nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: acclimatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor. Latin climalbor. Middle French climat French climat Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French acclimaterbor. English acclimate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English acclimatize From acclimate + -ize. First attested in 1836. Pronunciation: /əˈklaɪ.məˌtaɪz/ 1. To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation. Labels: intransitive Example: acclimatize to the new regulations Example: She quickly acclimatized to her new job in a foreign country. 2. To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate. Labels: transitive Example: acclimatize the staff to the new regulations Example: It takes time to acclimatize oneself to the thin air of high mountains.
Word: acclimatization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek κλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)bor. Latin climalbor. Middle French climat French climat Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French acclimaterbor. English acclimate Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English acclimatize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English acclimatization From acclimatize + -ation. Pronunciation: /əˌklaɪ.mə.təˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The expedition paused to allow for proper acclimatization at base camp. Example: Acclimatization to extreme climates is essential for survival. 2. The climatic adaptation of an organism that has been moved to a new environment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: accompaniment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany + -ment. First attested in 1744. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/, /əˈkʌmp.ni.mənt/ 1. A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass. 2. That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A side salad is a common accompaniment to a main dish. Example: forecasting torrential rain, with an accompaniment of crashing thunder.
Word: accession Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛʃ.ən/, /əˈsɛʃ.ən/, /ækˈseʃ.ən/, /əˈseʃ.ən/ 1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a king's accession to a confederacy 2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian Aera, was the province of Britain. Example: 1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p. xli, […] armed vessels being provided, their crews were soon recruited by accessions from the needy or adventurous, the discontented or the bold. 3. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: accession to the European Union 6. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: her accession to the throne Example: This is the 6 ft. 4-6-0 engine No. 8301, Springbok, the second design produced by Mr. Edward Thompson since his accession to office as Chief Mechanical Engineer. 7. The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Agreement. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Access; admittance. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Word: accession Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ultimately from Latin accessiō(n), from accēdō (English accede). Cognate to French accession. First attested in 1646. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɛʃ.ən/, /əˈsɛʃ.ən/, /ækˈseʃ.ən/, /əˈseʃ.ən/ 1. To make a record of (additions to a collection); to add (something) to a collection (usually a museum's or archive's collection). Labels: transitive
Word: accessory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin cēdō Latin accēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accessor Latin -ius Medieval Latin accessōriusbor. English accessory From Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/, /ækˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/, /əˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ 1. Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. Example: accessory garments Example: Surprise parties succeed with the help of accessory neighbors or colleagues. 2. Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal. Example: Her actions were clearly accessory because they helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime. 3. Present in a minor amount, and not essential. Example: accessory mineral 4. Supernumerary and generally nonfunctional. Example: She had an accessory finger on one hand. Example: Dichotomy may, not infrequently, affect other digits; thus in fig. 61 a chick is represented with two bifid toes and partial duplicity of the left leg. Birds with these accessory parts may live and attain the adult condition.
Word: accessory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English accessorie, from Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root. Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/, /ækˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/, /əˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/ 1. Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment. Example: the accessories of a mobile phone Example: the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti 2. An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves. Example: One of the first of a wave of American women contemporary designers who emerged in the 1990s, she [Kate Spade] built a brand on the appeal of clothes and accessories that made shoppers smile. 3. A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. Example: She was an accessory to the murder because she helped him commit and probably also conceal the crime. Example: “You can be an accessory before the fact, or an accessory after the fact. It doesnʼt matter if itʼs before or after; either way youʼd be in for it.” 4. Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
Word: eo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 어 (eo). 1. A Korean wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a tiger with a serrated back, played by running a bamboo whisk across the serrations.
Word: affix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere). By surface analysis, af- + fix. Pronunciation: /ˈæf.ɪks/ 1. A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem, such as a prefix or suffix. Example: A prefix is an affix that joins to the beginning of another word. Depending on the prefix, it can slightly or significantly alter the meaning of a word. For example, the English prefix “un-” changes a word into its opposite, as from “do” to “undo,” altering its meaning entirely. 2. That which is affixed; an appendage. Labels: uncommon 3. The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b). 4. Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.
