nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: imperator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin imperātor. By surface analysis, imperate + -or. Doublet of emperor and mpret. Pronunciation: /ˌɪmpəˈreɪtəɹ/, /-ɑtɔɹ/ 1. An emperor. Example: But to compensate in some degree for what was then taken away, the custom was introduced of bestowing what was termed Triumphalia Ornamenta, that is, permission to receive the titles bestowed upon, and to appear in public with the robes worn by the imperatores of the commonwealth when they triumphed, and to bequeath to their descendants triumphal statues. Example: Modern emperors and consuls of the year VIII. are no more the imperatores of ancient Rome, and modern religious organizations are but the phantasms of mediæval corporations.
Word: hate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English haate, hat, hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English het, hete (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-West Germanic *hati, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- (“angriness, hatred”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch haat (“hatred”), German Hass, Haß (“hate, hatred”), Luxembourgish Haass (“hate, hatred”), Vilamovian hās (“hate, hatred”), Yiddish האַס (has, “hatred”), Danish had (“hate, hatred”), Faroese and Icelandic hatur (“hatred, spite, aversion”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hat (“hate, hatred”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis, “hate, wrath”); also Breton and Cornish kas (“hatred”), Old Irish miscuis (“hatred”), Welsh cas (“hatred”), Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌔 (kadeís, “enmity”), Ancient Greek κῆδος (kêdos, “care for others; troubles; mourning”), Sanskrit रि॒शाद॑स् (riśā́das, “benign or devouring or destroying enemies”). The verb is from Middle English haate, hate, haten, hatenn, hatien, hatiȝen, hatye, hatyn, heatien, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoatje (“to hate”), West Frisian haatsje (“to hate”), Cimbrian haazan (“to hate”), Dutch haten (“to hate”), German hassen (“to hate”), Luxembourgish haassen (“to hate”), Yiddish האַסן (hasn, “to hate”), Danish hade (“to hate”), Icelandic, Faroese, and Swedish hata (“to hate”), Norwegian Bokmål hate (“to hate”), Norwegian Nynorsk hata, hate (“to hate”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽 (hatan, “to hate”). Pronunciation: /heɪt/, [hɛɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [he̞ɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [heː(ʔ)t̚], [heːt] 1. An object of hatred. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of my pet hates is traffic wardens. 2. Hatred. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He gave me a look filled with pure hate. 3. Negative feedback, abusive behaviour. Labels: Internet, countable, metonymically, uncountable Example: There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Lady Gaga from her fans. 4. Bigotry. Labels: countable, metonymically, uncountable Example: The corporation said it would not tolerate hate.
Word: hate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English haate, hat, hate (noun), probably from Old English hatian (“to hate”, verb) and/or Old Norse hatr (“hate”, noun). Merged with Middle English het, hete (“hate”), from Old English hete, from Proto-West Germanic *hati, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (“hate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- (“angriness, hatred”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch haat (“hatred”), German Hass, Haß (“hate, hatred”), Luxembourgish Haass (“hate, hatred”), Vilamovian hās (“hate, hatred”), Yiddish האַס (has, “hatred”), Danish had (“hate, hatred”), Faroese and Icelandic hatur (“hatred, spite, aversion”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish hat (“hate, hatred”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃 (hatis, “hate, wrath”); also Breton and Cornish kas (“hatred”), Old Irish miscuis (“hatred”), Welsh cas (“hatred”), Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌔 (kadeís, “enmity”), Ancient Greek κῆδος (kêdos, “care for others; troubles; mourning”), Sanskrit रि॒शाद॑स् (riśā́das, “benign or devouring or destroying enemies”). The verb is from Middle English haate, hate, haten, hatenn, hatien, hatiȝen, hatye, hatyn, heatien, from Old English hatian (“to hate, treat as an enemy”), from Proto-West Germanic *hatēn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną (“to hate”), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoatje (“to hate”), West Frisian haatsje (“to hate”), Cimbrian haazan (“to hate”), Dutch haten (“to hate”), German hassen (“to hate”), Luxembourgish haassen (“to hate”), Yiddish האַסן (hasn, “to hate”), Danish hade (“to hate”), Icelandic, Faroese, and Swedish hata (“to hate”), Norwegian Bokmål hate (“to hate”), Norwegian Nynorsk hata, hate (“to hate”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌽 (hatan, “to hate”). Pronunciation: /heɪt/, [hɛɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [he̞ɪ̯(ʔ)t̚], [heː(ʔ)t̚], [heːt] 1. To dislike intensely or greatly. Labels: transitive Example: As a kid, I used to hate to cycle to school every morning. Example: I hate to say it, but I know we're going to lose. 2. To experience a feeling of hatred. Labels: intransitive 3. Used in a phrasal verb: hate on. Labels: informal, slang Example: I put ranch dressing on pizza. Please don't hate on me.
