nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: apostrophe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin apostrophe, from Ancient Greek ἀποστροφή (apostrophḗ), from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”), from ἀπό (apó) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/, /əˈpɑs.tɹə.fi/ 1. A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Apostrophe a bold digression makes, Mov'd by some sudden thought the theme awakes. Example: The warm apostrophe of Riccardini to this little representative of his parents, whom he called "the son of his love, the child of his old age, the gift of his beloved niece, on the behalf of his angel-daughter," affected them all;...
Word: apostrophe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈpɒs.tɹə.fi/, /əˈpɑs.tɹə.fi/ 1. An arrangement of chlorophyll grains perpendicular to the outer surface of plant cells, as opposed to epistrophe (an arrangement on the outer surface). Example: As is well known, chloroplast in the epistrophe position presents an oval or more or less circular form; in the apostrophe position a flattened and lenticular form.
Word: bible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bible, from Middle Latin biblia (“book”) (misinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (bíblos, “book”), from βύβλος (búblos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material). Old English used biblioþēce (from βιβλιοθήκη) and ġewritu (> English writs) for "the Scriptures". Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪbəl/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“a specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the Christian religious text”). Labels: alt-of Example: If a person should happen to meet them when on these journeys, he should, if he has not a bible in his pocket, draw a circle round him on the ground, and in God's name forbid their approach. Example: The bible was used by Presley throughout his life until his death on 16 August 1977 and contains his handwritten notes, thoughts and annotations. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Bible (“the analogous holy book of another religion”). Labels: alt-of Example: The Buddhist bible tells this story of Buddha’s time of temptation when he was living as a hermit on the Mount of Snow. 3. A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership; a foundational text. Labels: broadly Example: handyman’s bible Example: K&R is considered the bible of C programming 4. Ellipsis of pitch bible. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 5. A binder containing copies of the most important documents for a particular matter. Example: Could you please add these to the case bible? 6. Synonym of holystone: a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships. 7. A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments. Example: My friend’s a genius, he will give me problems one through nine. The bible of a sophomore will have the needed lines. 8. Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants 9. The upper part of a pin-tumbler lock, containing the driver pins and springs.
Word: deity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās. Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/, /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/, [ˈdeɪ̯-], /ˈdi.ə.ti/, [ˈdi.ə.ɾi] 1. Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee. 2. A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The fact that in most lands the moon was originally a female deity has led many historians to dispute the superiority of the moon over the sun in ancient mythology. Example: Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.
Word: crown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced Old English corenbēag (“crown”) and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”, literally “kinhelm” or “king's helm”). The paper sizes (etymology 1, noun sense 18) are so called because the papers were originally watermarked with a crown. Pronunciation: /kɹaʊ̯n/, /kɹæʊ̯n/, /kɹaːn/ 1. Of, related to, or pertaining to a crown. Labels: not-comparable Example: crown prince 2. Of, related to, pertaining to the top of a tree or trees. Labels: not-comparable Example: a crown fire
Word: crown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /kɹoʊn/ 1. past participle of crow Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: The cock had crown.
Word: covenant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English covenaunt, borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveniēns, convenientem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient and convene. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/, /ˈkʌv.nənt/ 1. An agreement to do or not do a particular thing. 2. A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied. 3. A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties (often one that is religious or religiously-based). 4. An incidental clause in an agreement.
Word: covenant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English covenaunt, borrowed from Old French covenant (“agreement”), from Latin conveniēns, convenientem (“agreeing, agreeable, suitable, convenient”), present participle of conveniō (“to agree”). Cognate with convenient and convene. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌv.ən.ənt/, /ˈkʌv.nənt/ 1. To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant. Example: Jupiter Covenanted with him, that it should be Hot or Cold, Wet or Dry, […] as the Tenant should Direct. Example: and they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver 2. To enter a formal agreement. 3. To bind oneself in contract. 4. To make a stipulation.
