nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: FBI Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛf.biː.aɪ/ 1. Initialism of Federal Bureau of Investigation. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: For a while, nearly every girl at school on whom I had a crush had a father in the FBI. Example: The FBI began publishing national quarterly crime reports last year, but has not done so for the first two quarters of 2021, stating that they require at least 60% of agencies to submit NIBRS data in order to publish quarterly data. 2. Federation of British Industry (1916–1965), forerunner of CBI (Confederation of British Industry). Labels: UK 3. fire behaviour index Labels: Australia
Word: FBI Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛf.biː.aɪ/ 1. Fixed-bit index. 2. Female body inspector. Labels: US, humorous Example: Groups of Heterosexuals gather in Daytona Beach to tan their normally pale skin, eat fried shrimp, and buy novelty T-shirts that say things like Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee! and FBI: Female Body Inspector.
Word: Buckley's chance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Candidates are: * A reference to William Buckley (1780–1856), a convict who escaped in Victoria in 1803 and lived with an Australian Aboriginal tribe for 30 years (non-Aboriginal people in the bush were considered to have "no chance" of survival). This is the most popular candidate, but earliest known usages date from the 1890s, some 30 years after his death. Nonetheless, this was soon after Buckley's story was publicised in 1889 by E. W. Cole in his book Savage Life in Australia: The Story of William Buckley the Runaway Convict who Lived Thirty-two Years Among the Blacks of Australia, so this etymology remains plausible. * From Buckley's and none, presuming that expression derives from a Melbourne department store, Buckley & Nunn. * A reference to Mr Buckley of the Bombala region of southern New South Wales, who sued the government over title to land, the action seeming to have little prospect of success. * Again a reference to Mars Buckley, not in connection with Crumpton Nunn (as above, re Buckley's and none), but rather in relation to an 1893 run on banks, when Buckley ensured that the Bank of Australasia would have no chance of using his money to pay other depositors. The bank thus had "Buckley's chance" of getting his money. This etymology is arguably somewhat likely since the phrase was first cited three years after this incident. 1. A very small chance; no chance at all. Labels: Australia, idiomatic, informal, uncountable Example: "So he has a chance," said Connie. "Buckley's chance, the way his luck is. Fell out with his girl he did, and lost his job, and now 'e's goin' to lose 'is life. The unluckiest man that ever lived."
Word: ALPAC Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Automatic Language Processing Advisory Committee, a 1964 US government committee who issued a report about automated translation. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: seme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːm/, [ˈsɪi̯m] 1. Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation, sign, or symbol.
Word: seme Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of seem. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: seme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of seam. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: seme Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of semé. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: I bear Azure seme of trefoiles, a Lions Paw in fæce, Or, armed Gules.
Word: seme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 攻め (seme), derived from the verb 攻める (semeru, “to attack”). 1. An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top. Labels: Japanese, slang Example: […] BL manga readers chose intelligence, protectiveness, and beauty/handsomeness as the top three most important traits in a seme […] Example: Sebas has always been the seme.
Word: KGB Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian КГБ (KGB), acronym of Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (Komitét gosudárstvennoj bezopásnosti, “State Security Committee”). Pronunciation: /keɪ.d͡ʒi.biː/ 1. The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service). Labels: historical Example: President Putin's KGB roots have sadly informed a style of governance that is neither reformist nor particularly democratic. The common thread throughout his domestic and foreign policies is his effort to trade on fear -- the fears of Russians that their country is under attack from hostile external forces (Chechens, NATO or free marketeers); and the fears of Westerners that if not for a strong, pragmatic leader, Russia will again become unruly, unstable and potentially aggressive. Example: But in 1967 Treholt's trenchant opposition to the Vietnam War attracted the attention of the KGB. 2. The security service of Belarus.
