cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
relight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪt
Forms: form: relights
form: relighting
form: relighted
form: relighted
form: relit
form: relit
Etymology: From re- + light.
Senses: examples: text: This act of politeness having in some mysterious way set Mr Limpet's mind at rest, he produced an immense pipe, which he had apparently been smoking prior to the curate's entrance, and relit it, while the curate, seated gingerly on the edge of the rocking chair, surreptitiously inspected the room, which was so close to the roof as to make the December heat uncomfortably apparent.
ref: 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 6:
text: By Tuesday evening the track had been cleared to the three snowbound engines, and the following day, under their own steam, they were moved away; the business of relighting their fires and raising steam in such conditions is better imagined than described.
ref: 1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178:
glosses: To light or kindle anew.
examples: text: The lights went down on Gilbert ranting and raving about surviving nuclear war. The stage was relit and Holly sang her song, "Family Promise," written to her baby nephew.
ref: 1983 April 30, Sue Hyde, “Expanding Worldviews”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
glosses: To light or illuminate anew.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To render again with different simulated lighting conditions.
rely
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈlaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: relies
form: relying
form: relied
form: relied
Etymology: From Middle English relien, from Old French relier (“fasten, attach, rally, oblige”), from Latin religo (“fasten, bind fast”), from re- + ligo.
Senses: examples: text: I relied on "George" and "Fred"—the autopilot and the flight director—to fly the airplane while I worked my way through […]
ref: 1993, Flying, volume 120, page 73:
text: Cookieless sessions enable you to take advantage of session state without relying on browser cookies.
ref: 2004, Stephen Walther, ASP.NET unleashed:
text: Shepard: You can't rely on anyone. Sounds harsh, but it's true.
Shepard: It comes down to doing what you think is right--and damn everyone else.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel, Huerta Memorial Hospital, Visiting Ashley:
text: Hodgson also has Wayne Rooney to call on once he has served a two-match suspension at the start of the tournament - and it is abundantly clear England will rely as heavily as ever on his ability to shape the outcome of important games.
ref: 2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:
text: A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
ref: 2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
qualifier: with on or upon; formerly also with in; with on or upon; formerly also with in
glosses: to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
Synonyms: word: depend
word: hang
word: hinge
word: lean
word: rely
word: rest
word: stay
word: turn
Derived terms: reliable
reliance
reliant
rely on
rely upon
remain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: remains
Etymology: From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”).
Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English belīfan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.
Senses: glosses: That which is left; relic; remainder.
glosses: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
glosses: Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
glosses: State of remaining; stay.
remark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: remarks
Etymology: From Middle French remarquer, from Old French remarquer, from re- (“again”) + marquer (“to mark”); see mark.
Senses: examples: text: It is worth remark that the Japanese railways are among the busiest in the world; moreover, their traffic is growing.
ref: 1959 June, “Super-railway planned in Japan”, in Trains Illustrated, page 313:
glosses: An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
examples: text: make a remark
text: pass a remark
text: a biting remark
text: a funny remark
text: a spoken remark
text: One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: But the journey might have been one of several hours’ duration, without provoking a remark from either; for it was clear that Jonas did not mean to break the silence which prevailed between them, and that it was not, as yet, his dear friend’s cue to tempt them into conversation.
ref: 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
glosses: An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something
examples: text: He remembers something Pete Huntley said at lunch, just a remark in passing, and the answer comes to him.
ref: 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel:
glosses: A casual observation, comment, or statement
topics: arts
crafts
engraving
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Alternative form of remarque.
Related terms: counterremark
I resemble that remark
remarkable
remark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: remarks
form: remarking
form: remarked
form: remarked
Etymology: From Middle French remarquer, from Old French remarquer, from re- (“again”) + marquer (“to mark”); see mark.
