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stochastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈkæstɪk/
note: nonstandard, Americanism
ipa: /ˈstoʊkæstɪk/
ipa: /ˈstoʊt͡ʃæstɪk/
ipa: /stəˈkæstɪk/
ipa: /ˈstoʊkæstɪk/
ipa: /stəˈkæstɪk/
ipa: /stəˈkæstɪk/
ipa: /ˈstəʉkæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more stochastic
form: most stochastic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στοχαστικός (stokhastikós), from στοχάζομαι (stokházomai, “aim at a target, guess”), from στόχος (stókhos, “an aim, a guess”).
Senses: examples: text: In the evening, while she bathed, waiting for him to enter the bathroom as she powdered her body, he crouched over the blueprints spread between the sofas in the lounge, calculating a stochastic analysis of the Pentagon car park.
ref: 1970, J. G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
text: Self-slaughter, as Hamlet always says, was certainly in the cards, unless one had been out here long enough to have contemplated the will of God, observed the stochastic whimsy of the day, learned when and when not to whisper “Insh'allah,” and understood how, as one perhaps might never have in England, to await, to depend upon, the ineluctable departure of what was most dear.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Against the Day”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 760:
synonyms: aleatory
random
haphazard
glosses: Random, randomly determined.
Coordinate terms: probabilistic
Derived terms: astochastic
bistochastic
dynamic stochastic general equilibrium
magnetostochastic
nonstochastic
stochastical
stochastically
stochastic calculus
stochastic differential equation
stochasticism
stochasticity
stochastic matrix
stochastic parrot
stochastic process
stochastics
stochastic terror
stochastic terrorism
stochastic terrorist
stoquastic
substochastic
sesquipedalian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪ.ən/
rhymes: -eɪliən
Forms: form: sesquipedalians
Etymology: From sesquipedal + -ian (adjective- and noun-forming suffix), root from Latin sēsquipedālis (literally “a foot and a half long”), from Latin sēsqui (“one and a half times”) + Latin pedālis (“measuring a foot, foot (relational)”) (an adjective from pēs (“foot”)).
Senses: examples: text: “The fine old fellow,” as a Northern contemporary of ours patronizingly calls him, certainly rolled out his sesquipedalians with a majesty previously unknown, and gave a fine organ-like swell to his full-blow periods;
ref: 1830, On the Art of Rising in Prose The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, part 2, v. 29, Henry Colburn and Co., page: 162
text: Fleet-streetese, the so-called English written to sell by the Fleet-streeter (q.v.), or baser sort of journalist: a mixture of sesquipedalians and slang, of phrases worn threadbare and phrases sprung from the kennel;
ref: 1927, John S. Farmer, William Ernest Henley, A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from the Seven-volume Work, Entitled "Slang and Its Analogues", Taylor & Francis, page: 164:
text: ‘Sometimes we converse in ballad-rhymes, sometimes in Johnsonian sesquipedalians; at tea we condescend to riddles and charades.’
ref: 1952, Hannah More, Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page: 220:
glosses: A long word.
examples: text: Word-watchers, verbivores, and sesquipedalians love a challenge.
ref: 2008, Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, Oxford University Press, page: 106:
text: ‘What sort of writer is the English professor looking for?’ / ‘He wants a sesquipedalian, of course.’
ref: 2009, Sally Adams, Wynford Hicks, Interviewing for Journalists, Taylor & Francis, page: 97:
text: Don’t be a sesquipedalian! / Yes, you guessed right. A sesquipedalian is a person who enjoys long words.
ref: 2012, Jonathan Herring, How to Argue: Powerfully, Persuasively, Positively, FT Press, chapter 8, page: ?
glosses: A person who uses long words.
sesquipedalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪ.ən/
rhymes: -eɪliən
Forms: form: more sesquipedalian
form: most sesquipedalian
Etymology: From sesquipedal + -ian (adjective- and noun-forming suffix), root from Latin sēsquipedālis (literally “a foot and a half long”), from Latin sēsqui (“one and a half times”) + Latin pedālis (“measuring a foot, foot (relational)”) (an adjective from pēs (“foot”)).
