nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: summer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *s(e)m-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ór-o-der. Proto-Germanic *sumaraz Proto-West Germanic *sumar Old English sumor Middle English somer English summer From Middle English somer, from Anglo-Norman summer, sumer, from Vulgar Latin saumārius, for Late Latin sagmārius, from Latin sagma (“sum”). Compare sumpter. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmə/, [ˈsʌmə], /ˈsʌmɚ/, [ˈsʌmɚ] ~ [ˈsʌmɹ̩] 1. A horizontal beam supporting a building. Example: And we are warned, that the foundation or maine summers of our houses faile and shrinke, when we see the quarters bend, or wals to breake. 2. A pack-horse. Labels: obsolete
Word: summer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English summer From sum + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmə/, [ˈsʌmə], /ˈsʌmɚ/, [ˈsʌmɚ] ~ [ˈsʌmɹ̩] 1. A person who sums. 2. A machine or algorithm that sums. Example: A basic feedback system consists of ... and a summing point (comparator or summer). Example: The output of the summer is therefore fed into the input of the first integrator.
Word: summer Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: spring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spryng (“a wellspring, tide, branch, sunrise, kind of dance or blow, ulcer, snare, flock”); partly from Old English spring (“wellspring, ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *spring, from Proto-Germanic *springaz (“a wellspring, fount”); and partly from Old English spryng (“a jump”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprungi, from Proto-Germanic *sprungiz (“a jump”). Further senses derived from the verb and from clippings of day-spring, springtime, spring tide, etc. Its sense as the season, first attested in a work predating 1325, gradually replaced Middle English lenten, lente, from Old English lencten (“spring, Lent”) as that word became more specifically liturgical. Compare fall. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋ/, [ˈspɹʷɪŋ], /ˈspɹiŋ/, [ˈspɹʷiŋ], /ˈspɹɪ̝ŋ/ 1. To spend the springtime somewhere. Labels: intransitive Example: True it is that, owing to the migratory propensities of our countrymen, every third man has wintered at Naples, springed at Vienna, summered in Switzerland, and autumned on the banks of the Lago Maggiore; Example: If Tad’s father and Tad had wintered, springed, summered, and autumned together for an hundred years instead of fifteen they could[…]
Word: spring Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: Haus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German and Ashkenazi surname, from the noun Haus (“house”). Compare Hausmann, House. 1. A surname
Word: libre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The obsolete “unconstrained” sense is borrowed from French libre (“at liberty”; “free” as in “clear”, “vacant”, “without obligation”), from Latin līber (“free, unrestricted”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”), whence obsolete English lede (“person(s)”), English leud, and German Leute. The software and the unenslaved senses are either borrowed from the above French, or from its Spanish cognate libre, of the same meaning and Latin etymon. Pronunciation: /ˈliːbɹə/, /ˈlibɹə/, /ˈliːbɹeɪ/, /ˈlibɹeɪ/ 1. Especially of the will: free, independent, unconstrained. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: He [God] Adame lent a libre will to follow what he liſt, / And with his holy ſpirit, and grace his choſen dois aſſiſt: [...] 2. With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge. Labels: not-comparable Example: One more point leads toward Free Software in education: when students get jobs, they prefer to use tools they learned at school in order to minimize extra learning efforts. This fact should lead colleges to teach only those tools not owned by anyone—those that are libre. Example: The great potential of libre software for development and social inclusion has long been emphasized. The cost aspect of it, though it might act as a driver, is only one limited aspect of the benefits of libre software in developing countries, deprived regions, or urban areas. The empowerment of persons and groups to not only use technology, but understand it, at the level and rhythm that fits them, with the resulting ability to become active contributors and to innovate are the essence of libre software. 3. Not enslaved (of a black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans). Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:libre.
Word: libre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The obsolete “unconstrained” sense is borrowed from French libre (“at liberty”; “free” as in “clear”, “vacant”, “without obligation”), from Latin līber (“free, unrestricted”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”), whence obsolete English lede (“person(s)”), English leud, and German Leute. The software and the unenslaved senses are either borrowed from the above French, or from its Spanish cognate libre, of the same meaning and Latin etymon. Pronunciation: /ˈliːbɹə/, /ˈlibɹə/, /ˈliːbɹeɪ/, /ˈlibɹeɪ/ 1. A free (not enslaved) black person in a French- or Spanish-colonized area, especially New Orleans. Labels: historical Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:libre.
