cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Muscovite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/
Forms: form: Muscovites
Etymology: 1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
glosses: A Russian.
Muscovite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌs.kəˌvaɪt/
Etymology: 1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.
glosses: Russian.
pop culture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pop cultures
Senses: glosses: Popular culture.
Derived terms: pop-cultural
pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏp
ipa: /pɒp/
enpr: pŏp
ipa: /pɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: pops
Etymology: From papa or poppa.
Senses: examples: text: My pop used to tell me to do my homework every night.
glosses: One's father.
Derived terms: word: mom and pop
english: US nickname for a stage doorman
translation: US nickname for a stage doorman
word: Pop
word: pop-pop
Related terms: papa
pa
pap
paps
pop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏp
ipa: /pɒp/
enpr: pŏp
ipa: /pɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology: Clipping of popular or population.
Senses: glosses: Popular.
raw_tags: in set phrases
pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏp
ipa: /pɒp/
enpr: pŏp
ipa: /pɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology: Clipping of popular or population.
Senses: glosses: Pop music.
glosses: Population.
Derived terms: Afropop
agitpop
alternapop
alternative pop
alt-pop
AM pop
antipop
art pop
Austropop
avant-pop
avantpop
baroque pop
Baroque pop
bastard pop
bedroom pop
bitpop
Britpop
Cantopop
chamber pop
city pop
country pop
C-pop
cyberpop
dance pop
dance-pop
dancepop
dream pop
electropop
Europop
futurepop
genpop
guitar pop
HK-pop
H-pop
indie pop
Indopop
I-pop
jangle pop
J-pop
King of Pop
K-pop
L-pop
M-pop
noise pop
orchestral pop
ork-pop
Pinoy pop
pop art
pop chart
pop culture
pop feminism
pop group
Pop I
Pop II
Pop III
pop metal
pop music
pop musician
pop psych
pop psychology
pop punk
pop rock
pop-sci
pop-science
pop song
pops orchestra
pop star
popster
pop tune
power pop
P-pop
Q-pop
recession pop
rep by pop
sophisti-pop
sunshine pop
swamp pop
symphonic pop
synth-pop
synthpop
T-pop
trap-pop
twee pop
vox pop
V-pop
pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏp
ipa: /pɒp/
enpr: pŏp
ipa: /pɑp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: pops
form: pope
Etymology: From colloquial Russian поп (pop) and Попъ (Pop), from Old Church Slavonic попъ (popŭ), from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas) (see pope). Doublet of pope.
Senses: examples: text: There was at that time in the house of the Consul a Pop (or Russian Priest) named Iwan Afanassich.
ref: 1822, Mikhaïlov Vasiliï, Adventures of Michailow, section 4:
text: The contemporary priest's... own children are ashamed and some abusers are openly "transmitting the pop" (a gesture of mocking the priest on the street, where a man would touch his private parts while smiling at other passers-by)
ref: 2001, Spas Raïkin, Rebel with a Just Cause, 292 n.28:
text: By the end of 1809 she was declaring to all and sundry that she would sooner marry 'a pop than the sovereign of a country under the influence of France'. Since a pop was a Russian Orthodox parish priest, the reference was hardly likely to endear her family to the French.
ref: 2006, Peter Neville, A Traveller's History of Russia, section 123:
qualifier: Russian Orthodoxy
glosses: A Russian Orthodox parish priest.
POP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: POPs
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Acronym of point of presence.
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: Acronym of Point of Purchase.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
weather
glosses: Acronym of probability of precipitation.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Acronym of picture outside of picture.
examples: text: One commonly used POP (persistent organic pollutant), organochlorine, may be responsible for contaminating the world's seafood supply, since pesticides can run off the land into streams, lakes, and reservoirs.
ref: 2009, Edward Group, Complete Colon Cleanse: The At-Home Detox Program to Restore Good Health, Boost Vitality, and Ensure Longevity, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 91:
qualifier: environmental science
glosses: Acronym of persistent organic pollutant.
POP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Post Office Protocol.
examples: text: The parachutes at Riverview Park will shake us up all day / And Disneyland and P.O.P. is worth a trip to L.A
ref: 1965, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, “Amusement Parks U.S.A.”, performed by The Beach Boys:
glosses: Initialism of Pacific Ocean Park.
