nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: carbonyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English carbonyl From carbon + -yl. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)bənɪl/, /ˈkɑː(ɹ)bənaɪl/ 1. A divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others. 2. Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)₄.
Word: bivalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + -valent. Compare ambivalent. Pronunciation: /baɪˈveɪlənt/, /ˈbɪvələnt/ 1. Having a valence of 2; having two ligands Labels: physical 2. Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis. 3. Protecting against two different viruses.
Word: bivalent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + -valent. Compare ambivalent. Pronunciation: /baɪˈveɪlənt/, /ˈbɪvələnt/ 1. Any bivalent chromosome.
Word: valence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology 1, noun sense 1.1 (“combining capacity of an atom”) and etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“one-dimensional value assigned by a person to an object, situation, or state”) are borrowed from German Valenz + English -ence (suffix meaning ‘having the condition or state of’). Valenz is a clipping of Quantivalenz (“(archaic) valence in chemistry”), from English quantivalence, from Latin quantus (“how much”) + English -i- (interfix inserted between morphemes of Latin origin for ease of pronunciation) + Latin valentia (“bodily strength; health; vigour”) (whence Late Middle English valence (“medicinal preparation made from plants”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to rule; powerful, strong”)). Quantivalence was coined by F. O. Ward who communicated it to the German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892), leading him to coin the German word Quantivalenz. Doublet of value. Etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“number of arguments a verb can have”) was formed by analogy to the use of the word in chemistry: see above. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪl(ə)ns/, /ˈveɪləns/ 1. The combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four. Labels: countable Example: In this assignment you will analyze each of the following sentences and determine the valence of the highlighted verb. 4. A one-dimensional value assigned by a person to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive (causing a feeling of attraction) or negative (repulsion). Labels: especially, uncountable Example: anger and fear have negative valence 5. The value which a person places on something. Labels: uncountable 6. For a correspondence T on a curve: a number k such that the divisors T(P)+kP are all linearly equivalent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: valence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of valance. Pronunciation: /ˈvæl(ə)ns/, /ˈvæləns/ 1. Alternative spelling of valance. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grouping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of group Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grouping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/ 1. A collection of things or people united as a group. Labels: countable Example: In bony, ribby regions of the earth, where at the base of high broken cliffs masses of rock lie strewn in fantastic groupings upon the plain, you will often discover images as of the petrified forms of the Leviathan partly merged in grass, which of a windy day breaks against them in a surf of green surges. 2. Combining into groups. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Shot grouping. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unfold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfoʊld/, /ʌnˈfəʊld/ 1. To undo a folding. Labels: transitive Example: to unfold a map; to unfold a tablecloth; She unpacks the new dress and unfolds it carefully. Example: Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns. 2. To become unfolded. Labels: intransitive Example: The curtains unfolded to reveal the stage. 3. To turn out; to happen; to develop. Labels: intransitive Example: Events unfolded in an unexpected way. Example: Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly. 4. To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal. Labels: transitive Example: to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science Example: Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold. 5. To reassemble a line of text that was split across multiple lines. Labels: transitive
Word: unfold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfoʊld/, /ʌnˈfəʊld/ 1. In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
Word: unfold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English fold English unfold From un- + fold (“to confine into a fold or pen”). Pronunciation: /ʌnˈfoʊld/, /ʌnˈfəʊld/ 1. To release from a fold or pen. Labels: transitive Example: to unfold sheep
Word: morphological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English morphology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English morphological From morphology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/, /ˌmɔɹfəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkl̩/ 1. Of, or pertaining to, morphology. Labels: not-comparable Example: In much the same way, morphological competence is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that van and can have the respective plural forms vans and cans, but that the plural of man is men and not *mans. [...] Example: Before I simply create a root meaning X, is there any way I can use Ithkuil morphological categories or the 150 or so suffix categories to derive this word from a more general or primary word?