Word: courage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English corage, from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor (“heart”). Distantly related to cardiac (“of the heart”), which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Displaced Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“courage, valor”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈkʊ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /kəˈredʒ/, [kɐ.ɾeːdʒ] 1. The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before. Example: There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. 2. The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt. Example: Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear. 3. The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal; moral fortitude. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.” Example: I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
Word: courage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English corage, from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor (“heart”). Distantly related to cardiac (“of the heart”), which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Displaced Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“courage, valor”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈkʊ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /kəˈredʒ/, [kɐ.ɾeːdʒ] 1. To encourage. Labels: obsolete Example: And wete yow wel sayd kynge Arthur vnto Vrres syster I shalle begynne to handle hym and serche vnto my power not presumyng vpon me that I am soo worthy to hele youre sone by my dedes / but I wille courage other men of worshyp to doo as I wylle doo Example: Paul writeth unto Timothy, to instruct him, to teach him, to exhort, to courage him, to stir him up,
Word: cute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Aphetic form of acute, originally meaning “keenly perceptive or discerning, shrewd” (1731). Meaning transferred to “pretty, fetching” by US students (slang) c. 1834. Meaning drifted further to describe the pleasing attraction to features usually possessed by the young. Pronunciation: /kjuːt/ 1. Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior. Example: Our reaction to cute attributes is understood as the way nature ensures mammals care for their young. 2. Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way. Example: Let's go to the mall and look for cute girls. 3. Sexually attractive or pleasing; gorgeous. Example: He's got such cute buns. Example: I ordered her to strip for me and made her wiggle her cute little ass as she took off her panties. 4. Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy. Example: The actor's performance was too cute for me. All that mugging to the audience killed the humor. Example: Don't get cute with me, boy! 5. Mentally keen or discerning (See also acute) Example: Then Turpin being so very cute, He hid his money in his boot. Example: 'Filled with old doddering peers, cute financial magnates, clever wirepullers, big brewers with bulbous noses. All the enemies of progress are there — weaklings, sleek, slug, comfortable, self-important individuals. 6. Evincing cleverness; surprising in its elegance or unconventionality (but of limited importance). Labels: especially Example: There's a cute alternative proof of this using lambda calculus. Example: Cute solution to pin one Knight by unpinning the other and so force discovered guard for the Bishop: it took me hours to find that Bishop key.
Word: electron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of electric + ion, coined by Anglo-Irish scientist George Stoney in 1891, changed by him multiple times from an earlier electrolion and original electrine (used as early as 1874) as the name for the electric charge associated with a univalent ion. Compare electro-, -on. The particle ("corpuscule") was discovered in 1896. The name electrion was proposed for the particle in 1906 but curtailed because Hendrik Lorentz preferred electron. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛk.tɹɒn/, /ɪˈlɛk.tɹɑn/ 1. The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity. Labels: particle 2. Alloys of magnesium and other metals, like aluminum or zinc, that were manufactured by the German company Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron⁽ᵈᵉ⁾. Labels: obsolete
Word: emit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin ēmittōbor. English emit Borrowed from Latin ēmittō. Pronunciation: /iˈmɪt/, /ɪˈmɪt/, /ˈɛmɪʈ/ 1. To send out or give off. Labels: transitive Example: I just emitted a giggle. Example: Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was. 2. To come out, to be sent out or given off. Labels: intransitive Example: Eruption ceased to emit, and aside from the limited success of "I'll Be Your Friend" (--/#40, 1986), Precious Wilson still hopes to hit the big time. Example: Said sound producing means generates a sound which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures. 3. To result in specific machine instructions or bytecode when compiled. Labels: transitive 4. To produce specific computer code when processed or executed. Labels: broadly, transitive
Word: Europe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Europe, a learned borrowing from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa). Doublet of Europa. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊə.ɹəp/, /ˈjɔː.ɹəp/, /ˈjɵːɹəp/, /ˈjɔːɹəp/, /ˈjʉə.ɹəp/ 1. A continent located west of Asia (separated by the Urals), north of Africa and east of the Atlantic Ocean. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization. 2. A political entity; the European Union. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Al Mahlool, Fared (13 November 2021), “1:53 PM · Nov 13, 2021”, in Twitter, Twitter, retrieved 13 Nov 2021: “French politician Julien Odoul says he would prefer the cold death of migrants stranded behind barbed wire on the Belarus-Poland border, rather than being allowed to enter Europe.” 3. Mainland Europe (continental Europe), especially the western portion, thus excluding the island nations or the larger Mediterranean islands. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable 4. International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Manchester City crashed out of Europe on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund ended their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League.
