nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: current Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere (“to run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌɹənt/, /ˈkʊɹənt/, /ˈkɐɹənt/, /ˈkʌɹɪnt/, /ˈkɜɹɪnt/ 1. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The mantle is important to our discussion in that its viscous nature can conduct convection currents that have effects on the crust upon which we live. 2. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Ellipsis of electric current. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of electric current. Labels: South-Asia, broadly, countable, uncountable 5. A tendency or a course of events. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: current Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere (“to run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌɹənt/, /ˈkʊɹənt/, /ˈkɐɹənt/, /ˈkʌɹɪnt/, /ˈkɜɹɪnt/ 1. Existing or occurring at the moment. Example: current events Example: current leaders 2. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency. Example: current affairs Example: current bills and coins 3. Electric; of or relating to electricity. Labels: South-Asia Example: current bill Example: current shock 4. Running or moving rapidly. Labels: obsolete Example: For here we met, some ten or twelve of us, / To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.
Word: current account Part of Speech: noun 1. That part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments. 2. An account at a bank which is used for daily transactions. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Word: industrial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French industriel. By surface analysis, industry + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʌs.tɹi.əl/, /ɪnˈdɐs.tɹi.əl/, /ənˈdɐs.tɹi.əl/, /ɪnˈɖɐs.ʈɾɪ.ɐl/ 1. Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing. Example: The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately. Example: 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. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles. 2. Produced by such industry. Example: Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless. 3. Used by such industry. Example: More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel. 4. Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade. Example: This is an industrial product—it's much too strong for home use. 5. Massive in scale or quantity. 6. Employed as manpower by such industry. Example: Come, all ye workers, from every land, / Come, join in the grand industrial band; / Then we our share of this earth shall demand. 7. Having many industries; industrialized. Example: Italy is a part-industrial, part-rural nation. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless. 8. Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music. Example: a track with clashing industrial beats
Word: industrial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French industriel. By surface analysis, industry + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʌs.tɹi.əl/, /ɪnˈdɐs.tɹi.əl/, /ənˈdɐs.tɹi.əl/, /ɪnˈɖɐs.ʈɾɪ.ɐl/ 1. An employee in industry. Labels: countable, dated, obsolete, uncountable 2. An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A bond or stock issued by such a company. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A very short time later a terrible line in a financial daily—"Consols weak"—caught his agitated eye. Consols were precipitately abandoned and a "sound industrial" took their place. 4. A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Actor, director, and producer for three decades offers coaching and directing in scenes, improves, cold copy, script analysis, commercials, voice-overs, industrials, film, and stage. 5. Ellipsis of industrial music. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Example: I wish they'd play more industrial in this club. 6. Ellipsis of industrial piercing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable
Word: financial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English finance Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English financial From finance + -ial. Pronunciation: /faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/, [faɪˈnæn.ʃɫ̩], /fɪˈnæn.ʃəl/, [fɪˈnæn.ʃɫ̩], /fɑeˈnæn.ʃəl/ 1. Related to finances. Labels: not-comparable Example: For financial reasons, we're not going to be able to continue to fund this program. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today. 2. Having dues and fees paid up to date for a club or society. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jerry is a financial member of the club.
Word: financial market Part of Speech: noun 1. A market where financial securities (such as stocks and bonds) and commodities are bought and sold.
Word: trade deficit Part of Speech: noun 1. A negative balance of trade.