Word: KGB Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /keɪ.d͡ʒi.biː/ 1. Initialism of known good board. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: crude Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-der. Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin crūdusbor. Middle English crude English crude Doublet of crudo, which was borrowed from Italian, and (more distantly) raw through Proto-Indo-European. Pronunciation: /kɹuːd/, /kɹʉd/ 1. In a natural, untreated state. Example: crude oil 2. Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made. Example: a crude shelter Example: a crude estimate 3. Lacking concealing elements. Example: a crude truth 4. Lacking tact or taste. Example: a crude remark Example: You shouldn't use such crude language when talking to the bank manager. 5. Not adjusted or further analyzed. 6. Immature or unripe. Labels: archaic 7. Uncooked, raw. Labels: obsolete Example: Her mete was very crude, She had not wel endude; […] 8. Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
Word: crude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-der. Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin crūdusbor. Middle English crude English crude Doublet of crudo, which was borrowed from Italian, and (more distantly) raw through Proto-Indo-European. Pronunciation: /kɹuːd/, /kɹʉd/ 1. Any substance in its natural state. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ellipsis of crude oil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices).
Word: spacer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space English -er English spacer From space + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈspeɪsɚ/ 1. An object inserted to hold a space open in a row of items, e.g. beads or printed type. Example: The vertical wall was poured in two lifts, using two pairs of steel shutters which were bolted tightly onto 9-in. long wooden spacers. 2. A person who works or lives in space. Example: It was the futile throwing back in the face of the Spacers their most keenly felt insult: their insistence on considering the natives of Earth as disgustingly diseased. Example: "How do I know I can trust you?" asked BKR. Grakker hesitated. "Spacer's oath," he said at last. 3. A bushing. 4. A forgetful person; one who spaces out. Labels: slang 5. A type of add-on device used by an asthmatic person to increase the effectiveness of a metered-dose inhaler. 6. An instrument for reversing a telegraphic current, especially in a marine cable, to increase the speed of transmission. Labels: historical
Word: proper noun Part of Speech: noun 1. A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.
Word: i Part of Speech: character Etymology: From Latin i, minuscule of I. Pronunciation: /ə/, /aɪ/, /ɪ/, /i/, /iː/ 1. The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script. Labels: letter, lowercase
Word: i Part of Speech: num Etymology: From Latin i, minuscule of I. Pronunciation: /ə/, /aɪ/, /ɪ/, /i/, /iː/ 1. The ninth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script. Labels: lowercase
Word: i Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin i, minuscule of I. Pronunciation: /ə/, /aɪ/, /ɪ/, /i/, /iː/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter I/i. Example: the position of an i-dot (the dot of an i) Example: i-mutation, i-umlaut
Word: i Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Old English iċ. Pronunciation: /aɪ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of I. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: Here follow ſome few lines in the original, which not underſtanding i have omitted. […] Laſtly that amidſt ſo many viciſſitudes of fortune, to which I have been expoſed, amongſt all the goods, i ſay, and evils, the joyfull and gloomy, the pleaſing, and diſagreeable circumſtances of life, thou endowedſt me with an equal, conſtant, manly, and ſuperior ſpirit on every occaſion. Example: As YouTuber Alex Elmslie tweeted, “ ‘once COVID is over’ is starting to sound a lot like ‘when i fix my sleep schedule.’ ”
Word: Roman numeral Part of Speech: noun 1. A numeral represented using a Roman system involving the letters I, V, X, L, C, D, and M. 2. The system using such letters. Labels: in-plural
Word: letter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latin littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”). Displaced Old English bōcstæf (literally “book staff”) in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit (literally “message writing”) in sense 2. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtə/, /ˈlɛtɚ/, [-ɾɚ], /ˈletə/, [-ɾə] 1. A symbol in an alphabet. Example: There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet. Example: And a superscription also was written ouer him in letters of Greeke, and Latin, & Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE IEWES. 2. A written or printed communication, usually defined as longer and more formal than a note. (Sometimes specifically one that is on paper.) Example: I wrote a letter to my sister about my life. Example: The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and natural. 3. The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (the spirit). Example: In obedience to humane laws, we muſt obſerve the letter of the Law, where we can without doing violence to the reaſon of the Law and the intention of the Law-giver: but where they croſſe each other, the charity of the Law is to be preferred before its diſcipline, and the reaſon of it before the letter. Example: I broke the letter of it to keep the sense. 4. Literature. Labels: in-plural Example: Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters. 5. A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet. Example: Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision. 6. A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm). Labels: US, uncountable 7. A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm. Labels: Canada, uncountable 8. Clipping of varsity letter. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 9. A single type; type, collectively; a style of type. Labels: dated Example: Under these, thro’ a garden in which is an ample fountaine, was the King's printing-house, and that famous letter so much esteem’d.