Senses: examples: text: I remarked a certain twang in his southern pronunciation.
text: "Did you ever remark that door?" he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, "It is connected in my mind," added he, "with a very odd story."
ref: 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
text: When travelling in Spain, Willkomm remarked qobar at a distance of 3 or 4 miles, yet, on reaching the actual spot, he saw nothing.
ref: 1889 January 3, Antoine D'Abbadie, in a letter to the editor of Nature, volume 39, pages 247-248
text: “Let's just be grateful he's alive,” said Kate, and several heads turned sharply, remarking this unaccustomed display of feeling from a Fifth Floor lady.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
glosses: To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of, to perceive.
examples: text: [S]he resolved to […] enter into conversation with her, by remarking the warmth of the room and the length of the dance.
ref: 1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 19, in Dangers of Coquetry, volume II:
glosses: To pass comment on (something); to indicate, point out.
examples: text: His manacles remark him; there he sits.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
glosses: To mark (someone or something) out; to distinguish, to make notable.
examples: text: He remarked that it was getting late.
text: Thou art a man remark't to taſt a miſchiefe, / Looke for't; though it come late, it vvill come ſure.
ref: c. 1626 or 1629–1633 (first performance), [John Ford], ’Tis Pitty Shee’s a Whore […], London: […] Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act II, signature [D4], verso:
text: He looked at me with pity, which caused me to smile, remarking that I had noticed that here and elsewhere in the east, the heroes had monuments or statues erected to their memory[…]
ref: 1904, Elma MacGibbon, Leaves of Knowledge:
glosses: To express in words or writing; to state, as an observation.
raw_tags: with clause as object
glosses: To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something).
raw_tags: with preposition on
Synonyms: comment
emention
notic
observe
Derived terms: remark on
remark upon
remark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
ipa: /ˌɹiˈmɑɹk/
ipa: /ˌɹiːˈmɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: remarks
Etymology: From re- + mark.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of re-mark.
remark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
ipa: /ˌɹiˈmɑɹk/
ipa: /ˌɹiːˈmɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: remarks
form: remarking
form: remarked
form: remarked
Etymology: From re- + mark.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of re-mark.
monkey humping a football
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The whole exercise was a monkey humping a football.
glosses: Energetic but useless action, or a person engaged in such action.
examples: text: This poseur was riding like a monkey humping a football, but I blew past him.
glosses: A manner of riding a horse, motorcycle or other vehicle, in which the rider crouches forward and may bounce in the saddle.
Related terms: word: football
word: hump
word: monkey
word: monkeys humping a football
remind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈmaɪnd/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Forms: form: reminds
form: reminding
form: reminded
form: reminded
Etymology: From mid 17th century, equivalent to re- + mind (“to remember”). Probably suggested by obsolete rememorate with the same sense. Displaced Old English myndgian.
Senses: examples: text: I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike: […]
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Mr. Yorke”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 48:
text: His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.
ref: 1915, Joseph Conrad, “Author's Note”, in Victory: An Island Tale:
synonyms: put someone in mind of
glosses: To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
Synonyms: prompt
Derived terms: reminder
reremind
remind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈmaɪnd/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Forms: form: reminds
Etymology: From mid 17th century, equivalent to re- + mind (“to remember”). Probably suggested by obsolete rememorate with the same sense. Displaced Old English myndgian.
Senses: examples: text: Even with successful nights like that, Garth said the death of police dog Quanto in October is never forgotten, but instead serves as a remind that any call could be dangerous.
ref: 2014 March 30, “EPS canine units track down 7 suspects in 6 hours”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2016:
text: Surveys consisted of circulating a questionnaire - in .xls file with predefined fields to fill - amongst information producers (i.e., project coordinators, national research funding agencies involved in BlueBio projects); several reminds were sent to increase the response rate.
ref: 2023 April 19, Anna Nora Tassetti et al., “The BlueBio project's database: web-mapping cooperation to create value for the Blue Bioeconomy”, in Scientific Data, volume 10, London: Nature Portfolio, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Just a remind that you can't just go around comparing situations or people you don't like to Nazi Germany. Not only are you factually incorrect but you're belittling the lives of 80 million people who were killed due to the holocaust and the war itself.
ref: 2023 March 11, @foreverboleyn__, Twitter, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2023:
glosses: An act of reminding; a reminder.
remount
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈmaʊnt/
rhymes: -aʊnt
ipa: /ˈɹiːmaʊnt/
Forms: form: remounts
form: remounting
form: remounted
form: remounted
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman remunter, Middle French remonter, later also reinforced by re- + mount.
