cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ogham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊ.əm/
note: see the usage notes
ipa: /ˈɒɡəm/
rhymes: -oʊəm
Forms: form: Oghams
form: ogham
form: ogam
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish ogham, from Middle Irish ogam, from Proto-Celtic *ogmos (“furrow, path”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óǵmos.
The Irish word is frequently folk-etymologized as og-úaim, referring to ogham being supposedly made by the point of a sharp weapon, but this approach faces serious phonological and morphological problems in that:
* The name of ogham and the supposed second element (úaimm (“seam”)?) inflected very differently in Early Irish, "ogham" being an o-stem and the second element being a neuter n-stem.
* Middle Irish ogmóir (“skilled in ogham”) should have a vowel in between the g and m because vowels lengthened by compensatory lengthening after consonant loss are usually not syncopated in Early Irish.
Senses: glosses: A single character in this alphabet.
Related terms: beth luis nion
beth luis fern
enact
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnækt/
rhymes: -ækt
Forms: form: enacts
form: enacting
form: enacted
form: enacted
Etymology: From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).
Senses: examples: text: The practical effect of the Government's new anti-strike bill on the rail disputes in Great Britain is awaited, after the legislation was enacted.
ref: 2023 December 27, Mel Holley, “Network News: Minimum Service Levels legislation comes into force”, in RAIL, number 999, page 14:
topics: law
glosses: To make (a bill) into law.
examples: text: I did enact Julius Caesar.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: To act the part of; to play.
examples: text: The king enacts more wonders than a man.
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
glosses: To do; to effect.
Derived terms: coenact
enactability
enactable
enactably
enacter
enaction
enactive
enactment
enactor
enacture
preenact
reenact
unenacted
Related terms: act
round the Horn
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of around the Horn.
round the Horn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rounds the Horn
form: rounding the Horn
form: rounded the Horn
form: rounded the Horn
Senses: examples: text: The entire crew was nervous as they began to round the Horn.
glosses: To sail around Cape Horn.
Related terms: Cape Horn
around the horn
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: After a strike-out, it's common for the players to throw the ball around the horn (as long as no one's on base).
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: Around the infield.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of around the Horn.
plumbum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin plumbum.
Senses: examples: text: He says that “in a tumor which bore a strong resemblance to an osteocele, of a most intractable character,” the pain was soon relieved and the tumefaction disappeared, after the use of two globules of plumbum, and then asks if the infinitesimal dose of plumbum produced its resolution; […]
ref: 1846 August 11, L. Woodruff, “Dr. Ingall’s Case of Tumor”, in J[erome] V[an] C[rowninsfield] Smith, editor, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, volume XXXV, Boston, Mass.: David Clapp, […], published 1847:
text: My experience with plumbum has not been extensive, and the results, so far, not very encouraging, but it must be admitted that my employment of this medicine has been in the most hopeless cases. The lack of uniformity of action of plumbum, and the fact that the majority of a city population are daily subjected to its influence in minute doses through the water supply, may also account for an uncertainty of its therapeutic action.
ref: 1916 November 15, Fritz C. Askenstedt, “Some High Blood-Pressure Remedies”, in The North American Journal of Homeopathy, 69th year, Chicago, Ill.: American Medical Union, published 1921, page 1117:
text: Rabbits were given 100 mcg of cadmium ions and 100 mcg of plumbum ions orally every 2 days for 2 weeks and then as much as 3 cm³ of it was drawn. The total of 1 cm³ was used to determine the levels of cadmium and plumbum in the blood.
ref: 2016, Muchlisyam, Jansen Silalahi, Urip Harahap, “Hemicellulose: Isolation and Its Application in Pharmacy”, in Vijay Kumar Thakur, Manju Kumari Thakur, editors, Handbook of Sustainable Polymers: Processing and Applications, Boca Raton, Fla.: Pan Stanford Publishing, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 330:
glosses: Lead.
Related terms: Pb
plumb
plumbaceous
plumbane
plumber
plumbic
plumbiferous
plumbism
plumbous
plumb-
plumbo-
plumbum argentarium
trader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪdə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈtɹeɪdɚ/
homophone: traitor stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -eɪdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: traders
Etymology: From trade + -er.