Word: letter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latin littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”). Displaced Old English bōcstæf (literally “book staff”) in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit (literally “message writing”) in sense 2. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtə/, /ˈlɛtɚ/, [-ɾɚ], /ˈletə/, [-ɾə] 1. To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something. Labels: transitive 2. To earn a varsity letter (award). Labels: US, intransitive Example: I think Mom lettered in shot put her junior year.
Word: letter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English letere, equivalent to let + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtə/, /ˈlɛtɚ/, [-ɾɚ], /ˈletə/, [-ɾə] 1. One who lets, or lets out. Example: the letter of a room Example: a blood-letter 2. One who retards or hinders. Labels: archaic
Word: letter Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtə/, /ˈlɛtɚ/, [-ɾɚ], /ˈletə/, [-ɾə] 1. Alternative form of litter. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: medicine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English medicin, from Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, from Latin medicīna (“the healing art, medicine, a physician's shop, a remedy, medicine”), feminine of medicīnus (“of or belonging to physic or surgery, or to a physician or surgeon”), from medicus (“a physician, surgeon”). The extended sense of "Indigenous magic" is a calque of Ojibwe mashkiki (“medicine”) or mide (or cognates in related languages) when used in compounds such as Grand Medicine Society, medicine lodge, medicine dance, medicine bag, medicine wheel, medicine man, Medicine Line, and bad medicine or place names such as Medicine Hat, Medicine Creek, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛd.ɪ.s(ɪ)n/, /ˈmɛd.s(ɪ)n/, /ˈmɛd.ɪ.sɪn/, /ˈmɛd.əs.(ə)n/, /ˈmed.ɪ.s(ɪ)n/ 1. To treat with medicine. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: And we shall find, under the head of the medicining of the body, some things on the subject of medicine in general, which could be better said there than here, because of the wrath of professional dignitaries,- the eye of the 'basilisk,' was not perhaps quite so terrible in that quarter then, as it was in some others.
Word: year Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jɪə/, /jɪː/, /jɪjə/, /jiə/, /jɜː/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of here. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling 2. Pronunciation spelling of hear. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: decrypt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈkɹɪpt/, /diːˈkɹɪpt/ 1. To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text. Labels: transitive
Word: decrypt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”). Pronunciation: /ˈdiːkɹɪpt/ 1. A decoded communication. Example: The decrypts were being obtained from the traffic of 78 German stations by the end of 1941, and of 147 stations by the end of 1942.
Word: tables Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈteɪbl̩z/ 1. plural of table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tables Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈteɪbl̩z/ 1. Backgammon. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Hervor proceeded to the court of King Gudmund, and there one day as she was playing at tables with the king, one of the servants chanced to take up and draw Tirfing, which shone like a sunbeam. 2. The halves or quarters of a backgammon board. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. Any backgammon-like board game, played on a board with two rows of 12 vertical markings called "points". Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: tables Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈteɪbl̩z/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of table Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Irish Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीवरी (pīvarī, “fat”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪɹɪʃ/, /ˈaɪəɹɪʃ/, /ˈaɪɹəʃ/ 1. The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic. Labels: uncountable Example: Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland. 2. The Irish people. Example: Many Irish are actually dark-haired as a result of the many invaders and migrants over the centuries. Example: America used to love dams... Yes, and we built those dams with ingenuity and brawn and, of course, piles and piles of dead Irish. 3. A surname originating as an ethnonym. 4. A female given name of chiefly Philippine usage.