Word: physiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs) English physio- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English -logical Latin physiologicus English -al English physiological Either from physio- + -logical (equivalent to physiology + -ical) or Latin physiologicus + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.i.kəl/, /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/, /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɔd͡ʒ.i.kəl/, /ˌfəz.i.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.i.kəl/, [ˌfəz.i.əˈlɔ̟d͡ʒ.i.kəl] 1. Of, or relating to physiology. Example: When the institute was moved to Tübingen in 1945 because of air raids on Berlin, he also assumed the post of professor of physiological chemistry at the University of Tübingen and, when the institute was moved once again in 1956 to Münich, he also was named professor of physiological chemistry at the University of Münich. He retired from his post at Münich in 1971. 2. Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.
Word: therapeutic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English terapeucia, from New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”). Pronunciation: /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/, /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/, [ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.ɾɪk], /ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.tɪk/, [ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.ɾɪk] 1. Of, or relating to therapy. Example: “We have been working on nanomachines over the past decade,” Joseph Wang, chairman of nanoengineering at UCSD, said. “One of the challenges we considered is to deliver therapeutic cargo deep. 2. Having a positive effect on the body or mind. Example: Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it. Example: His music is very therapeutic when you listen to it.
Word: therapeutic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English terapeucia, from New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”). Pronunciation: /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/, /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.tɪk/, [ˌθɛɹ.əˈpju.ɾɪk], /ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.tɪk/, [ˌθeɹ.əˈpjʉː.ɾɪk] 1. A therapeutic agent
Word: healing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heelinge, helynge, from Old English hǣling (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailingō (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal”), equivalent to heal + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian hieling (“healing”), Dutch heling (“healing”), German Heilung (“healing; cure”). Pronunciation: /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ 1. The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An act of healing, as by a faith healer. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: healing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English heelyng, equivalent to heal + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of heal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: regenerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin regenerātus, perfect passive participle of regenerō, from re- + generō, from genus, generis (“descent, origin, birth”); -ō, equivalent to re- + generate. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/ 1. To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner. Labels: transitive 2. To revitalize. Labels: transitive 3. To replace lost or damaged tissue. Labels: transitive 4. To become reconstructed. Labels: intransitive 5. To undergo a spiritual rebirth. Labels: intransitive 6. Of a water softener: to flush out the minerals extracted from the water supply. Labels: intransitive
Word: regenerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin regenerātus, perfect passive participle of regenerō, from re- + generō, from genus, generis (“descent, origin, birth”); -ō, equivalent to re- + generate. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/ 1. Spiritually reborn. Labels: not-comparable 2. Reproduced. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The earthly author of my blood, / Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, / Doth with a twofold vigour lift me up.
Word: regenerate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin regenerātus, perfect passive participle of regenerō, from re- + generō, from genus, generis (“descent, origin, birth”); -ō, equivalent to re- + generate. 1. One who is spiritually reborn.
Word: etymological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie English etymology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English etymological From etymology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌɛt.ɪ.məˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ 1. Of or relating to etymology. Labels: not-comparable Example: But it goes without saying that this etymological argument in and of itself has no significance, since a word taken from a dead language may resultantly assume a meaning independent of its etymology. 2. Consistent with its etymological characteristics (in historical usage or the source language). Labels: comparable Example: “Connexion” is the etymological (ie, “correct”) spelling. That is to say, our word is derived from an actual Latin noun, cf. deflexion, inflexion, and reflexion. […] And it might make life easier to abolish the letter “x”. But why should we cut off the fascinating roots of our words? I should carry on preferring “connexion”.
Word: etymologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *set-? Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós)der.? Ancient Greek ἔτυμος (étumos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek -λογος (-logos) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμόλογος (etŭmólogos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἐτῠμολογῐ́ᾱ (etŭmologĭ́ā)bor. Latin etymologiader. Old French ethimologiebor. Middle English ethymologie English etymology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English etymological Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English etymologically From etymological + -ly. 1. Based on or belonging to etymology. Example: The Greeks and Romans referred to everyone else as "barbarians" -- etymologically those who only babble, only go "bar-bar." Example: The German language, as far as I know, is the only one in the world in which the words for debt and guilt are etymologically the same — the word for debt is “Schulden,” and for guilt it’s “Schuld.”
Word: aldehyde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehyde Borrowed from German Aldehyd, a contraction of the Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogenātum). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.dɪ.haɪd/ 1. Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom. Example: The air smells of strange, oceanic aldehydes.