Senses: examples: text: The most common use of "antidisestablishmentarianism" is as an example of a sesquipedalian word.
text: He would use the simplest, plainest language, he said to himself over and over again; but it is not always easy to use simple, plain language,—by no means so easy as to mount on stilts, and to march along with sesquipedalian words, with pathos, spasms, and notes of interjection.
ref: 1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage:
text: Happy word hunting! You might bag a sesquipedalian trophy! (Look it up in the dictionary).
ref: 1988 March 24, “What Dictionary (General or Specialized) Do You Find Useful or Interesting for Students?”, in The English Journal, page 68:
glosses: Long; polysyllabic.
raw_tags: of a word or words
examples: text: Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said.
text: [I]ts main character, Henry (Mr. [Ewan] McGregor), is a successful, intellectual dramatist who seems quite capable of churning out fizzy, challenging works about brilliant but ambivalent revolutionaries, philosophers, etc. […] But this cleverer-than-thou creature gets his comeuppance in "The Real Thing," showing that a very human heart – just like those possessed by the less sesquipedalian – beats beneath his fancy words.
ref: 2014 October 30, Ben Brantley, “When the head leads the heart: 'The Real Thing,' With Ewan McGregor and Maggie Gyllenhaal, opens on Broadway [print version: When the witty head is far ahead of the heart: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor star in revival of 'Real Thing', International New York Times, 4 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words.
Synonyms: sense: of long words
word: polysyllabic
sense: given to the use of long words
word: verbose
Derived terms: english: literary style characterised by the use of long words.
translation: literary style characterised by the use of long words.
word: sesquipedalianism
english: a writer using sesquipedalianism.
translation: a writer using sesquipedalianism.
word: sesquipedalianist
english: fear of long words.
translation: fear of long words.
word: sesquipedalophobia
Related terms: hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
sesquipedal
sesquipedality
pileus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪliəs/
rhymes: -ɪliəs
homophone: pileous
Forms: form: pilei
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pīleus, a form of pilleus (“a felt cap”).
Senses: examples: text: The stem is easily separable from the pileus at its junction, in this respect being similar to Amanita, Amanitopsis, Lepiota and others.
ref: 1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VII, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc., 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt:
text: One must check the size and shape of the pileus as well as its color. Many weird and unexpected shapes are found in the mushroom kingdom.
ref: 1994, Barry H. Rumack, David G. Spoerke, Handbook of Mushroom Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 75:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
meronyms: hymenium
glosses: The cap of a mushroom.
glosses: The bell of a jellyfish.
examples: text: The most short-lived of all the accessory clouds, pileus is also the most beautiful.
ref: 2011, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, The Cloud Collector's Handbook, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
synonyms: cap cloud
scarf cloud
hypernyms: accessory cloud
glosses: A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.
examples: text: Among the Romans the cap of felt was the emblem of liberty. When a slave obtained his freedom he had his head shaved, and wore instead of his hair an undyed pileus.
ref: 1859, William Smith, editor, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 920:
coordinate_terms: Phrygian cap
glosses: A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.
synonyms: pileum
crown#Noun
coordinate_terms: crest#Noun
glosses: The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
Derived terms: pileiform
Related terms: pileated
stipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /staɪp/
rhymes: -aɪp
Forms: form: stipes
Etymology: From French stipe, from Latin stipes (“a stock, post, branch”).
Senses: glosses: The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc.
glosses: The trunk of a tree.
glosses: The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower
glosses: The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm
Related terms: stipitate
stipule
stipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /staɪp/
rhymes: -aɪp
Forms: form: stipes
Etymology: Shortened from stipendiary.
