nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: swimming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds). Pronunciation: /ˈswɪmɪŋ/, /ˈswɪmiŋ/ 1. The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Triathlon competitors take part in open water swimming. Example: The daring adventures of the American people in their scalings of the Alps and the Rocky mountains and in their swimmings across the Niagara rapids […]
Word: swimming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English swim Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English swimming From swim (“to be dizzy”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds). Pronunciation: /ˈswɪmɪŋ/, /ˈswɪmiŋ/ 1. The state of being dizzy or in vertigo. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then I take my pipe of Tabacco, sitting close by a warme fire, the space of halfe an houre and more, vntill the giddinesse and swimming in my head be past, and the medicine also haue done it feate : then I vse to gargle my mouth with a cuppe of beere, well warmed with a toste. Example: But when the worms are killed with the aforesaid medicines, you must driue them out without delay : for there proceedeth a vicious exhalation from them, which both destroyeth appetite, and hurteth digestion, and being lifted vpward, it causeth swimmings, and other euils.
Word: swimming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪmɪŋ/, /ˈswɪmiŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of swim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: massif Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French massif, from Middle French massif, ultimately from Latin massa, from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). Pronunciation: /mæˈsiːf/, /ˈmæsɪf/ 1. A principal mountain mass. Example: This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end of this interesting branch line. 2. A block of the earth's crust bounded by faults or flexures and displaced as a unit without internal change; normally consists of gneisses and schists. Example: The southern borders of these states are keyed to the same horizontal projection, one surveyed by the frontier planter William Byrd in 1728, while the rivers forming their northern extents fall back just opposite each other from the flanks of the Appalachian massif. Example: Some deposits of iron ore are scattered along the edges of the massif in south - central France.
Word: actionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From action + -able. Compare Late Latin actionabilis. See action. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, /ˈæk.ʃən.ə.bəl/ 1. Able to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action. Example: By 1996 most of Unscom’s leads had dried up and my need for actionable information was such that the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) agreed to deal with me directly. 2. Affording grounds for legal action. Example: I'm sure it's not good of me to write that he's a lush, but is it actionable? Example: Clearly the libelous book is actionable, but I'm not commenting on anything to do with legal issues.
Word: actionable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From action + -able. Compare Late Latin actionabilis. See action. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, /ˈæk.ʃən.ə.bəl/ 1. That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action. Example: A comprehensive set of key actionables for achieving healthier environments is provided accordingly.
Word: active Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīv(us), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. By surface analysis, act + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tɪv/ 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives. Example: certain active principles Example: the active powers of the mind 2. Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble. Example: an active child or animal 3. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force Example: active laws Example: active hostilities 4. In action; actually proceeding; working; in force Labels: specifically 5. Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy Example: an active man of business Example: active mind 6. Requiring or implying action or exertion Example: active employment or service Example: active scenes 7. Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative Example: an active rather than a speculative statesman 8. Brisk; lively. Example: an active demand for corn 9. Implying or producing rapid action. Example: an active disease Example: an active remedy 10. About verbs. 11. About verbs. 12. About verbs. 13. Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter. Example: I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines of active code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether. Example: Edge uses green text for comments. This makes it easier for you to quickly differentiate between active code and comments. 14. Not passive. 15. enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner. Labels: slang
Word: active Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active From Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīv(us), from agere (“to do, to act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. By surface analysis, act + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tɪv/ 1. A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting. Example: "Alumni could become more active in giving guidance and leadership to students. They act as sort of a 'maturity governor' on fraternities," notes Ratliff, citing surveys suggesting that fraternity actives presume mistakenly that alumni want hazing […] 2. Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering). Example: Components are split into two broad segments: actives and passives. Active components like the vacuum tube and the transistor contain the power to generate and alter electrical signals.