Word: Irish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीवरी (pīvarī, “fat”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪɹɪʃ/, /ˈaɪəɹɪʃ/, /ˈaɪɹəʃ/ 1. A board game of the tables family. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 2. Temper; anger, passion. Labels: US, uncountable Example: But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying. Example: Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom. 3. Whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Harris said he'd had enough oratory for one night, and proposed that we should go out and have a smile, saying that he had found a place, round by the square, where you could really get a drop of Irish worth drinking.
Word: Irish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीवरी (pīvarī, “fat”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪɹɪʃ/, /ˈaɪəɹɪʃ/, /ˈaɪɹəʃ/ 1. Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people. Example: Sheep are typical in the Irish landscape. Example: A. Fink-Nottle: But it's absolute balderdash, Bertie. I mean, listen to this: "Sure and begorrah, I don't know what's after being the matter with you, Michael." I mean, what on earth is this "what's after being" stuff mean? B.W. Wooster: My dear old Gussie, that is how people think Irish people talk. 2. Pertaining to the Irish language.
Word: archaeastronomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos)der. English archae- English astronomy English archaeastronomy From archae- + astronomy. Pronunciation: /ˌɑː(ɹ)ki.əsˈtɹɒnəmi/ 1. The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past. Labels: uncountable Example: Archaeoastronomy is an endeavor to find out something about ancient astronomy and related matters through the use of archeological data and the study of ancient texts. Example: The current fashion is to call the subject archaeoastronomy, as if it were more the business of astronomers or historians of astronomy than of archaeologists.
Word: defining vocabulary Part of Speech: noun 1. A restricted set of words used to define all other terms in a dictionary.
Word: second Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secund and secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.ənd/, /ˈsɛk.ənt/, /ˈsɛk.ən/, /ˈsɛk.ɪnd/ 1. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two. Labels: not-comparable Example: He lives on Second Street. Example: The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers". 2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior. Labels: not-comparable Example: His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life. Example: May the day when we become the second people upon earth […] be the day of our utter extirpation! 3. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another. Labels: not-comparable Example: Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina. Example: A Daniel ſtill ſay I, a ſecond Daniel,[…]
Word: second Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secund and secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.ənd/, /ˈsɛk.ənt/, /ˈsɛk.ən/, /ˈsɛk.ɪnd/ 1. After the first; at the second rank. Labels: not-comparable Example: Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. 2. After the first occurrence but before the third. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is batting second today.
Word: second Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secund and secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.ənd/, /ˈsɛk.ənt/, /ˈsɛk.ən/, /ˈsɛk.ɪnd/ 1. Something that is number two in a series. 2. Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority. 3. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest. 4. A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards. Labels: plural-normally Example: They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds. 5. An additional helping of food. Labels: plural-normally Example: That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds. 6. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.) Example: The policeman smiled, his eyes twinkling. "Now if you'll follow me, I'll escort you to the Victoria." "Oh, there's no need of that. If you'll just point me in the right direction..." That's what got you in trouble the first time around. You don't need a second. Example: Smoky Joe ran against a Houston horse named Cherokee Chief. “Don't hit him,” Jeanine said to the jockey. “Maybe once. But you don't get a second.” 7. The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental). 8. The second gear of an engine. 9. Second base. 10. The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel. Example: Since he [i.e., Abraham Lincoln] had very long arms, he chose cavalry broadswords and took lessons in sword fighting from a West Point graduate; and, on the appointed day, he and [James] Shields met on a sandbar in the Mississippi River, prepared to fight to the death; but, at the last minute, their seconds interrupted and stopped the duel. Example: Joint enterprise law dates back to at least the 16th century. It was later developed to deter duelling by making seconds and doctors liable for murder. 11. A Cub Scout appointed to assist a sixer. Example: Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders. 12. A second-class honours degree. Labels: informal Example: [Stephen Hawking] […] would go to Cambridge, he said, if they gave him a first, and stay at Oxford if they gave him a second. He got a first.
