cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
last
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: läst
ipa: /lɑːst/
enpr: lăst
ipa: /læst/
ipa: /last/
ipa: /ɫast/
rhymes: -ɑːst
rhymes: -æst
Forms: form: lasts
form: lasting
form: lasted
form: lasted
Etymology: From Old English lǣste, Proto-Germanic *laistiz. Compare Swedish läst, German Leisten Dutch leest, Proto-Germanic *laistaz (“footprint”).
Senses: examples: text: to last a boot
glosses: To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.
last
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: läst
ipa: /lɑːst/
enpr: lăst
ipa: /læst/
ipa: /last/
ipa: /ɫast/
rhymes: -ɑːst
rhymes: -æst
Forms: form: lasts
form: lasten
Etymology: From Middle English last, from Old English hlæst (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz (“burden, load, freight”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”). Cognate with West Frisian lêst, Dutch last, German Last, Swedish last, Icelandic lest.
Senses: glosses: A burden; load; a cargo; freight.
examples: text: Now we so quietly followed our businesse, that in three moneths wee made three or foure Last of Tarre, Pitch, and Sope ashes [...].
ref: 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 114:
text: The last of wool is twelve sacks.
ref: 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 169:
glosses: A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.
examples: 1942 (1601), T D Mutch, The First Discovery of Australia, page 14,
The tonnage of the Duyfken of Harmensz's fleet is given as 25 and 30 lasten.
glosses: An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
glosses: A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
Derived terms: belast
ballast
increase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnkrēsʹ
ipa: /ɪnˈkɹiːs/
enpr: ĭnʹkrēs
ipa: /ˈɪnkɹiːs/
rhymes: -iːs
Forms: form: increases
form: encrease
Etymology: From Middle English encresen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“to increase”), from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”).
The noun is from Middle English encres, from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
ref: 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
text: She says an increase in melting from climate change may put that at risk.
ref: 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns:
glosses: An amount by which a quantity is increased.
glosses: For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger
examples: text: That infortunate imperfit Embrion of my idle houres the Ile of Dogs before mentioned, breeding vnto me ſuch bitter throwes in the teaming as it did, and the tempeſtes that aroſe at his birth, ſo aſtoniſhing outragious and violent as if my braine had bene conceiued of another Hercules, I was ſo terrifyed with my owne encreaſe (like a woman long trauailing to bee deliuered of a monſter) that it was no ſooner borne but I was glad to run from it.
ref: 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 2:
glosses: Offspring, progeny
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
Synonyms: sense: amount by which a quantity is increased
word: gain
word: increment
english: said of pay
translation: said of pay
word: raise
word: rise
word: uptick
word: acquisition
sense: act or process of becoming larger
word: enlargement
word: expansion
Derived terms: disincrease
natural increase rate
nonincrease
reincrease
yesterday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɛstədeɪ/
ipa: /ˈjɛstədɪ/
ipa: /ˈjɛstɚdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈjɛstɚdi/
ipa: /ˈjɪstɚdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈjɪstɚdi/
Forms: form: yesterdays
Etymology: From Middle English yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai, from Old English ġiestrandæġ, ġister dæġ, ġestor dæġ, ġeostran dæġ (“yesterday”), by surface analysis, yester- + day. Cognate with Scots yisterday, yesterday (“yesterday”), Saterland Frisian jässendeeg, järsendeges (“yesterday”, adverb), West Frisian justerdei (“yesterday”), Dutch gisterdag (“yesterday”), dialectal German gestertag (“yesterday”), Swedish gårdag (“yesterday”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (gistradagis, “tomorrow”, adverb). Compare further Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”).
Senses: examples: text: Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.
text: Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.
text: Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
ref: 1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:
glosses: The day immediately before today; one day ago.
examples: text: yesterday's technology
text: The worker of today is different from that of yesterday.
text: All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
text: Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.
ref: 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
glosses: The past, often in terms of being outdated.