Senses: examples: text: The lay magistrates in many parts of the country were cautious about the infringement by stipendiaries on to their particular patch, not least being that the stipe would take the more interesting work and leave them the dross.
ref: 2015, Barrington Black, Both Sides of the Bench, page 186:
glosses: A stipendiary magistrate.
411
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: 4-1-1
Etymology: Based on the telephone number used in North America to obtain telephone numbers of listed subscribers.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: The telephonic information service.
Coordinate terms: *67
*69
311
811
911
411
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-1-1
Etymology: Based on the telephone number used in North America to obtain telephone numbers of listed subscribers.
Senses: examples: text: Guess what! I have the 411 on Nick and Judy's breakup.
text: She was the 411 person in the family, she can be reached at any hour and any day and give you the information needed.
ref: 2010, Lashonda Johnson, Family Gumbo, page 11:
text: A lot of info, I know. But don’t worry, I tested it out on my acne-prone skin so you know the full 411.
ref: 2024 September 24, Beth Gillette, “I Tested Apostrophe, and I’ll Never Get Acne Meds From My Derm’s Office Again”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2024:
glosses: The latest scoop, information or news.
so far
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Compound of so + far. Compare Dutch zo ver.
Senses: examples: text: So far, nothing unusual has happened.
text: ―How are your driving lessons? ―So far, pretty good.
glosses: Until now; previously; yet.
examples: text: Don’t expect a long walk. You can only go so far in that direction.
text: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
ref: 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
text: British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
ref: 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
glosses: A limited distance, literal or metaphorical.
Synonyms: sense: until now
word: hitherto
word: thus far
word: hitherto
Derived terms: so close, and yet so far
so far so bad
so far so good
kilo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From French, kilo- irregularly derived from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “one thousand”). The etymologically "correct" form would be chili- or chilo-, resulting in forms such as chiliasme (“chiliasm”) or chilopode (“centipede”); but the French, when creating the prefix, had to avoid a possible (standard) pronunciation of chi as /ʃi/, too close to the vulgar verb chier.
Senses: related: word: mul:k-
synonyms: chilia-
antonyms: milli-
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by a thousand (1000).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: mul:Ki-
word: mul:ki-
word: kibi-
extra: multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ = 1024
glosses: Synonym of kibi- (“multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ = 1024”).
mega-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: enpr: mĕgʹə
ipa: /ˈmɛɡə/
ipa: /ˈmeɪɡə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with Latin magnus, Sanskrit मह (maha, “great, massive, large-scale, epic”), and with Germanic words: Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils), Old English micel, Middle English muchel, English much, Old High German mihhil, Old Norse mikill, Danish meget.
Senses: qualifier: originally
glosses: Very large, great.
examples: Near-synonyms: million, M
related: word: mul:M-
glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10⁶).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2²⁰ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi.
topics: business
computing
engineering
marketing
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ × 10³ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million).
examples: text: What?! I'm not sure if I scream that out loud or if my inner voice bounces off the insides of my skull. Why is Archie once again meandering over to Team Nadine? Sounds like I'm not the only one who's mega-confused.
ref: 2014, Michael Griffo, Starfall (The Darkborn Legacy), New York, NY: Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
glosses: Really, very, uber-, super-.
Synonyms: sense: very large
word: megalo-
sense: very large
word: megal-
word: meg-
word: super-
word: supra-
word: hyper-
word: ultra-
word: uber-
word: arch-
word: over-
word: giga-
word: -zilla
word: grand
Derived terms: mega
megabar
megabase
megabit
megabucks
megabyte
megacephalic
megacephalous
megacephaly
Megacheiroptera
megacity
megacurie
megacycle
megadeath
megadonor
megadose
megadyne
megafarad
megafauna
megaflop
megaflora
megagamete
megagauss
megagram
megagramme
megaherbivore
megahertz
megajoule
megalith
megalithic
megalitre
megaliter
megalomania
megalomaniac
megalomanic
megametre
megameter
megamind
meganewton
megapack
megaparsec
megaphone
megapixel
megapode
megapolis
megarad
megascope
megasporangium
megaspore
megasporic
megasporophyll
megastar
megastore
megastorm
megastructure
megatechnology
megathere
megatherian
Megatherium
megaton
megavertebrate
megavitamin
megavolt
megawatt
mega-wide
mega world
megohm
Related terms: word: mega
word: much
word: almagest
anthropomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænθɹəʊpəʊˈmɔːfɪk/
enpr: ăn'thrə-pə-môr′fĭk
ipa: /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Etymology: From anthropo- + -morphic.
