nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: disc Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc From French disque, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, discus, dish, disk, and diskos. Pronunciation: /dɪsk/ 1. To harrow with a disc harrow. Example: It is held that discing is as much value to lucerne as cultivation is to corn. 2. To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller. Example: In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.
Word: discoloration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English discolor 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 discoloration From discolor + -ation. 1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; an alteration of hue or appearance. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A discolored spot; a stain. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: discontinuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English continuation English discontinuation From dis- + continuation. 1. A breach or interruption of continuity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The apparent discontinuation of the operations since Trump took office sparked speculation that he may have agreed to back away from the issue in exchange for Chinese cooperation over North Korea. 2. A breach or interruption of continuity. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A breach or interruption of continuity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: discount Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count. Pronunciation: /dɪˈskaʊnt/, /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ 1. To sell at a reduced price. Labels: transitive Example: Sales were slow even after the shop discounted the product. 2. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills. 3. To disregard or regard as unimportant. Labels: transitive Example: Owing to his reputation, they discounted his comments. Example: Of the three opinions, (I discount Brown's), under this head, one supposes that the law of Causality is a positive affirmation, and a primary fact of thought, incapable of all further analysis. 4. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest. Labels: transitive Example: The banks discount notes and bills of exchange. Example: The company's directors were chagrined to learn that banks were suddenly refusing to discount its notes. 5. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). Labels: transitive Example: The market has dropped, discounting changes in interest rates. 6. To believe, or act as though one believes, that one's own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
Word: discount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ 1. A reduction in price. Example: For the summer sale, there was 40% discount in all the stores at the mall. Example: This store offers discounts on all its wares. That store specializes in discount wares, too. 2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money. 3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. 4. A lack or shortcoming. Labels: figuratively Example: On our approaching the house where the Misses Spenlow lived, I was at such a discount in respect of my personal looks and presence of mind, that Traddles proposed a gentle stimulant in the form of a glass of ale. 5. The act of one who believes, or act as though they believe, that their own feelings are more important than the reality of a situation.
Word: discount Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of French descompte, décompte, from Old French disconter, desconter (“reckon off, account back, discount”), from Medieval Latin discomputō (“to deduct, discount”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + computō (“to reckon, count”). By surface analysis, dis- + count. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ 1. Specializing in selling goods at reduced prices. Labels: not-comparable Example: If you're looking for cheap clothes, there's a discount clothier around the corner.
Word: discrepancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin crepō Latin discrepō Latin discrepāns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin discrepantiabor. English discrepancy Borrowed from Latin discrepantia, from discrepans, from discrepō, from crepō. By surface analysis, discrepant + -cy. See also discrepant. Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɹɛpənsi/, /dɪˈskɹepənsi/, /dəˈskɹepənsi/ 1. An inconsistency between facts or sentiments. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They found a discrepancy between the first set of test results and the second, and they're still trying to figure out why. Example: Still, there is pilferage, mysterious discrepancies eating into the percentages. 2. The state or quality of being discrepant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: discrimination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin discrīminātiō, discrīminātiōnem, the action noun to discrīminō, discrīmināre (“distinguish”). Equivalent to discriminate + -ion. In English use from the 17th century. Pronunciation: /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/, /dɪˌskɹɪm.əˈneɪʃən/, /dɪskɹɪm.əˈnæɪʃən/ 1. Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and make correct decisions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Have you felt the weight of the considerations which have been presented, in order to show the importance of discrimination on the subject of revealed truth? Example: An earthquake here rolls harmless through the land, And Thou art good because the chimneys stand— There templed cities sink into the sea, And damp survivors, howling as they flee, Skip to the hills and hold a celebration In honor of Thy wise discrimination. 2. Differential treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry. Labels: countable, sometimes, uncountable Example: sexual or racial discrimination Example: reverse discrimination 3. The quality of being discriminating; acute discernment, especially in matters of good taste. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: tastefulness Example: You are a man of discrimination,” said Qunk, “I admire that girl a little myself, and, entre nous, I think that I'm a bit of a favourite in that quarter.” 4. That which discriminates; a distinguishing mark, a characteristic. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: He who has not made the experiment, or who is not accustomed to require rigorous accuracy from himself, will scarcely believe how much a few hours take from certainty of knowledge, and distinctness of imagery; how the succession of objects will be broken, how separate parts will be confused, and how many particular features and discriminations will be compressed and conglobated into one gross and general idea. Example: But even if this difference should be still greater, it could never be admitted as forming a specific distinction. For the horns not only differ in individuals of the same species, but in the same individuals at different ages. If we were to attempt to arrange animals solely by their horns, the discriminations would be as endless as uncertain.
Word: disembark Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English em- English bark English embark English disembark From dis- + embark. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑːk/, /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑɹk/ 1. To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore Labels: transitive Example: The general disembarked the troops. Example: Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. 2. To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft. Labels: intransitive Example: This time I disembark at Dumbarton Central, a station with two island platforms blessed with yellow brick buildings and iron canopies dating from 1896, and listed Grade A. 3. To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft) Labels: transitive Example: We disembarked the ferry.
Word: disembowel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English embowel English disembowel From dis- + embowel. Pronunciation: [dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ] 1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. Labels: transitive Example: `Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.' 2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. Labels: transitive
Word: disfiguration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disfigure 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 disfiguration From disfigure + -ation. 1. The act of disfiguring, spoiling the appearance of something or someone; the state of being disfigured. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The disfiguration of the statue by vandals resulted in a public outcry.
Word: disgrace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French disgracier. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/, /dɪzˈɡɹeɪs/ 1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I heare / Macduffe liues in diſgrace. Sir, can you tell / Where he beſtowes himſelfe? 2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now she lives in disgrace. 3. Someone or something which brings dishonor; the cause of reproach or shame; great discredit. Labels: countable Example: His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men. Example: Practice and whipping were alike unavailing, and Epps, satisfied of it at last, swore I was a disgrace—that I was not fit to associate with a cotton-picking "nigger"—that I could not pick enough in a day to pay the trouble of weighing it, and that I should go into the cotton field no more. 4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: As for the pulling of them [ambitious men] downe, if the Affaires require it, and that it may not be done with ſafety ſuddainly, the onely Way is, the Enterchange, continually of Fauours, and Diſgraces, whereby they may not know, what to expect; And be, as it were, in a Wood.
Word: disgrace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French disgracier. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/, /dɪzˈɡɹeɪs/ 1. To put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon. Labels: transitive Example: […] some families renounced the use of a certain praenomen which had been disgraced by one of their name […]
Word: disinclination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English inclination English disinclination From dis- + inclination. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪŋklɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike Labels: countable, uncountable Example: strong disinclination Example: natural disinclination
Word: disintegration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disintegrate + -ion or dis- + integration. Pronunciation: /dɪs.ɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, /dɪsˌɪnd.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, [dɪsˌɪn.əˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən] 1. A process by which anything disintegrates. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A Pan American World Airways, Inc., B-707-321B, N761PA, experienced an explosive disintegration of the third stage turbine disk of the No. 4 engine at approximately 1410 P.d.t, June 28, 1965. The accident occurred shortly after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, at an altitude of about 800 feet above the ground. Disintegration of the turbine disk was followed by a fire in the No. 4 engine area and an explosion in the outboard reserve fuel tank. The No. 4 engine and approximately 25 feet of the right outer wing separated from the aircraft. 2. The condition of anything which has disintegrated. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of radioactive decay. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The process of radioactive decay. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The sample exhibited an activity of three disintegrations per second.
Word: dislocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio. Pronunciation: /dɪsləʊˈkeɪʃn̩/ 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As mentioned last month in the article "Railways and the War," the emergency timetables were planned in view of the possibility of serious dislocation of transport by air raids in the early days of the war, and were regarded as the minimum service which would keep the activities of the country alive. Example: At large stations such as Euston and Birmingham New Street, it is essential to compress the station reconstruction, re-signalling and overhead wiring into the shortest possible time, not only to minimise the period of traffic dislocation but also to ensure completion by the time the remainder of the lines is electrified. 2. The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They used steroids to build strength but, more importantly, to recover from strains, pulls, dislocations. 4. A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The practice of contortion can be divided into three categories: backbending, frontbending and dislocation.