Derived terms: born yesterday
day before yesterday
remember like it was yesterday
yesterday but one
yesterday is gone
yesterday night
yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
yesterday-today-tomorrow
yesterday
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɛstədeɪ/
ipa: /ˈjɛstədɪ/
ipa: /ˈjɛstɚdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈjɛstɚdi/
ipa: /ˈjɪstɚdeɪ/
ipa: /ˈjɪstɚdi/
Etymology: From Middle English yesterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, ȝisterdai, from Old English ġiestrandæġ, ġister dæġ, ġestor dæġ, ġeostran dæġ (“yesterday”), by surface analysis, yester- + day. Cognate with Scots yisterday, yesterday (“yesterday”), Saterland Frisian jässendeeg, järsendeges (“yesterday”, adverb), West Frisian justerdei (“yesterday”), Dutch gisterdag (“yesterday”), dialectal German gestertag (“yesterday”), Swedish gårdag (“yesterday”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 (gistradagis, “tomorrow”, adverb). Compare further Dutch gisteren (“yesterday”), German gestern (“yesterday”).
Senses: examples: text: I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.
synonyms: word: the last day
antonyms: tomorrow
glosses: On the day before today.
examples: text: I want this done yesterday!
text: I need it yesterday!
glosses: As soon as possible.
Related terms: yester
yesterevening
yestern
yesternight
yesternoon
yestersol
yesteryear
yestreen
ereyesterday
hesternal
last night
nudiustertian
today
tomorrow night
tonight
company
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/
ipa: /ˈkɒmp(ə)ni/
ipa: /ˈkʌmpəni/
note: Indic
ipa: /kəmp(ə)ˈni/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɔmp(ə)ni/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /kəmˈpeni/
rhymes: -ʌmpni
rhymes: -ʌmpəni
Forms: form: companies
form: companying
form: companied
form: companied
form: companie
Etymology: From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion.
Displaced native Old English werod, gefer, getæl, and hired.
Senses: examples: text: Ye dooe knowe howe thatt hytt ys an vnlawefull thynge for a man beynge a iewe to company or come vnto an alient […].
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts x:[28], folio clxix, recto:
text: it was with a distinctly fallen countenance that his father hearkened to his mother's parenthetical request to “’bide hyar an’ company leetle Moses whilst I be a-milkin’ the cow.”
ref: 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 2:
glosses: To accompany, keep company with.
examples: text: Men which have companied with us all the time.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 1:21:
glosses: To associate.
examples: text: If thee list unto the Court to throng
[…]there thou needs must learne, to laugh, to lie,
To face, to forge, to scoffe, to companie.
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To be a lively, cheerful companion.
examples: text: companying with Infidels may not be simply condemned
ref: a. 1656, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. I. F.:
glosses: To have sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: sense: to accompany
word: attend
sense: to accompany
word: escort
sense: to accompany
word: go with
sense: to have sexual intercourse
word: fornicate
word: have sex
word: make love
word: copulate
forecast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːkɑːst/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹkæst/
ipa: /ˈfoːkɐːst/
Forms: form: forecasts
form: forecasting
form: forecast
form: forecast
form: forecasted
form: forecasted
Etymology: From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- + cast.
The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast.
Senses: examples: text: to forecast the weather, or a storm
text: to forecast a rise in prices
text: Within six months, the total number of passengers forecast to use the line in the entire first year (650,000) had already been passed. For the first 12 months, the figure was in excess of 1.2 million. And overall, it has grown year-on-year, reaching over two million in 2018-19.
ref: 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52:
glosses: To estimate how something will be in the future.
glosses: To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance.
examples: text: And, if it happen as I did forecaſt, / The dainteſt diſhes ſhall be ſerv'd up laſt.
ref: 1626 (date written), John Milton, “At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, […]”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], published 1673, →OCLC, page 64:
glosses: To contrive or plan beforehand.
forecast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːkɑːst/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹkæst/
ipa: /ˈfoːkɐːst/
Forms: form: forecasts
Etymology: From Middle English forecasten, forcasten, equivalent to fore- + cast.
The noun is from Middle English forecast, forcast.