Senses: synonyms: anthropomorphous
glosses: Having the form of a human.
examples: text: The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.
ref: 1909, “The Quarterly Review”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 124:
glosses: Having attributes or characteristics of a human being.
raw_tags: of anything non-human
Derived terms: anthropomorphically
anthropornography
antianthropomorphic
deanthropomorphic
nonanthropomorphic
pseudoanthropomorphic
unanthropomorphic
anthropomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænθɹəʊpəʊˈmɔːfɪk/
enpr: ăn'thrə-pə-môr′fĭk
ipa: /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Forms: form: anthropomorphics
Etymology: From anthropo- + -morphic.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: An anthropomorphized animal.
Related terms: ailuromorphic
anthropomorphism
anthropologic
theriomorphic
meg-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: megohm
glosses: Alternative form of mega- used before a vowel.
hect-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Form of hecto-—meaning 100—used before a vowel.
Related terms: hectad
hectare
hectagon
Arminian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arminians
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch arminiaan. Equivalent to Arminius + -an.
Senses: topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: A person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through free will.
Arminian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Arminian
form: most Arminian
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch arminiaan. Equivalent to Arminius + -an.
Senses: topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: Of or relating to the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius.
Related terms: Calvinist
elastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlæstɪk/
ipa: /iˈlæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
ipa: /əˈlɑːstɪk/
Forms: form: elastics
form: elastick
Etymology: From French élastique, from New Latin elasticus (“elastic”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαστός (elastós), alternative form of ἐλατός (elatós, “ductile”) (cf. ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “a driver, hurler”)), from ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive, set in motion, push, strike, beat out”).
Senses: examples: text: running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt
glosses: An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs.
glosses: An elastic band.
glosses: Specifically, a hair tie.
Derived terms: gum elastic
hair elastic
urinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
ipa: /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/
ipa: /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/
Forms: form: urinates
form: urinating
form: urinated
form: urinated
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), equivalent to urine + -ate. Compare French uriner.
Senses: examples: text: Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her.
text: Boys on their campsite should avoid urinating within 200 feet of the lake.
text: See that the bladder is emptied just before he goes to bed. Wake him once or twice during the night, and have him urinate.
ref: 1877, John Harvey Kellogg, Plain Facts for Old and Young:
text: The fact that, to the ancients, nothing appeared to be produced without the action of fire or water, or both, suggested the part played by them in the creation of animal and vegetable life. It was a sin to pollute a stream or river by urinating in it.
ref: 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 27:
text: Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 239:
topics: medicine
sciences
urology
glosses: To pass urine from the body.
Synonyms: word: break the seal
word: hit the head
topics: naval
navy
military
war
government
politics
word: micturate
word: pass water
word: pee
word: piddle
word: piss
word: slash
word: take a leak
word: take a piss
word: take a whiz
word: urinate
word: void
word: wee
word: wee wee
word: widdle
word: whiz
Hypernyms: word: answer the call of nature
word: relieve oneself
word: see a man
word: see a man about a dog
word: see a man about a horse
word: spend a penny
Hyponyms: word: bleed the lizard
word: drain the lizard
word: drain the main vein
word: drain the python
word: drain the snake
word: point Percy at the porcelain
word: shake hands with the unemployed
word: syphon the python
Related terms: word: urea
word: urinal
word: urination
word: urine
word: uranate
word: urinary system
word: take the piss
tee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: ti
Forms: form: tees
Etymology: * From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T).
