cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
conspicuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/
Forms: form: more conspicuous
form: most conspicuous
Etymology: From Latin conspicuus (“visible, striking”), from cōnspicere (“to notice”), from con- (“with, together”) + specere (“to look at”).
Senses: examples: text: He was conspicuous by his absence.
text: “No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”
ref: 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!:
text: [...] 1. Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them.
ref: 1964 April, “Letters: Rethinking emergency procedures”, in Modern Railways, page 274:
glosses: Obvious or easy to notice.
examples: text: He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.
text: For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous.
ref: 1969, Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet, Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:
glosses: Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
Synonyms: sense: easy to notice
word: observable
word: perceivable
word: perceptible
sense: attracting attention
word: flashy
sense: attracting attention
word: prominent
Derived terms: conspicuous by one's absence
conspicuous consumer
conspicuous consumption
conspicuously
semiconspicuous
unconspicuous
Related terms: conspicuity
conspicuousness
thermodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθɜː(ɹ)moʊdaɪˈnæmɪks/
ipa: /-məʊ-/
ipa: /-mə-/
ipa: /-dɪ-/
Etymology: From thermo- + dynamics. First attested in the 1850s.
Senses: examples: text: “3D photochemistry plays a huge role because it provides heating or cooling, which can affect the thermodynamics and perhaps the atmospheric composition of a planetary system,” Chen said.
ref: 2019 November 11, Ashley Strickland, “What makes a planet potentially habitable”, in CNN:
text: The top-hatted “drinking bird,” once a fixture in science classrooms for demonstrating the basics of thermodynamics, is making a surprising comeback — as the inspiration for a new clean-energy generator that could one day power your watch and phone.
ref: 2024 March 14, Billy Stockwell, “The ‘drinking bird’ makes a comeback and could power your gadgets with clean energy”, in CNN:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
Coordinate terms: calorics
dynamics
Derived terms: classical thermodynamics
statistical thermodynamics
the laws of thermodynamics
thermodynamicist
Related terms: thermodynamic
endothermic
enthalpy
entropy
exothermic
pressure
temperature
etude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈtjuːd/
ipa: /eɪˈtuːd/
ipa: /ˈeɪˌtud/
ipa: /ˈeɪˌtjud/
rhymes: (UK) -uːd
Forms: form: etudes
form: étude
Etymology: From around the year 1837, borrowed from French étude (“study”) from Latin studium. Doublet of studio and study.
Senses: examples: text: The etudes with metronome markings should be played in tempo, all others should be considered rubato.
ref: 2007, Michele Weir, Jazz Piano Handbook, Alfred Music Publishing, →ISBN, page 110:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: study
glosses: A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.
thermodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθɝmoʊdaɪˈnæmɪk/
Etymology: From thermo- + dynamic.
Senses: examples: text: The locomotive is designed to give a high and sustained tractive effort at moderate speed on steep gradients. To attain this result, M. Chapelon, in experiments dsting back to 1940, aimed at improving the thermodynamic efficiency.
ref: 1949 November and December, “Motive Power Developments in France”, in Railway Magazine, page 400:
glosses: Of, or relating to the conversion of heat into other forms of energy.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of, or relating to thermodynamics.
Coordinate terms: caloric
calorific
dynamic
endothermic
exothermic
Derived terms: thermodynamic equilibrium
thermodynamic state
thermodynamic system
thermodynamic temperature
Related terms: thermodynamics
thermodynamic equilibrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermodynamic equilibria
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The state of a system in which its energy distribution is such that all parts of the system have the same temperature and no heat flows.
obbligato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒblɪˈɡɑːtəʊ/
Forms: form: obbligatos
form: obbligati
form: obligato
Etymology: From Italian obbligato.
Senses: examples: text: The noise of the traffic outside the building on the boulevard made an unmusical obbligato to my thinking.
ref: 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 281:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range).
