cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
multiculturalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃəɹəˌlɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: multiculturalisms
Etymology: From multicultural + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: polyculturalism (several or many)
text: The truth is that diversity, a kind of multiculturalism if we want to call it that, is the norm in any society.
ref: 1984, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 18:
text: Something had to replace the threat of communism, and at last a workable substitute is at hand. "Multiculturalism," as the new menace is known, has been denounced in the media recently as the new McCarthyism, the new fundamentalism, even the new totalitarianism – take your choice.
ref: 1991 April 8, Barbara Ehrenreich, “Essay: Teach Diversity – with a Smile”, in Time:
text: Britain has pursued a policy of multiculturalism - allowing people of different cultures to settle without expecting them to integrate into society.
ref: 2005 August 3, David Davis MP, Daily Telegraph:
text: Earlier this year he said multiculturalism had “failed”, that immigrants needed to “melt” into French society, and that “we do not want ostentatious prayers in the street in France.”
ref: 2011 April 7, “On a mat and a prayer”, in The Economist:
text: Career diplomat Conrad Tribble said on Twitter that multiculturalism “is one of our greatest strengths as a country, and I go to that well often as an American diplomat. It’s hard to overstate the global soft power impact of America’s cultural diversity.”
ref: 2021 January 19, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, “Pompeo attacks multiculturalism, saying it is ‘not who America is’”, in CNN:
coordinate_terms: monoculturalism
biculturalism
triculturalism
glosses: The characteristics of an organization, society, city etc. which has many different ethnic or national cultures mingling freely; political or social policies which support or encourage such coexistence.
qualifier: right-wing
glosses: The cultural Marxism conspiracy theory.
Derived terms: antimulticulturalism
Related terms: multicultural
multiculturally
multicultured
cosmopolitan
culturism
current events
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: current event
Senses: examples: text: The teacher asked the students to write a report on current events.
text: I like to stay informed about current events by reading the newspaper daily.
text: He often brings up current events in conversation to spark debate.
glosses: Current affairs; those events and issues of interest currently found in the news.
Related terms: current affairs
day
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dā
ipa: /deɪ/
ipa: /dæɪ/
ipa: /deɪ̯/
ipa: [deː]
ipa: [dɛj]
ipa: [dɛj]
homophone: Day
homophone: dey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: days
form: daying
form: dayed
form: dayed
form: daie
form: daye
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-?
Proto-Germanic *dagaz
Proto-West Germanic *dag
Old English dæġ
Middle English day
English day
Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz.
Latin diēs, Russian день (denʹ), Lithuanian dienà are false cognates; they all derive from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”).
Senses: examples: text: I nighted and dayed in Damascus town[.]
ref: 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXIII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 233:
glosses: To spend a day (in a place).
Related terms: Sabbath
calendar
Monday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌn.deɪ/
ipa: /ˈmʌn.di/
rhymes: -ʌndeɪ
rhymes: -ʌndi
Forms: form: Mondays
Etymology: From Middle English Monday, Monenday, from Old English mōnandæġ (“day of the moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Lūnae, equivalent to Moon + day. See also Japanese 月曜日 (“Moon's day”).
Cognates
Compare Scots Monanday (“Monday”), Yola Mondei (“Monday”), Saterland Frisian Moundai (“Monday”), West Frisian moandei (“Monday”), Alemannic German meintog, miantag, méntag, mìntàg, mäntag, Määntig (“Monday”), Bavarian Monda, Mondåg, montach, monti (“Monday”), Cimbrian matak, menta, méentag (“Monday”), Dutch maandag (“Monday”), German Montag (“Monday”), German Low German Maandag (“Monday”), Luxembourgish Méindeg (“Monday”), Mòcheno ma'ta (“Monday”), Pennsylvania German Mundaag, Muundaag (“Monday”), Vilamovian möntaog (“Monday”), West Flemish moandag (“Monday”), Yiddish מאָנטיק (montik, “Monday”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål mandag (“Monday”), Faroese mánadagur (“Monday”), Icelandic mánudagur (“Monday”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish måndag (“Monday”), Finnish maanantai (“Monday”).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, […] would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: An LMPD Board Notice of Hearing states part of Cosgrove’s hearings took place in November. The second half of his hearing is set to begin Monday and end Wednesday.
ref: 2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN:
glosses: The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.
Synonyms: word: Mon
word: Mon.
word: washing day
Hypernyms: day
Hyponyms: Ash Monday
bare minimum Monday
Black Monday
Bloody Monday
blue Monday
Clean Monday
Collop Monday
Cyber Monday
Ducking Monday
Easter Monday
Fat Monday
Green Monday
Handsel Monday
Hock Monday
Holy Monday
Meal Monday
Pentecost Monday
Pure Monday
Rope Monday
Saint Monday
Selection Monday
Shrove Monday
Trinity Monday
Wet Monday
Whit Monday
Whitsun Monday
Derived terms: Gang-Monday
Monday Club
Monday demonstrations
Monday disease
Monday effect
Monday fever
Monday hammer
Mondayise
Mondayish
Mondayitis
Mondayize
Mondayman
Monday-morning
Monday-morning quarterback
Monday pops
Mondays
Plough-Monday
Plow-Monday
Saturday-to-Monday
Smonday
what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
Whit-Monday
Monday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌn.deɪ/
ipa: /ˈmʌn.di/
rhymes: -ʌndeɪ
rhymes: -ʌndi
Etymology: From Middle English Monday, Monenday, from Old English mōnandæġ (“day of the moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Lūnae, equivalent to Moon + day. See also Japanese 月曜日 (“Moon's day”).
Cognates
Compare Scots Monanday (“Monday”), Yola Mondei (“Monday”), Saterland Frisian Moundai (“Monday”), West Frisian moandei (“Monday”), Alemannic German meintog, miantag, méntag, mìntàg, mäntag, Määntig (“Monday”), Bavarian Monda, Mondåg, montach, monti (“Monday”), Cimbrian matak, menta, méentag (“Monday”), Dutch maandag (“Monday”), German Montag (“Monday”), German Low German Maandag (“Monday”), Luxembourgish Méindeg (“Monday”), Mòcheno ma'ta (“Monday”), Pennsylvania German Mundaag, Muundaag (“Monday”), Vilamovian möntaog (“Monday”), West Flemish moandag (“Monday”), Yiddish מאָנטיק (montik, “Monday”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål mandag (“Monday”), Faroese mánadagur (“Monday”), Icelandic mánudagur (“Monday”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish måndag (“Monday”), Finnish maanantai (“Monday”).
Senses: examples: text: We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: We'll be shopping Monday […]
glosses: On Monday.
raw_tags: in UK
Tuesday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈtjuːzdeɪ/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈtjuːzdi/
note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃuːzdeɪ/
note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃuːzdi/
enpr: to͞ozʹ-dā
enpr: -dē
enpr: tyo͞ozʹ-dā
ipa: /ˈtuzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈtjuzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈtuzdi/
ipa: /ˈtjuzdi/
enpr: cho͞ozʹdā
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʉːzdæe/
rhymes: -uːzdɪ
rhymes: -uːzdeɪ
Forms: form: Tuesdays
Etymology: From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”).
This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.
Senses: examples: text: Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said.
ref: 2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their car headlights to land a medevac plane”, in CNN:
glosses: The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
Synonyms: word: Tue
word: Tue.
word: Tues.
word: Tues
Hypernyms: day
Hyponyms: Black Tuesday
Easter Tuesday
ecstasy Tuesday
Fastens-Tuesday
Fasten-Tuesday
Fat Tuesday
Happy Tuesday
Hock Tuesday
Holy Tuesday
Mini-Tuesday
Pancake Tuesday
Patch Tuesday
Pentecost Tuesday
Shroft Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday
suicide Tuesday
Super Tuesday
Taco Tuesday
Terrible Tuesday
Whitsun Tuesday
Whit Tuesday
Derived terms: Fastens-Tuesday
Fasten-Tuesday
Mini-Tuesday
Tuesdays
Whit-Tuesday
Related terms: second Tuesday of the week
you next Tuesday
Tuesday blues
Tuesday Group
Tuesday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈtjuːzdeɪ/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈtjuːzdi/
note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃuːzdeɪ/
note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃuːzdi/
enpr: to͞ozʹ-dā
enpr: -dē
enpr: tyo͞ozʹ-dā
ipa: /ˈtuzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈtjuzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈtuzdi/
ipa: /ˈtjuzdi/
enpr: cho͞ozʹdā
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʉːzdæe/
rhymes: -uːzdɪ
rhymes: -uːzdeɪ
Etymology: From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”).
This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.
Senses: glosses: On Tuesday.
raw_tags: in UK
Wednesday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnzdi/
ipa: /ˈwɛdn̩zdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnzdi/
ipa: /ˈwenzdæe/
ipa: /ˈwɛ(ʔə)nzde/
ipa: /ˈwɛdⁿnzdeɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈwɛ(ɖ)nəsˌɖe(j)/
rhymes: -ɛnzdeɪ
rhymes: -ɛnzdi
rhymes: -ɛnzdɪ
rhymes: -enzdæe
rhymes: -ɛnzde
Forms: form: Wednesdays
Etymology: From Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchronically an i-mutated form of attested wōdnesdæġ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, its reflex Middle English Wodnesdei falling into disuse), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdinas dag also attested in Old Frisian wednesdei and Middle Dutch wenesdach. In any case, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”) and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû, “of Hermes”), via an association of the god Odin (“Woden”) with Mercury and Hermes. See also Japanese 水曜日 (“Mercury's day”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots Wadensday (“Wednesday”), Yola Wennesdei (“Wednesday”), West Frisian woansdei (“Wednesday”), Afrikaans Woensdag (“Wednesday”), Central Franconian Jodesdaach (“Wednesday”), Dutch, West Flemish woensdag (“Wednesday”), Dutch Low Saxon woensdag, woonsdag, wonsdag (“Wednesday”), German Wodenstag, Wotanstag (“Wednesday”), Low German Goonsdag, Woonsdag (“Wednesday”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish onsdag (“Wednesday”), Faroese ónsdagur (“Wednesday”), Icelandic óðinsdagur (“Wednesday”).
Senses: examples: text: US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that “probable cause exists” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for violating his orders in mid-March halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.
ref: 2025 April 16, Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz, “Boasberg finds ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating orders on deportation flights”, in CNN:
glosses: The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.
Synonyms: word: hump day
word: Wed
word: Wed.
word: Weds
Hypernyms: day
Hyponyms: Ash Wednesday
Black Wednesday
calendar Wednesday
Easter Wednesday
Good Wednesday
Holy Wednesday
Rebel Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday
Spy Wednesday
White Wednesday
Whit Wednesday
Derived terms: Wednesdays
Woman Crush Wednesday
Wednesbury
Wednesday crucifixion theory
Wednesdays in Mississippi
Wednesday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnzdi/
ipa: /ˈwɛdn̩zdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnzdi/
ipa: /ˈwenzdæe/
ipa: /ˈwɛ(ʔə)nzde/
ipa: /ˈwɛdⁿnzdeɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈwɛ(ɖ)nəsˌɖe(j)/
rhymes: -ɛnzdeɪ
rhymes: -ɛnzdi
rhymes: -ɛnzdɪ
rhymes: -enzdæe
rhymes: -ɛnzde
Etymology: From Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchronically an i-mutated form of attested wōdnesdæġ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, its reflex Middle English Wodnesdei falling into disuse), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdinas dag also attested in Old Frisian wednesdei and Middle Dutch wenesdach. In any case, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”) and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû, “of Hermes”), via an association of the god Odin (“Woden”) with Mercury and Hermes. See also Japanese 水曜日 (“Mercury's day”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots Wadensday (“Wednesday”), Yola Wennesdei (“Wednesday”), West Frisian woansdei (“Wednesday”), Afrikaans Woensdag (“Wednesday”), Central Franconian Jodesdaach (“Wednesday”), Dutch, West Flemish woensdag (“Wednesday”), Dutch Low Saxon woensdag, woonsdag, wonsdag (“Wednesday”), German Wodenstag, Wotanstag (“Wednesday”), Low German Goonsdag, Woonsdag (“Wednesday”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish onsdag (“Wednesday”), Faroese ónsdagur (“Wednesday”), Icelandic óðinsdagur (“Wednesday”).
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Nickname for Sheffield Wednesday of the Football League.
Wednesday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnzdi/
ipa: /ˈwɛdn̩zdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈwɛnzdi/
ipa: /ˈwenzdæe/
ipa: /ˈwɛ(ʔə)nzde/
ipa: /ˈwɛdⁿnzdeɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈwɛ(ɖ)nəsˌɖe(j)/
rhymes: -ɛnzdeɪ
rhymes: -ɛnzdi
rhymes: -ɛnzdɪ
rhymes: -enzdæe
rhymes: -ɛnzde
Etymology: From Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchronically an i-mutated form of attested wōdnesdæġ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, its reflex Middle English Wodnesdei falling into disuse), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdinas dag also attested in Old Frisian wednesdei and Middle Dutch wenesdach. In any case, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”) and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû, “of Hermes”), via an association of the god Odin (“Woden”) with Mercury and Hermes. See also Japanese 水曜日 (“Mercury's day”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots Wadensday (“Wednesday”), Yola Wennesdei (“Wednesday”), West Frisian woansdei (“Wednesday”), Afrikaans Woensdag (“Wednesday”), Central Franconian Jodesdaach (“Wednesday”), Dutch, West Flemish woensdag (“Wednesday”), Dutch Low Saxon woensdag, woonsdag, wonsdag (“Wednesday”), German Wodenstag, Wotanstag (“Wednesday”), Low German Goonsdag, Woonsdag (“Wednesday”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish onsdag (“Wednesday”), Faroese ónsdagur (“Wednesday”), Icelandic óðinsdagur (“Wednesday”).
Senses: glosses: On Wednesday.
raw_tags: in UK
Thursday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɜːzdeɪ/
ipa: /-di/
ipa: /ˈθɔːz.də/
ipa: /ˈθɜɹzˌdeɪ/
ipa: /-ˌdi/
enpr: thûrzˈ -dā
enpr: -dē
ipa: /ˈθɘːzdæɪ̯/
ipa: /ˈθɵːzdæe/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdeɪ
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdi
Forms: form: Thursdays
Etymology: From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), but more likely of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse þórsdagr; all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Compare West Frisian tongersdei, German Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag, Danish torsdag. More at thunder, day.
A calque of Latin diēs Iovis (diēs Jovis), via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the god Thor with the Roman god of thunder Jove (Jupiter).
Senses: examples: text: Cap[ulet]. […] If vve ſhould reuell much, therefore vve vvill haue / Some halfe a dozen frends and make no more adoe. / But vvhat ſay you to Thurſday. / Par[is]. My Lorde I vviſhe that Thurſday vvere to morrovv.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
text: But for satisfaction pure and deep, for balance in pleasure and comfort, Thursday canʼt be beat.
ref: 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 50:
text: Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.
ref: 2024 July 25, Devan Cole, “Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.”, in CNN:
glosses: The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.
Synonyms: word: Thu
word: Thu.
word: Thur
word: Thur.
word: Thurs
word: Thurs.
Hypernyms: day
Hyponyms: Ascension Thursday
Black Thursday
Bounds Thursday
Carnival Thursday
Chare Thursday
Chewidden Thursday
dirty tricks Thursday
dress-up Thursday
Easter Thursday
Fat Thursday
Great and Holy Thursday
Great Thursday
Green Thursday
Hallow Thursday
Holy Thursday
Maundy Thursday
Running Thursday
Shear Thursday
Sheer Thursday
Shore Thursday
Shorpthursday
Shorthursday
Shrove Thursday
Silver Thursday
Skire Thursday
Skis Thursday
Super Thursday
White Thursday
Whit Thursday
Derived terms: word: Blursday
word: Shorpthursday
word: Shorthursday
word: Throwback Thursday
word: Thursday Island
word: Thursdays
Related terms: Thursday Dinners
Thursday Island
Thursday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɜːzdeɪ/
ipa: /-di/
ipa: /ˈθɔːz.də/
ipa: /ˈθɜɹzˌdeɪ/
ipa: /-ˌdi/
enpr: thûrzˈ -dā
enpr: -dē
ipa: /ˈθɘːzdæɪ̯/
ipa: /ˈθɵːzdæe/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdeɪ
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdi
Etymology: From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), but more likely of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse þórsdagr; all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Compare West Frisian tongersdei, German Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag, Danish torsdag. More at thunder, day.
A calque of Latin diēs Iovis (diēs Jovis), via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the god Thor with the Roman god of thunder Jove (Jupiter).
Senses: glosses: On Thursday.
raw_tags: in UK
Friday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: frīʹdā
enpr: frīʹdē
ipa: /ˈfɹaɪdeɪ/
ipa: /-di/
ipa: /ˈfɹaɪˌdeɪ/
ipa: /-ˌdi/
rhymes: -aɪdeɪ
rhymes: -aɪdi
Etymology: From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of Frīġ and dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, a calque of Latin diēs Veneris, via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus.
Compare West Frisian freed, German Low German Freedag, Friedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag.
Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā́, “wife”). The root also appears in Old Saxon fri (“beloved lady”); in Swedish fria, in Danish and Norwegian as fri (“to propose for marriage”); a related meaning exists in Icelandic as frjá (“to love”) and similarly in Dutch vrijen (“to make love (to have sex)”).
Compare Japanese 金曜日.
Senses: glosses: On Friday.
raw_tags: in UK
Saturday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: săʹtər-dā
enpr: săʹtər-di
ipa: /ˈsætədeɪ/
ipa: /ˈsætədi/
ipa: /ˈsætəɹdeɪ/
ipa: [ˈsæɾɚdeɪ̯]
ipa: /ˈsætəɹdi/
ipa: [ˈsæɾɚdi]
ipa: /ˈsætədæɪ/
ipa: /ˈsɑːtədeɪ/
ipa: /ˈsæ-/
rhymes: -ætədeɪ
rhymes: -ætədi
rhymes: -ætəɹdeɪ
Forms: form: Saturdays
Etymology: From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).
Senses: examples: text: The Beijing-based firm — one of four funds created by the Chinese government in 1999 to process the bad loans of state-owned banks — announced Saturday that it would send a group of 50 experts to the province to help it “prevent and defuse risks” and “bail out” the real estate industry.
ref: 2023 April 27, Laura He, “China may have to bail out one of its poorest provinces”, in CNN Business:
text: Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.
ref: 2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNN:
glosses: The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.
Synonyms: word: Sat
word: Sat.
Hypernyms: day
Hyponyms: Black Saturday
Dynamite Saturday
Easter Saturday
Egg Saturday
Holy Saturday
Hospital Saturday
Little Saturday
Pink Saturday
Super Saturday
Whit Saturday
Derived terms: Saturdaying
Saturdayite
Saturday-morning cartoon
Saturday-night
Saturday-night pistol
Saturdays
Saturday Sabbatarian
Saturday-to-Monday
Related terms: first Saturday devotions
Saturday closing
Saturday penny
Saturday pops
Saturday soup
Third Saturday in October
Saturday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: săʹtər-dā
enpr: săʹtər-di
ipa: /ˈsætədeɪ/
ipa: /ˈsætədi/
ipa: /ˈsætəɹdeɪ/
ipa: [ˈsæɾɚdeɪ̯]
ipa: /ˈsætəɹdi/
ipa: [ˈsæɾɚdi]
ipa: /ˈsætədæɪ/
ipa: /ˈsɑːtədeɪ/
ipa: /ˈsæ-/
rhymes: -ætədeɪ
rhymes: -ætədi
rhymes: -ætəɹdeɪ
Etymology: From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).
Senses: glosses: On Saturday.
raw_tags: in UK
Saturday
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: săʹtər-dā
enpr: săʹtər-di
ipa: /ˈsætədeɪ/
ipa: /ˈsætədi/
ipa: /ˈsætəɹdeɪ/
ipa: [ˈsæɾɚdeɪ̯]
ipa: /ˈsætəɹdi/
ipa: [ˈsæɾɚdi]
ipa: /ˈsætədæɪ/
ipa: /ˈsɑːtədeɪ/
ipa: /ˈsæ-/
rhymes: -ætədeɪ
rhymes: -ætədi
rhymes: -ætəɹdeɪ
Forms: form: Saturdays
form: Saturdaying
form: Saturdayed
form: Saturdayed
Etymology: From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Angus Hibbard, of New York, Fridayed and Saturdayed in Chicago, for the show and banquet.
ref: 1913, Bell Telephone News, volume 3, page 5:
qualifier: creative
glosses: To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).
Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌn.deɪ/
ipa: /ˈsʌn.di/
enpr: sŭnʹdā
enpr: sŭnʹdē
rhymes: -ʌndeɪ
rhymes: Rhymes: -ʌndi
homophone: sundae
homophone: sandhi
Forms: form: Sundays
form: Sundaying
form: Sundayed
form: Sundayed
Etymology: From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ (“day of the sun”), from sunne (“sun”), + dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E.
Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag.
Senses: examples: text: I waded through accounts of new calves and colts, new fences and barns, who “Sundayed” with his brother, etc., and soon had a list of all the cases in that part of the country.
ref: 1910, Arthur B. Reeve, The Silent Bullet, section III:
text: The dogs and I were Sundaying on the garden lawn.
ref: 1944, Emily Carr, “Kipling”, in The House of All Sorts:
text: 2016, Brian Finnegan, “Your Sunday Best,” in totallydublin.ie,
When we’re Sundaying in the city, I like nothing better than to roll out of bed and head straight for Noshington on the corner of South Circular Road and Washington Street, for one of their hugely satisfying weekend brunch options.
glosses: To spend Sunday (at a certain place, with a certain person or people, etc.).
Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌn.deɪ/
ipa: /ˈsʌn.di/
enpr: sŭnʹdā
enpr: sŭnʹdē
rhymes: -ʌndeɪ
rhymes: Rhymes: -ʌndi
homophone: sundae
homophone: sandhi
Etymology: From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ (“day of the sun”), from sunne (“sun”), + dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E.
Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag.
Senses: glosses: On Sunday.
raw_tags: in UK
antonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ǎnt′ənĭm'
ipa: /ˈæn.təˌnɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: antonyms
Etymology: From French antonyme (1840s and 1850s), which was modeled on earlier synonyme and influenced by the etymons of Ancient Greek ἀντωνυμία (antōnumía, “pronoun”); credit for popularization of the French loanword's naturalization into English is given principally to Charles John Smith and his 1867 book Synonyms and Antonyms: Or, Kindred Words and Their Opposites. Collected and Contrasted. By surface analysis, ant- + -onym.
Senses: examples: text: “Rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
synonyms: counterterm
opposite
antonyms: synonym
coordinate_terms: near-antonym
;
coordinate term
cohyponym
;
antiphrasis
;
near-synonym
parasynonym
plesionym
;
glosses: A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
examples: text: All four lines of the pattern are required to establish that hot and cold are antonyms.
The water is hot entails The water is not cold.
The water is cold entails The water is not hot.
The water is not hot does not entail The water is cold.
The water is not cold does not entail The water is hot.
ref: 2005, Andrew John Merrison, Aileen Bloomer, Patrick Griffiths, Christopher J. Hall, Introducing Language in Use, page 111:
text: "The word 'boom' always makes me uneasy because the antonym of it is bust," said Patrick Jankowski, vice president of research at the Greater Houston Partnership. "Houston is not in a boom -- it is on a new path."
ref: 2008 October 14, Chris Baltimore, “FEATURE-Oil dollars help Houston dodge U.S. economic woes”, in Reuters:
text: "To me, Pusher Street is actually the least unique, right? It is what I associate with violence, gangs, murder, threats, and everything which are actually antonyms to what Christiania is," said Mathilde Brandstrup, a Christiania local.
ref: 2024 April 6, Isabelle Yr Carlsson, “Denmark shuts down cannabis street in Christiania hippie enclave”, in Reuters:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
synonyms: counterterm
opposite
antonyms: synonym
coordinate_terms: near-antonym
;
coordinate term
cohyponym
;
antiphrasis
;
near-synonym
parasynonym
plesionym
;
glosses: A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
Derived terms: antonymic
antonymize
antonymous
antonymy
autantonym
autoantonym
binary antonym
complementary antonym
contradictory antonym
converse antonym
gradable antonym
polar antonym
relational antonym
self-antonym
Related terms: Wiktionary:Semantic relations
connotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌkɑnəˈteɪʃən/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌkɔnəˈtæɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌkɒnəˈtæɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: connotations
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātiō, from connotō (“I mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + noto (“I note”); equivalent to connote + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The word "advisedly" has a connotation of "wisely", although it denotes merely "intentionally" and "deliberately."
text: The word "happy" has a positive connotation, while "sad" has a negative connotation.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
examples: text: The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.
Synonyms: intent
Derived terms: connotational
connotationless
Related terms: connotate
connotative
connote
subtext
denotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiː.noʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: denotations
Etymology: From Late Latin dēnotātiō, from Latin dēnotāre (“to denote, mark out”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns of action), from dē- (“completely”) + notāre (“to mark”); equivalent to denote + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes
examples: text: The denotations of the two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" are the same (i.e. both expressions denote the planet Venus), but their connotations are different.
text: Regarding denotation, the terms were generally used to refer to a wide range of language contact varieties and features.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 6:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
semiotics
glosses: The primary, surface, literal, or explicit meaning of a signifier such as a word, phrase, or symbol; that which a word denotes, as contrasted with its connotation; the aggregate or set of objects of which a word may be predicated.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The intension and extension of a word
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages, formalized in the theory of denotational semantics
qualifier: media studies
glosses: A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
Derived terms: denotational
denotative
Related terms: connotation
synonym
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭn'ənĭm
ipa: /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsɪnɵnɪm/
note: Indic
ipa: /sɪˈnɔ~o.nɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: synonyms
form: synonyming
form: synonymed
form: synonymed
form: synonime
form: synonyme
Etymology: From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, syn- + -onym.
Senses: examples: text: The fair fame of this good Knight has suffered greatly from the levity of his critics, and still more from the chattering of nugators, blatterones, sermocinators, and other superficial dignitaries; insomuch that his very name is synonymed with that of a liar.
ref: 1848, United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal (page 556)
text: […] if that properly belongs to the Saltatorii section, which Fabricius seems to believe by his synonyming it with his C. Viminalis […]
ref: 1852, John Freeman, Life of the Rev. W. Kirby (page 267)
glosses: To make synonymous.
hyponym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪpəʊ.nɪm/
ipa: /ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/
homophone: hypernym
ipa: /ˈhaɪ.poʊ.nɪm/
ipa: /ˈhaɪpə.nɪm/
Forms: form: hyponyms
Etymology: From hyp- + -onym or hypo- + -nym; from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma) ("appellation"), a Doric specific dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Senses: examples: text: The words “dog”, “cat”, and “horse” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and horses are types of animal.
text: Woman itself has as other hyponyms, sculptress and waitress, but is itself a hyponym of adult.
ref: 1977, Ruth Kempson, Semantic Theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
synonyms: subordinate#Noun
antonyms: hypernym
hyperonym
superordinate#Noun
coordinate_terms: synonym
;
near-synonym
;
meronym
;
cohyponym
;
more at Wiktionary:Semantic relations
glosses: A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.
Derived terms: co-hyponym
cohyponym
cohyponymous
hyponymic
hyponymous
hyponymy
Related terms: category
class
kind
instance
specialization
subcategory
subdivision
subset
subtype
type
is-a
semantics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈmæntɪks/
Forms: form: semantics
Etymology: From French sémantique, displacing earlier semasiology. From Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós). By surface analysis, semantic + -ics.
Senses: examples: text: Holonym: linguistics
text: Meronyms: semasiology, onomasiology
text: lexical semantics
text: cognitive semantics
text: computational semantics
text: historical semantics
text: Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
related: word: pragmatics
word: phonology
word: morphology
word: grammar
glosses: A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
examples: text: In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build semantic representations which partially capture the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.
ref: 2006, Patrick Blackburn, Johan Bos, Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2015, section 8.1:
glosses: The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
examples: text: In very ancient or poorly documented languages, the precise semantics of words tend to be uncertain.
glosses: The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.
examples: text: The semantics of the terms used are debatable.
glosses: The meaning or set of meanings of a linguistic element, such as a word, morpheme or utterance.
The meanings of individual words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
examples: text: file sharing and locking semantics
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.
examples: text: Who cares? This is all just semantics!
glosses: Pettiness or triviality.
raw_tags: of a detail or distinction
Derived terms: algebraic semantics
applied semantics
axiomatic semantics
computational semantics
denotational semantics
distributional semantics
formal semantics
general semantics
lexical semantics
mathematical semantics
minimal recursion semantics
operational semantics
semantics-free
statistical semantics
Related terms: semantic
semantisation
semasiology
sematic
sematology
seme
sememe
semiotic
semiotics
false friend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɒls ˈfɹɛnd/
ipa: /ˌfɔːls ˈfɹɛnd/
ipa: /ˌfɔls ˈfɹɛnd/
ipa: /ˌfɑls ˈfɹɛnd/
Forms: form: false friends
Etymology: Calque of French faux-ami, from the longer phrase faux amis du traducteur (“false friends of a translator”), first used by Maxime Kœssler and Jules Derocquigny in 1928 in their book Les Faux Amis ou les trahisons du vocabulaire anglais (False Friends, or the Pitfalls of the English Vocabulary).
Senses: examples: text: A word and its false friend may well be etymologically related: in such cases semantic shifts have made them drift apart.
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
synonyms: faux ami
;
false cousin
coordinate_terms: true friend
glosses: A word in a language that bears a deceptive resemblance to a word in another language but in fact has a different meaning.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see false, friend.
Hyponyms: partial false friend
Related terms: word: lists of false friends in various languages
word: cognate
english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: false cognate
english: both with intralanguage relevance
translation: both with intralanguage relevance
word: misnomer and phantonym
noun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /naʊn/
ipa: /næːn/
ipa: /nʌʊn/
ipa: [nəu̯n]
ipa: /næʊn/
ipa: [næɔ̯n]
rhymes: -aʊn
Forms: form: nouns
form: nouning
form: nouned
form: nouned
Etymology: From Middle English noun, from Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom, from Latin nōmen (“name; noun”). The grammatical sense in Latin was a semantic loan from Koine Greek ὄνομα (ónoma). Doublet of name and nomen.
Senses: examples: text: What is not clear is how the nouning of verbs supports Simon's assumed correspondence between mechanical designing and intentional human responses. Is it the very nouning of verbs which indicates that the above correspondence exists?
ref: 1974, The Modern Schoolman, page 144:
text: For example, that females are different from but equal to males is oxymoronic by virtue of the nouned status of female and male as kinds of persons.
ref: 1992, Lewis Acrelius Froman, Language and Power: Books III, IV, and V:
text: However, too much nouning makes you sound bureaucratic, immature, and verbally challenged. Top executives convert far fewer nouns into verbs than do workers at lower levels.
ref: 2000, Andrew J. DuBrin, The complete idiot's guide to leadership:
glosses: To convert a word to a noun.
alphabetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/
ipa: [ˌælfəˈbɛɾɪkəl]
ipa: /ˌæl.fəˈbet.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: [ˌæl.fəˈbeɾ.ɪ.kəl]
Etymology: From Latin alphabēticus + -al. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.
ref: 1986, Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, page 486:
synonyms: alphabetic
glosses: Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
examples: text: All names were placed into an alphabetical list.
glosses: According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
examples: text: But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,
ref: 1644, John Milton, The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce, page 31:
glosses: literal
Derived terms: alphabeticality
alphabetically
alphabeticalness
alphabetical order
alphagram
alphamerical
alphamosaic
ASCIIbetical
nonalphabetical
prealphabetical
unalphabetical
zetabetical
Related terms: alphabet
alphabetize
alphabetical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/
ipa: [ˌælfəˈbɛɾɪkəl]
ipa: /ˌæl.fəˈbet.ɪ.kəl/
ipa: [ˌæl.fəˈbeɾ.ɪ.kəl]
Forms: form: alphabeticals
Etymology: From Latin alphabēticus + -al. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: We used to publish two, or sometimes three, alphabeticals a year and I am proposing to resume the same sort of frequency.
ref: 2015 March 13, Hugh Stephenson, “A to Z”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: Ellipsis of alphabetical jigsaw.
minute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭn'ĭt
ipa: /ˈmɪnɪt/
rhymes: -ɪnɪt
Forms: form: minutes
form: minuting
form: minuted
form: minuted
Etymology: From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.
Senses: examples: text: I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
text: I dare say there was a vast amount of minuting, memoranduming, and despatch-boxing, on this mighty subject.
ref: 1870 [1855 June 27], Charles Dickens, “Administrative Reform”, in Speeches Literary and Social, page 133:
text: On 17 November 1949 Jay minuted Cripps, arguing that trade liberalization on inessentials was socially regressive.
ref: 1995, Edmund Dell, The Schuman Plan and the British Abdication of Leadership in Europe:
text: The Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Richard Peirse, was sceptical of its findings, minuting, ‘I don’t think at this rate we could have hoped to produce the damage which is known to have been achieved.’
ref: 1996, Peter Hinchliffe, The Other Battle:
text: Mr. Klingstadt, chief Auditor of the Admiralty of that city, sent for and examined them very particularly concerning the events which had befallen them; minuting down their answers in writing, with an intention of publishing himself an account of their extraordinary adventures.
ref: 2003, David Roberts, Four Against the Arctic:
glosses: Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
examples: text: The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance.
ref: 1876 [1834], George Bancroft, History of the United States from the discovery of the American continent, volume VI, pages 28–29:
glosses: To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
Derived terms: unminuted
minute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭn'ĭt
ipa: /ˈmɪnɪt/
rhymes: -ɪnɪt
enpr: mīnūt'
ipa: [maɪ̯ˈnjuːt]
ipa: [maɪ̯ˈnjʊwt]
ipa: [maɪ̯ˈn(j)u̟(ː)t]
ipa: [mɐ̟ɪ̯ˈn(j)u̟(ː)t]
ipa: [məj-]
note: Ottawa-Valley
ipa: [mejˈnɪwt]
ipa: [mæ̠ɪ̯ˈnɪwt]
enpr: minūt'
ipa: [mɪˈnjuːt]
ipa: [mɪˈnjʊwt]
ipa: [məˈn(j)u̟(ː)t]
note: Ottawa-Valley
ipa: [mɪˈnɪwt]
rhymes: -uːt
rhymes: -ɪʊt
enpr: mĭn'ĭt
ipa: /ˈmɪnɪt/
rhymes: -ɪnɪt
Forms: form: minuter
form: more minute
form: minutest
form: most minute
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin minūtus (“small", "petty”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“make smaller”).
Senses: examples: text: They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
synonyms: infinitesimal
insignificant
minuscule
tiny
trace
antonyms: big
enormous
colossal
huge
significant
tremendous
vast
glosses: Very small.
examples: text: The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.
text: The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
ref: 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:
synonyms: word: exact
word: exacting
word: excruciating
word: precise
word: scrupulous
word: accurate
word: careful
word: comprehensive
word: conscientious
word: exhaustive
word: fastidious
word: groundly
word: in-depth
word: intensive
word: letter-perfect
word: mindful
word: minute
word: particular
word: polished
word: precise
word: painstaking
word: punctilious
word: rigorous
word: root and branch
word: scrupulous
word: scrutinous
word: sedulous
word: strict
word: thorough
word: tight
glosses: Very careful and exact, giving small details.
Derived terms: minutely
minuteness
overminute
ultraminute
barter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
enpr: bärʹtər
ipa: /ˈbɑɹtɚ/
ipa: [ˈbɑɹɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: barters
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Old French barater.
Senses: examples: text: We had no money so we had to live by barter.
text: Speculations in trade are not confined to the counter or to the counting-house. Lady Anne's fair hair and white teeth were as much objects of barter as any of the shawls or ribbons displayed in Bond Street. They were to be had in exchange for a suit of diamonds and an opera-box.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 11:
glosses: An exchange of goods or services without the use of money.
examples: text: The man used his watch as barter to pay for his tab.
glosses: The goods or services used in such an exchange.
Synonyms: chaffer
quid pro quo
swap
swop
trade
Derived terms: silent barter
Related terms: payment in kind
barter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
enpr: bärʹtər
ipa: /ˈbɑɹtɚ/
ipa: [ˈbɑɹɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: barters
form: bartering
form: bartered
form: bartered
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Old French barater.
Senses: examples: text: She bartered a bonsai for one of the rare books in my library.
text: You may be able to barter for some of the items you need at the local market.
glosses: To exchange goods or services without involving money.
Synonyms: word: chaffer
word: swap
word: swop
word: trade
word: barter
word: chop
word: dicker
word: exchange
word: truck
word: scorse
Hypernyms: word: trade
word: transfer
Derived terms: barterable
barterer
rebarter
unbartered