* (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.
Senses: examples: text: The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
ref: 1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged:
text: They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.
ref: 1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant:
text: ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".
ref: 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
glosses: The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
examples: text: angles and tees
glosses: Something shaped like the letter T.
examples: text: Brendan pulled a black tee over his head.
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
related: word: T
glosses: Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
Derived terms: baby tee
band tee
bee tee dubs
branch tee
bulb tee
graphic tee
pocket tee
run tee
seetee
technical tee
tee bend
tee joint
tee junction
tee line
teepee
tees and blues
tee-section
tee-shaped
teeshirt
teetotal
teevee
to a tee
union tee
tee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: ti
Forms: form: tees
form: teeing
form: teed
form: teed
Etymology: * From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T).
* (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.
Senses: examples: text: […] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]
ref: 1997, Robin Burk, David B. Horvath, UNIX Unleashed, page 615:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To redirect output to multiple destinations.
tee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: ti
Forms: form: tees
Etymology: First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
examples: text: Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.
ref: 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The target area of a curling rink.
glosses: The mark at which players aim in quoits.
Derived terms: tee ball
teebox
tee off
tee on
tee time
tee up
tee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: ti
Forms: form: tees
form: teeing
form: teed
form: teed
Etymology: First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural.
Senses: examples: text: If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.
ref: 1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To place a ball on a tee
Synonyms: tee up
tee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: ti
Etymology: From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan.
Senses: glosses: To teach, educate, train, bring up.
tee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: ti
Forms: form: tees
Etymology: From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”).
Senses: glosses: A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
Related terms: tee hee
tee hee hee
tee-tee
apologetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌpɒləˈdʒɛtɪk/
ipa: /əˌpɑləˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/
Forms: form: more apologetic
form: most apologetic
form: apologetick
Etymology: From French apologétique, from Latin apologēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós, “of or suitable for defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in defense of”); see more at English apology.
Senses: examples: text: His tone was apologetic as he explained what had happened.
text: Very different was he, however, from the brusque and masterful professor of common sense who had taken over the case so confidently at Upper Norwood. His expression was downcast, and his bearing meek and even apologetic.
ref: 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Break in the Chain”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, pages 174–175:
text: Aberdeen Joint is a fine station. Its approach is a real approach, not an apologetic side-street; its granite building has a dignity in keeping with the famous city skyline it faces, [...].
ref: 1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 3:
text: Scott, somewhat stunned and now worried that everybody might have opened fire at the U.S. destroyers (he presumably missed Laffey and Farenholt merrily blazing away with their own guns into the darkness), ordered all firing to cease after a couple of minutes. Helena, along with Boise, was already several hundred shells lighter, and both Boise and San Francisco herself actually kept firing, as their captains were utterly sure about their targets; San Franciscos captain was very apologetic' as he overruled Admiral Scott.
ref: 2020 December 9, Drachinifel, 20:18 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:
text: At Paisley, a station staff member politely but firmly asks why RAIL is taking so many photographs. The reply - that it's a magnificent station worthy of pictures - changes his demeanour and he's then very apologetic and says he "has to ask".
ref: 2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 43:
synonyms: sorry
remorseful
regretful
glosses: Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
glosses: Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.
Derived terms: apologetically
apologetic apostrophe
apologeticism
apologeticness
apologetic proverb
nonapologetic
pseudoapologetic
semiapologetic
unapologetic
Related terms: apologetics
apologia
apologist
apologize
apology
apologetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌpɒləˈdʒɛtɪk/
ipa: /əˌpɑləˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/
Forms: form: apologetics
form: apologetick
Etymology: From French apologétique, from Latin apologēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós, “of or suitable for defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in defense of”); see more at English apology.
