8119
emerging
[[English]]
[Adjective]
emerging (comparative more emerging, superlative most emerging)
1.Becoming prominent; newly formed; emergent; rising.
[Verb]
emerging
1.Present participle of emerge.
0
0
2009/07/06 10:41
2010/02/04 10:13
TaN
8121
buoyant
[[English]]
[Adjective]
buoyant (comparative more buoyant, superlative most buoyant)
1.having buoyancy; able to float
2.lighthearted and lively
I’m in a buoyant mood.
[See also]
- Archimedes' principle
0
0
2009/11/27 12:32
2010/02/04 10:13
TaN
8125
augur
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɔː.gə/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-us-augur.ogg
[Etymology]
From Latin augurō (“‘interpret omens’”).
[Noun]
augur (plural augurs)
1.A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
[Verb]
to augur (third-person singular simple present augurs, present participle auguring, simple past and past participle augured)
1.To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.
0
0
2010/02/04 10:43
TaN
8127
studious
[[English]]
ipa :-uːdiəs
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/En-us-studious.ogg
[Adjective]
studious (comparative more studious, superlative most studious)
1.Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative.
2.Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.
3.Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant; diligent; -- usually followed by an infinitive or by of; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies.
4.Planned with study; deliberate; studied.
5.Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade.
[Etymology]
Latin expression 'studious', first used in English sometime before 1350
[See also]
- bookish
0
0
2009/12/22 17:12
2010/02/04 10:44
TaN
8133
tactics
[[English]]
[Noun]
tactics (uncountable)
1.(military) plural The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.
2.(military) plural Manoeuvres used against an enemy.
3.(military) plural The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other[1].
[References]
- Notes:
1.^ Joint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006).
0
0
2010/02/04 10:45
TaN
8134
thaw
[[English]]
ipa :/θɔː/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-us-thaw.ogg
[Anagrams]
- hawt
- wath
- what
[Etymology]
Old English þawian
[Noun]
thaw (plural thaws)
1.The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
2.a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed. —w:Dryden.[edit] Translationsthe melting of ice, snow or other congealed mattera warmth of weather
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.Translations to be checked
[Verb]
to thaw (third-person singular simple present thaws, present participle thawing, simple past and past participle thawed)
1.(intransitive) To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; — said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws. Specifically by gradual warming
2.(intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
3.(intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.
4.(transitive) To cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve. Specifically by gradual warming.[edit] Translationsto melt, dissolve, or become fluidto cause frozen things to melt, soften, or dissolve
0
0
2010/02/04 10:46
TaN
8135
tailor
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈteɪlə/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-us-tailor.ogg
[Noun]
tailor (plural tailors)
1.A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
2.The fish Pomatomus saltatrix.
[References]
- Australian Fish and How to Catch Them, Richard Allan, Landsdowne Publishing, 1990, ISBN 1-86302-674-6.
[Verb]
to tailor (third-person singular simple present tailors, present participle tailoring, simple past and past participle tailored)
1.(transitive) To make, repair, or alter clothes.
2.(transitive) To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need, e.g. a narrowly tailored law.
0
0
2009/02/04 14:08
2010/02/04 10:46
8139
corpocracy
[[English]]
[Noun]
corpocracy (plural corpocracies)
1.A corporate bureaucracy, characterized by ineffective management.
2.A society where the interests of large corporations control economic and political decisions.
0
0
2009/10/20 14:10
2010/02/04 10:50
TaN
8162
American
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈmɛɹɪkən/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/En-uk-American.ogg
[Adjective]
American (comparative more American, superlative most American)
1.Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.
Thanksgiving is an American tradition.
He married an American woman in order to get an American passport.
2.Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."
[Anagrams]
- amacrine
- in camera
[Derived terms]
terms derived from AmericanLook at pages starting with American.
[Etymology]
- America + -an, or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.
[Noun]
American (plural Americans)
1.A person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America.