Word: Europe Part of Speech: noun Labels: no-gloss
Word: feminine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fēminīnusder. Old French femininbor. Middle English femynyne English feminine From Middle English feminine, femynyne, femynyn, from Old French feminin, feminine, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”). Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/, /ˈfɛmənɪn/ 1. Of or pertaining to the female gender. 2. Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male. 3. Belonging to females; typically used by females. Example: Mary, Elizabeth, and Edith are feminine names. 4. Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive, sensual; womanly. Example: Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. Example: Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. 5. Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions. 6. Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions. Example: Women's names were formed in the same way as men's, but with feminine terminations […] 7. Having the vowel harmony of a front vowel. 8. Following or ending on an unstressed syllable. Example: Feminine caesura, feminine catalexis, feminine ending, feminine rhyme.
Word: feminine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fēminīnusder. Old French femininbor. Middle English femynyne English feminine From Middle English feminine, femynyne, femynyn, from Old French feminin, feminine, from Latin fēminīnus, from fēmina (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”). Related to fetus, feminism, filial, fellatio. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛmɪnɪn/, /ˈfɛmənɪn/ 1. That which is feminine. 2. A woman. Labels: obsolete, possibly, rare Example: They guide the feminines toward the Pallace. 3. The feminine gender. 4. A word of the feminine gender. Example: These changes being understood, it is easy to see how inaccurate it is to talk of she being the feminine, and they being the plural, of he. The different words belong to dif­fer­ent systems, and are no more the masculines and feminines of one another, than (to use a well-known illustration) puss is the vocative case of cat.
Word: horizontal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-). Pronunciation: /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/, /ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/, /ˌhoɹəˈzɒn.təl/, /ˌhɔɹɪˈzɔn.təl/, /hə.rɪˈzɔːn.ʈəl/ 1. Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat. Example: horizontal lines Example: I also claim the combination of the separator shaft with the shoe, and with the pitman, for the purpose of imparting to it a recriprocating horizontal movement, and a vibratory movement on its axis at the same time,... 2. Relating to horizontal markets 3. Pertaining to the horizon. Labels: archaic Example: As when the Sun new ris'n / Looks through the Horizontal misty Air 4. Involving wines of the same vintages but from different wineries. 5. Having the two notes sound successively. 6. Relating to sexual intercourse. Labels: euphemistic Example: horizontal tango Example: Comparing a man who inspires you intellectually and makes you laugh with a guy who fulfils all your horizontal desires means you’re not comparing like with like. 7. Being or relating to the transmission of organisms between biotic and/or abiotic members of an ecosystem that are not in a parent-progeny relationship. Example: Infectious agents may spread by horizontal transmission.
Word: horizontal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-). Pronunciation: /ˌhɒɹɪˈzɒn.təl/, /ˌhoɹəˈzɑn.təl/, /ˌhoɹəˈzɒn.təl/, /ˌhɔɹɪˈzɔn.təl/, /hə.rɪˈzɔːn.ʈəl/ 1. A horizontal component of a structure. 2. Horizon. 3. A Tasmanian shrub or small tree whose main trunk tends to lean over and grow horizontally, Anodopetalum biglandulosum
Word: Jew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuː/ 1. An adherent of Judaism. Example: Both Jews and Muslims refrain from eating pork. 2. A member or descendant of the Jewish people. Example: Many Jews eat bagels. Example: Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means, warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer as a Christian is? 3. A miserly or greedy person; a cheapskate. Labels: derogatory Example: “Jesus, Williams, you're such a Jew,” Jimmy said in an annoyed, high-pitched tone. “Have you ever just paid a check, or do you always make an ass of yourself?” 4. A ship's tailor. Labels: slang
Word: Jew Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuː/ 1. A surname.
Word: Jew Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuː/ 1. Jewish. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang Example: Whenever a Jew nose casts its sinister shadow over the register, the hotel-keeper suddenly discovers that his hostelry is full to overflowing, and profoundly, but firmly, regrets his inability to receive any more guests. Example: "Started that Jew country on top of everything else, and then all hell broke loose ever since."
Word: Jew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English Jew, Giu, Giw, Ju, from Old French juiu, Giu, gyu, from Latin iūdaeus (“Judean (i.e. Jew)”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Ἰουδά (Ioudá), Ἰούδας (Ioúdas, “Judah, Judas, Jude”) + -ιος (-ios, suffix forming adjectives), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “male given name, Yehuda; Judah, Judea”). Doublet of Yid. Displaced Old English Iūdēisċ. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuː/ 1. To make (more) Jewish. Labels: offensive, transitive Example: 1991, E. Sicher, The Jewing of Skylock: Wesker's "The Merchant" (MLS 21 (1991), 57–69) Example: Portia's “Jewing” of Shylock has long been noticed by many critics. For an early example see, for example, the anonymous essay “shylock the Jew-ed,” Temple Bar 45 (1875): 65–70. 45. These words have potentially “commercial” etymologies,[…] 2. To haggle or swindle in order to obtain a better deal (from someone). Labels: ambitransitive, offensive Example: They stops you on the sly in the streets, and tells you to call at their house at sitch a hour of the day, and when you goes there they smuggles you quietly into some room by yourselves, and then sets to work Jewing away as hard as they can, prizing up their own things, and downcrying yourn. Example: Jew me, sue me, everybody do me / Kick me, kike me, don't you black or white me.
Word: malleable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”). Pronunciation: /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/, [ˈmaɫiəbəɫ], [ˈmæɫiəbɫ̩], [ˈmɛɫiəbɫ̩], [-bɯ] 1. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers. 2. Flexible, liable to change. Labels: figuratively Example: My opinion on the subject is malleable. Example: The psychosocial factors in this study are malleable and provide target areas for enhancing mental health in those with high levels of autistic traits. 3. in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
Word: orbit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.bɪt/, /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/ 1. The curved path of one object around a point or another body. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The curved path of one object around a point or another body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete. 3. The curved path of one object around a point or another body. Labels: uncountable 4. The curved path of one object around a point or another body. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The curved path of one object around a point or another body. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union. Example: The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there. 7. The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All right, I'll play one more orbit but then I'm leaving! 12. A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Dad went into orbit when I told him that I'd crashed the car. Example: Given a veritable Pagan's Paddock by the Cats to work in on Friday night, Danger booted two goals in the first seven minutes to send Geelong fans into orbit.
Word: orbit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English orbite, orbita, from Latin orbita (“course, track, impression, mark”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.bɪt/, /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/ 1. To circle or revolve around another object or position. Labels: transitive Example: The Earth orbits the Sun. Example: The satellite orbits the Lagrange point. 2. To circle or revolve around another object or position. Labels: transitive Example: A rocket was used to orbit the satellite. 3. To move around the general vicinity of something. Labels: transitive Example: The harried mother had a cloud of children orbiting her, begging for sweets. 4. To move in a circle. Labels: transitive 5. To center (around). Labels: transitive Example: I have orbited my entire life around you, and you know it, okay? 6. To continue to follow or engage with someone by means of social media after breaking up with them. Labels: transitive
Word: right angle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin angulus rectus. 1. Half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees. 2. An ∟ character.
Word: artery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/, /ˈɑɹ.təɹ.i/ 1. Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery. Example: As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time. 2. A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines. Example: But the importance of the railways as main arteries of the national economy remains undimmed, just as their fascination for the railway enthusiast is surely undiminished. Example: Premier Chiang Ching-kuo said October 12 that the North-South Freeway, a 373-kilometer (235-mile) artery along west Taiwan, will have to be completed on schedule by 1978.
Word: vein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English veyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder). Pronunciation: /veɪn/, /ven/, /vein/ 1. A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. Example: The nurse hovered her vein finder to locate the veins in the patient's body. Example: An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce. Who entring at the breach thy ſword hath made, Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […] 2. The entrails of a shrimp. Labels: in-plural 3. In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle. 4. The nervure of an insect’s wing. 5. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks. 6. A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. Example: They general­ly occur in the earth in what are called veins, and are seldom found in the pure metallic state, but generally in combination with some other substance, in which state they are call­ed ores. 7. A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: in the same vein Example: He[…]is able to open new scenes, and discover a vein of true and noble thinking. 8. A style, tendency, or quality. Labels: figuratively Example: The play is in a satirical vein. Example: certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins 9. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance. Example: down to the veins of earth Example: I took another Prism therefore which was free from Veins
Word: vein Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English veyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder). Pronunciation: /veɪn/, /ven/, /vein/ 1. To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern. Example: […] as he ceased from that wild imprecation, a faint flash of lightning veined the remote horizon, and a low clap of thunder rumbled afar off, echoing among the hills […] Example: “We brought out our maps of the region and showed him the old routes and trails veining the whole of it. […]”
Word: sorry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), Saterland Frisian seerich (“sore, inflamed”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. By surface analysis, sor(e) + -y. Unrelated to sorrow despite the similarity in form and meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒɹi/, /ˈsɑɹi/, /ˈsoɹi/, [ˈsɔɹɪ], [ˈsoːɹɪ] 1. Regretful or apologetic for one's actions. Example: I am sorry I stepped on your toes. It was an accident. 2. Grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone. Example: I feel sorry for you, about your exam results. Example: The President was sorry to hear that the Ambassador was leaving. 3. Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable. Example: The storm left his garden in a sorry state. Example: ... often the only movement on the landscape is winter smoke winding out the chimney of some sorry-looking farmhouse ... 4. Pathetic; contemptibly inadequate. Example: Bob is a sorry excuse for a football player. Example: The sorry experience did little to suggest that Musk knows how to run a social media platform or that DeSantis is capable of governing a global superpower armed with nuclear weapons.
Word: sorry Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), Saterland Frisian seerich (“sore, inflamed”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. By surface analysis, sor(e) + -y. Unrelated to sorrow despite the similarity in form and meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒɹi/, /ˈsɑɹi/, /ˈsoɹi/, [ˈsɔɹɪ], [ˈsoːɹɪ] 1. Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow. Example: Sorry! I didn't see that you were on the phone. Example: Sorry about yesterday. — No worries. 2. Said as a request to excuse one's unintentional behaviors. Example: Oops! Sorry! 3. Said as a request to pass somebody. Example: Sorry! Coming through! 4. Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly. Example: Sorry? What was that? The phone cut out. 5. Used to correct oneself in speech. Example: There are four—sorry, five—local branches of the store. 6. Used as a hedge. Example: Sorry, but I don't care what you think.
Word: sorry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), Saterland Frisian seerich (“sore, inflamed”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. By surface analysis, sor(e) + -y. Unrelated to sorrow despite the similarity in form and meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒɹi/, /ˈsɑɹi/, /ˈsoɹi/, [ˈsɔɹɪ], [ˈsoːɹɪ] 1. The act of saying sorry; an apology. Example: The British would do it standing stock still, Latinos would dance their sorries, and Canadians would find a way to apologize on ice. Example: So learn how to tailor your sorries to the sexes. Women tend to want an acknowledgment of what they're going through...
Word: sorry Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), Saterland Frisian seerich (“sore, inflamed”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. By surface analysis, sor(e) + -y. Unrelated to sorrow despite the similarity in form and meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒɹi/, /ˈsɑɹi/, /ˈsoɹi/, [ˈsɔɹɪ], [ˈsoːɹɪ] 1. To feel sorry (for someone). Labels: intransitive, rare, transitive Example: Jus' that once I sorried for her. Souls cross the skies o' time, Abbess'd say, like clouds crossin' skies o' the world.