Word: de Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian дэ (dɛ). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛ/ 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Д / д.
Word: de Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diː/, /dɪ/, /dɪv/ 1. Alternative form of dee (“to do”). Labels: Northumbria, alt-of, alternative
Word: de Part of Speech: article 1. Pronunciation spelling of the. Labels: Caribbean, Jamaica, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “He went to’ds de back, ma’am.” The negro opened the door and slid his legs, clad in army O.D. and a pair of linoleum putties, to the ground. “‘I’ll go git ’im.”’ Example: So I'll prolly say de biggest threat to Bermy is de new selfish mentality like, she ank helpin no one in de end.
Word: de Part of Speech: intj 1. A meaningless unstressed syllable used when singing a tune or indicating a rhythm. Example: “Dum de dum, dum de dum”, he hummed as he sauntered down the road.
Word: de Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Borrowed from French de (“of”). 1. Used in the titles of French nobility; of. Labels: historical Example: Conwoman Jeanne de La Motte stole a 2,800-carat diamond necklace, The Slave's Collar, by convincing the Cardinal de Rohan that Queen Marie-Antoinette wanted it. Example: When Prosper Mérimée had next seen Mercedes after Spain, in March 1846, he told the Countess de Montijo that Mercedes "looked less well preserved [and] limped a little."
Word: color Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color From Middle English colour, color, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color. Doublet of couleur. Largely displaced English blee, Middle English blee (“color”), from Old English blēo. Also partially replaced Old English hīew (“color”) and its descendants (English hue), which is less often used in this sense. The spelling color was popularized in modern American English by Noah Webster, to match the spelling of the word's Latin etymon, and make all American spellings of the derivatives consistent (colorimeter, coloration, colorize, colorless, etc). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.ə/, /ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈkʰʌl.ə(ɹ)], [ˈkʌləɹ], [ˈkʰɐɫ.ɐ] 1. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white. Example: I took my TV over on the first trip. I got a beauty. It's four years old, color, but when I had a little snow and asked the repairman to come in, he told me never, never turn this set in for a new one.
Word: color Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color From Middle English colour, color, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color. Doublet of couleur. Largely displaced English blee, Middle English blee (“color”), from Old English blēo. Also partially replaced Old English hīew (“color”) and its descendants (English hue), which is less often used in this sense. The spelling color was popularized in modern American English by Noah Webster, to match the spelling of the word's Latin etymon, and make all American spellings of the derivatives consistent (colorimeter, coloration, colorize, colorless, etc). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.ə/, /ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)/, [ˈkʰʌl.ə(ɹ)], [ˈkʌləɹ], [ˈkʰɐɫ.ɐ] 1. To give something color. Labels: US, transitive Example: We could color the walls red. 2. To give something color. Labels: US, transitive 3. To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons. Labels: US, intransitive Example: My kindergartener loves to color. 4. To become red through increased blood flow. Labels: US Example: Her face colored as she realized her mistake. 5. To affect without completely changing. Labels: US Example: That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book. 6. To attribute a quality to; to portray (as). Labels: US, informal Example: Color me confused. Example: They tried to colour the industrial unrest as a merely local matter. 7. To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color. Labels: US Example: Can this graph be 2-colored? Example: You can color any map with four colors. 8. To affect the quality of a speech sound, especially a vowel. Labels: US, usually Example: Many languages have a "neutral", roughly central vowel like /a/ or /ə/ which can be colored to a back, rounded vowel like [o] by an adjacent labialized consonant, or to a front, unrounded vowel like [e] by an adjacent palatalized consonant. Example: The Proto-Indo-European laryngeal *h₂ often colors the neutral vowel *e with an a-like quality, while *h₃ results in a more o-like quality; *h₁ has no coloring effect.
Word: en Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn/, /ɪn/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter N/n. Example: The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch. Example: I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time. 2. A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use). Example: That the price of work, paid for by letters be advanced from fourpence to fourpence halfpenny per thousand, including English and brevier; and, in leaded matter, the ems and ens at the beginnings and ends of the lines not to be reckoned in the width.
