nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: influence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin īnfluōder. Latin īnfluēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin īnfluentiabor. Old French influenceder. Middle English influence English influence From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). Doublet of influenza. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.flu.əns/, /ɪnˈflu.əns/ 1. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have absolutely no influence over him. Example: The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use. 2. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I'm not able to exercise influence over him. Example: Terra Firma is an Alliance political party formed after the First Contact War. Its policy agenda is based on the principle that Earth must 'stand firm' against alien influences. This covers a variety of legislation. Recent activities by Terra Firma include opposition to a law requiring high school alien language study, a proposal to increase tariffs on alien imports, and leading a popular movement to mark the First Contact War with a public holiday. 3. A person or thing exerting such power or action. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections. Example: The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers. 4. An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The action of flowing in; influx. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: God hath his influence into the very essence of all things. 6. Electrostatic induction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: influence Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Latin īnfluōder. Latin īnfluēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin īnfluentiabor. Old French influenceder. Middle English influence English influence From Middle English influence, from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars affecting one's fate”), from Medieval Latin īnfluentia, from Latin īnfluēns (“flowing in”), present active participle of īnfluō (“flow into”), from in- (“in-”) + fluō (“flow”). Doublet of influenza. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.flu.əns/, /ɪnˈflu.əns/ 1. To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce. Labels: transitive Example: The politician wants to influence the public. Example: I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life. 2. To exert, make use of one's influence. Labels: intransitive 3. To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: bleeding edge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bleed + leading edge, and metaphorically alluding to the cutting edge (“forefront or position of greatest advancement in some field”) as a double-edged sword. Pronunciation: /ˈbliː.dɪŋ ɛd͡ʒ/, /ˈbliː.dɪŋ ed͡ʒ/, [ˈblɪi.dɪŋ ed͡ʒ] 1. The situation produced when the image extends beyond the nominal margin. 2. Something too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; the figurative place where such things exist. Labels: idiomatic Example: on the bleeding edge (of something) Example: They would be the creators of strategy, generators of action and the bleeding edge of the church, ever pushing toward the front lines of conflict.
Word: dignity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin dignitās (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from dignus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-nos, from *deḱ- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty. In this sense, displaced native Old English weorþsċipe, which became Modern English worship. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪɡnɪti/ 1. The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He uttered this ... with great majesty, or, as he called it, dignity. Example: Every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being. 2. Decorum, formality, stateliness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The reception room was sacred to the dead wife. Her shiny portrait hung upon the wall - similar, doubtless, in all respects to the one which would be pasted on her tombstone. A little piece of black drapery had been tacked above the frame to lend a dignity to woe. But two of the tacks had fallen out, and the effect was now rakish, as that of a drunkard's bonnet. Example: Official DIGNITY tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held. 3. High office, rank, or station. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue: I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe Haue to their names tytles of dignitie, And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth? Example: And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? 4. One holding high rank; a dignitary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These filthy dreamers […] speak evil of dignities. 5. Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles known by themselves. 6. Respect. Labels: countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable Example: That in such an undertaking, if put on its right footing, and treated with dignity by the State, you would have the cheerful assistance of the first scientific teachers who have turned their philosophy to such practical uses, I have no doubt. Example: In my twenty years of ministry I have found that the minister was treated with dignity when he was dignified, that he was accorded authority and leadership when he was worthy of it.
Word: esteem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimō. See estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet. Pronunciation: /ɪˈstiːm/, /əˈstiːm/ 1. Assessment, estimation, or regard; especially; favourable estimation or regard. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We hold her in high esteem.
Word: esteem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First at end of 16th century; borrowed from Middle French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimō. See estimate and aim, an older word, partly a doublet. Pronunciation: /ɪˈstiːm/, /əˈstiːm/ 1. To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence. Example: Will he esteem thy riches? Example: You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it. 2. To regard something as valuable; to prize. 3. To look upon something in a particular way. Example: Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Example: Thou shouldest (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. 4. To judge; to estimate; to appraise Labels: dated Example: The Earth, which I esteem unable to reflect the rays of the Sun.
Word: petting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰɛɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of pet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: I am petting my rabbit.
Word: petting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtɪŋ/, [ˈpʰɛɾɪŋ] 1. The act of stroking or gently patting an animal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of kissing, stroking, etc., a person in a sexual manner. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of indulging or treating as a favourite. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 'Come, Jo, don't be thorny. After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting, and ought to get it.'
