nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: NFL Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛn ɛf ɛl/ 1. Initialism of no free lunch, applied to various restricting theorems. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: First off, let us be clear that the No Free Lunch theorems that underwrite the displacement problem apply with perfect generality—NFL applies to any information that might supplement a blind search, and not just to fitness functions. 2. American football. Labels: UK, metonymically, uncountable Example: Soon after Boston and London were over, two other dramatic races were playing out in my head [...] just as we enjoy the long term implications of a match result in baseball, NFL or soccer. Example: In a neo-conservative era where parents have regressed by dressing their daughters as pink princesses, where toy stores segregate their merchandise according to ‘gender’, where women playing NFL in bikinis is ‘sport’, and where Miss Universe is every adolescent girl’s ambition, was I really that gullible to believe that Gen Y would radically commit engagement rings – and, hence, elaborate weddings – to the dumpster?
Word: TVO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tractor vaporising oil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: TVO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of TV Ontario. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PBS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of phosphate-buffered saline, a buffer solution commonly used in biological research. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of product breakdown structure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of positive behavior support. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PBS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Public Broadcasting Service Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: NPR joined PBS in suggesting it will consider legal action against the administration. 2. Initialism of Public Broadcasting Services. Labels: Malta, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Proto-Balto-Slavic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In Chapter 7, she has Victor Frankenstein describe his creation as “handsome”—PBS altered this to “beautiful”, which appears in the final text.
Word: NPR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Public Radio. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: First, I think that the NPR leadership made a mistake in appearing to fire Williams in a snit, rather than not renewing his contract, at the next opportunity, because of longstanding differences in journalistic values. Example: In Trump’s first term, his annual budget proposals zeroed out the funding for the corporation, but Congress always allocated the funds anyway — a reflection of the fact that national Republican opposition to NPR and PBS is countered by local support. 2. Initialism of National Population Register. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NPR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of natural pressure release. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: CYBC Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Cypriot Broadcasting Corporation (RIK). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: kappa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”). Doublet of kaph. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpə/ 1. The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kappa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 河童 (kappa, “water imp”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæpə/ 1. A tortoise-like demon or imp. Labels: Japanese Example: It was not quite possible for a kappa to go pale, but this one managed, shrinking partly into its shell.
Word: SABC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Self-Aid Buddy Care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: SABC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of stand and be counted. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SABC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of South African Broadcasting Company. Labels: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: respect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”). Doublet of respite. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛkt/, /ɹɪˈspekt/, /ɹəˈspekt/ 1. An attitude of consideration or high regard; a feeling of admiration or esteem. Labels: uncountable Example: He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him. Example: A video of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon complaining to Russian President Vladimir Putin about his lack of respect for the countries of Central Asia that were once part of the Soviet Union has struck a nerve on social media, where it has been viewed millions of times.[…] “We have always respected the interests of our main strategic partner,” Rahmon said, referring to Russia. “We want respect, too." 2. Good opinion, honor, or admiration. Labels: uncountable 3. Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death. Labels: uncountable Example: The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet. 4. A particular aspect, feature or detail of something. Labels: countable Example: This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects. Example: In our two loves there is but one respect 5. Good will; favor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
Word: respect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”). Doublet of respite. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛkt/, /ɹɪˈspekt/, /ɹəˈspekt/ 1. To have respect for. Example: She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly. 2. To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right. Example: I respect your right to hold that belief, although I think it is nonsense. Example: I respect your right to feel offended, even though most people, myself included, totally disagree and don’t find the comment offensive in the slightest. 3. To abide by an agreement. Example: They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded. 4. To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed. Example: [T]hou reſpecteſt not ſpilling Edwards bloud: [...] Example: We haue also large and various Orchards, and Gardens; Wherein we doe not ſo much reſpect Beauty, as Variety of Ground and Soile, proper for diuerſe Trees and Herbs: [...] 5. To relate to; to be concerned with. Labels: transitive Example: Whatever they are else, they are always chastisements; and correction respects faults. Example: Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles. 6. To regard; to consider; to deem. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]his my friend (knowen by no name) was found, / Being then a child and ſcarce of power to ſpeake, / To whom my father gaue this name of Gaſper, / And as his own reſpected him to death, [...] 7. To look toward; to face. Labels: obsolete Example: That Palladius adviſeth the front of his edifice ſhould ſo reſpect the South, that in the firſt angle it receive the riſing raies of the winter Sunne, and decline a little from the winter ſetting thereof.
Word: respect Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”). Doublet of respite. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛkt/, /ɹɪˈspekt/, /ɹəˈspekt/ 1. hello, hi Labels: Jamaica
Word: twice Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From earlier twise, from Middle English twies, twiȝes, from Old English twīġes (“twice”), from twīwa, twīġa ("twice"; whence Middle English twie (“twice”)) + -es (adverbial genitive ending). Related to Saterland Frisian twäie (“twice”), Middle Low German twiges, twies (“twice”), Middle High German zwies (“twice”). Equivalent to twi- (“(in) two; both”) + -ce. Similarly constructed to the prefixes bis- and dis-, borrowed from Indo-European cognates. Pronunciation: /twaɪs/, [tw̥aɪs] 1. Two times. Labels: not-comparable Example: You should brush your teeth twice a day. Example: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. (1947, Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 1) 2. Doubled in quantity, intensity, or degree. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Thus it appears that if the machine is turning twice as slow as before, there is more than twice the former quantity in the rising buckets; and more will be raised in a minute by the same expenditure of power. Example: You can't get anything thinner than a spring shad, unless you take a couple of them, when, of course, they will be twice as thin.
Word: thrice Part of Speech: adv Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English thrice, thries (“three times, thrice; a third time; repeated three times”), from earlier thrī, thrīe (“three times, thrice; a third time”) (from Old English þriwa, þreowa) + -es (suffix forming adverbs of time, place, and manner) (from Old English -es (suffix forming adverbs)). The word is cognate with Old Frisian thria ("thrice"; > Saterland Frisian träie (“thrice”)), Middle Low German drîes (“thrice”), Middle High German drīes, drīs (“thrice”). Pronunciation: /θɹaɪs/, [θɾ̪̊ɑɪs], [θɾ̪̊äɪs] 1. Three times. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, not-comparable Example: Thrice ore the caddow I mine armes outſpred: / Thrice did I fall, before I once could riſe: / Leaning vpon mine elbow for a reſt, / Nodding, I knockt my chin againſt my breſt. // Then ſigh’d, ſlipt downe, and twixt the ſheete and pillow / I nuzled in, joyn’d knees and chin together: / I dream’d I wore a garland of greene willow. / But ſnuffling low, I prickt me with a fether; / So wakt, the bolſter for my backe I choſe, / And yawning thrice, I rub’d mine eyes and roſe. Example: The weyward Siſters, hand in hand, / Poſters of the Sea and Land, / Thus doe goe, about, about, / Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, / And thrice againe, to make vp nine, / Peace, the Charme’s wound vp.
Word: once Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes, a remodelling (after ān (“one”)) of ǣnes, itself an extension of ǣne (“once”) with the genitive suffix -es. Equivalent to one + -s. Cognate with Saterland Frisian enst, insen (“once”), West Frisian iens (“once”), Dutch eens (“once”), German Low German eens, ins (“once”), German einst (“once”). More at one (including regarding the development of the pronunciation) and -s. Pronunciation: /wʌn(t)s/, /wɒn(t)s/ 1. One and only one time. Labels: not-comparable Example: I have only once eaten pizza. 2. Formerly; during some period in the past. Labels: not-comparable Example: He was once the most handsome man around. Example: I once had a motorbicycle. 3. At any time; ever. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: If the facts once became known, we'd be in trouble. Example: Once bring in the police and what is inevitably bound to follow? There will be calls and interrogations and cross-questionings […] 4. One day, someday. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The wisdom of God thought fit to acquaint David with that court which we shall once govern. 5. Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one. Labels: not-comparable Example: Once three is three.
Word: once Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English ones, from Old English ānes, a remodelling (after ān (“one”)) of ǣnes, itself an extension of ǣne (“once”) with the genitive suffix -es. Equivalent to one + -s. Cognate with Saterland Frisian enst, insen (“once”), West Frisian iens (“once”), Dutch eens (“once”), German Low German eens, ins (“once”), German einst (“once”). More at one (including regarding the development of the pronunciation) and -s. Pronunciation: /wʌn(t)s/, /wɒn(t)s/ 1. As soon as; when; after. Example: Near-synonym: immediately Example: We'll get a move on once we find the damn car keys!
Word: once Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ounce. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: mike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪk/ 1. A microphone. Labels: informal Example: 1970, Theodore Sturgeon and Edward H. Waldo, "The Pod in the Barrier", in A Touch of Strange, Ayer Publishing, →ISBN, page 28, "Then I say to the recording, for the record," I barked, right into the mike, […] Example: 1981, John Swaigen, How to Fight for What’s Right: The Guide to Public Interest Law, James Lorimer & Company, →ISBN, pages 118–119, Obviously, one must watch what one says in the vicinity of a microphone. More than one person has made a “private” statement in the presence of an open mike.
Word: mike Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of mic, clipping of microphone. Attested since 1927. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪk/ 1. To microphone; to place one or more microphones (mikes) on. Example: 1994 September, Jim Gaines, transcribed in Alan di Perna, "Step Lively: Recalling the recording process of SRV’s IN STEP with album producer Jim Gaines", in Guitar World Magazine, reprinted in Guitar World Presents Stevie Ray Vaughan: Stevie Ray In His Own Words, Hal Leonard (1997), →ISBN, page 81, “And sometimes I’d just have to mike the room. You could run into some weird phasing problems with the individual mics because the speakers were all reacting differently.” Example: 1996, J.R. Robinson, quoted in Mark Huntly Parsons, The Drummer’s Studio Survival Guide: How to get the best possible drum tracks on any recording project, Hal Leonard, →ISBN, page 72, He knows me, I know him, and I know how he’s going to mike the drums and what selection of mic’s he's going to use. 2. To measure using a micrometer. Example: 1983, Tom S. Wilson, How to Rebuild Your Big-block Chevy, HPBooks, →ISBN, page 98, Measure Valve-Stem Diameter—To be positive about it you’ll have to mike the valve stem with a 1-in. micrometer as explained on pages 100 and 101.
Word: mike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Mike, representing the letter m, from English Mike. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪk/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Mike from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Labels: alt-of 2. A minute. Labels: slang Example: We'll be there in one zero mikes [i.e. ten minutes].
Word: mike Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪk/ 1. Clipping of microgram. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: The beginner's dose may be anywhere from 100 to 250 mikes — micrograms, or millionths of a gram. Most hardened heads need 600 to 800 mikes, and some as many as 1,400 mikes, before they experience any sensation of getting off.
Word: bicyclette Part of Speech: noun 1. A cocktail made with Campari, white wine, classic bitters, citrus.
Word: mela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Urdu میلہ (mela)/Hindi मेला (melā), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪlə/ 1. A Hindu religious festival. 2. A South Asian fair. Example: Kalua was a man of unusual height and powerful build: in any fair, festival or mela, he could always be spotted towering above the crowd—even the jugglers on stilts were usually not so tall as he. Example: Every year there was a mela in the small village where Jutimala lived and Khitish would send three workers to set up a stall there.
Word: appel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French appel. Doublet of appeal. Pronunciation: /əˈpɛl/, /ɑˈpɛl/ 1. An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
Word: appel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French appel. Doublet of appeal. Pronunciation: /əˈpɛl/, /ɑˈpɛl/ 1. Obsolete spelling of appeal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: appel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /əˈpɛl/, /ɑˈpɛl/ 1. Obsolete spelling of apple. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: manzana Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of area used in Argentina and many Central American countries, originally defined as 10,000 square varas.
Word: prune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prune, from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of plum. Pronunciation: /pɹuːn/, /pɹun/, /pɹʉːn/, /pɹɪu̯n/ 1. A plum. Labels: obsolete 2. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. 3. Something wrinkly like a prune. Labels: figuratively Example: We are not free when we are in the grip of the false conditioning that decrees that we need sex. We are not free if we believe the culture's ominous warnings that we will become "horny" (what a callous, offensive word) and frustrated and neurotic and finally shrivel up into prunes and have to abandon hope of being good, creative, effective people. 4. An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. Labels: slang
Word: prune Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prune, from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of plum. Pronunciation: /pɹuːn/, /pɹun/, /pɹʉːn/, /pɹɪu̯n/ 1. To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: I hardly left that spot in my pool that month even when my fingers pruned and chlorine dried out my skin.
Word: prune Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prunen, prounen, proinen, from Old French proignier (“to trim the feathers with the beak”), earlier prooignier. Likely influenced by Middle French rogner, Old French rooignier (“cut, trim”) (from Latin rotundo?), and possibly by Old French provainier (“provine”) (Latin propaginem? whence French provigner). The relation to the noun is thus unclear. Pronunciation: /pɹuːn/, /pɹun/, /pɹʉːn/, /pɹɪu̯n/ 1. To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive. Labels: transitive Example: A good grape grower will prune the vines once a year. Example: But poore old man, thou prun'ſt a rotten tree, / That cannot ſo much as a bloſſome yeelde 2. To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: to prune a budget, or an essay Example: taking into consideration how they [laws] are to be pruned and reformed 3. To remove (something unnecessary) for the sake of cutting down or shortening that which it was previously part of. Labels: transitive Example: When internal dissension and a decline in popularity set in, Johnny was pruned from the Crests. 4. To remove participation status from or contributed material attributed to users usually deemed inactive or undesirable from an interactive computer service or website for the sake of housekeeping. Labels: Internet, transitive 5. To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure. Labels: transitive 6. To trim the feathers with the beak. Labels: obsolete 7. To preen; to prepare; to dress. Labels: obsolete Example: She gins her feathers fowle disfigured Prowdly to prune, and sett on every side. Example: For 'tis observed of every scribbling man, / He grows a fop as fast as e'er he can; / Prunes up, and asks his oracle, the glass, / If pink or purple best become his face.
Word: prom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of promenade. Pronunciation: /pɹɑm/, /pɹɒm/ 1. A promenade concert. Labels: UK 2. A promenade. Labels: UK, abbreviation 3. A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year. Labels: US Example: Would you like to be my prom date? Example: The greatest moment in my life was the junior/senior prom that we had back in April 2009.
Word: prom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of promenade. Pronunciation: /pɹɑm/, /pɹɒm/ 1. To attend a prom. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: : If I read this correctly, Pop Clifton graduated from high school : at the age of 15. Awesome. Probably took a cheerleader to the prom. : Whatta stud. Stud indeed. I'm glad to be married to a man of such talent and experience -- though so far as I know, his experiences do not include promming with cheerleaders. Example: > > my prom is in about 3 weeks, which isn't much in prom time. […] but his boss treats him like shit, which really makes the money not worth it. regardless of promming or not promming, tom should really start looking for another job.
Word: uva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ūva (“grape”). 1. Grape, raisin, grape-like fruit. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: metre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːtə/, /ˈmiːtəɹ/, [ˈmiːɾɚ] 1. The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches. Example: Holonyms: kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre Example: Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre
Word: metre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French mètre, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Doublet of meter, metron, and mether. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːtə/, /ˈmiːtəɹ/, [ˈmiːɾɚ] 1. Alternative spelling of meter. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: metre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːtə/, /ˈmiːtəɹ/, [ˈmiːɾɚ] 1. Rhythm or measure. Labels: Canada, UK, countable, uncountable 2. Rhythm or measure. Labels: Canada, UK, countable, uncountable
Word: metre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old English, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”). Pronunciation: /ˈmiːtə/, /ˈmiːtəɹ/, [ˈmiːɾɚ] 1. To put into metrical form.
Word: café Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee. Pronunciation: /ˌkæˈfeɪ/, /ˈkæfeɪ/ 1. A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises. 2. A small restaurant of any genre. Labels: Canada
Word: stein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a regional use of German Stein (“stone”). Probably a clipping of Steingut (“stoneware”) or Steinkrug (“stone pitcher”). Compare Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a pot of stone or earth”). Doublet of stone. More at stean. Pronunciation: /staɪn/ 1. A beer mug, usually made of ceramic or glass. Example: So this was my future home, I thought! Certainly it made a brave picture. I had seen similar ones fired-in on many a Heidelberg stein—coloring and all. Backed by towering hills,[…]a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams. Example: A gnome-size German civilian with a red von Hindenburg mustache is dispensing steins of what looks to be mostly head.
Word: steen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /stiːn/ 1. Alternative form of stean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: steen Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stiːn/ 1. Alternative form of stean. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 1723, Richard Froſt, James Young, et al., An Account of a Well near Queenborough in Kent, John Eames, John Martyn, The Philosophical Transactions 1719—1733, Abridged, Volume 6, Part 2, Royal Society (Great Britain), page 244, We then meaſured the Depth of it, and found it 200 Foot, and artificially ſteened the whole Depth with circular Portland Stone, which is all entire, and ſtands fair, the mean Diameter is four Foot eight Inches; […] . Example: The compaſs bricks are of a circular form, their uſe is for ſteening of walls;[…].
Word: lambda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda). Doublet of lamed. Pronunciation: /ˈlæm.də/ 1. The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet. 2. Unit representation of wavelength. 3. The cosmological constant. 4. Ellipsis of lambda baryon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 5. Ellipsis of lambda expression. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 6. Ellipsis of lambda function. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 7. The junction of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures of the cranium. 8. The percentage change in an option value divided by the percentage change in the underlying asset's price.
Word: mu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μῦ (mû), derived from Phoenician 𐤌𐤌 (mm /⁠mem⁠/, “water”). Doublet of mem. Pronunciation: /mjuː/, /muː/ 1. The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mu Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Japanese 無 (mu, “nothing, neither yes nor no”). Pronunciation: /muː/, /mjuː/ 1. Neither yes nor no. Example: Mu means "no thing." Like "Quality" it points outside the process of dualistic discrimination. Mu simply says, "No class; not one, not zero, not yes, not no."[…]It's a great mistake, a kind of dishonesty, to sweep nature's mu answers under the carpet. Example: [p. 233] Achilles: Oh, but ‘MU’ is Jōshū’s answer. By saying ‘MU’, Jōshū let the other monk know that only by not asking such questions can one know the answer to them. Tortoise: Jōshū “unasked” the question. [p. 312] Achilles:[…]And the answer of “MU” here rejects the premises of the question, which are that one or the other must be chosen.
Word: mu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 無 (mu, “nothing, neither yes nor no”). Pronunciation: /muː/, /mjuː/ 1. Nothingness; nonexistence; the illusory nature of reality. Labels: uncountable Example: That being the case, we should naturally choose to contemplate mu from morning to night, forgetting everything. Example: Consequently, though mu is mindlike, the likeness to individual consciousness cannot be pushed very far.
Word: mu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 畝／亩 (mǔ). 1. A unit of surface area, currently equivalent to two-thirtieths of a hectare. Example: The Lucky Star Co-operative in Chuwo County on the plains of southern Shansi had, before the anti-Japanese war, 26 wells, 4 water-wheels and 166.1 mou of irrigated fields, 4.82 per cent of its total arable land. Example: Good news on the summer harvest prevailed in the countryside of Chienchiang County, Hupeh. The county reported remarkable increased in its 600,000 mou of summer food crops this year, surpassing the yield in 1962 which was considered as the best year.
Word: Modern English Part of Speech: name 1. The English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.
Word: Modern Greek Part of Speech: name 1. The Greek language as spoken by the Greek people since the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was written using polytonic script until 1982, when this was officially dropped in favour of monotonic. Example: Modern Greek is maybe the easiest language to learn that uses a different alphabet.
Word: California Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably Spanish after California, a Utopian island of the Amazons described in Las sergas de Esplandián, a 16th-century Spanish novel. The name comes from the fictional island's Muslim-allied queen, Calafia, whose name may be a play on Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”). For more information see: Etymology of California. Pronunciation: /ˌkælɪˈfoɹnjə/, /ˌkælɪˈfoɹni.ə/, /ˌkæləˈfoɹnjə/, /ˌkæləˈfoɹni.ə/, /ˌkælɪˈfɔːni.ə/ 1. The most populous state of the United States. Capital: Sacramento. Largest city: Los Angeles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But my heart cried out for you, California / Oh, California, I'm coming home Example: The men I met in California who were in their 30s and superambitious never really valued women, but Stephen valued me as a person.” 2. A region on the west coast of North America comprising the US state of California and the Baja California peninsula in Mexico; historically also including other areas in Alta California and Baja California. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 3. Several places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Several places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Several places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Several places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Several places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Several places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Several places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Several places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Several places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Several places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. Several places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. Several places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. Several places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. Several places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. Several places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. Several places in England: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9076). Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A community in Ontario, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A town in Santander department, Colombia. Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A town in Usulután department, El Salvador. Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco. Labels: countable, uncountable 24. A barangay of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, Philippines. Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A barangay of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines. Labels: countable, uncountable 26. A town in Trinidad and Tobago. Labels: countable, uncountable 27. University of California, Berkeley. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yifte, ȝift, partly from Old English ġift, ġyft (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -t (etymologically yive + -t). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Luxembourgish Gëft (“poison”), Vilamovian gejft, gyjft (“poison”), Yiddish גיפֿט (gift, “poison”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gift (“poison”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. Distantly related to English habit, from Latin habitus. Pronunciation: /ɡɪft/ 1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. Example: She gave him a cell phone as a birthday gift. Example: “I thank you for the gift, Dr. Yueh,” Paul said, speaking formally. “It will be our secret. If there is a gift or favor you wish from me, please do not hesitate to ask.” "I . . . need for nothing," Yueh said. 2. A talent or natural ability. Example: She had a gift for playing the flute. Example: “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.” 3. Something gained incidentally, without effort. 4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing. Example: The office is in the gift of the President. 5. A footrace, often a short one with a prize, sometimes with a handicap system whereby runners start from different positions based on their past performance. Labels: Australia Example: […] Stawell Gift Committee requested a special train for the gift's one hundredth anniversary celebration but […] Example: [Someone who...] ran second in last year's gift believes the Bill is a good idea. […] Stawell Gift. […]
Word: gift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English yifte, ȝift, partly from Old English ġift, ġyft (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -t (etymologically yive + -t). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Luxembourgish Gëft (“poison”), Vilamovian gejft, gyjft (“poison”), Yiddish גיפֿט (gift, “poison”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gift (“poison”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. Distantly related to English habit, from Latin habitus. Pronunciation: /ɡɪft/ 1. To give as a gift or donation. Labels: transitive 2. To give away, to concede easily. Labels: transitive Example: Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball. Example: They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.
Word: centimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre. Labels: US
Word: decimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French décimètre. Equivalent to deci- + meter. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛ.sɪ.miːtɚ/ 1. US spelling of decimetre. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: millimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French millimètre, as if milli- + meter. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪləˌmitɚ/, [ˈmɪləˌmiɾɚ] 1. US spelling of millimetre. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: hectometer Part of Speech: noun 1. US spelling of hectometre. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: grue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gruen, probably from Middle Low German gruwen or Middle Dutch gruwen (compare Dutch gruwen), both from Proto-Germanic *grūwijaną, perhaps ultimately an imitative derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), or instead from *gʰer- (“to rub, stroke, grind”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹuː/ 1. To be frightened; also, to shudder with fear; to quake, to tremble. Labels: Scotland, intransitive Example: ["]I would have done Mr. Mordaunt's bidding too," he added, relaxing from his note of defiance, into the deferential whining tone with which he cajoled his customers, "if he hadna made use of profane oaths which made my very flesh grue, and caused me, in some sort, to forget myself."
Word: grue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gruen, probably from Middle Low German gruwen or Middle Dutch gruwen (compare Dutch gruwen), both from Proto-Germanic *grūwijaną, perhaps ultimately an imitative derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), or instead from *gʰer- (“to rub, stroke, grind”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹuː/ 1. A shiver, a shudder. Labels: Scotland Example: Upon all others the sight of Alison, were it but for a moment, cast a cold grue, not to be remembered without terror. Example: A Grue of Ice
Word: grue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from gruesome. Pronunciation: /ɡɹuː/ 1. Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts. Labels: uncountable Example: The butcher was covered in the accumulated grue of a hard day's work Example: There was grue everywhere after the accident
Word: grue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from gruesome; first used in Jack Vance's Dying Earth universe in the 1940s, but popularized by the text-based computer game Zork in 1980. Pronunciation: /ɡɹuː/ 1. A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark. Example: I managed to get into the house through the front once, but I was plunged into darkness and eaten by a monster called a grue. Example: To find a grue, turn off the light at night, or go for a walk in a dark place (but carry a flashlight with you).
Word: grue Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of green + blue. The philosophy sense was coined by American philosopher Nelson Goodman in 1955 to illustrate concepts in the philosophy of science. The linguistic sense was coined by American linguist Paul Kay in 1975 as a translation from languages such as Welsh that have a basic cover term that covers both the hues called "green" and "blue" in English. Pronunciation: /ɡɹuː/ 1. Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time. Labels: not-comparable Example: The grue property is defined as: x is grue if and only if x is green and is observed before the year 2000, or x is blue and is not observed before the year 2000. Example: The unexamined emeralds cannot be both green and grue, since if they are grue and unexamined they are blue. 2. Of a single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old Welsh and Old Chinese that did not always distinguish between green and blue. Labels: not-comparable
Word: grue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of green + blue. The philosophy sense was coined by American philosopher Nelson Goodman in 1955 to illustrate concepts in the philosophy of science. The linguistic sense was coined by American linguist Paul Kay in 1975 as a translation from languages such as Welsh that have a basic cover term that covers both the hues called "green" and "blue" in English. Pronunciation: /ɡɹuː/ 1. The property of being green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time. Labels: uncountable Example: [T]he color grue would change in color. Colors do not do this; so ‘grue’ cannot be a color term. Example: Philosophers made their points with thought experiments—[…] the color grue; […] 2. A single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old Welsh and Old Chinese that did not always distinguish between green and blue. Labels: uncountable Example: Grue is the last of the composite categories that languages lose; hence its frequency. The transition to Stage V, where all basic color categories are primary, occurs when grue is replaced by its component primaries blue and green. Example: Our third hypothesis supposes that grue is based primarily on green but includes blues at lower membership. This hypothesis, the “skewed” grue, is illustrated in Figure 3d.
Word: grue Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹuː/ 1. Nutraloaf, a bland mixture of foods served in prisons. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: XXX Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: 1969 (see quotations). Reduplication of X (“an age rating denoting content suitable for adults”), in reference to the X rating introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America on 1 November 1968 for films containing extreme violence, heavily implied (originally softcore) sex and obscene language. Film posters began to include multiple exes (but skipping two) in order to imply even more extreme, hardcore content, particularly in relation to pornography (although many actually contained the same content as X-rated films). Compare XXXX. The original X rating was superseded by NC-17 in 1990; see also R-18. Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. Denotes extreme or hardcore pornography. Example: [bottom right] XXX SO ADULT ONE 'X' ISN'T ENOUGH!
Word: XXX Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1969 (see quotations). Reduplication of X (“an age rating denoting content suitable for adults”), in reference to the X rating introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America on 1 November 1968 for films containing extreme violence, heavily implied (originally softcore) sex and obscene language. Film posters began to include multiple exes (but skipping two) in order to imply even more extreme, hardcore content, particularly in relation to pornography (although many actually contained the same content as X-rated films). Compare XXXX. The original X rating was superseded by NC-17 in 1990; see also R-18. Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. Extreme or hardcore pornography; or, less strictly, any pornographic content. Example: Pornography—or "porno," to use the hip term—is intended primarily to sexually arouse the viewer, or reader, or maybe listener. Porno films enjoy graphic realism. These are the XXX films. Example: The pornography industry, like all industries, is in the business of making money. Pornography makes a lot of money-from Playboy magazine to XXX videos. This industry would obviously produce, and capitalize upon, pornography for women as well, if a demand existed.
Word: XXX Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). For other possible explanations, see Beer measurement § Saltire marks on WikipediaWikipedia . Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. Extra strong alcohol, particularly ale or (later) any beer. Labels: obsolete Example: "God bless you, madam!" he said, fervently, "and all like you that keep a bright face through the darkest day. But come, madam, step in a moment, and taste a glass of the XXX ale, and a slice of l'eg's cake; it's yet early." Example: Squash almost without stint! What is squash? Why, squash is squash! Squash in "Poplar" language stood for beer. Not XXX. beer, or Burton beer, but beer for all that. Table beer—school beer—beer of which a great deal might be taken without producing intoxication. 2. Extra strong alcohol, particularly ale or (later) any beer. Labels: obsolete
Word: XXX Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). For other possible explanations, see Beer measurement § Saltire marks on WikipediaWikipedia . Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. Extra strong; very high quality.
Word: XXX Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown, but compare ex (“to delete; to cross out”, verb). Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. To delete; to cross out, especially to conceal or suggest vulgar language. Labels: transitive, uncommon
Word: XXX Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: Perhaps from sXe. Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. Straight edge (lifestyle and subculture).
Word: XXX Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From having three X chromosomes (and no Y), or as a clipping of XXX syndrome. Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. Triple X syndrome. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: XXX Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. Alternative form of xxx (“an abbreviation for kisses”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: XXX Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adopted by the International Radiotelegraph Convention in 1927. Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. The conventional Morse code call made when in an urgent situation but not in immediate distress. Labels: obsolete
Word: XXX Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌʔɛks.ʔɛksˈʔɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/, /ɛ.ksɛ.ksɛks/, /ˈtɹɪpəlˈɛks/ 1. Unknown eye or hair color. Labels: not-comparable 2. Bald. Labels: not-comparable
Word: AAA Part of Speech: symbol 1. The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well. Labels: Canada, US 2. A very narrow shoe size. 3. The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best. 4. high-quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a large development budget.
Word: AAA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of awaiting aircraft availability. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: fuel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fuayle, from Old French fouaille, feuaille (“firewood, kindling”), from feu (“fire”), from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”), whence English focus. Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”), and Portuguese fogo (“fire”). Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːəl/, /ˈfjuːl/, [ˈfjuwəɫ] 1. Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction. Labels: countable, uncountable 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. Example: In a press release, CARB expanded on their decision. "The LCFS reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by setting a declining carbon intensity target for transportation fuels used in California; producers that don't meet established benchmarks buy credits from those that do. This system has generated $4 billion in annual private sector investment toward a cleaner transportation sector." 2. Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A little fuel to get down the mountain. 3. Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: His books were fuel for the revolution. Example: Money is the fuel for economy.
Word: fuel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fuayle, from Old French fouaille, feuaille (“firewood, kindling”), from feu (“fire”), from Late Latin focus (“fire”), from Latin focus (“hearth”), whence English focus. Cognate with Spanish fuego (“fire”), and Portuguese fogo (“fire”). Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːəl/, /ˈfjuːl/, [ˈfjuwəɫ] 1. To provide with fuel. Labels: transitive Example: […] Lieutenant Hirsch appeared with a sheaf of signals in his hand. He took these from the young man and read them through. Mostly they dealt with routine matters of the fuelling and victualling, but one from the Third Naval Member’s office was unexpected. Example: The workings now employ ten twin-units, which are fuelled at Hornsey but return to Cambridge diesel depot for their weekly maintenance; [...]. 2. To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater. Labels: transitive Example: There were times, during the first two years of the Biden presidency, when I came close to forgetting about it all: the taunts and the provocations; the incitements and the resentments; the disorchestrated reasoning; the verbal incontinence; the press conferences fueled by megalomania, vengeance, and a soupçon of hydroxychloroquine.
Word: petroleum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin petroleum. Doublet of petrol. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɹoʊliəm/ 1. A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: petroleum-based products Example: Coal and petroleum do not occur hap-hazard in nature, but the aggregate occurrence of each product in any region forms a definite, limited horizon, which, in its continuance, is independent of the bedding plane.