POP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Acronym of post office preferred, denoting a standard envelope size.
culdesac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culdesacs
form: culsdesac
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cul-de-sac.
telluric current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telluric currents
Senses: synonyms: Earth current
telluric
glosses: An extremely low frequency electrical current that occurs naturally over large underground areas at or near the surface of the Earth.
Budapest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbuːdəpɛst/
ipa: /ˌbuːdəˈpɛst/
ipa: /ˈbʊdəpɛst/
ipa: /ˈbjuːdəpɛst/
ipa: /ˌbjuːdəˈpɛst/
other: /ʃ/
other: /s/
Forms: form: Buda-Pest
Etymology: From Hungarian Budapest, from Buda + Pest.
Senses: glosses: The capital and the most populous city of Hungary.
examples: text: After information about the secret proceedings between Berlin and Budapest leaked, Rome approached Budapest to get details on the concessions granted with the envisaged German–Hungarian commercial contract.
ref: 2016, Per Tiedtke, chapter 8, in Germany, Italy and the International Economy 1929–1936: Co-operation or Rivalries at Times of Crisis?, Europe: Tectum Verlag, →ISBN, page 265:
glosses: The Hungarian government.
Derived terms: Budapester
Budapestian
psycho
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/
rhymes: -aɪkəʊ
Forms: form: more psycho
form: most psycho
form: syko
Etymology: Clipping of psychotic and psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.
Senses: examples: text: That psycho jawn had snuck a pistol into the gym while we was practicing and started shooting shit up like she was some kinda hot female action hero.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 258:
text: Oh, she's sweet but a psycho / A little bit psycho / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
ref: 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:
glosses: Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
psycho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/
rhymes: -aɪkəʊ
Forms: form: psychos
form: syko
Etymology: Clipping of psychotic and psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.
Senses: examples: text: The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos.
text: Oh, she's hot but a psycho / So left but she's right, though / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
ref: 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:
synonyms: freak
loony
nutcase
wacko
glosses: A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
examples: text: She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.
synonyms: creep
freak
loose cannon
weirdo
glosses: A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
psycho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/
rhymes: -aɪkəʊ
Forms: form: syko
Etymology: Clipping of psychology.
Senses: examples: text: I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho.
glosses: A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
mozzarella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒt.səˈɹɛl.ə/
ipa: /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/
ipa: /mʌt.səˈɹɛl.ə/
ipa: /mut.səˈɹɛl.ə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: mozzarellas
form: mozzarelle
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mozzarella, from mozzare (“to cut off”), from Latin mutilare.
The meaning of money derives from the early Bay Area hip-hop scene since early and is found for various food terms, including cheddar and cheese.
Senses: hypernyms: cheese
<
dairy product#Noun
<
food#Noun
glosses: Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.
examples: text: Ooh, yeah, stack that mozzarella, check a big bag / Smack it for an hour, off a thirty, let a bitch bad
ref: 2017 November 16, KirbLaGoop, “I Can’t Feel My Face”, in Trapped in Da 100:
text: Me no rat, I get hella cheddar, I get mozzarella / Take two hundred thousand out the bank ’cause I fucked the teller
ref: 2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Lil Uzi Vert (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music):
text: Tell a bank teller / This Louis my sweater / Came through with a Baretta / Stack my cheese, that mozzarella
ref: 2018 November 25, “Bank Teller”, Smokepurpp (lyrics), Lil Uzi Vert, Smokepurpp, and Lil Pump (music):
text: I need the cheese, mozzarella / Rainin outside, I got a Louis umbrella / She ate up my dick like Nutella / I used to be four-fourin at the bank
ref: 2019 September 13, “Diamond Tester”, in ChaseTheMoney (lyrics), K$upreme & ChaseTheMoney (music), Caught Fire:
synonyms: word: cheese
word: cheddar
word: ackers
word: bees and honey
word: blunt
word: bones
word: brass
word: bread
word: bread and honey
word: Bugs Bunny
word: cake
word: cheddar
word: cheese
word: ching
word: clams
word: coin
word: cream
word: currency
word: dinero
word: dosh
word: dough
word: feds
word: fedi
word: finances
word: flizz
word: flow
word: funding
word: funds
word: gravy
word: gwop
word: gwolla
word: jack
word: legal tender
word: lolly
word: lovely jubbly
word: mazuma
word: means
word: money
word: moola
word: mozzarella
word: muck
word: oof
word: ooftish
word: paper
word: rhino
word: scratch
word: scrilla
word: shrapnel
word: simoleons
word: smackers
word: smackeroos
word: smackeroonies
word: spend
word: spondulicks
word: swag
word: wampum
word: wonga
word: yenom
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Money.