Senses: glosses: An estimation of a future condition.
examples: text: The forecast said it'll be blowy tomorrow
text: It's nice to anticipate sunny weather, but it's a good idea to carry an umbrella just in case the forecasts prove overly optimistic.
ref: 2024 April 19, Charles Hugh Smith, Living on Uneasy Street:
glosses: An estimation of a future condition.
A prediction of the weather.
topics: gambling
games
glosses: exacta
Derived terms: backcast
ecoforecast
forecastability
forecastable
forecaster
forecast lead time
hindcast
misforecast
non-forecast airlift
nowcast
reforecast
reverse forecast
shipping forecast
tricast
unforecast
weathercast
weather forecast
wishcast
also
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.səʊ/
ipa: /ˈɔl.soʊ/
ipa: /ˈɑl.soʊ/
ipa: /ˈɔlt.soʊ/
ipa: /ˈɑlt.soʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔːɫ.so(ː)]
rhymes: -ɔːlsoʊ
Etymology: From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone had eggs for breakfast, but Alice also had toast.
text: The subject of denoting is of very great importance, not only in logic and mathematics, but also in the theory of knowledge.
ref: 1905, Bertrand Russell, On Denoting:
text: Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].
ref: 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
text: Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
ref: 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
glosses: In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
examples: text: […] thereupon the queen's majesty […] did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]
ref: c. 1709, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion:
glosses: To the same degree or extent; so, as.
Synonyms: too
eke
as well
so
Derived terms: also known as
also-ran
not only … but also
also
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːl.səʊ/
ipa: /ˈɔl.soʊ/
ipa: /ˈɑl.soʊ/
ipa: /ˈɔlt.soʊ/
ipa: /ˈɑlt.soʊ/
ipa: [ˈɔːɫ.so(ː)]
rhymes: -ɔːlsoʊ
Etymology: From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.
Senses: glosses: and in addition
add
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăd
ipa: /æd/
rhymes: -æd
homophone: ad
Forms: form: adds
Etymology: From Middle English adden, from Latin addō (“add, give unto”).
Senses: examples: text: In a typical week, 10 to 15 songs may be up for consideration as “adds” of new songs for the station's playlist.
ref: 2006, David Baskerville, Music Business Handbook and Career Guide, page 370:
text: Effectiveness of their work is measured by the number of “adds” they receive on the airplay charts of major trades.
ref: 2013, Russ Hepworth-Sawyer, From Demo to Delivery:
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: The addition of a song to a station's playlist.
examples: text: List the number of adds and multiplies for each of the forms (6) , (7), and (8).
ref: 2004, C. K. Birdsall, A. B. Langdon, Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation, page 75:
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: An act or instance of adding.
examples: text: When the player has fought the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with.
topics: video-games
glosses: An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target.
acacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.sjə/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
rhymes: -eɪʃə
Forms: form: acacias
form: acaciae
Etymology: From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.
Senses: examples: 1997, Kenneth M. Old, Ian A. Hood, Zi Qing Yuan, Diseases of Tropical Acacias in Northern Queensland, K. M. Old, Su Lee See, J. K. Sharma (editors), Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at Subanjeriji (South Sumatra) 28 April - 2 May 1996, page 1,
The latter species was collected only once in this survey on A. flavescens but is widespread on both tropical and temperate acacias in Australia.
glosses: A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia).
glosses: A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia).
glosses: Gum arabic; gum acacia.
glosses: Any of several related trees, such as a locust tree.
glosses: A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
glosses: A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
acacia:
acacia
Synonyms: sense: shrub or tree of the genus Acacia
english: Australian varieties
translation: Australian varieties
word: wattle
sense: shrub or tree of the genus Acacia
word: thorntree
sense: shrub or tree of the genus Acacia
word: whistling thorn
sense: inspissated juice of several species of Acacia
word: gum acacia
sense: inspissated juice of several species of Acacia
word: gum arabic
Derived terms: word: acacetin
word: Acacia Avenue
word: acacia gum
word: acacialike
taxonomic: Melaniparus thruppi
word: acacia tit
word: acacia veld
word: acaciin
word: acacin
taxonomic: Robinia pseudoacacia
word: false acacia
word: gum acacia
taxonomic: Acacia paradoxa
word: kangaroo acacia
taxonomic: Vachellia karroo
word: Karoo acacia
taxonomic: Acacia paradoxa
word: paradox acacia
taxonomic: Robinia hispida
word: rose-acacia
taxonomic: Senegalia rugata
word: soap acacia
taxonomic: Acacia acuminata
word: stinking acacia
taxonomic: Acacia auriculiformis
word: yellow acacia
acacia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.sjə/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
rhymes: -eɪʃə
Forms: form: acacias
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: topics: classical-studies
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
gleaming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Forms: form: more gleaming
form: most gleaming
Senses: examples: text: The knight rode into battle with a gleaming sword.