Senses: glosses: A formal apology.
glosses: A defensive method of argument.
apologise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/
Forms: form: apologises
form: apologising
form: apologised
form: apologised
Etymology: From apology + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: The Rector sconced him in the buttery-book, but Webberly “wiped it off, with irreverent and unbeseeming language.” For this, he had to apologise, and go without his commons for three months.
ref: 1898, Rev. A. Clark, University of Oxford, College Histories: Lincoln, page 73:
text: At the other extreme, couples who are married with children have heavily disguised tiffs. A man saying in a slightly strained way, 'I'm going to turn the compost', is actually saying, 'And that's all you are, Jean, compost!' Of course, what happens is eventually he apologises, they cry, make love, have another child, get overtired and the tiffing continues.
ref: 2000 September 30, Guy Browning, “How to... have a tiff”, in The Guardian:
text: John Mayer has apologised for using a racist epithet in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, after a number of prominent black musicians aired their disapproval.
ref: 2010 February 11, Rosie Swash, “John Mayer apologises after using N-word in Playboy interview”, in The Guardian:
text: This makes him a rare bird, for most Democrats running for re-election are staying mum or apologising for their votes for reform.
ref: 2010 October 14, “Coming back to bite him”, in The Economist:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.
Derived terms: apologiser
apologize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz/
ipa: /əˈpɑləd͡ʒaɪz/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒaɪz
Forms: form: apologizes
form: apologizing
form: apologized
form: apologized
form: apologise
Etymology: From apology + -ize, from ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in one’s defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), compound of ἀπο- (apo-, “from, off”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”); compare also ἀπολογίζομαι (apologízomai, “to render an account”).
Senses: examples: text: My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
text: Barnes was commanded, with Garrett and Jerome, to make a public acknowledgment of his errors; and to apologize especially for his insolent language to Gardiner
ref: 1856, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth:
text: Today I want to apologize to my co-workers.
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
glosses: To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
raw_tags: followed by “for”
glosses: To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
examples: text: To this purpose the most witty, cautious and subtile ſort of the Pagans apologize for themselves
ref: 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC:
glosses: To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
Derived terms: apologist
apologizable
apologization
apologizer
apologiser
apologizingly
overapologize
preapologize
reapologize
unapologizing
Related terms: apologetics
apology
apoplexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæp.ə.plɛk.si/
Forms: form: apoplexies
Etymology: Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “madness; apoplexy, paralysis”), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke”) + -ία (-ía, nominal suffix). See plague.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke.
Gross hemorrhage into a cavity or into the substance of an organ.
examples: text: Ten Straight White Males die of a mysterious disease and the nation has apoplexy — Headlines — TV Reports — Sympathy. MONEY comes pouring in and there was no discussion about where to find it.
ref: 1983 August 13, Jim Wilson, “Learning From AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 5, page 6:
glosses: A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger.
Derived terms: apoplectic
heat apoplexy
appall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-pôlʹ
ipa: /əˈpɔːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: appalls
form: appalling
form: appalled
form: appalled
form: appal
Etymology: From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”), from pallere. See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.
Senses: examples: text: The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury.
text: The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, Oxford: The Theater:
synonyms: word: terrify
word: daunt
word: frighten
word: scare
word: depress
word: affright
word: alarm
word: affright
word: appall
word: dismay
word: fray
word: frighten
word: grill
word: give someone the shits
word: harrow
word: horrify
word: make someone's blood run cold
word: mortify
word: petrify
word: scare
word: scare straight
word: scare the bejeebers out of
word: scare the hell out of
word: scare the pants off of
word: scare the shit out of
word: terrorize
word: terrify
word: spook
glosses: To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.
examples: text: Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere
whañ I did ſewe for my poore hartes redreſſe
hathe ſo apalld my countenaunce […]
ref: c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 63r:
glosses: To make pale; to blanch.
examples: text: wine of it owne nature will not congeale and freeze, onely it will loose the strength, and become appalled in extremitie of cold.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: To weaken; to reduce in strength
glosses: To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
glosses: To lose flavor or to become stale.