Word: dismay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”). Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”) and Spanish esmayar. See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈmeɪ/ 1. To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy. Example: Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. Example: What words be these? What fears do you dismay? 2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. Example: Do not dismay yourself for this. 3. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. Example: Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
Word: dismay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”). Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”) and Spanish esmayar. See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈmeɪ/ 1. A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits Labels: uncountable Example: He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane. Example: Come on: in this there can be no dismay; My ships come home a month before the day. 2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. Labels: uncountable
Word: disorganization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French désorganiser. Equivalent to dis- + organization. Pronunciation: /dɪˌsoɹɡəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /dɪsˌɔː(ɹ).ɡənˌaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being disorganized Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the disorganization of the body, or of government
Word: dispel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”). Pronunciation: [dɪˈspɛɫ] 1. To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering. Labels: transitive Example: The clouds and mist were soon enough dispelled by the sun. 2. To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified. Labels: transitive Example: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts. Example: The fate of the railway from Ballater to Braemar has been invested with an air of mystery, which has never been completely dispelled. It has been suggested that Queen Victoria was opposed to a railway in the vicinity of Balmoral Castle, and intervened personally to secure the abandonment of the line beyond Ballater. 3. To get rid of or manage without. Labels: Africa, transitive
Word: dispel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispellere (“to disperse; to dispel”). Pronunciation: [dɪˈspɛɫ] 1. An act or instance of dispelling. Example: “My dispel didn't work,” she said finally. “He wasn't a blood witch, Sunny,” I said.
Word: dispensation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French despensacion, from Latin dispensātiō. By surface analysis, dispens(e) + -ation. Pronunciation: /dɪsˌpɛnˈseɪʃən/ 1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a fair dispensation of money Example: The public's health is hardly improved by compounding the existing problem with the dispensation of undocumented, partially true or totally false material. 2. The distribution of good and evil by God to man. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Shall we not accompt theſe a part of Gods dispenſation, and therefore good in the Fountaine, from whence they flowed 3. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bowman certainly lost no time in travelling south to obtain his dispensation once he had published the sermon 4. A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations Example: The sacrificial death of the Lord Jesus Christ introduced the dispensation of pure grace—which means undeserved favor, or God GIVING righteousness, instead of God REQUIRING righteousness, as under Law.[…] The first event in the closing of this dispensation will be the descent of the Lord from Heaven, when sleeping saints will be raised and, together with believers then living, caught up “to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thess. 4: 16, 17. 5. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Special grounds for giving dispensation to see classified documents include research purposes. 6. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [H]e had a dispensation for conforming in outward observances to the Protestant faith. Example: Why, there has gone already to Rome a messenger to crave a second dispensation from his Popeship, and the King himself hath signed the request, praying that you and I should graciously be permitted to wed!
Word: disperse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɜːs/, /dɪˈspɝs/ 1. To scatter in different directions. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The Jews are dispersed among all nations. Example: The lippes of the wiſe diſperſe knowledge: but the heart of the fooliſh, doeth not ſo. 2. To break up and disappear; to dissipate. Labels: intransitive, transitive 3. To disseminate. Labels: intransitive, transitive 4. To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract. Labels: intransitive, transitive 5. To distribute throughout. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: disperse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French disperser, from Latin dispersus, past participle of dispergō (“to scatter abroad, disperse”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargō (“to scatter”); see sparse. Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɜːs/, /dɪˈspɝs/ 1. Scattered or spread out. Example: Australia itself is a very wide and very disperse country, where the distance problems significantly affect also the "internal" customer-supplier chains. Example: In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector.
Word: displease Part of Speech: verb Etymology: English dis- + please, from Middle English displesen, from Anglo-Norman despleisir, desplere, from Old French desplere (des- + plere). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpliːz/ 1. To make not pleased; to cause a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to vex slightly. Labels: transitive Example: The boy's rudeness displeased me. Example: I felt displeased with the boy. 2. To give displeasure or offense. Labels: intransitive 3. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I shall displease my ends else.
Word: disprove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disproven, dispreven, from Old French desprover, from des- + prover, equivalent to dis- + prove. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpɹuːv/, /dɪsˈpɹuv/, /dɪsˈpɹʉːv/ 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. Labels: transitive Example: disprove a theory Example: disprove a hypothesis
Word: disputation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: English dispute + -ation, from Old French disputation, from Latin disputatio. Pronunciation: /dɪsˌpjuːˈteɪʃən/ 1. The act of disputing; a dispute or argument. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And like the battles fought over baptism by sprinkling as opposed to total immersion, these modern-day disputations can be tedious. 2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other over a belief or proposition. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dispute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus 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 putō Latin disputo Old French desputerbor. Middle English disputen English dispute From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputāre (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + putāre (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpjuːt/, [dɪsˈpʰjʊu̯t], /ˈdɪs.pjuːt/, [ˈdɪs.pʰjʊu̯t], /ˈdɪs.pjut/ 1. An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree. Example: But is not this dispute over the question whether we have free will or not very like a dispute that we might engage in over the color of a tree — whether it be green or blue? 2. An argument or disagreement; a failure to agree. Example: Canadian experience throws light on the relative merits of a separate board for each dispute as compared with a permanent board to hear all disputes. Example: A "who-does-what" labour dispute at Swindon works during April led to a stoppage of work on the construction of the new 0-6-0 Type 1 diesel-hydraulic locomotives of the D9500 series and work had not been resumed as we closed for press. 3. Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate. Labels: uncountable Example: Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.
Word: dispute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin putus 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 putō Latin disputo Old French desputerbor. Middle English disputen English dispute From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disputāre (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + putāre (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpjuːt/, [dɪsˈpjʊu̯t], /dɪsˈpjut/, /dɪsˈpjʉːt/, [dɪsˈpʰjʊ̈ʉ̯t] 1. To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another. Labels: intransitive Example: "Now, though thy thoughts are green and tender, as becometh one so young, yet are they those of a thinking brain, and in truth thou dost bring back to my mind certain of those old philosophers with whom in days bygone I have disputed at Athens, and at Becca in Arabia, for thou hast the same crabbed air and dusty look, as though thou hadst passed thy days in reading ill-writ Greek, and been stained dark with the grime of manuscripts." 2. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss. Labels: transitive Example: Some residents disputed the proposal, saying it was based more on emotion than fact. 3. To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of. Example: to dispute assertions or arguments Example: to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance 4. To strive or contend about; to contest. Example: to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards 5. To struggle against; to resist. Labels: obsolete Example: Dispute it [grief] like a man.
Word: disqualification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English qualification English disqualification From dis- + qualification. Pronunciation: /dɪsˌkwɒlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /dɪsˌkwɑːləfɪˈkeɪʃn/ 1. The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the disqualification of certain people for holding certain positions Example: Henry won the match due to the disqualification of his opponent. 2. That which disqualifies; that which causes someone to be unfit for a certain purpose or role Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office. Example: Sickness is a disqualification for labor. 3. The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disquiet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētusder. French quietder. Middle English quiete English quiet English disquiet From dis- + quiet. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/, /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ət/ 1. Lack of quiet; absence of tranquility in body or mind Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My journey had been my own suggestion, and Elizabeth therefore acquiesced, but she was filled with disquiet at the idea of my suffering, away from her, the inroads of misery and grief. Example: Every house has its skeleton in it somewhere, and it may be a comfort to some unhappy folks to think that the luckier and most wealthy of their neighbours have their miseries and causes of disquiet.
Word: disquiet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētusder. French quietder. Middle English quiete English quiet English disquiet From dis- + quiet. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/, /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ət/ 1. Deprived of quiet; impatient, restless, uneasy. Labels: obsolete Example: I pray you huſband be not ſo diſquiet. / The meate was well, if you were ſo contented. Example: How rare is it for men to get their lot in the world brought up to their deſire? but are ſtill at ſome jar with their preſent condition, ſo that oft there needs no more to turn men discontent but the thought of ſome lot, which they apprehend more ſatiſfying than their own, the want whereof turns them more diſquiet than all their enjoyments are pleaſing; […]
Word: disquiet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētusder. French quietder. Middle English quiete English quiet English disquiet From dis- + quiet. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ɪt/, /dɪsˈkwaɪ.ət/ 1. To make (someone or something) worried or anxious. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He felt disquieted by the lack of interest the child had shown. Example: They have been brought up religiouſly, and have been accuſtomed to read, and pray; and if at any time they do neglect and omit these duties, conſcience is upon them and upbraids and diſquiets them; and they are afraid to neglect them, leſt conſcience will queſtion and trouble them.
Word: disrepute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English repute English disrepute From dis- + repute. Pronunciation: /dɪsɹɪˈpjuːt/ 1. Loss or want of reputation; ill character. Labels: uncountable Example: Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today. Example: The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that period, and in the beginning of the eighteenth the art fell into general disrepute, and even under general ridicule.
Word: disrepute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English repute English disrepute From dis- + repute. Pronunciation: /dɪsɹɪˈpjuːt/ 1. To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.
Word: dissector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dissect + -or. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛkt.ə/, /daɪˈsɛkt.ə/, /dɪˈsɛkt.ɚ/, /daɪˈsɛkt.ɚ/ 1. One who dissects; an anatomist.
Word: dissemination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dissēminātus (“broadcast”), past participle of dissēmināre, from dis- (“in all directions”) + sēmināre (“to plant or propagate”), from sēmen, sēminis (“seed”). Pronunciation: /dɪˌsɛmɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was a third class, small indeed when compared to those vast multitudes actuated by fanaticism or interest, but destined to exercise the most beneficial and lasting influence—the reflecting and theoretic few, who saw in universal freedom the only tie between man and his kind—the only rational hope whereon to ground the dissemination of equitable principles among the human race.
Word: disseveration Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of dissevering; disseverance. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dissimilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + -similation, after assimilation. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Brimstone is "properly" *brinstone, displaying an ancient careless pronunciation made respectable by being called "dissimilation". 4. The rejection, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After the impacts of the former Russian Empire and Soviet Union's cultural imperialism on the national identity of indigenous peoples: their language, culture and historical memory, there have been efforts at the dissimilatory process of derussification. Example: In social psychology, dissimilation is the emphasis on distinctiveness from others when they threaten one's identity[. …] Simply, […] the term dissimilation refers to [assimilation's] opposite processes of resisting likeness.
Word: dissimilation Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of dissimulation. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: dissipation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dissipacion, dissipacioun, from Late Latin dissipātiō. Morphologically dissipate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪˈpeɪʃən/ 1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: without loss or dissipation of the matter Example: the famous dissipation of mankind 2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 18th century, Patrick Henry in a parliamentary debate to reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance Example: I rose by candle-light, and consumed, in the intensest application, the hours which every other individual of our party wasted in enervating slumbers, from the hesternal dissipation or debauch. 3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations. 4. A loss of energy, usually as heat, from a dynamic system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They conclude[…] the planet will have a final period of rotation between 56 and 88 days, depending on the assumed form of the dissipation function.
Word: dissociation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dissociation, from Latin dissociātiō(n). Pronunciation: /dɪˌsəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/, /dɪˌsoʊsiˈeɪʃən/, /dɪˌsoʊʃiˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A general observation in memory studies of individuals with ASD is that they tend to experience greater difficulties on tests of free recall than tests of recognition or cued recall (Boucher, Mayes, & Bigham, 2012). In its own right, this pattern suggests greater difficulties with retrieval through recollection than through familiarity, but there is also more direct evidence for this dissociation. 2. The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the dissociation of the sulphur molecules Example: the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia 3. A defence mechanism where certain thoughts or mental processes are compartmentalised in order to avoid emotional stress to the conscious mind. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Project MONARCH could be best described as a form of structured dissociation and occultic integration, carried out in order to compartmentalize the mind into multiple personalities within a systematic framework.
Word: distillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English distillacioun, from Anglo-Norman distillacioun, from Latin distīllātiōnem, accusative of distīllātiō. Pronunciation: /dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/, /ˌdɪstɪˈleɪʃən/, /dɪstɪˈlæɪʃən/ 1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which falls in drops. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The substance extracted by distilling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to be stopped in, like a strong distillation, with stinking / clothes that fretted in their own grease. Example: Then, were not summer's distillation left, A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass […] 6. The transformation of a complex large language model into a smaller one. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Distillation is often used to train new systems. If a company takes data from proprietary technology, the practice may be legally problematic. But it is often allowed by open source technologies. Example: Anthropic says three Chinese firms used ‘distillation’ technique to extract information from its Claude chatbot[.]
Word: disinter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Middle French des- French dés- French enterrer French désenterrerbor. English disinter Borrowed from French désenterrer. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/ 1. To take out of the grave or tomb. Labels: transitive 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Why disinter dead faith from mouldering hidden? Example: At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lockfast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of gray ashes, as though many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; […]
Word: disparage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/, /dɪsˈpɛɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […]
Word: disparage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”). Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/, /dɪsˈpɛɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor. Labels: obsolete Example: Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. 2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. Example: August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious Example: Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. 3. To ridicule, mock, discredit. Example: Had he disparaged my personal appearance I should in all probability have laughed at him with lively indifference
Word: dispersal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disperse + -al. 1. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For a time, Okeh picked up the disk for national dispersal. Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe. 2. A dispersal prison. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Problems of control in dispersals and in other prisons necessarily instigated a multiplicity of working theories to explain the difficulties […]
Word: diverse Part of Speech: adv Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ The adjective is derived from Middle English divers, diverse (“different, divergent”), from Anglo-Norman divers, Anglo-Norman divers, and Old French divers (“different; of various kinds”) (modern French divers), and directly from their etymon Latin dīversus (“different, diverse”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of dīvertō (“to divert, turn away”), from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + vertō (“to turn”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”)). Doublet of divert. The adverb is derived from Middle English diverse (“differently; at various times”), from divers, diverse (adjective) (see above). Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɜːs/, /ˈdaɪ.vɜːs/, /daɪˈvɝs/, /ˈdaɪ.vɝs/, /dɪˈvɝs/ 1. Synonym of diversely (“in different directions”). Labels: obsolete Example: [The river in the Garden of Eden] novv divided into four main Streams, / Runs divers, vvandring many a famous Realme / And Country vvhereof here needs no account, […] Example: The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]
Word: diverse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English diversen (“to differ, diverge; to become different, change; to vary; to change or vary (something); to make a distinction, distinguish; to divert”), from Anglo-Norman diverser, Middle French diverser, and Old French diverser (“to alter, change; to differ, diverge; to disagree”), from Late Latin diversare (“to differ”), and then either: * a frequentative form of Latin dīvertere, the present active infinitive of dīvertō (see etymology 1); or * from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + versāre (the present active infinitive of versō (“to alter, change; to keep turning, whirl”), a frequentative form of vertō: see etymology 1). Etymology 2 sense 1 (“synonym of diversify”) became obsolete in the 16th century, and was probably recoined in the 20th century. Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɜːs/, /ˈdaɪ.vɜːs/, /daɪˈvɝs/, /ˈdaɪ.vɝs/, /dɪˈvɝs/ 1. Synonym of diversify. Labels: transitive Example: I Dyuerſe[,] I make difference⸝ Ie diuerſifie, prime coniu. Example: In the Eocene, when the Old World and American mammal fauna were more nearly related, we have a hypothetical genus, Archipithecus, from which diversed a branch giving rise to the platyrhine apes, the families Cebidæ and Hapalidæ. 2. Synonym of diversify. Labels: transitive Example: The investors in the SPC [special purpose company] derive their return, and well as diversing their risk, from three factors. 3. To go a different route or way from someone else; to diverge, to separate. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare Example: Then each to other vvell affectionate, / Friendſhip profeſſed vvith vnfained hart, / The Redcroſſe knight diuerſt, but forth rode Britomart. Example: We regret that the gentleman diversed so widely from the subject before the committee.
Word: divest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of devest, from Middle French devester (“strip of possessions”), from Old French desvestir, from des- (“dis-”) + vestir (“to clothe”). Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɛst/, /dɪˈvɛst/ 1. To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice). Labels: transitive Example: You shall never divest me of my right to free speech. Example: When I wake up, I make a point to divest myself of all my prejudices, ready to start the day. 2. To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary. Labels: transitive Example: In 2011, the company divested an 81% majority stake in its foreign subsidiary. Example: Glasgow will become the first university in Europe to divest from fossil fuels. 3. To undress. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Having divested the child he kissed her gently and gave her a little pat to make her stand off.