Related terms: descant
rarely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: râr'li
ipa: /ˈɹɛːli/
ipa: /ˈɹɛəɹli/
ipa: /ɹɛli/
ipa: /ɹeə.liː/
homophone: really
note: to distinguish from really
ipa: /ɹeəɹliː/
note: Indic, rhotic
ipa: /ˈrerli/
note: Indic, rhotic
ipa: /ˈrarli/
ipa: /ˈrali/
homophone: rally
note: to distinguish from rally
ipa: /ˈra(rə)li/
rhymes: (UK) -ɛːli
rhymes: (US) -ɛəɹli
Forms: form: rarelier
form: more rarely
form: rareliest
form: most rarely
Etymology: From rare + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We rarely go to the theatre.
text: Rarely do you ever find an eagle this far up the river.
text: You have to give them credit, rarely does a character appeal equally to four-year-old children and middle-aged aunts posting tepid jokes and fake Oscar Wilde quotes on their timelines.
ref: 2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN:
glosses: Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often.
glosses: Unusually well; excellently.
examples: text: others speake very honourably of his life and death, and in all other circumstances declare him to have beene a most excellent and rarely virtuous man.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 32, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: To a rare degree; very.
Synonyms: word: barely
word: hardly
word: infrequently
word: once in a while
word: seldom
word: sporadically
word: scarcely
word: rarely
word: seldomly
word: uncommonly
word: unoften
Hyponyms: word: very rarely
word: extremely rarely
word: once in a blue moon
word: once in a purple moon
word: hardly ever
word: scarcely ever
word: seldom if ever
word: almost never
Coordinate terms: word: occasionally
Related terms: word: rareness
word: rarity
word: frequency
word: Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 137. Infrequency
prefecture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹiːfɛkt͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˈpɹiːfɛktjʊə/
ipa: /ˈpɹiˌfɛkt͡ʃəɹ/
ipa: /ˈpɹɛfɛkt͡ʃəɹ/
Forms: form: prefectures
form: præfecture
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French préfecture, from Latin praefectūra. Equivalent to prefect + -ure. As an East Asian administrative division, a calque of Chinese 府 (fǔ) and 郡 (jùn), also used to describe 縣 /县 (xian, “county”) and 州 (zhou, “province”) in some eras.
Senses: glosses: The office or position of a prefect.
examples: text: The top anti-corruption watchdog in Southwest China’s Yunnan province said on Friday the governor of the burgeoning aluminium hub of Wenshan had been placed under investigation.
Zhang Xiulan, who has been governor of Wenshan prefecture since March 2015, is suspected of “grave violations of discipline and the law,” the Yunnan Province Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement, without elaborating.
ref: 2021 April 30, Tom Daly, “China graft watchdog probes governor of emerging aluminium hub”, in Richard Chang, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2023, ALUMINUM:
text: In particular, Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan is quickly becoming a hotbed for tech investment from companies including TSMC and Fujifilm Holdings Corp (FUJIF).
ref: 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business:
glosses: The jurisdiction of a prefect; the region administered by a prefect, especially as a translation of certain French, Chinese, and Japanese administrative divisions.
Synonyms: sense: Chinese administrative division
word: jun
sense: Chinese administrative division
word: fu
sense: Chinese administrative division
word: chun
sense: Chinese administrative division
word: foo
sense: Chinese administrative division
english: some contexts
translation: some contexts
word: commandery
Derived terms: word: autonomous prefecture
word: prefectural
word: prefecture-level city
word: prefecture-level municipality
word: sub-prefecture
Related terms: prefect
euonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːənɪm/
Forms: form: euonyms
Etymology: From eu- (“good, well; true, genuine”) + -onym (“name, word”).
Senses: glosses: A name well suited to the person, place or object which bears it.
Synonyms: sense: name well suited to a person, place or thing
word: aptonym
sense: name well suited to a person, place or thing
word: aptronym
sense: name well suited to a person, place or thing
word: charactonym
Derived terms: euonymous
caconym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caconyms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to caco- + -onym or caco- + -nym.
Senses: glosses: An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
Synonyms: misnomer
Derived terms: caconymous
Related terms: cacology
Catch-22
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Catch-22s
form: catch-22
Etymology: Coined by American author Joseph Heller in 1961 in his novel Catch-22, in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity.
Senses: examples: text: For us it’s been a real Catch-22: when we have the time to take a vacation, we don’t have enough money, and when we have enough money, we don’t have the time.
text: Herein lies my personal “Catch 22”; the choice between three hours sleep and some discomfort or six hours sleep and real pain. Usually I choose the lesser evil of insomnia because in addition to the pain at 6am, I am incapacitated by the hangover from the sedative.
ref: 1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:
text: Overall, the subgrouping issue in S[ino-]T[ibetan] studies is plagued by a familiar Catch-22. Until a more complete reconstruction of P[roto-]S[ino-]T[ibetan] exists, it is difficult to accurately identify shared innovations. Yet, without a clear subgrouping, it is difficult to properly weight and evaluate data from the daughter languages in order to refine PST reconstructions.