Word: sexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual Borrowed from Latin sexuālis. By surface analysis, sex + -ual. Pronunciation: /sɛk.ʃuː.əl/, /sɛk.sju.əl/, /sɛks.jəl/, /sɛk.θju.əl/, /sɛk.ʃu.əl/ 1. Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. Example: Women face sexual discrimination in the workplace. 2. Capable of sexual reproduction; sexed, sexuate. 3. Pertaining to sexual intercourse or other intimate physical contact. Example: Giving oral sex is my favorite sexual act. Example: The church was tighening up on matters sexual. Until the middle of the tenth century it had been quite routine for priests to be married. 4. Characterised by sexual feelings or behaviour; possessing sexuality. Example: She's a very sexual woman. Example: We don't often think of Jesus as a sexual person, but He certainly was not asexual. He was not just God on earth. He was fully human and […] He was sexual, single, and celibate. 5. Pertaining to sexuality as a cultural phenomenon; relating to sexual behaviour or conduct. Example: a sexual innuendo Example: one's sexual preferences 6. Experiencing sexual attraction; not asexual. Labels: rare Example: […] “You know, there are asexuals with sexual partners.” His ears flicked, and he grinned. “There's things both of us can try to do[…]” Example: Izzy tells me that at her high school the most useful distinction is not between heterosexuals and homosexuals but between those who are sexual and those who are not. The abstainers call themselves “aces,” short for “asexuals.” 7. Pertaining to the female sex. Labels: obsolete Example: [T]he inquiry is whether she have reason or not. If she have, which, for a moment, I will take for granted, she was not created merely to be the solace of man, and the sexual should not destroy the human character.
Word: sexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual Borrowed from Latin sexuālis. By surface analysis, sex + -ual. Pronunciation: /sɛk.ʃuː.əl/, /sɛk.sju.əl/, /sɛks.jəl/, /sɛk.θju.əl/, /sɛk.ʃu.əl/ 1. A species which reproduces by sexual rather than asexual reproduction, or a member of such a species. 2. A person who experiences sexual attraction, a person who has interest in or desire for sex (especially as contrasted with an asexual). Example: The findings suggest that asexuality is best conceptualized as a lack of sexual attraction; however, asexuals varied greatly in their experience of sexual response and behavior. Asexuals partnered with sexuals acknowledged having to 'negotiate' sexual activity. Example: In this article we use absence of sexual attraction to others as a definition but recognise that this definition is contested. […] [A survey] was also advertised online (without explicitly mentioning asexuality in the advert), thus aiming to reach a mixture of asexuals and sexuals.
Word: foreplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + play. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)pleɪ/ 1. The acts at the beginning of a (usually human) sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal. Labels: uncountable Example: Actually in quick undressing or actual lovemaking modern nylons usually get ruined, but if you keep your nails and fingers smooth taking them off gently makes good foreplay, along with mutual undressing generally. Example: Root (Amy Acker): Hey, sweetie, you busy? / Sameen Shaw (Sarah Shahi): A little. Skip the verbal foreplay, Root. Why you calling? / Root: Can't a couple of gals take a little break from work to catch up?
Word: foreplay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + play. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)pleɪ/ 1. To engage in foreplay. Labels: intransitive Example: I decided, while we were foreplaying, that I must get a supply, just in case. Example: We grabbed each other, roughly kissing and tossing covers and pillows about in our frantic lovemaking. We foreplayed and foreplayed, teased and teased again.
Word: school Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (“place of education”), from Proto-West Germanic *skōlu, from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”). Doublet of schola and shul. Compare Old Frisian skūle, schūle (“school”) (West Frisian skoalle, Saterland Frisian Skoule), Dutch school (“school”), Low German School (“school”), Old High German scuola (“school”), German Schule (“school”), Old Norse skóli (“school”). Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (“group of persons, host, company”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop, band”). See school (“group”). Related also to Old High German sigi (German Sieg, “victory”), Old English siġe, sigor (“victory”). Pronunciation: /skuːl/, [skuːɫ], /skul/, [skuɫ], /skʉːl/ 1. To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school). Labels: transitive Example: Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton. Example: I tooke delights / In plucking Apples from t’Heſperian Trees, / Which Eating, I grew Learn’d: adde to All theſe / My Priuate Readings, which more School’d my Soule, / Then Tutors, when they ſternliest did Controll / With Frownes or Rods: […] 2. To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson. Labels: transitive Example: A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court. Example: Two weeks later, the Cornhuskers put on their road whites again and promptly got schooled by miserable Iowa State in Ames. After the shocking loss […] 3. To control, or compose, one’s expression. Labels: transitive Example: She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
Word: school Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *skulu (“troop, group”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal. Pronunciation: /skuːl/, [skuːɫ], /skul/, [skuɫ], /skʉːl/ 1. A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales. Labels: collective Example: The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel. 2. A multitude.
Word: school Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *skulu (“troop, group”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal. Pronunciation: /skuːl/, [skuːɫ], /skul/, [skuɫ], /skʉːl/ 1. To form into, or travel in, a school. Labels: intransitive Example: School with other ﬁsh: you’re less likely to be eaten.
Word: sex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexusder. Old French sexeder. Middle English sexe English sex From Middle English sexe (“sex [distinction between male and female] and gender”), from Old French sexe (“genitals; gender”), from Latin sexus (“gender; gender traits; males or females; genitals”), from Proto-Italic *seksus, from Proto-Indo-European *séksus, from *sek- (“to cut, cut off, sever”), thus meaning "section, division" (into male and female). Usage for women influenced by Middle French le sexe (“women”) (attested in 1580). Usage for third and additional sexes calqued from French troisième sexe, referring to masculine women in 1817 and homosexuals in 1847. First used by Lord Byron and others in English in reference to Catholic clergy. Usage for sexual intercourse first attested in 1899 (in the writings of H. G. Wells). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛks/, /ˈseks/ 1. To determine the sex of (an animal). Labels: transitive Example: If we sex the cattle, which is the only way to get at their value, we shall have... 400 cows, 200 yearling heifers. Example: If, in fact, in L. funebris there is no sex marker on the song elements themselves, then a young bird must be able to sex its tutor. The same is true if the individuals were predisposed to produce the total vocabulary of any population, or of both sexes in their own population, and then under experience had to suppress a sex-specific subset of that repertoire [7]. It seems unrealistic to assume the reverse, that a parent bird can sex by some hidden cues newly hatched sexually monomorphic offspring and direct its own vocabulary to consexual young only. 2. To have sex with. Labels: US, colloquial, transitive Example: As good as Muddah had handled me in bed, sexing her hadn't done a damn thing to take my mind off my cousin Smoove. Example: He shows some glimpses, but most of the released singles are about flossing, partying, and sexing women. 3. To have sex. Labels: US, colloquial, intransitive Example: Our baby is eighteen months old now, and cries when we sex
Word: sex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sect. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛks/, /ˈseks/ 1. Alternative form of sect Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: intercourse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/, /ˈɪn.tɚˌkoɹs/, /ˈɪn.təˌkɔːs/ 1. Communication, conversation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet do I vnderſtand your darkeſt language, / Your treads ath'toe, your ſecret iogges and vvringes: / Your entercourſe of glaunces: euery tittle / Of your cloſe Amorous rites I vnderſtand, / They ſpeake as loud to mee, as if you ſaid, / My deareſt Dariotto, I am thine. Example: this sweet intercourse of looks and smiles 2. Dealings between countries. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Dealings with people, including commerce and trade. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Sexual intercourse, especially that involving humans and especially penile-vaginal interconnection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When we situate climax during intercourse as the bullseye, we gate off the idiosyncrasy and experimentation that are the wellspring of sexual pleasure.
Word: intercourse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French entrecours, from Late Latin intercursus. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɚˌkɔɹs/, /ˈɪn.tɚˌkoɹs/, /ˈɪn.təˌkɔːs/ 1. To have sexual intercourse. Labels: intransitive, nonstandard
Word: bellboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bell + boy. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlˌbɔɪ/ 1. A male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands. Example: He twisted his head to where the bellboy stared at him in open-eyed wonder.
Word: buggy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.ɡi/ 1. A small horse-drawn cart. Example: I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. 2. A small motor vehicle, such as a dune buggy. Example: I casually let this information drop as our concierge drives us through the resort in a buggy, a frangipani flower tucked behind his ear. He promises to fix the bug problem and drops us off at the lobby. 3. A hearse. Example: 1920's arr: Jimmie Rogers Frankie and Johnnie Bring out the rubber tired buggy/Bring out the rubber tired hack/I'm takin' my Johnny to the graveyard/But I ain't gonna bring him back 4. A pushchair; a stroller. Labels: Pennsylvania, UK, Western Example: The wider station upgrade has provided lifts to the Piccadilly and Victoria lines, as well as Network Rail platforms, to make it easier for passengers with mobility needs, buggies or heavy luggage to use London Underground. 5. A shopping cart or trolley. Labels: Canada, Pennsylvania, Southern-US, Western
Word: buggy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bug Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English buggy From bug + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌ.ɡi/ 1. Infested with insects. 2. Containing programming errors. Example: This software is so buggy that I don't know how anyone can use it! 3. Resembling an insect. 4. Crazy; bughouse. Labels: slang Example: You have to help me get out of here. They want to keep me longer, but I can't stay. This place is driving me buggy. Example: Posting the selfies on Instagram, where limbs are noodly or eyes are buggy, is meant to be silly, making it seem like the photographers take themselves — and social media — less seriously.
Word: shopping cart Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑpɪŋ kɑɹt/ 1. A conveyance used to carry groceries and other items while shopping in a store. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US 2. The stored list of items that a person has chosen to purchase during an online shopping session but has not yet confirmed. Labels: Internet
Word: heatwave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heat + wave. Pronunciation: /ˈhitˌweɪv/ 1. Alternative spelling of heat wave (“period of exceptionally hot weather”) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Various parts of the world have been experiencing heatwaves and on Thursday the EU’s climate monitoring service said the world had experienced its hottest June on record last month. […] In parts of China, an enduring heatwave has continued, with temperatures reaching above 35C. Example: Both weather agencies forecast temperatures above 40C over the coming days and called for vigilance amid forecasts of “a very intense, even exceptional” heatwave in parts of the continent. 2. A heat haze. Example: On a hot summer's day, one can literally see heatwaves shimmering off the surfaces of inanimate objects.
Word: modest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑdəst/ 1. Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. 2. Small, moderate in size. Example: He earns a modest amount of money. Example: Her latest novel was a modest success. 3. Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. Example: modest thoughts or language 4. Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. Labels: especially
Word: Pb Part of Speech: symbol 1. Abbreviation of Pbit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: au Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of atomic unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of arbitrary unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of astronomical unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of Absorbance Units. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: au Part of Speech: noun 1. A vowel found in Indic abugidas.
Word: dord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish dord (“buzz, drone; dord”). 1. A type of ancient Irish war-horn. Example: […] there, after digging to a good depth, they find the Dord or great war-horn of Fionn, a blast on which brings “a flock of furious gigantic birds,” and a thigh of one of them is found to be as big as a sheep’s. Example: […] the first album on which the dord and the didgeridoo could be heard together was entitled: ‘Two stories in One: (Natural Symphonies)’.
Word: betrayal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From betray + -al. Pronunciation: /bɪˈtɹeɪəl/ 1. The act of betraying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But by the same token, an exclusive menu of betrayals is likely to be a starvation diet. Example: The betrayal of our friends in Taiwan began with President Carter’s decision to terminate the mutual defense treaty with Taiwan that Congress had ratified in 1954.
Word: accelerative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer 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 celerō Latin accelerō Latin accelerātuslbor. ▲ Latin accelerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accelerātiōder. English accelerationbf. English accelerate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English accelerative From accelerate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt.ɪv/, /ækˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt.ɪv/ 1. Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. Example: The accelerative powers of a diesel unit like this are such that allowances for delays must be less than those with steam power: [...]
Word: accelerant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accelerate + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, or forming adjectives with senses of being prone or tending to do the actions of verbs). Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛləɹ(ə)nt/, /æk-/, /əkˈsɛləɹənt/ 1. Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process. Example: Accelerant was poured across the beds where the two daughters of a family in Cheshire, Conn., had been tied before a fire during a home invasion in 2007, a fire investigator told jurors on Friday. 2. Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process. 3. Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else. Labels: figuratively Example: Hello Neighbor’s experience reflects the rise of video sites like YouTube as an accelerant for the video game business. Example: [Mike] Skinner can be credited with pouring lots of accelerant on pop in his time. In his absence, Caribbean-derived UK bass music became the de facto sound of British youth.
Word: accelerant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From accelerate + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, or forming adjectives with senses of being prone or tending to do the actions of verbs). Pronunciation: /əkˈsɛləɹ(ə)nt/, /æk-/, /əkˈsɛləɹənt/ 1. Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.
Word: acceleratory Part of Speech: adj 1. accelerative
Word: accelerograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From accelero- + -graph. 1. An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc. 2. An instrument used to record the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake.
Word: accelerometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer 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 celerō Latin accelerō Latin accelerātuslbor. ▲ Latin accelerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accelerātiōder. English accelerationbf. English accelerate Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English accelerometer From accelerate + -o- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/, [ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ], /ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/, [ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ] 1. An instrument for measuring acceleration. 2. An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations. Example: Near-synonym: vibrometer Example: Working with NR, ScotRail and Porterbrook, Perpetuum has fitted sensors with gyroscopes and accelerometers to trains that are already in passenger service.
Word: auspicious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈspɪ.ʃəs/, /ɔˈspɪʃ.əs/, /ɑˈspɪʃ.əs/ 1. Of good omen; indicating future success. Example: It was a boast of Napoleon, that the very weather owned the influence of his auspicious star—his triumphal entry, his procession, or his fête, were always marked by sunshine. Example: Backed by the Salsoul Orchestra, Carol's auspicious single debut, "More," was one of the very first commercially-available 12" singles and was a smash, reaching the upper regions of the disco charts in 1976. 2. Conducive to success. Example: This is an auspicious day. 3. Marked by success; prosperous. Example: Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, novv our Queen, / Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this vvarlike State, / Haue vve, as ’tvvere, vvith a defeated ioy, / VVith one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, / VVith mirth in Funerall, and vvith Dirge in Marriage, / In equall Scale vveighing Delight and Dole / Taken to VVife […] Example: Sure, ſuch a Day as this vvas never ſeen! / The Sun himſelf, on this auſpicious Day, / Shines like a Beau in a nevv Birth-Day Suit: […]
Word: links Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See link. Pronunciation: /lɪŋks/ 1. plural of link Labels: form-of, plural
Word: links Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See link. Pronunciation: /lɪŋks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of link Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: links Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots links (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), linkis, from Old English hlincas (“rising grounds, hills”). Pronunciation: /lɪŋks/ 1. A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea. Example: but what worthy golf links is not intolerably hard of access? Example: The royal and ancient game of golf may now claim to be the universal game of the world, as in every part of the habitable globe links are to be found.
Word: PC Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpiː ˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of politically correct. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of pro-choice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Progressive Conservative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of partially continuous. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌpiː ˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of Proto-Celtic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Penn Central. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Coastal Patrol. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Phrozen Crew. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Plaid Cymru. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Presbyterian Church. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Progressive Conservative Party. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism 9. Initialism of Philippine Constabulary. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: PC Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌpiː ˈsiː/ 1. To make politically correct. Labels: sometimes, with-up Example: 1991 December, Renée Gearhart Levy, “PC’ed Out,” Syracuse University Magazine, quoted in Steven Mailloux, Reception Histories, Cornell University Press (1998), →ISBN, page 169. Example: However, the process of ‘PC’ing’ cheese on toast was too much for me.
Word: imprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimereder. Old French empreindre Old French empreinteder. English imprint From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere. Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/ 1. An impression; the mark left behind by printing something or by pressing on something, or the figurative counterpart of such a mark. Example: Their footsteps left an imprint in the sand. Example: The packaging requires an imprint on three of its sides. 2. The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; (metonymic) the publisher, publishing house, or printer; their brand, or one of their subbrands. Example: Near-synonyms: colophon, imprimatur Example: Each of the Big Five publishers has many imprints; for example, the imprints of Penguin Random House include Crown, DK, and Knopf Doubleday. 3. A distinctive marking, symbol, or logo. Example: Near-synonyms: imprimatur, hallmark Example: The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.
Word: imprint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimereder. Old French empreindre Old French empreinterbor. Middle English emprinten English imprint From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɪnt/ 1. To leave a print, impression, image, etc. Example: For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram. Example: For though a Child quickly aſſent to this Propoſition, That an Apple is not Fire; when, by familiar Acquaintance, he has got the Idea's of thoſe two different things diſtinctly imprinted on his Mind, and has learnt that the names Apple and Fire ſtand for them; yet it will be ſome years after, perhaps, before the ſame Child will aſſent to this Propoſition, That it is impoſſible for the ſame thing to be, and not to be. 2. To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are. Example: Baby birds are known for a propensity to imprint; they tend to imprint on whichever creatures they perceive to be their parents — including humans doing wildlife rescue! Example: That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults. 3. To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
Word: kana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːnə/, [ˈkʰɑːnə] 1. The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji. 2. A hiragana or katakana character.
Word: kana Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of kena. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative, invariable
Word: solubility Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌsɔljuˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The condition of being soluble. 2. The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.
Word: invertebrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English vertebrate English invertebrate From in- + vertebrate. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/ 1. An animal without vertebrae (i.e., without a backbone). Example: Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue. 2. A spineless person; a coward. Labels: informal
Word: invertebrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English vertebrate English invertebrate From in- + vertebrate. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/ 1. Without a backbone: without vertebrae. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate? 2. Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character. Labels: not-comparable Example: This week Fifa’s morally invertebrate president, Gianni Infantino, gave a speech that attempted to paint his World Cup as a marker of a grand struggle between the bright new world and corrupt old Europe, with Infantino himself the Mandela at its centre.
Word: SIL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of sibling-in-law. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of sister-in-law. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of safety integrity level. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SIL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Summer Institute of Linguistics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: language code Part of Speech: noun 1. A short alphabetic or numeric identifier assigned to a language. Example: af is the two-letter language code for Afrikaans.
Word: AI Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/, /ˌeɪ̯ˈʌɪ̯/, /ˌæɪ̯ˈɑe̯/, /ˌæɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/, /ˌeˈaɪ̯/ 1. Initialism of artificial intelligence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: “Wintermute is the recognition code for an AI. I've got the Turing Registry Numbers. Artificial Intelligence.” Example: The geth serve as a cautionary tale against the dangers of rogue AI, and in Citadel Space they are technically illegal. Advocacy groups argue, however, that an AI is a living, conscious entity deserving the same rights as organics. They argue that continued use of the term "artificial" is institutionalized racism on the part of organic life, the term "synthetic" is considered the politically correct alternative. 2. Initialism of artificial intelligence. Labels: broadly, countable 3. Initialism of artificial intelligence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The character you are not controlling will follow you around and attack using [Sword of Mana]'s AI. Example: I still wish my party members weren't reduced to AI helpers with no health bars who I control only through a radial menu to fire off their skill combos. 4. Initialism of artificial intelligence. Labels: countable 5. Initialism of action item. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of airborne intelligence (synonym for an early type of airborne radar). Labels: British-airforce, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of articulatory index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of artificial insemination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of adequate intake. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Abbreviation of angiotensin I. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 11. Initialism of atavistic-idiosyncratic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of attitude indicator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of air integration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of academic integrity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of amelogenesis imperfecta. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: AI Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/, /ˌeɪ̯ˈʌɪ̯/, /ˌæɪ̯ˈɑe̯/, /ˌæɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/, /ˌeˈaɪ̯/ 1. To use artificial intelligence to search for or generate content. Labels: informal
Word: AI Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/, /ˌeɪ̯ˈʌɪ̯/, /ˌæɪ̯ˈɑe̯/, /ˌæɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/, /ˌeˈaɪ̯/ 1. Initialism of Air India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of American Idol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Amnesty International. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Adobe Illustrator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AI Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/, /ˌeɪ̯ˈʌɪ̯/, /ˌæɪ̯ˈɑe̯/, /ˌæɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/, /ˌeˈaɪ̯/ 1. Generated or appearing to have been generated by artificial intelligence. Example: It definitely doesn’t look AI, her right (our left) pupil looks a bit shifted towards the center of her face, but it might be the highlights. Example: honestly the Lost Road cover seems more AI to me, but it's too low res to tell, and who knows these days
Word: artificial intelligence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American computer scientist and cognitive scientist John McCarthy in 1955, and popularized at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence, 1956. Pronunciation: /ˌɑː.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/, /ˌɑɹ.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/, /ˌɐː.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtel.ə.d͡ʒəns/, /ˌɐː.təˈfəʃ.əl ənˈtel.ə.d͡ʒəns/, /ˌaɹ.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/ 1. Intelligence exhibited by an artificial (nonnatural, manmade, humanmade) entity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Research in the modern science of Artificial Intelligence started only in the 1950's, stimulated by the invention of modern computers. This inspired a flood of new ideas about how machines could do what only minds had done previously. 2. Intelligence exhibited by an artificial (nonnatural, manmade, humanmade) entity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This computer possesses artificial intelligence. Example: A United Nations agency says the United States, China and Japan are leading the world in developing artificial intelligence, or AI, technology. 3. Intelligence exhibited by an artificial (nonnatural, manmade, humanmade) entity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The original Sniper: Ghost Warrior was a surprise hit when it was released in 2010. A surprise because it seemed an unequivocally awful game, with half broken graphics and artificial intelligence, a tediously linear story campaign, and an undernourished multiplayer mode. 4. Intelligence exhibited by an artificial (nonnatural, manmade, humanmade) entity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Leo also said journalists must use artificial intelligence with “responsibility and discernment”. 5. Intelligence exhibited by an artificial (nonnatural, manmade, humanmade) entity. Labels: countable Example: While the humans scurried in confusion, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) created by MIT/Bell Labs linked itself into the network of high-speed, twentieth generation computers placed at its disposal by a Red Alert Priority, evaluated data thoughtfully for a minute and a half and then proceeded to get in touch with its opposite number in the Russian Republics. Example: What Daedadus really is, is the world's first successful wholly autonomous AI. Whatever mysterious organization managed to create the first true artificial intelligence succeeded so well that their creation managed to convince them that they'd failed... and then escaped. 6. Intelligence exhibited by an artificial (nonnatural, manmade, humanmade) entity. Labels: countable, proscribed, specifically, uncountable Example: He’s arguing that “image enhancement” is not the same thing as AI, because it’s a lot like the technology that most of your smartphones use when you’re taking a video.
Word: country code Part of Speech: noun 1. A short alphabetic or numeric geographical code representing a specific country or area.
Word: rhea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa, “the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːə/ 1. A large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South America.
Word: rhea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Assamese ৰিহা (riha, “rihā”). 1. Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.
Word: exobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exo- + biology, coined by American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg. 1. The branch of biology dealing with exolife: (putative or predicted) extraterrestrial lifeforms (those originating from planets other than Earth). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Biology has lately given rise to a new discipline: exobiology, the study of extraterrestrial life. Ever since 1959, when analysis of a piece of meteor substance showed traces of organic compounds, a controversy has raged as to whether these compounds came into the atmosphere with the meteorite or whether they originate on earth.
Word: cassowary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kasuari. Pronunciation: /ˈkæs.əˌwɛɹ.i/ 1. Any of the large, flightless, cursorial birds of the genus Casuarius, family Casuariidae, native to Australia and New Guinea, having a characteristic bony casque on the head.
Word: emu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Portuguese ema (“(originally) cassowary; giant rhea; (now) ostrich”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːmjuː/, /ˈim(j)u/ 1. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. Example: [page 59] The Emu, though not ſo as large as the oſtrich, is only ſecond to it in magnitude. It is by much the largeſt bird in the New Continent; and is generally found to be ſix feet high, meaſuring from its head to the ground. […] [page 60] [T]he emu runs with ſuch a ſwiftneſs, that the fleeteſt dogs are thrown out in the purſuit. Example: From New Holland the emeu, / With his better moiety, / Has paid a visit to the Zo- / ological Society. 2. A cassowary (genus Casuarius). Labels: obsolete Example: [page 1] 1. EGGES. Caſſawary, or Emeu, vide Aldrov: p. 542. Harveum, G.A. p. 61. […] [page 3] 4. CLAWES. […] A legge and claw of the Caſſawary or Emeu that dyed at S. James’s, Weſtminſter. Example: It is a native both of the Eaſt and Weſt Indies; and all the writers on birds have deſscribed it. Aldrovand [Ulisse Aldrovandi] calls it Emeu ſive Eme; Boulius, Emeu vulgo Caſoarius; and others, Caſſuarus.
Word: emu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit). Pronunciation: /ˈiːɛmˌjuː/ 1. Initialism of electromagnetic unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A bar magnet NS has poles of strength 144 emu, 5 cm apart. Example: Rock Magnetic Properties as Related to a Magnetometer Profile for Serpentines, Sierra Nevada, California / DuBOIS, ROBERT L., Dept. Geology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. / The remanent magnetism of a suite of specimens from a serpentine mass in the Sierra Nevada, California, has a declination of N. 32°E. and an inclination of plus 84°. The average intensity is 80 × 10⁻⁵ emu/cc.