Word: Romansh Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Romansch. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kashmiri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kashmir + -i. Pronunciation: /kaʃˈmɪə̯.iː/, /kaʃˈmɪː.iː/, /kaʒ-/, /kæʃ-/, /kæʒ-/ 1. A native or resident of Kashmir, or a descendant of such a person. Example: The Chenabi Kashmiris are an integral part of Kashmiri culture.
Word: Kashmiri Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Kashmir + -i. Pronunciation: /kaʃˈmɪə̯.iː/, /kaʃˈmɪː.iː/, /kaʒ-/, /kæʃ-/, /kæʒ-/ 1. The Dardic Indo-Aryan language spoken in Kashmir. Example: It’s important to note that the Kashmiri spoken in the Chenab Valley is distinct from the dialect spoken in the Kashmir Valley.
Word: Kashmiri Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Kashmir + -i. Pronunciation: /kaʃˈmɪə̯.iː/, /kaʃˈmɪː.iː/, /kaʒ-/, /kæʃ-/, /kæʒ-/ 1. Of or pertaining to the people or region of Kashmir or the Kashmiri language. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Chenabi Kashmiris are an integral part of Kashmiri culture.
Word: bacon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bacoun (“meat from the back and sides of a pig”), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun (“ham, flitch, strip of lard”), from Old Low Frankish *bakō (“ham, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *bakô, *bakkô (“back”), an extension of *baką, whence English back, which see for more. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“back, buttocks; to vault, arch”). Cognate with Old Saxon baco (“back”), Dutch bake (“ham, side of bacon”), Old High German bahho (“ham, side of bacon”), whence German Bache f (“wild sow”), Alemannic German Bache m (“bacon”). (police): Extension of pig (“police”). Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.kən/ 1. Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They fried the fish with bacon and were astonished, for no fish had ever seemed so delicious before. Example: It is not a crime to enjoy some bacon or a trout or what have you. 2. Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig. Labels: sometimes, uncountable, usually 3. Thin slices of the above in long strips. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg. 4. A similar product made without meat, or from meat other than pork. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: beef bacon; vegetarian bacon 5. The police or spies. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable, usually Example: Run! It's the bacon! 6. Road rash. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually 7. A saucisse. Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: machination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English machynacion, machynacyon, from Middle French machination and directly Latin māchinātiōnem, from māchinor (“devise, invent”). By surface analysis, machinate + -ion or machine + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən/, /ˌmæʃɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable Example: Machinations, hollowneſſe, treacherie, and all ruinous diſorders follow vs diſquietly to our Graues. Example: He witnessed her palpitating bosom, the lifeless hues and disconsolate expression of her interesting countenance; yet, from the machinations of his evil passions, he would have proceeded further, until, entirely overcome, he had seen her drop motionless in her chair, in order that he might have the luxury of supporting her within his arms, and of recalling her to a sense of life and being. 2. The act of machinating or plotting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: managerial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izāre Vulgar Latin *manizāre Old Italian maneggiareder.? Old French manegebor. Middle English *manage English manage 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 manager Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English managerial From manager + -ial. Pronunciation: /ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl/, /ˌmænəˈd͡ʒɪɹi.əl/, [ˌmɛənəˈd͡ʒɪɹi.əl] 1. Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties. Example: Annesley, at all events, saw an important-looking gentleman with a managerial air. He listened gravely and patiently to his visitor's recital and then struck a desk-bell. Example: As I crisscrossed managerial circles in different corporations, becoming known in some segments of the corporate world and running into managers that I had met in the course of my search, often in odd places, my personal contacts increased as managers referred me to each other.
Word: elective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English elect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English elective From elect + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɪv/ 1. Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options. Example: 1697, John Dryden, The Works of Virgil […] translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, dedicatory preface to the Marquess of Normanby, For his Conscience could not but whisper to the Arbitrary Monarch, that the Kings of Rome were at first Elective, and Govern’d not without a Senate: Example: Man thus endued with an elective voice, Must be supplied with objects of his choice. 2. Open to choice; freely chosen; (also, usually) unnecessary; minor. Example: After accounting for all of my required courses, there is hardly any room in my schedule for any elective ones. Example: […] his Lordship is deceived if he think any spontaneous action after once being checked in it, differs from an action voluntary and elective, for even the setting of a mans foot, in the posture for walking, and the action of ordinary eating was once deliberated of how and when it should be done, and though afterward it became easie & habitual so as to be done without fore-thought, yet that does not hinder but that the act is voluntary and proceedeth from election. 3. Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious). Example: It was very confusing hearing my cancer surgery being classified as "elective surgery". Am I "electing" to live rather than die? Example: The vast majority of surgical procedures are considered elective, which means they can be scheduled in advance. […] doctors warned that thousands of patients were suffering as a result of delayed elective procedures such as hernia repair and spinal fusion. […] Nitin Yerram, director of urological oncology at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, said most cancer surgeries are considered elective, a term that's often misunderstood. "We tend to think more of tummy tucks and cosmetic surgery," Yerram said. "However, all ‘elective’ means is it's a scheduled surgery with work-up done before that. The opposite of elective is emergent or trauma situation, such as a car crash, where it's not a scheduled procedure."
Word: elective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English elect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English elective From elect + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛktɪv/ 1. Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study. Example: I still need to decide which electives to take along with my compulsory courses next semester.
Word: elect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend. Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛkt/, /i-/, /ə-/ 1. One chosen or set apart. 2. In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation. Example: Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. Example: Shall not God avenge his won elect?
Word: elect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend. Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛkt/, /i-/, /ə-/ 1. To choose or make a decision (to do something). Labels: transitive 2. (Of a group) to officially select one or more candidates in an election to hold office. Labels: transitive Example: President Obama in a speech this past week said that we should solve the nation's bee problem. Oh, God, we elected a guy who sympathizes with bees?
Word: elect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend. Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛkt/, /i-/, /ə-/ 1. Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: He is the President elect. Example: She began almost to feel a dislike of Edward; and it ended, as every feeling must end with her, by carrying back her thoughts to Willoughby, whose manners formed a contrast sufficiently striking to those of his brother elect. 2. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more. Labels: not-comparable Example: colours quaint elect Example: the elect angels
Word: selective Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səˈlɛktɪv/ 1. Of or relating to the process of selection. Example: The selective algorithm excludes the redundant classifiers to construct a streamlined ensemble learning. 2. Of or relating to natural selection. Example: selective pressure 3. Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting. Example: He's very selective and spent hours in the store choosing a new shirt. 4. Having the authority or capability to make a selection. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: In the USA, military conscription is controlled by the Selective Service. 5. Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity. Example: Eligibility criteria form the essence of selective programs and individuals are evaluated using a means test.
Word: select Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈlɛkt/, /səˈlɛkt/ 1. Privileged, specially selected. Example: Only a select few were allowed into the premiere. Example: The child was upset when he was cut from select soccer and had to play on his school team with the rest of the plebes. 2. Of high quality; top-notch. Example: This is a select cut of beef. Example: The two sisters at once called on Mrs. Bolton, in a newish house in a row, quite select for Tevershall.
Word: select Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”). Pronunciation: /sɪˈlɛkt/, /səˈlɛkt/ 1. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. Example: He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef. Example: The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification. 2. To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.
Word: pick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pīcan, pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn, from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Doublet of pitch and peck. Cognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)). Compare also German Low German puken (“to pick out, rip out, pull away, extract”). Pronunciation: /pɪk/, [pʰɪk] 1. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. 2. An anchor. Labels: slang Example: It's better to amble around, drop the "pick" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night. 3. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones. 4. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. 5. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. 6. A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum. 7. A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. Labels: obsolete Example: Take down my buckler […] and grind the pick on 't. 8. A choice; ability to choose. Example: France and Russia have the pick of our stables. 9. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best. 10. Pasture; feed, for animals. Labels: Australia Example: ‘She's all African grass and Brahmans. There's not a blade of native pick left, except on the ridges.’ Example: The judicious use of fire could have protected valuable nut trees, promoted the growth and seeding of grass and, if practised at a distance from their camps, even attracted herbivores to the sweet young pick. 11. A screen. 12. An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate. 13. An interception. 14. A good defensive play by an infielder. 15. A pickoff. 16. A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet. Labels: dated Example: If it be in the smallest degree gritty, it clogs the form, and consequently produces a thick and imperfect impression; no pains should, therefore, be spared to render it perfectly smooth; it may then be made to work as clear and free from picks 17. That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. 18. The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread. Example: so many picks to an inch Example: Leaving a tail 2 yd long for hemstitching, weave 3 picks of plain weave and use the tail to hemstitch in groups of 8 warp ends. Weave 3 more picks of plain weave, then begin the pattern treadling following the draft in Figure 2, beginning with the border.
Word: option Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“to choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˈɒpʃən/, /ˈɑpʃən/ 1. One of a set of choices that can be made. Example: Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot. Example: Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control. 2. The freedom or right to choose. Example: The marriage had not been contracted by the father, who was apparently dead, but by an agnatic guardian, so that it was liable to cancellation at the option of the girl on her attaining puberty. 3. A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile. Example: There's a book out on us and there's gonna be a movie based on the book. ABC has bought the option for a movie to be made specially for T.V. 4. The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another. Labels: uncountable Example: At that time every emigrant who was made aware of such a notification submitted his application for option to the British Consuls within the period prescribed. Example: A right of option, mostly in favour of the nationality of the predecessor State, has been accorded in most cases of partial State succession, either by treaty or by domestic legislation.
Word: option Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“to choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˈɒpʃən/, /ˈɑpʃən/ 1. To purchase an option on something. Example: The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it. 2. To configure, by setting an option. Labels: dated Example: The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.
Word: rejoice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rejoicen, rejoisen, from Old French resjoir. Doublet of rejoy. Compare French réjouir; Spanish regocijar; Portuguese regozijar; Italian gioire Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪs/ 1. To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. Labels: intransitive Example: Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing. Example: At Waterhouses and Hulme End the usual booking office, waiting room and other station accommodation were to be found, but the remaining stations […] were mere stopping places, some of which rejoiced in a small shed for waiting passengers, others without any kind of shelter whatsoever. 2. To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: ye that are a knyghte wyueles that ye wyl not loue some mayden or gentylwoman /[…]/ but hit is noysed that ye loue quene Gueneuer / and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntement that ye shal neuer loue none other / but her / ne none other damoysel ne lady shall reioyse you 3. To make happy, exhilarate. Labels: transitive Example: Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. Example: But good news awaited them in the form of permission to travel about the area replenishing medical stocks in hospitals and clinics, and this task was delegated to Constance, as the newcomer, a fact which rejoiced her. 4. To enjoy. Labels: obsolete Example: c. 1449–1455, Reginald Peacock, Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie his brother Constans next aftir him rejoiced the same west-parti.
Word: exclusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/, /ɪkˈsklu.zɪv/ 1. Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions. Labels: literally 2. Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. Labels: figuratively 3. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded. Example: Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux. 4. Exclusionary. 5. Whole, undivided, entire. Example: The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention. 6. Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed. Example: The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we". 7. Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others. Example: They decided to no longer be exclusive.
Word: exclusive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”). Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/, /ɪkˈsklu.zɪv/ 1. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively. Example: The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature. 2. A member of a group who excludes others from their society. Example: The exclusives at the English Universities apply the term CAD to all non-members. 3. A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
Word: fundraiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fund + raiser. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌnd.ɹeɪ.zɚ/, /ˈfʌnd.ɹeɪ.zə/ 1. An event undertaken to get money by voluntary contributions for a particular activity or cause. Example: This year’s fundraiser will be a walkathon. Example: But the most politically damaging blow came from a late-breaking apostate: Mr. Clooney, who just weeks earlier had spent time with Mr. Biden and helped deliver $28 million to his campaign at a Los Angeles fund-raiser. 2. A person who collects money from the public for some cause. Example: She works as fundraiser for the Democratic Party. Example: The symphony will employ women as musicians, conductors, administrators, musicologists, composers and fund raisers.
Word: fragment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæɡmənt/ 1. A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not. Example: a fragment of an ancient writing Example: I heard a small fragment of the conversation. 2. A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment. 3. An incomplete portion of code. 4. A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign. Labels: Internet Example: The URL www.example.com/home#recent ends with a fragment. Example: Unique URLs requires you to make like an information architect and do some URL design work. Possibly, you'll be controlling only the fragment identifier rather than the entire URL, but even the fragment identifier has usability implications. 5. A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
Word: fragment Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum. Pronunciation: /fɹæɡˈmɛnt/, /ˈfɹæɡmɛnt/ 1. To break apart. Labels: intransitive Example: Once the centralized power of Rome fragmented, economic, social and political power simplified and relocalized. Example: An investigation found that the rail had fragmented as trains passed over it, and that the likely cause was "rolling contact fatigue" defined as multiple surface-breaking cracks. Repeated high loading had caused fatigue cracks to grow, resulting in what is called gauge corner cracking. 2. To cause to be broken into pieces. Labels: transitive Example: Samois includes celebate ^([sic]), heterosexual and bisexual women as well as lesbians, and I feel very strongly that this is the wisest choice. Our community is so fragile that we can't afford to fragment it by excommunicating non-lesbian women. 3. To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk. Labels: transitive 4. Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals. Labels: intransitive
Word: pardon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdōnāre, from per- + dōnāre, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːdn̩/, /ˈpɑɹdn̩/, [ˈpʰɑ˞dn̩], /ˈpaːdɘn/, [ˈpʰäːɾɘn] 1. Forgiveness for an offence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] a step, that could not be taken with the least hope of ever obtaining pardon from or reconciliation with any of my friends; […] Example: According to this logic, the pardons Balteira gained on her pilgrimage should have revirginated her, and would have if she had an 'iron box', or a firm dedication to her Christian faith, with which to guard her chastity.” 2. An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The President[…]shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. Example: NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from July^([sic – meaning January]) 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.
Word: pardon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdōnāre, from per- + dōnāre, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːdn̩/, /ˈpɑɹdn̩/, [ˈpʰɑ˞dn̩], /ˈpaːdɘn/, [ˈpʰäːɾɘn] 1. To forgive (a person). Labels: transitive Example: O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Example: I hope you will not find he has outstepped the truth more than may be pardoned, in consideration of the motive. 2. To refrain from exacting as a penalty. Labels: transitive Example: I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it. 3. To grant an official pardon for a crime. Labels: transitive Example: The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence. Example: In that situation, that memo would include a list of individuals that Biden might consider pardoning preemptively, the context about any prior legal precedent, and a discussion of the wide range of potential ramifications if the president does move forward with these pardons.
Word: pardon Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdōnāre, from per- + dōnāre, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːdn̩/, /ˈpɑɹdn̩/, [ˈpʰɑ˞dn̩], /ˈpaːdɘn/, [ˈpʰäːɾɘn] 1. Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.
Word: outcast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtkɑːst/, /ˈaʊtkæst/ 1. To cast out; to banish. Labels: transitive Example: And her faire yellow locks behind her flew, / Looſely diſperſt with puff of euery blaſt: / All as a blazing ſtarre doth farre outcaſt / His hearie beames, and flaming lockes diſpredd, / At ſight whereof the people ſtand aghaſt: […] Example: It means equal ruin to me, as the world reckons it — outcasting, the loss of my appointment, the breaking off my life's work. I pay my price.
Word: outcast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtkɑːst/, /ˈaʊtkæst/ 1. That has been cast out; banished, ostracized. Example: O, horrible fate! Outcast, rejected, / As one with pestilence infected! Example: We were not a big huggie family so I was very, very encased in a little stay-away-from-me shell growing-up, and here I got to open up and feel safe and able to touch and hold and be able to be with another human being, which was really a big relief, a very positive part of my understanding of myself that I wasn't just this outcast evil outsider of everything.
Word: outcast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtkɑːst/, /ˈaʊtkæst/ 1. One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper. Example: If ever you chance upon the whole truth about any outcast or many, never tell it to just anybody, or at least not right away; unjust exclusion from a society is just one kind of hardship. Example: The other factions believe that those who are Factionless are nomads and outcasts. But they are actually a fully functioning community. 2. Synonym of outsider: someone who does not belong, a misfit. Labels: broadly Example: Do you ever feel like an outcast? You don't have to fit into the format Oh, but it's okay to be different 'Cause baby, so am I 3. A quarrel. Labels: Scotland 4. The amount of increase in the bulk of grain during malting.
Word: memorize Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, /ˈmem.əˌɹɑɪ̯z/ 1. To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory. Example: I wanted to look up velleity and quotidian and memorize the fuckers for all time, spell them, learn them, pronounce them syllable by syllable—vocalize, phonate, utter the sounds, say the words for all they're worth. Example: Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.
Word: rote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rote (“custom, habit, wont, condition, state”), further origin unknown. Found in the Middle English phrase bi rote (“by heart, according to form, expertly”), c. 1300. Some have proposed a relationship either with Old French rote/rute (“route”), or Latin rota (“wheel”) (see rotary), but the OED calls both suggestions groundless. Another explanation might be the metaphorical comparison between anything repetitive and playing the rote. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊt/, /ɹoʊt/ 1. Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure. Labels: uncountable Example: The pastoral scenes from those commercials don’t bear too much resemblance to the rote of daily life on a farm. Example: He could perform by rote any of his roles in Shakespeare.
Word: rote Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English rote (“custom, habit, wont, condition, state”), further origin unknown. Found in the Middle English phrase bi rote (“by heart, according to form, expertly”), c. 1300. Some have proposed a relationship either with Old French rote/rute (“route”), or Latin rota (“wheel”) (see rotary), but the OED calls both suggestions groundless. Another explanation might be the metaphorical comparison between anything repetitive and playing the rote. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊt/, /ɹoʊt/ 1. By repetition or practice and without much thought. Example: The former may be seen as a more rote form of learning, contrasting with the latter which appears to include "executive" aspects
Word: rote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rote (“custom, habit, wont, condition, state”), further origin unknown. Found in the Middle English phrase bi rote (“by heart, according to form, expertly”), c. 1300. Some have proposed a relationship either with Old French rote/rute (“route”), or Latin rota (“wheel”) (see rotary), but the OED calls both suggestions groundless. Another explanation might be the metaphorical comparison between anything repetitive and playing the rote. Pronunciation: /ɹəʊt/, /ɹoʊt/ 1. To go out by rotation or succession; to rotate. Labels: obsolete Example: The Model of it was, That a third Part of the Senate or Parliament, ſhould rote out by Ballot every Year; […]. 2. To learn or repeat by rote. Labels: transitive Example: [Volumnia to Corolianus] "Because that it lies you on to speak/ to th' people, not by your own instruction,/ Nor by th' matter which your heart prompts you,/ But with such words that are but roted in/ your tongue,..." Coriolanus III.ii.52-55
Word: rote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse rót n (“tossing, pitching (of sea)”), perhaps related to rauta (“to roar”); see hrjóta. Compare Middle English routen (“to roar, bellow, storm, rage, howl”). Pronunciation: /ɹəʊt/, /ɹoʊt/ 1. The roar of the surf; the sound of waves breaking on the shore. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: rote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rote, from Old French rote, probably of German origin; compare Middle High German rotte, and English crowd (“a kind of violin”). Pronunciation: /ɹəʊt/, /ɹoʊt/ 1. A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy. Example: extracting mistuned dirges from their harps, crowds, and rotes 2. Synonym of crowd.
Word: permeate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin permeātus, perfect passive participle of permeō (“to pass through”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːmiˌeɪt/, /ˈpɝmiˌeɪ̯t/ 1. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture Labels: transitive Example: water permeates sand 2. To enter and spread through; to pervade. Labels: transitive Example: Bright sunshine permeates the room on a sunny day. Example: ...it is clear that this Being itself, is what supports and surpasses, includes and permeates all other things.
Word: permeate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin permeātus, perfect passive participle of permeō (“to pass through”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːmiˌeɪt/, /ˈpɝmiˌeɪ̯t/ 1. A watery by-product of milk production. 2. Liquid that has passed through a filtration system.