She went from Mexico to the USA before she gave birth, so her child would be an American.
2.An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.
[Proper noun]
American
1.The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
2.1942, We sat down in the central square and drank coffee and a man came up and spoke to us in American. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 756)
[References]
- North America
- South America
- United States of America
[Synonyms]
- (US American): Usonian, Septic, US American, United Statesian, US-ian, Usanian
0
0
2009/04/13 15:38
2010/02/04 16:24
TaN
8166
upgrade
[[English]]
[Etymology]
From up + grade.
[Noun]
upgrade (plural upgrades)
1.an improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology
[Verb]
to upgrade (third-person singular simple present upgrades, present participle upgrading, simple past and past participle upgraded)
1.to improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components
2.to replace an existing object with something better
3.(computing) to replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name
0
0
2010/02/04 16:28
TaN
8173
bin
[[English]]
ipa :/bɪn/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/En-us-bin.ogg
[Anagrams]
- BNI
- ibn
- nib
[Etymology 1]
Old English binne (“‘crib’”), from West Germanic, from Gaulish benna 'four-wheeled cart; caisson' (cf. Old Irish buinne, Welsh benn 'cart', Old Breton benn 'caisson').
[Etymology 2]
From Arabic بن (ben, bin).
[Etymology 3]
Contraction of being
[Etymology 4]
Contraction of been
[[German]]
ipa :/bɪn/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/De-bin.ogg
[Verb form]
bin
1.First-person singular present of sein.
[[Indonesian]]
[Etymology]
From Arabic
[Noun]
bin
1.son (of)
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
bin (hiragana びん)
1.瓶: bottle
2.便: flight
3.貧: poverty
[[Mandarin]]
[Pinyin syllable]
bin
1.A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, bīn, bǐn, or bìn.
[[Swahili]]
[Etymology]
From Arabic بن (ben, bin, son).
[Noun]
bin
1.son
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
bin
1.Indefinite plural of bi.
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Verb]
bin
1.an auxiliary verb used to form the past perfect indicative tense
[[Turkish]]
[Noun]
bin
1.thousand
[Verb]
bin (imperative)
1.mount (imperative form of binmek)
0
0
2010/02/04 21:48
TaN
8175
BTN
[[Translingual]]
[Initialism]
BTN
1.Ngultrum, the currency used in Bhutan.
[Usage notes]
This is the currency code used in the ISO 4217 standard.
0
0
2010/02/04 21:49
TaN
8179
wake-up call
[[English]]
[Etymology]
wake-up + call
[Noun]
wake-up call (plural wake-up calls)
1.A telephone call to awaken someone at a certain time, especially one requested by the person while staying at a hotel.
She requested a five a.m. wake-up call from the front desk.
2.(figuratively) An alert, reminder, or call to action caused by a dramatic event.
The recent deaths should serve as a wake-up call to others at risk.
0
0
2010/02/05 10:06
TaN
8186
els
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- ESL
- les, Les, LES
- SLE
[Noun]
els
1.Plural form of el.
[[Catalan]]
[Article]
els m. pl.
1.the (definite article)
[Pronoun]
els (unstressed personal, enclictic -los)
1.them (accusative masculine plural pronoun before verb).
2.them (dative plural pronoun for masculine and feminine before verb).
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
els c.
1.Genitive singular indefinite of el.
[[Dutch]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Nl-els.ogg
[Noun]
els m. (plural: elzen, diminutive elsje)
1.alder
0
0
2009/04/01 16:25
2010/02/05 10:10
TaN
8189
tid
[[Danish]]
ipa :/tid/[Noun]
tid c. (singular definite tiden, plural indefinite tider)
1.time
[[North Frisian]]
[Noun]
tid f.
1.time
Dåt grutst part foon daheere ferteelinge ståmt üt e tid twasche 1932 än 1936. (Most of the story takes place during the time between 1932 and 1936.)