text: The city skyline looked beautiful under the gleaming lights.
glosses: Having a bright sheen.
Derived terms: gleamingly
gleaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Forms: form: gleamings
Senses: glosses: A flash of reflected light.
Synonyms: shining
glowing
glinting
gleaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡliːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gleam
bollocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒ.ləks/
ipa: /ˈbɒ.ləks/
Forms: form: bollockses
form: bollocksing
form: bollocksed
form: bollocksed
form: b******s
form: b****cks
Etymology: From Middle English ballokes (plural of ballok), from Old English beallucas (nominative plural of bealluc). By surface analysis, bollock + -s. Compare cullion.
Senses: examples: text: The telly's bollocksed.
glosses: To break.
examples: text: I bollocksed that exam.
glosses: (also bollocks up) To fail (a task); to make a mess of.
bollocks
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒ.ləks/
ipa: /ˈbɒ.ləks/
Forms: form: b******s
form: b****cks
Etymology: From Middle English ballokes (plural of ballok), from Old English beallucas (nominative plural of bealluc). By surface analysis, bollock + -s. Compare cullion.
Senses: examples: text: Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!
glosses: An expression of anger, frustration, etc.
examples: text: Bollocks! That never happened!
glosses: An expression of incredulity.
Synonyms: word: Horlicks
sense: expression of anger
word: dammit
sense: expression of frustration
word: screw this
sense: expression of incredulity
word: bullshit
bollocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒ.ləks/
ipa: /ˈbɒ.ləks/
Forms: form: b******s
form: b****cks
Etymology: See bollock
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bollock
hiding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Etymology: See hide (Etymology 1)
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hide
Derived terms: complexity-hiding proxy
data hiding
hidingly
hiding place
hiding-place
hiding to nothing
information hiding
in hiding
hiding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: hidings
Etymology: See hide (Etymology 1)
Senses: examples: text: After the leaked scandalous stories about his personal life, the celebrity remained in hiding for a few weeks.
glosses: A state of concealment.
glosses: A place of concealment.
hiding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: hidings
Etymology: See hide (Etymology 2)
Senses: glosses: Skinning (of an animal) to yield a hide (for human use).
glosses: A beating or spanking.
TDMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TDMAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of time division multiple access.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of tridiagonal matrix algorithm.
Related terms: FDMA
CDMA
network
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛt.wɜːk/
ipa: /ˈnɛt.wɝk/
rhymes: -ɛtwɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: networks
form: networking
form: networked
form: networked
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *neHd-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Germanic *natją
Proto-West Germanic *nati
Old English nett
Middle English net
English net
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc
Middle English werk
English work
English network
Compound of net + work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses. Cognate with German Netzwerk.
Senses: examples: text: Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.
glosses: To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
examples: text: If we network his machine to the server, he will be able to see all the files.
glosses: To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
glosses: To interconnect a group or system.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.
mobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊbaɪl/
ipa: /ˈmoʊbəl/
ipa: /ˈmoʊbil/
ipa: /ˈmoʊbaɪl/
note: sculpture always
ipa: /ˈmoʊbil/
homophone: Mobile
note: Indic
ipa: /mɵˈbajl/
Forms: form: mobiles
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mōbilis (“easy to be moved, moveable”), from moveō (“move”).
Senses: antonyms: stabile
qualifier: sculpture
glosses: A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.
examples: text: Mobiles squerking, mobiles chirping / Take the money and run
ref: 2000, “Idioteque”, in Kid A, performed by Radiohead:
text: Pinned against my neighbours, I could feel small hands, fleeting as lizards, fluttering lightly through my pockets in search of money, mobile, wallet.
ref: 2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
synonyms: cell phone
glosses: Ellipsis of mobile phone.
examples: text: there are many business opportunities in mobile
glosses: The internet accessed via mobile devices.
examples: text: […] if the constrained "immobiles" are given the same transportation access as the unconstrained "mobiles". […] We concentrated on a mobile teenager population that had good public transportation or automobile access and a[…]
ref: 1963, Highway Research Record:
text: Table 6.5 does indeed show that non-changers were more contented […] For Table 6.7 shows that even when we take account of the initial differences between the mobiles and immobiles, the mobiles' ratings of job characteristics move strongly in a positive direction while all the immobiles' record negative shifts. So the pattern is clear and consistent: jobs get better for movers and worse for non-movers.
ref: 1988 February 25, Nigel Nicholson, Michael West, Managerial Job Change: Men and Women in Transition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 132:
text: One ex-airwoman recalls meal times for both 'mobiles' and 'immobiles', when they sat on backless benches at long bare tables. The 'immobiles' brought in their own food, crockery and cutlery. A free-standing iron range was used[…]
ref: 2005 July 19, Ian M. Philpott, The Royal Air Force: The Trenchard Years, 1918–1929, Casemate Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: One who moves or can move (e.g. to travel).
topics: video-games
glosses: Synonym of mob (“non-player character”).
synonyms: word: mob
extra: non-player character
Derived terms: blingmobile
mobile-first
mobileless
moby
Related terms: mobility
mobilization
mobilize
move
mobile phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobile phones
Etymology: From mobile + phone.
Senses: synonyms: mobile telephone
portable phone
portable telephone
radio telephone
radio-telephone
radiotelephone
hypernyms: phone
telephone
glosses: A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network with radio transmissions
synonyms: cell
cell phone
cellular
cellular mobile
cellular phone
cellular telephone
cellphone//handphone
mobile
mobile telephone
hypernyms: phone
telephone
glosses: A portable telephone that connects with the cellular telephone network
CDMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of Code Division Multiple Access.
Related terms: topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: FDMA
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: TDMA
CDMA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Commercial Development and Marketing Association.
AMPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome
AMPS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Advanced Mobile Phone System, American Mobile Phone System, Analog Mobile Phone System.
glosses: All Media and Products Survey.
Related terms: mobile phone
TACS
TACS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Total Access Communication System.
Related terms: ETACS
mobile phone
SMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: S.M.S.
form: S. M. S.
Senses: examples: text: The second spot, “One Thing,” shows the unlikely custom car shop workin', musclebound dude-bro, who loves his iPhone because it consolidates the iPod, camera, cell phone and SMS device he used to carry around in “a little bag.”
ref: 2007 October 15, Eric Newman, “iPhone is different things to different dudes”, in Brandweek, volume 48, →ISSN, page 226:
text: As of 2021, only 2.6% of Twitter users had a 2FA method enabled – and of those, 74.4% used SMS authentication, a Twitter account security report said.
ref: 2023 February 18, Ramishah Maruf, “Twitter to charge for SMS two-factor authentication”, in CNN Business:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
coordinate_terms: MMS
glosses: Initialism of short message service: a system enabling cell phones to send or receive text messages.
SMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: SMSes
form: SMSs
form: S.M.S.
form: S. M. S.
Senses: examples: text: The Empower Interactive survey found that more than 7 of 10 cellphone users considered any form of unsolicited SMSs, or text messages, unacceptable.
ref: 2004 July 5, Nicola Clark, “Wireless: Consumers seek help in cutting mobile spam”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2025:
synonyms: text
coordinate_terms: MMS
glosses: A text message sent using the short message service.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: Initialism of special mint set.
glosses: Initialism of salesman sample.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Smith-Magenis syndrome.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of short man syndrome.