Word: second Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secund and secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.ənd/, /ˈsɛk.ənt/, /ˈsɛk.ən/, /ˈsɛk.ɪnd/ 1. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.) Labels: transitive Example: I second the motion. Example: Though seconding (or fifthing) the praise for “BoJack Horseman” and “In Treatment,” I think I’ll use the majority of my space to discuss “You’re the Worst.” 2. To follow in the next place; to succeed. Example: In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill. Example: Sin is usually seconded with sin. 3. To climb after a lead climber.
Word: second Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English secunde, seconde, borrowed from Old French seconde, from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminished part (of the hour)”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/, /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/ 1. A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest. Example: Holonyms: decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Example: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond 2. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree. 3. A short, indeterminate amount of time. Labels: informal Example: I'll be there in a second. Example: Exposure of aluminum to the air causes a near instantaneous oxide. So rapid is the oxidation that it is safe to say you never see aluminum that has no oxide on its surface... The initial exposure of aluminum, regardless of alloy, will form a thin oxide film on the surface the second it is exposed.
Word: second Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French seconder, from Latin secundō (“assist, make favorable”). Pronunciation: /səˈkɒnd/, /səˈkɑnd/, /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/, /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/ 1. To transfer temporarily to alternative employment. Labels: UK, transitive Example: The army officer was seconded while he held civil office. Example: Things changed quickly from 1892 when Sam Fay was seconded from the L.S.W.R. as General Manager & Secretary. 2. To assist or support; to back. Labels: transitive Example: Wee haue Supplyes, to ſecond our Attempt:[…] Example: In human works, tho’ labour’d on with pain, / A thouſand movements ſcarce one purpoſe gain; / In God's, one ſingle can its End produce, / Yet ſerves to ſecond too ſome other Uſe. 3. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.) Labels: transitive Example: I second the motion. 4. To accompany by singing as the second performer. Labels: transitive
Word: second Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French seconder, from Latin secundō (“assist, make favorable”). Pronunciation: /səˈkɒnd/, /səˈkɑnd/, /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/, /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/ 1. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant. Example: The dogs however parted, and after a little handling by their seconds immediately returned to the charge Example: They find ways to take advice from their seconds or they arrange the schedule against you as they did to me in the finals of the 1962 World Tournament 2. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc. Example: If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second. 3. Aid; assistance; help. Labels: obsolete Example: Give second, and my love / Is everlasting thine.
Word: century Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi/, /ˈsɛnt͡ʃɹi/, /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/, /ˈsen(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/ 1. A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100. Example: Holonyms: kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Example: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < microcentury (humorous) < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond 2. A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing sixty to seventy or eighty) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion. Example: Holonyms: maniple, cohort, legion 3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly. 4. A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred. Example: 'tis the subject of whole books: I might cite a century of authors pro and con. Example: Hamilton reached his century 14 years after securing his maiden pole in the Canadian Grand Prix in 2007, which he went on to win to take the first step on the road to becoming Formula One's most successful driver. 5. A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership. Example: He has scored 44 limited-overs centuries. Example: They put on a century stand to help their team recover from 57–4 to 198–4. 6. A score of one hundred points. Example: That was his tenth professional century. 7. A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length. 8. A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars. Labels: US, informal