Word: en Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From French en. Pronunciation: [ɑ̃], [õ], /ɒn/, /ɑn/ 1. Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).
Word: en Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Inherited from Old English hine. Pronunciation: /ən/ 1. Him. Labels: Newfoundland, dialectal Example: Such a strappen fine gentleman as he was, too. Yes, I rather like en sometimes. 2. It (when the thing being referred to is masculine). Labels: Newfoundland, dialectal
Word: en Part of Speech: noun 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Н / н.
Word: het Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of heterosexual. Pronunciation: /hɛt/ 1. A heterosexual person. Labels: countable, slang Example: See how you like that you townie het from southeastern MA / Saying "fairy" and "Mark Wahlberg" like it's southie any day 2. Fan fiction involving characters in an opposite-sex romantic or sexual relationship. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Mary Ellen Curtin presented a paper at the 2002 Popular Culture Association conference in which she studied fanfiction archives to discover that black characters appeared far less in both het and slash fiction than white or even Latino/a characters. Example: The vast majority of fan fiction is het or slash, and these types are usually defined against each other as approaches to romance and porn, marginalizing gen as something outside of the dominant concerns of fan fiction.
Word: het Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of heterosexual. Pronunciation: /hɛt/ 1. Heterosexual. Labels: slang
Word: het Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hette (simple past), het (past participle), from Old English hǣtte (simple past), (ġe)hǣted (past participle), conjugations of hǣtan (“to heat”); see heat (“to make hot”). Pronunciation: /hɛt/ 1. simple past and past participle of heat Labels: dialectal, form-of, participle, past
Word: het Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hette (simple past), het (past participle), from Old English hǣtte (simple past), (ġe)hǣted (past participle), conjugations of hǣtan (“to heat”); see heat (“to make hot”). Pronunciation: /hɛt/ 1. Heated. Labels: dialectal
Word: het Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɛt/ 1. dialectal form of heat (“hotness”) Labels: West-Country, dialectal, especially, form-of, uncountable
Word: het Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hɛt/ 1. dialectal form of heat (“to make hot”) Labels: West-Country, dialectal, especially, form-of
Word: het Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɛt/ 1. Clipping of heterozygous. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: For sale: Albino hognose female $20k. Hets $12.5k for pair.
Word: het Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /hɛt/ 1. Clipping of heterozygous. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: het Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɛt/ 1. Alternative form of heth (Semitic letter). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: van Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for caravan. Pronunciation: /væn/, /van/, /vaːn/, /væːn/, /vɛn/ 1. A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus. Example: While Santa Monica has a longstanding prohibition against public camping that includes living in vehicles, the van rental business has been a problem in Venice for years. […] Organizations that provide safe parking locations have limited capacity and are often unable to accommodate the kind of non-operational vans that are being repurposed as makeshift housing. Example: Carbon emissions from vans in the UK have risen by 63% since 1990, new analysis shows, as cars are getting cleaner. While more people are opting to drive electric or plug-in hybrid cars, van drivers still prefer diesel because electric vans are much more expensive with little choice of models. 2. An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van. Labels: UK 3. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods. Labels: dated 4. A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved. Example: Designed to be fully mobile and self-contained, the complete equipment includes an air-conditioned van containing all necessary electronic gear and a flat bed trailer in which missiles, jet engines and other large assemblies may be cleaned.
Word: van Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Short for caravan. Pronunciation: /væn/, /van/, /vaːn/, /væːn/, /vɛn/ 1. To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses). Labels: transitive Example: I have to have a license to own them, a license to train them, my jockey has to have a license to ride them, the van company must have a license to van them, and the black shoe man must have a license to shoe them. Example: [They] had their own horses, but they hadn't bothered to van them over to Pine Hollow for this outing. 2. Of law enforcement: to arrest (not necessarily in a van; derived from party van). Labels: Internet Example: One Anon explained the reason for this, saying: "As for the domains, they were transferred to Ryan after some of us got vanned so he can keep the network up. What he did certainly wasn't the plan." (Getting "vanned" refers to getting picked up by the police.) Example: He later told CW that he had been "v&" or "vanned" by the police, and he expressed surprise that the police showed him detailed transcripts of his conversations.