[[Norwegian]]
[Etymology]
From Old Norse tíð ("time").
[Noun]
tid f.
1.time
[[Old English]]
ipa :/tʰi:d/[Etymology]
From Germanic *tīði-, from Proto-Indo-European *dīt-, *dīti-. Cognate with Old Saxon tīd (Dutch tijd), Old High German zīt (German Zeit), Old Norse tíð (Swedish, Danish and Norwegian tid).Compare also Old Armenian տի (ti), and Sanskrit अदिति (aditi), “‘unlimited, endless’”), where a- is a negative prefix.In Germanic, *tīði- is related to *tīma-, from whence tīma (“‘time’”) (English time).
[Noun]
tīd f (plural tīda or tīde; accusative tīde or tīd)
1.time: an interval of time, a specific period
2.an hour
3.a season
4.a specific point in time
5.a feast-day
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/tiːd/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Sv-tid.ogg
[Etymology]
From Old Swedish tiþ ("time").
[Noun]
tid c.
1.(uncountable) time
2.time, period, era
[See also]
- tidig
- hela tiden
- bittida
- otid
0
0
2009/07/27 17:11
2010/02/05 10:11
TaN
8191
aria
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɑː.ɹi.ɑ/[Anagrams]
- Aari
- RIAA
[Etymology]
From Italian aria, metathesis from Latin aera, accusative of āēr < Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aēr), “‘air’”).Cognate to air.
[Noun]
aria (plural arias or arie)
1.A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
[[Italian]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/It-l%27aria.ogg
[Anagrams]
- arai
[Etymology]
Metathesis from Latin aera, accusative of āēr < Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aēr), “‘air’”).
[Noun]
aria f. (plural arie)
1.air
2.look, appearance, countenance
3.(plurale tantum) airs
4.air, wind
5.(music) aria, song
[[Polish]]
[Etymology]
From Italian aria.
[Noun]
aria f.
1.aria
0
0
2010/02/05 10:11
TaN
8192
asse
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- SAEs
- SASE
- seas
[Noun]
asse (plural asses)
1.Obsolete spelling of ass.
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
- essa
[Noun]
asse f. (plural assi)
1.board (of wood)
2.beam (gymnastic)asse m. (plural assi)
1.axis
2.axle
3.(mathematics, physics) axis
4.(anatomy) axis (vertebra)
[Synonyms]
- (axis vertebra) epistrofeo
0
0
2010/02/05 10:11
TaN
8193
aunt
[[English]]
ipa :/ɑ:nt/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/En-us-aunt.ogg
[Anagrams]
- tuna
[Antonyms]
- (with regard to gender) uncle
- (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew
[Etymology]
From Middle English aunte from Anglo-Norman aunte from Old French ante from Latin amita "father's sister", lit. "beloved one", from amitus, past participle of amare "to love". Displaced native Middle English modrie "aunt" (from Old English mōdriġe "maternal aunt", cf Old English faþu, faþe "paternal aunt").
[Noun]
aunt (plural aunts)
1.a sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent
2.(also great-aunt or grandaunt) a person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
3.(usually auntie) a grandmother.
4.an affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
[See also]
- materteral
0
0
2010/02/05 10:11
TaN
8194
bind
[[English]]
ipa :/baɪnd/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/En-us-bind.ogg
[Anagrams]
- INBD
[Etymology]
From Old English bindan.
[Noun]
bind (plural binds)
1.A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
[References]
- bind in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- bind in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Verb]
to bind (third-person singular simple present binds, present participle binding, simple past bound, past participle bound or rarely bounden)
1.To connect
2.To couple
3.To put together in a cover, as of books
4.(computing) to associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name with the content of a storage location
[[Norwegian]]
[Etymology]
[Noun]
bind n.