Word: actively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From late Middle English actyvely; equivalent to active + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæktɪvli/ 1. In an active manner. Example: He was actively listening. Example: She was actively working, not “sleeping on the job”. 2. In the active form; not passive. Example: a word used actively
Word: actual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-. By surface analysis, act + -u- + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈækʃuəl/, /ˈækʃəl/, /ˈæktʃuəl/, /ˈæktʃəl/, /ˈæktjʊəl/ 1. relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical Labels: not-comparable Example: In this slumbry agitation, besides her walking, and other actuall performances, what (at any time) haue you heard her say? Example: Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is […] by a special prayer or action, […] given to God. 2. Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. Labels: not-comparable Example: the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion Example: The actual government expenses dramatically exceed the budget. 3. in action at the time being; now existing; current. Labels: not-comparable Example: If this be your actual situation, compared to the situation to which you were called, as it were by the voice of God and man, I cannot find it in my heart to congratulate you on the choice you have made, or the success which has attended your endeavours. Example: To my actual feelings it seems incredible that I could ever believe that I believed in Transubstantiation! 4. Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very. Labels: not-comparable Example: [H]ow the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
Word: actual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Anglo-Norman actuel, actual, and its source Late Latin actuālis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti, from the root *h₂eǵ-. By surface analysis, act + -u- + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈækʃuəl/, /ˈækʃəl/, /ˈæktʃuəl/, /ˈæktʃəl/, /ˈæktjʊəl/ 1. an actual, real one; notably: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. an actual, real one; notably: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bravo Six Actual, this is Charlie One. Come in, over. 3. Reality, usually with the definite article. Labels: uncountable Example: There was that desolate air about the chamber which is peculiar to an ill-furnished London room: cities need luxuries, were it only to conceal the actual.
Word: actually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English actually, actuelly, equivalent to actual + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.t͡ʃʊ.ə.li/, /ˈæk.t͡ʃə.li/, /ˈæk.ʃʊ.ə.li/, /ˈæk.ʃə.li/, /ˈæt͡ʃ.u.li/ 1. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively. Labels: modal, not-comparable Example: His promises did not correspond with what he actually did. 2. Actively. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Neither actually […] nor passively. 3. Currently; at the time. Labels: not-comparable Example: At the time whereof we are writing, though the Great George was on the throne and ladies wore gigots and large combs like tortoise-shell shovels in their hair, instead of the simple sleeves and lovely wreaths which are actually in fashion, the manners of the very polite world were not, I take it, essentially different from those of the present day: and their amusements pretty similar.
Word: actually Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A calque of Tagalog talaga. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.t͡ʃʊ.ə.li/, /ˈæk.t͡ʃə.li/, /ˈæk.ʃʊ.ə.li/, /ˈæk.ʃə.li/, /ˈæt͡ʃ.u.li/ 1. Indicating affirmation, agreement. Labels: Philippines, informal Example: A: That was a pretty good movie. Example: B: Actually!
Word: acumen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin acūmen (“sharp point”). Pronunciation: /ˈækjʊmən/, /əˈkjuːmən/, /ˈækjəmən/, /əˈkjumən/, /æˈkjumən/ 1. Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "I am going to ask you a question that does not require much legal acumen to answer," said Lord Meersbrook to his attorney, when he called the next day in Lincoln's Inn;... Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme. 2. A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The black star of the corolla, characteristic of the original form, the manyfloweredness of the inflorescence (often connected with [3]—4 whirls), upper leaves in the inflorescence, adpression of the acumina of the calyx, its size, the closely situated anthers, long pistils, the length of the pedicel above and below the articulation and the thickness of the pedicel dominate. Example: 11. S. boyacense. Resembles S. Rybinii from which it is distinguished by the greater dissection of the leaves, the longer calyx acumens, smaller anthers and coloured corolla. 3. A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The rostrum is the anterior extension of the carapace between the eyes. It ends in a more or less acute tip, or acumen, and may have a lateral spine on each side or bear a longitudinal keel (carina) on the dorsal surface. Example: DIAGNOSIS—Rostrum usually with marginal spines, tubercles, or angles at base of acumen, and rarely with low medina carina.
Word: suis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sui Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acushla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish a chuisle (“O pulse (of my heart)”). Pronunciation: /əˈkʊʃlə/ 1. darling Labels: Ireland Example: Parker, acushla, you’re an honour to Scotland Yard. Example: To her surprise, the grass was slick with dew, its texture unusually luxuriant beneath her hands as she spread her skirts to cover her ankles. It was springy and supple, the rich deep green of springtime. “Why do you frown, acushla?”
Word: acutely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English acute Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English acutely From acute + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːtli/ 1. In an acute manner Example: I minored in physics at university, so am acutely aware of atomic structure. Example: Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.
