nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: loot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen property”) or लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “to rob, plunder”). The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s. Pronunciation: /luːt/, /lut/, /ɫʉːt/ 1. Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence, particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat. Labels: transitive Example: We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us. Example: Gunganarian, the leader of the Chooars, continues his system of looting and murder 2. Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence, particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat. Labels: transitive Example: It's shameful to loot the bodies of the people who died today. 3. Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence. Labels: transitive Example: He told me... that if I gave him less than to the master of the luggage-boat, he would... declare at Shēr-Gurry that I had ‘looted him!’
Word: loot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Dutch loet or loete (“scoop, shovel, scraper”), from reconstructed Old Dutch *lōta, from Old Frankish *lōtija (“scoop”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōþþijō (“scoop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to lay down, deposit, overlay”). Related to lade and ladle, and cognate with Dutch loet, Scots lute or luyt (“scoop”), West Frisian loete or lete, Middle Low German lōte (“rake”), and French louche (“ladle”). Pronunciation: /luːt/, /lut/, /ɫʉːt/ 1. A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: loot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /luːt/, /lut/, /ɫʉːt/ 1. Clipping of lieutenant. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated, slang Example: R-run over an' wake up th' loot at th' station.
Word: ion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the ending of anion and cation, which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”), neuter present participle of εἶμι (eîmi, “I go”). Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1834 for Michael Faraday, who introduced it later that year. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪən/, /ˈaɪ.ɒn/, /ˈaɪ.ɑn/ 1. An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.
Word: ion Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From a reduction of I don't. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪˌoʊn/ 1. I don't. Labels: slang Example: ion know what 2 do Example: ion want 2
Word: frantically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From earlier franticly, equivalent to frantic + -ally. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/ 1. In a frantic manner. Example: He searched frantically for his passport before the flight. Example: Amid a cacophony of demands for Cuomo to resign, the governor and his aides are frantically trying to cover up the basic facts of what happened, and that includes launching a Nixonian campaign of intimidation and retribution against Democratic lawmakers who have for months been sounding the alarm. 2. Extremely; terribly. Labels: UK, archaic, slang Example: "Oh yes; come in, Mr Carrados," she exclaimed graciously. "We are not quite strangers, you know. You found out something for Aunt Pigs; I forget what, but she was most frantically impressed."
Word: CN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of catalogue number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of cranial nerve. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of content note. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Canadian National: a national trans-continental railway of Canada. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: twat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown origin. Possibly cognate with Old Norse þveit (“cut, slit, forest clearing”), and if so a doublet of thwaite. May however simply be onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic. Pronunciation: /twæt/, [tʰw̥æt], /twɑt/, [tʰw̥ɑt], /twɔt/ 1. The vagina or vulva. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: That you wanna get with, lick up in my twat / Gotta hit the spot, if not don't test the poom-poom 2. A contemptible and stupid person, idiot. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar Example: At 4pm, the phone went. It was The Sun: 'We hear your daughter's been expelled for cheating at her school exams...' She'd made a remark to a friend at the end of the German exam and had been pulled up for talking. As they left the exam room, she muttered that the teacher was a 'twat'. He heard and flipped—a pretty stupid thing to do, knowing the kids were tired and tense after exams. Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted. Example: "LARGE MOCHA TO GO, MEDIUM CHAI FOR HERE, YOU TWATS"
Word: twat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown origin. Possibly cognate with Old Norse þveit (“cut, slit, forest clearing”), and if so a doublet of thwaite. May however simply be onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic. Pronunciation: /twæt/, [tʰw̥æt], /twɑt/, [tʰw̥ɑt], /twɔt/ 1. To hit, slap. Labels: Commonwealth, slang, transitive, vulgar Example: Arnold Rimmer: What are we gonna do? Dave Lister: Well, I say let's get out there and twat it! Example: "Umbridge'll twat him into next week."