1.volume (a single book of a publication)
2.sling (a kind of hanging bandage)
Han går med armen i bind
3.sanitary napkin
0
0
2009/02/25 22:12
2010/02/05 10:11
8197
abrasion
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪʒən[Etymology]
Mediaeval Latin abrasio, from abrādō; see abrade. Attested in English since 1656.
[Noun]
abrasion (plural abrasions)
1.The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
2.The substance thus rubbed off.
3.(medicine) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.
4.(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
[See also]
- contusion
- laceration
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:injury
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
- abornais
[Noun]
abrasion f. (plural abrasions)
1.abrasion.
0
0
2009/07/27 17:22
2010/02/05 17:49
8204
yourself
[[English]]
ipa :/jɔːˈself/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/En-us-yourself.ogg
[Noun]
yourself (plural yourselves)
1.Your usual, normal, or true self.
After a good night's sleep you'll feel like yourself again.
[Pronoun]
yourself referring to the person being spoken to, previously mentioned (the reflexive case of you)
1.(reflexive) Your own self.
Be careful with that fire or you'll burn yourself.
2.you; used emphatically, especially to indicate exclusiveness of the referent's participation in the predicate, i.e., that no one else is involved
You yourself know that what you wrote was wrong.
0
0
2010/02/08 10:18
TaN
8205
amoral
[[English]]
ipa :-ɒrəl[Adjective]
amoral (comparative more amoral, superlative most amoral)
1.(of acts) being neither moral nor immoral
2.(of people) not believing in or caring for morality and immorality
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
amoral m. and f. (plural amorais)
1.amoral
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
amoral m. and f. (plural amorales)
1.amoral
[Antonyms]
- moral
0
0
2009/12/09 17:24
2010/02/08 10:18
TaN
8207
interactive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
interactive (comparative more interactive, superlative most interactive)
1.Acting with each other.
Two interactive systems.
2.(computer science) Responding to the user.
Interactive user interface
[[French]]
[Adjective]
interactive f.
1.Feminine form of interactif.
0
0
2009/04/17 14:20
2010/02/08 10:19
8208
morn
[[English]]
ipa :/mɔ:n/[Anagrams]
- norm, Norm
[Etymology]
Old English morgen.
[Noun]
morn (plural morns)
1.(now poetic) Morning.
[[Norwegian]]
[Interjection]
morn
1.colloquial variant of god morgen
[[Scots]]
[Etymology]
Old English morgen.
[Noun]
morn (plural morns)
1.morning
2.(definite singular) tomorrow
A'll gae for ma messages the morn. I'll go shopping tomorrow.
[[Swedish]]
[Interjection]
morn
1.Colloquial variant of god morgon
0
0
2009/09/14 18:00
2010/02/08 10:19
TaN
8209
mixi
[[Italian]]
[Verb]
mixi
1.Second-person singular present tense of mixare.
2.First-person singular, second-person singular and third-person singular present subjunctive of mixare.
3.Third-person singular imperative of mixare.
0
0
2010/02/02 17:42
2010/02/08 10:19
TaN
8211
wink
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɪŋk/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/En-us-wink.ogg
[Etymology]
Old English wincian, from Proto-Germanic *wiŋk-. Cognate with Old Saxon wincon (“‘to nod’”), Middle Dutch wincen (“‘move sideways’”).
[Noun]
act of winkingwink (plural winks)
1.An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
2.A brief time; an instant.
3.A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
4.A disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
[Verb]
to wink (third-person singular simple present winks, present participle winking, simple past and past participle winked)
1.(obsolete, intransitive) To close one's eyes.
2.(archaic, intransitive) To turn a blind eye.
3.1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p. 51:
Some trot about to bear false witness, and say anything for money; and though judges know of it, yet for a bribe they wink at it, and suffer false contracts to prevail against equity.
4.(intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion.
5.(intransitive) To twinkle.
6.(transitive) To send an indication of agreement by winking.