Derived terms: mozzarella stick
cheddarella
sextillion
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛksˈtɪljən/
rhymes: -ɪljən
Forms: form: sextillions
Etymology: From sext- (“six”) + -illion; originally the sixth power of a million, 10³⁶.
Senses: qualifier: short scale
glosses: A trillion billion: 1 followed by 21 zeros, 10²¹.
qualifier: long scale
glosses: A million quintillion: 1 followed by 36 zeros, 10³⁶.
Synonyms: sense: a long scale thousand trillion (trilliard)
word: 1021
sense: a short scale undecillion
word: 1036
Coordinate terms: thousand
million
milliard
thousand million
billion
trillion
quadrillion
quintillion
Related terms: sense: short and long scale
word: Previous: quintillion. Next: septillion.
word: zetta-
septillion
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛpˈtɪljən/
rhymes: -ɪljən
Forms: form: septillions
Etymology: From French septillion, from sept- (“seven”) + -illion.
Senses: qualifier: modern British & Australian; short scale; modern British & Australian; short scale
glosses: A trillion trillion: 1 followed by 24 zeros, 10²⁴.
qualifier: dated British & Australian; long scale; dated British & Australian; long scale
glosses: A billion quintillion: 1 followed by 42 zeros, 10⁴².
Synonyms: sense: a long scale quadrillion
word: 1024
sense: a short scale tredecillion
word: 1042
Related terms: sense: short and long scale
word: Previous: sextillion. Next: octillion.
word: yotta-
infinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfɪnɪti/
ipa: /ɪnˈfɪnɪɾi/
rhymes: -ɪnɪti
Forms: form: infinities
Etymology: From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinité, from Latin īnfīnitās (“unlimitedness”), from negative prefix in- (“not”), + fīnis (“end”), + noun of state suffix -tās.
Senses: glosses: endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
examples: text: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
ref: 2012 January 23, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86:
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: mul:∞
glosses: A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
glosses: A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.
glosses: The symbol ∞.
Synonyms: word: boundlessness
word: endlessness
word: infiniteness
word: infinitude
word: infinity
word: limitlessness
word: unendingness
word: unlimitedness
word: ∞
Hyponyms: word: beginninglessness
Derived terms: axiom of infinity
directed infinity
infinity box
infinity-edge pool
infinityfold
infinity pool
infinity scarf
infinity shot
infinity sign
infinity symbol
infinity theory
infinity transmitter
null infinity
point at infinity
zero one infinity rule
Related terms: finish
finite
infinite
infinitesimal
infinitieth
infinitude
eternal
eternity
transfinite
way
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: wā
ipa: /weɪ/
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [weɪ]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [wæɪ]
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: Wei
homophone: weigh
homophone: wey
homophone: whey (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: waye
form: waie
Etymology: From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via.
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian wai, wäi (“way”), Saterland Frisian Wai (“way”), West Frisian wei (“road; way”), Central Franconian Wääch (“way”), Cimbrian bege, bèg (“way”), Dutch weg (“way”), German, Low German Weg (“way”), Limburgish waeg (“way”), Luxembourgish Wee (“way”), Mòcheno be (“way”), Yiddish וועג (veg, “way”), Danish vej (“way”), Faroese, Icelandic vegur (“way”), Norwegian Bokmål veg, vei (“way”), Norwegian Nynorsk veg (“way”), Swedish väg (“way”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “path; road”).
Senses: examples: text: - We searched the vehicle. It was clean, so we did the body cavity searches.
- No way.
- Way!
ref: 1992, Wayne's World (film):
text: We repeated this ritual of “no way - way, no way - way” over the years.
ref: 2011, William Schwenn, Dogs of Meadowbrook:
synonyms: yes way
glosses: Yes; it is true; it is possible.
raw_tags: in reply to no way
way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wā
ipa: /weɪ/
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [weɪ]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [wæɪ]
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: Wei
homophone: weigh
homophone: wey
homophone: whey (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: ways
form: waying
form: wayed
form: wayed
form: waye
form: waie
Etymology: From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via.
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian wai, wäi (“way”), Saterland Frisian Wai (“way”), West Frisian wei (“road; way”), Central Franconian Wääch (“way”), Cimbrian bege, bèg (“way”), Dutch weg (“way”), German, Low German Weg (“way”), Limburgish waeg (“way”), Luxembourgish Wee (“way”), Mòcheno be (“way”), Yiddish וועג (veg, “way”), Danish vej (“way”), Faroese, Icelandic vegur (“way”), Norwegian Bokmål veg, vei (“way”), Norwegian Nynorsk veg (“way”), Swedish väg (“way”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 (wigs, “path; road”).
Senses: examples: text: on a time as they together way'd, / He made him open chalenge[…].
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
text: Laötze says, “The Name that can be named is not the Eternal Name. The Way that can be wayed, is not the Eternal Way.” Infinite wisdom is beyond the human power to understand.
ref: 1919, Gotō Shinpei, "Japanese Statesman on Christian Missions", The Missionary Review, Volume 42, p. 660
glosses: To travel.
way
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: wā
ipa: /weɪ/
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [weɪ]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [wæɪ]
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: Wei
homophone: weigh
homophone: wey
homophone: whey (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: 'way
form: ’way
Etymology: Apheresis of away.
Senses: examples: text: I used to live way over there.
text: The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
text: He kicked the ball way up.
text: A number of Dundee businessmen commuted across the bridge from their homes in Wormit, and some became concerned at the speeds that trains were crossing the bridge. Ex-Dundee Provost William Robertson timed one train at 43mph, way in excess of the 25mph speed limit.
ref: 2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in Rail, page 81:
text: The initial exposure of aluminum, regardless of alloy, will form a thin oxide film on the surface the second it is exposed. This film continues to grow and, after a few days of exposure, the growth slows way down.
ref: 2020, L. William Zahner, “Corrosion Characteristics”, in Aluminum Surfaces: a Guide to Alloys, Finishes, Fabrication and Maintenance in Architecture and Art, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 287:
glosses: Far.
raw_tags: with an adverbial
examples: text: I'm a way better singer than Emma.
text: I'm way too tired to do that.
text: It turns out that's way more gain than you need for a keyboard, but you don't have to use all of it to benefit from the sonic characteristics.
ref: 2006, Keyboard, volume 32, numbers 1-6, page 132:
text: Porcine dermal collagen is similar to human dermal collagen biochemically. In mouse skin, the dermis is once again way thinner than in humans.
ref: 2023 April 18 (last accessed), “Top differences between human and animal skin”, in Genoskin:
glosses: Much, far, by a great degree.
raw_tags: with comparative or with too + adjective
examples: text: I'm way tired.
text: String theory is way cool, except for the math.
text: With all the way cool boys out there, what if you don't recognize them because you don't know what to look for? Or, what if you have a chance to pick a perfect Prince and you end up with a yucky Frog instead?
ref: 2005, Erika V. Shearin Karres, Crushes, Flirts, & Friends: A Real Girl's Guide to Boy Smarts, page 16:
glosses: Very.
raw_tags: with positive adjective
Synonyms: sense: much
word: far
sense: much
word: much
sense: much
word: a lot
sense: much
word: loads
sense: very
word: so
sense: very
word: very
sense: very
word: so much
Derived terms: way too
way too many
way too much
way
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: wā
ipa: /weɪ/
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [weɪ]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [wæɪ]
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: Wei
homophone: weigh
homophone: wey
homophone: whey (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: 'way
form: ’way
Etymology: Apheresis of away.
Senses: examples: text: Sitting in the way back of the bus
text: some day in the way future me and @HowdyDuda are gonna have to come for a visit…
ref: 2022 August 19, @DazzlerAOA, Twitter:
text: This will be a funny one with Snow’s 2 1st rounders going to be at the way bottom while 2 of his mid round picks will be towards the very top.
ref: 2023 July 10, @JLoading06, Twitter:
glosses: Extreme, far
way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wā
ipa: /weɪ/
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [weɪ]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [wæɪ]
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: Wei
homophone: weigh
homophone: wey
homophone: whey (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: ways
form: 'way
form: ’way
Etymology: Apheresis of away.
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
glassblowing
hobbies
lifestyle
synonyms: web
glosses: A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches.
Synonyms: word: way
Hyponyms: word: road
word: street
word: track
word: path
word: trail
word: pathway
word: stairway
word: towpath
word: causeway
word: passageway
word: back road
word: byroad
word: corduroy road
word: crossroad
word: driveway
word: dual carriageway
word: expressway
word: freeway
word: highway
word: interstate
word: motorway
word: superhighway
word: thoroughfare
word: turnpike
word: bypath
word: byway
word: footpath
word: footway
word: walk
word: walkway
word: pavement
word: sidewalk
word: alleyway
word: alley
word: avenue
word: back street
word: back alley
word: blind alley
word: boulevard
word: chare
word: cul-de-sac
word: gennel
word: ginnel
word: gitty
word: high street
word: jigger
word: jitty
word: lane
word: one-way street
word: pend
word: shut
word: side street
word: snickelway
word: snicket
word: tenfoot
word: twitchel
word: twitten
word: wynd
Related terms: word: railway
word: railroad
word: tramway
word: waterway
word: racetrack
word: racecourse
word: air corridor
word: corridor
word: passage
word: bridge
word: crossroads
word: junction
word: intersection
word: settlement
word: course
word: itinerary
word: route
way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wā
ipa: /weɪ/
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [weɪ]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [weː]
ipa: [wɛj]
ipa: [wæɪ]
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: Wei
homophone: weigh
homophone: wey
homophone: whey (wine–whine merger)
Forms: form: ways
Etymology: From the sound it represents, by analogy with other (velar) letters such as kay and gay.
Senses: glosses: The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
Synonyms: word: way
Hyponyms: word: road
word: street
word: track
word: path
word: trail
word: pathway
word: stairway
word: towpath
word: causeway
word: passageway
word: back road
word: byroad
word: corduroy road
word: crossroad
word: driveway
word: dual carriageway
word: expressway
word: freeway
word: highway
word: interstate
word: motorway
word: superhighway
word: thoroughfare
word: turnpike
word: bypath
word: byway
word: footpath
word: footway
word: walk
word: walkway
word: pavement
word: sidewalk
word: alleyway
word: alley
word: avenue
word: back street
word: back alley
word: blind alley
word: boulevard
word: chare
word: cul-de-sac
word: gennel
word: ginnel
word: gitty
word: high street
word: jigger
word: jitty
word: lane
word: one-way street
word: pend
word: shut
word: side street
word: snickelway
word: snicket
word: tenfoot
word: twitchel
word: twitten
word: wynd
Related terms: word: double-u
word: railway
word: railroad
word: tramway
word: waterway
word: racetrack
word: racecourse
word: air corridor
word: corridor
word: passage
word: bridge
word: crossroads
word: junction
word: intersection
word: settlement
word: course
word: itinerary
word: route
will
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪl/
ipa: [wɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [wɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [wɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: wills
form: willing
form: willed
form: willed
form: would
form: would
Etymology: From Middle English willen, from Old English willian (“to will”), from Proto-West Germanic *willjōn (“to will”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”). Cognate with German Low German willen, German willen. The verb is not always distinguishable from Etymology 1, above.
Senses: glosses: To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
examples: text: He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
glosses: To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
examples: text: All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
text: They willed me say so, madam.
ref: 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: Send for music, / And will the cooks to use their best of cunning / To please the palate.
ref: c. 1612–1615?, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, revised by Philip Massinger, “Loves Cure or, The Martial Maid”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:
glosses: To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
Synonyms: sense: bequeath
word: bequeath
sense: bequeath
word: leave
Derived terms: will on
will the good of another
Related terms: bequeath
going to
modal verb
nimblewill
testament
volition
voluntary
will-fire
will o' the wisp
should
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /ʃʊd/
ipa: /ʃuːld/
ipa: /ʃəd/
ipa: /ʃʊ(l)d/
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: shou'd
form: shoulde
Etymology: From Middle English scholde, from Old English sċolde, first and third person preterite form of sċulan (“should,” “have to,” “to owe”), the ancestor of English shall. By surface analysis, shall + -ed. Cognate with German sollte, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (skulda), Swedish skulle. Related to Middle English shild and shildy.
The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in would and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two).
Senses: examples: text: I told him that I should be busy tomorrow.
text: I was astonished at this polite offer, which my modesty induced me to ascribe more to my uniform than to my own merits, and, as I felt no inclination to refuse the compliment, I said that I should be most happy.
ref: 1833, [Frederick Marryat], chapter IV, in Peter Simple. […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], published 1834, →OCLC, page 42:
glosses: simple past of shall
should
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /ʃʊd/
ipa: /ʃuːld/
ipa: /ʃəd/
ipa: /ʃʊ(l)d/
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: shoulds
form: shoulding
form: shoulded
form: shoulded
form: shou'd
form: shoulde
Etymology: From Middle English scholde, from Old English sċolde, first and third person preterite form of sċulan (“should,” “have to,” “to owe”), the ancestor of English shall. By surface analysis, shall + -ed. Cognate with German sollte, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (skulda), Swedish skulle. Related to Middle English shild and shildy.
The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in would and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two).
Senses: glosses: To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
examples: text: I'd prefer that she stop shoulding me. I prefer that I stop shoulding me. I prefer that I stop shoulding her.
ref: 2008 November 1, Damon L. Jacobs, Absolutely Should-Less: The Secret to Living the Stress-Free Life You Deserve, Morgan James Publishing, →ISBN:
text: […] for her to be kind to herself and less susceptible to others shoulding her.
ref: 2015 March 8, Diane Brandon, Dream Interpretation for Beginners: Understand the Wisdom of Your Sleeping Mind, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:
glosses: To suggest (that someone do something) by using the word should.
should
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /ʃʊd/
ipa: /ʃuːld/
ipa: /ʃəd/
ipa: /ʃʊ(l)d/
rhymes: -ʊd
Forms: form: shoulds
form: shou'd
form: shoulde
Etymology: From Middle English scholde, from Old English sċolde, first and third person preterite form of sċulan (“should,” “have to,” “to owe”), the ancestor of English shall. By surface analysis, shall + -ed. Cognate with German sollte, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (skulda), Swedish skulle. Related to Middle English shild and shildy.
The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in would and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two).
Senses: examples: text: When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.
ref: 1996, Fred Shoemaker, Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible, page 88:
text: However, we can address maladaptive shoulds by examining the differences between prior events, causes, proximate causes, and moral responsibility.
ref: 2003, Robert L. Leahy, Overcoming Resistance in Cognitive Therapy:
text: Being a list-o-maniac, I suggested we make a list of the "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts." So in the darkness of hazy sleep, I began to mentally prepare mine. The first item on the "should" side was easy: a sibling for our 3-year-old daughter.
ref: 2008, Working Mother, volume 31, number 8, page 20:
glosses: Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.
Related terms: precatory
might
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mīt
ipa: /maɪt/
ipa: [maɪt]
ipa: [mɐɪt]
ipa: [mɑjt]
ipa: [məjt]
ipa: [mɑɪt]
homophone: mite
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: mighter
form: mightest
form: mite
Etymology: From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th.
Cognate with Scots micht, maucht (“might”), North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“power, might”), Swedish makt (“might”), Norwegian makt (“power”), Icelandic máttur (“might”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), and further to Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”) and мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), Ukrainian міч (mič) and міць (micʹ, “power”), Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), Czech moc (“power”), Polish moc (“power”). See more at may.
Senses: glosses: Mighty; powerful.
glosses: Possible.
could
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /kəd/
note: weak form
ipa: [kʰəd]
note: strong form
ipa: /kʊd/
note: strong form
ipa: [kʰʊd]
ipa: /kʉd/
ipa: /kuːld/
note: originally weak form
ipa: /kʊ(l)d/
rhymes: -ʊd
homophone: cud (weak form)
homophone: khud (weak form)
Forms: form: coulde
form: couldst
form: couldest
form: could'st
form: coud
form: cou'd
Etymology: From Middle English coude, couthe, cuthe, from Old English cūþe, past indicative and past subjunctive form of cunnan (“to be able”) (compare related cūþ, whence English couth).
The -l- in the spelling was added in the early 16th century by analogy with should and would; this analogy formerly affected the pronunciation as well and was probably assisted by the tendency for /l/ to be lost in those words (and so not written, leading to shudd, wode, etc).
Senses: examples: text: Before I was blind, I could see very well.
text: When I was young everybody could easily find a job in a matter of days.
text: When I was your age, I could run 10mi in under an hour.
text: I could only find the street, but I couldn't locate his house.
glosses: simple past of can
examples: text: I think he could do it if he really wanted to.
text: I wish I could fly!
text: I'd have thought you could have done the dishes, at least.
glosses: conditional of can
Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
examples: text: Could I borrow your coat?
glosses: conditional of can
Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
examples: text: Could you proofread this email?
text: I wonder, you couldn't loan me the money, could you?
glosses: conditional of can
Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
examples: text: Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
ref: 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
text: We could rearrange the time if you like.
glosses: conditional of can
Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
examples: text: You could try adding more salt to the soup.
glosses: conditional of can
Used to suggest something.
examples: text: I haven't could sleep.
ref: 1981, Anthony Warner, English Auxiliaries: Structure and History, published 1993, →ISBN, page 222:
qualifier: obsolete except Geordie
glosses: past participle of can
Derived terms: word: chud
word: could care less
word: could do
word: could I get the bill
word: could we get the bill
word: could not get elected dogcatcher
english: negative form of could
translation: negative form of could
word: couldn't
word: could use
word: could've
Related terms: can
should
would
could
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /kəd/
note: weak form
ipa: [kʰəd]
note: strong form
ipa: /kʊd/
note: strong form
ipa: [kʰʊd]
ipa: /kʉd/
ipa: /kuːld/
note: originally weak form
ipa: /kʊ(l)d/
rhymes: -ʊd
homophone: cud (weak form)
homophone: khud (weak form)
Forms: form: coulds
form: coulde
form: couldst
form: couldest
form: could'st
form: coud
form: cou'd
Etymology: From Middle English coude, couthe, cuthe, from Old English cūþe, past indicative and past subjunctive form of cunnan (“to be able”) (compare related cūþ, whence English couth).
The -l- in the spelling was added in the early 16th century by analogy with should and would; this analogy formerly affected the pronunciation as well and was probably assisted by the tendency for /l/ to be lost in those words (and so not written, leading to shudd, wode, etc).
Senses: examples: text: When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.
ref: 1996, Fred Shoemaker, Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible, page 88:
text: Shushona you must learn to rightfully prioritize all the woulds, shoulds and coulds of your life.
ref: 2010, Shushona Novos, The Personal Universal: A Guidebook for Spiritual Evolution, page 395:
glosses: Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
must
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /məst/
note: weak form
ipa: /məs/
note: strong form
ipa: /ˈmʌst/
homophone: mussed
homophone: musth
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: must
form: must
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: -
form: must
form: mote
form: must
form: must
form: mote
form: motest
form: must
form: must
form: mote
form: must
form: must
form: mote
form: must
form: must
form: mote
form: must
form: -
form: -
form: mus'
Etymology: From Middle English moste ("must", literally, "had to", the past tense of Middle English moten (“to have to”)), from Old English mōste (“had to”), 1st & 3rd person singular past tense of mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, must, may”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with Dutch moest (“had to”), German musste (“had to”), Swedish måste (“must, have to, be obliged to”). More at mote.
Senses: examples: raw_tags: the requirement is an imperative
text: You must arrive in class on time.
raw_tags: the requirement is a directive, necessary to operate the handle.
text: This door handle must be rotated fully.
text: Everybody told me I must stop worrying, but I couldn't, because I felt there must be something wrong.
text: You really must come and see us soon, pal. - We'll see: I can borrow my dad's car, but I must bring it back before midnight.
text: The physician said that I must / had to / would have to stop smoking.
text: Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 9:6:
glosses: To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.
examples: text: If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.
text: Where would you have put the keyring? You couldn’t have lost it again! - I must have, because it's nowhere to be found.
text: I said it must be pretty late and I really must go.
glosses: To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.
examples: text: The children must be asleep by now.
text: There's the doorbell. It must be Dad.
glosses: Used to indicate that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true.
Derived terms: all good things must come to an end
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
cooler heads must prevail
cool heads must prevail
every dog must have his day
every dog must have its day
I must go
I must love you and leave you
I must say
must-buy
must get in front
must have killed a Chinaman
must-learn
must-link
must-listening
must-move
must needs
must-read
must-try
musturbation
must-win
needs must
needs must when the devil drives
there must be something in the water
the show must go on
the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must
what goes up must come down
you must be fun at parties
you must be new here
you must spoil before you spin
must
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /məst/
note: weak form
ipa: /məs/
note: strong form
ipa: /ˈmʌst/
homophone: mussed
homophone: musth
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: musts
form: mus'
Etymology: From Middle English moste ("must", literally, "had to", the past tense of Middle English moten (“to have to”)), from Old English mōste (“had to”), 1st & 3rd person singular past tense of mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, must, may”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with Dutch moest (“had to”), German musste (“had to”), Swedish måste (“must, have to, be obliged to”). More at mote.
Senses: examples: text: If you're trekking all day, a map is a must.
text: "There are no musts in my life - I'm free, white, and twenty-one."
ref: 1932, Helen Vinson, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang:
synonyms: imperative
necessity
antonyms: no-no
glosses: Something that is mandatory, required or recommended.
must
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /məst/
note: weak form
ipa: /məs/
note: strong form
ipa: /ˈmʌst/
homophone: mussed
homophone: musth
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: musts
Etymology: From Middle English must, from Old English must and Old French must, most, both from Latin mustum.
Senses: glosses: The property of being stale or musty.
glosses: Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty.
examples: text: No sweet grape lies hidden here in the shade of its vine-leaves,
No fermenting must fills and o'erflows the deep vats.
ref: c. 1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ovid in Exile:
glosses: Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.
Derived terms: must weight
mustimeter
must
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /məst/
note: weak form
ipa: /məs/
note: strong form
ipa: /ˈmʌst/
homophone: mussed
homophone: musth
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: musts
form: musting
form: musted
form: musted
Etymology: From Middle English must, from Old English must and Old French must, most, both from Latin mustum.
Senses: glosses: To make musty.
glosses: To become musty.
must
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: weak form
ipa: /məst/
note: weak form
ipa: /məs/
note: strong form
ipa: /ˈmʌst/
homophone: mussed
homophone: musth
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: musts
Etymology: See musth.
Senses: examples: text: No animal in the world is so dangerous as an elephant in must.
ref: 1871, Charles Darwin, “Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Part II (Sexual Selection), page 240:
text: Early one morning the sub-inspector at a police station the other end of the town rang me up on the 'phone and said that an elephant was ravaging the bazaar. Would I please come and do something about it? […] It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one which had gone "must". It had been chained up, as tame elephants always are when their attack of "must" is due, but on the previous night it had broken its chain and escaped.
ref: 1936, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Shooting an Elephant”, in Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays, London: Secker and Warburg, published 1950, →OCLC, pages 2–3:
glosses: Alternative spelling of musth.
mission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˈmɪʃən/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmɪʃən/
homophone: machine (for some speakers with the weak vowel merger)
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: missions
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).
Senses: glosses: A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
glosses: A missionary expedition.
qualifier: "the missions"
glosses: Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
examples: text: [I]n either of theſe Ships, there ſhould be a Miſsion of three of the Fellowes, or Brethren of Salomons Houſe; [...]
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A Worke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, pages 18–19:
glosses: A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
glosses: Dismissal; discharge from service
examples: text: Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.
glosses: A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
qualifier: becoming obsolete
glosses: An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
topics: drugs
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug run.
Derived terms: antimission
chef de mission
countermission
diplomatic mission
fire mission
inner mission
intermission
intromission
mission accomplished
missional
mission creep
mission-critical
missionee
Mission golden-eyed treefrog
mission home
mission impossible
Mission Indian
missionise
missionization
missionize
mission kill
missionless
mission manzanita
mission mix
mission mixture
Mission olive
Mission Ridge
mission school
mission statement
mission station
mission stiff
multimission
on a mission
permanent mission
permission
remission
rescue mission
side mission
space mission
submission
suicide mission
transmission
Related terms: mess
message
messenger
missile
missionary
missive
admissible
admission
admit
commission
commit
demiss
demission
demit
emission
emit
intermission
intermit
manumission
manumit
omit
permit
premise
pretermit
promise
remit
submit
surmise
transmit
mission
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪʃn̩/
ipa: /ˈmɪʃən/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmɪʃən/
homophone: machine (for some speakers with the weak vowel merger)
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: missions
form: missioning
form: missioned
form: missioned
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin missiō, missiōnem (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”).
Senses: glosses: To send on a mission.
glosses: To do missionary work, proselytize.
missionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/
ipa: /ˈmɪ.ʃən.(ə)ɹɪ/
Forms: form: missionaries
Etymology: From mission + -ary.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: emissary
glosses: One who is sent on a mission.
examples: text: A missionary was just trying to convert me to his religion.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A person who travels attempting to spread a religion or creed (Particularly used in context of Christianity).
glosses: A religious messenger.
examples: text: My boyfriend only cums during missionary.
glosses: The missionary position for sexual intercourse.
glosses: Sexual intercourse in the missionary position.
Derived terms: antimissionary
missionaries and cannibals problem
missionarily
missionary bishop
missionarying
missionaryism
missionaryize
missionarylike
missionary-linguist
missionary linguist
missionary position
missionary rector
missionaryship
missionary zeal
nonmissionary
premissionary
unmissionary
Related terms: emissary
emission
missionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪʃ.əˌnɛɹ.ɪ/
ipa: /ˈmɪ.ʃən.(ə)ɹɪ/
Etymology: From mission + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a (religious) mission.