyed style myself.
4.1958, Robert Heinlein, chapter 11, in Have Space Suit—Will Travel[3], New York: Del Rey, page 238:
Your race is overly sentimental; it distorts your judgment.
5.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
6.(obsolete) Superficially.
7.1566, Thomas Blundeville, The Fower Chiefyst Offices Belongyng to Horsemanshippe, London, “The true Arte of Paring, and shooyng all maner of Houes together […] ,” Chapter 5,[4]
[…] let him not touche the quarters nor the heeles at al, vnlesse it be to make the seat of the shoe playne, & let that be done so superficially or ouerly as maye be, so shall the houes remayne alwayes strong.
8.1604, William Perkins, chapter 6, in A Commentarie or Exposition, vpon the Fiue First Chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians[5], Cambridge, page 482:
These kinds of reproofes, not vnfitly may be compared to hotte or hastie healing salues, which drawe a faire skinne ouer a fowle wound; which because it is not soundly cured from the bottome, but ouerly healed vp, doth afterward apostemate or fistulate, and becommeth more dangerous and desperate then euer before.
9.1678, George Mackenzie, The Laws and Customes of Scotland, in Matters Criminal, Edinburgh, Part 1, “Some Crimes punished amongst the Romans, which are not directly in use with us,” p. 347,[6]
[…] I resolved here to touch overly even those crimes which are little considered among us, not only that we might thereby know the genius of that wise Nation; but that we may consider how far it were fit to renew amongst us these excellent Laws.
10.(obsolete) Carelessly, without due attention.
11.1629, John Preston, The New Covenant, or the Saints Portion[7], London: Nicolas Bourne, Sermon 9, p. 51:
[…] you shall finde this, that all remissenesse, when a man doth a thing remissely, and ouerly, and perfunctorily, it argues alway a diuided intention, it is an argument that the whole minde is not set on it, but that the intention is distracted, and bestowed on other things:
12.1728, Daniel Defoe, A Plan of the English Commerce[8], London: Charles Rivington, page 60:
If you expect the Poor should work cheaper, and not perform their Work slighter and more overly, as we call it, and superficially, you expect what is not in the Nature of the Thing.
13.(obsolete) With a sense of superiority, haughtily.
14.1650, John Brinsley the younger, An Antidote against the Poysonous Weeds of Heretical Blasphemies[9], London: Ralph Smith, page 3:
The third [vice] is Arrogancie, and the fourth Pride, two vices neer a kinne, Cosen germans […] when men shall arrogate much unto themselves; looking overly and superciliously upon others.
[Anagrams]
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- lovyer, volery, volyer
[Etymology]
editover + -ly
[Usage notes]
editThe word is sometimes deemed erroneous. The American source M-W's Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, 1989, eventually settles on accepting it, but has this to say: "Bache 1869 and Ayres 1881 succinctly insulted contemporaries who used this word, calling them vulgar and unschooled. Times have changed: modern critics merely insult the word itself. Follett 1966, for example, claims that overly is useless, superfluous, and unharmonious, and should be replaced by the prefix over-. Bryson 1984 adds that 'when this becomes overinelegant ... the alternative is to find another adverb [...]'." The prefix over- is safer, and accepted by all: "He seemed over-anxious." M-W, AHD4, and RH include the word without comment, and OED notes only "After the Old English period, rare (outside Scotland and North America) until the 20th cent." In most cases "too" or "excessively" would be better choices than "over-".
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[[English]]
ipa :/ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/[Adjective]
editdemographic (comparative more demographic, superlative most demographic)
1.Of or pertaining to demography.
[Etymology]
editFrom demography + -ic.
[Noun]
editdemographic (plural demographics)
1.(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
2.1985, Richard I. Henderson, Compensation Management: Rewarding Performance, Fourth Edition,[1] Reston Pub. Co., →ISBN, page 604,
Of significant current interest is the fact that the compa-ratio can be used to analyze the pay treatment of specific groups of employees. Segregating employees by such demographics as gender, race, or age group (e.g., 18–25, 26–39, 40–50, 51–65), a compa-ratio analysis could provide a first indication […]
3.2000, James Chapman, “Impact of Building Roads to Everywhere”, in Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres (eds.), Sprawl City: Race, Politics, and Planning in Atlanta,[2] Island Press, →ISBN, page 82,
How will this investment affect at the individual level, based on being disaggregated by various demographics (race and ethnicity, gender, age, disability, income) and locations (inner city, inner ring suburbs, suburbs, exurbs), miles traveled, travel time, accessibility to transit, and car ownership?
4.A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
Synonym: (informal) demo
5.2002, Laura Grindstaff, ‘Pretty Woman with a Gun: La Femme Nikita and the Textual Politics of “The Remake”’, in Jennifer Forrest and Leonard R. Koos (eds.), Dead Ringers: The Remake in Theory and Practice,[3] State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 281,
[…] it was also the initial verdict for the Nikita television series before the show garnered something of a cult following among the crucial 30–something demographic, at which point the critical response grew decidedly more favorable.
6.2006, Tom Hutchison, Amy Macy, Paul Allen, Record Label Marketing, Elsevier, page 189:
A newspaper is consumed by many demographics, a small portion of which may be the target.
7.2006, Kelley Keehn, The Woman's Guide to Money,[4] Insomniac Press, →ISBN, page 44,
As a member of the Generation X demographic, I'm saddened to admit that paying with plastic (whether debit or credit card) has superseded paying with real money.
8.2012, 24 June (Sun), Debbie Arrington, "Racing Fans are being courted", The Sacramento Bee, page C1, col. 4
"The demographic for NASCAR is people who eat," said Steve Page, president of the former Infineon Raceway […]
9.An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
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workout
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɜːk.aʊ̯t/[Anagrams]
edit
- outwork
[Etymology]
editwork + out
[Noun]
editworkout (plural workouts)
1.An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
2.2008, Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers, Mastering Swimming, page 157:
The following guidelines for smart weekly scheduling can simplify this piece of the planning: Swim three or four workouts each week.
3.A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.
4.2007, Peter Twist, Complete Conditioning for Hockey, page 170:
If athletes do too much too soon, they will be stiff and sore 24 to 48 hours after a new workout.
5.2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development 47(1): 350
I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day!
6.(by extension) Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.
7.2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club[1]:
After the camera pans around and we welcome back a lot of familiar faces (Edmure Tully! Yara Greyjoy! Brienne!), the themes of opposition to fate, emotional appeals, and ethical duty get an even better workout.
8.2001, Jan Karon, A Common Life: The Wedding Story, page 41:
Cynthia's phone got a workout, as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.
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pilate
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpilate (comparative more pilate, superlative most pilate)
1.Resembling hair; minutely clavate.
pilate pollen
[Anagrams]
edit
- aplite
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editpilāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of pilō
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
editpilate
1.second-person singular voseo imperative of pilar combined with te
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pilates
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- aplites, pasteli, platies, psilate, talipes
[Noun]
editpilates (uncountable)
1.Alternative letter-case form of Pilates
2.2009 February 13, By staff writers, “TMZ makes joke apology video for Sam the koala”, in Herald Sun[1]:
"And they don't do pilates, they do yoga," the voiceover man says.