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: SPS
glosses: Initialism of stiff man syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of safety management system: a system designed to identify and manage occupational safety and health risks.
glosses: Initialism of senior minister of state.
SMS
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: SMSes
form: SMSing
form: SMSed
form: SMSed
form: S.M.S.
form: S. M. S.
Senses: examples: text: I SMSed him and asked why he was late.
text: I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.
synonyms: text
glosses: To send a message on a cell phone via short message service.
SMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: S.M.S.
form: S. M. S.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Sega Master System.
SMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: S.M.S.
form: S. M. S.
Etymology: From German SMS.
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
coordinate_terms: HM
HMS
HBMS
HSMS
HSwMS
HDMS
HDaMS
HNLMS
HNMS
HNoMS
SM
Zr.Ms.
Hr.Ms.
glosses: SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His Majesty's Ship" in German;
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
coordinate_terms: HM
HMS
HBMS
HSMS
HSwMS
HDMS
HDaMS
HNLMS
HNMS
HNoMS
SM
Zr.Ms.
Hr.Ms.
glosses: SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His Majesty's Ship" in German;
A ship prefix for a ship in the navy of the Empire of Germany (usually for the period leading to WWI and WWI)
synonyms: HIGMS
wireless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪə.ləs/
ipa: /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/
Etymology: From wire + -less.
Senses: glosses: Not having any wires.
examples: text: wireless headphones
text: wireless charging
text: Ozma, observing this action in her Magic Picture, at once caught up a similar instrument from a table beside her and held it to her own ear. The two instruments recorded the same delicate vibrations of sound and formed a wireless telephone, an invention of the Wizard. Those separated by any distance were thus enabled to converse together with perfect ease.
ref: 1914, L. Frank Baum, Tik-Tok of Oz:
glosses: Functioning without an external wired connection
Synonyms: cordless
Derived terms: wireless adapter
wireless cable
wireless fidelity
wireless modem
wireless network
wireless phone
wireless telegraph
wireless telegraphy
wireless telephony
wireless
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪə.ləs/
ipa: /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/
Forms: form: wirelesses
Etymology: From wire + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology.
text: It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”
ref: 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
glosses: The medium of radio communication.
examples: text: If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Wireless connectivity to a computer network.
examples: text: Let's switch on the wireless and listen to the news.
text: I heard you on my wireless back in '52
ref: 1979, Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, Bruce Woolley, “Video Killed the Radio Star”:
text: In the corner of that dark back room stood a black and white television—their one nod to modernity—and beside it, two old wirelesses and a headset that had not seen action since the TV arrived.
ref: 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 2:
glosses: A radio set.
Derived terms: coconut wireless
mukluk wireless
wirelessless
wireless operator
wireless
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪə.ləs/
ipa: /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/
Forms: form: wirelesses
form: wirelessing
form: wirelessed
form: wirelessed
Etymology: From wire + -less.
Senses: examples: text: At 3:30 A.M. a huge Zeppelin flew across the British battle line, wirelessing down to any Germans still to the westward the best way to get home.
ref: 1919, William Charles Henry Wood, Flag and Fleet:
text: Just outside Piraeus we circled low over a capsized fishing-boat, a grisly wreck in the crystal blue water, and wirelessed a description of it to the mainland.
ref: 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 1:
glosses: To send (a message) by wireless/radio.
first
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜːst/
ipa: /fɔːst/
ipa: /fɪrst/
ipa: /fʌrst/
enpr: fŭrst
ipa: /fɚst/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /fʊːɹs/
ipa: [fɚːst]
ipa: [fəɹst]
ipa: /fɜ(r)sʈ/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /fə(r)sʈ/
ipa: /fʊrst/
ipa: /fɪrst/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Forms: form: 1st
form: Ist
form: I
form: I.
form: firste
form: fyrst
form: fyrste
Etymology: From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“foremost, first”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *fur, *fura, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pero- (“forward, beyond, around”), equivalent to fore + -est.
Cognate with North Frisian foarste (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Swedish först (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst (“first”), Icelandic fyrstur (“first”).
Other cognates include Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “first”) and Russian первый (pervyj).