Word: PhyloCode Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon)der. English phylo- English code English PhyloCode From phylo- + code. 1. A draft code of formal nomenclature intended to allow naming phylogenetic groups, of all living things, rather than taxonomic groups (taxa). Officially, such names are intended to supplement scientific names rather than replace them. Example: They want to replace it with a more rational scheme they call the PhyloCode […] Given the hostile reception PhyloCode has received so far, they have a lot of convincing to do […]
Word: supertribe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English tribe English supertribe From super- + tribe. 1. one of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; a supertribe is more specific than a subfamily and more general than a tribe Example: taxonomists have been inventing a confusing raft of ranks, such as phalanxes, infracohorts and supertribes
Word: infracohort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- English cohort English infracohort From infra- + cohort. 1. One of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; an infracohort is more specific than a subcohort and more general than a subtercohort. Example: taxonomists have been inventing a confusing raft of ranks, such as phalanxes, infracohorts and supertribes
Word: chitin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χῐτών (khĭtṓn)der. Latin chitōnder. French chitinebor. English chitin From French chitine, from Latin chitōn (“mollusk”), from Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn). See also chiton. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌɪtɪn/, /ˈkaɪtɪn/ 1. A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Chitin usually occurs throughout Invertebrates in the form of an investment to the outermost cellular layer or ectoderm. Example: The robot’s energy source is the sugar in the polysaccharide called chitin that makes up a fly’s exoskeleton.
Word: Sorbian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Sorb Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Sorbian From Sorb + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːbi.ən/, /ˈsɔːɹbi.ən/ 1. A group of Slavic languages spoken by a minority in eastern Germany.
Word: Sorbian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Sorb Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Sorbian From Sorb + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːbi.ən/, /ˈsɔːɹbi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Sorbs or to the Sorbian language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sorbian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Sorb Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Sorbian From Sorb + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːbi.ən/, /ˈsɔːɹbi.ən/ 1. A Sorb.
Word: Tulbagh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Ryk Tulbagh. 1. A small town situated in the Witzenberg Mountain Winelands of the Bolands, Western Cape province, South Africa.
Word: unguent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“to smear with ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to salve, anoint”). Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German Anke (“butter”)), Welsh ymenyn (“butter”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌŋɡjuənt/, /ʌnd͡ʒ(u)ənt/, /ˈʌŋɡwənt/ 1. Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes. Example: "Alas!" said Syntax, "could I pop / Just now, upon a blacksmith's shop, / Whose cooling unguents would avail / To save poor Grizzle's ears and tail!" Example: So she put a golden box into his hand, and directed him how to apply the perfumed unguent which it contained, and where to meet her at midnight.
Word: unguent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“to smear with ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to salve, anoint”). Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German Anke (“butter”)), Welsh ymenyn (“butter”). Pronunciation: /ˈʌŋɡjuənt/, /ʌnd͡ʒ(u)ənt/, /ˈʌŋɡwənt/ 1. Taking the form of a cream or ointment. Labels: not-comparable Example: In vials of ivory and coloured glass / Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, / Unguent, powdered, or liquid— […]
Word: ingot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ingot (“mould for casting metal”), of uncertain origin. In all likelihood the same word as Middle French lingot, but the direction of borrowing is hard to establish, particularly as the word appears simultaneously (ca. 1390) in both languages. * Assuming English origin, from Old English ingoten, past participle of inġēotan (“to pour in”), derived from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to pour”, whence archaic English yote). Compare Old English ingyte (“a pouring-in, infusion”), which is formed with a related noun (Proto-Germanic *gutiz, whence German Guss, Swedish göt). Also related with English gote, goit. * Assuming French origin, from a diminutive of Old Occitan lenga (“tongue”), so called because of the elongated form. (The presence or absence of initial l- has to do, in any case, with rebracketing of the French definite article.) Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡət/ 1. A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.