[[Polish]]
ipa :/piˈla.tɛs/[Etymology]
editNamed after German physical trainer Joseph Pilates.
[Further reading]
edit
- pilates in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pilates in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editpilates m inan
1.(exercise) Pilates
[[Spanish]]
[Further reading]
edit
- “pilates”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Noun]
editpilates m (uncountable)
1.pilates
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editpilates c (uncountable)
1.pilates
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pore
[[English]]
ipa :/pɔɹ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Pero, oper, reop, repo, rope
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English pore, from Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”). Displaced native English sweat hole from Middle English swet hole, which might have been a reformation of Old English swātþȳrel (literally “sweat hole”), which competed with līcþēote (literally “body pipe”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English poren, pouren, puren (“to gaze intently, look closely”), from Old English *purian, suggested by Old English spyrian (“to investigate, examine”). Akin to Middle Dutch poren (“to pore, look”), Dutch porren (“to poke, prod, stir, encourage, endeavour, attempt”), Low German purren (“to poke, stir”), Danish purre (“to poke, stir, rouse”), dialectal Swedish pora, pura, påra (“to work slowly and gradually, work deliberately”), Old English spor (“track, trace, vestige”). Compare also Middle English puren, piren (“to look, peer”). See peer.
[[Cornish]]
[Noun]
editpore
1.Hard mutation of bore.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/poːrə/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).
[Noun]
editpore c (singular definite poren, plural indefinite porer)
1.pore (a tiny opening in the skin)
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈporeˣ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Repo, repo, rope
[Etymology]
editFrom por + -e.
[Further reading]
edit
- "pore" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
[Noun]
editpore
1.bubble (gas bubble in water)
Synonym: kupla
2.area of molten water near the edge of ice in a melting lake
[[French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French pore, from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “pore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
editpore m (plural pores)
1.pore (small opening in skin)
2.by extension, small openings
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).
[Noun]
editpore f or m (definite singular pora or poren, indefinite plural porer, definite plural porene)
1.a pore (e.g. in the skin)
[References]
edit
- “pore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).
[Noun]
editpore f (definite singular pora, indefinite plural porer, definite plural porene)
1.a pore (e.g. in the skin)
[References]
edit
- “pore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).
[Noun]
editpore m (oblique plural pores, nominative singular pores, nominative plural pore)
1.pore (small opening in skin)
[[Venetian]]
[Adjective]
editpore f
1.feminine plural of poro
[[Yanomamö]]
[Noun]
editpore
1.a type of ghost, apparition with glowing red eyes which wanders through jungles or villages
[References]
edit
- Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN
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pore over
[[English]]
[Further reading]
edit
- Pore over vs. pour over, Grammarist
[Verb]
editpore over (third-person singular simple present pores over, present participle poring over, simple past and past participle pored over)
1.To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively.
2.2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian[1]:
While the pictures of what precisely unfolded after Cissé looked to tread on Evans are not entirely conclusive, the Football Association will surely pore over them on Thursday before quite possibly using video evidence to impose lengthy retrospective bans stemming from an incident unseen by Anthony Taylor, the referee.
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por
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editpor
1.(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Portuguese.
[[Abinomn]]
[Pronoun]
editpor
1.you (dual)
[[Albanian]]
ipa :[pɔɹ][Alternative forms]
edit
- po [pɔː]
[Conjunction]
editpor
1.but; however
Synonyms: megjithatë, mirëpo, ama
[Etymology]
editFrom po. Alternatively from Latin porrō (“then, moreover; but”), the loss of the final -r a result of the permanent unstressed position of the conjunction.[1]
[References]
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1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 336
[[Asturian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō.
[Preposition]
editpor
1.for
2.by
[[Atong (India)]]
ipa :/por/[Etymology]
editFrom English four.
[Numeral]
editpor (Bengali script পোর)
1.four
[References]
edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
[Synonyms]
edit
- byryi
- cha / char
[[Blagar]]
[Noun]
editpor
1.earth, world
2.land
3.island
[References]
edit
- Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List
- Wycliffe Bible Translators, Pura Alkitab
- Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 163
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈpo/[Etymology 1]
editInherited from Old Catalan paor, from Latin pavōrem. Attested from the 12th century.[1] Compare Occitan paur, French peur.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
edit
1. ^ “por”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “por” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “por” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “por” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[Cornish]]
[Noun]
editpor f (singulative poren)
1.leeks
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɔr[Verb]
editpor
1.inflection of porren:
1.first-person singular present indicative
2.imperative
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :[por][Etymology]
editFrom Spanish por, from Late Latin pōr. Doublet of per and pro.
[Preposition]
editpor
1.for, for the benefit of
La edzo donis al sia edzino perlan kolĉenon por Kristnasko. ― The husband gave his wife a pearl necklace for Christmas.
[[Fala]]
ipa :/ˈpoɾ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- pur (Lagarteiru)
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *per-.
[Preposition]
editpor
1.by
2.2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:
En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]
In this time when other languages of Spain are recognised by everyone as official in their territory […]
[References]
edit
- Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN
[[Galician]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- per (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō (“for”) (with metathetic shift due to per), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. See also porto.
[Preposition]
editpor
1.Indicates motion.
pola rúa
down the street
pola porta
through the door
2.for (over a period of time)
por dez anos
for ten years
3.about, around (near, in the vicinity of)
polas seis
at about six
por aquí
over here
4.for (to obtain)
Fun á tenda por xabón.
I went to the store for soap.
5.for (in exchange for)
6.for (on behalf of)
7.(mathematics) times, by, multiplied by
oito por sete ― eights times seven; eights by seven
8.by (indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice)
9.by, by means of
10.per
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈpor][Etymology]
editUncertain. Perhaps from a Proto-Uralic *porɜ (“dust, sand”), but the absence of the expected sound change *p > *f is hard to explain.[1] Compare with Finnish poro (“burning ash, coarse dust, debris”) and Mansi порс (pors, “garbage, waste, dust”).
[Further reading]
edit
- por in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
[Noun]
editpor (countable and uncountable, plural porok)
1.dust
2.powder
3.(with a possessive suffix) ashes (human or animal remains after cremation)
Synonym: hamvak
[References]
edit
1. ^ por in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
[[Ido]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Esperanto por.
[Preposition]
editpor
1.for
[[Interlingua]]
[Etymology]
editFrom various Romance derivatives of Late Latin pōr from Latin prō.
[Preposition]
editpor
1.
2. Alternative form of pro
[[Latin]]
ipa :/por/[Etymology]
editFrom Classical Latin prō, probably reshaped by analogy with the preposition per. Attested in an imperial inscription from what is now Budapest and another from Tunis.[1][2] Replaced in much of Romance with descendants of per.
[Preposition]
editpōr (+ ablative, accusative) (Late Latin)
1.Alternative form of prō (“for”)
[References]
edit
1. ^ Berger, Roger & Brasseur, Annette. 2004. Les Séquences de Sainte Eulalia: Buona pulcella fut eulalia: Edition, traduction, commentaire, étude linguisuque. Cantica virginis Eulaliae: Edition, traduction, et commentaire avec les autres poèmes du manuscrit 150 de Valenciennes, Rithmus Teutonicus, Dominus caeli rex, Uis fidei. →ISBN. Page 100.
2. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “pro”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 9: Placabilis–Pyxis, page 401
[[Lolopo]]
ipa :[pʰo²¹][Suffix]
editpor
1.(Yao'an, of humans) male
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French porc, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Indo-European *porḱ- (“young swine, young pig”).
[Noun]
editpor m (plural pors)
1.(Jersey) pig
Synonyms: bête à saie, couochon, gronneux, moussieu, quétot
[[Northern Kurdish]]
ipa :/poːɾ/[Noun]
editpor m or f
1.hair
pora dirêj û delal.
long and lovely hair.
[[Old French]]
ipa :/puɾ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- pur
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō.
[Preposition]
editpor
1.for (in order to)
2.for (belonging to)
[[Old Occitan]]
[Adverb]
editpor
1.forwards
2.12th century, anonymous, Girart de Rossilhó 2631:
On sab son enamic, sobre lhui cor / e si le vat ferit de tau vigor / que del caval lo porta a terra por.
At the place where he recognizes his enemy, he runs to him, / and goes to strike him with such vigour / that he makes him fall forward from his horse onto the ground.
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin porrō.
[[Papiamentu]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Portuguese poder and Spanish poder.
[Verb]
editpor
1.can, to be able to
2.may
[[Polish]]
ipa :/pɔr/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Italian porro, from Latin porrum.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros).
[Further reading]
edit
- por in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- por in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/puʁ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō (“for”) (with metathetic shift under the influence of per). Usurped the roles of Latin per.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Romani]]
[Noun]
editpor m (plural por{{{4}}})
1.feather
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from French pore, Latin porus, from Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “passage”).
[Etymology 2]
editInherited from Latin porrus or porrum.
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/póːr/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin porrum.
[Further reading]
edit
- “por”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
[Noun]
editpọ̑r or pȍr m inan
1.leek
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/poɾ/[Etymology]
editInherited from Old Spanish por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō. Doublet of pro, which was borrowed.
[Further reading]
edit
- “por”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
[Preposition]
editpor
1.
2. by (indicates the creator of a work)
La novela Cien años de soledad fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez.
The novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Gabriel García Márquez.
3.
4. for (indicates something given in an exchange)
Lo compré por cincuenta euros.
I bought this for fifty euros.
5.through, out, via (indicating movement)
La mujer ve la puesta de sol por la ventana.
The woman watches the sunset through the window.
Supongo que nuestra huésped se fue por la puerta trasera porque no la he visto.
I guess our guest went out the back door because I haven't seen her.
6.across (indicating movement)
El hombre camina por la calle.
The man walks across the street.
7.about
8.due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)
Él no pudo venir por eso.
He couldn't come due to that.
Por amor a su esposo, ella aguanta a sus suegros.
Out of love for her husband, she puts up with his in-laws.
9.(used with directions) over
por allí ― over there
10.(mathematics) times, by, multiplied by
ocho por siete ― eights times seven; eights by seven
11.according to, for, regarding (to express opinion or something concerning someone)
Por mí, está bien. ― For all I care, it's fine.
¡Bien por ti! ― Good for you!
12.via, through, by (indicating the means of something)
Por favor, devuelva este documento completado por correo electrónico.
Please, return this document completed via email.
13.for (indicating duration)
Mi profesor se salió por la tangente por una hora entera.
My professor went off on a tangent for a whole hour.
14.for, for the sake of, on behalf of (indicating doing something for someone's benefit)
No lo hago por ti. ― I'm not doing it for your sake.
Ella irá a trabajar por mí mañana.
She will be filling in for me at work tomorrow.
15.per, for each
Cuesta diez dólares por artículo. ― It costs ten dollars per item.
16.to (indicating something that has not yet passed)
Eso está por ver.
That remains to be seen.
La hora aún está por confirmar.
The time is yet to be confirmed.
17.about to (indicating something that will soon happen)
Su hermana está por llegar del aeropuerto en cualquier momento.
Her sister is about to arrive from the airport any minute now.
18.compared to; against; versus (indicating a comparison)
19.2020 October 11, Alejandro Ciriza, El País[2]:
seis errores en los dos primeros parciales. Seis. 14 al final, por los 52 del rival.
six errors in the first two sets. Six. 14 at the end, compared to his rival's 52.
[See also]
edit
- para
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- rop
[Further reading]
edit
- por in Svensk ordbok.
- por in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
[Noun]
editpor c
1.pore
[[Tagalog]]
ipa :/ˈpoɾ/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Spanish por, from Late Latin pōr, from Latin prō.
[Further reading]
edit
- KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[3], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “por”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
[Noun]
editpor (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔)
1.per; each
Synonyms: bawat, kada
[[Tocharian A]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Tocharian, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥, also the origin of English fire, Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr), and Hittite 𒉺𒀪𒄯 (paḫḫur). Compare Tocharian B puwar.
[Noun]
editpor
1.fire
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Noun]
editpor
1.monohull dugout canoe
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seamless
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editseamless (not comparable)
1.(not comparable) Having no seams.
2.Without interruption; coherent
a seamless transition
[Anagrams]
edit
- almesses, melasses
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English seemles, semeles, semles, Old English *sēamlēas, equivalent to seam + -less. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål sømløs (“seamless”), Swedish sömlös (“seamless”).
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per
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editper
1.(international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Persian.
[[English]]
ipa :/pɜː(ɹ)/[Anagrams]
edit
- EPR, ERP, RPE, Rep, Rep., pre, pre-, rep
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.
[Etymology 2]
editshortening of person, coined by Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)
[[Aromanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- peru
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Latin pilus. Compare Romanian păr.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Latin pirus. Compare Romanian păr.
[[Asturian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per.
[Preposition]
editper
1.by means of, by way of, by
2.for
per trés díes
for three days
3.through
[[Breton]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Breton per, from Proto-Brythonic *per, a borrowing from Latin pira, plural of pirum. Cognate with Cornish per, Welsh pêr.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos. Compare Cornish per, Welsh pair.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/pəɾ/[Etymology]
editInherited from Old Catalan per, from Latin per, appropriating the senses of Latin prō as well.
[Further reading]
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- “per” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
[Preposition]
editper
1.through, via: used in indicating the medium through which passage occurs
2.at, during, in: used in indicating the time at which an event occurs
3.during, for: used in indicating the duration of time for which an event occurs
4.because, because of: used in indicating the reason an action was undertaken
5.(when followed by a verbal noun) used in indicating the activity one intends to do because of an action
El meu germà anirà a Tahití per vacar a la platja.
My brother will go to Tahiti (in order) to vacation on the beach.
6.by: used in indicating the agent responsible for an action
7.for each; for every
8.a, for, per: used in indicating a rate of exchange
[[Cimbrian]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle High German bër, from Old High German bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Cognate with German Bär, English bear.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle High German ber, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją (“berry”). Cognate with German Beere, English berry.