Word: acuteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acute Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English acuteness From acute + -ness. 1. The quality of being acute or pointed. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: the acuteness of an angle 2. Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions. Example: By acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions. 3. Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: At the time, I set it down to some idiosyncratic, personal distaste, and merely wondered at the acuteness of the symptoms; but I have since had reason to believe the cause to lie much deeper in the nature of man, and to turn on some nobler hinge than the principle of hatred. 5. Shrewdness, quickness of mind. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: adder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”). See also West Frisian njirre, Dutch adder, German Natter, Otter; also Welsh neidr, Latin natrīx (“watersnake”), Dutch naaien. Pronunciation: /ˈædɚ/ 1. Any snake. Labels: obsolete Example: CALIBAN: His spirits hear me, / And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch / Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire, / Nor lead me like a firebrand in the dark / Out of my way, unless he bid 'em; but / For every trifle are they set upon me, / Sometimes like apes that mow and chatter at me, / And after bite me; then like hedgehogs, which / Lie tumbling in my barefoot way, and mount / Their pricks at my footfall; sometimes am I / All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues / Do hiss me into madness— 2. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. Labels: UK Example: Entirely filled with the image of another, her heart, indeed, had the deaf ear of the adder, which heedeth not the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely. Example: These include the county's [Cumbria's] only venomous snake - the adder - which relies on exposed elements to successfully breed its young. 3. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. Labels: UK 4. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. 5. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. Labels: Canada, US 6. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. Labels: Canada, US 7. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. 8. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. 9. A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
Word: adder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English add Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adder From add + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈædɚ/ 1. Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers. 2. An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies. 3. Something which adds or increases. Example: They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
Word: adapt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt. Pronunciation: /əˈdæpt/ 1. To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit. Labels: transitive 2. To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust. Labels: transitive Example: to adapt a story for the stage Example: to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture 3. To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character. Labels: transitive Example: to bring out a play adapted from the French Example: a word of an adapted form 4. To make oneself comfortable to a new thing. Labels: intransitive Example: They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
Word: adapt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt From Middle English *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin adaptāre (“to fit to”), from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”), from aptus (“fit”); see apt. Pronunciation: /əˈdæpt/ 1. Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt. Example: This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.
Word: adaptable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adaptable From adapt + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈdæptəbəl/ 1. Capable of being adapted. Example: an adaptable electric plug for international use 2. Willing or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible. Example: She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […] Example: Joan was adaptable, and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship.
Word: additional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin additionalis. By surface analysis, addition + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/ 1. Supplemental or added to something. Labels: not-comparable Example: additional charge Example: additional information
Word: additional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin additionalis. By surface analysis, addition + -al. Pronunciation: /əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/ 1. Something added. Example: For having received, from my Lord, an Additional, of great Importance; which was, that Owen, of his own Accord, after Examination, should compare the Case of your Majesty, (if you were Excommunicate,) to the Case, of a Prisoner, Condemned at the Barr; which Additional was subscribed by one Witness; but yet I perceived it was spoken aloud, and in the Hearing of others; I presently sent down a Copy thereof […] Example: […] having been well vers’d in British Histories, and a singular lover of Antiquities, [he] made many additionals to the Historie of Cambria published by Dav. Powell […]
Word: addicted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈdɪktɪd/ 1. Having a biochemical addiction. 2. Devoted to or obsessed with something. Example: […] he was from his childhood addicted to study, and ever since he came to the use of reason so great a husband of his time, as not to let slip unoccupied the least fragment of it.
Word: addicted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈdɪktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of addict Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: addiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From addict + -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“an adjudging, an award”). Pronunciation: /əˈdɪkˌʃən/ 1. A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Do your lethal addictions to self-prescriptions numb the ache of the darkest days? 2. The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His addiction was to courses vain.
Word: adequate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”). Cognate with French adéquat. By surface analysis, ad- + equate. Pronunciation: /ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/, /ˈæ.də.kɪt/, /ˈæd.ɪ.kwət/ 1. Equal to or fulfilling some requirement. Example: powers adequate to a great work Example: an adequate definition
Word: adequate Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”). Cognate with French adéquat. By surface analysis, ad- + equate. 1. A sufficient amount of; enough. Example: We have adequate money for the journey.
Word: adequate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”). Cognate with French adéquat. By surface analysis, ad- + equate. Pronunciation: /ˈæd.ɪˌkweɪt/ 1. To equalize; to make adequate. Labels: obsolete Example: Let me giue yet one instance more, of a truly intellectuall obiect, exactly adequated and proportioned vnto the intellectuall appetite. 2. To equal. Labels: obsolete Example: […] though it be an impossibilitie for any creature to adequate God in his eternitie, yet he hath ordained all his sonnes in Christ to partake of it by living with him eternally.
Word: adhere Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereōder. Middle English *adheren English adhere From Middle English *adheren (suggested by Middle English adherande (“adhering, adherent”, present participle)), from Latin adhaerēre, adhaesum: ad (“to”) + haerēre (“to stick”). Compare French adhérer. Pronunciation: /ædˈhɪə/, /ædˈhɪɹ/, /ɛdˈhiə/, /ɛdˈhiːə/ 1. To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united. Labels: intransitive Example: Wax adhered to his finger. Example: The sure test of the presence of the disease is found in the dead body of the larva, which is dark and discoloured; and if a toothpick or pin be thrust into it and then drawn back, the body contents will adhere to it in a stringy mass, to the extent of a half or even an entire inch, as if it were mucous or glue; later the bodies of the larvae dry and appear as black scales in the cell bottoms. 2. To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Upon the whole, if, by the British dominions, you mean territories subject to the Parliament, you adhere to your usual fallacy, and suppose what you are bound to prove. Example: King Ferdinand adopted the magnanimous measure recommended by the queen, but he accompanied it with several shrewd conditions, exacting tribute, military services, and safe passages and maintenance for Christian troops throughout the places which should adhere to Boabdil. 3. To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: For the most part, Hefner's female companions all adhered to the same mold: twentysomething, bosomy and blonde. "Well, I guess I know what I like," he once said when asked about his preferences. 4. To fasten by adhesion. Labels: transitive Example: A process in producing playing balls which consists molding a pair of hollow hemispheres from suitable air proof mate rial softening their edges by heat and adhering them to form a unitary hollow sphere inclosing said sphere in a stiffened envelop. Example: press on the two layers of paste to adhere them together […]. 5. To affirm a judgment. Labels: intransitive
Word: adhered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of adhere Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adhering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *adherynge, adherande, present participle of Middle English *adheren, from Old French *adherer, aderer and Medieval Latin adhaereō (“adhere”, verb), equivalent to adhere + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of adhere Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adhering.
Word: adhesive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive From French adhésif, from Medieval Latin adhaesivus, from adhaereō (supine adhaesum); see adhere. Pronunciation: /ədˈhiː.sɪv/, /ədˈhi.sɪv/, /ædˈhi.sɪv/, /ədˈhiː.səv/ 1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. Example: adhesive material Example: adhesive tape 2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
Word: adhesive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive From French adhésif, from Medieval Latin adhaesivus, from adhaereō (supine adhaesum); see adhere. Pronunciation: /ədˈhiː.sɪv/, /ədˈhi.sɪv/, /ædˈhi.sɪv/, /ədˈhiː.səv/ 1. a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The label wouldn’t stick without strong adhesive. Example: They used an adhesive to repair the broken vase.
Word: adieu Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I commend you to God”), from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Doublet of adios. Pronunciation: /əˈdju/, /əˈdu/, /əˈdjuː/, /əˈdjɜː/, /əˈd(j)ɪu̯/ 1. Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye. Example: BEATRICE. What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true? Stand I condemn'd for pride and scorn so much? Contempt, farewell! and maiden pride, adieu! No glory lives behind the back of such. Example: The sails of fat-bellied ships go upward and flap signalling that time has come to bid adieu to the voyagers.
Word: adieu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I commend you to God”), from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Doublet of adios. Pronunciation: /əˈdju/, /əˈdu/, /əˈdjuː/, /əˈdjɜː/, /əˈd(j)ɪu̯/ 1. A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. Example: We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America. Example: As Noyes bade me adieu and rode off northward in his car I began to walk slowly toward the house.