Senses: examples: text: They remounted together to their sitting-room while Sir Claude, who said he would join them later, remained below to smoke and to converse with the old acquaintances that he met wherever he turned.
ref: 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
glosses: To go up again; to rise another time.
glosses: To help (someone) back on a horse.
examples: text: And, as it fell, his steed he ready found; / On whom remounting fiercely forth he rode […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: We remounted and took up the same hard tempo.
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 31:
glosses: To get back on a horse, bicycle etc.
examples: text: Still agitated, she watched resentfully as two traffic policemen remounted their motorcycles.
ref: 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 378:
glosses: To get back on (an animal, vehicle) again.
glosses: To ascend (something) again.
glosses: To fix (something) back into position.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To mount (a drive or volume) again.
Derived terms: remountable
remount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈmaʊnt/
rhymes: -aʊnt
ipa: /ˈɹiːmaʊnt/
Forms: form: remounts
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman remunter, Middle French remonter, later also reinforced by re- + mount.
Senses: examples: text: to give somebody a remount
glosses: The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with its equipment.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of mounting a drive or volume again.
examples: text: Sometimes I tell people she is auditioning for a remount of the musical “Hair”.
ref: 2012, Kirsten Van Ritzen, The Comedy Diva Diaries, page 17:
text: By mid-January they announced a remount of the television classic Peter Pan.
ref: 2020, Kelly Kessler, Broadway in the Box: Television's Lasting Love Affair with the Musical, page 232:
glosses: The restaging of a play or film.
rename
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈneɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: renames
form: renaming
form: renamed
form: renamed
Etymology: From re- + name.
Senses: examples: text: However, in 1844, saner counsels prevailed, and Edgeley became the principal station—the directors eating their words once more by retaining the older station, which was renamed Heaton Norris.
ref: 1957 September 24, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 618:
text: […] And then, finally, we got to Vietnam. Given the dishonesty surrounding that war, I guess it's not surprising that, at the time, the very same condition was renamed post-traumatic stress disorder.
ref: 2004, George Carlin, “EUPHEMISMS: Shell Shock to PTSD”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 39, 40:
text: MERIDIAN (HNS) - Habitat 7 Renamed Ryder-I
In honor of his achievements in the Heleus Cluster, the planet formerly known as Habitat 7 has been renamed after the human Pathfinder. The Pathfinder's father, former Pathfinder Alec Ryder, was killed exploring the planet. Now it will bear his son's name.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, PC, scene: Nexus:
text: Taipei County was upgraded to the status as a special municipality in 2010 and renamed New Taipei.
ref: 2018 November 24, Huang Tzu-ti, “Taiwan elections: KMT candidate wins race for New Taipei mayor”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2018:
text: The order temporarily renames the United States Digital Service as the United States DOGE Service for 18 months and directs the entity to overhaul the software used at federal agencies as part of a “Software Modernization Initiative” in order to “maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.”
ref: 2025 January 20, Michael Williams, “Executive actions Trump has taken so far”, in CNN:
text: On Monday, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
ref: 2025 January 21, Louis Casiano, “Coast Guard surging assets to Gulf of America, other waterways to support Trump’s executive orders”, in Fox News:
text: When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.
ref: 2025 January 28, Michael Rios, Verónica Calderón and Fidel Gutierrez, “‘It’s absurd’: Mexicans mock and shrug off Trump’s order to rename Gulf of Mexico”, in CNN:
glosses: To give a new name to.
Synonyms: rebaptize
rechristen
Coordinate terms: dename
unname
rename
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈneɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: renames
Etymology: From re- + name.
Senses: examples: text: warning: detected divergent renames of foo to:
bar
quux
ref: 2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, Mercurial: The Definitive Guide, page 70:
glosses: An instance of renaming.
rend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: rends
form: rending
form: rent
form: rent
form: rended
form: rended
Etymology: From Middle English renden, from Old English rendan (“to rend, tear, cut, lacerate, cut down”), from Proto-West Germanic *(h)randijan (“to tear”), of uncertain origin. Believed by some to be the causative of Proto-Germanic *hrindaną (“to push”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱret-, *kret- (“to hit, beat”), which would make it related to Old English hrindan (“to thrust, push”). Cognate with Scots rent (“to rend, tear”), Old Frisian renda (“to tear”).