[[Cornish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Cornish per, from Proto-Brythonic *per, a borrowing from Latin pira, plural of pirum. Cognate with Breton per, Welsh pêr.
[Noun]
editper f (singulative peren)
1.pears
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈpɛr][Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
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[[Danish]]
[Preposition]
editper (abbreviated pr.)
1.For each; for every
Motoren roterer 1000 gange per minut.
The engine rotates 1000 times per minute.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɛr[Anagrams]
edit
- rep
[Preposition]
editper
1.For each; for every; per
De motor draait 1000 toeren per minuut.
The engine goes 1000 revolutions per minute.
2.by means of
Kom je per auto of per spoor?
Are you coming by car or by rail?
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :[per][Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin per.
[Preposition]
editper
1.by means of, with
Li skribis per plumo. ― He wrote with a pen.
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈper/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per.
[Further reading]
edit
- "per" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
[Preposition]
editper (+ nominative)
1.per (for each, to each)
Synonyms: kohden, kohti, (ablative case) -lta
viisi euroa per metri ― five euros per metre
2.(business, accounting) per (indicating date, due date, date of maturity, etc.)
Laskumme 1 000 e per 15.6. ― Our invoice for Eur 1,000 due on 15 June
Tilin saldo per 31.12. ― Account balance on 31 December
[[German]]
[Preposition]
editper (+ accusative or dative)
1.per, via, by, in acccordance with
per Gesetz ― according to the law
[References]
edit
- “per” in Duden online
- “per” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈpɛr][Etymology 1]
editBack-formation from perel.[1]
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Latin per (“through”).[2]
[Further reading]
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- (action, lawsuit): per in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (per, divided by): per in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
[References]
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1. ^ per in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
2. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
[[Ido]]
ipa :/per/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Esperanto per, English per, French par, Italian per, Spanish por, ultimately from Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *per.
[Preposition]
editper
1.by means of, by, with (some means)
Ilu batis me per bastono. ― He beat me with a stick.
2.(mathematics) multiplied by, times
Quar per kin esas duadek. ― Four times five is twenty.
Un per un esas un. ― One times one is one.
[See also]
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- da (“by”)
- kun (“with (in company with)”)
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[ˈpɛr][Alternative forms]
edit
- pir (nonstandard)
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Dutch veer (“feather, spring”), a contraction of veder, from Middle Dutch vedere, from Old Dutch fethara, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The sense "spring" is derived from the ability of feathers to resume their shape when bent.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Dutch per, from Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per.
[Further reading]
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- “per” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
[[Interlingua]]
ipa :/per/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per, which is the predecessor of French par, Italian per, Spanish par and Spanish pro.
[Preposition]
editper
1.through, during, throughout
Io evadeva per un tunnel secrete.
I escaped through a secret tunnel.
Per uso pote formar vapor inflammabile.
May form flammable fumes during usage.
2.by (the agency of), through, by means of
Su via a successo era per opera dur.
His/her path to success was through hard work.
3.per, for each
Admission costa 10 € per persona.
Admission costs €10 per person.
[[Italian]]
ipa :/per/[Anagrams]
edit
- pre-
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per.[1]
[Preposition]
editper
1.for
Ma io l'ho fatto per te! ― But I did it for you!
Te lo vendo per appena trecento euro ― I'll sell it you for only three hundred euro
Ho studiato per tre ore ― I studied for three hours
Questo è il treno per Londra ― This is the train for London
2.to (indicates direction)
3.through
Sono passato per il centro ― I passed through the center
4.in or on
Camminava ansiosamente per la stanza ― He was pacing anxiously about the room
5.by
Te lo invio per posta ― I'll send it to you by post
6.with
7.as
[References]
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1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951
[See also]
edit
- pro
[[Ladin]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per.
[Preposition]
editper
1.for
2.through
3.in or on
4.by
5.with
6.as
[[Latin]]
ipa :/per/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ꝑ (Mediaeval sigil)
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Italic *per, from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognates include Ancient Greek περί (perí), Sanskrit परि (pári), Lithuanian per, Albanian për and English for.The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional.
[Preposition]
editper (+ accusative)
1.through, by means of
2.Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 11 :
Qua re per exploratores nuntiata
That event being announced by the scouts
3.Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 3:
per speciem honoris
By the pretext of honouring
4.throughout, during
[References]
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- “per”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “per”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to bring a stream of water through the garden: aquam ducere per hortum
- to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks): ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)
- to spread over the whole body: per totum corpus diffundi
- to pass a thing from hand to hand: de manu in manus or per manus tradere aliquid
- in a dream: per somnum, in somnis
- in a dream: per quietem, in quiete
- under the pretext, pretence of..: per causam (with Gen.)
- when occasion offers; as opportunity occurs: per occasionem
- a report is spreading imperceptibly: fama serpit (per urbem)
- to be in every one's mouth: per omnium ora ferri
- to pass one's life in luxury and idleness: per luxum et ignaviam aetatem agere
- to take a false step: per errorem labi, or simply labi
- I said it in jest: haec iocatus sum, per iocum dixi
- to correspond with some one: colloqui cum aliquo per litteras
- apparently; to look at: per speciem (alicuius rei)
- under pretext, pretence of..: per simulationem, simulatione alicuius rei
- by craft: per dolum (B. G. 4. 13)
- in sport, mockery: per ludibrium
- men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
- to transfix, pierce a man's breast with one's sword: gladio aliquem per pectus transfigere (Liv. 2. 46)
- to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
- to break through the enemy's centre: per medios hostes (mediam hostium aciem) perrumpere
- to lead some one in triumph: per triumphum (in triumpho) aliquem ducere
- that is self-evident, goes without saying: hoc per se intellegitur
- I have no objection: per me licet
per in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
[[Latvian]]
[Verb]
editper
1.inflection of pērt:
1.second/third-person singular present indicative
2.third-person plural present indicative
3.second-person singular imperative(with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pērt(with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pērt
[[Lithuanian]]
ipa :[pʲɛr][Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *peri. Cognates include Ancient Greek περί (perí), Sanskrit परि (pári), Latin per and English for.
[Preposition]
editper (with accusative)
1.through
2.during
[[Megleno-Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin pilus. Compare Aromanian per, Romanian păr.
[Noun]
editper m
1.hair
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English pere, peru.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Medieval Latin pera.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old French per.
[[Mòcheno]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle High German bër, from Old High German bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Cognate with German Bär, English bear.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle High German ber, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją (“berry”). Cognate with German Beere, English berry.
[References]
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- “per” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin per (related to native for).
[Preposition]
editper (abbreviated pr.)
1.For each, for every, per.
Motoren roterer 1000 ganger per minutt. ― The engine rotates 1000 times per minute.
per porsjon ― for each portion
per dag ― per day
[References]
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- “per” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
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- (for each): for hver, i, om
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin per (related to native for).
[Preposition]
editper (abbreviated pr.)
1.For each, for every, per.
per porsjon ― for each portion
per dag ― per day
[References]
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- “per” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Polish]]
ipa :/pɛr/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin per, from Proto-Italic *per, from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Doublet of przeciw.
[Further reading]
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- per in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- per in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Preposition]
editper
1.(literary) Forms adverbs from nouns. [+nominative]
Synonym: na
[[Romani]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- pir, poriá
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Old Armenian փոր (pʿor, “belly, abdomen”). Doublet of pori.
[Noun]
editper f (plural pera)
1.(anatomy) abdomen, belly
[References]
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- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “փոր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Paspati, Alexandre G. (1870), “per”, in Études sur les Tchinghianés; ou, Bohémiens de l'Empire ottoman (in French), Constantinople: Impr. A. Koroméla, page 422
[[Sardinian]]
ipa :/per/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per.
[Preposition]
editper
1.per, by, through
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- rep
[Preposition]
editper
1.For each; for every
Motorn roterar 1000 varv per minut.
The engine goes 1000 revolutions per minute.
[[Volapük]]
[Noun]
editper (nominative plural pers)
1.loss
[[Zazaki]]
[Noun]
editper
1.page
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per se
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈseɪ/[Adjective]
editper se (not comparable)
1.(philosophy) Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination.
2.1980, Mortimer Adler, How to Prove There Is a God: Mortimer J. Adler's Writings and Thoughts About God, Open Court, →ISBN, page 197:
Hence, God would have to be the immediate per se cause of some natural motions, but not of all. But no known natural motion is without a natural motion as its immediate per se cause.
3.1988, J. van Rijen, Aspects of Aristotle’s Logic of Modalities, page 137:
Before stating at 74b5ff. that the connection between the subject and predicate of the premisses of scientific inferences must not be accidental but per se, he introduces the technical terms 'about all' ( 'kata pantos' ) and 'per se' (' kath' hauto ') in order to clarify the meaning of this proviso.
4.2014, Barrie Fleet, Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 2, page 97:
The per se cause of the house is the building skill and the craftsman who exercises it, while the per accidens cause is the fair-skinned or the artistic man. Alexander says: 'Aristotle says that just as anything that exists is one thing per se and another per accidens (by “being what it is per se” he means the substance, and by "what is per accidens" he means the attributes of the substance), so a cause is one thing per se and another per accidens.
5.2015, Gaven Kerr, Aquinas's Way to God: The Proof in De Ente et Essentia:
They hold to the impossibility of an actual per se infinity, because in a per se series the effects have a dependence on their causes, in which case if the series were infinite, the ultimate effect would be dependent on an infinite chain of causes; and since an infinity cannot be traversed, the being of such an effect would never be explained.
6.(law) That does not leave discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
7.1981, Hugh Laurence Ross, Deterrence of the Drinking Driver: An International Survey[1], Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation, page 80:
Until recently Denmark hesitated to adopt a formal per se law, preferring to give more discretion to its judges, but the general practice was to take blood tests and to convict those accused under the classical law if the blood alcohol concentration was greater than 100 mg./100 ml.
8.2006, Sheldon Kimmel, How and why the Per Se Rule Against Price-fixing Went Wrong, page 1:
CBS (441 U.S. 1 [1979]) explains, the per se rule against price-fixing isn't to be taken literally.
[Adverb]
editper se (not comparable)
1.Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intrinsically
2.1877, Walter Henry Hill, Elements of Philosophy: Comprising Logic and Ontology Or General Metaphysics, page 220:
A proposition is per se known as regards itself , but not per se known as regards us, when it has no medium of proof a priori, nor is its truth directly and immediately evident to us on first apprehending the terms.
3.1909, Emlin McClain, A Digest of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Iowa: From the Organization of the Territory Until the End of January, 1908 ..., page 3672:
What words actionable. to subject the offender to contempt, and deprive him of public confidence, and to accuse one who is a notary public of procuring a false affidavit to be made before him is libelous and actionable per se.
4.2007, Tima Smith, Per Se: An Anthology of Fiction, page 176:
It's not that I've got anything against kids per se, but I believe in discipline.
Some people say that a hangover is caused by impurities in the drink, not by the alcohol per se.
5.(colloquial, sometimes proscribed, chiefly in the negative) In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.
It's not a museum per se, but they do have some interesting artifacts.
6.a. 1998, anonymous conversationalists, quoted in, 1998, Tom Chiarella, Writing Dialogue, Story Press, →ISBN, page 12:
I take photographs. But I'm not a photographer.
Per se.
Right. Not per se.
Right.
7.2012 March 22, Pamela Burnard, Musical Creativities in Practice, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 202:
It's not a race against the competition per se: that's not how it feels to me when I'm working on a project.
8.2012, Tes Hilaire, Deliver Me From Temptation: A Novel of the Paladin Warriors:
Annoyed, frustrated, edgy, but not angry per se.
9.2013 February 12, Kjell-Ake Nordquist, Gods and Arms: On Religion and Armed Conflict, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 70:
As we shall see, since the 1960s, the ELN, although not a religious movement per se, represents an interesting amalgam of beliefs that helped serve in recruitment, commitment, and identification of a revolutionary belief and ritual.
10.2015, Thomas Goltz, Georgia Diary: A Chronicle of War and Political Chaos in the ...:
Through this lingual haze we quickly established that Suleyman was a member of “Batono” Abashidze's personal militia, but not a policeman per se
11.2016 September 19, Karen Karbo, Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me: A Novel, Hawthorne Books, →ISBN:
What she meant was, It's not a baby per se. It's a He-bean (she was already certain the bean was a boy).
12.2017 May 22, Stephen Pimpare, Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens: Down and Out on the Silver Screen, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
He sells a story, flirts with a waitress, looks handsome, has writer's block, and feels sorry for himself, but it's not a story about the Depression per se: it could be set in any time period, almost anywhere.
13.(philosophy) As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
14.1988, J. van Rijen, Aspects of Aristotle’s Logic of Modalities, page 137:
Everything not applying per se in one of these two senses is called an accident.
15.a. 2005, Jacques Maritain, An EPZ Introduction to Philosophy, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 153:
Peter is per se alive, endowed with intellect, and the faculty of laughter, the artist is per se one who fashions objects. But Peter is per accidens a sufferer from influenza
16.2015, Gaven Kerr, Aquinas's Way to God: The Proof in De Ente et Essentia:
Thus, unless there exists some being that exists per se, the origination of esse in a chain of composites itself remains unexplained and quite mysterious. And the existence of a being that exists per se is affirmed through a denial of an infinite regress of essence-esse composites causing other such composites.
17.2022 October 15, Gaven Kerr, Collected Articles on the Existence of God, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 218:
Aquinas rejects this position, because then God would not be per se necessary, but would be necessitated by his own divine nature to create. Hence to be per se necessary, God must be free to create.
18.(law) Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
The law makes drunk driving illegal per se.
19.1986, Administrative Per Se: A Summary of State Forms and Procedures:
In an effort to assist states that may have recently adopted or expect to adopt administrative per se, NHTSA has collected sample copies of forms and a brief description of the administrative procedures from selected states with in-place programs.
[Anagrams]
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- Esper, Peers, Prees, Reeps, Spree, esper, peers, pères, speer, spere, spree
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”).