Word: MITI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Ministry of International Trade and Industry (of Japan). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Malaysia) Labels: Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pollution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pollucioun, pollucion (“desecration, impurity”), from Anglo-Norman pollutiun, Middle French pollution, pollucion, and their source, post-classical Latin pollūtiō (“defilement, desecration; nocturnal emission”) (4th century), from the participial stem of polluō (“to soil, defile, contaminate”), from por- (“before”) + -luō (“to smear”), related to lutum (“mud”) and luēs (“filth”). Compare Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “filth, dirt, disgrace”) and λῦμαξ (lûmax, “rubbish, refuse”), Old Irish loth (“mud, dirt”), Lithuanian lutynas (“pool, puddle”). Pronunciation: /pəˈljuːʃən/, /pəˈluːʃən/, /pəˈluʃən/ 1. Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Pollution levels are almost always higher in cities rather than the countryside, what with the cars, industry and so on. Example: If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the[…]hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates. 2. Something that pollutes; a pollutant. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The desecration of something holy or sacred; defilement, profanation. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: Men who attend the Altar, and should most / Endevor Peace: thir strife pollution brings / Upon the Temple it self […]. Example: [T]he most gallant knights that ever wielded sword wasted their lives away in a struggle to seize it and hold it sacred from infidel pollution. 4. The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: When occasioned by a voluntary act it is called, simply, Pollution or Masturbation (q.v.); when excited, during sleep, by lascivious dreams, it takes the name Noctur'nal pollution, Exoneiro'sis, Oneirog'mos, Oneirog'onos, Gonorrhœ'a dormien'tium, G. oneirog'onos, G. Vera, G. libidino'sa, Proflu'vium Sem'inis, Spermatorrhœ'a, Paronir'ia salax, Night pollution. Example: According to Billuart and other theologians, pollution in sleep is not sin, unless voluntarily caused; if, however, it begins in sleep, and is completed in the half-waking state, with a sense of pleasure, it is a venial sin. 5. Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She condescended to wait on them at Pemberley, in spite of that pollution which its woods had received.
Word: automatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automatic Borrowed from New Latin automaticus, from Classical Latin automatum (“automaton”) + -icus (adjectival suffix), from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self-moving, moving of oneself, self-acting, spontaneous”), from αὐτός (autós, “self, myself”) + μέμαα (mémaa, “to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire”). The original pronunciation, apparently with stress on the second syllable, was after the ultimate Greek base. Pronunciation: /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɔː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk], /ˌɑː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk], /ˌoː.təˈmæt.ɪk/ 1. Capable of operating without external control or intervention. Example: The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device. Example: "But you know of the automatic card-player?" […] Carrados had heard more than once casual allusions to a wonderful mechanical contrivance that played cards with discrimination. 2. Done out of habit or without conscious thought. Example: The reaction was automatic: flight! Example: Absent-minded doodling is a form of automatic art. 3. Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc. Example: Spitting at another player means an automatic red card. 4. Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted. Example: Fully automatic weapons cannot be legally owned by private citizens in the US, except in very special circumstances, as by private security companies. 5. An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns. Example: The US Army adopted John Browning's M1911 pistol as its sidearm, chambered in .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol). Example: From a little hand-bag he extracted his automatic pistol, which he put upon the mantelpiece. 6. Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls. Example: Automatic variables are created on the stack. They are valid only from the point where they are declared to the end of the function. 7. Having one or more finite-state automata.
Word: automatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automatic Borrowed from New Latin automaticus, from Classical Latin automatum (“automaton”) + -icus (adjectival suffix), from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self-moving, moving of oneself, self-acting, spontaneous”), from αὐτός (autós, “self, myself”) + μέμαα (mémaa, “to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire”). The original pronunciation, apparently with stress on the second syllable, was after the ultimate Greek base. Pronunciation: /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɔː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk], /ˌɑː.təˈmæt.ɪk/, [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk], /ˌoː.təˈmæt.ɪk/ 1. A car with an automatic transmission; the transmission itself. Example: I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic. 2. A semi-automatic pistol. Example: The G-men raiding the speakeasy were equipped with .45 automatics, while the local policemen were carrying revolvers and shotguns. Example: "I told him that if my automatic was not a spook-stopper, nothin' else would serve."
Word: pollutant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pollute Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English pollutant From pollute + -ant. Pronunciation: /pəˈl(j)uːtənt/ 1. A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities. Example: Acid rain forms when water in the atmosphere condenses on particles containing acid-forming pollutants, such as sulfate produced by the burning of fossil fuels and nitrogen oxides from automobile exhausts.
Word: pollute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”). Pronunciation: /pəˈluːt/, /pəˈljuːt/ 1. To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product. Labels: transitive Example: The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks. 2. To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor. Labels: transitive Example: The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars. 3. To corrupt or profane Example: But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death. 4. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.
Word: pollute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”). Pronunciation: /pəˈluːt/, /pəˈljuːt/ 1. Polluted; defiled. Labels: rare
Word: software Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English software Computing sense from soft + -ware, by contrast with hardware (“the computer itself”). Coined by John Tukey in 1958. The earlier sense of software to mean tangible products with a soft texture may have fallen out of common usage before the computing sense was created. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛə/, /ˈsɔf(t)ˌwɛɹ/, /ˈsɑf(t)ˌwɛɹ/, /ˈsɒf(t)ˌwɛɹ/, /ˈsɔf(t)ˌweː/ 1. Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Some software will only run on a particular platform. Example: The "software" comprising the carefully planned interpretive routines, compilers, and other aspects of automative programming are at least as important to the modern electronic calculator as its "hardware" of tubes, transistors, wires, tapes and the like. 2. The human beings involved in warfare, as opposed to hardware such as weapons and vehicles. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The Americans have devoted their attention to the hardware of disarmament: Europeans can make a special contribution to the 'software' or human content of detente. Example: […] preview of horrific images to come, as the hardware stage of the war yields to the software — or human — stage. 3. Recorded music content, as opposed to the hardware necessary for reproducing it. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually Example: […] an extremely long playing time is achieved, which might be unnecessary from a software point of view Example: There seems to be a growing trend towards endorsement of the C-DAD system by equipment manufacturers and "software" (recorded material) producers around the world. 4. Soft goods, such as textiles. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: In fact, under the heads of hardware, software, and agriculture, the leading interests of the colony might be said to be grouped. Example: Drop into the first emporium you pass, whether of hardware or software, of dry goods or wet goods, and note how comparatively few of the articles displayed represent really original ideas
Word: Interlingua Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined possibly independently multiple times in multiple languages, but modern use derives from the Interlingua word. The word itself comes from Latin inter (“between”) + lingua (“language”). Pronunciation: /ɪn.tə(ɹ).lɪŋ.ɡwə/ 1. A constructed interlanguage based on Romance languages, English, German, Russian and Latin, developed by the International Auxiliary Language Association, and first published in 1951. 2. Latino sine flexione, a simplified version of Latin by Giuseppe Peano
Word: computer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From compute + -er. Doublet of cantore, counter, and kontor. The sense referring to people first appears c. 1613 in the works of the poet Richard Brathwait. The sense referring to a machine first appears c. 1897 in the magazine Engineering. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtə/, /kəmˈpjʉwtə/, /kəmˈpɪʊtə/, /kəmˈpjʉːtə/, /kəmˈpjutɚ/ 1. A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. Example: Meronyms: processor, microprocessor, CPU Example: I spend around 6 hours a day at the computer. 2. A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. Labels: historical Example: I haue read the truest computer of Times, and the best Arithmetician that euer breathed, and he reduceth thy dayes into a short number: The daies of Man are threescore and ten. Example: By which manner of ſpeaking, this Propheteſs, who is ſo exact a Computer, would have us, I ſuppoſe, to conclude, that it would be a great miſtake to think that the number of Angels was either 9, or 11 for one of Men. 3. A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. Labels: historical Example: Coordinate term: (female) computress
Word: computer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From compute + -er. Doublet of cantore, counter, and kontor. The sense referring to people first appears c. 1613 in the works of the poet Richard Brathwait. The sense referring to a machine first appears c. 1897 in the magazine Engineering. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtə/, /kəmˈpjʉwtə/, /kəmˈpɪʊtə/, /kəmˈpjʉːtə/, /kəmˈpjutɚ/ 1. To use a computer. Labels: intransitive, nonstandard, rare Example: Cool he was computering, though. My dad, who is only in his 60's (mom too) thinks he is too busy to get connected to the internet. Oh well. More bandwidth for the rest of us, huh? Example: I don't know if you have the same violent mood-swing issues that I do, but I was bustling around the house feeling very useful and good, and then I was sitting here computering for a while, and suddenly it was like a giant butterfly net scooped me up and threw me into an old mayonnaise jar, […] 2. To send via computer. Labels: nonstandard, rare, transitive Example: They had immediately computered the description out to the scores of law enforcement agencies in Southern California. Example: 'Nah. It was him hated it more than me. Fish out of water. Cops watching every move he makes. Memos about him computered to every nick in the land. He was too innocent for this hi-tech world, Bobby. Would've been back inside in no time at all.' 3. To transfer onto a computer; to computerize. Labels: nonstandard, rare, transitive Example: I know there are storage warehouses in New York and Virginia and all over the place, St. Louis, and many other places, that keep these things. I think this is a very fertile area for this committee, and perhaps computering it, or microfilm preservation, or things of that sort. Example: Our sincere thanks are due to Antje Reuter, Jens Adam and Uwe Horstmann for computering the manuscript and Ralph Phillips and Kirsten Techmer for proof reading it.
Word: french fries Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of earlier French fried potatoes (1856) and French-fried potatoes, potatoes supposedly prepared in the French style. The idea that the preparation was specific to French cuisine was more notional than otherwise; more at Wikipedia. Compare also French dressing. 1. Strips of potato that have been deep-fried. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, plural, plural-normally Example: Thick-cut, crispy french fries are our specialty. Example: “What's the matter?” she asked quickly. “Haven't we had all the things before? Soup, chops, peas, French fries, and the fruit pudding–there wasn't a thing new.”
Word: Spanish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, equivalent to Spain + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈspænɪʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to Spain. Labels: not-comparable Example: Spanish borders Example: Whether Martial's heart was in the Spanish highlands or whether he was happy enough in Rome will be discussed later[…] 2. Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Spain. Labels: not-comparable Example: Spanish cuisines Example: Though she was Indian like the rest of us, she had a fine Spanish nose. 3. Of or pertaining to the Spanish language. Labels: not-comparable Example: Spanish verbs Example: Fundamentally, the Spanish vowel sounds are only five, even though as a matter of fact there may be different other sounds for such vowels as [a], [e] and [o]. 4. Of or pertaining to Hispanic people or their culture. Labels: Canada, US, informal, nonstandard, not-comparable
Word: Spanish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, equivalent to Spain + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈspænɪʃ/ 1. A Romance language primarily spoken in Spain and in the Americas. Labels: uncountable Example: "If he speaks Spanish, my daughter can converse with him ; she has but shortly arrived from Spain." Example: “You should read Spanish,” he said. “It is a noble tongue. It has not the mellifluousness of Italian, Italian is the language of tenors and organ-grinders, but it has grandeur: it does not ripple like a brook in a garden, but it surges tumultuous like a mighty river in flood.” 2. A town in Ontario, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Spanish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Spainish, Spanish, equivalent to Spain + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈspænɪʃ/ 1. The people of Spain, collectively. Labels: collective, countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: The Spanish are not the only ones selling their goods along the wharves and the inner streets. 2. Spanish cuisine; traditional Spanish food. Labels: uncountable 3. People of Hispanic origin; one whose first language is Spanish. Labels: US, collective, countable, in-plural, informal, nonstandard, uncountable Example: Sixty-four percent more Spanish are functionally illiterate compared to Anglos in Lubbock (only 15 percent more of nonwhites than Anglos). 4. Money. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: Jack Ar. […] I must come back to father — and what then? — he won't give me the Spanish. Project. The Spanish! — now what the devil's that? Jack Ar. Why, ready money, not credit or paper. 5. Licorice. Labels: Northern-England, colloquial, uncountable 6. A mixture of ash and cinders added to bricks before firing them, to cause ignition and reduce fuel usage. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: offset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒf.sɛt/, /ˈɔf.sɛt/, /ˈɑf.sɛt/ 1. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent. Example: Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat. Example: There were more applicants for situations than vacancies, and nothing better or more congenial to my taste offering, I accepted a place in a Saloon. The salary was $100 per month, which was somewhat of an offset against the peculiarities of the position. 2. A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales. 3. A time at which something begins; outset. Example: Later, Timberlake would tell Playboy that he noticed Ryan's talent from the offset, saying, 'I thought he had charisma that was just beaming, which has turned out to serve him really well as an actor.' 4. The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface. Labels: attributive, often Example: offset lithographs Example: offset process 5. The difference between a target memory address and a base address. Example: An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof. 6. The displacement between the base level of a measurement and the signal's real base level. Example: The raw signal data was subjected to a baseline correction process to subtract the sensor's offset and drift variations. 7. The distance by which one thing is out of alignment with another. Example: There is a small offset between the switch and the indicator which some users found confusing. 8. A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object. 9. An abrupt bend in an object, such as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside. 10. A short prostrate shoot that takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. Example: […] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place. Such bulbs tend to dwindle away instead of fattening up and producing offsets. 11. A spur from a range of hills or mountains. 12. A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; a set-off. 13. A terrace on a hillside.
Word: offset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒf.sɛt/, /ˈɔf.sɛt/, /ˈɑf.sɛt/, /ɒfˈsɛt/, /ɔfˈsɛt/ 1. To counteract or compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction. Labels: transitive Example: I'll offset the time difference locally. Example: to offset one charge against another 2. To place out of line. Labels: transitive 3. To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.). Labels: transitive
Word: offset Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒf.sɛt/, /ˈɔf.sɛt/, /ˈɑf.sɛt/, /ɒfˈsɛt/, /ɔfˈsɛt/ 1. Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play. Example: Offset Riley is romantically involved with Alexandra Maria Lara, who plays lan Curtis's lover Annik Honoré in Control. Example: Anita's pianoises are made offset for her by Norma Boleslawski, wife of late, great director Richard Boleslawski.
Word: offset Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off- + set, used to construct the noun form of the verb to set off. Compare Middle English ofsetten (“to encumber, harass, beset, besiege”), from Old English ofsettan (“to press, oppress, overwhelm, crush”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒf.sɛt/, /ˈɔf.sɛt/, /ˈɑf.sɛt/, /ɒfˈsɛt/, /ɔfˈsɛt/ 1. Away from or off from the set of a movie, film, video, or play. Example: By then, the cast had become good friends and spent all their offset time together. Example: This is the principal need for a stand-in. To allow the actor to reset their own performance in a space right offset; which may also include resetting wardrobe and makeup.
Word: board Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Board (duplicate bridge) From Middle English boord, boorde, bord, bourd, burd, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board, plank; edge; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip, top”) + *-dʰeti or *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”) + *-dʰeti. The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table". Cognates Cognate with Scots buird (“board; table”), Yola borde (“table”), West Frisian boerd (“board”), Dutch bord (“dish, plate; board, plank; sign”), boord (“border, boundary; bank, shore”), German Bord (“shelf”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish bord (“plank; table”), Elfdalian buord (“table”), Faroese and Icelandic borð (“board, plank; table”), Gothic *𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (*baurd, “board, plank”) (whence 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (fōtubaurd, “footstool”). Pronunciation: /bɔːd/, /boːd/, /bɔɹd/, /boɾd/, [boːɾd] 1. To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance. Labels: transitive Example: It is time to board the aircraft. Example: You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. 2. To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money. Labels: transitive Example: to board one’s horse at a livery stable 3. To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money. Labels: transitive Example: We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house, 4. To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party. Labels: transitive 5. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation Labels: intransitive 6. To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Ere long with like againe he boorded mee, / Saying, he now had boulted all the floure […] 7. To cover with boards or boarding. Example: to board a house Example: the boarded hovel 8. To hit (someone) with a wooden board. 9. To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard. Labels: transitive
Word: board Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From backboard. Pronunciation: /bɔːd/, /boːd/, /bɔɹd/, /boɾd/, [boːɾd] 1. A rebound. Labels: informal
Word: amigo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish amigo (“friend”), from Latin amīcus (“friend”), derived from amāre (“to love”). Compare French ami, Italian amico, Portuguese amigo and Romanian amic. Doublet of amicus. Pronunciation: /əˈmiː.ɡəʊ/, /əˈmiɡoʊ/ 1. A friend. Labels: colloquial, informal Example: I don’t remember electing you dictator, amigo. Example: Chillin' in a Benz with my amigos / Tryin' to stick a nigga for his pesos 2. Mexican. Labels: California, colloquial, informal 3. A native of the Philippines who was friendly toward the Spanish. Labels: historical
Word: LOL Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Acronym of laugh(ing) out loud, apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989. Pronunciation: /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/, /lɔːl/, /lɒl/, /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/, /lɔl/ 1. Laughing (or laugh) out loud. Labels: Internet Example: I just saw the video where he opens the door and gets the surprise! LOL! Example: Bro got milk spilt over his head! LOL! 2. Lots of laughs. (occasionally used) Labels: Internet Example: I love the one where he orders a cup of tea but then chaos ensues! LOL! 3. Indicates light-heartedness or amusement, or that the accompanying statement is not intended as serious; sometimes extends to irony or sardonicism, in the same way that spoken humor sometimes does. Often now a discourse marker independent of laughter. Labels: Internet, figuratively Example: I hope you weren't expecting a welcome wagon, LOL. Example: In the course of managing your expectations, you'll need to account for the usual amount of pettiness and dishonesty among your fellow humans lol. 4. Lots of love. Labels: dated Example: P.S.: Give my regards to Elizabeth and to the children! LOL! Example: SHEESH !!!! ¶ LOL (Laugh out loud) &&&& ¶ LOL (Lots of love, coz I'm a sharing caring kinda gal) ¶ Nikki
Word: LOL Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Acronym of laugh(ing) out loud, apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989. Pronunciation: /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/, /lɔːl/, /lɒl/, /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/, /lɔl/ 1. To laugh out loud. Labels: Internet
Word: LOL Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of laugh(ing) out loud, apparently coined by Canadian Wayne Pearson in the early-to-mid 1980s and first attested in 1989. Pronunciation: /ɛl.əʊˈɛl/, /lɔːl/, /lɒl/, /ɛl.oʊˈɛl/, /lɔl/ 1. Loyal Orange Lodge, a prefix given to all branches of the Loyal Orange Order. For example, LOL 1 is Portadown branch. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, US 2. Little old lady. Labels: derogatory, informal, sometimes Example: We've got an LOL in the emergency department who seems a bit confused. Example: L.O.L.: little old lady. (Oddly, there is no male equivalent.) / N.A.D.: no apparent distress. The classic description of a patient in a state of well-being: L.O.L. in N.A.D. 3. An instance of the interjection "LOL". Example: YouTube comments are rough. They dabble in all forms of trolling, bullying, racism, sexism and other offensive -isms, interspersed with endless spurts of nonsensical chatter. Any thoughtful comments are typically lost in a roiling sea of “LOLs,” insults and spam.
Word: abettor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English abettour, from Anglo-Norman abettour, from Old French abeter + -our (“-or”). See abet. Pronunciation: /əˈbɛtə/, /əˈbɛtɚ/, [-ɾɚ] 1. One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. Example: Thou foul abettor! thou notorious bawd! Thou plantest scandal and displacest laud: 2. A supporter or advocate. Example: […] when he recollected that, being there as an assistant, he actually seemed—no matter what unhappy train of circumstances had brought him to that pass—to be the aider and abettor of a system which filled him with honest disgust and indignation, he loathed himself […]
Word: Portuguese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Portuguese português. By surface analysis, Portugal + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌpɔː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/, /ˌpoɹ.t͡ʃəˈɡiz/, /ˈpoɹ.t͡ʃəˌɡiz/, /ˌpoː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/ 1. Of or pertaining to Portugal. Example: Portuguese borders Example: The British army had already moved over the border and the commander had established his HQ high in the central Portuguese mountains at Viseu. 2. Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture. Example: Portuguese cuisines Example: In San Diego County there is but one Portuguese fisherman, as is also the case in Los Angeles, the county immediately adjoining. 3. Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language. Example: Portuguese verbs Example: The latter feature indicates that a Portuguese consonant cannot constitute the nucleus of a syllable.
Word: Portuguese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese português. By surface analysis, Portugal + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌpɔː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/, /ˌpoɹ.t͡ʃəˈɡiz/, /ˈpoɹ.t͡ʃəˌɡiz/, /ˌpoː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/ 1. A person native to, or living in, Portugal. Labels: in-plural Example: […] but so close lay the boats that even single hooks snarled, and Harvey found himself in hot argument with a gentle, hairy Newfoundlander on one side and a howling Portuguese on the other. Example: With a view to securing its more efficient working, a Portuguese was placed in charge of the entire department as Vidane.
Word: Portuguese Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese português. By surface analysis, Portugal + -ese. Pronunciation: /ˌpɔː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/, /ˌpoɹ.t͡ʃəˈɡiz/, /ˈpoɹ.t͡ʃəˌɡiz/, /ˌpoː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/ 1. A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde, East Timor, and Brazil. Example: Portuguese, however, is slightly different from Catalan, Spanish, and Romanian in that there is no strict adjacency requirement between wh-words and the verbal cluster in indirect questions. Example: Overall it is Taipa (which means mudflats in Portuguese and its Cantonese name Tam-zai also means mud flats) that has changed the most through reclamation followed by the east coast of the Macau Peninsula.
Word: abridgement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English abridge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English abridgement From abridge + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mənt/ 1. Alternative form of abridgment. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The work of abridgement has been skilfully done by excluding financial, administrative and general engineering terms.
Word: precipitously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English precipitous Middle English -ly English -ly English precipitously From precipitous + -ly. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈsɪ.pɪ.təs.li/ 1. In a precipitous manner. Example: Population dropped to the lowest point in five millennia. State resources declined precipitously. In many strategic and formerly prosperous areas, there were tax revenue losses of 90 percent or more in less than a single lifetime. 2. In a precipitous manner. Example: Never will I visit it again; it is a place of evil omen.' After a very brief halt for breakfast we pressed on with such good will that by two o'clock in the afternoon we were at the foot of the vast wall of rock that formed the lip of the volcano, and which at this point towered up precipitously above us for fifteen hundred or two thousand feet. Example: On all sides, wild mountains rise precipitously above wooded nullahs, and we have a clear view, to the right, of the famous Amah Rock, with its singular resemblance to a Chinese woman carrying her baby on her back in the traditional fashion.
Word: absence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sum Latin absum Latin absēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin absentiader. Old French absencebor. Middle English absence English absence From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, ausence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“to be away or absent”), from ab (“from, away from”) + sum (“to be”). Pronunciation: /ˈæb.s(ə)n̩s/, /ˈæb.s(ə)n̩ts/, /ˈæb.sn̩ts/, /ˈæbsɒns/, /æbˈsɒns/ 1. A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 2. The period of someone being away. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: During Jane's absence, Mark will be taking charge. Example: Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. 3. Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Harry Kane was an absence in that first half. He touched the ball 11 times despite Spurs taking 62% of possession. Example: Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users. 4. Lack; deficiency; non-existence. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He had an absence of enthusiasm. Example: in the absence of higher and more authoritative sanctions the ordinances of foreign states, the opinions of eminent statesmen, and the writings of distinguished jurists, are regarded as of great consideration on questions not settled by conventional law 5. Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: absence of mind Example: Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind. 6. Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy. Labels: uncountable, usually 7. Lack of contact between blades. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: absorbency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From absorbance + -y. Pronunciation: /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩.si/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bn̩.si/ 1. The quality of being absorbent. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Product benefits are quickly copied, whether it's cleaning power or diaper absorbency. 3. The action of absorbing. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: absolute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested around 1380. From Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional; unfettered; completed”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, set free, complete”), from ab (“away”) + solvo (“to loose”). Influenced in part by Old French absolu. Compare absolve. Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sə.luːt/, /æb.səˈluːt/, /ˈæp-/, /ˈæb.sə.ljuːt/, /ˈap.sə.lʉwt/ 1. That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated. Example: moral absolutes Example: There is a well-known generalization that human rights come before property rights. […] Unqualified absolutes like these do not contain the truth as tested by human experience. What we do say is that human rights and property rights are related to one another, are intertwined with one another, work with and play upon one another. 2. In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity. 3. A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego. Labels: capitalized, usually Example: Withdrawn as a Buddha he sat, watching the alien world from his perch in the absolute. 4. The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God. Labels: capitalized, usually 5. A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete. Example: Complete concentration in a vacuum still at low temperature results in a concentrated flower oil, free from alcohol, the so-called absolute of enfleurage. The crude absolutes of enfleurage are usually of dark color and, because of their fat content, […] Example: The main difference between these and those of indifferent quality is that the former contain flower absolutes in fairly large proportion and the latter either an insignificant quantity or […]
Word: absorption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption First attested in 1597. From Latin absorptiō (“a sucking in”), from absorbeō (“absorb”). Morphologically absorb + -tion. Pronunciation: /əbˈzɔːp.ʃn̩/, /əbˈsɔːp.ʃn̩/, /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩/, /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩/, /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩/ 1. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The sponge showed remarkable absorption of water. Example: Plants rely on the absorption of sunlight for photosynthesis. 2. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger Example: the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool 4. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc. 5. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as, Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: absorption in some employment Example: A complete absorption testified their breathless interest. 8. Mental assimilation. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: absorbent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin absorbēnsder. English absorbent From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”). Pronunciation: /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/, /əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/, /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ 1. Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. Example: Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.
Word: absorbent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin absorbēnsder. English absorbent From Latin absorbēns, present active participle of absorbeō (“absorb”). Pronunciation: /əbˈsɔː.bn̩t/, /əbˈzɔː.bn̩t/, /æbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/, /æbˈzɔɹ.bn̩t/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bn̩t/ 1. Anything which absorbs. Example: In the Southern Ocean the winter is not so excessively cold, but the summer is far less hot, for the clouded sky seldom allows the sun to warm the ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat: and hence the mean temperature of the year […] is low. 2. The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. Labels: archaic 3. Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. 4. A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining. Labels: physical