Word: ingot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ingot (“mould for casting metal”), of uncertain origin. In all likelihood the same word as Middle French lingot, but the direction of borrowing is hard to establish, particularly as the word appears simultaneously (ca. 1390) in both languages. * Assuming English origin, from Old English ingoten, past participle of inġēotan (“to pour in”), derived from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to pour”, whence archaic English yote). Compare Old English ingyte (“a pouring-in, infusion”), which is formed with a related noun (Proto-Germanic *gutiz, whence German Guss, Swedish göt). Also related with English gote, goit. * Assuming French origin, from a diminutive of Old Occitan lenga (“tongue”), so called because of the elongated form. (The presence or absence of initial l- has to do, in any case, with rebracketing of the French definite article.) Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋɡət/ 1. To form (scraps of metal) into ingots. Labels: transitive
Word: stereo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortened form of stereotype, stereoscope or stereophonic, all originally derived, via stereo-, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əʊ/, /ˈstɛəɹ.i.oʊ/ 1. A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two or more channels, each playing a portion of the original sound at different locations in order to simulate the separation of sources along at least one spatial dimension. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any object or device equipped with audio components that reproduces sound in stereo, such as a stereo console in the home. Labels: broadly, countable, dated, uncountable Example: He liked to listen to classical music on his stereo. 3. A stereotype. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable 4. A genre of Western-style pop and rock music. Labels: Myanmar, countable, uncountable
Word: stereo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A shortened form of stereotype, stereoscope or stereophonic, all originally derived, via stereo-, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əʊ/, /ˈstɛəɹ.i.oʊ/ 1. Of sound, music, etc, recorded in stereo. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a pair of images: one depicting the view as would be seen from one eye and the other from the other eye, so that when viewed appropriately, they combine to give an impression of three dimensions. Labels: not-comparable Example: One could easily do this with stereo photographs, but one could also do it by making a pseudoscope, with a short cardboard tube and mirrors, […]
Word: stereo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A shortened form of stereotype, stereoscope or stereophonic, all originally derived, via stereo-, from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əʊ/, /ˈstɛəɹ.i.oʊ/ 1. To create a stereophotographic image of. Labels: transitive
Word: fetter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”). Related to foot. Cognates Cognate with Dutch veter (“cable, chain, hawser; bond, fetter”), Faroese fjøtur (“fetter”), Icelandic fjötur (“fetter”), Swedish fjätter (“fetter, shackle”); also Irish feadh (“extent, length”), feá (“fathom”), Scottish Gaelic feadh (“extent, length; fathom”), Latgalian pāda (“foot”), Latvian pēda (“foot”), Lithuanian pėda (“foot”), Belarusian па́даць (pádacʹ, “to fall”), Bulgarian па́дам (pádam, “to grop, fall”), Czech padat (“to fall”), Polish padać (“to fall”), Russian па́дать (pádatʹ, “to fall”), Serbo-Croatian padati, падати (“to fall”), Slovene padati (“to fall”), Ukrainian па́дати (pádaty, “to fall”), Latin peior, pejor (“worse”), Ancient Greek πέδη (pédē, “fetter, shackle; anklet, bangle”), Armenian ետ (et, “back, backward”), հետ (het, “back; with”), Ossetian фестӕг (festæg), фистӕг (fistæg, “pedestrian”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎫𐎡 (p-s-t-i, “foot soldier, infantryman”), Sanskrit पद्यते (padyate, “to fall, topple; to perish”), Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒁕𒀭 (“place; floor, ground”). Pronunciation: /ˈfet.ə/, /ˈfɛt.ə/, /ˈfɛt.ɚ/ 1. A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal, often by its legs. Labels: plural, usually 2. Anything that restricts or restrains. Labels: figuratively Example: Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. Example: He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.
