nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: at the mercy of Part of Speech: prep 1. In the power of; defenceless/defenseless against. Labels: idiomatic Example: The ball game is scheduled for Saturday, but we're still at the mercy of the weather. Example: The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
Word: Polonia Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /pəˈləʊ.nɪ.ə/, /pəˈloʊ.ni.ə/ 1. A symbolic depiction of Poland as a woman.
Word: vis-à-vis Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French vis-à-vis. Pronunciation: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/, /viːz.æˈviː/, /viz.ɑˈvi/, /viz.əˈvi/ 1. In relation to; compared with. Example: Canada's role vis-à-vis the United States' in Afghanistan Example: Bet She'an, Bet Guvrin and Kefar Zemah were originally considered part of Eretz Yisrael vis-à-vis tithing, but Rabbi Judah the Prince excluded them from Eretz Yisrael when the Jewish population shrank. 2. Opposite; across from; set so as to be facing. Example: He was seated vis-à-vis the president.
Word: vis-à-vis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French vis-à-vis. Pronunciation: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/, /viːz.æˈviː/, /viz.ɑˈvi/, /viz.əˈvi/ 1. A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other. Labels: historical Example: there is not a greater difference between a single-horse chair and madam Pompadour’s vis a vis, than betwixt a single amour, and an amour thus nobly doubled 2. A sofa with seats for two people, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides. 3. One of two (or more) people facing or opposite each other. Example: But the wrath that I awaited did not descend. Instead, my young vis-à-vis merely looked melancholy. 4. A date or escort in a social event. Example: That was what Miss McKenna said, and the Sergeant who was my vis-à-vis looked the same thing. 5. A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation. Example: I talked with my vis-à-vis in the French embassy.
Word: vis-à-vis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French vis-à-vis. Pronunciation: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/, /viːz.æˈviː/, /viz.ɑˈvi/, /viz.əˈvi/ 1. Face-to-face. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having two portraits facing each other. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vis-à-vis Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French vis-à-vis. Pronunciation: /viːz.ɑːˈviː/, /viːz.æˈviː/, /viz.ɑˈvi/, /viz.əˈvi/ 1. Face to face (with another). Labels: not-comparable Example: […]turning the seat in front so we could sit vis-a-vis Example: I never had the opportunity to meet you vis-a-vis, but your correspondence exuded your dedication, your defying spirit, your warmth, and your literary goals. 2. In a position facing a specified or implied subject. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: vis-a-vis Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of vis-à-vis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: vis-a-vis Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of vis-à-vis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: vis-a-vis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of vis-à-vis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vis-a-vis Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative spelling of vis-à-vis. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Nixon confirmed that the Chinese Communists at first demanded that throughout the communique Taiwan be referred to as "a province of China." He said he had demurred, insisting that the U.S. side could refer to Taiwan only as "a part of China." Nixon's reasoning was that being dubbed "a province of China" would place Taiwan immediately in a subordinate position vis-a-vis the People's Republic of China; whereas being labeled "a part of China" would give Taiwan, despite its smaller size, a higher status vis-a-vis the mainland. I could tell by listening to Nixon that he was very pleased with himself on this matter.
Word: propylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene 1. The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: propene Part of Speech: noun 1. The organic chemical compound propylene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus, at 135°C, 223 cyclizes with loss of propene to the borinene 229, which then rearranges to other products.
Word: Montag Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Montag. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Foucault's pendulum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault. 1. A pendulum on a long wire, free to move in any direction; the plane of its motion appears to turn (clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere) as the world turns beneath it.
Word: Foucault Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Foucault. 1. A surname from French. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 5 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works. 2. A surname from French. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Bunsen burner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after German chemist and inventor Robert Bunsen, who invented the burner. 1. A small laboratory gas burner whose air supply may be controlled with an adjustable hole. Example: The due performance of Bunsen's burner depends upon the proper admixture of gas and air. Example: Although the Bunsen burner has been in extensive use for several years, there would seem to be a very well-grounded suspicion that its capabilities have not yet been fully discovered, for applications for patents for inventions, which are based on the Bunsen burner, or on modifications of it, are occasionally found in the official journal of the Patent Office.