Word: penetrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin penētrātus, perfect passive participle of penētrō (“to put, set, or place within, enter, pierce, penetrate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from penes (“within, with”) by analogy to intrō (“to go in, enter”). Compare French pénétrer. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnɪtɹeɪt/, /ˈpɛnətɹeɪt/ 1. To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to pierce. Example: Light penetrates darkness. Example: He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it. 2. To achieve understanding of, despite some obstacle; to comprehend; to understand. Labels: figuratively Example: I could not penetrate Burke's opaque rhetoric. Example: things which here were […]too subtile for us to penetrate 3. To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to move deeply. Example: to penetrate one's heart with pity Example: The translator of Homer should penetrate himself with a sense of the plainness and directness of Homer's style. 4. To infiltrate an enemy to gather intelligence. 5. To insert the penis into an orifice, such as a vagina, mouth, or anus. Example: a male elephant comes up and penetrates the female Example: His weapons have been destroyed; his body has been or can be penetrated. In other words, he is rapable. 6. To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
Word: figment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fingō (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign, feint. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡ.mənt/ 1. A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious. Example: a figment of one's imagination Example: He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination. 2. An item which has been crafted. Labels: obsolete
Word: morsel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, perfect passive participle of mordeo (“to bite”). Compare French morceau, whence the English doublet morceau. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːsəl/, /ˈmɔɹsəl/ 1. A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food. Example: By sticking out his tongue and curling it sideways to explore the hairy jungle around his mouth, he was always able to find a tasty morsel here and there to nibble on. Example: If a morsel of food fell off your plate, the advice of one contemporary document was to pick it up, make the sign of the cross over it, season it well - and then eat it. 2. A mouthful of food. Example: Me thinks I ſee the Turke nodding vvith his Turban, and telling me that I ſhould thanke Heaven for that diſtance vvhich is betvvixt us, els he vvould ſvvallovv me all up at one morſell; […] 3. A very small amount. Example: Didn't even a morsel of decency remain in his brother?
Word: morsel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English morsel, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, perfect passive participle of mordeo (“to bite”). Compare French morceau, whence the English doublet morceau. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːsəl/, /ˈmɔɹsəl/ 1. To divide into small pieces. Labels: transitive 2. To feed with small pieces of food. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive
Word: parity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritās, from Latin pār (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- + -ty. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹɪti/, /ˈpaɹɪtɪj/, /ˈpɛɹɪti/, /ˈpaɾɪte/, /-tɪ/ 1. Equality; comparability of strength or intensity. Labels: uncountable Example: Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions. Example: For all their frailty at the back, Arsenal possessed genuine menace in attack and they carved through Chelsea with ease to restore parity nine minutes before half-time. Aaron Ramsey's pass was perfection and Gervinho took the unselfish option to set up Van Persie for a tap-in. 2. Senses related to classification into two sets. Labels: countable Example: Parity is always preserved in such operations. 3. Senses related to classification into two sets. Labels: countable Example: The particles' parities can switch at random. 4. Senses related to classification into two sets. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Senses related to classification into two sets. Labels: countable 6. In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board. Labels: countable 7. Resemblance; analogy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: parity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin paritas, from pariō (“give birth”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹɪti/, /ˈpaɹɪtɪj/, /ˈpɛɹɪti/, /ˈpaɾɪte/, /-tɪ/ 1. The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks. 2. The number of times a sow has farrowed.
Word: parody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹədi/, /ˈpaɹədɪj/, /ˈpɛɹədi/, /ˈpaɾəde/, /-dɪ/ 1. A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause. 2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. Labels: archaic, countable
Word: parody Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹədi/, /ˈpaɹədɪj/, /ˈpɛɹədi/, /ˈpaɾəde/, /-dɪ/ 1. To make a parody of something. Labels: transitive Example: The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.
Word: portion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin portiōder. Old French porcionbor. Middle English porcioun English portion From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, accusative of Latin portiōnem (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), from portiō, akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion. Pronunciation: /ˈpoɹʃən/, /ˈpɔːʃən/, /ˈpoːʃən/, /ˈpoəɹʃən/, /ˈpoːɹʃən/ 1. An allocated amount. 2. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything. 3. One's fate; lot. Example: The Lord of that ſeruant […] will appoint him his portion with the vnbeleeuers. Example: Man's portion is to die and rise again. 4. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance. Example: Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me. Example: O! yearning heart! I did inherit Thy withering portion with the fame, The searing glory which hath shone Amid the jewels of my throne, Halo of Hell! 5. A wife's fortune; a dowry. Example: Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this. Example: I took part of a small house in the Old Jewry; and being advised to alter my condition, I married Mrs. Mary Burton, second daughter to Mr. Edmund Burton, hosier, in Newgate-street, with whom I received four hundred pounds for a portion.
Word: portion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin portiōder. Old French porcionbor. Middle English porcioun English portion From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, accusative of Latin portiōnem (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), from portiō, akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion. Pronunciation: /ˈpoɹʃən/, /ˈpɔːʃən/, /ˈpoːʃən/, /ˈpoəɹʃən/, /ˈpoːɹʃən/ 1. To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes. Labels: transitive 2. To endow with a portion or inheritance. Labels: transitive Example: Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.