Word: van Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of vanguard. Pronunciation: /væn/, /van/, /vaːn/, /væːn/, /vɛn/ 1. Clipping of vanguard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd, / Standards, and Gonfalons twixt Van and Reare / Streame in the Aire, and for distinction serve Example: Then a bumper to the Queen led the van of our good wishes, another to the Church Established, a third was left to the whim of the toaster[…]
Word: van Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cornish. Pronunciation: /væn/, /van/, /vaːn/, /væːn/, /vɛn/ 1. A shovel used in cleansing ore.
Word: van Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Cornish. Pronunciation: /væn/, /van/, /vaːn/, /væːn/, /vɛn/ 1. To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
Word: van Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vannus (“a van, or fan for winnowing grain”): compare French van and English fan, winnow. Doublet of fan. Pronunciation: /væn/, /van/, /vaːn/, /væːn/, /vɛn/ 1. A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain. Example: with strange amaze / A shepherd meeting thee, the oar surveys, / And names a van (Book XI) 2. A wing with which the air is beaten. Example: So Satan fell; and ſtrait a fiery Globe / Of Angels on full ſail of wing flew nigh, / Who on their plumy Vans receiv'd him ſoft […] Example: He wheeled in air, and stretched his vans in vain; / His vans no longer could his flight sustain.
Word: hoed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /həʊd/, /hoʊd/ 1. simple past and past participle of hoe Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of ho Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ik Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of I know. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: te Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sense 1: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become te and later ti. Sense 2: The vowel of ti then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note. Pronunciation: /tiː/, /teɪ/ 1. In solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti. Labels: obsolete 2. In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
Word: te Part of Speech: noun 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.
Word: dat Part of Speech: det Etymology: Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das. Pronunciation: /dæt/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of that. Labels: Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: Pidgin is a combination of expressions and phrases that are recognizable to those who speak it. To non-Pidgin speakers, it may sound like slang. For example, “dat” means that and “fadda” means father or dad.
Word: dat Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das. Pronunciation: /dæt/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of that. Labels: Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: Dey vanished...but it wasn't too long ago dat dey did. Dey oughta still be nearby.
Word: dat Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das. Pronunciation: /dæt/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of that. Labels: Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling Example: Whadda I do? Dis an' dat.
Word: dat Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das. Pronunciation: /dæt/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of that. Labels: Ireland, Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: die Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum. Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”). Pronunciation: /daɪ/, [däɪ̯], [dɑj], [dɑe̯], [daɪ̯] 1. The cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth. 2. A device for cutting into a specified shape. 3. A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.) 4. A mold for forming metal or plastic objects. 5. An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals. 6. An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit. Labels: also, plural Example: The number of dies per wafer is basically the area of the wafer divided by the area of the die. Example: Once the wafer has undergone the wafer-probe test, it is separated into individual dice by sawing or scribing and breaking. The dice are visually inspected, sorted, and readied for assembly into packages. 7. Any small cubical or square body. Example: Some young creatures have learnt their letters and syllables, and the pronouncing and spelling of words, by having them pasted or written upon many little flat tablets or dies.
Word: die Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“given”), the past participle of dō (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to lay out, to spread out”). Doublet of datum. Replaced Old English tasul, tesul (“die”), from Latin tessella (“die, cube”). Pronunciation: /daɪ/, [däɪ̯], [dɑj], [dɑe̯], [daɪ̯] 1. An isohedral polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and thrown in games of chance. Example: Most dice are six-sided. Example: I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board. 2. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance. Labels: obsolete Example: […]For th'equall die of warre he well did know.
Word: die Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant spelling. Pronunciation: /daɪ/, [däɪ̯], [dɑj], [dɑe̯], [daɪ̯] 1. Obsolete spelling of dye. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: He hath carried his friendship to this man to a blameable length, by too long concealing facts of the blackest die.
Word: die Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant spelling. Pronunciation: /daɪ/, [däɪ̯], [dɑj], [dɑe̯], [daɪ̯] 1. Obsolete spelling of dye. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Also no dyer shall die any cloth, except he die the cloth and the list with one colour, without tacking any bulrushes or such like thing upon the lists, upon pain to forfeit 40 s. for every cloth. And no person shall put to sale any cloth deceitfully dyed, Example: To die wool with madder, prepare a fresh liquor, and when the water is come to a heat to bear the hand, put in half a pound of the finest grape madder for each pound of wool;
Word: die Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin die (“[in a] day”), locative of Latin dies (“day”). Pronunciation: /daɪ/, [däɪ̯], [dɑj], [dɑe̯], [daɪ̯] 1. per day Labels: not-comparable Example: Clozapine 100 mg die a.m.
Word: in Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *h₁en Preposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Adverb, noun and adjective from Middle English in, from Old English inn and inne, from Proto-Germanic *innai. Sense 1/2 "in"/"into" are from the original PIE prefix, with locative/accusative case respectively. Sense 3/4 "qualification"/"means" are from the PIE metaphor of all infinitives coming from locatives. Pronunciation: /ən/, /ɪn/, /ɘn/ 1. To enclose. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To take in; to harvest. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He that ears my land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop.
Word: in Part of Speech: adv Etymology: PIE word *h₁en Preposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Adverb, noun and adjective from Middle English in, from Old English inn and inne, from Proto-Germanic *innai. Sense 1/2 "in"/"into" are from the original PIE prefix, with locative/accusative case respectively. Sense 3/4 "qualification"/"means" are from the PIE metaphor of all infinitives coming from locatives. Pronunciation: /ən/, /ɪn/, /ɘn/ 1. At or towards the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room. Labels: not-comparable Example: Suddenly a strange man walked in. Example: Would you like that to take away or eat in? 2. Towards the speaker or other reference point. Labels: not-comparable Example: They flew in from London last night. Example: For six hours the tide flows in, then for another six hours it flows out. 3. So as to be enclosed or surrounded by something. Labels: not-comparable Example: Bring the water to the boil and drop the vegetables in. 4. After the beginning of something. Labels: not-comparable Example: The show still didn't become interesting 20 minutes in. Example: The Black Cats had a mountain to climb after James Morrison's header and Shane Long's neat side-foot finish gave Albion a 2-0 lead five minutes in. 5. Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: sing-in, pray-in, hug-in; see also be-in, love-in, sit-in, teach-in.
Word: in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁en Preposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Adverb, noun and adjective from Middle English in, from Old English inn and inne, from Proto-Germanic *innai. Sense 1/2 "in"/"into" are from the original PIE prefix, with locative/accusative case respectively. Sense 3/4 "qualification"/"means" are from the PIE metaphor of all infinitives coming from locatives. Pronunciation: /ən/, /ɪn/, /ɘn/ 1. A position of power or influence, or a way to get it. Example: His parents got him an in with the company. Example: Holleran's and White's diminishing capacities as writers does not affect their publishing ins': the writer the house knows is always better than the writer the house doesn't know. 2. One who, or that which, is in; especially, one who is in office. Labels: in-plural Example: This memoir has nothing to do with the question between the ins and the outs; it is intended neither to support nor to assail the administration; it is general in its views upon a general and national subject; […] 3. The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting; see innings.
Word: in Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *h₁en Preposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in. Adverb, noun and adjective from Middle English in, from Old English inn and inne, from Proto-Germanic *innai. Sense 1/2 "in"/"into" are from the original PIE prefix, with locative/accusative case respectively. Sense 3/4 "qualification"/"means" are from the PIE metaphor of all infinitives coming from locatives. Pronunciation: /ən/, /ɪn/, /ɘn/ 1. Located indoors, especially at home or at one's office or place of work. Labels: not-comparable Example: Is Mr. Smith in? 2. Located inside something. Labels: not-comparable Example: Little by little I pushed the snake into the basket, until finally all of it was in. Example: The bullet is about five centimetres in. 3. Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area. Example: If the tennis ball bounces on the line then it's in. 4. Inserted or fitted into something. Example: I've discovered why the TV wasn't working – the plug wasn't in! 5. Having been collected or received. Example: The replies to the questionnaires are now all in. 6. In fashion; popular. Example: Skirts are in this year. Example: Pierce a new hole If Hell was in you'd give your soul To the great southern trendkill 7. Incoming. Example: the in train 8. Furled or stowed. 9. Of the tide, at or near its highest level. Example: You can't get round the headland when the tide's in. 10. With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin. Example: in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband 11. Currently batting. 12. Having familiarity or involvement with somebody. Example: He is very in with the Joneses. Example: “[…] He […] took a rifle out of the batch and shot at me. I was lucky he was such a crummy shot.” “Why would he do that?” “I think he's in with them, Doctor.” “Them? You mean Ned and Cody?” “All of them. Hickok, the split tail, the whole lot.” 13. Having a favourable position, such as a position of influence or expected gain, in relation to another person. Labels: informal Example: I need to keep in with the neighbours in case I ever need a favour from them. Example: I think that bird fancies you. You're in there, mate! 14. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Burning; ablaze. Example: Blocks of compressed coal keep the fire in for a long time, but they give out very little heat. Example: “At all events,” said the Doctor, “the fire’s in, and here’s the camp-oven, too. Somebody will be here soon. I will go in and light my pipe.” 15. Having used, consumed , or invested a certain amount. Example: I'm three drinks in right now. Example: I was 500 dollars in when the stock crashed.
Word: in Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ən/, /ɪn/, /ɘn/ 1. Abbreviation of inch or inches. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: At a length of 36cm (14in), the red-bellied piranha was a giant of its kind – more than eight inches longer than an average specimen. Example: Donaldson is not by any means one of God’s chosen entertainment-industry stars. He’s not especially handsome, and neither is he particularly funny-looking. At 6ft 5in, and with the sparse reddish beard he nowadays sports, he has the charmingly awkward aspect of a teen who has recently put on a growth spurt and hasn’t quite settled into himself.
Word: een Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /iːn/ 1. plural of eye Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, form-of, plural Example: And eke with fatnesse swollen were his eyne Example: But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.
Word: een Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a contraction of even. Pronunciation: /iːn/ 1. even. Labels: Northern-England, dialectal, not-comparable
Word: een Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From even (“evening”). Pronunciation: /iːn/ 1. evening. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, poetic
Word: niet Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of nyet. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Before if you wanted to make a request they said, ‘Niet.’ You would be shooting something, and they would say you were finished, and it was over. Example: Heedless of my cries of ‘Niet, niet!’, he grabbed poor Vladimir and hoisted him back aboard.
Word: google Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from googly + -le (frequentative suffix (indicating continuousness or repetition) forming verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ 1. To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”). Labels: transitive 2. Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly. Labels: intransitive 3. Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly. Labels: intransitive
Word: google Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ 1. An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine. Labels: Internet, informal Example: Each night I allowed myself one desultory google before leaping to my feet for a lamplit walk around the neighbourhood. 2. A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine. Labels: Internet, dated, informal Example: The word oceanfront has 64,300,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word.
Word: google Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ 1. To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine. Labels: Internet, informal, transitive Example: Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends. Example: Have fun and keep googling! 2. To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine. Labels: Internet, broadly, informal, transitive Example: I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet. 3. To be locatable in a search of the Internet. Labels: Internet, informal, intransitive Example: His name googles.
Word: google Part of Speech: num Etymology: See googol. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ 1. Misspelling of googol. Labels: Internet, alt-of, informal, misspelling
Word: foreign debt Part of Speech: noun 1. A debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries. Labels: countable, usually 2. An aggregate amount of such debts. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin lēns Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa)sl. Medieval Latin lēnsbor. English lens Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”), with Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of “lens”, a semantic loan from Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa, “lentil; optic lens”); the similar shape is the common factor. Pronunciation: /lɛnz/ 1. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. Example: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. 2. A device which focuses or defocuses other waves or radiation, such as microwave radiation, electron beams, sound waves (acoustic lenses), or explosions (explosive lenses). 3. A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune. 4. The transparent crystalline structure in the eye. Example: The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. 5. A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens. 6. A convex layer of fresh groundwater that floats above the denser saltwater, usually found on small coral or limestone islands and atolls. 7. A construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures. 8. A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: If "the public looks at the condition of America's children largely through a negative lens," worries Child Trends[…], "it may be more difficult to […] promote child well-being." Example: No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily, or being forced to peer through.
Word: lens Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin lēns Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa)sl. Medieval Latin lēnsbor. English lens Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”), with Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of “lens”, a semantic loan from Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa, “lentil; optic lens”); the similar shape is the common factor. Pronunciation: /lɛnz/ 1. To film, shoot. Labels: transitive Example: It’s set in an anonymous, upper-middle-class suburb, lensed in the generic gunmetal gray that will one day appear as dated as the fuzzy outlines of ’80s direct-to-video horror movies. 2. To become thinner towards the edges.
Word: whatever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + ever. Pronunciation: /ʍɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wʌtˈɛv.ɚ/, [wʌɾˈɛv.ɚ] 1. A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten. Labels: slang Example: As far as I'm concerned Alec is dead. Whatever they've got in there, that...whatever.
Word: whatever Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + ever. Pronunciation: /ʍɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wʌtˈɛv.ɚ/, [wʌɾˈɛv.ɚ] 1. What ever; emphatic form of 'what'. Labels: interrogative Example: Good heavens! Whatever time is it?! 2. Regardless of the ... that; for any ... that. Example: Whatever your choice, there will be consequences. Example: I will stick with you, whatever fate befalls us. 3. Any ... that; of no matter what type or kind that. Example: Whatever doubts I had were quickly dispelled. Example: Write down whatever thoughts come into your mind. 4. Any; of no matter what type or kind. Example: He must be stopped, whatever the cost.
Word: whatever Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + ever. Pronunciation: /ʍɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wʌtˈɛv.ɚ/, [wʌɾˈɛv.ɚ] 1. What ever; emphasised form of 'what', used to ask which thing, event, circumstance, etc. Labels: interrogative Example: Whatever do you mean? Example: Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky? He got an ice pick That made his ears burn 2. Regardless of anything that. Example: Whatever he does, he will still lose the game. Example: Whatever happens, stay calm. 3. Anything that; all that. Example: Do whatever works. Example: I’ll do whatever I can. 4. Anything; thing(s) of unspecified kind, or no matter what kind; sometimes used to indicate that the speaker does not care about options. Labels: informal Example: I don't need any of this stuff, so take whatever. Example: "As far as I'm concerned, Alec is dead. Whatever they've got in there, that — whatever —."
Word: whatever Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + ever. Pronunciation: /ʍɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wʌtˈɛv.ɚ/, [wʌɾˈɛv.ɚ] 1. At all; in any way; whatsoever. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is no point whatever in going on with this discussion. Example: He is quite unconscious; and, though your presence is a relief to me, you must remember that there is no hope - no hope whatever. 2. In what way; to what extent. Labels: interrogative, not-comparable Example: Whatever does it matter now?
Word: whatever Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + ever. Pronunciation: /ʍɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wʌtˈɛv.ɚ/, [wʌɾˈɛv.ɚ] 1. A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further. Sometimes conceived as an ellipsis of whatever you say, implying feigned deference: whatever you say [apparently must be true]. Labels: colloquial Example: Near-synonyms: meh, so what Example: So you broke it? Whatever! Get a grip.
Word: whatever Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + ever. Pronunciation: /ʍɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wʌtˈɛv.ɚ/, [wʌɾˈɛv.ɚ] 1. Unexceptional or unimportant; blah. Labels: colloquial Example: All in all, I guess I shouldn't be complaining, but the rest of the show, imho, was very whatever-ish. Example: She's like so whatever / You can do so much better
Word: whatever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + ever. Pronunciation: /ʍɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wɒtˈɛv.ə/, /wʌtˈɛv.ɚ/, [wʌɾˈɛv.ɚ] 1. Something whose exact kind or nature is unimportant; a thingy. Labels: colloquial Example: How would you feel if you're a plant elf, and your daily bonus is tied to the number of whatevers you produce, and then this big clumsy thing barges in and knocks your rate back for the whole week? Example: I think it's the HYDRA, the group of whatevers that rule the world, those elitists that laugh at us, joke about their environmentalist sheeples doing their bidding while they sip the best wine on the planet, ride around in private jets, […]
Word: your mileage may vary Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: The United States Environmental Protection Agency requires all new vehicles to undergo a set of standard emissions tests which simulate city and highway driving. Part of the test measures estimated city and highway gas (petrol) mileage estimates. Since no test can exactly simulate all driving habits and conditions, the actual gas mileage of each vehicle will vary. As a result, when these estimated mileage claims from automobile manufacturers appear in advertisements, they are almost always accompanied with the standard disclaimer “your mileage may vary”. Pronunciation: /jə ˈmaɪlədʒ meɪ ˈvɛəɹi/, /jɚ ˈmaɪlədʒ meɪ ˈvɛəɹi/ 1. It may work differently in your situation, or be different in your experience. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic, often Example: The battery lasts a day in my phone, but your mileage may vary. Example: When that definition is executed, the metadata for the temporary table is put into your schema (most likely—your mileage may vary), but no space is allocated to hold data. 2. Used to express a possible difference in taste: this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different. Labels: Canada, US, idiomatic Example: I think that red dress looks really good on you, but your mileage may vary, of course. Example: Your mileage may vary when it comes to the over-the-top carnage and in-your-face machismo, but it’s impressive just how bonkers Fate [The Fate of the Furious] is, like a litter of kittens hopped up on grade-A catnip.