Word: number sign Part of Speech: noun 1. The character # used to represent the word number. Labels: US Example: The number sign (#) is used when the number to be printed represents cents only, and is designed to prevent any one from placing a false figure in the dollar position on the check. Example: 367. Characters.—The upper case of the first row of keys contains characters. You will have frequent occasion to use the quotation mark or ditto ("), the underscore (_), the apostrophe ('), parenthesis left [(] and right [)], and the hyphen (-). The number sign (#), the dollar sign ($), percent sign (%), the ampersand or "and" sign (&), and the asterisk (*) are mostly used in reports and tabulating work.
Word: hash sign Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hæʃ saɪn/ 1. The hash or number sign (#).
Word: qi gong Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of qigong. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Studying Tai Ji Men, a menpai (something similar to a "school") of Qi Gong rooted in esoteric Taoism, whose leader was persecuted in the 1990s in Taiwan, although later found innocent of all charges, I came across an extraordinary tale that can serve as a lesson in this field.
Word: centre of gravity Part of Speech: noun 1. UK and Canada standard spelling of center of gravity.
Word: misfortune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English fortune English misfortune From mis- + fortune. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈfɔɹt͡ʃən/, /mɪsˈfɔːtʃuːn/ 1. Synonym of bad luck. Labels: uncountable Example: The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience. Example: Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune. 2. An instance of bad luck, an undesirable event such as an accident. Labels: countable Example: (obsolete) Example: She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes.
Word: Bachelor of Science Part of Speech: noun 1. A three- to four-year (about 120 credit hours) undergraduate degree, with a concentration in the sciences or scientific applications.
Word: paratrooper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of parachute + trooper. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹətɹuːpə/, /ˈpæɹətɹupəɹ/, /ˈpɛɹətɹupəɹ/, /ˈpaɹətɹʉpəɹ/ 1. A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft. Example: Upon receiving intelligence reports about the massing of enemy paratroopers, General Peng Dehuai posted a defence regiment at Yan'an airfield, and requested that Mao leave Yan'an as soon as possible.
Word: espionage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1793, from French espionnage, from espionner (“to spy”), from Middle French espionner (“to spy”), from espion (“spy”), from Old French espion (“spy”), from Frankish *spehō (“spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to spy, peek, peer”). In modern times, the French pronunciation of the s, which had fallen silent since the 13th century, was restored due to the influence of Italian spione (“spy”), and was therefore also adopted by the English. More at spy. Pronunciation: /ˈɛs.pi.əˌnɑːʒ/ 1. The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So intolerable did Heavy Benson's espionage become, that Raynham would have grown depopulated of its womankind had not Adrian interfered, who pointed out to the Baronet what a fearful arm his butler was wielding. Example: What a freak show! I mean, how often do you meet a wrestling librarian? Yeah, about as often as you meet a high schoolgirl involved in international espionage… Okay, bad example.
Word: terrorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreur French terreur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French terrorisme English terrorism From French terrorisme, from terreur + -isme. By surface analysis, terror + -ism. The word first appears in English in 1795 in reference to the Jacobin radicals of France, who ruled during the Reign of Terror. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəɹɪzəm/ 1. The system of fear and intimidation put into place during the Reign of Terror in Revolutionary France around 1793-94. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually Example: In England I was proscribed for having vindicated the French Revolution, and I have suffered a rigorous imprisonment in France for having pursued a similar mode of conduct. During the reign of terrorism, I was a close prisoner for eight long months, and remained so above three months after the era of the tenth Thermidor. 2. The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty. David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is "vital to counter terrorism". Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats. 3. The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: We at the GCN Prisoner Project often get letters from prisoners who are being harassed (above and beyond the usual terrorism of the prison business) because of their being queer. 4. Deliberate misspelling of tourism. Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling, uncountable, usually
Word: anti-aircraft Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + aircraft. 1. Intended to attack aircraft. Labels: not-comparable Example: Special lamps were provided for working during the blackout, and an anti-aircraft gun, manned by the R.A.O.C., was mounted on the coal depot line. Example: Truth's ships are clustered above the excavation site. And his infantry has deployed anti-aircraft batteries around the perimeter.