Senses: examples: text: Powder rends a rock in blasting.
text: Lightning rends an oak.
text: If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak / And peg thee in his knotty entrails till / Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
examples: text: a scream that rent the air
text: We are most vulnerable now to the messages of the new subcults, to the claims and counterclaims that rend the air.
ref: 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock: Bantam Books, page 317:
glosses: To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos.
examples: text: And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 2:12:
text: For a time, there reigned, too, a sense of peculiar dread at this flitting apparition, as if it were treacherously beckoning us on and on, in order that the monster might turn round upon us, and rend us at last in the remotest and most savage seas.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 51, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 260:
glosses: To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
examples: text: Relationships may rend if tempers flare.
synonyms: rive
glosses: To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
Derived terms: berend
rap and rend
torend
rend one's garments
rend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: rends
Etymology: From Middle English renden, from Old English rendan (“to rend, tear, cut, lacerate, cut down”), from Proto-West Germanic *(h)randijan (“to tear”), of uncertain origin. Believed by some to be the causative of Proto-Germanic *hrindaną (“to push”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱret-, *kret- (“to hit, beat”), which would make it related to Old English hrindan (“to thrust, push”). Cognate with Scots rent (“to rend, tear”), Old Frisian renda (“to tear”).
Senses: examples: text: She'd been in a couple of minor car accidents herself, and witnessed a few others, and the rend of metal was unforgettable.
ref: 2002, John S. Anderson, A Daughter of Light, page xvi:
glosses: A violent separation of parts.
repaint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-pāntʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈpeɪnt/
enpr: rēʹpānt
ipa: /ˈɹiːpeɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: repaints
form: repainting
form: repainted
form: repainted
Etymology: From re- + paint (“verb”).
Senses: examples: text: to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture
text: Nearly all of their locomotives have never been repainted, which is as much as 24 years in the case of some of the DB Cargo units.
ref: 2022 September 21, “Network News: Freight firms continue repaints on Class 66s”, in RAIL, number 966, page 17:
glosses: To paint anew or again, especially if recently painted.
examples: text: To force a window to repaint itself programmatically, you call the inherited Invalidate() method[…]
ref: 2010, Andrew Troelsen, Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, page 1551:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To draw or render again on the display.
repaint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-pāntʹ
ipa: /ɹiːˈpeɪnt/
enpr: rēʹpānt
ipa: /ˈɹiːpeɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: repaints
Etymology: From re- + paint (“verb”).
Senses: examples: text: They didn't like the color so we had to do a repaint.
text: More join us at Colwall and at the lovely station at Great Malvern, although the place is in need of some TLC nowadays. The ornate canopy supports are overdue a repaint, and the closed cafe gives the place a forlorn air.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67:
glosses: The act or process of painting something again, especially if recently painted.
examples: text: WPF will call your OnRender function when it needs to know what content your visual displays, but the way graphics acceleration works in WPF means that this happens far less often than the equivalent repaints in Win32.
ref: 2005, Chris Sells, Ian Griffiths, Programming Windows Presentation Foundation:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act of drawing or rendering again on the display.
repertoire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛp.ə.twɑː/
ipa: /ˈɹɛp.əɹ.twɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈɹɛp.ə.twɑɹ/
Forms: form: repertoires
form: répertoire
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French répertoire, from Late Latin repertōrium (“an inventory, list, repertory”). Doublet of repertory.
Senses: examples: text: The conjurer expanded his repertoire with some new tricks.
coordinate_terms: portfolio
glosses: A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.
glosses: The set of skills, abilities, experiences, etc., possessed by a person.
glosses: The set of vocalisations used by a bird.
glosses: An amount, body, or collection of something.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A processor's instruction set.
examples: text: ISO Latin 1 repertoire
text: There is quite a jump from the WGL4 repertoire to the Unicode 2.0 repertoire, but there are few intermediate general purpose repertoires.
ref: 2006, Jukka K. Korpela, Unicode Explained, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 39:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An abstract set of characters, independent of their encoding.