0
0
2010/01/25 17:47
2010/02/08 10:19
TaN
8214
résumé
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹɛzʊˌmeɪ/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/En-us-resum%C3%A9.ogg
[Alternative spellings]
- resume, resumé
[Etymology]
From French résumé, past participle of résumer, to summarize, from Latin resumere (“‘to take back’”); compare resume.
[Noun]
résumé (plural résumés)
1.(North American, Australian) A curriculum vitae; an account of one’s employment history and qualifications (often for presentation to a potential future employer when applying for a job.)
2.A summary or synopsis.
[Synonyms]
- (account of education and employment): curriculum vitae, CV
- (summary or synopsis): précis
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁe.zy.me/[Anagrams]
- mesure, mesuré
- meures
- remues, remués
[Noun]
résumé m. (plural résumés)
1.summary, résumé
[Verb]
résumé
1.Past participle of résumer.
0
0
2010/02/08 10:22
TaN
8216
Heisenbug
[[English]]
[Noun]
Heisenbug (plural Heisenbugs)
1.Alternative spelling of heisenbug.
0
0
2010/02/08 16:16
8217
Heisenbugs
[[English]]
[Noun]
Heisenbugs
1.Plural form of Heisenbug, an alternative spelling of heisenbug.
0
0
2010/02/08 16:17
8218
garment
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- margent
[Etymology]
From Old French garnement < garnir (“‘to garnish, adorn, fortify’”).
[External links]
- garment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- garment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- garment at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[Noun]
garment (plural garments)
1.A single item of clothing.[edit] Hyponyms
- See also Wikisaurus:clothing
0
0
2009/06/30 11:17
2010/02/08 17:56
TaN
8219
greater
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈgreɪtə(r)/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Greater-pronunciation-us.ogg
[Adjective]
greater
1.Comparative form of great: more great.
2.Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area; (of a city) metropolitan.
3.1990, Geza Peter Lauter & Chikara Higashi, Internationalization of the Japanese Economy, ISBN 0792390520, p. 285
... statistics revealing that while greater Tokyo has a total area that represents only 3.6 percent of the total land available ... more than 25 percent of the country's population live there.
4.1997, Virginia Boucher, Interlibrary Loan Practices Handbook, ISBN 0838906672, p. 98
... research libraries ... located in the greater Midwest.
5.2004, Richard Alan Meckel & Heather Munro Prescott, Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health: A Historical Handbook and Guide, ISBN 0313330417, p. 201
The rate in isolated counties was about a third higher than in the greater metropolitan counties.
[Etymology]
great + -er
0
0
2009/02/16 23:17
2010/02/08 17:56
TaN
8220
knockoff
[[English]]
[Etymology]
knock + off
[Noun]
knockoff (plural knockoffs)
1.An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.
It's not a name brand bag, just a cheap knockoff.
0
0
2010/02/08 17:57
TaN
8224
murderous
[[English]]
[Adjective]
murderous (comparative more murderous, superlative most murderous)
1.Intending, or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty or homicidal.
murderous behaviour
2.Very difficult.
a murderous exam
0
0
2010/02/09 10:35
TaN
8228
jerky
[[English]]
ipa :-ɜː(r)ki[Etymology 1]
[Etymology 2]
From Quechuan charqui (“‘sun-dried or air-dried strips of meat’”)
0
0
2010/02/09 10:40
TaN
8240
cpi
[[English]]
ipa :-aɪ[Anagrams]
- CIP,
- IPC
- PCI
- pic, PIC
[Initialism]
cpi
1.characters per inch
(graphic design, typography) The measure of a number of typeset font characterss per inch used or supported by a digital display device
0
0
2010/02/09 10:59
TaN
8247
checkup
[[English]]
[Noun]
checkup (plural checkups)
1.A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, etc. (physical checkup).
The appointment was just for a checkup.
2.A routine inspection
I took my car in for an annual checkup.
[Verb]
to check up
1.To check; investigate; examine
I dropped by to check up on my friend.