ref: 2008, Zev Handel, “What is Sino-Tibetan? Snapshot of a Field and a Language Family in Flux”, in Language and Linguistics Compass, volume 2, number 3, →DOI, pages 422-441:
synonyms: word: no-win situation
word: Catch-22
word: dilemma
word: Morton's fork
word: no-win situation
word: quandary
word: Sophie's choice
glosses: A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
wikipedia: Catch-22
Joseph Heller
Related terms: CATCH 22 syndrome
deadlock
dilemma
scrapie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹeɪpi/
rhymes: -eɪpi
Forms: form: scrapies
Etymology: From scrape + -ie, from the tendency of affected animals to scrape themselves against solid objects.
Senses: examples: text: This incurable disease, called scrapie, became a large problem, often killing one ewe in ten.
ref: 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 272:
glosses: A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.
Coordinate terms: mad cow disease
zombie deer disease
mob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɒb/
enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɑb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: mobs
Etymology: From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”). The video-gaming sense originates from English mobile, used by Richard Bartle for objects capable of movement in an early MUD.
Senses: examples: text: Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
ref: February 13, 1788, James Madison, Jr., Federalist No. 55
text: See also: Mob (the masses)
glosses: A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
examples: text: A cluster of mob, who were making themselves merry with their betters.
ref: 1715 June 1 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 44. Saturday, May 21. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
glosses: The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
glosses: A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
glosses: A group of kangaroos.
glosses: A flock of emus.
examples: text: The Bat—they called him the Bat.[…]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
ref: 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:
text: What if it is a mob killing? They can’t hurt me, but …
ref: 1986, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Under the Desert Stars, Dark Horse Books:
text: See also: Mob, Mafia (proper noun senses for specific ones)
glosses: A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
examples: text: There’s nothing like local knowledge and after thousands of years living here the Noongar mob understand this land better than anyone, so it makes sense for them to tap into the lucrative tourism industry.
ref: 2011 March 10, Allan Clarke, W.A. through Noongar eyes:
text: There’s a saying among blak mob, ‘It doesn’t matter how much milk you put in tea, it’s still tea.’ I am a descendant of genocide survivors, a child of the oldest living culture on Earth. Nothing, no amount of milk, can change that.
ref: 2021 November 7, Claire [G.] Coleman, “Not quite blak enough: ‘The people who think I am too white to be Aboriginal are all white’”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: Australian Aboriginal
glosses: A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
Synonyms: sense: mafia
word: mafia
sense: mafia
word: Mafia
Derived terms: antimob
cybermob
flashmob
flash mob
gopher mob
heavy mob
King Mob
lynch mob
meal mob
mobber
mobbish
mobbism
mobbist
mob-handed
mob handed
mob-handedly
mob-handedness
mob law
moble
moblike
mob mentality
mobmobile
mobocracy
mobocrat
mob programming
mobproof
mob rule
mobsman
mobster
mob stocking
Mobtown
mob wife
rent-a-mob
smart mob
swell mob
trash mob
Twittermob
vote mob
woke mob
mob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɒb/
enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɑb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: mobs
form: mobbing
form: mobbed
form: mobbed
Etymology: From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”). The video-gaming sense originates from English mobile, used by Richard Bartle for objects capable of movement in an early MUD.
Senses: examples: text: The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
text: Politicians have been turning up to Glastonbury for years, but this year the leader of the opposition was among the most hotly anticipated attractions: when he arrived on site, his Land Rover was mobbed by fans.
ref: 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:
glosses: To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
examples: text: The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.
glosses: To crowd into or around a place.
Derived terms: mob up
mob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɒb/
enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɑb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: mobs
Etymology: Alteration of mab.
Senses: glosses: A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute.
examples: c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury
cover their faces with mobs
glosses: A mob cap.
Derived terms: mob cap
mob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɒb/
enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɑb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: mobs
form: mobbing
form: mobbed
form: mobbed
Etymology: Alteration of mab.
Senses: glosses: To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
mob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɒb/
enpr: mŏb
ipa: /mɑb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: mobs
Etymology: Abbreviation of mobile.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of mobile phone.
examples: text: You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players.
ref: 2002, Wolfie, “Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet):
topics: video-games
synonyms: mobile
glosses: A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
topics: media
glosses: A background character in general.
restore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭstôʹ
ipa: /ɹɪˈstɔː/
enpr: rĭstôrʹ
ipa: /ɹɪˈstoɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: rĭstōrʹ
ipa: /ɹɪˈsto(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ɹɪˈstoə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: restores
Etymology: From Middle English restoren, from Old French restorer, from Latin rēstaurāre, equivalent to re- + store.
Senses: examples: text: We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.
Related terms: restoration
restorative
restorer
restrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈstɹeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: restrains
form: restraining
form: restrained
form: restrained
Etymology: From Middle English restreinen, from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere (“fasten, tighten”).
Senses: examples: text: As with vicarious mismenstruation, the abnormal cessation only requires strict attention to the general health, with such measures to restrain hemorrhage as have already been indicated.
ref: 1875, Russell Thacher Trall, The Mother's Hygienic Hand-book, page 42:
glosses: To control or keep in check.
glosses: To deprive of liberty.
examples: text: He was restrained by the straitjacket.
text: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.
ref: 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:
glosses: To restrict or limit.
Synonyms: sense: control or keep in check
word: check
word: limit
word: withstrain
sense: deprive of liberty
word: confine
sense: deprive of liberty
word: detain
Derived terms: overrestrained
Related terms: constrain
restraint
restrict
restrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈstɹeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: restrains
form: restraining
form: restrained
form: restrained
Etymology: From re- + strain.
Senses: examples: text: Squeeze the juice from 3 oranges and let the juice stand. Then pour it off, strain, and mix with the syrup. Restrain the liquid and chill in a mold.
ref: 1998, Elena Molokhovets, Classic Russian Cooking, page 360:
glosses: To strain again.
toponym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒpənɪm/
Forms: form: toponyms
Etymology: Back-formation from toponymy. By surface analysis, topo + -nym.
Senses: examples: text: As we celebrate one hundred years of official 'standardization' of Canadian toponyms, this would be an appropriate time to reflect upon the state of toponyms used by the Aboriginal people of Canada.
ref: 2003, William C. Wonders, Canada's Changing North, →ISBN, page 207:
text: Conquests were recorded using toponyms that refer to specific cities or locations, and war captives were identified by their place of origin.
ref: 2006, Robert J. Sharer, Loa P. Traxler, The Ancient Maya, →ISBN, page 714:
text: If ביתדוד of the Tel Dan Inscription did originate with a temple of some kind, then we must interpret the ‘’’toponym’’’ as meaning 'House of (the) Patron'. Thus, although the toponym ביתדוד in the Tel Dan Inscription can be connected indirectly with a deity, such a connection is not demanded by the toponym itself.
ref: 2006, George Athas, The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Introduction, →ISBN:
synonyms: placename
nomen loci
geographic name
geographical name
glosses: A placename.
examples: text: ‘Tangerine’ is a toponym of Tangier.
text: The name Rūmī, by which he is widely known in the West, is a toponym referring to the fact that he lived in the province of Rūm (Anatolia), the country now known as Turkey.
ref: 2010, Seyed Ghahreman Safavi, Simon Weightman, Rumi's Mystical Design: Reading the Mathnawi, Book One, →ISBN, page 1:
text: Next time you go out for a hamburger, ask your sixth grader to find the toponyms. They are words that come from the names of places, like hamburger comes from Hamburg, Germany.
ref: 2012, Suzanne Barchers, Sixth Grade Parent Guide for Your Child's Success, →ISBN:
text: During the Second Boer War (1899-1902), English officers who had done badly were sent to the British military base at Stellenbosch, without losing rank, to look after horses there. Eventually, the term came to refer to relegating or reassigning someone considered incompetent or incapable to a position of lower responsibility, and is thus a demotion, even though there may be no loss of rank or pay. It generally, though not always, arises in connection with military affairs. The word is therefore known as a toponym (see place-name).
ref: 2015, Peter E. Meltzer, The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words, →ISBN:
text: Those husbands with toponyms such as “d'Incisa,” “da Montelupo,” “da Volterra,” and the like we classify as non-Florentine.
ref: 2015, Julius Kirshner, Marriage, Dowry, and Citizenship in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: eponym
glosses: A word derived from the name of a place.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The technical designation of any region of an animal.
Derived terms: toponymic
toponymous
Related terms: eponym
troponym
syllabus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪləbəs/
rhymes: -ɪləbəs
Forms: form: syllabi
form: syllabuses
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin syllabus (“list”), which arose as a misprint, its accusative plural syllabos appearing in place of sittybas in a 1470s edition of Cicero's “Ad Atticum” IV.5 and 8. The corrupt form was influenced by the stem of Ancient Greek συλλαμβάνω (sullambánō, “put together”), the source of σῠλλᾰβή (sŭllăbḗ, “syllable”); the true etymon is σιττύβα (sittúba, “parchment label, table of contents”) [or σιττύβας (sittúbas)] of unknown origin.
Senses: examples: text: In the first half of the year, teachers attended the training workshop for the new K-10 Chinese syllabus. In July, almost all the teachers attended the teacher training courses provided by OCAC.
ref: 2019 November 23, A Falun Dafa practitioner in Australia, “Eliminating Attachments While Helping Coordinate a Minghui School”, in Minghui:
text: ‘I checked online for a beginner syllabus,’ she say. ‘A syllabus is a plan for how we would work, what I can teach you.’
ref: 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 183:
topics: education
glosses: A summary of topics which will be covered during an academic course, or a text or lecture.
topics: law
glosses: The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.
Related terms: syllable
messy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛsi/
rhymes: -ɛsi
homophone: Messi
Forms: form: messier
form: messiest
Etymology: From mess + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a messy office
text: Jim ran his fingers through his messy brown hair.
text: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory.
ref: 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
qualifier: situation; etc; situation; etc
glosses: In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
raw_tags: of a place
examples: text: He is the messiest person I've ever met.
glosses: Prone to causing mess.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: a messy divorce
glosses: Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
raw_tags: of a situation
examples: text: They keep starting fights with Sam, they're so messy.
glosses: Argumentative, spreading spreading gossip, talking behind someone's back
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: sense: in a disorderly state
word: untidy
sense: in a disorderly state
word: chaotic
sense: in a disorderly state
word: disorderly
sense: in a disorderly state
word: cluttered
Derived terms: messily
messiness
messyish
nonmessy
unmessy
wet and messy
wet and messy fetishism
tomatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomato
disorderly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɔː.də.li/
Forms: form: more disorderly
form: most disorderly
Etymology: From disorder + -ly (adjectival suffix) or from dis- + orderly.
Senses: examples: text: The books and papers are in a disorderly state.
text: This one is surmounted by a clock-tower with a bent weather-vane - the latter being the only disorderly object in sight.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
glosses: Not in order; marked by disorder or disarray.
glosses: Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.
examples: text: disorderly people; disorderly assemblies
text: The teacher sat at one end of the bench, with a meek little fellow by his side. When the others were disorderly, this young martyr received a rap; intended, probably, as a sample of what the rest might expect, if they didn't amend.
ref: 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
text: The Uganda Police Force described the planned protests as “potentially anarchic” in a statement on Monday, warning it “shall not tolerate disorderly conduct.”
ref: 2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN:
glosses: Not complying with the restraints of order and law; unruly; lawless.
examples: text: a disorderly house
topics: law
glosses: Offensive to good morals and public decency.
Synonyms: word: chaotic
word: cluttered
word: disorderly
word: messy
word: tumultuous
word: untidy
Hyponyms: word: disorganised
word: mismanaged
word: unkempt
word: wanton
Derived terms: disorderlily
disorderliness
disorderly conduct
disorderly house
drunk and disorderly
undisorderly
Related terms: word: disorder
disorderly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɔː.də.li/
Forms: form: disorderlies
Etymology: From disorder + -ly (adjectival suffix) or from dis- + orderly.
Senses: examples: text: The police are allowed one shilling a-head upon all disorderlies who are discharged by the magistrates upon payment of expenses. The number so discharged are about a third of the number in custody.
ref: 1843, Parliamentary Papers, volumes 25-26, page 140:
glosses: A person who acts in a disorderly manner.
disorderly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɔː.də.li/
Forms: form: more disorderly
form: most disorderly
Etymology: From disorder + -ly (adverbial suffix) or from dis- + orderly.
Senses: glosses: In a confused or lawless manner.
she'll be apples
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From rhyming slang - apples and spice = nice; compare she's apples.
Senses: examples: text: “She′ll be right,” Bob exuded a confidence much out of touch with the reality of the situation, “She′ll be apples.”
ref: 1983, Neil Appleford, The Dish Licker, page 62:
text: The thought made him smile and he patted Cec on the shoulder.
‘She′ll be apples,’ he encouraged, and Cec took up his cup.
ref: 1989, Kerry Greenwood, “Cocaine Blues”, in Introducing the Honourable Phryne Fisher, Omnibus, page 31:
text: ‘Will it hurt?’ Duke was a small republic of concern to Dot.
‘No way. Piece of cake. She′ll be apples.’
ref: 1997, David Ireland, The Chosen, page 318:
glosses: Everything will be all right.
Related terms: she's apples
she'll be right
she's apples
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From rhyming slang - apples and spice = nice.
Senses: examples: text: The other saw Mama-san; ‘She’s apples, Frank! We don't have to go any further. Here's Mama-sa’ waiting to turn it on for us! Konichiwa, Mama-san,’ he said enticingly.
ref: 1989, Bill Pearson, Six Stories, page 28:
text: I'm no good now, I'm burnt out. I was real good but only got one good and one bad one. My leg, look! That's it! But the other leg, she's apples. And that's how it is.
ref: 1997, Lee Chittick, Terry Fox, Travelling with Percy: A South Coast Journey, page 94:
text: 2003, Colleen McCullough, The Touch, 2004, Large Print Press, page 541,
Sam checked what Theodora had assembled, nodded and unearthed a blowtorch from his tool bag. “Thanks, Miss Jay, she's apples,” he said, beginning to fill the blowtorch's reservoir with spirits.
glosses: Everything is all right, or in good working order.
Related terms: she'll be apples
no worries
she'll be sweet
she's jake
waiting room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waiting rooms
form: waiting-room
Senses: examples: text: In the third place, by its situation it serves only for a waiting-room, and a passage to the principal apartments, instead of being reserved, as it ought to be, for entertaining company […]
ref: 1817, Henry Horne, Elements of criticism:
text: A blind bearing the monogram G.V.T. is pulled down over the waiting room window as if still in mourning for the passing of the railway.
ref: 1941 June, “Notes and News: The Derelict Glyn Valley Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 279:
text: To lovers of Victoriana it will not be necessary to enlarge on the original beauty of many [old stations], but to the modern traveller romantic nostalgia will not compensate for bleak, draughty waiting rooms, ancient sanitation, uncomfortable grimy seats and gas lighting; he is likely to prefer the comforts of a modern car on a winter's morning.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 249:
text: At Hanwell, two lifts have been installed along with a refurbished ticket office with accessible window. A new waiting room is being installed on Platform 2, while the one on Platform 3 is being refurbished.
ref: 2020 March 25, “Network News: Step-free access introduced at four Transport for London stations”, in RAIL, page 18:
text: "This is a particularly good example of a timber railway station, with its Royal connection giving rise to some outstanding internal and external detailing. The swan-necked iron lamps, the porte-cochère and outstanding decoration in the Royal waiting room set the station apart."
ref: 2022 June 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Wonderful waiting rooms on the waiting list”, in RAIL, number 960, pages 59–60:
hyponyms: word: ladies' room
word: women's room
raw_tags: for women
word: gentlemen's room
raw_tags: for men
glosses: A room in a public place for people to wait.
Related terms: anteroom
green room
KISS
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: KISS when you're writing.
glosses: Acronym of keep it simple, stupid.
Related terms: short and sweet
waiting list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waiting lists
Senses: examples: text: He is still on the waiting list for public housing.
glosses: An ordered list of people waiting to obtain a good or service.
Synonyms: waitlist
waken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪkən/
rhymes: -eɪkən
Forms: form: wakens
form: wakening
form: wakened
form: wakened
Etymology: From Middle English waknen, from Old English wæcnan, from Proto-Germanic *waknaną.
Senses: synonyms: disturb
glosses: To wake or rouse from sleep.
examples: text: Early, Turnus wakening with the light.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Ninth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter II (Burglary), page 378, column 1:
glosses: To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
Related terms: awaken
wake up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/
ipa: [ˌweɪˈkʌp]
Forms: form: wakes up
form: waking up
form: woke up
form: waked up
form: woken up
form: waked up
Etymology: From wake + up.
Senses: examples: text: I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: "Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head"
ref: 1967, John Lennon/Paul McCartney, A Day in the Life:
text: I fell asleep in God's arms and woke up in hell
ref: 2020, “Birds of Paradise, Birds of Prey”, performed by The Acacia Strain:
glosses: To stop sleeping; to awake.
examples: text: Wake your brother up; it's time for school.
text: It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless.[…]You stand by, Janet, and wake me up if they do any of that running commentary stuff.”
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
glosses: To awaken somebody.
examples: text: Some businesses were slow to wake up to the importance of the Internet.
text: That's the third time you've made the same mistake. Wake up!
text: "Elizabeth line staff are multi-skilled and operate the world's only fully digital railway, but many earn significantly less than other TfL staff in similar roles.That is clearly not an acceptable or sustainable position, and it looks as though the company is waking up to the fact."
ref: 2023 May 31, “Network News: Action suspended on Elizabeth line”, in RAIL, number 984, page 21:
glosses: To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand.
Derived terms: word: wake-up
word: wakeup
word: wake up and die right
word: wake up and smell the ashes
word: wake up and smell the coffee
word: wake up and smell the roses
word: wake-up call
word: wake up dead
word: wake up one day
word: wake up on the wrong side of bed
Related terms: dawn on someone
daylight
kiss chase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: games
synonyms: word: catch and kiss
word: kiss chasey
glosses: A children's game similar to tag, the object being for the person who is "it" to catch and kiss another of the participants, who then subsequently becomes "it".
walkabout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walkabouts
Etymology: Deverbal from walk about; the Australian aboriginal word wokabat is also derived therefrom.
Senses: qualifier: Australian aboriginal
glosses: A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes.
glosses: A walking trip.
examples: text: While the world altered dramatically during the course of her reign, the monarchy did too, though rather more imperceptibly: the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.
ref: September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
glosses: An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.
Derived terms: go walkabout
walkabout disease
walkaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walkaways
form: walk-away
Etymology: Deverbal from walk away.
Senses: glosses: An easy victory; a walkover.
Related terms: walk away
walk-off
walkover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walkovers
form: walk-over
Etymology: Deverbal from walk over.
Senses: examples: text: Along the way, there was another backdrop to this match, in the form of the goal updates from Serravalle informing everyone that Ukraine were on their way to the obligatory walkover against San Marino.
ref: 15 October 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An easy victory; a walkaway.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
glosses: A horse race with only one entrant.
topics: government
politics
glosses: An uncontested election.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone easy to defeat.
glosses: Someone who does not stand up for themselves when mistreated; a doormat.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A backbend combined with a handstand.
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A match whose winner is declared because the other boxer does not appear in the ring within one minute of the official time.
examples: text: The train's walkover seats are turned by the crew.
text: It took about 10 minutes to flip the walkovers in each car.
glosses: A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
glosses: An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.
Synonyms: sense: an easy or simple task
word: easy thing
walkie-talkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walkie-talkies
form: walkie talkie
form: walky-talky
Etymology: From walking + talking.
Senses: examples: text: It is intended to equip the yard foremen and shunters with "walkie-talkie" apparatus to keep them in close touch with the control office.
ref: 1962 July, “The Irish Scene”, in Modern Railways, page 11:
text: A walkie-talkie is a handheld, portable, two-way radio transceiver. It includes a half-duplex channel (only one radio transmits at a time, though any number can listen) and a push-to-talk switch that starts transmission.
ref: 2009, L. K. Bandyopadhyay, S. K. Chaulya, P. K. Mishra, Wireless Communication in Underground Mines: RFID-based Sensor Networking, Springer,, →ISBN:
glosses: A portable, bidirectional radio transceiver, usually one of a pair.
examples: text: It could be that her walkie-talkie with Naylor had concerned a private matter not connected with what was about to happen to him, ...
ref: 1947, Nero Wolfe, Too Many Women: A Nero Wolfe Novel:
text: Go on a walkie-talkie. Everyone goes on a 15-minute brisk walk and talks about their day.
ref: 1993, B. Kaye Olson, Energy Secrets for Tired Mothers on the Run, Health Communications,, →ISBN, page 153:
glosses: A walk and talk.
walking stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walking sticks
form: walking-stick
form: walkingstick
Senses: examples: text: It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: A tool, such as a cane, used to ease pressure on the legs, and to aid stability, when walking.
glosses: A stick insect (order Phasmida).
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A playing card with the rank of seven.
Synonyms: alpenstock
cane
staff
Derived terms: devil's walking stick
giant walking stick
Related terms: 🦯
crutches
alpenstock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælp.ən.stɑk/
ipa: /ˈælp.ən.stɒk/
Forms: form: alpenstocks
Etymology: Borrowed from German Alpenstock, from Alpen (“alps”) + Stock (“stick”), early 19th c.
Senses: examples: text: […]liaison being leaked to Der Spiegel resulted in the bizarre deaths of both an Ottawan paparazzo and a Bavarian international-affairs editor, of an alpenstock through the abdomen and an ill-swallowed cocktail onion, respectively?’
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: A stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.
wallet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒlɪt/
ipa: /ˈwɑlət/
ipa: /ˈwɔlət/
rhymes: -ɒlɪt
Forms: form: wallets
Etymology: From Middle English walet (“bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“roll; bag; knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.
Senses: examples: text: The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet.
text: I forgot my wallet and left it at home.
text: Master leathercrafter does handcrafted wallets, belts, purses, handbags etc., supporting self and helpers. Good enough to carve fantst art and portraits into leather.
ref: 1987 August 15, Robert Benitez, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 14:
glosses: A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
examples: text: It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
text: In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion—or more simply, in the poorer latitudes, for the mere acquisition of things—would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan […]
ref: 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: A person's bank account or assets.
topics: business
computing
engineering
finance
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An e-wallet or digital wallet.
examples: text: I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet.
glosses: A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
examples: text: He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.
glosses: A bag or pouch.
examples: text: He fell down and landed on his wallet.
glosses: A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).
Synonyms: billfold
pocketbook
Derived terms: champagne taste on a beer wallet
cold wallet
cryptocurrency wallet
crypto wallet
hardware wallet
hot wallet
online wallet
paper wallet
password wallet
peek wallet
prison wallet
sausage wallet
vote with one's wallet
wallet inspector
walletless
walletlike
wallet name
warm wallet
Related terms: purse
scrip
waltz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wŏlts
enpr: wôlts
ipa: /wɒlts/
ipa: /wɔːlts/
enpr: wôlts
ipa: /wɔlts/
enpr: wälts
ipa: /wɑlts/
rhymes: -ɔːlts
rhymes: -ɒlts
Forms: form: waltzes
Etymology: From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”). Doublet of valse. More at *waltaną.
Senses: examples: text: Miss Esler and Mr. McMorrow went to Kalgoorlie to adjudicate at the goldfields waltz and quickstep championships, and found the standard of dancing surprisingly high.
ref: 1938 October 26, The Daily News, Perth, page 11, column 5:
glosses: A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
glosses: A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
glosses: A simple task.
Derived terms: bridal waltz
cross-step waltz
English waltz
French waltz
international standard waltz
slow waltz
Viennese waltz
waltz time
wedding waltz
waltz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wŏlts
enpr: wôlts
ipa: /wɒlts/
ipa: /wɔːlts/
enpr: wôlts
ipa: /wɔlts/
enpr: wälts
ipa: /wɑlts/
rhymes: -ɔːlts
rhymes: -ɒlts
Forms: form: waltzes
form: waltzing
form: waltzed
form: waltzed
Etymology: From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”). Doublet of valse. More at *waltaną.
Senses: examples: text: They waltzed for twenty-one hours and seventeen minutes straight, setting a record.
text: While waltzing her around the room, he stepped on her toes only once.
text: "Can you flamenco?" "If I have to. How about you?" "Love, I can barely waltz. Jive a bit if I'm pissed enough."
ref: 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 212:
glosses: To dance the waltz (with).
examples: text: He waltzed into the room like he owned the place.
text: You can't just waltz him in here without documentation!
text: Oxlade-Chamberlain, 18, became the youngest English Champions League scorer when he waltzed across the area to plant a low shot into the corner.
ref: 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:
text: The women in Ms. Telfer’s book waltz right by societal rules that would leave the rest of us at a standstill. We are left tsk-tsking, while also in awe.
ref: 2021 February 25, Mara Altman, “Glitzy, Tragic and Selfish: Female Con Artists Waltz by Society’s Rules”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
qualifier: into; around; into; around
glosses: To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.
raw_tags: with in
examples: text: Don't worry about the interview — you'll waltz it.
glosses: To accomplish a task with little effort.
examples: text: And he said, what he had planned in his head from the start, if we got Jim out all safe, was for us to[…] take him back up home on a steamboat, in style, and pay him for his lost time, and write word ahead and get out all the niggers around, and have them waltz him into town with a torchlight procession and a brass-band, and then he would be a hero, and so would we.
ref: 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Chapter the last”, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To move with fanfare.
Related terms: waltzer
waltz Matilda