Word: clock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1370. From Middle English clokke, clok, cloke (“clock”), from Middle Dutch clocke (“bell, clock”), from Old Dutch *klokka, from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell, clock, cloak”), probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch (“bell”), Old Irish cloc (“bell, clock”)), either onomatopoeic or from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (“to laugh, cackle”) (compare Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (“to laugh”)). Cognate with Old English clucge (“bell”), Saterland Frisian Klokke (“bell, clock”), Dutch klok (“clock, bell”), Low German Klock (“bell, clock”), German Glocke (“bell”), Danish and Norwegian klokke (“clock, bell”), Faroese klokka (“clock, bell”), Icelandic klukka (“clock, bell”), Swedish klocka (“clock, bell”), Asturian llueca (“cowbell”), Galician and Portuguese choca (“cowbell”), Doublet of cloak and cloche. Pronunciation: /klɒk/, /klɑk/, [kl̥ɒχ] 1. A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When the clock says midnight. Example: The seasons bring the flower again, ⁠And bring the firstling to the flock; ⁠And in the dusk of thee, the clock Beats out the little lives of men. 2. A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time. Labels: attributive, countable, uncountable Example: A 12-hour clock system; an antique clock sale; Acme is a clock manufacturer. 3. The odometer of a motor vehicle. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: This car has over 300,000 miles on the clock. 4. An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The seed head of a dandelion. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A time clock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I can't go off to lunch yet: I'm still on the clock. Example: We let the guys use the shop's tools and equipment for their own projects as long as they're off the clock. 7. A CPU clock cycle, or T-state. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Executing a NEXT to code takes 7 clocks, or 1.05 microseconds. Example: The best schedule produced by any hardware algorithm takes 7 clocks, whereas the statically reordered code in Figure 1.2(b) takes only 5 clocks. 8. A luck-based patience or solitaire card game with the cards laid out to represent the face of a clock. Labels: uncountable 9. A watch (timepiece). Labels: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Arthur Morrison, Chance of the Game But if the clock was a red 'un, and the opportunity undoubted; to be pinched in the Bow Road merely might well imply loss of caste in the mob, but nobody need be ashamed to be pinched anywhere for a gold watch, after all. 10. A face; the head. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: clock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; designs may have originally been bell-shaped and thus related to Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /klɒk/, /klɑk/, [kl̥ɒχ] 1. A pattern near the heel of a sock or stocking. Example: But this you can't stand, so you throw up your hand, and you find you're as cold as an icicle, In your shirt and your socks (the black silk with gold clocks), crossing Salisbury Plain on a bicycle Example: She'd a gown wi' girt flowers lik' hollyhocks An zome stockèns o' gramfer's a-knit wi' clocks
Word: clock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain; designs may have originally been bell-shaped and thus related to Etymology 1, above. Pronunciation: /klɒk/, /klɑk/, [kl̥ɒχ] 1. To ornament (e.g. the side of a stocking) with figured work. Labels: transitive
Word: clock Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klɒk/, /klɑk/, [kl̥ɒχ] 1. A large beetle, especially the European dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius).
Word: clock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clokken, from Old English cloccian, ultimately imitative; compare Dutch klokken, English cluck. Pronunciation: /klɒk/, /klɑk/, [kl̥ɒχ] 1. To make the sound of a hen; to cluck. Labels: Scotland, dated, intransitive 2. To hatch. Labels: Scotland, dated, intransitive
Word: millisecond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlleder. French milli- English milli- English second English millisecond From milli- + second. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlɪˌsɛkənd/ 1. An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻³ seconds. Symbol: ms Example: Holonyms: centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Example: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond
Word: polytheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French polythéisme, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) and θεός (theós, “god”), corresponding to poly- + theism. Pronunciation: /pɒl.ɪˈθiː.ɪz.əm/ 1. The belief in the existence of multiple gods. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And remember when Lokmân said unto his son, as he admonished him, Oh my son, give not a partner unto GOD; for polytheism is a great impiety. 2. A religion or belief system with multiple gods. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Chaldeans worshipped the seven planets. These seven planets were the "Seven Great Gods" of the ancients, and constituted a polytheism, the component members of which varied in importance, with the moon occupying the premier position.