[References]
edit
- per se at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “per se”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[Synonyms]
edit
- ipso facto, in and of itself, as such (in certain senses), sui generis (occasionally, in one of its senses), in itself, essentially, in essence, by itself, by definition, intrinsically
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/pɛrˈseː/[Adverb]
editper se
1.necessarily, absolutely, without fail
2.on purpose
3.(rare) per se
[Alternative forms]
edit
- (obsolete since spelling reform of 1995) persé
[Anagrams]
edit
- prees
- speer
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”).
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈpɛr ˈsɛ/[Etymology]
editUnadapted borrowing from Latin per sē.
[Further reading]
edit
- per se in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- per se in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Preposition]
editper se
1.(literary) per se (by itself)
[[Portuguese]]
[Adverb]
editper se (not comparable)
1.per se (without considering extraneous factors)
[[Spanish]]
[Adverb]
editper se
1.per se
[Further reading]
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- “per se”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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encapsulator
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editencapsulate + -or
[Noun]
editencapsulator (plural encapsulators)
1.One who, or that which, encapsulates
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tha
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
edittha
1.(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Thai.
[[English]]
ipa :[aʊ][Anagrams]
edit
- ATH, HAT, aht, hat
[Etymology 1]
editIn parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire where [aʊ] became [aː] and then shortened in an unstressed thou.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Anguthimri]]
[References]
edit
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 415
[Verb]
edittha
1.(Mpakwithi) tie
[[Caolan]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ.
[Noun]
edittha
1.eye
[[Mbariman-Gudhinma]]
[References]
edit
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 415
[Verb]
edittha
1.tie
[[Old Dutch]]
[Adverb]
editthā
1.then
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
ipa :/ha/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Irish at·tá, from Old Irish at·tá. Cognate with Irish tá and Manx ta.
[References]
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- Edward Dwelly (1911), “tha”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Colin Mark (2003), “bi”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “attá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Verb]
edittha
1.independent present of bi: am, is, are
Tha mi pòsda. ― I'm married.
Tha mi à Colbhasa. ― I am from Colonsay.
Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil. ― I am thinking so.
Tha thu fadalach. ― You are late.
Tha an duine anns an taigh. ― The man is in the house.
Tha duine anns an taigh. ― There is a man in the house.
Tha daoine anns an taigh. ― There are men in the house.
[[South Slavey]]
ipa :/θa/[Noun]
edittha
1.tentpole
[[Tày]]
ipa :[tʰaː˧˧][Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Tai *p.taːᴬ.
[Noun]
edittha (𥃸, 𥅂)
1.eye
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[tʰaː˧˧][Etymology 1]
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 赦 (SV: xá). See also thả.
[Etymology 2]
editSino-Vietnamese word from 拖.
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/θa/[Adverb]
edittha
1.Alternative form of fatha (“kind of”)
[Preposition]
edittha
1.Alternative form of fatha (“like”)
[[Yola]]
[Article]
edittha
1.Alternative form of a (“the”)
2.1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 3:
Thaay paaced awi up to tha Cross o Shad
They paced away up to the Cross of the Shad,
[References]
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- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132
[[Zulu]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- -etha
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́ta (“to call”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-jìta.
[References]
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- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “tha”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “tha”
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[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editTHA
1.(international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Thailand.
Synonym: TH (alpha-2)
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50660
in consequence
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editin consequence
1.Synonym of consequently (“as a result”)
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50661
cease
[[English]]
ipa :/siːs/[Anagrams]
edit
- escae
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English cesen, cessen, from Middle French cesser (“to cease”), from Latin cessō (“leave off”), frequentative of cēdō (“to leave off, go away”).
[Noun]
editcease
1.(obsolete) Cessation; extinction (see without cease).
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 III, scene iii]:
the cease of majesty
[Verb]
editcease (third-person singular simple present ceases, present participle ceasing, simple past and past participle ceased)
1.(formal, intransitive) To stop.
Synonyms: discontinue, hold, terminate; see also Thesaurus:end, Thesaurus:stop
And with that, his twitching ceased.
2.(formal, transitive) To stop doing (something).
Synonyms: arrest, discontinue; see also Thesaurus:desist
And with that, he ceased twitching.
3.(obsolete, intransitive) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away, perish.
Synonyms: desert, lack
4.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 15:11:
The poor shall never cease out of the land.
5.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 159-161:
[...] wherefore ceaſe we then? / Say they who counſel Warr, we are decreed, / Reſerv'd and deſtin'd to Eternal woe;
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cease and desist
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom cease (“stop”), and desist (“to not do again”).
[Noun]
editcease and desist
1.(law, chiefly attributive) A demand that one stop and not resume continuing a certain behavior, such as copyright infringement, trademark infringement, slander, or libel.
a cease-and-desist letter; a cease-and-desist order
[Verb]
editcease and desist (third-person singular simple present ceases and desists, present participle ceasing and desisting, simple past and past participle ceased and desisted)
1.(law) To stop and not resume an action.
We are told to cease and desist or we will cease to exist.
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desist
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈsɪst/[Anagrams]
edit
- Deists, deists, deïsts, sisted
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French desister.
[Verb]
editdesist (third-person singular simple present desists, present participle desisting, simple past and past participle desisted)
1.(transitive, intransitive, formal) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
Please desist from telephoning me at this number.
2.1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter I, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1 (The Wild):
One Ear was uttering quick, eager whines, lunging at the length of his stick toward the darkness, and desisting now and again in order to make frantic attacks on the stick with his teeth.
3.1921, Annual Report of the Federal Trade Commission, page 173:
After hearing[,] an order was entered requiring respondent to cease and desist the practice complained of under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission act.
4.2005, Gerry Shishin Wick, The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 307:
Desist the kind of thinking that gets you into trouble. Thinking is in itself fine, but grabbing onto thoughts and images of your self will bring you suffering. Once you learn how to desist, how to let go of your ego-grasping mind, then cease thinking ...
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trumpet
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtɹʌmpɪt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English trumpet, trumpette, trompette (“trumpet”), from Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”), ultimately imitative.Cognate with Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”), Old Norse trumba (“pipe; trumpet”). More at drum.Displaced native English beme, from Middle English beme, from Old English bīeme.
[Noun]
edittrumpet (plural trumpets)
1.
2. A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.
3.1820, Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature[1], 6th edition, volume 20, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, page 501:
In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.
4.Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.
The trumpets were assigned to stand at the rear of the orchestra pit.
5.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
Next day, he sent a trumpet to the general, with a detail of my misfortune, in hopes of retrieving what I had lost […] .
6.The cry of an elephant, or any similar loud cry.
The large bull gave a basso trumpet as he charged the hunters.
7.(figurative) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.
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 IV, scene ii]:
I will the banner from a trumpet take
9.1700, [John] Dryden, “Preface”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times […] to be the trumpet of his praises.
10.A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.
11.A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.
12.1974, O.T.A., Proceedings, page 4:
The result of adopting the latter principle would be that even unimportant T-junctions would be in the form of trumpets or half-cloverleaf junctions.
13.A powerful reed stop in organs, having a trumpet-like sound.
14.Any of various flowering plants with trumpet-shaped flowers, for example, of the genus Collomia.
15.(US, slang, often capitalized) A supporter of Donald Trump, especially a fervent one.