Word: fetter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”). Related to foot. Cognates Cognate with Dutch veter (“cable, chain, hawser; bond, fetter”), Faroese fjøtur (“fetter”), Icelandic fjötur (“fetter”), Swedish fjätter (“fetter, shackle”); also Irish feadh (“extent, length”), feá (“fathom”), Scottish Gaelic feadh (“extent, length; fathom”), Latgalian pāda (“foot”), Latvian pēda (“foot”), Lithuanian pėda (“foot”), Belarusian па́даць (pádacʹ, “to fall”), Bulgarian па́дам (pádam, “to grop, fall”), Czech padat (“to fall”), Polish padać (“to fall”), Russian па́дать (pádatʹ, “to fall”), Serbo-Croatian padati, падати (“to fall”), Slovene padati (“to fall”), Ukrainian па́дати (pádaty, “to fall”), Latin peior, pejor (“worse”), Ancient Greek πέδη (pédē, “fetter, shackle; anklet, bangle”), Armenian ետ (et, “back, backward”), հետ (het, “back; with”), Ossetian фестӕг (festæg), фистӕг (fistæg, “pedestrian”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎫𐎡 (p-s-t-i, “foot soldier, infantryman”), Sanskrit पद्यते (padyate, “to fall, topple; to perish”), Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒁕𒀭 (“place; floor, ground”). Pronunciation: /ˈfet.ə/, /ˈfɛt.ə/, /ˈfɛt.ɚ/ 1. To shackle or bind up with fetters. Labels: transitive Example: The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties! 2. To restrain or impede; to hamper. Labels: transitive
Word: sui generis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin suī generis (literally “of its own kind/class”). Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uː.aɪ ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹɪs/, /ˌsuː.i ˈɡɛn.ə.ɹɪs/, /ˌsuː.i ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹɪs/ 1. In a class of its own; one of a kind. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is easy to describe second-rate talents, because they fall into a class and enlist under a standard; but first-rate powers defy calculation or comparison, and can be defined only by themselves. They are sui generis, and make the class to which they belong. Example: The transcendent case before us is absolutely sui generis.
Word: sui generis Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin suī generis (literally “of its own kind/class”). Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uː.aɪ ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹɪs/, /ˌsuː.i ˈɡɛn.ə.ɹɪs/, /ˌsuː.i ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹɪs/ 1. By itself; of its own. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: They came up with a program that the federal Minister of Agriculture and his provincial colleagues agreed was a good and appropriate approach to handling that particular problem. They did it sui generis. Example: Another possibility is that the council acted sui generis and expressed a one-off view on the facts with no precedential significance.
Word: sui generis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin suī generis (literally “of its own kind/class”). Pronunciation: /ˌs(j)uː.aɪ ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹɪs/, /ˌsuː.i ˈɡɛn.ə.ɹɪs/, /ˌsuː.i ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹɪs/ 1. Something of its own kind; a thing apart. Example: It is word-generated knowledge or knowledge by testimony ( K. T. for short ) – a sui generis. Example: Prior to the 1990s a large segment of New Testament scholarship maintained that the Gospels represent a sui generis, that is, a genre unique to them. This sui generis was viewed as a type of mythology.
Word: martyrdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English martyrdome, martirdom, marterdom, from Old English martyrdōm (“martyrdom”), corresponding to martyr + -dom. Cognate with German Märtyrertum (“martyrdom”), Danish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Swedish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Norwegian martyrdom (“martyrdom”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː(ɹ).tə(ɹ).dəm/ 1. The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The like clamour, and outcry, the Rabble of the unbelieving Jews and Gentiles made againſt Polycarp Biſhop of Smyrna, at the time of his Martyrdom. crying out againſt him to the Governour, that he ſhould caſt him to the Lyons, and when he anſwered them he could not, becauſe the Spectacular ſports were concluded, then they cry’d out, Burn him, burn him, juſt as the Jews cryed out againſt Chriſt to Pilate, Crucify him, crucify him. Example: “Regard not that, my brother,” answered Magdalen Græme; “the first successors of Saint Peter himself, were elected not in sunshine but in tempests—not in the halls of the Vatican, but in the subterranean vaults and dungeons of Heathen Rome—they were not gratulated with shouts and salvos of cannon-shot and of musquetry, and the display of artificial fire—no, my brother—but by the hoarse summons of Lictors and Prætors, who came to drag the Fathers of the Church to martyrdom.[…]” 2. Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English uniten English unite From Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō. Pronunciation: /juˈnaɪt/, /jʊˈnaɪt/, [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [jʊˈnaɪ̯ʔ] 1. To bring together as one. Labels: transitive Example: The new government will try to unite the various factions. Example: I hope this song can unite people from all different cultures. 2. To come together as one. Labels: reciprocal Example: If we want to win, we will need to unite.
Word: unite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English uniten English unite From Middle English uniten, from Latin ūnītus, perfect passive participle of ūniō. Pronunciation: /juˈnaɪt/, /jʊˈnaɪt/, [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯ʔ], [ju̟ˈnaɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [jʊˈnaɪ̯ʔ] 1. A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, first produced during the reign of King James I, and bearing a legend indicating the king's intention of uniting the kingdoms of England and Scotland. Labels: UK, historical Example: Occasionally Scots and Irish coins are also found. The gold hoards consist entirely of crown gold unites, half unites and quarter unites from the reigns of James I and Charles I.
Word: reunite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English uniten English unite English reunite From re- + unite. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːjuːˈnaɪt/, /ˌɹiːjʊˈnaɪt/ 1. To unite again. Labels: ambitransitive, reciprocal Example: After ten years apart, the band will reunite. Example: Two of the members tried several times, but failed to reunite the band.
Word: schmuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis, fool”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃmʌk/, /ˈʃmʊk/ 1. A jerk; a person who is unlikable, detestable, or contemptible because they are stupid, foolish, clumsy, oafish, inept, malicious, or unpleasant. Labels: Jewish, US, derogatory, slang Example: One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me with my top off. Meanwhile, as he's walking towards me he's saying to my agent "I hope she puts on her top.". He wasn't even being a schmuck, like wanting to see. Example: “You’re an asshole whose best friends include Hitler’s wet dream and a Jew.” “Yea, well, I’m only friends with you because I want to shtoop your sister.” “Everybody wants to shtoop your sister,” Craig laughed. “No, everybody wants to shtoop Waters’ sister and you are not shtoopin’ my sister,” Joe replied. “None of you guys are shtooping my sister.” “Yea, we’ll see.” “In your dreams Jew boy,” Bruce continued. “Schmuck.” “Schmuck? Are you calling me a schmuck?” “Yea.” “Well, before I beat the crap out of you, what the fuck is a schmuck anyway?” 2. A deplorable, pitiful person. Labels: Jewish, US, derogatory, slang Example: poor schmuck Example: Bad vibrations? Sandy, I love you, but you're a schmuck. You were always young, Sandy, open. You were schmucky a lot of the time, but maybe schmuckiness is what you need to stay young and open.
Word: schmuck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Yiddish שמאָק (shmok, “penis, fool”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃmʌk/, /ˈʃmʊk/ 1. To behave like a schmuck. Labels: Jewish, US, derogatory, intransitive, rare, slang Example: […] there's actually a shortage of schmucks in America. As a result, there's big money in schmucking. The average schmuck earns $28,000 a year, plus benefits. 2. To mash or smoosh. Labels: Jewish, US, derogatory, rare, slang, transitive Example: His buddy was supposed to be arriving from Helena that morning but had schmucked a mule deer buck with his vehicle so there was going to be a delay. Example: “She schmucked three deer on M-95,” del Olmo said. “I was two minutes behind her. Man, she blew them up! […]
Word: reunion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French reunion (modern French réunion). By surface analysis, re- + union. Doublet of Réunion. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈjuːnjən/, /ɹɪˈjuːnjən/ 1. The process or act of reuniting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The reunion took forever, but it was worth it. Example: It was a tearful and heartfelt reunion as the trapped miners finally saw their dear loved ones again. 2. A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Are you going to the high-school reunion this year?
Word: reunion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French reunion (modern French réunion). By surface analysis, re- + union. Doublet of Réunion. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈjuːnjən/, /ɹɪˈjuːnjən/ 1. To form a reunion or an act of reuniting. Labels: nonstandard, transitive, uncommon
Word: class reunion Part of Speech: noun 1. A planned event at which members of a past school class meet. Example: The class of 1986 is having its 20th class reunion before too long.
Word: school class Part of Speech: noun 1. All students who have graduated or will graduate from a school in a given year. Labels: US Example: I was the only unicyclist in my English class, but it turned out there was another in my school class, and two more due to come in with next year's class.