Word: adjacent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”). Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/ 1. Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because the conference room is filled, we will have our meeting in the adjacent room. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjacent. 2. Just before, after, or facing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The picture is on the adjacent page. 3. Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, postpositional Example: It would be false to suggest CBD is nothing more than an obsession for reiki-adjacent bicoastal millennials. Example: First of all, she's probably the most popular politics-adjacent figure in the country. She's not a politician. She's never run for anything, but I have said for a long time – I think we all agree – if she did ever want to run for something, she would be right at the front of the line.
Word: adjacent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”). Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/ 1. Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite. Example: Again, the key colors have twice the area of the adjacents. Example: Picking out the opposite, the adjacent, and the hypotenuse[…]
Word: adjacent Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”). Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/ 1. Next to; beside. Example: The house adjacent to the school was demolished. Example: A notice was sent to the house adjacent the school. 2. Related to; suggestive of; bordering on. Labels: figuratively Example: While Amazon has increasingly become a one-stop shop for some people, we’re also seeing a large proliferation of online companies looking to connect with users wherever they happen to be spending the most time, whether that’s on a social media platform, or on a site that caters to interests adjacent to the businesses’s own — and most importantly not necessarily on the company’s own web properties.
Word: adjoining Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”). Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/, /əˈd͡ʒoɪ.nɪŋ/ 1. Being in contact at some point or line; joining to. Example: an adjoining room Example: The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted."
Word: adjoining Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”). Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/, /əˈd͡ʒoɪ.nɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of adjoin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: argued Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹ.ɡjud/ 1. simple past and past participle of argue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: arguing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ).ɡju.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of argue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: arguing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ).ɡju.ɪŋ/ 1. argument Example: The then Coburg Line died out in 1678, upon which arose great arguings as to who should inherit[…]
Word: assumed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈsjuːmd/, /əˈʃuːmd/, /əˈsuːmd/, /əˈzuːmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of assume Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: assumed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈsjuːmd/, /əˈʃuːmd/, /əˈsuːmd/, /əˈzuːmd/ 1. Used in a manner intended to deceive; pretended; simulated. Example: Appleby[…]rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed. 2. Supposed or presumed.
Word: assuming Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈsjuːmɪŋ/, /əˈsuːmɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of assume Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: assuming Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈsjuːmɪŋ/, /əˈsuːmɪŋ/ 1. An assumption. Example: December 16, 1656, Thomas Burton, diary entry No positive inference can he drawn from Nayler's confession, as to his assuming the attributes of Christ, but rather a positive denial of these assumings.
Word: assuming Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈsjuːmɪŋ/, /əˈsuːmɪŋ/ 1. haughty; arrogant
Word: imp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English impen, ympen (“to plant; (figuratively) to bury; to graft; to add to, insert, put into, set in; to mend (a falcon’s feather) by attaching a new feather on to the broken stump”), from Old English impian, ġeimpian (“to graft”), from Proto-West Germanic *impōn (“to graft”), from Vulgar Latin *imputō (“to graft”), from Ancient Greek ἔμφῠτος (émphŭtos, “implanted; planted”), from ἐμφῠ́ω (emphŭ́ō, “to implant”, from ἐν- (en-, prefix meaning ‘in’) + φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “to bring forth, produce; to grow”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear; to become; to grow”))) + -τος (-tos). Pronunciation: /ɪmp/ 1. To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.). Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in. Labels: archaic, figuratively, transitive Example: That headleſſe tyrants tronke he reard from ground, / And, having ympt the head to it agayne, / Vpon his vſuall beaſt it firmely bound, / And made it ſo to ride, as it aliue was found. 3. To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail. Labels: transitive Example: I have known feathers so imped that the eye could not discern the place of juncture, and it was difficult even to discover it by passing the thumb-nail down the shaft of the imped feather. Example: Bird rehabilitators borrow a trick from falconry with the age-old process of imping flight feathers on to a damaged bird. 4. To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: With thee / Let me combine, / And feel this day thy victorie: / For, if I imp my wing on thine, / Affliction ſhall advance the flight in me. 5. To add to or unite an object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen. Labels: broadly, transitive
Word: imp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From implementer. Pronunciation: /ɪmp/ 1. Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”). Labels: slang, transitive
Word: Polynesian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Polynesia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Polynesian From Polynesia + -an. 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia.
Word: Polynesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Polynesia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Polynesian From Polynesia + -an. 1. A person from Polynesia. Example: He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain. Example: Blackbirding was the euphemism given to the slave-trading that occurred in the Pacific from the mid-1800s through to the early-1900s. According to one study, blackbirding, [as] “the practice of luring Melanesians and Polynesians to toil for next to nothing was called”, involved upwards of 60,000 people between 1863 and 1904 (Horne, 2007, p. 2).
Word: Polynesian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Polynesia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Polynesian From Polynesia + -an. 1. A language group spoken by these people.
Word: stalemate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stale + mate. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ 1. The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his/her king is not in check. The game is said to end in ‘stalemate’. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the stalemate position was in accordance with Article 3 and Articles 4.2 – 4.7. 2. Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: "Short of shooting us all in cold blood how's that going to help you, Mr. Carrados?" asked Larch, coming down to the commonplace of the situation. "It looks like stalemate to me and the sensible thing would be to make it a draw and all call off in good order. […]" Example: Indian military analysts said the situation was heading into a dangerous stalemate. Neither side wants to start a war. But neither side wants to back down either. 3. Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stalemate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stale + mate. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪlmeɪt/ 1. To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves. Labels: transitive 2. To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The North Korean nuclear issue, stalemated for the past three years, is now back in play again—not before time. Example: But with the war also still largely stalemated, other theatres of conflict have become more important. In Russia’s case, that includes the secret domain.
Word: employment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From employ (itself from Middle French employer, from Middle French empleier, from Latin implicō (“enfold, involve, be connected with”), itself from in- + plicō (“fold”)) + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔɪmənt/, /ɛmˈplɔɪmənt/ 1. The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [I]t is certaine no man sees more of the Navye's Transactions than himselfe [the Clerk of the Acts], and possibly may speak as much to the project if required, or else he is a blockhead, and not fitt for that imployment. 2. The act of employing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The personnel director handled the whole employment procedure 3. The state of being employed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The percentage of a country's population in employment used to be called "participation rate". Example: […] King Henry [VIII] full fraught all thoſe vvith vvealth and revvards, vvhom he retained in his imployment. 4. A purpose, a use. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This new employment of his time caused no relaxation in his attention to my education. 5. An activity to which one devotes time. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The number or percentage of people at work. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch. Pronunciation: /spɒt/, /spɑt/ 1. Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery. Labels: not-comparable Example: spot wheat Example: spot cash 2. Exact; precise. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: The other bus meets yours at the intersection within one minute; it's a spot connection, and you might not make it.
Word: stale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“fixed position, place”), but probably originally from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): compare West Flemish stel in the same sense for ‘beer’ and ‘urine’. Pronunciation: /steɪl/ 1. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc. Example: Near-synonyms: gone bad, spoiled; see also Thesaurus:rotten Example: Stale as breed or drinke is, rassis. Stale as meate is that begynneth to savoure, viel. 2. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated. Example: Better is...be it new or stale, A harmelesse lie, than a harmefull true tale. Example: Doist thou smyle to reade this stale and beggarlye stuffe. 3. Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time. Labels: usually Example: In most states, you can be ticketed for failing to clear the intersection, even if you are hemmed in by traffic. One good clue to a stale green light is the pedestrian signal. 4. Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions. Example: a stale affidavit Example: a stale demand 5. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition. Example: By this means the [horse's] legs are not made more stale than necessary. Example: Dame Agnes will probably be stale after her exertions in the Derby. 6. Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks. Example: Stale cheque,...a cheque which has remained unpaid for some considerable time. 7. Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy. Example: The bug was found to be caused by stale data in the cache. 8. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage; past one's prime. Labels: obsolete Example: Near-synonyms: over the hill; see also Thesaurus:elderly Example: Rosimunda...hathe an vncle a stale batcheler. 9. Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong. Labels: obsolete Example: The stronger Beere is divided into two parts (viz.) mild and stale; the first may ease a man of a drought, but the later is like water cast into a Smiths forge, and breeds more heartburning, and as rust eates into Iron, so overstale Beere gnawes auletholes in the entrales, or else my skill failes, and what I have written of it is to be held as a jest. Example: Particular care must be taken that the stale beer in which the isinglass is dissolved be perfectly clear and stale. 10. Fallow, in reference to land. Labels: obsolete Example: Lime would do very little or no good on stale ploughed lands.