[Related terms]
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- trumpet player
- trumpeter
- trumpetress
[Synonyms]
edit
- (musical instrument): beme, cornet, flugelhorn
[Verb]
edittrumpet (third-person singular simple present trumpets, present participle trumpeting, simple past and past participle trumpeted)
1.(intransitive) To sound loudly, be amplified
The music trumpeted from the speakers, hurting my ears.
2.(intransitive) To play the trumpet.
Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
3.(transitive, intransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry.
The circus trainer cracked the whip, signaling the elephant to trumpet.
4.(transitive, intransitive) To give a loud cry like that of an elephant.
5.2017, Gerhard Gehrke, Nineveh's Child:
The bird trumpeted a second time. Dinah listened to the echo die around her.
6.(transitive) To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically
Andy trumpeted Jane's secret across the school, much to her embarrassment.
7.a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a VVarre vvith Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
They did nothing but publish and trumpet all the reproaches they could devise against the Irish.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈtrumpɛt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- trompette, trumpette, trompet, troumpette
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French trompette; equivalent to trumpe + -et.
[Noun]
edittrumpet (plural trumpetes)
1.A trumpet; a small brass instrument.
2.One who uses or plays such an instrument.
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/trɵmˈpeːt/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”), ultimately imitative.
[Etymology 2]
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walkout
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- walk-out
[Anagrams]
edit
- outwalk
[Etymology]
editwalk + out
[Noun]
editwalkout (plural walkouts)
1.A sudden stoppage of work.
Synonym: strike
2.2012 October 5, Steven Greenhouse, “Walmart Workers Stage a Walkout in California”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
Thursday’s walkout occurred three weeks after several dozen employees at warehouses that serve Walmart walked off the job in California and Illinois to protest what they said were onerous conditions, including toiling in warehouses that they said sometimes heat up to 120 degrees.
3.2020 January 2, Conrad Landin, “Strife and strikes in post-war Britain”, in Rail, pages 51–52:
Despite DoRA [Defence of the Realm Act] being waved about once again, walk-outs did take place on parts of the Great Western Railway in September 1918 - this time predominantly among NUR members.
4.A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest.
5.2020 June 1, Sheera Frenkel, Mike Isaac, Cecilia Kang, Gabriel J. X. Dance, “Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
The protest group — conducting a virtual “walkout” of sorts since most Facebook employees are working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic — was one of a number of clusters of employees pressing Facebook executives to take a tougher stand on Mr. Trump’s posts.
6.(weightlifting) A part of the squat exercise wherein one has to step out from the rack (“walk out” the weight) in order not to hit it during execution.
[Verb]
editwalkout
1.Misspelling of walk out.
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picket
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɪkɪt/[Etymology]
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 white picket fence (sense 1)Pickets (noun sense 6) picketing (verb sense 1) in front of the BBC’s Broadcasting House in Bristol, UK, during a strike in May 2005.From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”).
[Noun]
editpicket (countable and uncountable, plural pickets)
1.A stake driven into the ground.
a picket fence
2.(historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake.
3.A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
4.(military) One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function.
5.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 59:
So confident was he that he ignored the warning of his two British advisers to post pickets to watch the river, and even withdrew those they had placed there.
6.(sometimes figurative) A sentry.
7.1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict:
Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.
8.A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself.
Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent.
9.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
10.(card games, uncountable) The card game piquet.
[Verb]
editpicket (third-person singular simple present pickets, present participle picketing, simple past and past participle picketed)
1.(intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
2.(transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
3.(transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
to picket a horse
4.(transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
5.(obsolete, transitive) To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
[[German]]
[Verb]
editpicket
1.second-person plural subjunctive I of picken
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picket line
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɪkɪt laɪn/[Etymology]
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}}Horses on a beach tethered to a picket line (sense 1).Employees of the BBC forming a picket line (sense 4) in front of Broadcasting House in Bristol, UK, during a strike in May 2005.From picket (“stake driven into the ground; soldier or small unit of soldiers assigned to perform a duty; protester positioned outside a workplace, etc., during a strike; the protest itself”) + line.[1]
[Further reading]
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- picket line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- picketing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editpicket line (plural picket lines)
1.(rare) A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
2.(military, rare) A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
3.(military) A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
4.A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.
5.2022 August 10, “Network News: RMT's Lynch raises the prospect of a General Strike”, in RAIL, number 963, page 7, photo caption:
RMT union members form a picket line outside Birmingham New Street on July 27, as part of a national dispute over jobs, pay and conditions.
[References]
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1. ^ “picket line, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2006; “picket line, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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on the line
[[English]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Prepositional phrase]
editon the line
1.On a level with the eye of the observer, as of a picture hung in on a wall.
2.(idiomatic) At risk, as in a contest or enterprise.
The survival of the company is on the line with this project.
3.2007 January 21, Valerie Ahern, Christian McLaughlin, “Come Play wiz Me”, in Desperate Housewives, season 3, spoken by Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria):
I have a stalker. My life is on the line!
4.2019 January 26, Kitty Empire, “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in The Guardian[1]:
The 40-year-old is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan’s double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.
5.Currently calling on the telephone.
I have John on the line for you.
6.(sports) On one of the lines marked on a playing field or court; (by extension) within bounds.
The ball was on the line but the umpire ruled it out.
[References]
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- “on the line”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (at risk): at stake, on the rocks
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hailed
[[English]]
ipa :/heɪld/[Anagrams]
edit
- Deliah, halide
[Verb]
edithailed
1.simple past and past participle of hail
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hail
[[English]]
ipa :/heɪl/[Anagrams]
edit
- Hlai, hila
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English hayle, haile, hail, from Old English hæġl, hæġel, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (compare West Frisian heil, Low German Hagel, Dutch hagel, German Hagel, Danish hagl, Norwegian hagl)). Either from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”), or from *ḱoḱló-, a reduplication of *ḱel- (“cold”) (compare Old Norse héla (“frost”)). Root-cognates outside of Germanic include Welsh caill (“testicle”), Breton kell (“testicle”), Lithuanian šešėlis (“shade, shadow”), Ancient Greek κάχληξ (kákhlēx, “pebble”), Albanian çakëll (“pebble”), Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cool, cold”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English heil (“healthy, sound”), from Old Norse heill, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, entire, healthy”). The verb is from Middle English heilen, itself from the adjective. Doublet of whole, hale, and heil.
[[Estonian]]
[Noun]
edithail
1.adessive singular of hai
[[Irish]]
ipa :/halʲ/[Noun]
edithail
1.h-prothesized form of ail
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Scots]]
ipa :[hel][Etymology 1]
editFrom Old English hāl (“healthy, safe”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus (“healthy, whole”).
[Etymology 2]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old English hæġl, hæġel, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz, either from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰlos (“pebble”), or from *ḱoḱló-, a reduplication of *ḱel- (“cold”).
[[Turkish]]
[Alternative forms]
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- hâil
[Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish حائل (hail), from Arabic حَائِل (ḥāʔil). An Ottoman Turkish homophone from Arabic هَائِل (hāʔil) did not survive to modern Turkish.
[Noun]
edithail (definite accusative haili, plural hailler) (obsolete)
1.obstacle
Synonym: engel
[References]
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ha'il¹”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1838
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “hâil”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 373
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/hai̯l/[Adjective]
edithail
1.h-prothesized form of ail (“second”)
[Mutation]
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hai
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
edithai
1.(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Haida.
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhaɪ̯/[Anagrams]
edit
- AIH, HIA, ahi
[Etymology]
editA purposeful misspelling.
[Interjection]
edithai
1.(Internet slang) Hi.
2.2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health[1]:
As her famously no-BS longtime PT Don Saladino, who has a next-level celeb roster (oh HAIII, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt!), told WH: ‘It’s about improving your body’s resilience and energy […] making sure we’re optimising everything we do’.
[['Are'are]]
[Numeral]
edithai
1.four
[References]
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- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
[[Adzera]]
[Interjection]
edithai
1.yes
[[Angor]]
[Noun]
edithai
1.fire
[References]
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- Robert Lee Litteral, Features of Angor Discourse (1980)
[[Asturian]]
[Verb]
edithai
1.third-person singular present indicative of haber
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
edit< Swedish haj (“shark”), < Dutch haai (“shark”)
[Noun]
edithai (genitive hai, partitive haid)
1.shark
[Synonyms]
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- haikala
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈhɑi̯/[Anagrams]
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- hia, iha
[Etymology 1]
edit< Swedish haj (“shark”) < Dutch haai (“shark”) < Old Norse hákarl (“shark”)
[Etymology 2]
edit< English high < high card
[[French]]
[Verb]
edithai
1.first-person singular present active indicative of havoir
[[Galician]]
ipa :/ai/[Alternative forms]
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- ha
[Further reading]
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- “aver” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “haber” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
[Verb]
edithai
1.third-person singular present indicative of haber
Hai dous nomes diferentes. — "There are two different names."
[[Garo]]
[Interjection]
edithai
1.let us, 1st person plural imperative
Hai an·ching nokona re·anga
Let's go home
[[German Low German]]
ipa :/haɪ̯/[Pronoun]
edithai m
1.(also Märkisch, Sauerländisch, East Pomeranian in Brazil) he
[Brazilian] Hai sit dicht am füür.
He is sitting next to the fire.
[[Guaraní]]
[Verb]
edithai
1.to write
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :/haɪ/[Etymology]
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[Further reading]
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- “hai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
[Interjection]
edithai
1.hi
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈaj/[Alternative forms]
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- ài (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- ahi
[Verb]
edithai
1.second-person singular present indicative of avere
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
edithai
1.Rōmaji transcription of はい
[[Jersey Dutch]]
ipa :/hai/[Alternative forms]
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- hāi
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch hij. Cognates include Afrikaans hy.
[Pronoun]
edithai
1.Alternative form of hāi.
[[Malay]]
ipa :/hai/[Etymology 1]
editClipping of wahai.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom English hi.
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
edithai
1.Nonstandard spelling of hāi.
2.Nonstandard spelling of hái.
3.Nonstandard spelling of hǎi.
4.Nonstandard spelling of hài.
[[Maori]]
[Noun]
edithai
1.ace (card)
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
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[Etymology 4]
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[Etymology 5]
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[[Navajo]]
ipa :[xɑj][Alternative forms]
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- xai (in older Americanist literature)
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Related to the root -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”).
[Noun]
edithai
1.winter
Haigo deeskʼaaz łeh. ― It’s usually cold in the winter.
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[[Ngaju]]
[Adjective]
edithai
1.big
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch haai.
[Noun]
edithai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haier, definite plural haiene)
1.a shark
[References]
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- “hai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch haai, from Old Norse hár, whence also hå.
[Noun]
edithai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haiar, definite plural haiane)
1.a shark
Synonym: hå
[References]
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- “hai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Okinawan]]
[Romanization]
edithai
1.Rōmaji transcription of はい
[[Romanian]]
ipa :[haj][Etymology]
editClipping of haide.
[Interjection]
edithai
1.(with subjunctives) let's
hai să mergem
let's go
[[Romansch]]
[Alternative forms]
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- hei (Puter, Vallader)
[Interjection]
edithai
1.(Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈai/[Verb]
edithai
1.(archaic, impersonal third-person singular indicative present of haber) there is, there are
Synonym: hay
Hai dos tiendas que venden películas.
There are two stores that sell films.
[[Swahili]]
[Adjective]
edithai (invariable)
1.alive (not dead)
2.organic (living)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).
[[Tày]]
ipa :[haːj˧˧][Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Tai *ʰŋaːjᴬ; cognate with Lao ຫງາຍ (ngāi), Shan ငၢႆ (ngǎai), Thai หงาย (ngǎai).
[Etymology 2]
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[References]
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- Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày][2] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
- Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
[[Ternate]]
ipa :/ˈha.i/[Etymology]
editCognate with West Makian fai (“millipede”).
[Noun]
edithai
1.centipede
[References]
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- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English hi.
[Interjection]
edithai
1.hello
[[Uneapa]]
ipa :/ɣai/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.
[Further reading]
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- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
[Noun]
edithai
1.tree
[[Vietnamese]]
ipa :[haːj˧˧][Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Vietic *haːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaar (or some variant presented by Proto-Palaungic *ləʔaːr, Khasi ar, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] âṅ; Shorto reconstructed Pre-Mon-Khmer *biʔaar). Cognate with Muong hal, Khmer ពីរ (pii), Bahnar 'bar, Pacoh bar, Khasi ar, Mon ၜါ (ba).Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *huːɲ (“to kiss”) (> Vietnamese hôn), *heːt (“finished”) (> Vietnamese hết), *hanʔ (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese hắn), *hoːj (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *tŋ-ʔaːm (> Vietnamese hàm, Late Vietic), *hɔːŋʔ (“river, brook”), *haːŋʔ (“to open (mouth)”).
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English hi (“hello”).Further reinforced/contaminated by the coincidental usage of "two" (see etymology above) fingers when making V sign, therefore Vietnamese speakers would likely make V signs when being told to say "hai"/hi when photographed.
[[Wutunhua]]
ipa :[he][Etymology]
editFrom Mandarin 是 (shì).
[References]
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- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[5], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN
[See also]
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- yek (“to be at; to exist”)
[Verb]
edithai
1.to be; the copula:
1.Indicates that the subject and object are the same.
je ngu-de huaiqa hai-yek.
As for this, it is my book.
(Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)
2.Indicates that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or predicate adjective.
shetek bin~bin-de hai-li.
The rock is cold.
(Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)
Antonym: bai
[[Zhuang]]
ipa :/haːi˨˦/[Etymology]
editFrom Chinese 開 (MC khoj).
[Verb]
edithai (Sawndip forms 𢵱 or 亥 or 海 or ⿰𫔭害, 1957–1982 spelling hai)
1.to open
[[Zou]]
ipa :/hai̯˧/[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
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[Etymology 3]
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[Etymology 4]
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[References]
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- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62
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[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Hlai, hila
[Proper noun]
editHail (plural Hails)
1.A surname.
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