Word: anti-aircraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + aircraft. 1. Anti-aircraft artillery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am blacking out—ease the stick forward slightly—the sky is clear again—I turn out over water—reverse turn—there are antiaircraft on the island below—I reverse again—and again. 2. An anti-aircraft artillery organization. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Anti-aircraft fire. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cold war Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diachronically, back-formation from Cold War: a common noun back-formed from the proper noun naming the first post–WWII instance of the concept; synchronically, cold + war. Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː/ 1. A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided; especially, either the Cold War or Cold War II. Labels: uncountable Example: 1945, George Orwell, "You and the Atom Bomb", Tribune, 19 October 1945; reprinted in Orwell, Sonia Orwell, and Ian Angus, George Orwell: The Collected Essays, Journalism & Letters, Volume 4: In Front of Your Nose (1946–1950), David R. Godine (2000), ISBN →ISBN, page 9, James Burnham's theory has been much discussed, but few people have yet considered its ideological implications—that is, the kind of world-view, the kind of beliefs, and the social structure that would probably prevail in a state which was at once unconquerable and in a permanent state of “cold war” with its neighbours. Example: 1951, Daniel V. Gallery, Clear the Decks, 19 October 1945, page 100, World War III started on VJ Day as a cold war. It began to warm up when the Russians blockaded Berlin and nearly reached the exploding point in Korea.
Word: civil war Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin bellum cīvīle, in English from 1651 in reference to the English Civil War, with possible early use in the 15th and 16th centuries as wer cyuile or ciuill warre. Displaced native Old English inġewinn. 1. A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity. Example: Our Father’s Death Would fill up all the Guilt of Civil War, And cloſe the Scene of Blood. Example: At about the time the salarians and asari were forming the Council, the turians were embroiled in a bitter civil war. The Unification War, as it was later named, began with hostilities between the colonies furthest from the turian homeworld, Palaven.
Word: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of dedicated field hospital unit designed to be quickly set up as close to a combat zone as possible to facilitate the immediate treatment of wounded personnel.
Word: grappling hook Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ ˌhʊk/ 1. A type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target (e.g. rigging of an enemy ship) for the purpose of catching hold of it. Example: The jibs were extended partially, and the grappling-hooks attached to steel cables, which had been positioned under the engine a week previously.
Word: North Britain Part of Speech: name 1. A geographic region constituting the north part of Britain in the United Kingdom, specifically Scotland. Labels: historical Example: Scottish clients in London commissioned projects from Gibbs in both the metropolis and North Britain.
Word: enriched uranium Part of Speech: noun 1. Uranium enriched with a higher than normal amount of the fissile isotope U-235; used in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Labels: uncountable Example: The US supply of enriched uranium to Europe is expected to reach a saturation point in 1981 – and by that time the centrifuge should be able to deliver the goods to a Europe very poor in energy supply and very dependent on Middle East oil.
Word: dissociative drug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of psychedelic drugs characterized by intense feelings of depersonalization, derealization, and analgesia.
Word: jump the gun Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off. Example: Unperturbed when an overanxious opponent jumped the gun in the women's 60-yd. dash, willowy Wilma Rudolph exploded perfectly from the starting blocks. 2. To act or begin too soon or without due caution. Labels: idiomatic Example: Taking advantage of advance press releases, gabby Walter Winchell jumped the gun a full two weeks by announcing in his radio period and tabloid column that the 1933-34 prizewinner was Men in White by Sidney Kingsley. Example: General reading readiness is assessed by tests and is also estimated by teachers who are often skillful at discerning just when a pupil is ready to learn to read. The important thing to remember is that jumping the gun is usually self-defeating. 3. To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information. Labels: idiomatic
Word: hunting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, equivalent to hunt + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ 1. The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His pictures of huntings are particularly admired: the figures and animals of every species being designed with uncommon spirit, nature, and truth. 2. The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bogie hunting is not caused by some sort of periodic disturbance but by dynamic instability; the oscillatory system is not the bogies alone but the complete assembly of bogie-plus-body; and variations in track rigidity do not affect the nature of the motion, only its intensity. 4. The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hunting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English huntynge, alteration of earlier Middle English huntinde, huntende, huntand, present participle of hunten (“to hunt”), equivalent to hunt + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌntɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hunt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
Word: improvements Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːvmənts/ 1. plural of improvement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: restrictions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃənz/ 1. plural of restriction Labels: form-of, plural Example: Restrictions may apply.