Word: during Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English during, durynge, durinde, durand, durende, present participle of duren (“to last”), equivalent to dure + -ing. Compare Dutch gedurende (“during”). More at dure. Pronunciation: /ˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈdjɔː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒʊə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒɔː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈd(j)ʊɚ.ɪŋ/ 1. For all of a given time interval; throughout; in; pending. Example: I lived with my parents during the 1970s. Example: This shop, which was among the few able to stay open during the war, is closed during the whole of August. 2. At any time or period within a given time interval or while a given event is ongoing. Example: I lived with my parents at several points during the 1980s. Example: Many of the best examples were produced during the Restoration.
Word: during Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English during, durynge, durinde, durand, durende, present participle of duren (“to last”), equivalent to dure + -ing. Compare Dutch gedurende (“during”). More at dure. Pronunciation: /ˈdjʊə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈdjɔː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒʊə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈd͡ʒɔː.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈd(j)ʊɚ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: around Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- + round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)). Pronunciation: /əˈɹaʊnd/, /əˈɹuːnd/, /əˈɹæɔnd/, /əˈɹæʊnd/ 1. Forming a circle or closed curve containing (something). Example: She wore a gold chain around her neck. Example: I planted a row of lilies around the statue. 2. Centred upon; surrounding; regarding. Example: We could use some clarification around the new rules. Example: There has been a lot of controversy around the handling of personal information. 3. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point. Example: We walked around the football field. Example: She went around the track fifty times. 4. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve. Example: The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on. Example: I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. 5. Near; in the vicinity of. Example: I left my keys somewhere around here. Example: I left the house around 10 this morning. 6. At or to various places within or throughout. Example: The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room. Example: Those teenagers like to hang around the mall. 7. So as to avoid something. Labels: figuratively Example: Our product designs around the existing patents to avoid infringing them.
Word: around Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- + round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)). Pronunciation: /əˈɹaʊnd/, /əˈɹuːnd/, /əˈɹæɔnd/, /əˈɹæʊnd/ 1. Present in the vicinity. Labels: informal, not-comparable, predicative Example: Is Clare around today? 2. Alive; existing. Labels: informal, not-comparable, predicative Example: The record store on Main Street? Yes, it's still around. Example: "How is old Bob? I heard that his health is failing." "Oh, he's still around. He's feeling better now."
Word: around Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English around, arounde, from a- (from Old English a- (“on, at”)) + Middle English round (“circle, round”) borrowed from French, equivalent to a- + round. Cognate with Scots aroond, aroon (“around”). Displaced earlier Middle English umbe, embe (“around”) (from Old English ymbe (“around”)). Pronunciation: /əˈɹaʊnd/, /əˈɹuːnd/, /əˈɹæɔnd/, /əˈɹæʊnd/ 1. So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof. Labels: not-comparable Example: High above, vultures circled around. 2. So as to surround or be near. Labels: not-comparable Example: Everybody please gather around. Example: There isn't another house for miles around. 3. Nearly; approximately; about. Labels: not-comparable Example: Around a thousand people attended. Example: An adult elephant weighs around five tons. 4. From place to place. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt. Example: Look around and see what you find. 5. From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement. Labels: not-comparable Example: The team wasn't doing well, but the new coach really turned things around. Example: He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around. 6. So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Turn around at the end of this street. Example: She spun around a few times. 7. Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people. Labels: not-comparable Example: I asked around, and no-one really liked it. Example: Shopping around can get you a better deal. 8. Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity. Labels: not-comparable Example: sit around, mess around, loaf around
Word: consider Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪd.ə/, /kənˈsɪd.əɹ/, [kənˈsɪɾ.ɚ], [kn̩ˈsɪɾ.ɚ], /ˈkən.sɪ.ɖə(r)/ 1. To think about seriously. Labels: transitive Example: Consider that we’ve had three major events and the year has hardly begun. Example: How can you know everything about everything, if you won't consider any dissent? 2. To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate. Labels: intransitive 3. To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action. Labels: transitive Example: I’m considering going to the beach tomorrow. 4. To assign some quality to. Labels: ditransitive Example: Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful. Example: I considered the pie undercooked. 5. To look at attentively. Labels: transitive Example: She sat there for a moment, considering him. Example: She considereth a field, and buyeth it. 6. To take up as an example. Labels: transitive Example: Consider a triangle having three equal sides. Example: Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself. 7. To debate (or dispose of) a motion. Labels: transitive Example: This body will now consider the proposed amendments to Section 453 of the zoning code. 8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect. Example: He never seems to consider the feelings of others. Example: Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day / Was yours by accident. 9. To believe or opine (that). Example: Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,[…]. Example: What is clear is that the courts in both Alberta and Ontario consider that there must be some preliminary assessment of the evidence of alleged breaches of the relevant Act when considering whether a freeze order is justified at the investigation stage.