Word: prince Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe. Displaced native Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling; Middle English kinebarn, from Old English cynebearn; Middle English alder, from Old English ealdor; and Middle English drighten, from Old English dryhten. Pronunciation: /pɹɪns/ 1. A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. Labels: archaic, historical Example: Truely, to see our Princes all alone, sitting at their meat, beleagred round with so many talkers, whisperers, and gazing beholders, unknowne what they are or whence they come, I have often rather pittied than envied them. Example: By his last years Erasmus realized that princes like Henry VIII and François I had deceived him in their elaborate negotiations for universal peace, but his belief in the potential of princely power for good remained undimmed. 2. A female monarch. Labels: obsolete Example: Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex. 3. Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. Example: He is a prince among men. Example: In some respects the intellectual is indeed closer to the philosopher than to any specialist, and the philosopher is in more than one sense a sort of prince among the intellectuals. 4. The (male) ruler or head of a principality. Example: He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco. 5. A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. 6. A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire. Example: Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics. Example: Conspiracy theories are always enticing: one I was involved with in the 50s was about Mayerling, the 19th-century Austrian scandal involving a prince’s lover who died in dodgy circumstances in a hunting lodge. 7. A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack. 8. The mushroom Agaricus augustus. 9. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.
Word: prince Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe. Displaced native Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling; Middle English kinebarn, from Old English cynebearn; Middle English alder, from Old English ealdor; and Middle English drighten, from Old English dryhten. Pronunciation: /pɹɪns/ 1. To behave or act like a prince. Labels: intransitive, often, rare Example: The Roofes of Palaces, and Nature prompts them / In ſimple and lowe things, to Prince it, much / Beyond the tricke of others. 2. To transform (someone) into a prince. Labels: rare, transitive Example: All I could remember is the chorus, and something about pumpkins turning into princesses (???!) and frogs turning into princes. I figured she meant the frog was John before she princed him.
Word: princess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English princesse, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman princesse, Old French princesse. By surface analysis, prince + -ess. Pronunciation: /pɹɪnˈsɛs/, /ˈpɹɪnsɛs/, /ˈpɹɪnsɪs/ 1. A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. Example: She did not cry long, however, for she was as brave as could be expected of a princess of her age. 2. A woman or girl who excels in a given field or class. Example: Michael Jackson was the king of pop. Britney Spears was the pop princess. Until they weren't. 3. A female ruler or monarch; a queen. Labels: archaic Example: And running all with greedie ioyfulnesse / To faire Irena, at her feet did fall, / And her adored with due humblenesse, / As their true Liege and Princesse naturall […] 4. The wife of a prince; the female ruler of a principality. Example: Princess Grace was the Princess of Monaco. 5. A young girl; used as a term of endearment. 6. A young girl or woman (or less commonly a man) who is vain, spoiled, or selfish; a prima donna. Labels: US, derogatory Example: Jonathan, if you hear this, you're a beautiful princess, but you're also a big, fat dork. 7. A tinted crystal marble used in children's games. 8. A type of court card in the Tarot pack, coming between the 10 and the prince (Jack). 9. A female lemur. 10. A Bulgarian open-faced baked sandwich prepared with ground meat. 11. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the bishop and the knight.
Word: emperor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Doublet of imperator. Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar. Pronunciation: /ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/, /ˈɛmpʰ(ə)ɹə/, /ˈemp(ə)ɹə/, [ˈempʰ(ə)ɹə], /ˈe̝mp(ɘ)ɹɘ/ 1. The male monarch or ruler of an empire. Example: In imperial China, it was often a responsibility of the emperor to evaluate his predecessor after the latter's death. Example: They asked Julius Caesar, the valiant Roman emperor, what was the best death. He answered, that which is unexpected, which comes suddenly and unforeseen 2. Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor. Example: In 690 Wu usurped the throne and became Emperor herself, which proved a unique event in the history of China. Example: After his death in 683 she ruled for seven years as regent and then, deposing her son, became emperor herself, the only woman in Chinese history to hold the title. 3. Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch. Example: The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope. 4. The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck. 5. A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games. Example: But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […] 6. Any fish of the family Lethrinidae. 7. Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae. 8. Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax. 9. An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). Example: We do not know if the emperors are monogamous. I know some of the penguins species mate for life. Example: During pairing, mates walk an average of only 90 m per day, and, while incubating, male emperors move an average of 30 m per day.
Word: empress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from Latin imperatrix, equivalent to emperor + -ess. Doublet of imperatrix. Compare modern French impératrice. Pronunciation: /ˈɛmpɹəs/ 1. The female monarch (ruler) of an empire. Example: Sit downe by her: adorned with my Crowne, As if thou wert the Empreſſe of the world. 2. The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler. Example: Empress, imperial regent, and even emperor herself (r. 797–802), Irene was an important and powerful figure at the Byzantine court in the late eighth and early ninth century. 3. The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks. 4. A female chimpanzee. Labels: rare 5. A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa 6. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.
Word: empress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English empresse, from Anglo-Norman enpresser (“to press, to imprint”), from Old French empresser. Attested from the 15th or late 14th century. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛs/ 1. Rare form of impress. Labels: form-of, rare
Word: principality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English principalte, principalite, from Anglo-Norman principalté, Middle French principalté, from Late Latin prīncipālitās, from Latin prīncipālis (“principal”) + -tās. Equivalent to principal + -ity. Pronunciation: /pɹɪnsɪˈpælɪti/ 1. A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. Labels: countable Example: At this time Russia consisted of a dozen or so principalities, which were frequently at war with one another. Example: The principality of Freedonia (www.freedonia.org), an earnest collective of secessionist superlibertarians based in Boston, falls into the first category. 2. A spiritual being, specifically in Christian angelology, the third lowest level of angels, ranked above archangels and below powers. Labels: countable 3. The state of being a prince or ruler; sovereignty, absolute authority. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. The state of being principal; pre-eminence. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: empire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of empery and imperium. Pronunciation: /ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/, /ˈɛm.paɪ̯.ə/, /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɹ/, /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɚ/ 1. A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations. Example: the Russian empire Example: States and empires fail when they are no longer the solution, they are the problem. 2. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress. Example: The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945. 3. The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions. Example: British people [...] continued to believe in empire. It was what gave Britain a unique role in the world, and in return Britain had drawn strength from its empire to enable it to survive two great wars that had wrecked so many of its competitors. Imperial management in the twentieth[…] Example: Since Britain imported mainly foodstuffs from its empire, no preferences could be granted to the colonies without Britain first imposing a tariff on foodstuffs imported from other countries. 4. An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group. Example: the McDonald's fast food empire Example: “Revenues for Jackson's non-profit empire sky-rocketed from $4 million in 1997, to more than $14 million just two years later.” 5. control, dominion, sway. Example: Each master whim maintains its hour of empire, And obstinately faithful to its dictates Example: The brutality, the unthinking, the unreflecting character of the barbarians were so great, that the new faith, the new feelings with which they had been inspired, exercised but a very slight empire over them.
Word: empire Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of empery and imperium. Pronunciation: /ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯/, /ˈɛm.paɪ̯.ə/, /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɹ/, /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɚ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Empire. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: monarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French monarchie, from Late Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, authority”). By surface analysis, mon- (“one, single”) + -archy (“rule, command”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəki/, /ˈmɑnɚki/, /ˈmɑˌnɑɹki/ 1. A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An absolute monarchy is a monarchy where the monarch is legally the ultimate authority in all temporal matters. Example: A constitutional monarchy is a monarchy in which the monarch's power is legally constrained, ranging from where minor concessions have been made to appease certain factions to where the monarch is a figurehead with all real power in the hands of a legislative body. 2. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence? 3. A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. States based on a system of governance headed by a king or a queen. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nobleman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English noble Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English nobleman From noble + man. Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊbl̩mən/, /ˈnəʊbl̩mən/ 1. A peer; an aristocrat; ranks range from baron to king to emperor. Example: The King [...] sit at the head of the royal table with his elder warriors and advisers, noblemen and noblewomen.