Word: succeeded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səkˈsiːdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of succeed Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: varies Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈvɛəɹiːz/, /ˈvɛɹiːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vary Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: closest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊ.sɪst/, /ˈkloʊ.sɪst/ 1. superlative form of close: most close. Labels: form-of, superlative Example: In sober seriousness, there is more poetry than truth in the sweet poem of Allan Cunningham—the Town and Country Child: witness the cheerful voices of the rosy faces to be met with in the smallest street and closest alley in London;... Example: As the rest of the film was made on location in the railway yards of Havre and not in a studio, and was given a sound-track of penetrating vividness, this whole production gives the closest possible ring of truth of any film about railways.
Word: closest Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊ.sɪst/, /ˈkloʊ.sɪst/ 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of close Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: ranks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹæŋks/ 1. plural of rank Labels: form-of, plural Example: Although it was only City's second appearance in the Champions League, they had plenty of European experience in their ranks and they were confident in possession early on.
Word: ranks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹæŋks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: specialized Part of Speech: adj 1. Highly skilled in, or specifically adapted to, a specific field. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US Example: Each of the most provocative selections is facing criticism that they lack the expertise and experience to run the vast, specialized bureaucracies that would be under their control.
Word: specialized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of specialize Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, form-of, participle, past
Word: hosted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊstɪd/, /ˈhəʊstɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of host Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: variants Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹi.ənts/ 1. plural of variant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: informed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inform + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔɹmd/, /ɪnˈfɔːmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of inform Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: informed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inform + -ed. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔɹmd/, /ɪnˈfɔːmd/ 1. Instructed; having knowledge of a fact or area of education. Example: An informed young man delivered a lecture on the history of modern art. 2. Based on knowledge; founded on due understanding of a situation. Example: Another informed and sobering estimate is that by 1800 indigenous populations in the western hemisphere were a tenth of what they had been three centuries before.
Word: informed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + formed; the first sense probably uses in- (“in”), while the second sense uses in- (“prefix of negation”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔɹmd/, /ɪnˈfɔːmd/ 1. Created, given form. Labels: obsolete Example: after Nilus invndation, Infinite shapes of creatures men do fynd, Informed in the mud, on which the Sunne hath shynd. 2. Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless. Labels: obsolete Example: But, mindfull still of your first countries sight, Doe still preserve your first informed grace, Whose shadow yet shynes in your beauteous face 3. Not included within the figures of any of the ancient constellations. Labels: obsolete Example: the informed stars
Word: pointers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pointer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: All Hallows Part of Speech: name Etymology: From all + plural of hallow (“saint”). Forms in -n (All-Hallown etc.) show reflex of the original genitive plural (Old English halgena). Pronunciation: /ˌɔːl ˈhæləʊz/ 1. The saints, taken collectively. Labels: archaic Example: There should be four Reveals that year, and no more; one at the feast of All hallown, another at the feast of St. Erkenwald. Example: In this parish were, anciently, two Chantries; one situated in Edlesborough, and dedicated to St. Mary; 1 and the other in the Hamlet of Dagnall, dedicated to All Hallows [...]. 2. All Saints' Day, the 1st of November; the Christian feast day honoring all Christian saints. Labels: archaic
Word: internationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English international Middle English -ly English -ly English internationally From international + -ly. 1. In an international manner. Example: Internationally, the shipping container had already proven its worth, and by the early 1960s battles were being fought over what their standardised dimensions would be (their expected proliferation was not in question). Example: About 1.4 billion people traveled internationally last year, which is 99% of the number who did the same in 2019, the last full year before Covid-19 hit the world.
Word: blocks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /blɑks/, /blɒks/ 1. plural of block Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blocks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /blɑks/, /blɒks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of block Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Roman Catholic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Catholic Church and Catholicism. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the Latin rite, Latin Church, or Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Roman Catholic Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who belongs to the Roman Catholic Church.
Word: imposed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpoʊzd/, /ɪmˈpəʊzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of impose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gathered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡæðəd/, /ˈɡæðɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of gather Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gathered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡæðəd/, /ˈɡæðɚd/ 1. focused, centered, achieving a state of shared mysticism. Labels: Quakerism Example: Today evidence for a gathered meeting comes from the phenomenon which the psychologist Carl F. Jung described as "synchronicity", a connecting principle or communication without any apparent external cause.
Word: condolence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From condole + -ence, or from Middle French condoléance, or formed from the root of Latin condoleō (“to sympathize”), from con- (“together, with”) and doleō (“to hurt, suffer, have pain”). Pronunciation: /kənˈdoʊləns/, /ˈkɒndələns/ 1. Comfort, support or sympathy. Labels: uncountable Example: There was not much to do after the accident but offer what condolence I could. 2. An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died. Labels: countable, plural-normally Example: I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.
Word: condolences Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈdoʊlənsɪz/, /ˈkɒndələnsɪz/ 1. plural of condolence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: condolences Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈdoʊlənsɪz/, /ˈkɒndələnsɪz/ 1. comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of somebody who has died. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I sent her a card expressing my condolences after her mother passed away.
Word: condolences Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /kənˈdoʊlənsɪz/, /ˈkɒndələnsɪz/ 1. Expressing sympathy to someone, especially after learning of a close death. Example: "What were you doing at the cemetery?" "Burying my father." "Oh." Rodionov grunted as if he had expected a more imaginative excuse. "Condolences." Example: Let's get another caller on the line. This is Camille. Camille with us from Visalia in California. Visalia, California that's correct. Go ahead please. Hi. I'm an African-American woman and when I first saw the cover – let me preface this. I'm in central California, which is very conservative. And... Condolences.
Word: shopping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, shop + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/, /ˈʃɑpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shopping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, shop + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/, /ˈʃɑpɪŋ/ 1. The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: On Saturdays we usually do the shopping. Example: After a hard day's shopping, they had come home laden with bargains, and the dressing-room was strewed with Indian fans, ivory boxes, and lace. 2. Recently bought goods. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs. 3. An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Boston has good shopping. 4. Placement in a workshop for overhaul. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The five roller-bearing A1s are now averaging 120,000 miles between shopping; this figure is an improvement of about 50 per cent on the norm of other ex-L.N.E. Pacific types.
Word: essays Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛseɪz/, /ɛˈseɪz/ 1. plural of essay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: essays Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɛseɪz/, /ɛˈseɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of essay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: failing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: As we breasted the first summit, the precipitous mass of the Raven's Rock, towering some 250 ft. above the railway, looked grim and forbidding in the failing light, and distant Ben Wyves was shrouded in mist.
Word: failing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/ 1. weakness; defect Example: His worst failing is his temper. Example: At the High Court in Aberdeen in September, NR pleaded guilty to a series of failings, including failing to tell the driver that it was unsafe to drive the train at the 75mph line speed.
Word: failing Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/ 1. If what follows is not possible; without. Example: A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement.
Word: concentrated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɑnsəntɹeɪtɪd/, /ˈkɒnsəntɹeɪtɪd/ 1. Not dilute; having a high concentration. Example: We made a drink from concentrated orange juice. 2. Intense; directed towards a specific location. Example: The concentrated fire from the enemy destroyed our fortifications.
Word: concentrated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑnsəntɹeɪtɪd/, /ˈkɒnsəntɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of concentrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pop the question Part of Speech: verb 1. To propose marriage. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I was not able to learn what particular ceremony was observed in forming the marriage contract, but am inclined to think that it must have been of a very simple nature. Perhaps the mere "popping the question", as it is termed with us, might have been followed by an immediate nuptial alliance. Example: [A]t a pic-nic to Kenilworth, where we drank a good deal of champagne, I actually popped the question, and was accepted. In another month, Robert Stubbs, Esq., led to the altar, Leah, widow of the late Z. Manasseh, Esq., of St. Kitt's!
Word: horse puckey Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of horse pucky. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lifeboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English life Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English lifeboat From life + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/, /ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/ 1. A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship). Example: I've got a watch that turns into a lifeboat Example: In a corner of the churchyard, where old headstones mark the graves of many mariners, is a striking white statue of a lifeboatman, erected as a memorial to three members of the local lifeboat crew who lost their lives in 1916 while trying to reach a ship in distress. 2. An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship.
Word: lifeboat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English life Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English lifeboat From life + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/, /ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/ 1. To rescue; to carry to safety
Word: life expectancy Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of time one is expected to live. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Great Danes have relatively short life expectancies compared to smaller dogs, living for an average of 8-10 years, and males are typically about 2.5 feet (0.76 meters) tall, according to the American Kennel Club. Example: People born in 2023 are now estimated to live 78.4 years, according to the CDC. That’s still shy of the 78.8-year life expectancy from 2019, but it’s a significant improvement driven by lower death rates in each of the 10 leading causes of death. 2. The amount of time something is expected to last. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: lifework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + work. Compare Saterland Frisian Lieuwendswierk, West Frisian libbenswurk, Dutch levenswerk, German Low German Levenswark, German Lebenswerk, Danish livsværk, Swedish livsverk. 1. The main occupation or vocation of a person's life.
Word: life span Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lifespan. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The working life span of a passenger carriage, on average, is between 30 and 35 years, so a steady replacement takes place quite naturally. The life span of a station, however, cannot be so easily reckoned, for it depends largely on the rehabilitation and upkeep of the existing structures.
Word: lifeguard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From life + guard, calque of Dutch lijfgarde, where life has the sense of Dutch lijf (“body”) (hence literally “bodyguard”). Compare German Leibgarde (“bodyguard”), Danish livgarde (“bodyguard”), Swedish livgarde (“bodyguard”). Compare also Old English līfweard (“guardian of life”). Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪfˌɡɑɹd/ 1. A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water. Example: It's also generally wise to recruit lifeguards to ensure visitor safety, as bathers can panic in the water and require assistance. 2. A bodyguard or unit of bodyguards, a guard of someone's (especially a king's) life or person. Labels: uncommon Example: "The people's love is the king's lifeguard." Example: [I]n the reserve were the king's lifeguard, commanded by the earl of Lindsey, and prince Rupert's regiment of foot[.] 3. A sturdy metal bracket fixed in front of each of the leading wheels of a train to deflect small objects away from the wheels to prevent derailment. Example: It also looked at what effect stronger lifeguards might have had. They protect the leading wheels from small obstacles and in modern trains have coped with hitting landslip debris.
Word: conquered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɑŋkɚd/, /ˈkɒŋkəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of conquer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: capacious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin capāx (“wide, spacious, large; capable”) + -ious. Displaced native Old English numol. Pronunciation: /kəˈpeɪʃəs/ 1. Having a lot of space inside; roomy. Example: I turnd my thoughts, and with capacious mind / Conſiderd all things viſible in Heav'n Example: ‘There’s rummer things than women in this world though, mind you,’ said the man with the black eye, slowly filling a large Dutch pipe, with a most capacious bowl. 2. Capable, able. Labels: figuratively Example: [T]he fresh brave school-life, so full of games, adventures, and good fellowship, so ready at forgetting, so capacious at enjoying, so bright at forecasting, outweighed a thousandfold their troubles with the master of their form, and the occasional ill-usage of the big boys in the house. Example: As you will read, Trump himself has a capacious understanding of his power.
Word: send someone packing Part of Speech: verb 1. To expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out; (from a job or employment position) to fire. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: [T]he parliament, to their immortal honour, presently sent him packing. Example: Two ladies called one day, pale and anxious, and begged earnestly, humbly, to be allowed to see Mr. Moore one instant: Mrs. Yorke hardened her heart, and sent them packing,—not without opprobrium.
Word: fie Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English fy, from Old French fi, from Latin fī. (with a possible additional influence from Old Norse). Compare Swedish fy. Pronunciation: /faɪ/ 1. Sometimes followed by on or upon: used to express distaste, disgust, or outrage. Labels: archaic Example: Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour. Example: Bian[ca]. I am no ſtrumpet, but of life as honeſt, / As you, that thus abuſe me. / Em[ilia]. As I: fough, fie vpon thee.
Word: éclat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French éclat, from éclater (“to burst out”). Akin to Old English slītan (“to split”). More at slice, slit. Doublet of slate and slat. Pronunciation: /eɪˈklɑː/, /eɪˈklɔː/ 1. A brilliant or successful effect; brilliance of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The distressing explanation she had to make to Harriet, and all that poor Harriet would be suffering, with the awkwardness of future meetings, the difficulties of continuing or discontinuing the acquaintance, of subduing feelings, concealing resentment, and avoiding éclat, were enough to occupy her in most unmirthful reflections some time longer, and she went to bed at last with nothing settled but the conviction of her having blundered most dreadfully. Example: "All she needs is a year or two at a fashionable finishing school, so that at eighteen she can come out with éclat," put in Aunt Clara.
Word: lardoon Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɑː(ɹ)ˈduːn/ 1. Alternative form of lardon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grandam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English graundame, from Old French grant dame. Doublet of grande dame. 1. A grandmother. Labels: archaic 2. An old lady, an elderly woman. Labels: archaic
Word: nerdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nerd + -dom; attested in the USA from 1983. Note that -dom is used both in the sense of “domain” (nerds, as a group) and in the sense of “characteristics” (being a nerd, nerdiness). 1. The attitudes and behaviours of a nerd; nerdiness. Labels: colloquial, rare, uncountable Example: When she [Valerie Mahaffey] was 17 she fell in love with a schoolmate named Ben: 'Together, we pulled each other out of nerddom,' she said. Example: The self-described "exemplar of nerdom" feels right at home with Carl Sagan's speculative science-fiction [title] 2. Nerds considered as a group. Labels: colloquial, rare, uncountable Example: I still chuckle at some of [the] jokes that we targeted to very narrow slices of nerdom.
Word: prefatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin *praefator + -ory (“agent”), from Medieval Latin prefatia (whence preface), for classical Latin praefatio (“a saying beforehand”) – see preface for details. Note that this is borrowed from Latin, not derived in English from preface, as in occasional misspelling *prefecatory. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛfət(ə)ɹi/, /ˈpɹɛfəˌtɔɹi/ 1. Serving as a preface or prelude; introductory, preliminary. Example: We must begin by showing how the Diamond first fell into the hands of my uncle Herncastle, when he was serving in India fifty years since. This prefatory narrative I have already got by me in the form of an old family paper, which relates the necessary particulars on the authority of an eye-witness. Example: The "5th Mo. (May) 1939" issue of Bradshaw's Railway Shipping, and Hotel Guide for Great Britain and Ireland appears in a cream cover printed in blue and gold, and a prefatory note explains that, as 1939 is being celebrated as the centenary year of Bradshaw, it is intended to adopt this livery from now until the September issue inclusive. For October, the centenary month, Bradshaw will be published in a gold cover printed in red and blue.
Word: introductory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin intrōductōrius, from Latin intrōductus. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktəɹi/, [ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktɹi], /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktɚi/, /ˌɪntɹəˈdɐktəɹi/, [ˌɪntɹəˈdɐktɹi] 1. Introducing; giving a preview, idea or foretaste of. Labels: not-comparable Example: He enrolled in an introductory wine-making course.
Word: degrade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French dégrader. Pronunciation: /dɪˈɡɹeɪd/, /diˈɡɹeɪd/, /dɪˈɡɹæɪd/ 1. To lower in value or social position. Labels: transitive Example: Fred degrades himself by his behaviour. Example: […] [William] Prynne was sentenced by the Star-Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar, to stand in pillory at two places in London and lose an ear at each, to be branded on the forehead, to pay a fine of five thousand pounds, and to be imprisoned for life. 2. To reduce in quality or purity. Labels: ergative, intransitive Example: The DNA sample has degraded. 3. To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. Labels: transitive
Word: retinue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English retenue, from Old French retenue, past participle of retenir (“retain”). Doublet of ritenuto. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.tɪ.njuː/, /ˈɹɛ.tɪ.n(j)uː/, /ɹɪˈtɪnjuː/ 1. A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important. Example: the queen’s retinues Example: And not any longer as a king did Winter appear in those streets, as when the city was decked with gleaming white to greet him as a conqueror and he rode in with his glittering icicles and haughty retinue of prancing winds, but he sat there with a little wind at the corner of the street like some old blind beggar with his hungry dog. 2. A group of warriors or nobles accompanying a king or other leader; comitatus. Example: Then Igor looked up at the bright sun and saw all his warriors / darkened from it by a shadow. / And Igor said to his retinue: / “Brothers and companions! It is better to be slain than taken captive. / Mount, brothers, your swift horses that we may glimpse the Blue Don.” 3. A service relationship. Labels: obsolete
Word: trident Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Latin tridēns, from tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ̯dənt/ 1. A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork. Example: Poseidon's trident Example: I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident. 2. A curve of third order of the form Example: xy+ax³+bx²+cx=d,
Word: aeons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aeon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French génial, borrowed from Latin geniālis (“of or pertaining to marriage; festive”), from genius (“guardian spirit”) + -ālis. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiːnɪəl/, /ˈd͡ʒinjəl/, /-ni.əl/ 1. Friendly and cheerful; enlivening. Example: a genial glow Example: Such a face was calculated to awaken not only the calm sentiment of esteem, the distant one of admiration, but some feeling more tender, genial, intimate—friendship, perhaps, affection, interest. 2. Pleasantly mild and warm. Labels: especially Example: genial warmth Example: We met other families on the Long Walk, enjoying like ourselves the return of the genial season. 3. Marked by genius. Labels: uncommon Example: Men of genius have so often attacht the highest value to their less genial works. Example: About fifty years later, in 1675, the Danish astronomer Ole Roemer (1644-1710) had the genial idea of using astronomical rather than terrestrial distances. 4. Pertaining to marriage; nuptial. Labels: archaic Example: the genial bed 5. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. Labels: archaic, broadly Example: Creator Venus, genial power of love. Example: The well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices, was now fairly in for making me know my driver. 6. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. Labels: obsolete, uncommon Example: natural incapacity and genial indisposition 7. Relating to or resembling a genius (Roman tutelary deity). Labels: Roman, uncommon
Word: genial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “chin”) + -al. Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈnʌɪəl/, /-ˈniːəl/, /d͡ʒəˈnaɪəl/, /-ˈni.əl/ 1. Relating to the chin; genian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Yaldabaoth Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly from ילדא (yaldā, “begetter”) and Abaoth from Ancient Greek Σαβαώθ (Sabaṓth), from Biblical Hebrew צבאות (tsabāʾōθ), plural of צבא (tsābāʾ) Pronunciation: /ˌjɑːldəˈbeɪɒθ/ 1. The Demiurge or 'False God'. Created when Sophia (one of the lesser aeons) tried to emanate without her counterpart (Christ).
Word: ew Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.uː/, /iːˈjuː/, /iːu̯/, /(j)ɪu̯/, /ɪʊ̯/ 1. Expression of disgust or nausea. Example: Ew! There’s a fly in my soup. Example: Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!
Word: ew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.uː/, /iːˈjuː/, /iːu̯/, /(j)ɪu̯/, /ɪʊ̯/ 1. To express disgust (at someone or something) by saying ew. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial, rare Example: “Brad went into a seething rage, as you do,” said Jack “and followed Harvey out of the restaurant, down the road and …” / “… Killed him with a muttonbird,” added Matahina / “A brick, then a muttonbird,” corrected Jack, to her horror. / “Ew!” she ewwed. Example: “Yes. But why did she target me? I don’t understand.” / “I think it’s kind of fun.” Gen smiled, pulling out her own pack of Marlboros and lighting one. / “Ew, you would think it’s fun. Try having a stalker.” / “Don’t ew me right now, Babe. Honestly.”
Word: ew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. Obsolete spelling of yew. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: eww Part of Speech: intj 1. Elongated form of ew.
Word: eww Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of ew. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I spat the orange and yellow mush into a Kleenex. Annie, seeing this, eww'''ed. Example: “What’chu want me to call you then?” Grip asked. “My girl?” / Kirby quickly turned him down. “Eww, no!” / “Don’t eww me, buster. Eww yaself, skinny ass. Lookin’ like a lil’ boy from the back.”
Word: eew Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of ew. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: submitted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səbˈmɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of submit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: in lieu of Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English in liue of, a partial calque of Old French au leu de (modern French au lieu de). Pronunciation: /ɪn ljuː əv/, /ɪn ljuː ɒv/, /ɪn luː əv/, /ɪn luː ɑːv/ 1. Instead of; in place of. Example: They gave him a cash award, in lieu of the promised prize package. Example: “Unfortunately for Interceptor—and any others who have relied upon 3DR’s personal assurances in lieu of federal registrations and the like—the 3DR Declaration makes it clear: 3DR no longer owns the unrestricted rights to Duke Nukem IP,and 3DR has no right or ability to make any agreements in violation of Gearbox’s exclusive rights. 2. In light of. Labels: proscribed Example: In lieu of recent events, more caution is needed.
Word: planes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pleɪnz/ 1. plural of plane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pleɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plane Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person