Senses: examples: text: Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook.
text: I plunged nose first into the water.
text: That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.
ref: 2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 29:
glosses: Before anything else; firstly.
examples: text: I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old.
glosses: For the first time.
qualifier: Southeast Asia
glosses: Now.
first
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜːst/
ipa: /fɔːst/
ipa: /fɪrst/
ipa: /fʌrst/
enpr: fŭrst
ipa: /fɚst/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /fʊːɹs/
ipa: [fɚːst]
ipa: [fəɹst]
ipa: /fɜ(r)sʈ/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /fə(r)sʈ/
ipa: /fʊrst/
ipa: /fɪrst/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Forms: form: firsts
form: 1st
form: Ist
form: I
form: I.
form: firste
form: fyrst
form: fyrste
Etymology: From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“foremost, first”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *fur, *fura, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pero- (“forward, beyond, around”), equivalent to fore + -est.
Cognate with North Frisian foarste (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Swedish först (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst (“first”), Icelandic fyrstur (“first”).
Other cognates include Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “first”) and Russian первый (pervyj).
Senses: examples: text: He was the first to complete the course.
text: Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
ref: 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations:
glosses: The person or thing in the first position.
glosses: The first gear of an engine.
examples: text: This is a first. For once he has nothing to say.
text: I remember other firsts: how I wussily asked her out the first time, and the first time I told her I loved her.
ref: 2020, Jim Pace, Should We Fire God?:
glosses: Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
examples: text: There was a close play at first.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: First base.
examples: text: [Stephen Hawking] […] would go to Cambridge, he said, if they gave him a first, and stay at Oxford if they gave him a second. He got a first.
ref: 2004, William H. Cropper, Great Physicists, page 454:
glosses: A first-class honours degree.
glosses: A first-edition copy of some publication.
examples: text: one forty-first of the estate
glosses: A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.
first
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜːst/
ipa: /fɔːst/
ipa: /fɪrst/
ipa: /fʌrst/
enpr: fŭrst
ipa: /fɚst/
note: Local Dublin
ipa: /fʊːɹs/
ipa: [fɚːst]
ipa: [fəɹst]
ipa: /fɜ(r)sʈ/
note: non-rhotic, also
ipa: /fə(r)sʈ/
ipa: /fʊrst/
ipa: /fɪrst/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Forms: form: firsts
Etymology: From Middle English first, furst, fyrst, from Old English fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *frestaz, *fristiz, *frestą (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also frist.
Senses: glosses: Time; time granted; respite.
CEPT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Conference of European Posts and Telegraphs.
GSM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The entire rail network has long operated its own masts, used for communicating with drivers. But they are largely GSM. That's 2G to us -yesterday's tech.
ref: 2025 October 1, Paul Clifton, “Reaching out for superfast WiFi”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 50:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Initialism of Global System for Mobile communications.
GSM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GSMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gender or sexual minority (compare GSRM).
glosses: Initialism of grenache, Shiraz (Syrah), Mourvèdre, a kind of blended red wine.
examples: text: The team implemented a zone-batch-wave picking process, where volunteers simultaneously pick merchandise in their assigned zones, to optimize volunteer utilization and order fulfillment. Each volunteer was assigned a zone in the warehouse (Volunteer A to Zone A, Volunteer B to Zone B, etc.) and worked on each order one at a time together. As seen in Figure 2, foot travel is minimized and orders are able to be picked in an optimal manner. The process simulation and results can be found in Section 5, Discrete-Event Simulation Analysis
ref: 2023 May 4, Nicole Dates, Aigin Hertel-Bernstein, Izabella Bostina, Connor Lounsbery, Tyler Lounsbery and Sang Won Yoon, “Using Simulation and UI/UX for Optimizing Warehouse Processes of Non-Profit Corporations”, in Proceedings of the Annual General Donald R. Keith Memorial Conference, United States, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2024:
text: To simplify tracking GSM deadlines for both members and staff, the deadlines for conductor applications/moderator nominations and for topic submissions will be combined into one single deadline.
ref: 2024 December 15, Frumple, “December 2024 GSM Results”, in Minecart Rapid Transit:
glosses: Initialism of general staff meeting.