Derived terms: appaller
appallment
appalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, appall + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of appall
appalling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ
Forms: form: more appalling
form: most appalling
Etymology: By surface analysis, appall + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: That was an appalling waste of money.
glosses: Horrifying and astonishing.
examples: text: Sir Thomas Royden, Chairman of the L.M.S.R., and Mr. Robert Holland-Martin, Chairman of the Southern Railway, both deplored the wholesale robbery and petty pilferage which have increased until they have reached appalling dimensions.
ref: 1942 May-June, “Theft on the Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:
text: Karius has too much previous for this to be considered a one-off and, as goalkeeping mistakes go, his errors in the 51st and 83rd minutes were as bad as one another. In fact, they were not just bad. They were appalling, so wretched it was difficult to recall a worse goalkeeping performance in any major final through the years.
ref: 2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):
text: All is well until Treorchy, where the platform is swamped by teenagers who have been attending an event. Around four dozen unescorted 12 to 16 year-olds swarm aboard and begin to run riot through the train. Their behaviour is appalling and the presence of CCTV no deterrent.
ref: 2024 November 13, Paul Bigland, “Much to admire... but pockets of neglect”, in RAIL, number 1022, page 48:
glosses: Extremely unfavorable; terrible.
Synonyms: awful
grotesque
horrid
hideous
terrible
Derived terms: appallingly
appallingness
unappalling
apparel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpæɹəl/
ipa: /əˈpæ.ɹəl/
ipa: /əˈpɛ.ɹəl/
Forms: form: apparels
Etymology: From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel.
Senses: examples: text: fresh in his new apparel, proud and young
ref: 1636 (date written), John Denham, “The Destruction of Troy, an Essay upon the Second Book of Virgils Æneis”, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: […] [John Macock] for H[enry] Herringman […], published 1668, →OCLC:
glosses: Clothing.
examples: text: At public devotions, her winning modesty, her resigned carriage, made virtue and religion appear with new ornaments, and in the natural apparel of simplicity and beauty.
ref: 1709 August 24 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Saturday, August 13, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 54; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
glosses: Aspect, guise, form.
glosses: A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.
examples: text: And if there is need of any thing, such as ship's apparel or other necessaries, and the merchants desire to purchase them, they may do so, and when the voyage is concluded, the merchants may claim for themselves the things which they have bought for the ship or vessel
ref: 1871, Travis Twiss, Black Book of the Admiralty:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.
Derived terms: intimate apparel
wearing apparel
apparel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpæɹəl/
ipa: /əˈpæ.ɹəl/
ipa: /əˈpɛ.ɹəl/
Forms: form: apparels
form: appareling
form: apparelling
form: appareled
form: appareled
form: apparelled
form: apparelled
Etymology: From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel.
Senses: examples: text: They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.
ref: 1568, Bishops' Bible, Luke vii. 25
text: presently entered a baron and an earl appareled after the Turkish fashion in long robes of bawdkin powdered with gold
ref: 1881, Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper:
glosses: To dress or clothe; to attire.
examples: text: ships appareled to fight
glosses: To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.
examples: text: trees appareled with flowers
text: a garden appareled with greenery
glosses: To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental
Synonyms: sense: to dress
word: dight
word: don
word: put on
word: clothe
sense: to furnish with apparatus
word: kit out
sense: to dress with external ornaments
word: adorn
word: ornament
word: decorate
Derived terms: apparelment
disapparel
reapparel
unapparel
unappareled
apparently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpæɹ.ənt.liː/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /əˈpæɹ.ənt.li/
enpr: ə-părʹənt-lē
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
note: US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada
ipa: /əˈpɛɹ.ənt.li/
Forms: form: more apparently
form: most apparently
Etymology: From apparent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If he should scorn me so apparently.