Word: Japan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Hokkien 日本 /Ji̍t-púnbor. Malay Jepangbor. Portuguese Japãobor. ▲ Malay Jepangbor. Dutch Japanbor. English Japan First attested in English as Giapan in Richard Willes's 1577 The History of Travayle in the West and East Indies (cited in Peter C. Mancall's Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery, pp. 156–57), translating a 19 February 1565 letter of the Portuguese Jesuit missionary Luís Fróis as "Of the Ilande of Giapan". Borrowed from Portuguese Japam /Japão with possible influence from Dutch Japan, both from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, “sun origin”). With /j/ readings, such as Iaponia /Japonia /Japon /Iapon from possibly Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²), also from Middle Chinese 日本 (nyit pwon^X, “sun origin”). Compare also modern Mandarin 日本 (Rìběn), Japanese 日本(にっぽん) (Nippon) / 日本(にほん) (Nihon) (whence English doublets Nippon and Nihon), Korean 일본 (Ilbon) (日本), Vietnamese Nhật Bản (日本). The earliest form of Japan in Europe was Marco Polo's Cipangu, from some form of synonymous Sinitic 日本國 /日本国 (“Japan state”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈpæn/, [d͡ʒəˈpɛə̯n], /d͡ʒəˈpan/, /d͡ʒəˈpɛn/ 1. A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo. Example: Vivian: If you set a picture by Hokusai, or Hokkei, or any of the great native painters, beside a real Japanese gentleman or lady, you will see that there is not the slightest resemblance between them. The actual people who live in Japan are not unlike the general run of English people; that is to say, they are extremely commonplace, and have nothing curious or extraordinary about them. In fact the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people... if you desire to see a Japanese effect, you will not behave like a tourist and go to Tokio. On the contrary, you will stay at home and steep yourself in the work of certain Japanese artists, and then, when you have absorbed the spirit of their style, and caught their imaginative manner of vision, you will go some afternoon and sit in the Park or stroll down Piccadilly, and if you cannot see an absolutely Japanese effect there, you will not see it anywhere. Example: Japan’s very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don’t think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that’s already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor... That strategy works only when what they’re working with isn’t changing very much—the stereo industry and the automobile industry are two examples. When the target is moving quickly, they find it very difficult... 2. An archipelago of East Asia; in full, Japanese archipelago.
Word: computer science Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: IRC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Internet Relay Chat. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Internal Revenue Code. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Additionally, highly compensated employees or workers with earned income exceeding the dollar amount in effect under IRC section 414(q)(1)(B)(i) are ineligible to receive the deduction. 3. Initialism of International Rescue Committee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IRC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of international reply coupon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IRC Part of Speech: verb 1. To participate in Internet Relay Chat. Labels: Internet, informal, intransitive Example: <Xantha> <- irced 2 yrs without aliases […] Example: […] IRCing can confirm the observation that work and play appear to constitute a continuum for the digerati.
Word: few Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”). Also related with Latin paucus (“little, few”) and pauper (“poor”), from which latter English poor and pauper; see these. Pronunciation: /fjuː/, /fɪu̯/, /fjʉː/, /fjʉw] 1. An indefinite, but usually small, number of. Example: There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street. Example: Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised. 2. Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of. Example: Very few did she have not to go there, did she? Example: I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up. 3. Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky. Example: Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight. Example: NOAA definition of the term few clouds: An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring phenomena aloft are present--that is, not when obscuring phenomena are surface-based, such as fog. 4. (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
Word: few Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English fewe, from Old English fēaw (“few”), from Proto-West Germanic *fau, from Proto-Germanic *fawaz (“few”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Cognate with Old Saxon fā (“few”), Old High German fao, fō (“few, little”), Old Norse fár (“few”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍃 (faus, “few”). Also related with Latin paucus (“little, few”) and pauper (“poor”), from which latter English poor and pauper; see these. Pronunciation: /fjuː/, /fɪu̯/, /fjʉː/, /fjʉw] 1. Few people, few things. Example: Many are called, but few are chosen.