Word: chromatography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from chromatographic, borrowed from German chromatographisch (see there for more); by surface analysis, chromato- + -graphy. The technique is so named because it was developed primarily for the separation of the plant pigments, which would separate in bands of different "colors" (chromato-) . Pronunciation: /ˌkɹəʊ.məˈtɒɡɹə.fi/ 1. Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: formalin Part of Speech: noun 1. A solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant and to preserve biological specimens. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you failed to bathe it in the formalin solution every time, its flesh might cross the precipitous border into decay.
Word: separation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested in the 15th Century C.E.; from Middle English separacioun, from Old French separacion, from Latin separatio, separationem. Morphologically separate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsep.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We were a band of brothers, and never dearer to each other than now. The thought which gave us the most pain, was the probable separation which would now take place, in case we were sold off to the far south, as we were likely to be. Example: […] my longing for her was undiminished despite our months of near-complete separation. 3. The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘If he dares to refuse me a separation, I’ll have one in law—I can—and I hope this will be a warning to all girls who have seen this disgraceful exhibition.’ Example: […] she [knows] her great-aunt’s concern over her son Warren, his two divorces, and now Alice’s bitter separation from her husband, Ben. 4. The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I should have gone back to her the day after the fair, if it hadn't been for you talking about the law, and rubbish about getting a separation; Example: “You are deserting me?” “Don’t be the neglected, dramatic wife, Scarlett. The rôle isn’t becoming. I take it, then, you do not want a divorce or even a separation? Well, then, I’ll come back often enough to keep gossip down.” 5. The place at which a division occurs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I was now on the separation of two vast water-sheds; behind me all the streams were bound for the Garonne and the Western Ocean; before me was the basin of the Rhone. 6. An interval, gap or space that separates things or people. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] gentle friend, for love and courtesy Lie further off; in human modesty, Such separation as may well be said Becomes a virtuous bachelor and a maid, So far be distant; 7. An object that separates two spaces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [The orchard] was full of trees, it bloomed with flowers: a very high wall shut it out from the court, on one side; on the other, a beech avenue screened it from the lawn. At the bottom was a sunk fence; its sole separation from lonely fields: 8. Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: iconography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English icono- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English iconography From icono- + -graphy. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡɹəfi/ 1. A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards. 2. The art of representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the iconography of the ancients 3. The study of representative art in general. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: depopulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1531; borrowed from Latin dēpopulātus, perfect active participle of dēpopulor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Compare depeople, French dépeupler, Italian spopolare, Spanish despoblar, Portuguese despovoar and Romanian despopora; by surface analysis, de- + populate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /diːˈpɒpjəleɪt/, /diˈpɑpjəleɪt/ 1. To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc. Labels: transitive Example: Where is this viper That would depopulate the city and Be every man himself? Example: So two young Mountain Lions, nurs’d with Blood In deep Recesses of the gloomy Wood, Rush fearless to the Plains, and uncontroul’d Depopulate the Stalls and waste the Fold; 2. To remove the components from a circuit board. Labels: transitive 3. To become depopulated, to lose its population. Labels: intransitive Example: […] the country […] has been rapidly depopulating, and utterly draining of its vital resources, till the unhappy population have sunk to the lowest depth of misery. Example: […] on the 2d of December our Henry Sixth made his Joyous Entry dismally enough into disaffected and depopulating Paris.
Word: depopulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1531; borrowed from Latin dēpopulātus, perfect active participle of dēpopulor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Compare depeople, French dépeupler, Italian spopolare, Spanish despoblar, Portuguese despovoar and Romanian despopora; by surface analysis, de- + populate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /diːˈpɒpjəleɪt/, /diˈpɑpjəleɪt/ 1. Depopulated (sense 1). Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: And ſo in that realme were continually two kynges, vntil the kynge of Mede had depopulate the country, and brought the people in captiuite to the citie of Babylon: […] 2. Barren, devoid of inhabitants; utterly destroyed, devastated . Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: A world it was to see […] his daily peregrinacion in the desert, felles and craggy mountains of that bareine vnfertile and depopulate countrey. Example: Wroth for bright-cheekt Bryseis losse; whom from Lyrnessus spoiles, (His owne exploit) he brought away, as trophee of his toiles, When that town was depopulate;
Word: relocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English location English relocation From re- + location. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of moving from one place to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another source of discontent with the Phase I stock has been obviated by relocation of the interior heating elements and the introduction of thermostatic control; this has eradicated the searing blasts of hot air passengers used to feel about their calves […]. Example: The work to deliver an 18tph service involves relocation of four signals and associated equipment to improve signal spacing. 2. Renewal of a lease. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The assigning of addresses to variables either at linkage editing, or at runtime. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A peculiarity of ECOFF relocation entries is that even on 32-bit machines, they're 10 bytes long, which means that on machines that require aligned data, the linker can't just load the entire relocation table into a memory array[…]
Word: real life Part of Speech: noun 1. Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: real world, reality 2. Life outside of the Internet. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: real world, reality, real reality (intentional pleonasm under certain circumstances) 3. Pressing day-to-day commitments. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: I kept meaning to look for a better-paying job, but real life intervened.
Word: happening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *happenynge, *happnynge. By surface analysis, happen + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhæpɪnɪŋ/, /ˈhæpənɪŋ/, [ˈhæpnɪŋ], [ˈhæpnɪn] 1. present participle and gerund of happen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.
Word: happening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *happenynge, *happnynge. By surface analysis, happen + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhæpɪnɪŋ/, /ˈhæpənɪŋ/, [ˈhæpnɪŋ], [ˈhæpnɪn] 1. Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable. Labels: slang Example: “[…]San Francisco is not exactly the most happening place, you know.” Example: When the show ends, the circular, sunken floor is one of the more happening dance clubs in town. 2. Trendy, up-to-the-minute. Labels: slang Example: Every show has its hottest, most happening trends. If I were to isolate just one for hardware and one for software, this year's hot hardware would be the 386 machines, and the happening software would be desktop publishing. Example: Going strong since 2006, this ephemeral nightclub (it's open only for 50 nights each year, in July and August) has become the hottest ticket in DJ land, a combination of the most happening names in music and its spectacular setting at the heart of the Palais des Festivals.
Word: happening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English happenyng, equivalent to happen + -ing. As term used in performance art popularized by Allan Kaprow. Pronunciation: /ˈhæpɪnɪŋ/, /ˈhæpənɪŋ/, [ˈhæpnɪŋ], [ˈhæpnɪn] 1. Something that happens. Example: Three follow-up singles, all ecological or religious in theme, did chart in the lower reaches of the Hot 100. Thereafter, Ocean remained a Canadian happening. 2. A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation. Example: And it was some kind of happening / Some kind of happening / Salvador Dali's garden party
Word: past historic tense Part of Speech: noun 1. A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the deceased. Example: Contrary to the frequently-heard contention that the past historic tense is used in writing but more rarely in spoken French, there are only nine instances of this tense, of which seven occur in the speech genres of FRNACO.
Word: Socratic irony Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice or act of asking someone a question, as though ignorant of the answer, in order to show a flaw in their argument. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sustain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English susteinen, sustenen, from Old French sustenir (French soutenir), from Latin sustineō, sustinēre (“to uphold”), from sub- (“from below, up”) + teneō (“hold”, verb). Pronunciation: /səˈsteɪn/, /səˈstæɪn/ 1. To maintain, or keep in existence. Labels: transitive Example: The professor had trouble sustaining students’ interest until the end of her lectures. Example: The city came under sustained attack by enemy forces. 2. To provide for or nourish. Labels: transitive Example: provisions to sustain an army Example: Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. 3. To encourage or sanction (something). Labels: transitive 4. To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: The building sustained major damage in the earthquake. Example: […] if you omit The offer of this time, I cannot promise But that you shall sustain moe new disgraces, With these you bear already. 5. To confirm, prove, or corroborate; to uphold. Labels: transitive Example: to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition Example: After the vote is taken, the Chairman states that the decision of the Chair is sustained, or reversed, as the case may be. 6. To allow, accept, or admit (e.g. an objection or motion) as valid. 7. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support. Example: A foundation sustains the superstructure; an animal sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. 8. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. Example: When I desir’d their leave that I might pity him, they took from me the use of mine own house, charg’d me on pain of perpetual displeasure neither to speak of him, entreat for him, nor any way sustain him. Example: His Sons, who seek the Tyrant to sustain, And long for Arbitrary Lords again, 9. To be a long-lasting sound. Example: I like how long that drum sustains.