Related terms: character encoding
character set
repetitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/
Forms: form: more repetitive
form: most repetitive
Etymology: From Latin repetitus, with the suffix -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The lecture was too repetitive and lost its impact.
text: He kept repeating the same repetitive tasks without making progress.
text: The movie was criticized for its repetitive scenes and predictable plot.
glosses: Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.
Synonyms: word: recurrent
word: repetitious
word: monotonous
word: perennial
word: recurring
word: repeating
word: repetitional
word: repetitionary
word: repetitive
Hyponyms: word: periodic
word: steady
Derived terms: word: body-focused repetitive behavior disorder
word: nonrepetitive
alt: RSI
word: repetitive strain injury
word: repetitively
Related terms: word: repeat
word: repeated
word: repetition
word: continuous
word: discontinuous
word: wearisome
replant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈplænt/
ipa: /ɹiːˈplɑːnt/
rhymes: -ɑːnt
ipa: /ˈɹiːplænt/
ipa: /ˈɹiːplɑːnt/
Forms: form: replants
form: replanting
form: replanted
form: replanted
Etymology: From re- + plant.
Senses: examples: text: As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.
ref: 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:
glosses: To plant again, especially to plant in a different place, using different plants, or in a different design.
Hyponyms: overseed
reseed
oversow
resow
Coordinate terms: transplant
replant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈplænt/
ipa: /ɹiːˈplɑːnt/
rhymes: -ɑːnt
ipa: /ˈɹiːplænt/
ipa: /ˈɹiːplɑːnt/
Forms: form: replants
Etymology: From re- + plant.
Senses: glosses: The act of planting again.
represent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈzɛnt/
ipa: /ˌɹep.ɹɪˈzent/
ipa: /ˌɹep.ɹəˈzent/
ipa: /ˌɹi(ː).pɹɪˈzɛnt/
ipa: /ˈɹiː.pɹɪˌzɛnt/
ipa: /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈzɛnt/
ipa: /ˌɹep.ɹɪˈzent/
ipa: /ˌɹep.ɹəˈzent/
Forms: form: represents
form: representing
form: represented
form: represented
form: re-present
Etymology: From re- + present.
Senses: examples: text: represented to the emergency department
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To present again, for instance for medical attention.
examples: text: video game represented as live-action television
glosses: To present again, possibly in an altered form.
Related terms: representation
repress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpɹɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: represses
form: repressing
form: repressed
form: repressed
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“I repress”).
Senses: examples: text: to repress rebellion or sedition
text: to repress the first risings of discontent
synonyms: crush
put down
quell
subdue
suppress
tread
glosses: To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
examples: text: Deſire of wine and all delicious drinks […] Thou couldſt repreſs,
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 37, lines 542–544:
synonyms: word: restrain
word: hold back
word: behedge
word: guard
word: bind
word: chasten
word: check
word: contain
word: vanquish
word: cork
word: curb
word: bury
word: curtail
word: dampen
word: hamshackle
word: hold back
word: hold down
word: limit
word: repress
word: restrain
word: restrict
word: shackle
word: stay
word: stifle
word: stop
word: straiten
word: subdue
word: suppress
word: throttle
word: underbring
word: withhold
word: withstrain
glosses: To check; to keep back.
Related terms: repression
repressive
repressor
repress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpɹɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: represses
form: repressing
form: repressed
form: repressed
Etymology: From re- + press.
Senses: examples: text: to repress a vinyl record
text: It had been a fraught car journey. From it my abiding memory is Charlie Troy having a deep but short-lived relationship with a smoking cigarette, rummaging after in the depthless depth of a shiny black handbag for a forbidden lipstick, finding it, applying it in Heaney’s mirror with a magician’s dexterity that defied the inconsistencies of the road, pressing, unpressing, and repressing her lips until the look came to her satisfaction and the bow was drawn.
ref: 2019, Niall Williams, This is Happiness, Bloomsbury (2020), pages 300-301:
glosses: To press again.
repress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpɹɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: represses
Etymology: From re- + press.
Senses: examples: text: Save for the shows he actually taped — Dylan, Springsteen, Page & Plant and other kindred spirits — his own titles by 1994 were just represses of hard-to-find Japanese or American titles.
ref: 2010, Clinton Heylin, Bootleg! The Rise And Fall Of The Secret Recording Industry:
glosses: A record pressed again; a repressing.
reprimand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/
ipa: /ɹɛpɹɪˈmɑːnd/
rhymes: -ɑːnd
ipa: /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/
ipa: /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈmænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: reprimands
Etymology: From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).
Senses: examples: text: Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.
ref: 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
glosses: A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
reprimand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛpɹɪmɑːnd/
ipa: /ɹɛpɹɪˈmɑːnd/
rhymes: -ɑːnd
ipa: /ˈɹɛp.ɹɪˌmænd/
ipa: /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈmænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: reprimands
form: reprimanding
form: reprimanded
form: reprimanded
Etymology: From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).
Senses: examples: 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:
glosses: To reprove in a formal or official way.
Related terms: admonish
admonition
rebuke
reprehend
reprehension
reproof
reproval
reprove
require
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪə/
ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/
note: Canada, idle-idol split
ipa: /ɹɪˈkwʌɪɹ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: requires
form: requiring
form: required
form: required
Etymology: From Old French requerre (French: requérir), from Latin requīrō (“I require, seek, ask for”).
Senses: examples: text: "I am Miss Newbury," I announced, "and I require to be shown to my room immediately, if you please."
ref: 1998, Joan Wolf, The Gamble, Warner Books:
text: ‘Regrettably, I have concluded, after considering the matter over Christmas[…], that I can no longer maintain the high standard of service I require of myself, meet the demands of office and cope with the pressures of public life, without my health deteriorating further.’
ref: 2009 December 29, Vikram Dodd, The Guardian:
glosses: To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.
examples: text: Chronic pain is occasionally a sign of a very serious problem, like brain tumors, and can require surgery.
ref: 1972 June 5, “Aid for Aching Heads”, in Time:
text: A weapon small enough to put on a missile would require uranium enriched to more than 90% U-235.
ref: 2009 February 7, Julian Borger, The Guardian:
glosses: Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
examples: text: It is required (of me) that I give evidence in court.
text: After Aug 3 all salesgirls will be required to wear only one style of skirt while on duty: the midi.
ref: 1970 June 29, “Compulsory Midi”, in Time:
text: The government would like to require non-British fiances who wish to marry a British citizen to sit an English test.
ref: 2007 December 5, Allegra Stratton, “Smith to ban non-EU unskilled immigrants from working in UK”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: provide
glosses: To demand (of someone) to do something.
examples: text: I requyre yow lete vs be sworne to gyders that neuer none of vs shalle after this day haue adoo with other, and there with alle syre Tristram and sire Lamorak sware that neuer none of hem shold fyghte ageynst other nor for wele, nor for woo.
ref: 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XI, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
text: I requyre the in the name of god, that thou torment me nott.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark:
glosses: To ask (someone) for something; to request.
Synonyms: ask
call for
exact
Derived terms: desperate times require desperate measures
extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
require improvement
Related terms: requirement
requisite
request
resemblance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/
Forms: form: resemblances
form: resemblaunce
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman resemblance, from Old French (compare French ressemblance). Morphologically resemble + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: His wife and sister had too many points of resemblance, not to entertain a strong and mutual dislike.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, pages 16–17:
synonyms: likeness
similitude
similarity
glosses: The quality or state of resembling.
glosses: That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
glosses: A comparison; a simile.
glosses: Probability; verisimilitude.
Synonyms: likeness
Derived terms: family resemblance
resent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˈzɛnt/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
ipa: /ˌɹiːˈsɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
ipa: /ɹiˈzɛnt/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: re-sent
Etymology: See resend.
Senses: examples: text: The package was resent, this time with the correct postage.
glosses: simple past and past participle of resend
reserve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzɝv/
ipa: /ɹɪˈzɜːv/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
Forms: form: reserves
form: reserving
form: reserved
form: reserved
Etymology: From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).
Senses: examples: text: We reserve the right to make modifications.
text: I will reserve judgment until I have actually read his book.
synonyms: hold
glosses: To keep back; to retain.
examples: text: This cake is reserved for the guests!
text: Please reserve me a parking space if you can.
text: c. 1703-1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage
Conceal your esteem and love in your own breast, and reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.
synonyms: hold#Verb
save#Verb
glosses: To keep in store for future or special use.
examples: text: I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.
text: Thanks for reserving us a room!
synonyms: sign up for
register for
schedule#Verb
enroll in
book#Verb
glosses: To book in advance; to make a reservation for.
glosses: To make an exception of; to except.
reside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Forms: form: resides
form: residing
form: resided
form: resided
Etymology: From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).
Senses: examples: text: […] And the delighted ſpirit / To die in fierie floods, or to recide / In thrilling Region of thicke-ribbed Ice […]
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
text: He still resides at his parents' house.
glosses: To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
examples: text: […] for Cogitation / Reſides not in that man, that do’s not thinke […]
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
examples: text: […] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.
ref: a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222
glosses: To sink; to settle, as sediment.
Synonyms: word: abide
word: bedwell
word: belive
word: dwell
word: haunt
word: inhabit
word: live
word: occupy
word: reside
word: stay
Hyponyms: word: batch
word: sojourn
Related terms: coreside
residence
residency
resident
residential
abide
dwell
live
stay
respectful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈspɛkt.fl̩/
ipa: /ɹɪˈspɛk.fl̩/
ipa: /ɹəˈspɛkt.fl̩/
ipa: /ɹəˈspɛk.fl̩/
Forms: form: more respectful
form: most respectful
form: respec'ful
Etymology: From respect + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu
On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.
text: It is of great importance that you act in a respectful manner towards the duke and duchess.
text: They used highly respectful language when conversing with the elders.
glosses: Marked or characterized by respect
Related terms: respectfully
respectfulness
respective
respectable
result
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzʌlt/
rhymes: -ʌlt
Forms: form: results
form: resulting
form: resulted
form: resulted
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: result
form: result
form: resulted
form: result
form: resultest
form: resulted
form: resultedst
form: results
form: resulteth
form: resulted
form: result
form: resulted
form: result
form: resulted
form: result
form: -
form: resulting
form: resulted
Etymology: Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound”), from re- (“back”) + salio (“to jump, leap”).
Senses: examples: text: Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life.
ref: 1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer, […]; [a]nd W. Rogers, […], published 1696, →OCLC:
synonyms: attend
obtain
issue
glosses: To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
examples: text: This measure will result in good or in evil.
text: United's hopes of mounting a serious response suffered a blow within two minutes of the restart when Evans, who had endured a miserable afternoon, lost concentration and allowed Balotelli to steal in behind him. The defender's only reaction was to haul the Italian down, resulting in an inevitable red card.
ref: 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1-6 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
text: In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
ref: 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
glosses: To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about
raw_tags: followed by "in"
topics: law
glosses: To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion.
examples: text: the huge round stone, resulting with a bound
ref: 1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
glosses: To leap back; to rebound.
Synonyms: sense: to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
word: follow
sense: to proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence
word: arise
Derived terms: result in
Related terms: resultant
resile
resilient
resilience
result
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzʌlt/
rhymes: -ʌlt
Etymology: Recorded since 1432 as Middle English resulten, from Medieval Latin resultare, in Classical Latin "to spring forward, rebound", the frequentative of the past participle of resilio (“to rebound”), from re- (“back”) + salio (“to jump, leap”).
Senses: examples: text: 'Yes! Result! Game on!' He leans forward to a mike fixed over the desk and presses one of the […]
ref: 1997, Jane Owen, Camden girls, page 117:
text: 'Yes! Result, Nick!' He heard a distant cheer. 'Right, well I'll give you a ring on Saturday, make the arrangements.
ref: 2002, Lissa Evans, Spencer's List, →ISBN, page 28:
text: I was lucky enough to win by a knock-out in the second round - My opponent was Tpr McAdoo - HQ squadron won by nine fights to three (21pts to 15pts) - YES! RESULT.
ref: 2006, Trooper 7H, Hong Kong Revisited, →ISBN, page 34:
text: (picking a lock) I wonder what I did...
(the lock opens) Hey hey, result!
ref: 2010 April 10, Amy Pond, in The Beast Below (series 5, episode 2), written by Steven Moffat
synonyms: get in
glosses: An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome.
retaliation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ɹɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ɹə-/
ipa: /ɹi-/
ipa: /-ʃɪn/
Forms: form: retaliations
Etymology: From retaliate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Hamas knew there would be massive retaliations.
ref: 2009 January 13, “'Never again,' says survivor”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
Derived terms: anticipatory retaliation
antiretaliation
massive retaliation
nonretaliation
Related terms: retaliate
retaliatory
retch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɛtʃ
homophone: wretch
Forms: form: retches
form: retching
form: retched
form: retched
form: reach
Etymology: From Middle English *recchen, *rechen (attested in arechen), hræcen (“to cough up”), from Old English hrǣċan (“to clear the throat, hawk, spit”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrākijan, from Proto-Germanic *hrēkijaną (“to clear one's throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Icelandic hrækja (“to hawk, spit”), Limburgish räöke (“to induce vomiting”), Bavarian reckn (“to retch, gag”) and German recken (“to retch, gag”). Also related with German Rachen (“throat”).
Senses: examples: text: Here he grew inarticulate with retching.
ref: 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
glosses: To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.
examples: text: […] in a couple of hours they were seized with violent retching; the contents of their stomachs were mixed with blood, mucus, and froth.
ref: 1836, The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine, page 462:
text: […] severe, with a heavy retching; the contents of the stomach would come up rather easily at first, but as it continued the retching became more severe. By the straining to vomit, all the symptoms were […]
ref: 1891, Cincinnati Medical Advance, page 101:
text: […] retching the contents of his breakfast – his fabled raw eggs and beer by the look of it – up onto the sidewalk. But some sort of salvation seemed to be at hand in the shape of a young woman who now came up to the retching poet.[…]
ref: 2014 April 7, Rob Gittins, The Poet and the Private Eye, Y Lolfa, →ISBN:
text: “What manner of being are you?” I cried. The creature's black tar viscera flew from the lacerated stump, covering Mary and myself in the fluid. I recall instantly retching the contents of my stomach, while simultaneously […]
ref: 2014 June 4, Jake E. Sampson, The Resurrectionist, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 37:
text: Retching the contents from his lungs. The uncomfortable warble of voices called for help, greeting him at the floor. He was laid on a gurney, the slimy contents wiped from his face. The sting of needles inserted in his arms.
ref: 2020 August 11, Tony Bertauski, Maze: The Essence of Sunny Grimm, Tony Bertauski:
glosses: To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.
retch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɛtʃ
homophone: wretch
Forms: form: retches
form: reach
Etymology: From Middle English *recchen, *rechen (attested in arechen), hræcen (“to cough up”), from Old English hrǣċan (“to clear the throat, hawk, spit”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrākijan, from Proto-Germanic *hrēkijaną (“to clear one's throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreg- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Icelandic hrækja (“to hawk, spit”), Limburgish räöke (“to induce vomiting”), Bavarian reckn (“to retch, gag”) and German recken (“to retch, gag”). Also related with German Rachen (“throat”).
Senses: glosses: An unsuccessful effort to vomit.
Derived terms: all retch and no vomit
Related terms: heave
retch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɛtʃ
homophone: wretch
Forms: form: retches
form: retching
form: retched
form: retched
Etymology: From Middle English recchen (“to care; heed”), from Old English rēċċan, variant of rēċan (“to care; reck”), from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną (“to care”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, right, just”).
Senses: glosses: To reck.
Related terms: retchless
retch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɛtʃ
homophone: wretch
Forms: form: retches
form: retching
form: retched
form: retched
form: raught
form: raught
Etymology: From Middle English recchen, from Old English reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to straighten, stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃roǵéyeti.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reach.
retell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˈtɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: retells
form: retelling
form: retold
form: retold
Etymology: From re- + tell.
Senses: examples: text: She will retell the story from her perspective in the next meeting.
text: He had to retell the story several times before it was understood.
text: The author decided to retell the classic fairy tale with a modern twist.
glosses: To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.