nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fnord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A neologism from the Principia Discordia popularized in the Illuminatus! trilogy. Pronunciation: /fnɔːrd/, /fəˈnɔɹd/ 1. A metasyntactic variable, similar to foo and bar.
Word: fnord Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A neologism from the Principia Discordia popularized in the Illuminatus! trilogy. Pronunciation: /fnɔːrd/, /fəˈnɔɹd/ 1. A word (which may or may not be "fnord" itself) commonly held to be invisible to the conscious mind, but subliminally causing a sense of unease or sudden anger when encountered. So used in the Illuminatus! trilogy. 2. A word defined as having no definition.
Word: ananke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē, “necessity”). Pronunciation: /əˈnæŋki/ 1. Necessity beyond all supplications or sway. Conceived as the ultimate dictator of all fate and circumstances, to which even the gods must ultimately pay homage and deference. Labels: uncountable
Word: reality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”), equivalent to real + -ity. Recorded since 1550 as a legal term in the sense of “fixed property” (compare real estate, realty); the sense “real existence” is attested from 1647. First attested in c. 1540. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈælɪti/, /ɹiˈæləti/ 1. The state of being actual or real; realness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The reality of the crash scene on TV dawned upon him only when he saw the victim was no actor but his friend. Example: While the SCP universe is, of course, filled with things that we would certainly not consider "real", most of the SCPs are tangible or perceivable in some way. There are those concepts, however, whose reality is debatable, even to the SCP Foundation, begging them to ask the question of what, exactly, is real. 2. The real world. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A man very often fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. Example: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,[…]. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get.[…]I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life. 3. A real entity, event, or other fact. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The ultimate reality of life is that it ends in death. Example: There are several new realities that this team now needs to accept: our old project is dead, and our new project is now the priority. 4. The entirety of all that is real. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Across the entire Universe. Never stopping, never faltering, never fading. People and planets and stars will become dust. And the dust will become atoms and the atoms will become... nothing. And the wavelength will continue, breaking through the rift at the heart of the Medusa Cascade into every dimension, every parallel, every single corner of creation. This is my ultimate victory, Doctor! The DESTRUCTION! Of REALITY! ITSELF! 5. An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. Loyalty; devotion. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: To express our reality to the emperor. 7. Realty; real estate. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 8. Reality television. Labels: attributive, uncountable, usually Example: a foray into reality programming
Word: tao Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴). Pronunciation: /daʊ/, /taʊ/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life. Labels: Chinese, alt-of Example: The tao of Lao Tzu was a cosmic tao, inner and unwritten, a tao of Nature, while the tao of Confucius was moral and written.
Word: tao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴). Pronunciation: /daʊ/, /taʊ/ 1. The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: the tao of sex... the tao of the heart... the tao of integuments... 2. Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China. Labels: historical, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: safety valve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From safety + valve. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪftɪ ˌvælv/, /ˈseɪfti ˌvælv/ 1. A valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc. (such as a boiler or pressure cooker), would burst, thus reducing the pressure; a relief valve. Example: Spun glass mattresses are used for lagging the boiler, which has three Ross pop safety valves on the front ring. Example: [A]nd to show that there was no shortage of steam, Royal Scot, directly we stopped, blew off vigorously from its safety-valves steam that well might have been used in the cylinders in the interest of timekeeping. 2. A valve set to close a container holding a gas or vapour to prevent excessive loss of pressure. Labels: broadly 3. Any mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension. Labels: figuratively Example: […] I have often thought that it was a great error in our legislature when they consented to put down the public lotteries in England. I am convinced that they were beneficial, acting as safety-valves to the gambling spirit of the nation, and that their prohibition has been productive of much crime and misery. 4. Any mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension. Labels: US, figuratively Example: Hernández additionally requested that he be given a two-level safety-valve reduction pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2, which mitigates the harsh effect of mandatory minimum sentences on certain first-time offenders who played only supporting roles in drug-trafficking schemes and who provided testimony about their involvement in the criminal activity.
Word: safety valve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See safety-valve. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪftɪ ˌvælv/, /ˈseɪfti ˌvælv/ 1. Alternative form of safety-valve. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lexicographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lexicographe + -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -grapher. Pronunciation: /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/, /ˌlɛksɪˈkɑɡɹəfɚ/, /ˌleksɪˈkɔɡɹəfə(ɹ)/, [ˌleksəˈkɔ̟ɡɹəfə(ɹ)] 1. One who writes or compiles a dictionary. Example: Lexico′grapher. […] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words. Example: Pitt has furnish'd us a word or two / Which lexicographers declined to do.
Word: musician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English musician, musicien, from Old French musicien (“musician”), equivalent to music + -ian. Pronunciation: /mjuˈzɪʃən/ 1. A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession. Example: Jenny is a talented musician, playing the cello, saxophone, piano and guitar. Example: He joined Little Jewford and other musicians — all with outlandish stage names, like Wichita Culpepper and Sky Cap Adams — to form Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys in 1973.
Word: andante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian andante. Pronunciation: /ænˈdæn.ti/, /ænˈdæn.teɪ/, /ɑnˈdɑn(ˌ)teɪ/ 1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato. Example: The music’s marking is andante, a delicate footfall. 2. A passage having this mark.
Word: andante Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian andante. Pronunciation: /ænˈdæn.ti/, /ænˈdæn.teɪ/, /ɑnˈdɑn(ˌ)teɪ/ 1. Played at a moderately slow tempo. Labels: not-comparable
Word: andante Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian andante. Pronunciation: /ænˈdæn.ti/, /ænˈdæn.teɪ/, /ɑnˈdɑn(ˌ)teɪ/ 1. Describing a passage having this mark. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brassiere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brassière. Doublet of brachiaria. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæziɛə/, /ˈbɹæsiɛə/, /bɹəˈzɪɚ/ 1. Synonym of bra. Labels: dated Example: She started to strap her brassiere over her breasts.
Word: brassière Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of brassiere. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly alteration of chitter (“to tremble, shiver”), from Middle English chittern (“to twitter, chatter”). Ultimately onomatopoeic; compare didder and teeter as well as German zittern. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈd͡ʒɪtɚ/, [ˈd͡ʒɪɾɚ] 1. A nervous action; a tic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A state of nervousness. Labels: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable, with-definite-article Example: That creepy movie gave me the jitters. Example: But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion. 3. An abrupt and unwanted variation of one or more signal characteristics. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now you have mirror-clear TV without picture flopover, jitter, tear! 4. A random positioning of data points to avoid visual overlap. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jitter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly alteration of chitter (“to tremble, shiver”), from Middle English chittern (“to twitter, chatter”). Ultimately onomatopoeic; compare didder and teeter as well as German zittern. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈd͡ʒɪtɚ/, [ˈd͡ʒɪɾɚ] 1. To be nervous. Labels: intransitive 2. To position data points randomly to avoid visual overlap.
Word: jitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jit 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 jitter From jit + -er. 1. A program or routine that performs jitting; a just-in-time compiler.
Word: weapon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom. Cognates Cognate with Scots weepon (“weapon”), North Frisian woopen (“weapon”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Alemannic German Waaffe (“tool”), Dutch wapen (“weapon”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vákn, vápn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn, “weapon”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛp.ən/, /ˈwep.ən/, /ˈwiːp.ən/ 1. An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords. Example: The club that is now mostly used for golf was once a common weapon. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful. 2. An instrument or other means of harming or exerting control over another. Example: Money is the main weapon of modern oligarchs. Example: “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.” 3. A tool of any kind. Labels: humorous, informal Example: Choose your weapon. 4. An idiot, an oaf, a fool, a tool; a contemptible or incompetent person. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang 5. A very skilled, competent, or capable person or thing worthy of awe. Labels: Australia, slang Example: It has a whopping 5.4-litre V8, with a supercharger bolted to the top of it to help low-end pulling power. In short, it's a weapon and will happily dust a Porsche as easy as brushing your teeth. Example: We played Endless Heights' record release show earlier this year and during their set Christian from Endless Heights' lung collapsed, but he finished the set like an absolute weapon. 6. The human genitals. Labels: rare, slang Example: Young motherfucking legend, niggas just pretending I spit my shit, infectious, don't come in my section Or get wet bitch with that weapon Lift the pussy, yeah I bench press it, and I been stressing since a adolescent Example: Weh you get da pussy deh from? Hey, gyal me love you Md love the way you use your weapon Gyal, your pussy tight like a vice grip