Word: affix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin affixus, perfect passive participle of affigere (from ad- + figere). By surface analysis, af- + fix. Pronunciation: /əˈfɪks/ 1. To attach. Labels: transitive Example: to affix a stigma to a person Example: to affix ridicule or blame to somebody 2. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to. Labels: transitive Example: to affix a syllable to a word Example: to affix a seal to an instrument 3. To fix or fasten figuratively. Labels: ditransitive Example: eyes affixed upon the ground Example: Look thou no further, but affix thine eye/On that bright, shiny, round, still moving mass,/The house of blessed gods, which men call sky,/All sow'd with glist'ring stars more thick than grass...
Word: bio Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪəʊ/, /ˈbaɪoʊ/ 1. Clipping of biography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Pics from outside of Survivor, vidcaps, bios, descriptions (how friggin' TALL are these guys, exactly?). 2. A short section of a user profile that contains information about the user, especially one which can be customised; the about me section. Example: To find more about her, check out her bio on Instagram. Example: Gendercrits are now putting dinosaur emoji in their bios 🦕🦖, presumably to illustrate that their views are extinct relics of the past. 3. A biographical sketch. 4. Clipping of biology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: I've got a bio exam in the morning. Example: It boils down to science. Biology, chemistry and physics. I used to hate bio and chem. Now they fascinate me because I’ve realised they make up the world around us as well as us. 5. Clipping of bioscope (“cinema”). Labels: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: Sometimes Estelle had to help her mother on Saturdays and Irwin went to classes for ultra-brainy children, but Alan and I always went to the bio.
Word: bio Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪəʊ/, /ˈbaɪoʊ/ 1. biological. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: a bio detergent Example: my bio family
Word: Greek Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō, from Latin Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym Γραῖα (Graîa) or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii. Greek in any case has the cognate Γραικός (Graikós), the mythological ancestor of the Γραίοι (Graíoi, “Graecians”). Germanic cognates include Dutch Griek, German Grieche. The ⟨g⟩ in English and Germanic cognates was restored under influence from French grec and classical Latin Graecus. The adjective dates to 14th-century Middle English, replacing Old English Grēċisċ (“Greekish”) and earlier Middle English Gregeis. In reference to fraternities and sororities, a clipping of earlier Greek-letter in reference to their usual names being initialisms of mottos in the Greek language. In reference to terms used to analysize financial derivatives, from their usual names consisting of Greek letters. Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːk/ 1. Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture. Example: Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft. Example: Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […]. 2. Synonym of incomprehensible, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects. Labels: colloquial, figuratively 3. Of or relating to collegiate fraternities, sororities, or (uncommon) honor societies. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: “Every single person is going to have a different experience watching this film,” she said when I asked about possibly labeling the Greek system as “toxic”.
Word: Greek Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō, from Latin Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym Γραῖα (Graîa) or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii. Greek in any case has the cognate Γραικός (Graikós), the mythological ancestor of the Γραίοι (Graíoi, “Graecians”). Germanic cognates include Dutch Griek, German Grieche. The ⟨g⟩ in English and Germanic cognates was restored under influence from French grec and classical Latin Graecus. The adjective dates to 14th-century Middle English, replacing Old English Grēċisċ (“Greekish”) and earlier Middle English Gregeis. In reference to fraternities and sororities, a clipping of earlier Greek-letter in reference to their usual names being initialisms of mottos in the Greek language. In reference to terms used to analysize financial derivatives, from their usual names consisting of Greek letters. Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːk/ 1. The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For it is vain and foolish to talk of knowing Greek, since in our ignorance we should be at the bottom of any class of schoolboys, since we do not know how the words sounded, or where precisely we ought to laugh, or how the actors acted, and between this foreign people and ourselves there is not only difference of race and tongue but a tremendous breach of tradition. All the more strange, then, is it that we should wish to know Greek, try to know Greek, feel for ever drawn back to Greek, and be for ever making up some notion of the meaning of Greek, though from what incongruous odds and ends, with what slight resemblance to the real meaning of Greek, who shall say? Example: It’s one that I would personally endorse: My individual circumstances were such that, by the age of 12, I could speak German, Greek and English, so languages became my passion and my hobby. 2. The written form of these languages. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Greek Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō, from Latin Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym Γραῖα (Graîa) or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii. Greek in any case has the cognate Γραικός (Graikós), the mythological ancestor of the Γραίοι (Graíoi, “Graecians”). Germanic cognates include Dutch Griek, German Grieche. The ⟨g⟩ in English and Germanic cognates was restored under influence from French grec and classical Latin Graecus. The adjective dates to 14th-century Middle English, replacing Old English Grēċisċ (“Greekish”) and earlier Middle English Gregeis. In reference to fraternities and sororities, a clipping of earlier Greek-letter in reference to their usual names being initialisms of mottos in the Greek language. In reference to terms used to analysize financial derivatives, from their usual names consisting of Greek letters. Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːk/ 1. A person from Greece or of Greek descent. Labels: countable Example: The Greeks believed the sun went round the earth. 2. Greek cuisine, traditional or representative Greek food. Labels: uncountable 3. Synonym of gibberish, used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects. Labels: colloquial, figuratively, uncountable Example: "I don't hear one word in ten that they say," continued Mrs. Abingdon; "it's Greek to me. However, ..." Example: "It's all Greek to me," said my companion at the outset, but as the warrior continued, his fears arose within him; it might be sentence of death—what did he know what it might not be? 4. Synonym of lorem ipsum, dummy placeholder text used in greeking. Labels: colloquial, figuratively, metonymically, uncountable 5. A member of a collegiate fraternity or sorority. Labels: US, colloquial, countable, metonymically Example: Was Joe a Greek in college? 6. A cunning rogue. Labels: archaic, countable, slang Example: The wind-up is, that the father becomes bankrupt; the wife and daughters town-traders; the sons Greeks, Fancy-swells, Conveyancers (pickpockets), or Cracksmen (house breakers), and the New Drop is the last drop they ever take. Example: When Greek meets Greek neither is wont to get much satisfaction. 7. A merry fellow. Labels: archaic, countable, slang 8. Anal sex. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: She is absolutely a total GFE, no limits, except no Greek. (Well...I say “no Greek” - - if she is really hot for you, and if she is really turned on in a long session, she might beg for a finger in her anus while you suck her clit, but she is just too tiny and tight for any “real meat” in the backdoor.) Example: “What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.” 9. One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity. Labels: countable, in-plural, uncountable
Word: Greek Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Old English Grēcas (“Greeks”), variant of Crēcas, from Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō, from Latin Graecus of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from the toponym Γραῖα (Graîa) or from other Paleo-Balkanic forms from a tribal name Graii. Greek in any case has the cognate Γραικός (Graikós), the mythological ancestor of the Γραίοι (Graíoi, “Graecians”). Germanic cognates include Dutch Griek, German Grieche. The ⟨g⟩ in English and Germanic cognates was restored under influence from French grec and classical Latin Graecus. The adjective dates to 14th-century Middle English, replacing Old English Grēċisċ (“Greekish”) and earlier Middle English Gregeis. In reference to fraternities and sororities, a clipping of earlier Greek-letter in reference to their usual names being initialisms of mottos in the Greek language. In reference to terms used to analysize financial derivatives, from their usual names consisting of Greek letters. Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːk/ 1. To cheat at cards. Labels: obsolete Example: A discovery of Greeking at Brighton, has made considerable noise this month in the sporting world. 2. Alternative letter-case form of greek. Labels: alt-of, uncommon
Word: lapidation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin lapidō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin lapidātiōlbor. English lapidation Learned borrowing from Latin lapidātiō. Pronunciation: /ˌlæpɪˈdeɪʃən/ 1. The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The five women on trial were almost all activists for the full repeal (not just a moratorium) of lapidation, ie stoning, from Iran’s law books.
Word: XXXX Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the (Australian) XXXX brand of lager, which was named after the practice of using repetitions of X, such as XXX, to indicate the strength of an alcoholic beverage, and which was advertised with the slogan "Australians couldn't give a XXXX for any other lager." Pronunciation: /fɔːɹˈɛks/ 1. A fuck / damn. Example: Allied does not give a XXXX for Elders. Example: Quite a few of the party's MPs don't give a XXXX for the whole affair […] .
Word: XXXX Part of Speech: name Etymology: From X chromosome. Pronunciation: /kwɔˈdrupəlˌɛks/, /ˌɛksɛksɛksˈɛks/, /fɔːɹˈɛks/ 1. Tetrasomy X, a rare chromosomal disorder affecting females, caused by the presence of four X chromosomes instead of two present in the usual human karyotype.
Word: XXXX Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From X (“motion picture "adult" rating”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛksɛksɛksˈɛks/ 1. X-rated, pornographic; XXX.
Word: WYSIWYG Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/, /ˈwɪz.ə.wɪɡ/ 1. Acronym of what you see is what you get. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: WYSIWYG Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by computer typesetter John W. Seybold and popularized at Xerox PARC during the late 1970s. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪz.iˌwɪɡ/, /ˈwɪz.ə.wɪɡ/ 1. A type of software that maintains a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image. Example: WYSIWYGs are helpful tools in that they enable you to create pages much more quickly
Word: UFO Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialisms. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːɛfˈəʊ/, /ˈjuːfəʊ̯/, /ˌjuˌɛfˈoʊ/, /ˈjufoʊ̯/, /ˈʌfoʊ̯/ 1. Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: After the case had been reported in the newspapers, Mrs. Gracindo de Souza, wife of a member of the local stock exchange, told police that she and her daughter had been driving down Alameda Sao Boaventura when they had seen an^([sic]) UFO hovering over the clearing where the bodies were later discovered. Example: To my way of thinking, there is every bit as much evidence for the existence of UFOs as there is for the existence of God. Probably far more. At least in the case of UFOs there have been countless taped and filmed—and, by the way, unexplained—sightings from all over the world, along with documented radar evidence seen by experienced military and civilian radar operators. 2. An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft. Labels: colloquial Example: UFOs differ from WIPs in that a WIP is a project one is actively pursuing, while a UFO runs the risk of never getting finished. 3. Initialism of ultrared flattened object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: smiley Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smile + -y (adjectival suffix). The noun is from the adjective, after smiley face. Pronunciation: /ˈsmaɪli/ 1. Cheerful and happy; smiling. Example: have a smiley demeanor Example: a very smiley girl 2. Having one's throat slit from side to side. Labels: slang
Word: smiley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smile + -y (adjectival suffix). The noun is from the adjective, after smiley face. Pronunciation: /ˈsmaɪli/ 1. A simplified representation of a smiling face. 2. A sequence of text characters used to represent a mood, especially :) or :-) or other depictions of smiling. Labels: Internet Example: How do you type the angry smiley? 3. An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end. Labels: rare 4. A roasted sheep's head. Labels: South-Africa 5. A piercing worn in the upper frenulum (upper lip). Example: Smiley/Scrumper and Frowny Smiley and scrumper are both names for a piercing of the upper frenulum that attaches the center of the lip to the gums.
Word: accost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”). Pronunciation: /əˈkɔst/, /əˈkɑst/, /əˈkɒst/ 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. Labels: transitive Example: A beggar accosted me as soon as I stepped outside. 2. To join side to side; to border. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To sail along the coast or side of. Labels: broadly, obsolete, transitive 4. To approach; to come up to. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: You mistake, knight. ‘Accost’ is front / her, board her, woo her, assail her. 5. To speak to first; to address; to greet. Labels: transitive Example: Him, Satan thus accosts. Example: She approached the basin, and bent over it as if to fill her pitcher; she again lifted it to her head. The personage on the well-brink now seemed to accost her; to make some request—"She hasted, let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink." 6. To adjoin; to lie alongside. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: For all the Shores, which to the Sea accost Example: Lapland hath since been often surrounded (so much as accosts the sea) by the English. 7. To assault. Labels: transitive Example: The Missouri prosecutors' case against Clemons, based partly on incriminating testimony given by his co-defendants, was that Clemons was part of a group of four youths who accosted the sisters on the Chain of Rocks Bridge one dark night in April 1991. Example: Surveillance video of the incident shows the man and woman being accosted by a man armed with and assault-style handgun. 8. To solicit sexually. Labels: transitive Example: Gladstone's initial tone of disinterested philanthropy also characterized his first encounters with prostitutes in London once he has moved there to undertake his parliamentary duties. Accosted in a London park in 1837 by two women, Gladstone merely reported of them that "both ... had taken to their miserable calling from losing their livelihood by the death of their husbands."
Word: accost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French accoster, acoster, from Old French acoster (“to stand beside”) (whence Medieval Latin accostare), from Old French a- + coste (“side, flank”). Pronunciation: /əˈkɔst/, /əˈkɑst/, /əˈkɒst/ 1. Address; greeting. Labels: rare Example: A man does not seize a woman by the sleeve and ask, "Is it you?" without some reason for an address so destitute of ordinary courtesy; and Lucilla was sufficiently versed in such matters to know that so rude and startling an accost could be only addressed to some one whose presence set the speaker's heart beating, and quickened the blood in his veins. Example: Anne liked to accost foreigners in their own tongue , but , being ignorant of Spanish , asked M. de Grignaux to teach her a sentence of polite accost in his own language, wherewith to welcome an ambassador from Spain. 2. An attack. Example: At last, when I was already within reach of her, I stopped. Words were denied me; if I advanced I could but clasp her to my heart in silence; and all that was sane in me, all that was still unconquered, revolted against the thought of such an accost.
Word: accountability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English accountable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English accountability From accountable + -ity. Pronunciation: /əˌkaʊn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [əˌkaʊ.ɾ̃əˈbɪl.ə.ɾi], /əˌkæɔn.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [əˌkæɔn.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] 1. The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. It is a solemn moment for the American Democracy. For with primacy in power is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future. Example: Some companies may not even know whether nanomaterials are present in their products, the corporate accountability group As You Sow said. 2. An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Just think about that: 1 in 4 had an error, and 1 in 20 was seriously wrong. And that is not good. If every 20th Frosty that Wendy’s sold turned out to be a cup of warm goat semen, we would want some accountability and we’d want it fast! At least freeze it! Example: Levying a charge will not, by itself, guarantee accountability: witness the millions of dissatisfied customers of the private sector travel agents who book the wrong holiday, solicitors who over-charge, builders who do shoddy work, garages that misrepair cars, estate agents who mislead, shops that sell defective goods and refuse refunds, etc. 3. An acceptance of good faith of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As the biggest rail player, Network Rail was usually held accountable for failings, but had no authority to change anything to solve the problems. The DfT had been given that authority in 2004 - but consistently ducked accountability. Example: The erosion of accountability doesn't seem to matter now, but it will matter when things start unraveling. 4. The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping an accurate record of property, documents, or funds. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: accountable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From account + -able. First attested around 1400. Pronunciation: /əˈkaʊntəbl̩/ 1. Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable. Example: Everyone is accountable to God for their conduct. Example: You will be held accountable for your misdemeanors. 2. Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds). 3. Liable to be called on to render an account. 4. Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable. Labels: rare Example: True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege.
Word: accountancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From account + -ancy. Pronunciation: /əˈkaʊnt.ən.si/ 1. The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information. Labels: New-Zealand, Philippines, UK, often, uncountable Example: professional accountancy Example: chartered accountancy 2. A company or organisation that performs such a function. Labels: countable
Word: accountant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account + -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century. Pronunciation: /əˈkaʊn.tənt/, [əˈkæʊn.ʔn̩ʔ] 1. One who renders account; one accountable. 2. A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s). 3. One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts. 4. One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records. Example: Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this 50-inch screen, money-green leather sofa Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur Phone bill about two G's flat No need to worry, my accountant handles that And my whole crew is loungin' Celebratin' every day, no more public housin' 5. A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one. Labels: euphemistic
Word: accountant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French acuntant. Equivalent to account + -ant. First attested in the mid 15th century. Pronunciation: /əˈkaʊn.tənt/, [əˈkæʊn.ʔn̩ʔ] 1. Accountable. Labels: obsolete
Word: accredit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * First attested in the 1610s. * From French accréditer, from à (“to”) + to credit, from crédit (“credit”). * See credit. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɛd.ɪt/ 1. To ascribe; attribute; credit with. Labels: transitive Example: Nationalisms often accredit all the unemployment issues to immigration. Example: Goldfaden continued to compose and compile dramas and musical plays. He is accredited with 26 pieces, of which, however, only eight are of any value. 2. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. Labels: transitive Example: February 17, 1793, William Cowper, letter to Samuel Rose, Esq. His censure will […] accredit his praises. Example: these reasons […] which accredit and fortify mine opinion. 3. To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Labels: transitive Example: Beton […] was accredited to the Court of France. 4. To believe; to put trust in. Labels: transitive Example: He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft. Example: The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century. 5. To enter on the credit side of an account book. Labels: transitive 6. To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance. Labels: transitive Example: The school was an accredited college. 7. To recognize as outstanding. Labels: transitive 8. To credit. Labels: literally, transitive
Word: accreditation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1806, from accredit + -ation. Pronunciation: /əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, [əˌkɹɛɾ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən], /əˌkɹɛd.əˈteɪ.ʃən/, [əˌkɹɛɾ.əˈteɪ.ʃən], /əˌkɹed.əˈteɪ.ʃən/ 1. The giving of credentials. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of accrediting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: letters of accreditation Example: Remus Chen, head of Taiwan's Foreign Ministry's Department of European Affairs, told reporters that the new Lithuanian representative Paulius Lukauskas had arrived in Taipei earlier this month, and on Monday had formally applied for his accreditation. 3. The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: accrue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in mid 15th century. From Middle English acrewen, borrowed from Old French acreüe, past participle of accreistre (“to increase”), from Latin accrēsco (“increase”), from ad (“in addition”) + crēscō (“to grow”). Compare accrete. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹuː/, /əˈkɹu/ 1. To increase, to rise Labels: intransitive Example: And though pow’r fail’d, her Courage did accrue 2. To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent. Labels: intransitive Example: Environmental benefits that accrue to the area. Example: 1879, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Dictionary of Terms and Phrases used in American or English Jurisprudence: ACCRUE Interest accrues to principal. 3. To be incurred as a result of the passage of time. Labels: intransitive Example: The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses. 4. To accumulate. Labels: transitive Example: He has accrued nine sick days. Example: We, who are dead and gone, shall bear no Part, In all the Pleasures, no shall we feel the smart, Which to that other Mortal shall accrew, Whom of our Matter Time shall mould anew. 5. To become an enforceable and permanent right. Labels: intransitive
Word: accrue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in mid 15th century. From Middle English acrewen, borrowed from Old French acreüe, past participle of accreistre (“to increase”), from Latin accrēsco (“increase”), from ad (“in addition”) + crēscō (“to grow”). Compare accrete. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹuː/, /əˈkɹu/ 1. Something that accrues; advantage accruing Labels: obsolete
Word: accumulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus 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 Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Latin accumulātusbor. Middle English accumylaten English accumulate First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/, /əˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/ 1. To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent. Labels: transitive Example: He wishes to accumulate a sum of money. Example: In these stellar pairings, if the two stars are close together, the white dwarf will siphon mass away from its companion and have an outburst called a nova. And when the white dwarf accumulates too much mass, it will collapse and explode in a supernova. 2. To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number. Labels: intransitive Example: With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house. Example: Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, / Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. 3. To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual. Labels: dated
Word: accumulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus 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 Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Latin accumulātusbor. Middle English accumylaten English accumulate First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/, /əˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/ 1. Collected; accumulated. Labels: not-comparable, poetic, rare
Word: accumulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus 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 Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accumulātiōder. Middle French accumulationbor. ▲ Latin accumulātiōbor. Middle English acumulacyon English accumulation From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis. By surface analysis, accumulate + -ion. First attested in the late 15th century. Doublet of accumulatio. Pronunciation: /əˌkjuːm.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of growing into a heap or a large amount. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, or of honors Example: At the lowest point, a short length of tunnel was driven alongside the up line, with a cross passage, to serve as a sump and pump house for dealing with any accumulation of water. 3. A mass of something piled up or collected. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After such an accumulation of mistakes in the treatment of lexical items, it comes as no surprise that the section on word formation on p. 133 is equally poor. 4. The concurrence of several titles to the same proof. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study. Labels: UK, historical, uncountable
Word: accumulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus 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 Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accumulātorbor. English accumulator From Latin accumulātor, agent noun of accumulō (“pile up”), accumulate + -or. Pronunciation: /əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɚ/ 1. One who, or that which, accumulates. Example: He is a great accumulator of bad jokes. 2. A wet-cell storage battery. Labels: UK Example: Looks like it's time to recharge the accumulator again. 3. A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively. Example: The largest payout for a bet on a horse race was $1,627,084 after tax, paid to Britons Anthony Speelman and Nicholas Cowan on their $64 nine-horse accumulator at Santa Anita Racecourse, California, in 1987. 4. A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging. 5. A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam. 6. A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure). 7. A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer. Example: The contents of the memory location and accumulator are NOT altered, but the Negative, Zero and Carry flags are conditioned according to the result of the subtraction. Example: The function signature has changed to include the additional parameter accumulator. This parameter, in a way, takes on the job of the return value. 8. A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy. Example: This product was fairly popular among investors in Hong Kong in 2007 considering the market conditions at that time. It is an accumulator of the underlying stock with a contract period of 12 months. 9. One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study. Labels: UK, historical Example: 1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore. 10. A one way membership function.
Word: accuracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * First attested in the 1660s. * accurate + -cy Pronunciation: /ˈak.jʊ.ɹə.si/, /ˈak.jə.ɹə.si/, /ˈæk.jɚ.ə.si/, /ˈæk.ɹə.si/ 1. The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Its professed end [of logic], is to teach men to think, to judge, and to reason, with precision and accuracy. Example: The efficiency of the instrument will also depend upon the accuracy with which the piston fits the bottom and sides of the barrel. When the piston is depressed to the bottom, it is considered in theory to be in absolute contact, so as to exclude every particle of air from the space between it and the bottom. 2. Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The jury doubted the accuracy of the witness' comments.
Word: accusation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the late 14th century. Inherited from Middle English accusacion, borrowed from Old French acusacion (French: accusation), from Latin accūsātiō (“accusation, indictment”), from accūsō (“blame, accuse”). Doublet of accusatio. More at accuse. Equivalent to accuse + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of accusing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We come not by the way of accusation / To taint that honour every good tongue blesses. 2. A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [They] set up over his head his accusation. 3. An allegation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ungrounded accusations Example: a blind accusation
Word: accusative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa 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 Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek αἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitĭātĭkḗ)calq. Latin accūsātīvusder. Anglo-Norman accusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusder. Middle French acusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusbor. Middle English accusative English accusative First attested in the mid 15th century. From Middle English accusative, from Anglo-Norman accusatif or Middle French acusatif or from Latin accūsātīvus (“having been blamed”), from accūsō (“to blame”). Equivalent to accuse + -ative. The Latin form is a mistranslation of the Ancient Greek grammatical term αἰτιᾱτική (aitiātikḗ, “expressing an effect”). This term actually comes from αἰτιᾱτός (aitiātós, “caused”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix), but was reanalyzed as coming from αἰτιᾱ- (aitiā-), the stem of the verb αἰτιάομαι (aitiáomai, “to blame”), + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːzətɪv/, /əˈkjʉwzətɪv/, /əˈkjuzətɪv/, /əˈkjʉːzətɪv/, /əˈkjʉːzətəv/ 1. Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame Example: This hath been a very accusative age. Example: The proprietor of the store was rude, insulting and accusative. 2. Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.