Word: transvestite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trāns + vestītus, form of vestiō (“to clothe, to dress”) (as in English vestment, vest). Literally, a "cross-dresser". From transvestitism, from German Transvestitismus, coined in 1910 by Magnus Hirschfeld (the practice itself is much older). Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈvɛs.taɪt/ 1. A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice. Labels: dated Example: Even though Steven used to dress up in his sister's clothes, it still came as a surprise he ended up as a transvestite. Example: Now, we already know that Gerald Hadleigh was a transvestite or a transsexual, whatever the term is. 2. A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment. 3. An animal that engages in sexual mimicry. Labels: dated Example: "Proper" scorpion fly behavior entails the catching of an edible insect by the male, who then offers it to the female […] If she likes the gift, she mates with the male. Thornhill, however, has observed males approaching other males, assuming the female role until they get a grip on the food. Once they have it, they try to run away with it. The "transvestite" males, according to Thornhill, have an advantage over the other males because they have others do the hunting for them, leaving the "transvestites" more time to reproduce. In additon ^([sic]), the "transvestite" scorpion flies would avoid such hazards of the hunt as spider webs.
Word: Fanny Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈfæni/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name. Example: "My name is Frances. Don't call me Fanny!" "Why not?" "Because it's too absurd to be endured! What does the mere sound of Fanny suggest? A flirting dancing creature - plump and fair, and playful and pretty!" Example: They listened to the sound of Fanny’s retreating footsteps. ‘Well, well!’ said Marcus. ‘Oh, take no notice Jess. You know what our Frances Maud is like! It’s nothing to cry about!’ To her humiliation Jessamy found there were tears trickling down her cheeks. ‘Always getting worked up about something, Fanny is.’ – page 105: As she did so Fanny put down her book , stood up and stretched her arms, and at once Jessamy noticed a difference. It was the same Fanny but not the Fanny who climbed trees and tore her frock playing in the garden. It was as though a young lady film had settled over her, neatening her unruly hair, which was tied back with a large black bow, and primly composing her small mouth.
Word: domestic debt Part of Speech: noun 1. debt owed to creditors resident in the same country as the debtor Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: debt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin dēbita, from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt, a duty”), neuter of dēbitus, perfect passive participle of dēbeō (“to owe”), contraction of *dehibeō (“I have from”), from de (“from”) + habeō (“to have”). Doublet of debit. Displaced native Old English eofot. The unpronounced "b" in the modern English spelling is a Latinisation from the Latin etymon dēbitum. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛt/, [ˈdɛt], /ˈdɛbt/, /ˈdɛp(t)/ 1. An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Revenge the jeering and disdain'd contempt / Of this proud king, who studies day and night / To answer all the debt he owes to you / Even with the bloody payment of your deaths. Example: This long debt of confidence, due from me to him, whose bane and ruin I have been, shall at length be paid. 2. The state or condition of owing something to another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am in your debt. Example: We owe them a debt of gratitude for taking care of our pets. 3. Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bolsheviki had repudiated the four-billion-dollar debt which the government of the Tsar had contracted with the bankers. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. 4. An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due Labels: countable, uncountable