Word: considerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English consider 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 considerable From consider + -able. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/, /kənˈsɪdɹəbl̩/ 1. Significant; worth considering. Example: Soon I became a considerable figure in the music industry. 2. Large in amount. Example: Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season. Example: With the cutting out of the previous recovery times for electrification work, curtailment of station times and acceleration, considerable reductions have been made in the overall schedules.
Word: considerable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English consider 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 considerable From consider + -able. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/, /kənˈsɪdɹəbl̩/ 1. A thing to be considered, consideration. Labels: obsolete Example: Statistes and Politicians, unto whom Ragione di Stato, is the first considerable, as though it were their businesse to deceive people, as a Maxime, do hold, that truth is to be concealed from them […]
Word: considerably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English considerable Middle English -ly English -ly English considerably From considerable + -ly. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪdəɹəbli/, /kənˈsɪdɹəbli/ 1. Significantly; to a degree worth considering. Example: The situation has improved considerably. Example: The situation is considerably better.
Word: considerate Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪdəɹət/ 1. Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people and their rights, needs, feelings and comfort). Example: It was very considerate of you to give up your place for your friend. 2. Characterised by careful and conscious thought.
Word: considerate Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪdəɹət/ 1. Synonym of consider. Labels: rare
Word: consideration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English consideracioun, from Old French consideracion, from Latin cōnsīderātiō. By surface analysis, consider + -ation. Pronunciation: /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After much consideration, I have decided to stay. Example: Consideration of environmental effects is needed when choosing material. 2. Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Speculations about the possible entire reconstruction of society give the intellectual fare much more to his taste than the more practical and short-run considerations of those who aim at a piecemeal improvement of the existing order. 3. The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You showed remarkable consideration in giving up your place for your friend. Example: Will you noisy children show some consideration and stop your infernal screaming? I'm trying to study! 4. A payment or other recompense for something done. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sure I'll move my car, but only for a consideration. Example: The firm you dealt with will go to the courts, and the money, being directly traceable, will be held forfeit as no good consideration passed. 5. A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In consideration of the performance of B's obligations hereunder, A hereby grants to B's personal license. 6. Importance or regard; a claim to notice or attention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [...] settled down on a small property he had near Quimper to live for the rest of his days in peace; but the failure of an attorney left him suddenly penniless, and neither he nor his wife was willing to live in penury where they had enjoyed consideration. Example: Since his findings are without a foundation in data and a sound analysis thereof, they are nothing but wild and empty claims and do not deserve consideration as a contribution to linguistic and historical studies.
Word: reconsider Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English consider English reconsider From re- + consider. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːkənˌsɪdə/, /ˈɹikənˌsɪdɚ/, [ˈɹikənˌsɪɾ.ɚ], [ˈɹikn̩ˌsɪɾ.ɚ] 1. To consider a matter again. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Is there any way I can get you to reconsider selling your car? 2. To change one's mind, with or without actually considering the matter again. Labels: informal
Word: mirage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An unadapted borrowing from French mirage c. 1812. Pronunciation: /mɪˈɹɑːʒ/, /mɪˈɹaʒ/, /mɪˈɹɑːd͡ʒ/ 1. An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water. 2. An illusion. Labels: figuratively Example: I remember hearing, that in the East the clear and azure waters seem to flow before the weary and parched traveller; yet a little further, and on he urges his weary way, but in vain—the fair stream is a delusion. Even thus happiness is the mirage which leads us over the desert of life, ever fated to end in deceit and disappointment.