Hypernyms: topics: mobile-telephony
telephony
telecommunications
communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: 2G
Hyponyms: topics: mobile-telephony
telephony
telecommunications
communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: GSM-R
Related terms: topics: telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
sense: mobile
word: GPRS
topics: telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
sense: mobile
word: PCS
sense: gender and sexual minorities
word: GM
sense: gender and sexual minorities
word: SM
ETSI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of European Telecommunication Standards Institute.
digital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/
Forms: form: digitals
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A digital option.
examples: text: He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.
glosses: Digital equipment or technology.
examples: text: Initially, traditional watchmakers could not see much future in digitals.
ref: 2000, Amy Glasmeier, Manufacturing Time, page 209:
glosses: Ellipsis of digital watch.
coordinate_terms: traditional
glosses: Ellipsis of digital art.
examples: text: Beginning with the keyboard, direct attention to the grouping of the black digitals, and show that though at the outer edge of the keyboard the white digitals look as if they were all equally close neighbours, yet, […]
ref: c.1920?, Annie Jessy Gregg Curwen, The Teacher's Guide to Mrs. Curwen's Pianoforte Method (The Child Pianist)
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
examples: text: […] turning round as he reached the door, he placed his digitals in close proximity to his proboscis, saying—“I guess there an't anything green about this child!' and left the Professor in utter astonishment […]
ref: 1853, Yankee Notions, volume 2, page 137:
text: […] with grave complacency wiggles his digitals, and turns away with a scornful smile playing upon his countenance.
ref: 1855, North Carolina University Magazine, volume 3, page 23:
glosses: A finger.
SIM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Clipping of simulation.
glosses: Clipping of SIM card
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Acronym of social influence marketing.
examples: text: Despite the ongoing health crisis, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered phone operators in the country to block SIM cards not linked to a national identity number (NIN), used to bundle together biometric records such as fingerprints and headshots.
ref: 2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Acronym of Subscriber Identity Module.
qualifier: microscopy
glosses: Acronym of scanning ion microscope.
topics: law
glosses: Acronym of search of the index map.
qualifier: computer security
glosses: Initialism of security information management.
Derived terms: SIM farm
PSTN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PSTNs
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
coordinate_terms: public
switched
telephone
network
POTS
plain old telephone system
glosses: Initialism of public switched telephone network
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
coordinate_terms: packet
switched
telephone
network
packet switching
packet-switched
CSTN
circuit-switched telphone network
glosses: Initialism of packet-switched telephone network
ISDN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ISDNs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of isosorbide dinitrate.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of integrated services digital network.
Related terms: topics: telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: BRI
topics: telecommunications
electrical-engineering
communications
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: PRI
radio
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪdiˌəʊ/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪdiˌoʊ/
Forms: form: radios
form: radioes
form: radioing
form: radioed
form: radioed
Etymology: Short for radiotelegraphy.
Senses: examples: I think the boat is sinking; we'd better radio for help. / I radioed him already. / Radio the coordinates this time. / OK. I radioed them the coordinates.
glosses: To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
examples: text: “Could you call them here? I'd like to talk to them. Or if they're out in the field, radio them in.”
ref: 2002, Jack Dave, Death Bridge, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 40:
text: When I told him that they weren't back yet, he asked if we could radio them back early […] Radioing them in was fine with me.
ref: 2006, Angie Morgan with Courtney Lynch, Leading from the front: no excuse leadership tactics for women, page 111:
text: When she arrived, she was told that Tad wasn't there and to have a seat and wait while they radioed him in.
ref: 2006, Kimberly Johnson, Amy's Secret, page 14:
glosses: To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
Derived terms: radio ahead
IMEI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IMEIs
Senses: examples: text: I pulled my precious emergency burner phone out of my backpack, because the Feds can track your SIM card and the IMEI number that identifies your phone.
ref: 2021, Ben Aaronovitch, What Abigail Did That Summer, Gollancz, page 102:
glosses: Initialism of International Mobile Equipment Identity.