Word: I love you Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /aɪ ˈlʌv juː/, /aɪ ˈlʊv juː/ 1. An affirmation of affection or deep caring, especially to a family member. Example: "I love you, Mom," said Candace. Example: I love you, Lolly: I should have been saying it at the end of every one of those goddamn Sunday-evening calls. Should have been calling her. I love you: Why did that simple three-syllable sentence always get stuck in my throat? 2. An affirmation of romantic feeling to a lover or spouse. Example: The dark days are gone and the bright days are here / My sunny one shines so sincere / Sunny, one so true / I love you 3. A platonic expression of strong inclination or liking to a friend. Example: I love you, man, but you need some professional help.
Word: beer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *beuzą Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ Old English bēor Middle English ber English beer From Middle English ber, bere, from Old English bēor (“beer”) (Oxford OED notes: "rare, except in poetry"), from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”) (putatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewsóm), meaning “brewer's yeast”. However, also see the "beer" entry on EtymOnline (q.v.), which links a connection to monastic Vulgar Latin *biber (“a drink, beverage”), from Latin bibere (“to drink”). Samuel Johnson in his famous 18th-century A Dictionary of the English Language guessed it was from (unattested) Welsh *bîr; he distinguished it in his time from ale — the ancient usual word — by beer being older-aged and/or smaller. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bjoor (“beer”), West Frisian bier (“beer”), Dutch bier (“beer”), German Low German Beer (“beer”), German Bier (“beer”), dialectal Swedish bjor, bör (“beer”), Norwegian Nynorsk bjor (“beer”), Faroese bjór (“beer”), Icelandic bjór (“beer”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪə̯/, /ˈbɪː/, /ˈbɪjə/, /ˈbɪə/, /ˈbiː.ə/ 1. An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor. Labels: uncountable Example: Beer is brewed all over the world. Example: “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]” 2. A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc. Labels: uncountable 3. A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid. Labels: uncountable 4. A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages. Labels: countable Example: I bought a few beers from the shop for the party. Example: Can I buy you a beer? 5. A variety of the above beverages. Labels: countable Example: Pilsner is one of the most commonly served beers in Europe. Example: I haven't tried this beer before.
Word: beer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *beuzą Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ Old English bēor Middle English ber English beer From Middle English ber, bere, from Old English bēor (“beer”) (Oxford OED notes: "rare, except in poetry"), from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”) (putatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewsóm), meaning “brewer's yeast”. However, also see the "beer" entry on EtymOnline (q.v.), which links a connection to monastic Vulgar Latin *biber (“a drink, beverage”), from Latin bibere (“to drink”). Samuel Johnson in his famous 18th-century A Dictionary of the English Language guessed it was from (unattested) Welsh *bîr; he distinguished it in his time from ale — the ancient usual word — by beer being older-aged and/or smaller. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bjoor (“beer”), West Frisian bier (“beer”), Dutch bier (“beer”), German Low German Beer (“beer”), German Bier (“beer”), dialectal Swedish bjor, bör (“beer”), Norwegian Nynorsk bjor (“beer”), Faroese bjór (“beer”), Icelandic bjór (“beer”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɪə̯/, /ˈbɪː/, /ˈbɪjə/, /ˈbɪə/, /ˈbiː.ə/ 1. To give beer to (someone). Labels: informal, transitive Example: No doubt he then can feed us, wine us, beer us, And cook us something that can warm and cheer us. Example: “Beer me!” said Goody. “Also your weed is shit. Where’s the good stuff, dude?” 2. To drink beer. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: In Japan, students on a Friday night announce “Let's beer!”
Word: beer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English beere, equivalent to be + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbi.ɚ/, /ˈbiː.ə/ 1. One who is or exists. Labels: nonstandard Example: That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.
Word: EBITDA Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /iːbɪtˈdɑː/, /əˈbɪtdɑː/, /ˈɛbɪtdɑː/ 1. Acronym of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, revenue after the subtraction of dividends but before the deduction of interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Example: As a result, “adjusted taxable income” corresponds with the financial accounting concept of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA).