cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
DVD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiː viː ˈdiː/
ipa: /ˌdi vi ˈdi/
Forms: form: DVDs
Senses: examples: text: “We’ve lived it. We’ll never give up our collection. Ever. And maybe, one day, you’ll be the one to come and barter a loaf of bread for our DVD of Casino.”
ref: 2024 March 27, J. Oliver Conroy, quoting Christina, “The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of digital video/versatile disc; an optical disc on which video is recorded in digital format, such as commercially-released movies and other video media.
examples: text: However, if postoperative anatomic intorsion is present, the patient may have DVD that was incorrectly diagnosed as IOOA and treated by IO muscle recessions.
ref: 1999, Arthur L. Rosenbaum, Alvina Pauline Santiago, Clinical Strabismus Management, page 68:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of dissociated vertical deviation.
Derived terms: direct-to-DVD
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD+R DL
DVD Audio
audio DVD
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-R DL
DVD-ROM
DVD-RAM
DVD Video
video DVD
HD-DVD
Related terms: SACD
dualDisc
LD
CDDV
VCD
SVCD
BD
peace
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: pēs
ipa: /piːs/
ipa: /pis/
homophone: piece
rhymes: -iːs
Etymology: From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Doublet of pax. Displaced native Old English sibb and broadly ousted friþ (modern frith).
Senses: examples: text: “Hark!” said the old woman, triumphantly. “I hear a step coming. […] Do you hear him?”
“I believe you are right, mother,” replied Alice, in a low voice. “Peace! open the door.”
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: "Peace, my lord, thou utterest treason! Hast forgot the king's command? Remember I am party to thy crime, if I but listen."
ref: 1882, Mark Twain, chapter 6, in The Prince and the Pauper:
glosses: Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
glosses: Peace out; goodbye.
peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pēs
ipa: /piːs/
ipa: /pis/
homophone: piece
rhymes: -iːs
Forms: form: peaces
form: peacing
form: peaced
form: peaced
Etymology: From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Doublet of pax. Displaced native Old English sibb and broadly ousted friþ (modern frith).
Senses: examples: text: Within every hood they have to be peacing with themselves. Then when you're living in peace with yourself, [...]
ref: 1997, Yusuf Jah, Shah'Keyah Jah, Uprising, page 49:
text: In another northern species, ptarmigan, such a see-saw pattern between warring and peacing has indeed been observed by researchers.
ref: 2006, Wayne Grady, Bringing back the dodo: lessons in natural and unnatural history:
glosses: To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
examples: text: Fuck, man. Yeah, I know. He crashed with this guy, Eddie. Then the cops called me in. That's when he peaced. I swear on my father's grave, I don't know where he went. I swear.
ref: 2012, Jens Lapidus, Easy Money:
glosses: To peace out.
SpA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SpAs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of spondyloarthritis.
and
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: strong form
enpr: ănd
note: strong form
enpr: ĕnd
ipa: /ænd/
note: strong form
ipa: /ɛnd/
note: strong form
note: Received Pronunciation, General Australian, stressed form
ipa: [ænd]
note: Standard Southern British, stressed form
ipa: [and]
note: US, stressed form
ipa: [eənd]
note: US, stressed form
ipa: [ɛənd]
note: Canada, stressed form
ipa: [ɛənd]
note: Canada, stressed form
ipa: [æ(ː)nd]
note: Ireland, stressed form
ipa: /and/
note: Dublin, stressed form
ipa: /æn/
note: Dublin, stressed form
ipa: /ænt/
note: d
enpr: ən
ipa: /ənd/
note: weak form
ipa: /ən/
note: weak form
ipa: /æn/
note: weak form
ipa: /ɛn/
note: weak form
ipa: /ɛnd/
note: weak form
ipa: /n̩d/
note: weak form
ipa: /n̩/
note: weak form
rhymes: -ænd
rhymes: -ɛnd
homophone: an (unstressed)
homophone: ant (in some accents)
homophone: end (in some accents)
homophone: in (unstressed)
Forms: form: ands
form: an'
form: 'n'
form: n
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English and, an, from Old English and, ond, end, from Proto-West Germanic *andi, from Proto-Germanic *andi, *anþi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“facing opposite, near, in front of, before”). Cognate with Scots an (“and”), North Frisian än (“and”), Saterland Frisian un (“and”), West Frisian en (“and”), Dutch en, ende (“and”), German und (“and”), German Low German on, un (“and”), Luxembourgish an (“and”), Vilamovian an, ana (“and”), Yiddish און (un), אונ (un), אונד (und), אונ׳ (un', “and”), Danish end (“still; ever; even”), Faroese enn (“still, yet”), Icelandic en (“and”), enn (“still, yet”), Norwegian Bokmål enn (“and”), Norwegian Nynorsk en, enn (“and”), Swedish än (“still, yet”), Albanian edhe (“and”) (dialectal ênde, ênne), ende (“still, yet, therefore”), Latin ante (“opposite, in front of”), Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite, facing”). Doublet of an ("if").
Senses: examples: text: The same goes for measure 42, when you begin the phrase on the and of 1, because that kind of lick can easily bog down the time.
ref: 2006, Gordon Goodwin, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band: Trumpet, page 51:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
coordinate_terms: e
a
glosses: In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
and
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: strong form
enpr: ănd
note: strong form
enpr: ĕnd
ipa: /ænd/
note: strong form
ipa: /ɛnd/
note: strong form
note: Received Pronunciation, General Australian, stressed form
ipa: [ænd]
note: Standard Southern British, stressed form
ipa: [and]
note: US, stressed form
ipa: [eənd]
note: US, stressed form
ipa: [ɛənd]
note: Canada, stressed form
ipa: [ɛənd]
note: Canada, stressed form
ipa: [æ(ː)nd]
note: Ireland, stressed form
ipa: /and/
note: Dublin, stressed form
ipa: /æn/
note: Dublin, stressed form
ipa: /ænt/
note: d
enpr: ən
ipa: /ənd/
note: weak form
ipa: /ən/
note: weak form
ipa: /æn/
note: weak form
ipa: /ɛn/
note: weak form
ipa: /ɛnd/
note: weak form
ipa: /n̩d/
note: weak form
ipa: /n̩/
note: weak form
rhymes: -ænd
rhymes: -ɛnd
homophone: an (unstressed)
homophone: ant (in some accents)
homophone: end (in some accents)
homophone: in (unstressed)
Forms: form: ands
form: aynd
form: eynd
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ande, from Old English anda (“grudge, enmity, malice, envy, hatred, anger, zeal, annoyance, vexation; zeal; injury, mischief; fear, horror”) and Old Norse andi (“breath, wind, spirit”); both from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, anger, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”).
Cognate with German Ahnd, And (“woe, grief”), Danish ånde (“breath”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath, wind, ingenuity, intellect”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Albanian ëndë (“pleasure, delight”), Latin animus (“spirit, soul”). Related to onde.
Senses: glosses: Breath.
glosses: Sea smoke; steam fog.
and
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: strong form
enpr: ănd
note: strong form
enpr: ĕnd
ipa: /ænd/
note: strong form
ipa: /ɛnd/
note: strong form
note: Received Pronunciation, General Australian, stressed form
ipa: [ænd]
note: Standard Southern British, stressed form
ipa: [and]
note: US, stressed form
ipa: [eənd]
note: US, stressed form
ipa: [ɛənd]
note: Canada, stressed form
ipa: [ɛənd]
note: Canada, stressed form
ipa: [æ(ː)nd]
note: Ireland, stressed form
ipa: /and/
note: Dublin, stressed form
ipa: /æn/
note: Dublin, stressed form
ipa: /ænt/
note: d
enpr: ən
ipa: /ənd/
note: weak form
ipa: /ən/
note: weak form
ipa: /æn/
note: weak form
ipa: /ɛn/
note: weak form
ipa: /ɛnd/
note: weak form
ipa: /n̩d/
note: weak form
ipa: /n̩/
note: weak form
rhymes: -ænd
rhymes: -ɛnd
homophone: an (unstressed)
homophone: ant (in some accents)
homophone: end (in some accents)
homophone: in (unstressed)
Forms: form: ands
form: anding
form: anded
form: anded
form: eind
form: eynd
form: ein
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English anden, from Old English andian (“to be envious or jealous, envy”) and Old Norse anda (“to breathe”); both from Proto-Germanic *anadōną (“to breathe, sputter”). Cognate with German ahnden (“to avenge, punish”), Danish ånde (“to breathe”), Swedish andas (“to breathe”), Icelandic anda (“to breathe”). See above.
Senses: glosses: To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
country
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kŭn'tri
ipa: /ˈkʌntɹi/
ipa: [ˈkʰʌnt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷi]
ipa: /ˈkɐntɹi/
note: Indic
ipa: /kəɳʈɾi/
rhymes: -ʌntɹi
note: for ESL speakers
enpr: koun'tri
ipa: /ˈkaʊntɹi/
note: for ESL speakers
rhymes: -aʊntɹi
Forms: form: contree
form: countrey
form: contrey
form: countre
form: countrie
form: counterie
form: counthry
form: cuntry
Etymology: From Middle English contre, contree, contreie, from Old French contree, cuntrede, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“(land) lying opposite; (land) spread before one”) (also in Medieval Latin as "country, region"), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) (whence contra-). Cognate with Scots kintra. Unrelated to county. Displaced native English land in some of its senses.
From around 1300 as "area surrounding a walled city or town; the open country." By early 16th century the sense was applied mostly to rural areas, as opposed to towns and cities.
Compare typologically Russian страна́ (straná), сторона́ (storoná).
Senses: examples: text: Things around here are just a little more country than what he's used to.
text: When this conversation was repeated in detail within the hearing of the young woman in question, and undoubtedly for his benefit, Mr. Trevor threw shame to the winds and scandalized the Misses Brewster then and there by proclaiming his father to have been a country storekeeper.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: From or in the countryside, connected with it, or typical of it.
examples: text: They're mainly a hard rock band, but their new album sounds kinda country to me.
glosses: Of or connected to country music.
examples: text: We have seen that the Company manufactured silk stuffs at three of its Residencies, but from country-wound silk.
ref: 1872, Silk in India, page 16:
text: A reference to the Annual Administration Reports of the Department of Horse-breeding Operations […] will allow of the opinion being arrived at, that the breed of country horses under the present regime is steadily improving.
ref: 1884, Journal of the United Service Institution of India, page 185:
text: Country harness costs nearly as much, lasts half the time, and is in every respect inferior. It is understood that the only reason is that the Court desires to improve and encourage Indian manufactures.
ref: 1937, Brigadier-General H. A. Young, The East India Company’s Arsenals & Manufactories:
synonyms: native
glosses: Originating in India rather than being imported from abroad.
Related terms: countrify
countryish
countrylike
go country
euro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈjʊɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈjɝoʊ/
rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ
rhymes: -ʊɹoʊ
Forms: form: euros
form: euro
form: Euro
Etymology: The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
synonyms: EUR
glosses: The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
glosses: A coin with a face value of one euro.
examples: text: euro size
text: euro style pad
glosses: Abbreviation of European, in any sense.
Derived terms: euro area
euro coin
Euroeuro
euroization
euroize
Eurozone
J-euro
noneuro
petroeuro
euro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈjʊɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈjɝoʊ/
rhymes: -ʊəɹəʊ
rhymes: -ʊɹoʊ
Forms: form: euros
Etymology: From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.
Senses: glosses: Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).
Derived terms: Euro
Related terms: joey
kangaroo
macropod
marsupial
wallaby
lifetime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪftaɪm/
Forms: form: lifetimes
Etymology: From Middle English lyftyme, equivalent to life + time. Cognate with Icelandic líftími (“lifetime”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Lieuwendstied, Dutch leeftijd and levenstijd, German Low German Levenstied, German Lebenszeit, Danish livstid, Swedish livstid.
Senses: examples: text: a project that will take many human lifetimes to complete
text: the operational lifetime of an aircraft component
text: comes with a lifetime warranty
synonyms: lifespan
glosses: The duration of the life of someone or something.
examples: text: I've been waiting a lifetime for a train.
synonyms: word: ages
word: donkey's years
word: eternity
word: years
word: yonks
glosses: A long period of time.
Hypernyms: time
Derived terms: all in a lifetime
all in one's lifetime
carrier lifetime
chemical lifetime
customer lifetime value
fluorescence lifetime imaging
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day
teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
legend in one's own lifetime
lifetime achievement award
lifetime average daily dose
lifetime cap
lifetime employment
lifetime exposure
lifetime income tax
lifetime job
lifetime learning credit
lifetime maximum benefit amount
lifetime mobility
lifetime mortgage
lifetime payment cap
lifetime policy
life-timer
lifetime rate cap
lifetime reserve days
lifetime reverse mortgage
lifetime risk
lifetime value
lifetime warranty
maximum segment lifetime
mean lifetime
minority carrier lifetime
object lifetime
of a lifetime
once-in-a-lifetime
segment lifetime
Related terms: time of life
time of one's life
three score and ten
lifetime job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifetime jobs
Senses: examples: text: So, while choice of military service as a lifetime-job preference should be indicative of an orientation to military life, the reverse is not true: many people may be predisposed to service life without expressing it as a job preference.
ref: 1972, Jerome Johnston, Jerald G. Bachman, Young Men and Military Service, →ISBN, page 39:
text: The lifetime-job program was one of the concessions that the UAW won from Ford, and later from General Motors, in return for labor cost savings during contract negotiations […] Perhaps it is this rethinking of labor’s needs, on the parts of both unions and management, that will surface as the most important gain from the lifetime-job experiment.
ref: 1984, John Diebold, Making the Future Work: Unleashing our Powers of Innovation for the Decades Ahead, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 300–301:
text: Toyota Creates Work Contracts Challenging Lifetime-Job System
ref: 1994 January 24, Michael Williams, “Toyota Creates Work Contracts Challenging Lifetime-Job System”, in all Street Journal, page A10:
glosses: A job in which one remains for one's whole career until one's retirement.
Synonyms: sense: job for one's whole career
word: job for life
AFAIK
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: afaik
Senses: synonyms: word: AFAIAA
english: all either synonymous or nearly so
translation: all either synonymous or nearly so
word: AFAIAC
word: AFAIC
word: AFAICMO
word: AFAICT
word: AFAIR
word: SFAIAA
word: SFAICT
word: SFAIK
word: TMK
word: to my knowledge
word: to the best of my knowledge
word: TTBOMK
glosses: Initialism of as far as I know.
maquiladora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maquiladoras
Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish maquiladora, from maquilar (“assemble”).
Senses: examples: text: If such maquiladora projects are to be the model for Haiti's economic future, they will simply create future generations of sweatshop labor at subsistence wages.
ref: 2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 114:
text: The girls were invariably captured while running errands in the centre of town, or on their way to or from work in the hundreds of maquiladoras: sweatshop assembly plants that constitute the economy of Juárez, manufacturing (for rock-bottom wages) the goods that America and Europe deem essential to keep their supermarket shelves and car-concession outlets stocked.
ref: 2014 May 4, Ed Vulliamy, The Guardian:
glosses: An assembly plant in Mexico owned by a company from the United States or another foreign country, using cheap local labour and imported components, and which then exports its products to the company's country of origin; also (by extension) similar factories in other countries.
IME
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IMEs
Senses: examples: text: Japanese IMEs can work with both QWERTY keyboards and Japanese keyboards.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of input method editor.
IME
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of in my experience.
Related terms: IMO
nullify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌlɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: nullifies
form: nullifying
form: nullified
form: nullified
Etymology: From null + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: cancel, void
text: The contract has been nullified.
text: [T]hey were baffled by tears in moustached sixth-formers, by walls of impassivity in the Lower School, by silent conspiracies which nullified the rules.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 37:
text: Lesbians for Justice therefore appeals to the organizers of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival to nullify its "womyn-born-womyn only" policy, and to allow the attendance of post-operative male-to-female transsexuals at all future festivals.
ref: 1992 May 8, Tamara Severns, “Open Letter To Michigan Festival Organizers”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
topics: law
glosses: To make legally invalid.
glosses: To prevent from happening.
examples: text: The persuasion that a thing is impossible, at once nullifies endeavour, and like the Turkish "it is fate," torporises activity and exertion.
ref: 1843, The Metropolitan - Volume 36, page 52:
text: Blowproof water has given the Navy the weapon it needed to fight fires with helicopters. Previously, the downwash from the rotor blades blew the foam, or whatever agent was being used, off the fire, nullifying its effect.
ref: 1966, Popular Mechanics, volume 125, number 2, page 115:
text: It nullifies the night / from overkill
ref: 1983, Men At Work, “Overkill”, in Cargo:
glosses: To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
Synonyms: sense: to make legally invalid
word: annul
sense: to make legally invalid
word: cancel
Related terms: annihilate
null
null and void
nullifiable
nullification
perfunctory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈfʌŋk.t(ə)ɹɪ/
ipa: /pɚˈfʌŋk.tɚ.i/
Forms: form: more perfunctory
form: most perfunctory
Etymology: From Late Latin perfunctōrius (“careless, negligent”), from the past participial stem of perfungor, perfunct- (“perform, carry through”), from per- + fungor.
Senses: examples: text: I caught the gist of what he was saying--which in effect was that he had found and captured this Galu, that she was his and that he defied anyone to question his right of possession. It appeared to me, as I afterward learned was the fact, that I was witnessing the most primitive of marriage ceremonies. The assembled members of the tribe looked on and listened in a sort of dull and perfunctory apathy, for the speaker was by far the mightiest of the clan.
ref: 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Land That Time Forgot:
text: He then poured some wine for me to taste, and harassed me with perfunctory courtesies that had to be acknowledged.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 338:
text: The second section of the episode charged from Winterfell to Highgarden and Oldtown in a way that felt perfunctory. I found myself asking, “We’re just getting to Winterfell?”
ref: 2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: Even as former administration officials and Democratic leaders called on the president to tell his supporters to “go home,” Mr. Trump for hours did little to discourage them from storming the building. Instead, he issued two perfunctory tweets in which he asked them merely to remain “peaceful.”
ref: 2021 January 6, Luke Broadwater, Emily Cochrane, Matt Stevens, “Congress Rejects Republican Challenge to Pennsylvania Electors, After Day of Chaos”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: automatic
cursory
obligatory
pro forma
token
unthinking
glosses: Done only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty.
examples: text: He did a perfunctory job cleaning his dad's car, finishing quickly but leaving a few spots still dirty.
text: Alternatively it may mean that a perfunctory search is enough to ensure that a purchase is acceptable, so less search is carried out.
ref: 1992, Peter Bowbrick, The Economics of Quality, Grades, and Brands, page 55:
synonyms: haphazard
mechanical
slipshod
antonyms: careful
complete
thorough
glosses: Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.
Derived terms: nonperfunctory
perfunctorily
perfunctoriness
Related terms: pro forma
embellish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/
ipa: /ɛm-/
Forms: form: embellishes
form: embellishing
form: embellished
form: embellished
Etymology: From Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, from em- + bel.
Senses: examples: text: The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
text: He was a notable patron of the arts who lavishly embellished his royal residences and rebuilt and enlarged Westminster Abbey, destined as the burialplace of himself and many of his successors, in honor of his patron saint, Edward the Confessor.
ref: 1998, C.H. Knowles, “Henry III (1207-1272; r. 1216-72)”, in Medieval England: An Encyclopedia, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 345, column 2:
glosses: To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
examples: text: A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed
With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture?
His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods,
His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
text: Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.
ref: 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian, London:
glosses: To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
examples: text: to embellish a story, the truth
glosses: To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
Synonyms: adorn
beautify
decorate
deck
grace
ornament
prettify
Derived terms: disembellish
embellishable
embellisher
embellishingly
embellishment
overembellish
unembellishing
hamper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæm.pə/
ipa: /ˈhæm.pɚ/
rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hampers
form: hampire
Etymology: From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”).
Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap.
Senses: examples: text: a hamper of wine
text: a clothes hamper
text: an oyster hamper, which contains two bushels
glosses: A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
qualifier: uncommon outside New England
glosses: A wicker or plastic basket specifically for holding laundry (from clothes hamper), as opposed to a covered wicker basket which is a true hamper.
glosses: A gift basket.
Derived terms: hamperful
hamperless
hamper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæm.pə/
ipa: /ˈhæm.pɚ/
rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hampers
form: hampering
form: hampered
form: hampered
form: hampire
Etymology: From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”).
Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap.
Senses: examples: text: Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts.
glosses: To put into a hamper.
hamper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæm.pə/
ipa: /ˈhæm.pɚ/
rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hampers
form: hampering
form: hampered
form: hampered
Etymology: From Middle English hamperen, hampren (“to hamper, oppress”), probably of the same origin as English hamble (“to limp”), Scots hamp (“to halt in walking, stutter”), Dutch haperen (“to falter, hesitate”), German hemmen (“to stop, hinder, check”). More at hamble.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: hobble
text: Wife. Away George, away, raise the watch at Ludgate, and bring a Mittimus from the Iustice for this desperate villaine. Now I charge you Gentlemen, see the Kings peace kept. O my heart what a varlet's this to offer manslaughter vpon the harmlesse Gntlewoman?
Cit. I warrant thee (sweet heart) wee'l haue him hampered.
ref: 1607 (first performance), [Francis Beaumont], The Knight of the Burning Pestle, London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Walter Burre, […], published 1613, →OCLC, Act III, signature F2, verso:
text: A lion hampered in a net.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
coordinate_terms: ensnare#Verb
inveigle#Verb
glosses: To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle.
examples: text: Engend'ring heats, these one by one unbind, Stretch their small tubes, and hamper'd nerves unwind.
ref: 1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem:
text: They hamper and entangle our souls.
ref: a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion:
text: NR Senior Programme Manager Adrian Elliott describes the progress to date: "The weather has played a big part in hampering the programme. We had the wettest autumn ever and a number of winter storms to contend with, [...]
ref: 2020 April 8, Paul Stephen, “ECML dive-under drives divergence”, in Rail, page 44:
synonyms: hinder#Verb
impair#Verb
disable#Verb
handicap#Verb
embarrass#Verb
encumber#Verb
cramp#Verb
glosses: To impede in motion or progress.
Derived terms: hamperer
hamper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæm.pə/
ipa: /ˈhæm.pɚ/
rhymes: -æmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hampers
Etymology: From Middle English hamperen, hampren (“to hamper, oppress”), probably of the same origin as English hamble (“to limp”), Scots hamp (“to halt in walking, stutter”), Dutch haperen (“to falter, hesitate”), German hemmen (“to stop, hinder, check”). More at hamble.
Senses: glosses: A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
examples: text: One afternoon there was a mighty queer noise aloft, which set the men running in every direction. It was the main-t'-gallant-mast. Crash! it broke off just above the cap, and held there by the rigging, dashed with every roll from side to side, with all the hamper that belonged to it.
ref: 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
Derived terms: english: unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft
translation: unnecessary spars and rigging kept aloft
word: top-hamper
word: unhamper
relegate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕʹlĭgāt
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛləˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹeləˌɡæɪt/
Forms: form: relegates
form: relegating
form: relegated
form: relegated
form: religate
Etymology: First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
Senses: glosses: Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
Exile or banish to a particular place.
qualifier: done to a person
glosses: Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
examples: text: Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […].
ref: 2002, Mark Morford, The Roman Philosophers, →ISBN, page 183:
glosses: Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
qualifier: done to a person
glosses: Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
Remove or send to a place far away.
examples: text: Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager.
text: Our correspondent adds that, when he visited Rouen in 1910, the engine had been relegated to the shuttle service between Rouen (Rive Droite) and Rouen (Rive Gauche).
ref: 1946 November and December, “A Veteran French Tank Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 382:
text: A Class 158 relegated from express duties turns up to transport me via the flower-bedecked Brighouse station to the trans-Pennine main line at Bradley Junction and onwards to Huddersfield.
ref: 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
glosses: Consign or assign.
Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
raw_tags: in extended use
glosses: Consign or assign.
Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
raw_tags: in extended use
examples: text: After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Consign or assign.
Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
antonyms: promote
raw_tags: in extended use
glosses: Refer or submit.
Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
glosses: Refer or submit.
Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
glosses: Refer or submit.
Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.
Derived terms: relegated
relegating
Related terms: relegation
relegate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕʹlĭgāt
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛləˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹeləˌɡæɪt/
enpr: rĕʹlĭgət
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/
enpr: rĕʹlĭgāt
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛləˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹeləˌɡæɪt/
Forms: form: relegates
form: relagate
Etymology: First attested circa 1550: from the Classical Latin relēgātus (“banished person, exile”), the nominative singular masculine substantive form of relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
relegate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕʹlĭgāt
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹɛləˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɹeləˌɡæɪt/
enpr: rĕʹlĭgət
ipa: /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/
Forms: form: relegat
form: religait
Etymology: First attested circa 1425: from the Classical Latin relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).
Senses: glosses: Relegated; exiled.
Iraq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɑːk/
ipa: /ɪˈɹæk/
ipa: /ɪˈɹæk/
ipa: /ɪˈɹɑk/
ipa: /aɪˈɹæk/
ipa: /ɪˈɹɐːk/
ipa: /əˈɹɐːk/
rhymes: -ɑːk
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: Iraqs
form: Irak
form: Irack
form: 'Irâq
form: Irâq
form: 'Irāq
form: Irāq
form: ʿIrāq
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, “Iraq”).
Senses: examples: text: The AK-47s handed in would then be registered in the database before being redistributed to new units formed as Iraq takes over security control from U.S.-led forces, he said.
ref: 2007 August 9, “M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US”, in Reuters:
glosses: A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.
synonyms: Two Iraqs
glosses: An expansive medieval region of West Asia, including not only the modern territories of Iraq but also large parts of western Iran (the so-called Persian Iraq).
Derived terms: Ajami Iraq
Arabian Iraq
Iraqi
Iraqnam
Iraqnophobia
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Vietraq
Related terms: Baghdad
Eurovision
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʊə.ɹə(ˌ)vɪ.ʒ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˈjɝ.əˌvɪ.ʒ(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɪʒən
Etymology: Trademark from Euro- + vision.
Senses: glosses: A European broadcasting system, created by the European Broadcasting Union, that produces the Eurovision Song Contest and related programmes.
glosses: The Eurovision Song Contest.
laconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈkɒnɪk/
ipa: /ləˈkɑnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more laconic
form: most laconic
form: laconick
Etymology: From Latin Lacōnicus (“Spartan”), from Ancient Greek Λακωνικός (Lakōnikós, “Laconian”). Laconia was the region inhabited and ruled by the Spartans, who were known for their brevity in speech.
Senses: examples: text: I grow laconick even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long.
ref: August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift:
text: His sense was strong and his style laconic.
ref: 1738, Zachary Grey, An Attempt towards the Character of the Royal Martyr King Charles I:
glosses: Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
examples: text: A key player up the other end of the ground is Harris Andrews, who sometimes gets unfairly criticised for his laconic playing style. He desperately cares for this team.
ref: 2022 June 15, Donal Wilson, “Mid-season review: Brisbane Lions”, in Roar:
glosses: Laidback; casual; not intense.
Synonyms: concise
pithy
terse
Derived terms: laconicism
laconicly
unlaconic
Related terms: laconical
laconically
laconism
spartan
meticulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/
ipa: /mɪˈtɪkjuləs/
rhymes: -ɪkjələs
Forms: form: more meticulous
form: most meticulous
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin meticulōsus (“full of fear, timid, fearful, terrible, frightful”), from metus (“fear”) and -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus (“perilous”). Sense of “characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details” is a semantic loan from French méticuleux.
Senses: examples: text: meticulous search
text: meticulous investigation
text: meticulous knowledge
text: meticulous report
text: The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.
ref: 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 28 July 1943:
text: Currently, bodyshells for units 810024/025 are on the weld line. […] In the paint shop are bodyshells for 810022/023, which are undergoing a meticulous process to ensure a high-quality finish.
ref: 2024 December 27, Pip Dunn, “Network News: Hitachi pushes on with '810' assembly and testing”, in RAIL, number 1025, page 20:
synonyms: painstaking
fastidious
antonyms: sloppy
careless
slapdash
glosses: Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
synonyms: word: alert
word: attentive
word: careful
word: cautelous
word: cautious
word: canny
word: chary
word: circumspect
word: conservative
word: deliberate
word: discreet
word: guarded
word: heedful
word: heedy
word: hesitant
word: meticulous
word: mindful
word: prudent
word: reckful
word: safe
word: sensible
word: shy
word: slow
word: tentative
word: timid
word: timorous
word: well-advised
word: wary
antonyms: word: aggressive
word: carefree
word: meticulous
glosses: Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
Synonyms: word: accurate
word: careful
word: comprehensive
word: conscientious
word: exhaustive
word: fastidious
word: groundly
word: in-depth
word: intensive
word: letter-perfect
word: mindful
word: minute
word: particular
word: polished
word: precise
word: painstaking
word: punctilious
word: rigorous
word: root and branch
word: scrupulous
word: scrutinous
word: sedulous
word: strict
word: thorough
word: tight
Derived terms: meticulosity
meticulously
meticulousness
unmeticulous
Related terms: word: all-embracing
word: all-encompassing
word: all-inclusive
word: bureaucratic
word: cautious
word: industrious
viable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪəbəl/
rhymes: -aɪəbəl
Forms: form: more viable
form: most viable
Etymology: Borrowed from French viable, with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”).
Senses: glosses: Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
examples: text: a viable option
glosses: Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.
examples: text: Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination".
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
glosses: Capable of working successfully
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Able to live and develop.
Derived terms: minimal viable product
minimum viable product
nonviable
viability
viably
viable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪəbəl/
rhymes: -aɪəbəl
Forms: form: viables
Etymology: Borrowed from French viable, with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism that is able to live and develop.
Belgium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛld͡ʒəm/
Forms: form: Belgiums
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Belgium, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.
Senses: examples: text: The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency.
ref: 2025 January 29, Lucy Hooker, “Coca-Cola recalls drinks in UK due to chemical levels”, in BBC News:
glosses: A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.
Synonyms: english: official name
translation: official name
word: Kingdom of Belgium
Meronyms: word: Wallonia
word: Flanders
word: Brussels-Capital Region
topics: city
cities
region
location
word: Brussels
Derived terms: Belgium block
Belgium sausage
Related terms: Belgian
Greece
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: grēs
ipa: /ɡɹiːs/
rhymes: -iːs
homophone: grease stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: From Middle English Grece, from Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Replaced Old English Grēcland, also from the same Latin source.
Senses: glosses: A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.
Synonyms: word: Greekland
word: Hellas
word: Hellenic Republic
Derived terms: Western Greece
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former long form of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula; used in diplomatic circles before the 2019 agreement that produced the name North Macedonia due to the naming dispute with Greece over the former name of the country, Macedonia; abbreviation FYROM.
Related terms: Macedonism
Pseudomacedonism
Countries of the world
Serbia and Montenegro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former country in Southeast Europe on the Balkan Peninsula, existing from 1992 to 2006, previously part of Yugoslavia; composed of modern Serbia and Montenegro and known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Serbia, Montenegro.
Related terms: Serbia
Montenegro
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
United Arab Emirates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˌnaɪ̯tɪd ˌaɹəb ˈɛmɪɹɪ(t)s/
ipa: /jʊˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˌɛɹəb ˈɛmɪɹɪts/
Forms: form: the United Arab Emirates
Etymology: Calque of Arabic الْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَّة الْمُتَّحِدَة (al-ʔimārāt al-ʕarabiyya l-muttaḥida).
Senses: examples: text: The expected announcement is tied to his trip to the Middle East next week, where he’ll visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the officials said.
ref: 2025 May 7, Alayna Treene, “Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf”, in CNN:
glosses: A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Capital: Abu Dhabi. Largest city: Dubai.
Synonyms: word: Arab Emirates
word: Emirates
word: Trucial Oman
word: UAE
Meronyms: Abu Dhabi
Ajman
Dubai
Fujairah
Ras al-Khaimah
Sharjah
Umm al-Quwain
United Kingdom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
ipa: /jʊˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
ipa: /jəˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
rhymes: -ɪŋdəm
Forms: form: the United Kingdom
form: UK
form: U.K.
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *éy?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Italic *oinos
Old Latin oinos
Latin ūnus
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Latin -iō
Latin ūniō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Latin ūnītuslbor.
Middle English uniten
English unite
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz
Old English -od
Middle English -ed
English -ed
English united
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Germanic *kunją
Proto-Germanic *-ingaz
Proto-Germanic *kuningaz
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos
Proto-Germanic *dōmaz
Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz
Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz
Proto-West Germanic *kuningadōm
Old English cyningdōm
Middle English kingdom
English kingdom
English United Kingdom
From united + kingdom, first attested from 1706.
Senses: examples: text: Some have also called for the speaker of the parliament, Anita Annet Among, to resign. She was among high-profile Ugandan politicians sanctioned by the United States and the United Kingdom for corruption earlier this year.
ref: 2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN:
text: Cybersecurity firm Semperis found that 86% of surveyed organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany that faced ransomware attacks were targeted on a holiday or weekend.
ref: 2024 November 25, Sean Lyngaas, “Starbucks forced to pay its baristas manually because of a ransomware attack on third-party software”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A kingdom and country in Northern Europe, comprising the four countries of England, Scotland and Wales on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland since 1922.
glosses: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922).
glosses: The Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1801).
examples: text: the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
text: the United Kingdom of Sweden and Norway
glosses: A kingdom consisting of several constituencies, either actual, historical, or hypothetical.
Synonyms: sense: Sense 1
english: official name
translation: official name
word: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
sense: Sense 1
word: Great Britain
sense: Sense 1
word: Britain
sense: Sense 1
word: England
sense: Sense 3
english: official name
translation: official name
word: Great Britain
sense: Sense 3
english: modern use
translation: modern use
word: Kingdom of Great Britain
word: Blighty
word: Old Blighty
word: Old Dart
word: UK
word: United Kingdom
Hypernyms: word: country
word: kingdom
Meronyms: word: Scotland
word: Northern Ireland
word: Wales
word: Briton
Related terms: word: Countries of the world
word: Britannia
word: John Bull
Czech Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛk ɹɪˈpʌblɪk/
rhymes: -ʌblɪk
Forms: form: the Czech Republic
Etymology: Calque of Czech Česká republika.
Senses: examples: text: Hungary, Austria and Poland are still refusing to participate in the resettlement plan, due to end in September. Other Eastern European countries, such as the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovakia, are only doing so on a limited basis, the commission said.
ref: 2017 March 2, Eliza Mackintosh, “No more excuses on resettling refugees, European Commission warns”, in CNN:
glosses: A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Prague. Until 1993, part of Czechoslovakia.
Synonyms: english: official short name
translation: official short name
word: Czechia
word: Czechland
word: CR
Derived terms: CZE