Word: mirage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An unadapted borrowing from French mirage c. 1812. Pronunciation: /mɪˈɹɑːʒ/, /mɪˈɹaʒ/, /mɪˈɹɑːd͡ʒ/ 1. To cause to appear as or like a mirage. Labels: transitive Example: All that had been in his mind seemed suddenly miraged before him—the removal of Hunterleys, his own wife's failing health. Example: The vision of a salon was miraged before her, with herself in the middle deftly manipulating the destinies of a nation.
Word: illusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French illusion, from Latin illūsiō, from illūdere, from in- (“at, upon”) + lūdere (“to play, mock, trick”). Displaced native Old English dwimmer. Pronunciation: /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/, [ɪˈluː.ʒən], /ɪˈl(j)uːzj(ə)n/ 1. A distortion of sensory perception where real stimuli lead to a false or misleading impression of reality. Labels: countable Example: We saw what looked like a tiger among the trees, but it was an illusion caused by the shadows of the branches. Example: Using artificial additives, scientists can create the illusion of fruit flavours in food. 2. A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true. Labels: countable Example: Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her. Example: Now if you feel that you can't go on / Because all of your hope is gone / And your life is filled with much confusion / Until happiness is just an illusion 3. A magician’s trick. Labels: countable 4. The state of being deceived or misled. Labels: uncountable
Word: capital budgeting Part of Speech: noun 1. The budgeting process in which a company plans its capital expenditure (the spending on assets of long-term value). Labels: uncountable
Word: baculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin baculum (“stick, staff, sceptre, cudgel”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.jə.ləm/ 1. A bone found in the penis of some placental mammals. Example: Bacula can be straight rods, s-shaped curves, or even bizarre, flared scoops. 2. A small rod-like structure found in spores and pollen. Example: The sexine usually consists of two main parts, a partially or wholly covering layer — the tectum (roof) and below that the rods or rod-like elements — the bacules (baculum, columella).
Word: stress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin distringōder. Old French destrecierbor. Middle English destresse English stress From a shortening of Middle English destresse, borrowed from Old French destrecier, from Latin distringō (“to stretch out”). This form probably coalesced with Middle English stresse, from Old French estrece (“narrowness”), from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus (“narrow”). In the sense of "mental strain" or “disruption”, used occasionally in the 1920s and 1930s by psychologists, including Walter Cannon (1934); in “biological threat”, used by endocrinologist Hans Selye, by metaphor with stress in physics (force on an object) in the 1930s, and popularized by same in the 1950s. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɛs/, /ˈʃt͡ʃɹɛs/, /stɹɛs/ 1. To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain. Labels: transitive 2. To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal). Labels: transitive 3. To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated. Labels: informal, intransitive 4. To emphasise (a syllable of a word). Labels: transitive Example: “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second. 5. To emphasise (words in speaking). Labels: transitive 6. To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion. Labels: transitive Example: I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.
Word: active voice Part of Speech: noun 1. The form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "The ball was kicked by Fred." would, in active voice, be "Fred kicked the ball." 2. A form in a particular language used to express the active voice. Labels: countable, usually
Word: adverbial clause Part of Speech: noun 1. A subordinate clause that functions like an adverb within a main clause.
Word: affirmative sentence Part of Speech: noun 1. A sentence that affirms (rather than negates) a proposition.
Word: attributive adjective Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjective that modifies the head of the noun phrase in which it occurs; an adjective that precedes the word or phrase it modifies. Example: The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective. Example: In the phrase “attributive adjective”, “attributive” is the attributive adjective.
Word: conditional mood Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of the verb used to signify that something is contingent upon the outcome of something else.
Word: voluptuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French voluptueux, from Latin voluptuōsus (“delightful”), from voluptās (“pleasure, delight”), from volup (“with pleasure”). Pronunciation: /vəˈlʌp.t͡ʃu.əs/ 1. Characterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation. Example: The plentiful blankets and the voluptuous pillows of the bed called out to my tired body. Example: Thus we lay, whilst a voluptuous languor possest, and still maintain'd us motionless and fast locked in one another's arms 2. Curvaceous and sexually attractive. Example: The low neckline of her bodice emphasized her plump, voluptuous figure. Example: She was very dark skinned and has a voluptuous figure that she showed off with her stylish purple dress.