ref: 1591, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, act 4, scene 1:
text: One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.
ref: 1633, Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
synonyms: word: obviously
word: plainly
word: clearly
word: evidently
word: visibly
word: apparently
word: blatantly
word: clearly
word: evidently
word: eyely
word: glaringly
word: manifestly
word: noticeably
word: obvi
word: obviously
word: openly
word: observably
word: overtly
word: plainly
word: visibly
glosses: Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
examples: text: A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
text: The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English.
ref: 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 197:
synonyms: word: ostensibly
word: seemingly
word: apparently
word: at first blush
word: at first glance
word: at first sight
word: on the face of it
word: on the surface
word: ostensibly
word: outwardly
word: prima facie
word: seemingly
word: superficially
word: surfacely
word: to all appearances
glosses: Seemingly; in appearance.
examples: text: Apparently you are quite a good dancer.
text: "[…] Apparently they are going to contact the adoption agency and see if they can locate that child. […]"
ref: 2006, Lois Lewandowski, The Fatal Heir: A Gillian Jones Mystery, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 169:
text: Similarly, the new move to apparently involve the National Guard in ICE operations could rub people the wrong way.
ref: 2025 June 11, Aaron Blake, “Americans voted for deportations. They didn’t necessarily vote for this.”, in CNN:
synonyms: allegedly
reportedly
glosses: According to what the speaker has read or heard.
examples: text: Peridot: I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!
Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?!
Peridot: Apparently more than you, you clod!
ref: 2016, “Message Received”, in Steven Universe:
glosses: According to what one can deduce.
Derived terms: appaz
unapparently
apparition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæp.əɹˈɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/
ipa: /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: apparitions
Etymology: From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo.
Senses: examples: text: the sudden apparition of the Spaniards
ref: 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
text: The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world.
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
glosses: An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
examples: text: […] which apparition, it seems, was you.
ref: 1709 August 27 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Tuesday, August 16, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 55; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
glosses: The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
examples: text: The region's economy is buoyed by tourism driven by past apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
text: The attic is said to be haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there.
text: He spoke to the apparition, and although its lips did not move, he somehow heard its reply.
text: I think it is the weakness of mine eyes / That shapes this monstrous apparition.
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
text: The heavenly bands […] a glorious apparition.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: The apparition wobbled in front of Arthur's eyes, though the truth of the matter is probably that Arthur's eyes were wobbling in front of the apparition.
ref: 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 24:
synonyms: vision
coordinate_terms: theophany
glosses: An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.
Derived terms: apparitional
apparitionist
disapparition
rank of apparition
reapparition
Related terms: apparent
appearance
appealing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/
ipa: /əˈpi.lɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
Forms: form: more appealing
form: most appealing
Etymology: By surface analysis, appeal + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.
ref: 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:
text: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
ref: 2012 January 24, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86:
text: Those were all landmark moments to cherish. Just as appealing was the manner in which Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Milner cut swathes down either flank, albeit through flustered full-backs who had looked poorly positioned and horribly jittery from the start.
ref: 2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Having appeal; attractive.
Derived terms: appealingly
appealingness
nonappealing
appealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/
ipa: /əˈpi.lɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, appeal + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of appeal
appealing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/
ipa: /əˈpi.lɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
Forms: form: appealings
Etymology: By surface analysis, appeal + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The fair creature abandoned her position, and in the midst of her bitter tears and pathetic appealings, which my sense of duty alone enabled me to resist, I bore my prisoner off.
ref: 1866, Heros von Borcke, Memoirs of the Confederate War for independence:
glosses: The act of making an appeal.
appealingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpiːl.ɪŋ.li/
Forms: form: more appealingly
form: most appealingly
Etymology: From appealing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an appealing manner.