Senses: examples: text: On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs. Brentford match. It caused controversy, with Sunderland traders protesting that their shops were just as good as those in Leeds.
ref: 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:
glosses: One who earns a living by trading goods or securities.
Derived terms: contra-trader
day trader
day-trader
floor trader
free trader
horse trader
horse-trader
missing trader fraud
noise trader
rogue trader
slave-trader
slave trader
sole trader
thneed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθniːd/
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: thneeds
Etymology: Coined in 1972 by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel in the children's book The Lorax.
Senses: examples: text: Do You Really, I Mean REALLY, Need a Thneed?
ref: 2000, David Kumar, Daryl Chubin, Science, Technology, and Society: A Sourcebook on Research and Practice, page 221:
text: I needed orange juice, a toothbrush, a blood transfusion, a Bloody Mary, Abigale Ponders, Leslie Cunningham, a Thneed, someone to watch over me, a miracle every day—anything but a moment of truth between myself and Zelmo Swift.
ref: 2004, Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude, page 361:
text: Call now—the remarkable 'thneed' is available only while supplies last...”
ref: 2012, Shauna Springer, Marriage, for Equals: The Successful Joint (Ad)Ventures of Well-Educated Couples, page 12:
glosses: A useless product which is advertised as being needed by everybody, but which in fact no one needs.
wikipedia: The Lorax
boot camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boot camps
Etymology: From boot in the US military slang sense of “new recruit” + camp.
Senses: glosses: Initial, basic indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for new recruits in the armed forces (army, Air Force, navy and Marine Corps).
glosses: A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
examples: text: We will institute a boot camp for training the sales force in these new products.
glosses: Any short, often intensive course of training.
Synonyms: basic training
practice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹæktɪs/
rhymes: -æktɪs
Forms: form: practices
form: practicing
form: practiced
form: practiced
Etymology: The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica.
The verb is from Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyse, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin prācticāre, from Late Latin prācticus, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós).
The spelling practice is attested once in Middle English for both the noun and the verb. The noun began to be assimilated in spelling to nouns in -ice; practise (noun) is now obsolete.
Senses: examples: text: I have been a liberal housekeeper enough, but I shall not be ashamed to practice economy now.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter III, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 57:
glosses: Alternative spelling of practise.
Derived terms: outpractice
practiced
practicer
practicing
unpracticed
dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɑːns/
note: Received Pronunciation, Cockney, Estuary, Jamaica
ipa: [dɑːns]
ipa: /dæns/
ipa: [dɛəns]
ipa: [deəns]
ipa: [dæns]
ipa: [dans]
ipa: [däns]
ipa: [dæːns]
note: Cultivated Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [däːns]
note: Cultivated Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [dɐːns]
ipa: [ɖɑːns]
rhymes: -ɑːns
rhymes: -æns
Forms: form: dances
Etymology: Related to dancy, dancetté, French danché.
Senses: examples: text: The fact appears to have been that Simon de Montacute bore two coats; the one, Argent, three fusils, which it is most probable was a corruption of a fess dancette, or a dance, Gules; and the other, Azure, a griffin segreant[…]
ref: 1828, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Walter (of Exeter), The Siege of Carlaverock in the XXVIII Edward I. A. D. MCCC, page 243:
text: It is as follows - being headed by a shield of arms in colours - gold with a dance gules between three croslets fitchy gules.
ref: 1902, The Ancestor: A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities ..., page 85:
text: Or, a dance gules, in chief 3 lions' faces sable.
ref: 1922, Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, page 189:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
Synonyms: word: dance
Hyponyms: word: allemande
word: beguine
word: bergamask
word: bolero
word: bossa-nova
word: boston
word: bourrée
word: bransle
word: buck-and-wing
word: cabriole
word: cakewalk
word: canary
word: cancan
word: capoeira
word: carioca
word: cha-cha
word: chaconne
word: cinque-pace
word: conga
word: contredanse
word: cotillion
word: courante
word: czardas
word: disco
word: doppio
word: ductia
word: dump
word: estampie
word: fandango
word: farandole
word: farruca
word: flamenco
word: foxtrot
word: galliard
word: galop
word: gavotte
word: gigue
word: habanera
word: haka
word: hop
word: hora
word: hornpipe
word: hula
word: jig
word: jitterbug
word: jive
word: juba
word: kazachoc
word: kazatzka
word: ketjak
word: kolo
word: ländler
word: limbo
word: lindy
word: Macarena
word: malaguena
word: mambo
word: matachin
word: maxixe
word: mazurka
word: merengue
word: minuet
word: monster mash
word: moresco
word: morris
word: moshing
word: one-step
word: passacaglia
word: passepied
word: pavane
word: polacca
word: polka
word: polonaise
word: quadrille
word: quickstep
word: reel
word: rigadoon
word: round
word: roundel
word: rumba
word: salsa
word: saltarello
word: samba
word: sarabande
word: schottische
word: seguidilla
word: shag
word: shimmy
word: shuffle
word: slam-dancing
word: stomp
word: strathspey
word: tango
word: tarantella
word: tordion
word: tricotee
word: twist
word: two-step
word: varsovienne
word: volta
word: waltz
word: zamacueca
word: zambra
word: zapateado
word: ziganka
word: zoppetto
word: zouk
Related terms: word: :Category:Dances
receive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsiːv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: receives
form: receave
form: receyve
Etymology: From Middle English receyven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere (“take back, accept, etc.”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”); see capacious. Compare conceive, deceive, perceive. Displaced native Middle English terms in -fon/-fangen (e.g. afon, anfon, afangen, underfangen, etc. "to receive" from Old English -fōn), native Middle English thiggen (“to receive”) (from Old English þiċġan), and non-native Middle English aquilen, enquilen (“to receive”) (from Old French aquillir, encueillir).
Senses: examples: text: In the sonification of the PDE code, notes are scattered throughout a wide pitch range, and sends and receives are relatively balanced; although in the beginning of the application there are bursts of sends […]
ref: 1992, Tara M. Madhyastha, A Portable System for Data Sonification, page 71:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: An operation in which data is received.
prior
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪ.(ə)ɹ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more prior
form: most prior
Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin prior (“earlier, former, previous, prior; in front; (figurative) better, superior”), from Proto-Italic *priōs (“earlier, previous”, literally “more before”), ultimately from *pri (“before”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pró (“leading to, toward”) and its etymon *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + *-jōs (suffix forming comparative adjectives). Doublet of before, fore, and former.
The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: The doctor had known three months prior.
text: From the opening shots of the anonymous young Winterfell boy rushing to catch a glimpse of Jon Snow and Queen Daenerys Targaryen, hearkening back to those moments of the very first episode in which Arya rushed to do the same with an approaching King Robert Baratheon, the series is calling back to its beginning, suggesting (at least for now) that the wheel continues to turn, sending us back into a pattern begun seven seasons prior.
ref: 2019 April 14, Alex McLevy, “Winter is Here on Game of Thrones’ Final Season Premiere (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020:
synonyms: ago
hitherto
glosses: Chiefly followed by to: in advance, before, previously.
prior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪ.(ə)ɹ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: priors
Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin prior (“earlier, former, previous, prior; in front; (figurative) better, superior”), from Proto-Italic *priōs (“earlier, previous”, literally “more before”), ultimately from *pri (“before”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pró (“leading to, toward”) and its etymon *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + *-jōs (suffix forming comparative adjectives). Doublet of before, fore, and former.
The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective.
Senses: antonyms: posterior#Noun
qualifier: Bayesian statistics
glosses: A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
examples: text: During each of these touchpoints, I'm asking myself where and how my thesis on each holding could be wrong. I'm checking each data point as it comes in against my priors. I'm comparing management behavior to what I would be doing if I were in their shoes.
ref: 2022 July 29, Dan Roller, “Maran Partners Fund Q2 2022 Letter”, in Seeking Alpha, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
text: The votes are in, and our priors are confirmed. The truth is that midterms are nearly as predictable as death and taxes: The party that controls the White House always loses and often badly at that.
ref: 2022 November 8, Alex Shephard, “The Cards were always Stacked against Democrats”, in Michael Tomasky, editor, The New Republic, New York, N.Y.: The Republic Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2023:
antonyms: posterior#Noun
qualifier: Bayesian statistics
glosses: A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected.
In the rationalsphere: a belief supported by previous evidence or experience that one can use to make inferences about the future.
examples: text: And a little later we get the routine report on his prints from Washington, and he's got a prior back in Indiana, attempted hold-up six years ago.
ref: 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, published 1966, →OCLC, page 47:
topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: antecedent
glosses: A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record.
Derived terms: revise one's priors
update one's priors
wild
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: wīld
ipa: /waɪld/
ipa: [waɪ̯ɫd]
ipa: [ˈwaɪ̯.ɫ̩d]
rhymes: -aɪld
Etymology: From Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian wyld, Dutch wild, German wild, Danish vild, Swedish vild, Norwegian vill, Icelandic villtur.
Senses: examples: text: The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing.
glosses: Inaccurately; not on target.
examples: text: Let's record it wild.
glosses: Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
raw_tags: of an audio recording
wild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wīld
ipa: /waɪld/
ipa: [waɪ̯ɫd]
ipa: [ˈwaɪ̯.ɫ̩d]
rhymes: -aɪld
Forms: form: wilds
Etymology: From Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian wyld, Dutch wild, German wild, Danish vild, Swedish vild, Norwegian vill, Icelandic villtur.
Senses: examples: text: After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild.
glosses: The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
examples: 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
Thus every good his native wilds impart
Imprints the patriot passion on his heart;
And e’en those ills that round his mansion rise
Enhance the bliss his scanty funds supplies.
glosses: A wilderness.
Derived terms: call of the wild
in the wild
wild
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wīld
ipa: /waɪld/
ipa: [waɪ̯ɫd]
ipa: [ˈwaɪ̯.ɫ̩d]
rhymes: -aɪld
Forms: form: wilds
form: wilding
form: wilded
form: wilded
Etymology: From Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool, grass, ear (of corn), forest”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian wyld, Dutch wild, German wild, Danish vild, Swedish vild, Norwegian vill, Icelandic villtur.
Senses: examples: text: ...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding".
"It's not a term that we in the police had heard before," the chief said, noting that the police were unaware of any similar incident in the park recently. "They just said, 'We were going wilding.' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."...
ref: 1989 April 22, David E. Pitt, “Jogger's Attackers Terrorized at Least 9 in 2 Hours”, in New York Times, page 1:
text: Now is they wildin with us / And getting rowdy with us.
ref: 1999, Busta Rhymes (Trevor Taheim Smith, Jr.), Iz They Wildin Wit Us? (song)
glosses: To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang.
examples: text: They had a big influence on me. They had a big influence on Brooklyn period. I like the nonsense. [laughs] They were wildin'. Everyone in Brooklyn was liking that shit. They're wildin'. Their story in the stu, it gets deep.
ref: 2021 April 6, Shirley Ju, “The New Voice of Brooklyn is Here To 'Drench 'Em'”, in Flaunt Magazine, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2022:
text: Kinsey posted a clip of the incident alongside a caption that reads: "Damn the ER in Tulsa be wildin'."
ref: 2021 October 14, Jack Beresford, “Hospital Security Guard 'Heartbroken' After Being Fired Over Viral Video Confrontation”, in Newsweek:
text: The Ringer's Culture/NBA writer Wosney Lambre said it best: "I think it's a bad look for the players to be wilding on the fans like this. Fair or not, the players are held to a higher standard of decorum than the loser fans. It is what it is."
ref: 2022 April 20, A. Sherrod Blakely, “The Neverending Disappointment of Kyrie Irving”, in Bleacher Report:
glosses: (In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way.
wild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wīld
ipa: /waɪld/
ipa: [waɪ̯ɫd]
ipa: [ˈwaɪ̯.ɫ̩d]
rhymes: -aɪld
Forms: form: wilds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of weald.
master
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmas.tə/
note: influenced by RP
ipa: /ˈmɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmas.təɹ/
enpr: măsʹtər
ipa: /ˈmæs.tɚ/
note: Southern US, African-American Vernacular, obsolete
ipa: /ˈmɑs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmaːs.tə/
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: maistre
form: Marse
form: marse
form: mas'r
form: Master
form: mastre
form: maister
form: mayster
form: Massa
form: massa
form: massah
form: massy
form: masta
form: Mastah
form: mastah
form: mastuh
form: measter
form: mester
form: mister
Etymology: From Middle English maister, mayster, meister (noun) and maistren (verb), from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (as in magnus (“great”), also cognate of English much and mickle) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre (noun) and maistriier, maister (verb) from the same Latin source. Compare also Saterland Frisian Mäster (“master”), West Frisian master (“master”), Dutch meester (“master”), German Meister (“master”). Doublet of maestro, magister, and meister.
Senses: examples: text: a master performance
glosses: Masterful.
glosses: Main, principal or predominant.
examples: text: master batsman
text: In another minute she lay peaceful and motionless under the anæsthetic — a statue, immobile, yet expressionful, as though carved by some master hand.
ref: 1895, Marshall Mather, Lancashire Idylls, page 39:
glosses: Highly skilled.
examples: text: master copy
glosses: Original.
Derived terms: master chief petty officer
master chief warrant officer
master eye
master gunnery sergeant
master joint
master reset
master seaman
master shot
master spirit
master stock
masterstroke
master vibrator
master warrant officer
master
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmas.tə/
note: influenced by RP
ipa: /ˈmɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmas.təɹ/
enpr: măsʹtər
ipa: /ˈmæs.tɚ/
note: Southern US, African-American Vernacular, obsolete
ipa: /ˈmɑs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmaːs.tə/
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: masters
form: mastering
form: mastered
form: mastered
form: maistre
form: Marse
form: marse
form: mas'r
form: Master
form: mastre
form: maister
form: mayster
form: Massa
form: massa
form: massah
form: massy
form: masta
form: Mastah
form: mastah
form: mastuh
form: measter
form: mester
form: mister
Etymology: From Middle English maister, mayster, meister (noun) and maistren (verb), from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (as in magnus (“great”), also cognate of English much and mickle) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre (noun) and maistriier, maister (verb) from the same Latin source. Compare also Saterland Frisian Mäster (“master”), West Frisian master (“master”), Dutch meester (“master”), German Meister (“master”). Doublet of maestro, magister, and meister.
Senses: glosses: To be a master.
examples: text: Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered, even though it cost blows.
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “(please specify the section number)”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
text: Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.'
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
glosses: To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.
examples: text: It took her years to master the art of needlecraft.
glosses: To learn to a high degree of proficiency.
examples: text: […]the wealth / That the world maſters.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 183, column 2:
glosses: To own; to possess.
glosses: To make a master copy of.
raw_tags: of a musical performance
examples: text: He mastered in English at the state college.
glosses: To earn a Master's degree.
raw_tags: with in
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the verb master
word: bemaster
sense: Terms derived from the verb master
word: masterable
sense: Terms derived from the verb master
word: overmaster
sense: Terms derived from the verb master
word: overmasteringly
sense: Terms derived from the verb master
word: remaster
master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmas.tə/
note: influenced by RP
ipa: /ˈmɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmas.təɹ/
enpr: măsʹtər
ipa: /ˈmæs.tɚ/
note: Southern US, African-American Vernacular, obsolete
ipa: /ˈmɑs.tə/
ipa: /ˈmaːs.tə/
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: masters
Etymology: From mast + -er.
Senses: examples: text: a two-master
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A vessel having a specified number of masts.
Derived terms: four-master
inferior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnfîrēər
ipa: /ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Forms: form: inferiors
form: inferiour
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”).
Senses: examples: text: As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want.
antonyms: superior
glosses: A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
superior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/
ipa: /sə-/
ipa: /sʉːˈpɪə.ɹiː.ə/
ipa: /sə-/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Forms: form: superiors
form: superiour
Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).
Senses: synonyms: overling
glosses: A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
The senior person in a monastic community.
synonyms: overling
glosses: A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
topics: media
printing
publishing
synonyms: superscript
glosses: A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
possession
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈzɛʃn̩/
rhymes: -ɛʃən
Forms: form: possessions
form: possessioning
form: possessioned
form: possessioned
Etymology: From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion.
Senses: glosses: To invest with property.
inhabitant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/
Forms: form: inhabitants
form: enhabitant
Etymology: From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: I believed it in the same way one of you might believe there are inhabitants in the planet Mars. I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 216:
text: It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take the matter into their own hands.
ref: 1957 November 24, J. Spencer Gilks, “Centenary of the Bridport Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 747:
text: About 98 per cent of Taiwan's inhabitants are Han Chinese, a diverse mix of ethnic and linguistic groups, including Hakka, Cantonese and Fujianese, who came from China's southern coast. Taiwan's other two per cent are from one of the nine indigenous tribes, which are scattered throughout the island but largely concentrated along the east coast and in the Central Mountain Range.
ref: 2007 April, Julie Grundvig, “TAIWAN”, in The Asia Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 103, column 2:
synonyms: resident
dweller
glosses: Someone or thing who lives in a place.
examples: text: One way to observe this connection with mathematics is by mapping each type to its cardinality, a count of the inhabitants of that type.
ref: 2021, Martin Odersky et al., chapter 19, in Programming in Scala, 5th edition, Artima, →ISBN:
qualifier: type theory
glosses: A possible value for a type.
Synonyms: word: inhabitant
word: dweller
word: resident
word: denizen
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: city dweller
word: urbanite
word: town dweller
word: townsman
word: townswoman
word: villager
word: slum dweller
word: citizen
word: African
word: Asian
word: European
word: North American
word: Oceanian
word: South American
word: American
word: Australian
word: Chinese
word: Englishman
word: Frenchman
word: German
word: Israeli
word: Pakistani
word: Japanese
word: Spaniard
word: Alabaman
word: Albertan
word: Massachusettsian
word: Puerto Rican
word: Vermonter
word: Antwerpian
word: Chicagoan
word: Houstonian
word: Las Vegan
word: Londoner
word: Madrilenian
word: New Yorker
word: Parisian
word: San Franciscan
Derived terms: coinhabitant
inhabitancy
noninhabitant
Related terms: word: habit
word: habitation
word: habituated
word: habitué
word: inhabit
word: :Category:en:British demonyms
word: :Category:en:Demonyms for Americans
inhabitant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/
Forms: form: enhabitant
Etymology: From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant.
Senses: glosses: resident
sight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sīt
ipa: /saɪt/
rhymes: -aɪt
homophone: cite
homophone: site
Forms: form: sights
form: sighting
form: sighted
form: sighted
Etymology: From Middle English siȝht, siȝt, siht, from Old English siht, sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti, equivalent to see + -t. Cognate with Scots sicht, Saterland Frisian Sicht, West Frisian sicht, Dutch zicht, German Low German Sicht, German Sicht, Danish sigte, Swedish sikte.
Senses: examples: text: I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: to sight land from a ship
glosses: To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
examples: text: Next a point of known elevation, preferably one of the triangulation stations, is sighted; the vertical angle is read and the horizontal distance is scaled from the point of the setup on the map to the point sighted.
ref: 1912, John Herbert Farrell, Alfred Joseph Moses, Practical Field Geology, page 30:
glosses: To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
To observe through, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
examples: text: to sight a rifle or a cannon
glosses: To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
examples: text: Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger. Beside him a body collapsed, limp. It was Max. A shot had gone through his brain. Jim stared down at him, numb with horror.
ref: 2005 August 2, C. J. Cherryh, The Deep Beyond, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: So I sighted the deer with my .30—30 and fired at him. The bullet hit about ten yards below the deer. I realized that I had a problem with the gun so I aimed about ten yards above the deer as he was running and he dropped dead on the [spot].
ref: 2009, James Wright, FBI: Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity : an Autobiography, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 27:
text: This buck was finally mine. I had spent hours shooting at moving targets with that rifle and there was no way I could miss. I raised my gun and sighted through the scope.
ref: 2010 October 6, Bryce M. Towsley, Gunsmithing Made Easy: Projects for the Home Gunsmith, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
Synonyms: sense: visually register
word: see
sense: get sight of
word: espy
sense: get sight of
word: glimpse
sense: get sight of
word: spot
sense: take aim
word: aim at
sense: take aim
word: take aim at
Derived terms: resight
Related terms: see
vision
arrange
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪndʒ
Forms: form: arranges
form: arranging
form: arranged
form: arranged
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Senses: examples: text: & whan the frensshe men sawe thus the hors come, whyche was longyng to rychard, they were al affrayed and moeued, and came & opened the gate, and anone he entred in; and after that the yate was shette, they arenged them aboute the sayd hors, for compassyon of sorowe, wepyng pyetously.
ref: 1485, William Caxton, transl., edited by Sidney J. H. Herrtage, Lyf of the Noble and Crysten Prynce, Charles the Grete (in Middle English), London: Oxford UP, published 1880–81, book ij, part iij, cap. iij, page 153:
english: And when the Frenchmen saw thus the horse come, which was longing for Richard, they were all afraid and moved, and came and opened the gate, and anon he entered in; and after the gate was shut, they arranged them about the said horse for compassion of sorrow, weeping piteously.
translation: And when the Frenchmen saw thus the horse come, which was longing for Richard, they were all afraid and moved, and came and opened the gate, and anon he entered in; and after the gate was shut, they arranged them about the said horse for compassion of sorrow, weeping piteously.
bold_translation_offsets: 199
207
text: The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…].
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
synonyms: range
glosses: To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
examples: text: to arrange to meet; to arrange for supper
text: It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: To plan; to prepare in advance.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
Synonyms: word: arrange
word: array
word: classify
word: order
word: organize
word: set up
Hyponyms: word: columnarize
word: overclassify
Derived terms: arrangeability
arrangeable
arrange someone's funeral
disarrange
misarrange
overarrange
prearrange
rearrange
subarrange
unarranged
Related terms: arrangement
ring
arrange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪndʒ
Forms: form: arranges
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement
helper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛlpɚ/
Forms: form: helpers
Etymology: From Middle English helpere, from Old English *helpere, from Proto-West Germanic *helpārī (“helper”), equivalent to help + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälper (“helper”), West Frisian helper (“helper”), Dutch helper (“helper”), German Low German Helper (“helper”), German Helfer (“helper”), Danish hjælper (“helper”), Swedish hjälpare (“helper”), Icelandic hjálpar (“helper”).
Senses: glosses: One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
examples: text: While Adobe's Acrobat Reader, Macromedia's Flash player, and other common plug-ins suggest themselves the moment you encounter a site that requires them, other browser helpers are harder to find.
ref: 2005, PC World, volume 23, page 158:
text: He no longer liked food that had “helper” in the name, such as Hamburger Helper and Tuna Helper. Patsy said he'd become uppity, and maybe, when it came to food, he had.
ref: 2012, Jude Deveraux, The Mulberry Tree, page 84:
text: If a particular calculation is to be used a few times, it makes sense to put it in a helper cell so that it can be referred to by other formulas.
ref: 2014, Neale Blackwood, Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants, page 154:
glosses: That which helps; anything serving to assist.
glosses: A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee.
examples: text: A device for the automatic control of crewless helper locomotives cut into the make-up of heavy freight trains has been perfected by the Louisville & Nashville RR in conjunction with the General Railway Signalling Co.
ref: 1964 November, “Automatic helper locomotive control on the Louisville & Nashville RR, USA”, in Modern Railways, page 354:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
synonyms: banker
glosses: A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients.
examples: text: And I routinely took more “helpers” when I woke up in order to maintain the fast pace and, more importantly, to study for my final exams.
ref: 1985, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Elvis and Me, Putnam, →ISBN, page 152:
glosses: A stimulating pill, especially amphetamine.
Derived terms: domestic helper
helper dog
helper grade
helperless
helper T cell
helper-up
helper verb
helper virus
mother's little helper
oath-helper
plumber's helper
self-helper
T helper cell
firm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜɹm/
ipa: [fɚm]
ipa: /fɜːm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: firms
Etymology: From Italian firma (“signature”), from firmare (“to sign”), from Latin firmāre (“to make firm, to confirm (by signature)”), from firmus (“firm, stable”). The contemporary sense developed in the 18th century simultaneously with German Firma (“business, name of business”). There are conflicting statements in the literature as to which of the two languages influenced which. Doublet of dharma and dhamma. Other cognates include Russian держать (deržatʹ, “to hold”).
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
examples: text: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.
ref: 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
topics: business
economics
sciences
synonyms: word: business
word: company
word: enterprise
word: firm
glosses: A business enterprise, however organized.
glosses: A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism.
Derived terms: firmless
firmographics
firmwide
hooligan firm
interfirm
investment firm
law firm
levered firm
long firm
megafirm
multifirm
neglected firm effect
n-firm concentration ratio
small firm effect
superfirm
The Firm
white-shoe firm
firm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜɹm/
ipa: [fɚm]
ipa: /fɜːm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: firmer
form: firmest
Etymology: From Middle English ferme, from Old French ferme, from Latin firmus (“strong, steady”). Doublet of dharma.
Senses: examples: text: It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands.
glosses: Steadfast, secure, solid (in position)
examples: text: a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent
text: firm favourites
text: With such constant off-field turmoil Hughton’s work has been remarkable and this may have been his last game in charge. West Bromwich Albion, searching for a replacement for Roy Hodgson, are firm admirers.
ref: 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph:
glosses: Fixed (in opinion).
examples: text: He wanted to stay overnight, but I was firm with him and said he had to leave today.
glosses: Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent.
examples: text: firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy)
text: Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 219:
glosses: Durable, rigid (material state).
examples: text: […] The life that almost dies in me:
That dies not, but endures with pain,
⁠And slowly forms the firmer mind,
⁠Treasuring the look it cannot find,
The words that are not heard again.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 30:
glosses: Mentally resistant to hurt or stress.
examples: text: Although facilitators of the workshop for lesbians and bisexual women attempted to address the concerns of lesbians, little firm information emerged.
ref: 1988 April 23, Elizabeth Pincus, “Moving To Meet The Needs Of Women In The Age Of AIDS”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
text: None of the Aramaic inscriptions from the Hellenistic and Roman period that are cited in support of this hypothesis that divine messengers are identified with their sender provide any firm proof to this respect.
ref: 1999, Lucinda Dirven, The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos:
glosses: Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable.
Synonyms: decided
Derived terms: firm error
firm hand
firm hand at the tiller
firm hand on the tiller
firmish
firm line
firm link
firmly
firmness
firm power
firm up
firmware
hold firm
semifirm
stand firm
unfirm
firm
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜɹm/
ipa: [fɚm]
ipa: /fɜːm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: more firm
form: most firm
Etymology: From Middle English ferme, from Old French ferme, from Latin firmus (“strong, steady”). Doublet of dharma.
Senses: glosses: firmly, steadily
firm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜɹm/
ipa: [fɚm]
ipa: /fɜːm/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: firms
form: firming
form: firmed
form: firmed
Etymology: From Middle English fermen (“to make firm”), partly from (either through Old French fermer or directly) Latin firmō, from firmus (“firm”, adjective), and partly a new formation on the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: Stolz said the move by ClubsNSW had only firmed his resolve to keep fighting for the right to disclose information in the public interest about money laundering in registered clubs.
ref: 2022 September 22, Harriet Alexander, “‘I’ve nothing to lose’: Dying whistleblower sued by ClubsNSW”, in Sydney Morning Herald:
glosses: To make firm or strong; fix securely.
glosses: To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify.
glosses: To become firm; stabilise.
glosses: To improve after decline.
glosses: To shorten (of betting odds).
examples: text: I know you aren't feeling well, but just firm it.
glosses: To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant.
glosses: To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer.
Derived terms: firming agent
helmet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛlmɪt/
ipa: /ˈhɛlmət/
rhymes: -ɛlmɪt
Forms: form: helmets
form: helmeting
form: helmetting
form: helmeted
form: helmeted
form: helmetted
form: helmetted
form: helmette
Etymology: From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word.
Senses: examples: text: There was no nonsense about these women—no hysteria, no top-note emotion. They were not out for smashing windows or helmetting policemen, or blowing up things sky-high.
ref: 1913 August 28, “English Non-Militant Suffragists in Parade”, in The Union Signal, volume XXXIX, number 35, Evanston, Ill., page 12:
text: COMRADE, I had done well with you to swear / Allegiance to the colors of romance / In the great days when our sweet mistress, France, / Girded her loins and helmetted her hair.
ref: 1917 August, Walter Adolphe Roberts, “To a Friend Fallen for France (Alan Seeger)”, in The Forum, volume LVIII, New York, N.Y.: The Forum Publishing Company […], page 210:
text: And then they’re fleeing in a second rain of meteorites, their arms helmetting their heads, as they run away from us.
ref: 2014, Jandy Nelson, I’ll Give You the Sun, New York, N.Y.: Dial Books, →ISBN, page 96:
glosses: To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.