0
0
2010/02/10 13:15
TaN
8251
shack
[[English]]
ipa :/ʃæk/[Anagrams]
- hacks
[Etymology 1]
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[Etymology 2]
Obsolete variant of shake
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shack up
[[English]]
[See also]
- cohabit
- POSSLQ
[Verb]
to shack up (third-person singular simple present shacks up, present participle shacking up, simple past and past participle shacked up)
1.(idiomatic) To live together, especially of an unmarried couple.
I don't think his father was too thrilled when he shacked up with his girlfriend.
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8254
indemnity
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/En-us-indemnity.ogg
[Etymology]
From Middle French indemnité, from Late Latin indemnitatem (“‘security for losses’”), from Latin indemnis (“‘undamaged’”), from in- (“‘not’”) + damnum (“‘damage’”).
[Noun]
indemnity (plural indemnities)
1.(law) an obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
2.repayment
3.(law) the right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
4.(insurance) a principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.
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fidelity
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
- infidelity
[Etymology]
French fidélité ← Latin fidelitas ← fidelis ← fides.
[Noun]
fidelity (plural fidelities)
1.faithfulness to one's duties
2.accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact
3.loyalty, especially to one's spouse
4.the degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input.
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imprudent
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/En-us-imprudent.ogg
[Adjective]
imprudent
1.Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.
Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. --Strype.
[Etymology]
From Latin imprudens, prefix im-, not + prudens, prudent.
[Synonyms]
- indiscreet
- injudicious
- incautious
- ill-advised
- unwise
- heedless
- careless
- rash
- negligentPart or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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unconventional
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unconventional (comparative more unconventional, superlative most unconventional)
1.Not adhering to convention or accepted standards
2.Out of the ordinary
3.Atypical
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might as well
[[English]]
[Adverb]
as well (not comparable)
1.(focus, idiomatic) In addition; also.
Wearing his hat and coat, he looked outside and decided he should take an umbrella, as well.
2.To the same effect
They might as well walk as drive in this traffic.
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concur
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
- disagree
- dissent
[Etymology]
From Latin concurrere (“‘to run together, agree’”)
[References]
- concur in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- concur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[Synonyms]
- agree
[Verb]
to concur (third-person singular simple present concurs, present participle concurring, simple past and past participle concurred)
1.To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
2.To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
3.(obsolete) To run together; to meet.
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workshop
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɜːk.ʃɒp/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/En-us-workshop.ogg
[Noun]
workshop (plural workshops)
1.A small room where things are manufactured, or light industrial work is done
2.A brief intensive course of education for a small group; emphasizes interaction and practical problem solving
3.An academic conference
[Verb]
to workshop (third-person singular simple present workshops, present participle workshopping, simple past and past participle workshopped)
1.(transitive) To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.
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trained
[[English]]
ipa :-eɪnd
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/En-us-trained.ogg
[Adjective]
trained (comparative more trained, superlative most trained)
1.Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
fully trained troops
2.Manipulated in shape or habit.
trained fruit trees
[Anagrams]
- antired
- detrain
- trade in, trade-in
[Antonyms]
- untrained
[Verb]
trained
1.Simple past tense and past participle of train.
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interocular
[[English]]
[Adjective]
interocular
1.Between the eyes.
[Etymology]
Latin inter-, among, between; Latin oculus, eye.
[References]
- Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. 31 Aug. 2006. <Dictionary.com
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hands
[[English]]
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/En-us-hands.ogg
[Anagrams]
- ndash
[Noun]
hands pl.
1.Plural form of hand.
[Verb]
hands
1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hand.
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unheard
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unheard (not comparable)
1.not heard
Her cries for help remained unheard.
2.not listened to
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unheard-of
[[English]]
[Adjective]
unheard-of
1.Previously unknown; unprecedented
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firestorm
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- reformist
[Etymology]
From fire + storm.
[Noun]
firestorm (plural firestorms)
1.A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds
2.An intense or violent response
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