Word: sustain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English susteinen, sustenen, from Old French sustenir (French soutenir), from Latin sustineō, sustinēre (“to uphold”), from sub- (“from below, up”) + teneō (“hold”, verb). Pronunciation: /səˈsteɪn/, /səˈstæɪn/ 1. A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano. Example: To call this music bland is to ignore the down-the-drain vocal fade-aways, the extended sax sustains […] 2. Clipping of sustainability. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: corroborate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the 1530s; borrowed from Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“to support, corroborate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + rōborō (“to strengthen”), from rōbur, rōboris (“strength”). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, otherwise archaic. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɒbəɹeɪ̯t/, /kəˈɹɑbəɹeɪ̯t/ 1. To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for. Labels: transitive Example: The concurrence of all […]corroborates the same truth. Example: First, the fireman may be killed. Second, he may not notice the signal at all. Third, in any case he will loyally corroborate his driver and the good old jury will discount that. 2. To make strong; to strengthen. Labels: transitive Example: As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.
Word: corroborate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the 1530s; borrowed from Latin corrōborātus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corrōborō (“to support, corroborate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + rōborō (“to strengthen”), from rōbur, rōboris (“strength”). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English, otherwise archaic. Pronunciation: /kəˈrɒbərət/ 1. Corroborated. Labels: obsolete Example: There is no Truſting to the Force of Nature, nor to the Brauery of Words; except it be Corroborate by Cuſtome. 2. Vigorous, grown strong. Labels: obsolete Example: But how unjust this traducement is (if you will reduce things from popularity of opinion to measure of reason) may appear in that we see men are more curious what they put into a new vessel than into a vessel seasoned, and what mould they lay about a young plant than about a plant corroborate; […]
Word: intensifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intensify + -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective. 1. That which intensifies. 2. A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term. Example: “Plus-” and “doubleplus-” are both intensifiers that replace words of different extremities, and the words very and extremely respectively. So words like great, excellent and horrible are rendered redundant in Newspeak, replaced by “plusgood”, “doubleplusgood” and “doubleplusungood” respectively. Note how “un-” has to follow the intensifier prefix. 3. A chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.
Word: modifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English modify 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 modifier From modify + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒdɪfaɪə/, /ˈmɑdɪfaɪɚ/ 1. One who, or that which, modifies. 2. A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase. (It may be any of the following: an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a prepositional phrase, a noun phrase, or a subordinate clause.) 3. A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code. Example: The protected modifier makes a class member visible to subclasses, but not to external code. 4. Ellipsis of modifier key. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: multiply Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many”) + plicō (“to fold”). The noun presumably derives from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ 1. To increase the amount, degree or number of (something). Labels: transitive Example: The motives to refuse obedience to government are many and strong ; impunity will multiply and enforce them Example: It would indeed be easy to multiply modern authorities respecting locustal food; one more authority shall suffice, from which it will appear that the Arabs make a sort of locust bread. 2. To perform multiplication on (a number). Labels: transitive Example: when you multiply 3 by 7, you get 21; he multiplied several numbers Example: But that can be ignored, because the USTR has set ε at 4 and φ at 0.25, so when computed give an overall multiplier of 1 for the imports number. And multiplying by 1 makes no difference at all. 3. To grow in number. Labels: intransitive 4. To breed or propagate. Labels: intransitive Example: [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.[…]Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, and that in several cases these bacteria were dividing and thus, by the perverse arithmetic of biological terminology, multiplying. 5. To perform multiplication. Labels: intransitive Example: He had been multiplying, but it occurred to him he needed to resolve the exponents, first. Example: I could add and subtract and multiply and divide, but I entered the wilderness when words became equations. 6. To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor). Labels: rare, transitive Example: This follows a similar process, counters having to be removed and replaced at each stage of the remaining part of the calculation except the final one, where 2 multiplies 3 to give 6. Example: Of all the possible combinations of factors above, only (2#92;cdot4)#43;(3#92;cdot5)#61;23. Carefully arranging the factors, therefore, to ensure that 2 multiplies 4 and 3 multiplies 5, we have 6x²#43;23x#43;20#61;(2x#43;5)(3x#43;4)
Word: multiply Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many”) + plicō (“to fold”). The noun presumably derives from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ 1. An act or instance of multiplying. Example: The extended instruction set may double the speed again if a lot of multiplies and divides are done. Example: List the number of adds and multiplies for each of the forms (6) , (7), and (8).
Word: multiply Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English multiple Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English multiply From multiple + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪpli/ 1. In many or multiple ways. Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiply Part of Speech: adj Etymology: multi- + ply 1. Having more than one ply or layer; multilayered. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2,751,151. MULTIPLY PAPER SACKS. […] A multiply paper bag […] the plies of the side flaps being stepped longitudinally of the bag […]
Word: Euro-member Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Euro- + member. 1. Describing each of the 12 members of the European Currency Union who have the Euro as their national currency. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wet lease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wet + lease. The origin is uncertain, but it is widely believed that the term wet refers to the inclusion of fuel in the lease agreement. 1. An agreement in which an airplane, including crew, maintenance and insurance, is leased to another organisation, usually for a short period of time. 2. Any similar arrangement for other types of equipment.
Word: verstehen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Verstehen or German verstehen (“to understand, comprehend”). Pronunciation: /və(ɹ)ˈʃteɪ.ən/ 1. A stance that attempts to understand the meaning of action from the actor’s point of view, so that the actor is seen as a subject rather than an object of observation. Labels: uncountable
Word: limnology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From limno- + -logy. 1. The science concerning the biological, physical and geological properties of fresh water bodies, especially lakes and ponds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although limnology is a young discipline, it has, over the past century, experienced marked growth. Its early descriptive period was a long one, given the enormous diversity of biota and environments in freshwater ecosystems. Example: The exercises in this book were set forth initially because of our frustrations in teaching such a complex, multifaceted discipline as limnology.
Word: ideologue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French idéologue (circa 1800), from earlier idéologie (“ideology”) (1796). Classical compound on Ancient Greek roots, equivalent to ideo- + -logue. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɒɡ/, /ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɑɡ/, /ˈɪ.di.ə.lɑɡ/, /ˈɑɪ.di.ə.lɔɡ/ 1. A person who advocates an ideology, especially as an official or preeminent advocate. Example: An examination of the Nie et al. party and candidate levels over time (shown in Figure 10) reveals that the changes in the number of ideologues in the levels from 1960 to 1964 were caused entirely by changes in the candidate index. Example: Lin Biao's fall reduced the contending political groups to radical ideologues and bureaucrats, the latter headed by Zhou Enlai. Mao tried to bring the two warring groups together, relying on the ideologues to maintain a revolutionary momentum, while counting on the bureaucrats to preserve order and run the economy.
Word: largely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English large Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English largely From large + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːd͡ʒ.li/, /ˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.li/, /ˈlaːd͡ʒ.li/ 1. In a widespread or large manner. Example: She smiled at Aristide, who smiled at her, and Jean, seeing them happy, smiled largely at them both. 2. For the most part; mainly or chiefly. Example: They were largely successful in their efforts. Example: Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today. 3. On a large scale; amply. Example: Usually there was a jug of one or other decoction standing on the hob, from which he drank largely. "Grand!" he said, smacking his lips after wormwood. "Grand!" And he exhorted the children to try. 4. Fully, at great length. Labels: obsolete Example: It ill beseemes a knight of gentle sort, / Such as ye haue him boasted, to beguile / A simple mayd, and worke so haynous tort, / In shame of knighthood, as I largely can report.
Word: kings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɪŋz/ 1. plural of king Labels: form-of, plural 2. A pair of kings (playing cards). Labels: slang
Word: kings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɪŋz/ 1. A drinking game that uses playing cards. Labels: uncountable
Word: kings Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɪŋz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of king Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: typically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English typical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English typically From typical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪp.ɪ.kli/, /ˈtɪp.ɪ.kə.li/, /ˈtəp.ə.kə.li/, /ˈtɪp.ə.kli/ 1. In a typical or common manner. Example: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time. 2. In an expected or customary manner. Example: And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes.
Word: typical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic + -al and type + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəɫ], [ˈtɪp.ɪ.kɫ̩] 1. Capturing the overall sense of a thing. 2. Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type. Example: Compare this with, for instance, the heights of adult humans. They certainly lie within half an order of magnitude from a mean of about 1.7 m, being within the interval 5.4–0.54 m (18–1.8 ft). It is obvious from our three examples—the height of a person, household income in the United States, and the area of EU countries—that the concept of what is typical or characteristic depends on the case one refers to. Nevertheless, even vague measures can have a useful meaning in a comparison with something that is very different. For instance, the area of EU countries is typically much larger than the area of the city of New York, although Malta is actually smaller. 3. Normal, average; to be expected. Example: Also perpetual is the practice of extending greetings and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. The most typical traditional greeting is gong xi fa cai (for prosperity). And it certainly has been the most appropriate one since China in late 1978 denounced the political upheaval of the "cultural revolution" (1966-76) and launched its large-scale reform and development programmes. Example: One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually. 4. Of a lower taxon, containing the type of the higher taxon. Example: Celticecis species are definitely known only from the typical subgenus of Celtis, distributed through much of the Holarctic Region.
Word: typical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin typicalis, from Latin typicus (“typical”), from Ancient Greek τυπικός (tupikós, “of or pertaining to a type, conformable, typical”), from τύπος (túpos, “mark, impression, type”), equivalent to typic + -al and type + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/, [ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəɫ], [ˈtɪp.ɪ.kɫ̩] 1. Anything that is typical, normal, or standard. Example: Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals. Example: Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.
Word: jetski Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jet ski. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jetski Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of jet ski. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Eurotrash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + trash. Compare white trash. 1. Continental European entertainment that is of low quality, or is lowbrow. Labels: uncountable 2. European expatriates or visitors to the United States lacking a work ethic and focused on entertainment or leisure. Labels: US, derogatory, uncountable Example: Yes, those hard-partying jet-setters known to American wags as Eurotrash, who flocked to New York City by the Concordeload in the 1980's sporting black mock turtlenecks, leather pants and sometimes dubious aristocratic titles, are back on the town. Example: For reasons becoming clear to me / New York City you are dead to me / Well you can turn back time but I'm never coming back / To when you called me Eurotrash
Word: hazing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈheɪzɪŋ/ 1. An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military. Labels: Philippines, US, countable, uncountable
Word: hazing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈheɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of haze Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trisomic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having three copies of a given chromosome in each somatic cell instead of the usual number of two Labels: not-comparable
Word: trisomic Part of Speech: noun 1. An organism that exhibits trisomy
Word: forbear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Germanic *fra- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Germanic *beraną Proto-Germanic *fraberaną Old English forberan Middle English forberen English forbear From Middle English forberen, from Old English forberan (“to forbear, abstain from, refrain; suffer, endure, tolerate, humor; restrain; do without”), from Proto-Germanic *fraberaną (“to hold back, endure”); equivalent to for- + bear. Cognate with Old Frisian forbera (“to forfeit”), Middle High German verbërn (“to have not; abstain; refrain from; avoid”) (Cimbrian forbèeran), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (frabairan, “to endure”). Pronunciation: /fɔːˈbɛə/, /fɔɹˈbɛɚ/ 1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from. Labels: transitive Example: Mr. Sheriff, I desire that this manacling may be forborn: if you please to clap a guard of a hundred men upon us, I shall pay for it. This is not only a disgrace to me, but in general to all soldiers; which doth more trouble me than the loss of my life. Example: The earth shall soon dissolve like snow the sun forbear to shine 2. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. Labels: intransitive Example: Por[tia]. I pray you tarrie, pauſe a day or two Before you hazard, for in chooſing wrong I looſe your companie ; therefore forbeare a while, /[...] Example: Then the king of Iſrael gathered the prophets together about foure hundred men, and ſaid vnto them, Shall I goe againſt Ramoth Gilead to battell, or ſhall I forbeare? [...] 3. To refuse; to decline; to withsay; to unheed. Labels: intransitive Example: And thou ſhalt ſpeake my words vnto them, whether they will heare or whether they will forbeare, for they are moſt rebellious. 4. To control oneself when provoked. Labels: intransitive Example: The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear.