nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: video Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/, /ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/, /ˈʋi.ɖɪ.jo/, /ˈʋiɖ.jo/, [ʋiːɖ(ɪ)joˑ] 1. Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic. Labels: uncountable Example: Early TV used film to record video. Example: Which cable is for the video feed? 2. A recording or medium of visual content, especially audiovisual content for playback; a motion picture, movie, film. Labels: countable Example: We edited a video montage of Robbie's first birthday. Example: We used to make videos on tape recorders. 3. Television content or media. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 4. videotape, VHS. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: video Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/, /ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/, /ˈʋi.ɖɪ.jo/, /ˈʋiɖ.jo/, [ʋiːɖ(ɪ)joˑ] 1. To record using a video camera, to videotape. Labels: UK 2. To record a television program. Labels: UK 3. To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: virtual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *wiHrós The adjective is derived from Middle English vertual, virtual [and other forms], from Old French vertüal, vertüelle (modern French virtuel), or from their etymon Medieval Latin virtuālis (“of or pertaining to potency or power; having power to produce an effect, potent; morally virtuous”), from Latin virtūs (“goodness, virtue; manliness, virility”) (from vir (“adult male, man”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”), possibly from *weyh₁- (“to chase, hunt, pursue”)) + -tūs (suffix forming collective or abstract nouns)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship), modelled after virtuōsus (“good, virtuous”). Sense 4 (“pertaining to a theoretical infinitesimal velocity in a mechanical system that does not violate the system’s constraints”) is borrowed from French virtuel, from Middle French virtuel, from Old French vertüal, vertüelle: see above. The noun is derived from the adjective. Cognates * French virtuel * Italian virtuale * Spanish virtual Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəl/, /ˈvɜːt͡ʃ(ʊ)l/, /ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/, /ˈvɵːt͡ʃuəl/, /ˈvɵːt͡ʃəl/ 1. Preceded by the: that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: uncountable 2. Preceded by the: that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: uncountable 3. A virtual (adjective sense 3.3) member function of a class. Labels: countable
Word: vision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪʒ.ən/, [ˈvɪʒ.n̩] 1. The sense or ability of sight. Labels: uncountable 2. Something seen; an object perceived visually. Labels: countable Example: […]For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute[…] Example: It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found! 3. Something imaginary one thinks one sees. Labels: countable Example: He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision. Example: Visitations are a commonly reported afterlife phenomenon. For example, a dying patient has a vision of her mother, who has been dead for twenty years. 4. Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. Labels: broadly, countable Example: For having the Idea of any thing in our Mind, no more proves the Exiſtence of that Thing, than the Picture of a Man evidences his being in the World, or the Viſions of a Dream make thereby a true Hiſtory. 5. A perceived potential future event or occurrence. Labels: broadly, countable Example: I know you wanted me to stay But I can't ignore the crazy visions of me in LA Example: Gilead has always been a chilling vision of what America might become if right-wing theocrats seized absolute power and stripped women of all independence. 6. An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires. Labels: countable Example: He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace. Example: To achieve their vision, they enlisted the local architectural designer Marcie Banks of Clementine Construction. 7. General aspiration; forward-thinkingness. Labels: uncountable Example: I can't stand this indecision Married with a lack of vision Everybody wants to rule the— 8. A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance. Labels: countable Example: He had a vision of the Virgin Mary. 9. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty. Labels: countable 10. Pre-recorded film or tape; footage. Labels: uncountable
Word: vision Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪʒ.ən/, [ˈvɪʒ.n̩] 1. To imagine something as if it were to be true. Labels: transitive 2. To present as in a vision. Labels: transitive 3. To provide with a vision. Labels: transitive
Word: heating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heat + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhiːtɪŋ/ 1. A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We're hoping to have the new heating installed before winter. 2. The act of making something hot. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The crucible was subjected to several heatings. Example: After repeated swagings and heatings […]
Word: heating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heat + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhiːtɪŋ/ 1. Causing heat.
Word: heating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From heat + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhiːtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of heat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: carry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English carien, from Anglo-Norman carier (modern French charrier); from a derivative of Latin carrus (“four-wheeled baggage wagon”), ultimately of Gaulish origin. Compare also Middle English cairen (“to go, bring carry”), whence Modern English cair, with which it was confused. Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹi/, /ˈkɛɹi/, /ˈkeɹi/, /ˈkaɾe/, /ˈ-ɾɪ/ 1. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried. Example: Adjust your carry from time to time so that you don’t tire too quickly. Example: When he and his Cincinnati Bengal playmates were done with the AFC’s best defense, that of the New York-New Jersey Jets, he had done Supermannish damage — 30 carries, 139 yards and two TDs — as the Bengals won, 36-19. 2. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage. Example: Undrowned, unducked, as safe from the perils of the broad lake as we had come out of the defiles of the rapids, we landed at the carry below the dam at the lake’s outlet. 3. The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation. Example: On paper, simply add the carry to the next addition; that is, $B2 + $9C + 1. That’s fine for paper, but how is it done by computer? 4. The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time. Example: The carry on this trade is 25 basis points per annum. 5. The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground. 6. Carried interest. 7. The sky; cloud-drift. Labels: UK, dialectal 8. Something or someone regarded as disproportionately responsible for the success of a playthrough, match, round, etc. Labels: especially, slang Example: Near-synonym: MVP
Word: transport Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Inherited from Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportāre (“to carry over, take across, carry, convey, remove, transport”), from trāns- (“across, over, to the farther side of”) + portō (“to bear, carry, convey, take”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”). Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈpɔːt/, /tɹɑːnˈspɔːt/, /tɹænsˈpɔɹt/, /tɹeə̯nsˈpɔɹt/, /tɹɛə̯nsˈpɔɹt/ 1. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey. Example: to transport goods; to transport troops Example: But the village's growth was curbed by the cliffs that restricted onward exploration for visitors, while goods such as coal and lime, which had arrived by water, were being transported up the severe incline to the town of Lynton by horse and cart. 2. To deport to a penal colony. Labels: historical 3. To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away. Labels: figuratively Example: Music transports the soul. Example: Thes. Pray you kneele not, I was transported with your Speech, and suffer'd Your knees to wrong themselves; I have heard the fortunes Of your dead Lords, which gives me such lamenting As wakes my vengeance, and revenge for 'em.
Word: transport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portō Latin trānsportāreder. Old French transporterbor. Middle English transporten English transport Inherited from Middle English transporten, a borrowing from Old French transporter (“carry or convey across”), from Latin trānsportāre (“to carry over, take across, carry, convey, remove, transport”), from trāns- (“across, over, to the farther side of”) + portō (“to bear, carry, convey, take”). By surface analysis, trans- (“beyond, across, through”) + port (“to carry, bear, or convey; to bring”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæns.pɔːt/, /ˈtɹɑːnspɔːt/, /ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/, /ˈtɹeə̯ns.pɔɹt/, /ˈtɹɛə̯ns.pɔɹt/ 1. An act of transporting; conveyance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The transport of goods is not included in the price given on the website. 2. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In her transport at finding such treasures, Heidi even forgot Peter and his goats. 3. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.) Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A tractor-trailer. Labels: Canada, countable, uncountable 5. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The local transport received a big boost as part of the mayor's infrastructural plans. 6. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A deported convict. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: farm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fermen, from Anglo-Norman fermer (“to let out for a fixed payment, lease, rent”) ultimately from the same Old English source as Etymology 1. Compare Old English feormian (“to feed, supply with food, sustain”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːm/, [ˈfɑːm], /ˈfɑɹm/, [ˈfɑɹm] 1. To work on a farm, especially in the growing and harvesting of crops. Labels: intransitive 2. To devote (land) to farming. Labels: transitive 3. To grow (a particular crop). Labels: transitive 4. To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; to farm out. Example: to farm the taxes Example: [The East-India Company] have contrived to farm their subjects, and their duties toward these subjects, to that very Nabob, whom they themselves constantly represent as an habitual oppressor and a relentless tyrant. 5. To lease or let for an equivalent, e.g. land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: We are enforced to farm our royal realm. 6. To take at a certain rent or rate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: In Paris it is stated that nearly half the birth-rate of the city finds its way to nurses who farm babies in the suburbs. 7. To engage in grinding (repetitive activity) in a particular area or against specific enemies for a particular drop or item. Labels: Internet Example: When you hit a black pudding with an iron weapon that does at least one point of damage there is a good chance it will divide into two black puddings of the same size (but half the hit points IIRC). […] When eaten black puddings confer several intrinsics so AC [armor class] is not the only potential benefit. […] Since black puddings are formidible^([sic]) monsters for an inexperienced character, farming is also a good way to die. Example: The practice of gold farming is controversial within gaming communities and violates the end user licensing agreements[…] 8. To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means. Labels: Internet Example: This type of SEO farming can be massively lucrative. Digital marketers have built an entire industry on top of credit card affiliate links, from which they then earn a generous profit. Example: Will AI slop farming ultimately exhaust the soil of online spaces? Will people flee the slop, tolerate it, or even welcome it? Will we ultimately come to love slop? 9. To cultivate and/or disseminate through artificial algorithm-incentivized means. Labels: Internet, derogatory
Word: farm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fermen, from Old English feormian (“to clean, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *furbēn (“to clean, polish, buff”). Doublet of furbish. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːm/, [ˈfɑːm], /ˈfɑɹm/, [ˈfɑɹm] 1. To cleanse; clean out; put in order; empty; empty out Labels: UK, dialectal Example: Farm out the stable and pigsty.
Word: scanner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scan 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 scanner From scan + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskænə/, [ˈskænə], /ˈskænɚ/, [ˈskænɚ] ~ [ˈskænɹ̩], /ˈskeə̯nɚ/ 1. One who scans. Example: It is, perhaps, too much to assume that an elderly Melville read James, but he was an eager scanner of magazines and did read fiction in his later years. 2. A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. Example: He put the picture in the scanner, then e-mailed a copy of it to his family. 3. A device which scans barcodes or QR codes for the purpose of charging a customer, performing a price check or enquiry, printing a price label or sticker, checking an item in or out of the store or warehouse, or finding an item ordered through click and collect and its corresponding location; a pricing gun or HHT. 4. A radio receiver which iterates through a sequence of frequencies to detect signal. 5. A device which uses radiation (ultrasound, X-ray, etc.) to generate images of tissue or surfaces for diagnostic purposes. Example: Chorban: I'm using a small scanner to gather readings on the keepers. Chorban: So far, I've had mixed results. I find it difficult to get near the creatures. 6. A device which uses optics to detect printed data (such as a barcode).
Word: retail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Old French verb retaillier. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiˌteɪl/, [ˈɹ̠ʷiˌtʰeɪ̯ɫ] 1. The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them. Labels: uncountable Example: She works in retail. 2. The sale of securities or other financial instruments to private investors, as opposed to large institutions. Labels: uncountable Example: Mr. Musk reserved a double-digit percentage of the I.P.O. shares for “retail,” or ordinary, investors — as opposed to big institutions. 3. Retail price; full price; an abbreviated expression, meaning the full suggested price of a particular good or service, before any sale, discount, or other deal. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: I never pay retail for clothes.
Word: retail Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Old French verb retaillier. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiˌteɪl/, [ˈɹ̠ʷiˌtʰeɪ̯ɫ] 1. Of or relating to the (actual or figurative) sale of goods or services directly to individuals. Labels: not-comparable Example: "This is a very retail approach for us," Czerw said. "But when you buy one out of every six home loans in the US, you are going to have a constant flow ..." Example: The future for Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Conn., also looks very retail. Plans call for $156 million to expand the main terminal,
Word: retail Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the Old French verb retaillier. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiˌteɪl/, [ˈɹ̠ʷiˌtʰeɪ̯ɫ] 1. Direct to consumers, in retail quantities, or at retail prices. Example: We've shut shown our reseller unit. We're only selling retail now.
Word: retail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Old French verb retaillier. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiˌteɪl/, [ˈɹ̠ʷiˌtʰeɪ̯ɫ] 1. To sell at retail, or in small quantities directly to customers. Example: a half part of this purveying is carried on within the city and is called retailing. 2. To sell secondhand, or in broken parts. Labels: archaic 3. To repeat or circulate (news or rumours) to others. Example: He retailed to them the curious interchange of phrases he had overheard on the journey from Aleppo. Example: He became quite pale as he retailed these stories to Constance.
Word: request Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”), composed of re- + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requérir. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkwɛst/ 1. To ask for (something). Example: The corporal requested reinforcements. Example: I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position. 2. To ask (somebody) to do something. Labels: transitive Example: She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.
Word: request Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”), composed of re- + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requérir. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkwɛst/ 1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence). Example: I will marry her, sir, at your request. Example: The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request. 2. A formal message requesting something. 3. Condition of being sought after. Example: I do not doubt, but many Great and more Noble Uſes would have been made of ſuch Conqueſts or Diſcoveries, if they had fallen to the ſhare of the Greeks and Romans in thoſe Ages, when Knowledge and Fame were in as great Requeſt, as endleſs Gains and Wealth are among us now; [...] 4. A message sent over a network to a server. Example: The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request. 5. That which is asked for or requested. Labels: obsolete Example: He gave them their request.
Word: producer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce 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 producer From produce + -er. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈdjuːsə/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒuːsə/, /pɹəˈdusɚ/, /pɹəˈdjʉːsə/, /pɹəˈd͡ʒʉːsə/ 1. An individual or organization that creates goods and services. Example: But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. 2. One who produces an artistic production, such as an album, a theater production, a film, a TV program, a video game, and so on. 3. An organism that produces complex organic compounds from simple molecules and an external source of energy. 4. An arrest for speeding after which the driver is allowed seven (in the UK) or ten (in Ireland) days to produce his/her driving licence and related documents at a police station. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang 5. A furnace for producing combustible gas for fuel. Labels: archaic
Word: substitute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituō, from sub- (“under; beneath”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”). Displaced native Old English spala (“a substitute”) and spelian (“to substitute”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/, /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tjuːt/, /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tut/, /ˈsɐbstɪtjʉːt/, /ˈsɐbstɪt͡ʃʉːt/ 1. To use in place of something else, with the same function. Labels: transitive Example: I had no shallots so I substituted onion. 2. To use X in place of Y. Labels: transitive Example: I had to substitute new parts for the old ones. 3. To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y. Labels: transitive Example: I had to substitute old parts with the new ones. Example: You know when you first have a baby, and you're like "I'm gonna die 'cause I've never slept"? … and you get [an] hour and a half in the middle of the night that you get to sleep. Your partner's like, "I'll take care of this." … I used that hour and a half, instead of sleeping, to watch The Pitt. … The most panic inducing show. … I was just like I was like, "Why do I feel like vomiting 24/7? Oh, I substituted sleep for watching The Pitt." 4. To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place. Labels: transitive Example: He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes Example: Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini. 5. To serve as a replacement (for someone or something). Labels: intransitive Example: Accumulation of wealth by this route may substitute for personal saving.
Word: substitute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituō, from sub- (“under; beneath”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”). Displaced native Old English spala (“a substitute”) and spelian (“to substitute”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/, /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tjuːt/, /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tut/, /ˈsɐbstɪtjʉːt/, /ˈsɐbstɪt͡ʃʉːt/ 1. A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose. Example: Ladies [in William Shakespeare's age], again, universally wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol; a fact, perhaps, not generally known. Example: Since you left me, if you see me with another girl / Seeming like I'm having fun / Although she may be cute, she's just a substitute / Because you're the permanent one 2. A substitute teacher. 3. A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so. Example: Dean Whitehead opened the scoring shortly after the break with a low finish and substitute Peter Crouch sealed the win with a tap-in. 4. One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript. Labels: historical 5. Abbreviation of substitute good. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: substitution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French substitution, from Late Latin substitutio. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌb.stɪˈtjuː.ʃən/, /ˌsʌb.stɪˈtu.ʃən/ 1. The act of substituting or the state of being substituted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In this football tournament, three substitutions can be made during the match. 2. A substitute or replacement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gary is off this weekend, so Jeff will be his substitution. 3. The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable 4. The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: preferences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preference Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preferences Part of Speech: noun 1. The user-specified settings of parameters in interactive computer software Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: preferences Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preference Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: propaganda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- Latin prōpāgō Latin prōpāgandus New Latin prōpāgandader. English propaganda From New Latin prōpāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Prōpāgandā Fidē (“a committee of cardinals established in 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions”, literally “congregation for propagating the faith”), and properly the ablative feminine gerundive of Latin prōpāgō (“propagate”). Once the word had been detached from the phrase from which it originated, it could be reinterpreted as a neuter plural gerundive, meaning "things to be propagated"; compare agenda. Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒpəˈɡændə/, [ˌpɹɒp.əˈɡæn.də], [ˌpɹɔp.əˈɡan.də], /ˌpɹɑpəˈɡændə/, [ˌpɹɑ.pəˈɡɛə̯n.də] 1. Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonym: public diplomacy (sometimes asserted to be synonymous) Example: Despite being biased and often untrue, propaganda material can be useful in OSINT analysis. 2. Agitation, publicity, public communication aimed at influencing an audience and furthering an agenda. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually 3. Such communication specifically when it is biased, misleading, or provoking mainly emotional responses. Labels: derogatory, uncountable, usually Example: They established a government propaganda commission, called the Creel Commission, which succeeded, within six months, in turning a pacifist population into a hysterical, war-mongering population which wanted to destroy everything German, tear the Germans limb from limb, go to war and save the world. Example: In this metropolis that had a prewar population of almost a million, but where the city center now feels like an Orwellian ghost town of propaganda posters and armed patrols, perhaps no one feels more alone than those who still harbor pro-Ukrainian sentiments.
Word: propaganda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- Latin prōpāgō Latin prōpāgandus New Latin prōpāgandader. English propaganda From New Latin prōpāganda, short for Congregātiō dē Prōpāgandā Fidē (“a committee of cardinals established in 1622 by Gregory XV to supervise foreign missions”, literally “congregation for propagating the faith”), and properly the ablative feminine gerundive of Latin prōpāgō (“propagate”). Once the word had been detached from the phrase from which it originated, it could be reinterpreted as a neuter plural gerundive, meaning "things to be propagated"; compare agenda. Modern political sense dates from World War I, not originally pejorative. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒpəˈɡændə/, [ˌpɹɒp.əˈɡæn.də], [ˌpɹɔp.əˈɡan.də], /ˌpɹɑpəˈɡændə/, [ˌpɹɑ.pəˈɡɛə̯n.də] 1. plural of propagandum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: random Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier randon, from Middle English randoun, raundon, from Old French randon, from randir (“to run, gallop”) (whence French randonnée (“long walk, hike”)), from Frankish *randiju (“a run, race”) or Old Norse rend (“a run, race”), both from Proto-Germanic *randijō, from *rinnaną (“run”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)r̥-nw- (“to flow, move, run”). Cognate with Middle Low German uprinden (“to jump up”), Danish rende (“to run”). See run. Pronunciation: /ˈɹændəm/ 1. A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Still take advice ; though counsels, when they fly / At random, sometimes hit most happily. Example: O ! many a shaft, at random sent, / Finds mark the archer little meant ! 2. Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: they were messagers vnto kyng Ban & Bors sent from kynge Arthur / therfor said the viij knyghtes ye shalle dye or be prysoners / for we ben knyghtes of kyng Claudas And therwith two of them dressid theire sperys / and Vlfyus and Brastias dressid theire speres and ranne to gyder with grete raundon Example: […] for coragiouſly the two kynges newely foughte with great randon and force, they ſhewed their vigors and ſtrengthes and did ſo nobly that their coũter parties had none aduaũtage. 3. The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Fortie yards will they shoot levell, or very neare the marke, and 120 is their best at Random. Example: […] the angle at which the miſſive is to mount by ( if we will have it go to its furtheſt randome ) muſt be the half of a right one […] 4. An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence. Labels: colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The party was boring. It was full of randoms. Example: ‘The days I had to have sex with randoms, I thought thank God!’ Jamie Bell on eye-popping drama Half Man [title] 5. The direction of a rake-vein. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A frame for composing type. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Utilization of all floor space underneath case racks and randoms is another feature of the modern composing room; […] Example: Printers' frames and randoms
Word: random Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earlier randon, from Middle English randoun, raundon, from Old French randon, from randir (“to run, gallop”) (whence French randonnée (“long walk, hike”)), from Frankish *randiju (“a run, race”) or Old Norse rend (“a run, race”), both from Proto-Germanic *randijō, from *rinnaną (“run”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)r̥-nw- (“to flow, move, run”). Cognate with Middle Low German uprinden (“to jump up”), Danish rende (“to run”). See run. Pronunciation: /ˈɹændəm/ 1. Occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable. Example: Our city is plagued by random acts of violence. Example: random acts of kindness 2. Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely. Example: Near-synonyms: aleatory, stochastic Example: The flip of a fair coin is purely random. 3. Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection. Example: The rand function generates a random number from a seed. 4. Selected for no particular reason; arbitrary; unspecified. Labels: informal Example: A random American off the street couldn't tell the difference. Example: You're just going to trust the word of random people on the Internet? 5. Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous. Labels: informal Example: My notebook has turned into a random collection of thoughts. Example: I brought a bunch of random snacks, but nothing nutritious. 6. Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected. Labels: informal Example: This random guy just came up to me to say that he was a fan of my work. Example: Thank you for that completely random comment... now, let's get back to our actual topic of discussion. 7. Of a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs. Labels: informal Example: You're so random! I never know what you're going to do next. 8. Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre. Labels: UK, slang Example: That's a rather random fact! Example: I can't believe he would say that. That's so random!
Word: random Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier randon, from Middle English randoun, raundon, from Old French randon, from randir (“to run, gallop”) (whence French randonnée (“long walk, hike”)), from Frankish *randiju (“a run, race”) or Old Norse rend (“a run, race”), both from Proto-Germanic *randijō, from *rinnaną (“run”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)r̥-nw- (“to flow, move, run”). Cognate with Middle Low German uprinden (“to jump up”), Danish rende (“to run”). See run. Pronunciation: /ˈɹændəm/ 1. To wander; to stray; to meander. Labels: intransitive, uncommon
Word: reference Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French référence, from Medieval Latin referentia, nominative neuter plural of referēns, present participle of referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”). Morphologically refer + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛf.(ə.)ɹəns/, [ˈɹɛf.ɹn̩s], /ˈɹɛf.ə.ɹɛns/, /ˈɹef.(ə.)ɹəns/ 1. A relationship or relation (to something). Labels: archaic, countable, literary, uncountable Example: A man is beloued of a man, in that he is a man, but all theſe are farre more eminent and great, when they ſhal proceed from a ſanctified ſpirit, that hath a true touch of Religion, and a reference to God. 2. A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Changes will befall, and friends may part, / But distance only cannot change the heart / And were I call’d to prove th’ assertion true, / One proof should serve—a reference to you. 4. A person who provides this information; a referee. Labels: US, countable, especially, uncountable 5. A reference work. Labels: attributive, countable, often, uncountable Example: reference grammar Example: Reference Dictionary of Linguistics 6. The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text. Labels: countable, literary, uncountable 9. A previously published written work thus indicated; a source. Labels: countable, literary, uncountable 10. An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as &trade; for the ™ symbol. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Appeal. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Y’are falne into a Princely hand, feare nothing, / Make your full reference freely to my Lord, / Who is ſo full of Grace, that it flowes ouer / On all that neede.
Word: reference Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French référence, from Medieval Latin referentia, nominative neuter plural of referēns, present participle of referō (“return, reply”, literally “carry back”). Morphologically refer + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛf.(ə.)ɹəns/, [ˈɹɛf.ɹn̩s], /ˈɹɛf.ə.ɹɛns/, /ˈɹef.(ə.)ɹəns/ 1. To provide a list of references for (a text). Example: You must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it. 2. To cite, to use as a reference. Example: Reference the dictionary for word meanings. Example: The penchant for synthesizing the work of others that pervades British scholarship has been described by one of my cynical American colleagues as “a giant bibliography that is always eating its own tail.” By this he means that cliques of like-minded writers tend to reference each other’s work incessantly. 3. To mention, to refer to. Labels: proscribed, sometimes Example: In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent. Example: Humanities institutions specifically reference the work setting for illustrative applications of the unique and significant contributions of the Humanities. 4. To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory. Example: The given pointer will reference the actual generated data.
Word: reputation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 14c. "credit, good reputation", from Middle English reputacion, reputacioun, reputation, reputatioun, from Anglo-Norman reputacion, reputacioun, Middle French reputation (French réputation), and their etymon Latin reputātiōnem (“consideration, thinking over”), noun of action from past participle stem of reputō (“reflect upon, reckon, count over”), from the prefix re- (“again”) + putō (“reckon, consider”). By surface analysis, repute + -ation. Displaced native Old English hlīsa (“reputation, fame”) Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ 1. What somebody or something is known for. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The new manager has a reputation for being a stickler for details. Example: And Balaam (or as the trueth of the hebrewe hath Bileam) doth signifie the people of no reputation or the vayne people or they that are not counted for people.
Word: offer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather than from Old French offre (“offer”), from offrir (“to offer”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bring before”). Compare North Frisian offer (“sacrifice, donation, fee”), Dutch offer (“offering, sacrifice”), German Opfer (“victim, sacrifice”), Danish offer (“victim, sacrifice”), Icelandic offr (“offering”). See verb below. Pronunciation: /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔfɚ/, /ˈɑfɚ/ 1. A proposal that has been made. Example: What's in his offer? Example: I decline your offer to contract. 2. Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered. Example: His offer was $3.50 per share. 3. An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation. Example: His first letter was not a real offer, but an attempt to determine interest.
Word: offer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English offren, offrien. In the religious senses inherited from Old English offrian (“to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation”); otherwise from Old French ofrir. Both ultimately from Latin offerō (“to present, bestow, bring before”, literally “to bring to”), from Latin ob + ferō (“bring, carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”), later reinforced by Old French offrir (“to offer”). Cognate with Old Frisian offria (“to offer”), Old Dutch offrōn (“to offer”), German opfern (“to offer”), Old Norse offra (“to offer”). More at ob-, bear. Pronunciation: /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔfɚ/, /ˈɑfɚ/ 1. To propose or express one's willingness (to do something). Labels: intransitive Example: She offered to help with her homework. 2. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest. Labels: transitive Example: Everybody offered an opinion. 3. To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. Labels: transitive Example: He offered use of his car for the week. Example: He offered his good will for the Councilman's vote. 4. To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. Labels: transitive 5. To present (something) to God or gods, as a gesture of worship or as a sacrifice. Labels: transitive Example: Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement. 6. To present (something) to the sight etc.; to provide for use, consideration etc. Labels: transitive Example: The city offers beautiful architecture. 7. To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly. Labels: transitive Example: The next stage is to remove and replace the top part of the right side lip, and offer the lid to the car to ensure all the shapes and gaps are okay. 8. To bid, as a price, reward, or wages. Labels: transitive Example: I offered twenty dollars for it. The company is offering a salary of £30,000 a year. 9. To happen, to present itself. Labels: intransitive Example: The occasion offers, and the youth complies. Example: The opportunity however did not offer till next morning, for Phœbe did not come to bed till long after I was gone to ſleep: 10. To make an attempt; typically used with at. Labels: obsolete Example: I will not offer at that I cannot master. Example: He would be offering at the shepherd's voice. 11. To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive or defensive way; to threaten. Labels: transitive Example: to offer violence to somebody Example: The peasants offered no resistance as they were rounded up.
Word: offer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English off English -er English offer From off + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔfɚ/, /ˈɑfɚ/ 1. agent noun of off Labels: agent, form-of Example: Once you finally discover yourself a dismember-er, a de-limber, a fucking head-cutter-offer, the most simple of tasks — enjoying a long walk outside, seeing a movie, conversing with a stranger in the library — all become prized and over-inflated moments of elation.
Word: cocoa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/, /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/, /koˈkoʊ.ɐ/ 1. The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An unsweetened brown powder made from roasted, ground cocoa beans, used in making chocolate, and in cooking. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A hot drink made with milk, cocoa powder, and sugar. Labels: uncountable Example: Do you like cocoa? Example: Half past nine - high time for supper; Cocoa, love? Of course, my dear. Helen thinks it quite delicious, John prefers it now to beer.... ¶For they've stumbled on the secret Of a love that never wanes, Rapt beneath the tumbled bedclothes, Cocoa coursing through their veins. 4. A serving of this drink. Labels: countable Example: I like to watch TV with a cocoa. 5. A light to medium brown colour. Labels: countable
Word: cocoa Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl. The form cocoa came about by confusion with coco, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Doublet of cacao. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/, /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/, /koˈkoʊ.ɐ/ 1. Of a light to medium brown colour, like that of cocoa powder. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cocoa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By confusion with cocoa, popularized by Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/, /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/, /koˈkoʊ.ɐ/ 1. Alternative spelling of coco. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: potato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”). Pronunciation: /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/, /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/, [-ˈteɪ.ɾoʊ], /pɵˈʈaʈo/, /pɵˈʈeʈo/ 1. The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Do not let your child have potato for another year; he will probably take milk well enough after he is weaned. Example: The protein value of this dish is equal to that of 1⅛ pounds of potato and beef, the fuel value, however, being much in excess of these. 2. The plant that produces this tuber. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 4. A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking. Labels: UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: She was untidily dressed as usual and there were potatoes in both heels. 5. A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs. Labels: countable, derogatory, endearing, often, sometimes, uncountable 6. Metaphor for a person or thing of little value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I don't value Monſieur de Champignon a rotten potatoe; […] 7. Metaphor for a person or thing of little value. Labels: countable, offensive, slang, uncountable 8. Metaphor for a person or thing of little value. Labels: countable, humorous, uncountable 9. Metaphor for a person or thing of little value. Labels: countable, humorous, slang, uncountable Example: When most people refer to their computers as a potato they're being hyperbolic, but not Ethan. He plays Overwatch at 800x600 resolution with all settings on low and is excited when he gets 30 fps. Example: If you want to have a go right now, then Famitracker will let you compose songs for the NES and it'll run on a Windows-operated potato.
Word: potato Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”). Pronunciation: /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/, /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/, [-ˈteɪ.ɾoʊ], /pɵˈʈaʈo/, /pɵˈʈeʈo/ 1. To hit very hard; to pummel. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Bradshaw doesn't find much humour in it though, and beats the tar out of Dustin, potatoing him with every blow. 2. To hit with a thrown or fired potato. Labels: transitive Example: Yvonne and Lee Swee potatoed Deputy Lestrade multiple times before Sheriff Moran potatoed them both. […] Suddenly, Sheriff Moran heard the click click of an empty weapon. He turned to see that both Mayor Eliza and Kat had run out of ammunition.
Word: potato Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”). Pronunciation: /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/, /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/, [-ˈteɪ.ɾoʊ], /pɵˈʈaʈo/, /pɵˈʈeʈo/ 1. The rhythmic sound produced by a V-twin engine—a distinctive deep, throaty exhaust note. Labels: often, onomatopoeic, repeated