Word: weapon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom. Cognates Cognate with Scots weepon (“weapon”), North Frisian woopen (“weapon”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Alemannic German Waaffe (“tool”), Dutch wapen (“weapon”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vákn, vápn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn, “weapon”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛp.ən/, /ˈwep.ən/, /ˈwiːp.ən/ 1. To equip with a weapon; to arm. Labels: transitive Example: […] the friends of the country and of the equal rights of all men, the friends of enfranchising the black man and of weaponing his hand for defense; the friends of taking the governments of these rebel States out of the hands of their rebel possessors, […]
Word: stock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”). Modern senses are mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock. Pronunciation: /stɒk/, /stɑk/ 1. To have on hand for sale. Example: The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables. Example: ...he would not stock any product on his shelves from any company that hired a communist or, as it was called at the time, a comsymp. 2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply. Example: to stock a warehouse with goods Example: to stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools 3. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale. 4. To put in the stocks as punishment. Example: Poor Tom, that[…]eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat, and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool; who is whipp'd from tything to tything, and stock'd, punish'd, and imprison'd 5. To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place. 6. To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck. Labels: dated
Word: stock Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock From Middle English stok, from Old English stocc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“tree-trunk”). Modern senses are mostly referring either to the trunk from which the tree grows (figuratively, its origin and/or support/foundation), or to a piece of wood, stick, or rod. The senses of "supply" and "raw material" arose from a probable conflation with steck (“an item of goods, merchandise”) or the use of split tally sticks consisting of foil or counterfoil and stock to capture paid taxes, debts or exchanges. Doublet of chock. Pronunciation: /stɒk/, /stɑk/ 1. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock. Labels: not-comparable Example: stock items Example: stock sizes 2. Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car. Labels: not-comparable 3. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic. Labels: not-comparable Example: He gave me a stock answer.
Word: stock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian stoccata. Pronunciation: /stɒk/, /stɑk/ 1. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
Word: aria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āera Italian ariabor. English aria From Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of air. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.ɹi.ə/ 1. A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
Word: arietta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian arietta (“breeze”). Pronunciation: /ˌæɹiˈɛtə/, /ɑː-/, /ɑ-/, /ˌɛɹiˈɛtə/ 1. a short aria.
Word: poppycock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”) + kak (“dung, excrement”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpikɒk/, /ˈpɑpiˌkɑk/ 1. foolish talk; nonsense. Labels: colloquial, uncountable, usually Example: That rumor is nothing but sheer poppycock. Example: He dismissed the conspiracy theory as poppycock.
Word: Roman numerals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Roman numeral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Roman numerals Part of Speech: noun 1. The system of numerals using Roman numerals. Labels: uncountable Example: Roman numerals is the system used on some clocks.
Word: hell Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“hell, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). First attested in c. 725. Cognates Cognate with Yola helle (“hell”), Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Alemannic German Hell (“hell”), Cimbrian hélla (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Limburgish hel, Héll, Höll (“hell”), Luxembourgish Häll (“hell”), Vilamovian heł, hełł (“hell”), Danish helvede (“hell”), ihjel (“to death”), Faroese helviti (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“death, hell”), helvíti (“hell”), Norwegian Nynorsk hel (“death, underworld”), helvete (“hell”), Swedish helvete (“hell”), ihjäl (“to death”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (halja, “hell”), Estonian koll (“bugbear”), Finnish koljo (“giant; evil spirit; devil”); also Cornish keles (“to conceal, hide”), Irish ceil (“to conceal, hide; to cover up”), Welsh celu (“to conceal, hide”), Faliscan 𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌀 (cela, “tomb”), Latin cella (“hut, storeroom; barn, granary”), Greek κολεός (koleós, “vagina; sheath; scabbard; coleus”), Lithuanian šalmas (“helmet”), Belarusian шало́м (šalóm, “helmet”), Bulgarian and Macedonian шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Old Polish szłom (“helmet”), Russian шело́м (šelóm), шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Serbo-Croatian шле̏м, шље̏м, šlȅm, šljȅm (“helmet”), Ukrainian шолом (šolom, “helmet”), Sanskrit शर्मन् (śarman, “safety, shelter; house; bliss, happiness, joy”). Also related to the Hel of Germanic mythology. See also hele. Pronunciation: /hɛl/ 1. A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be. Labels: capitalized, often Example: May you rot in hell! Example: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Word: hell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“hell, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). First attested in c. 725. Cognates Cognate with Yola helle (“hell”), Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Alemannic German Hell (“hell”), Cimbrian hélla (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Limburgish hel, Héll, Höll (“hell”), Luxembourgish Häll (“hell”), Vilamovian heł, hełł (“hell”), Danish helvede (“hell”), ihjel (“to death”), Faroese helviti (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“death, hell”), helvíti (“hell”), Norwegian Nynorsk hel (“death, underworld”), helvete (“hell”), Swedish helvete (“hell”), ihjäl (“to death”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (halja, “hell”), Estonian koll (“bugbear”), Finnish koljo (“giant; evil spirit; devil”); also Cornish keles (“to conceal, hide”), Irish ceil (“to conceal, hide; to cover up”), Welsh celu (“to conceal, hide”), Faliscan 𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌀 (cela, “tomb”), Latin cella (“hut, storeroom; barn, granary”), Greek κολεός (koleós, “vagina; sheath; scabbard; coleus”), Lithuanian šalmas (“helmet”), Belarusian шало́м (šalóm, “helmet”), Bulgarian and Macedonian шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Old Polish szłom (“helmet”), Russian шело́м (šelóm), шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Serbo-Croatian шле̏м, шље̏м, šlȅm, šljȅm (“helmet”), Ukrainian шолом (šolom, “helmet”), Sanskrit शर्मन् (śarman, “safety, shelter; house; bliss, happiness, joy”). Also related to the Hel of Germanic mythology. See also hele. Pronunciation: /hɛl/ 1. A place or situation of great suffering in life. Labels: countable, excessive, figuratively Example: My new boss is making my job a hell. Example: I went through hell to get home today. 2. A place for gambling. Labels: countable Example: Here’s five-and-twenty for you. Don’t be losing it at the hells now. Example: a convenient little gambling hell for those who had grown reckless 3. An extremely hot place. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: You don’t have a snowball's chance in hell. Example: when hell freezes over 4. Used as an intensifier in phrases grammatically requiring a noun. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She's got her arms down to her side, defiant. But just for the hell of it, she leans into him, wraps her arms around his neck, puts her head on his shoulder, and hangs on tight. Example: I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. 5. A place into which a tailor throws shreds, or a printer discards broken type. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: This sturdy Squire, he had, as well As the bold Trojan Knight, seen Hell. 6. In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Something extremely painful or harmful (to) Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable, usually, with-on Example: That steep staircase is hell on my knees.
Word: hell Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“hell, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). First attested in c. 725. Cognates Cognate with Yola helle (“hell”), Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Alemannic German Hell (“hell”), Cimbrian hélla (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Limburgish hel, Héll, Höll (“hell”), Luxembourgish Häll (“hell”), Vilamovian heł, hełł (“hell”), Danish helvede (“hell”), ihjel (“to death”), Faroese helviti (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“death, hell”), helvíti (“hell”), Norwegian Nynorsk hel (“death, underworld”), helvete (“hell”), Swedish helvete (“hell”), ihjäl (“to death”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (halja, “hell”), Estonian koll (“bugbear”), Finnish koljo (“giant; evil spirit; devil”); also Cornish keles (“to conceal, hide”), Irish ceil (“to conceal, hide; to cover up”), Welsh celu (“to conceal, hide”), Faliscan 𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌀 (cela, “tomb”), Latin cella (“hut, storeroom; barn, granary”), Greek κολεός (koleós, “vagina; sheath; scabbard; coleus”), Lithuanian šalmas (“helmet”), Belarusian шало́м (šalóm, “helmet”), Bulgarian and Macedonian шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Old Polish szłom (“helmet”), Russian шело́м (šelóm), шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Serbo-Croatian шле̏м, шље̏м, šlȅm, šljȅm (“helmet”), Ukrainian шолом (šolom, “helmet”), Sanskrit शर्मन् (śarman, “safety, shelter; house; bliss, happiness, joy”). Also related to the Hel of Germanic mythology. See also hele. Pronunciation: /hɛl/ 1. Used to express discontent, unhappiness, or anger. Labels: colloquial, sometimes, vulgar Example: Oh, hell! I got another parking ticket. Example: O hell! what have we here? A carrion Death, within whose empty eye There is a written scroll! […] 2. Used to emphasize. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, sometimes, vulgar Example: Hell yeah! 3. Used to introduce an intensified statement following an understated one; nay; not only that, but. Labels: colloquial, sometimes, vulgar Example: Do it, or, rest assured, there will be no more Middle Eastern crisis – hell, there will be no more Middle East!
Word: hell Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“hell, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). First attested in c. 725. Cognates Cognate with Yola helle (“hell”), Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Alemannic German Hell (“hell”), Cimbrian hélla (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Limburgish hel, Héll, Höll (“hell”), Luxembourgish Häll (“hell”), Vilamovian heł, hełł (“hell”), Danish helvede (“hell”), ihjel (“to death”), Faroese helviti (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“death, hell”), helvíti (“hell”), Norwegian Nynorsk hel (“death, underworld”), helvete (“hell”), Swedish helvete (“hell”), ihjäl (“to death”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (halja, “hell”), Estonian koll (“bugbear”), Finnish koljo (“giant; evil spirit; devil”); also Cornish keles (“to conceal, hide”), Irish ceil (“to conceal, hide; to cover up”), Welsh celu (“to conceal, hide”), Faliscan 𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌀 (cela, “tomb”), Latin cella (“hut, storeroom; barn, granary”), Greek κολεός (koleós, “vagina; sheath; scabbard; coleus”), Lithuanian šalmas (“helmet”), Belarusian шало́м (šalóm, “helmet”), Bulgarian and Macedonian шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Old Polish szłom (“helmet”), Russian шело́м (šelóm), шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Serbo-Croatian шле̏м, шље̏м, šlȅm, šljȅm (“helmet”), Ukrainian шолом (šolom, “helmet”), Sanskrit शर्मन् (śarman, “safety, shelter; house; bliss, happiness, joy”). Also related to the Hel of Germanic mythology. See also hele. Pronunciation: /hɛl/ 1. Alternative form of the hell or like hell. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, not-comparable, postpositional, sometimes, vulgar Example: - Oh, aren't they sweet? Example: ‘[…] I know whether a boy is telling me the truth or not.’ ‘Thank you, sir.’ Did he hell. They never bloody did. 2. Very; used to emphasize strongly. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar Example: That was hell good! Example: They're hell sexy.
Word: hell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“hell, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). First attested in c. 725. Cognates Cognate with Yola helle (“hell”), Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Alemannic German Hell (“hell”), Cimbrian hélla (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Limburgish hel, Héll, Höll (“hell”), Luxembourgish Häll (“hell”), Vilamovian heł, hełł (“hell”), Danish helvede (“hell”), ihjel (“to death”), Faroese helviti (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“death, hell”), helvíti (“hell”), Norwegian Nynorsk hel (“death, underworld”), helvete (“hell”), Swedish helvete (“hell”), ihjäl (“to death”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (halja, “hell”), Estonian koll (“bugbear”), Finnish koljo (“giant; evil spirit; devil”); also Cornish keles (“to conceal, hide”), Irish ceil (“to conceal, hide; to cover up”), Welsh celu (“to conceal, hide”), Faliscan 𐌂𐌄𐌋𐌀 (cela, “tomb”), Latin cella (“hut, storeroom; barn, granary”), Greek κολεός (koleós, “vagina; sheath; scabbard; coleus”), Lithuanian šalmas (“helmet”), Belarusian шало́м (šalóm, “helmet”), Bulgarian and Macedonian шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Old Polish szłom (“helmet”), Russian шело́м (šelóm), шлем (šlem, “helmet”), Serbo-Croatian шле̏м, шље̏м, šlȅm, šljȅm (“helmet”), Ukrainian шолом (šolom, “helmet”), Sanskrit शर्मन् (śarman, “safety, shelter; house; bliss, happiness, joy”). Also related to the Hel of Germanic mythology. See also hele. Pronunciation: /hɛl/ 1. To make hellish; to place (someone) in hell; to make (a place) into a hell. Labels: colloquial, sometimes, vulgar 2. To hurry, rush. Labels: colloquial, sometimes, vulgar Example: I had already lost thirteen points, all because she had to come helling in there at twelve, worrying me about that letter. 3. To move quickly and loudly; to raise hell as part of motion. Labels: colloquial, intransitive, sometimes, vulgar Example: He was helling down the road with his radio blaring.
Word: hell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From German hellen (“to brighten, burnish”). Related to Dutch hel (“clear, bright”) and German hell (“clear, bright”). Pronunciation: /hɛl/ 1. To add luster to; to burnish (silver or gold). Labels: colloquial, rare, sometimes, vulgar Example: To hell gold or gilt workː take two ounces of tartar, two ounces of sulfur.. and it will give it a fine luster.
Word: hell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hellen, from Old Norse hella (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to incline, tip; to pour out, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to lean, incline”). Cognate with Icelandic hella (“to pour”), Norwegian helle (“to pour”), Swedish hälla (“to pour”). See also English hield. Pronunciation: /hɛl/ 1. To pour. Labels: colloquial, rare, sometimes, vulgar Example: 18th century, Josiah Relph, The Harvest; or Bashful Shepherd Gosh, the sickle went into me handː Down hell'd the bluid.
Word: pencil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”). Not related to pen. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnsəl/, /ˈpɛntsəl/, /ˈpɛnsɪl/ 1. A paintbrush. Labels: historical Example: But living art may not least part expresse, / Nor life-resembling pencill it can paynt[…]. Example: why is it not lawfull for every man to pourtray himself with his pen, as it was for him to doe it with a pensell? 2. A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. 3. An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. 4. A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane. Example: When, by the pencil becoming oblique to the surface, the vergency produced on the pencil becomes changed, the primary and secondary focal points, V and H, separate […] Example: A drillable robot is capable of placing its end link in any orientation in the pencil of planes containing its first link. 5. A small medicated bougie. Labels: obsolete, rare 6. A small, thin tuft of hairs or feathers. Example: It is almost entirely of a slatey colour, with yellow bill and feet, but the feathers of the rump and upper tail-coverts each terminate in a rigid, glossy pencil or tuft of a vivid crimson. 7. Ellipsis of power of the pencil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: And most important of all, Cully now had 'The Pencil', that most coveted of Las Vegas powers.
Word: pencil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”). Not related to pen. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnsəl/, /ˈpɛntsəl/, /ˈpɛnsɪl/ 1. To write (something) using a pencil. Labels: transitive Example: I penciled (BrE: pencilled) a brief reminder in my notebook. Example: She had hardly got back when she encountered a piece by Robert Trewe in the new number of her favourite magazine, which must have been written almost immediately before her visit to Solentsea, for it contained the very couplet she had seen pencilled on the wallpaper by the bed, and Mrs. Hooper had declared to be recent. 2. To mark with, or as if with, a pencil. Labels: transitive Example: It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.
Word: conceal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English concelen, from Old French conceler (“hide, disguise”), from Latin concēlō, concēlāre (“carefully disguise”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːl/, /kənˈsil/ 1. To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret. Labels: transitive Example: He tried to conceal the truth about his health. Example: Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.
Word: Dutch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *tewtéh₂ From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu. Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”). The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry. Pronunciation: /dʌt͡ʃ/, /dʊt͡ʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language. 2. Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Germans (especially established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA), or the Dutch; Teutonic; Germanic. Labels: archaic 3. Substitute, inferior, ersatz. Labels: archaic, derogatory, obsolete 4. Thrifty. Labels: dated 5. Pertaining to Afrikaner culture (Cape Dutch). Labels: South-Africa, derogatory, ethnic, slur
Word: Dutch Part of Speech: name Etymology: PIE word *tewtéh₂ From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu. Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”). The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry. Pronunciation: /dʌt͡ʃ/, /dʊt͡ʃ/ 1. The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic. Example: By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon. Example: According to this view, Dutch is a descendant of Old (West) Low Franconian and … 2. German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg). Labels: archaic 3. A male given name, more often given as a nickname to someone of Dutch or German ancestry than as an official given name.
Word: Dutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tewtéh₂ From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu. Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”). The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry. Pronunciation: /dʌt͡ʃ/, /dʊt͡ʃ/ 1. The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands. Labels: collective, plural, plural-only Example: The Dutch will vote on the matter next month. Example: In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century. 2. Afrikaner people (Cape Dutch). Labels: South-Africa, collective, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, plural, plural-only, slur 3. The Pennsylvania Dutch people. Labels: collective, plural, plural-only
Word: Dutch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tewtéh₂ From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu. Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”). The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry. Pronunciation: /dʌt͡ʃ/, /dʊt͡ʃ/ 1. Synonym of double Dutch (“incomprehensible language or speech”). Labels: dated, uncountable Example: “Queer language, that, sir,” said the officer. “It was Dutch to me.” Example: Now, Max, pray enlighten the company. Why should the murderer write "Italian spoken" over the bed?' 'Obviously to make sure that you shouldn't miss it,' replied Mr Carrados. 'Well,' remarked the sergeant, demonstrating one or two simple exercises in physical drill as a suitable preparation, 'I may as well be going. I don't understand Italian myself. Nor Dutch either,' he added cryptically.
Word: Dutch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *tewtéh₂ From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu. Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”). The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry. Pronunciation: /dʌt͡ʃ/, /dʊt͡ʃ/ 1. To treat cocoa beans or powder with an alkali solution to darken the color and lessen the bitterness of the flavor. Example: Dutch processed is made from cocoa beans that have been treated with an alkalized solution. You'll get a deeper color and a great chocolaty flavor, but more importantly, the process of Dutching the chocolate renders the powder neutral.
Word: Netherlands Part of Speech: name Etymology: From nether (“lower”) + lands, the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level. Either a calque or a parallel formation to Dutch Nederland. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛðələndz/, /ˈnɛðɚləndz/ 1. The Kingdom of the Netherlands. A country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium. Capital and largest city: Amsterdam. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy. 3. the Low Countries, a region of Western Europe located around the low-lying areas in and around the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, including the countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Labels: historical, rare, uncountable, usually
Word: Netherlands Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nether (“lower”) + lands, the country being very low-lying, with a great part below sea level. Either a calque or a parallel formation to Dutch Nederland. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛðələndz/, /ˈnɛðɚləndz/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of netherlands. Labels: alt-of, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: RAM Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹæm/ 1. Acronym of random-access memory. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Looking for the best RAM for your PC in 2023 has gotten a little bit more complicated than before. With the advent of DDR5, you can now choose between a newer standard, and an older one. DDR4 has a differently keyed connector, and you’re also going to have to check that the RAM is compatible with your CPU in the first place. So, what should you buy? 2. Acronym of random-access machine. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Acronym of relative atomic mass; sometimes styled r.a.m.. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, physical 4. Acronym of responsibility assignment matrix. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 5. Acronym of reliability availability maintainability. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 6. Acronym of radar-absorbent material, a material which absorbs radar. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: RAM Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɹæm/ 1. Initialism of Royal Academy of Music. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Rise Above Movement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: YWCA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Young Women's Christian Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “Letʼs go and see if the YWCA is open.”
Word: YWHA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Young Women's Hebrew Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: YMHA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Young Men's Hebrew Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: acronym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Akronym (from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end; peak”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”)), modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940. By surface analysis, acro- (prefix meaning ‘beginning; high’) + -onym (suffix meaning ‘name’) Pronunciation: /ˈækɹənɪm/, /ˈækɹəˌnɪm/, /ˈɛkɹənəm/ 1. An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words. Example: Pee-gee-enn. It's an acronym, that's what it is. That's what they call words made up of initials. 2. An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words. Example: Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice. Example: Traders have reportedly come up with the acronym TACO, which stands for “Trump always chickens out,” to take advantage of the trade environment created by the president’s habit of threatening to impose tariffs on countries, and then backing off at the last moment. 3. An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux"). Example: Acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from National Biscuit Company.
Word: acronym Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from German Akronym (from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end; peak”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”)), modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940. By surface analysis, acro- (prefix meaning ‘beginning; high’) + -onym (suffix meaning ‘name’) Pronunciation: /ˈækɹənɪm/, /ˈækɹəˌnɪm/, /ˈɛkɹənəm/ 1. To form into an acronym.
Word: operating system Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From operating + system. First use appears c. the 1950s. Pronunciation: /ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/, /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/ 1. Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals. Example: The operating system is the key mediator of access by processes within a computer system.
Word: PVA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of patterned vertical alignment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of polyvinyl acetate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of polyvinyl alcohol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: NATO Part of Speech: name Etymology: From North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪ.təʊ/, /ˈneɪ.toʊ/ 1. Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: On the other hand, one still would have to note that relations between NATO in London and OSR in Paris were still not as closely integrated as might be desired, and that the power of decision, especially on industrial and financial matters, still was not centered in one place in the NATO. Example: Yes, France is geographically situated in a key position so far as Western Europe is concerned. They are really the bridge between Germany, Spain and Italy. And it was necessary to have a NATO organization that was unified and France was a necessary member of that organization.