nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: prior Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin prior (“earlier, former, previous, prior; in front; (figurative) better, superior”), from Proto-Italic *priōs (“earlier, previous”, literally “more before”), ultimately from *pri (“before”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pró (“leading to, toward”) and its etymon *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + *-jōs (suffix forming comparative adjectives). Doublet of before, fore, and former. The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ.ə/, /ˈpɹaɪ.(ə)ɹ/, /ˈpɹɑe.ə/, [ˈpɹɑe̯.ə] 1. Chiefly followed by to: in advance, before, previously. Example: The doctor had known three months prior. Example: From the opening shots of the anonymous young Winterfell boy rushing to catch a glimpse of Jon Snow and Queen Daenerys Targaryen, hearkening back to those moments of the very first episode in which Arya rushed to do the same with an approaching King Robert Baratheon, the series is calling back to its beginning, suggesting (at least for now) that the wheel continues to turn, sending us back into a pattern begun seven seasons prior.
Word: prior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin prior (“earlier, former, previous, prior; in front; (figurative) better, superior”), from Proto-Italic *priōs (“earlier, previous”, literally “more before”), ultimately from *pri (“before”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pró (“leading to, toward”) and its etymon *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + *-jōs (suffix forming comparative adjectives). Doublet of before, fore, and former. The adverb and noun are derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ.ə/, /ˈpɹaɪ.(ə)ɹ/, /ˈpɹɑe.ə/, [ˈpɹɑe̯.ə] 1. A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected. 2. A prior probability distribution, that is, one determined without knowledge of the occurrence of other events that bear on it, before additional data is collected. Labels: broadly Example: During each of these touchpoints, I'm asking myself where and how my thesis on each holding could be wrong. I'm checking each data point as it comes in against my priors. I'm comparing management behavior to what I would be doing if I were in their shoes. Example: The votes are in, and our priors are confirmed. The truth is that midterms are nearly as predictable as death and taxes: The party that controls the White House always loses and often badly at that. 3. A previous arrest or criminal conviction on someone's criminal record. Labels: Canada, US, in-plural Example: And a little later we get the routine report on his prints from Washington, and he's got a prior back in Indiana, attempted hold-up six years ago.
Word: prior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English priour, prior (“head or deputy head of a monastery or other religious house; predecessor; superior”), from Old English prior, from Anglo-Norman priour, prior, priur, and Old French prior, priur (modern French prieur), and directly from their etymon Latin prior (“ancestor; predecessor”) (whence Late Latin prior (“superior of a religious house or order; abbot; deputy abbot; head of a guild”)), a noun use of prior (“former, previous, prior”, adjective): see etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ.ə/, /ˈpɹaɪ.(ə)ɹ/, /ˈpɹɑe.ə/, [ˈpɹɑe̯.ə] 1. A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order. Example: It is not yet an hundred yere a goe, ſince that ſame mayſter doctour was butler in the ſame houſe, whereof I was maiſter and praiour: […] 2. A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order. 3. A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order. 4. A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order. 5. A high-ranking member of a religious house or religious order. Example: [I]t hath appertained to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York for the space of four hundred years or thereabouts to have spiritual jurisdiction over all your Grace's subjects dwelling within the provinces; […] in the meantime of vacation the same privilege resteth in the churches of Canterbury and York; and is executed by the prior, dean and chapter of the said churches; […] 6. A chief magistrate of the Republic of Florence (1115–1569) in what is now Italy. Labels: historical Example: [F]irſt of all among themſelves of the ancienteſt they chuſe three heads or chiefs vvhich they call Priors; and alſo of the youngeſt among them they chuſe tvvo vvho perform the office of Secretaries. The Priors ſit dovvn, having before them a table upon vvhich are placed tvvo balloting boxes of that ſort that are uſed in the Great Council; in one of vvhich are put 40 balls, marked vvith a certain mark, that no deceit may be uſed. The reſt of the 41 ſit alſo dovvn, each vvhere he pleaſes. […] Then they are called one by one before the three Priors, and each one vvrites in his Schedule the name of him vvhom he vvould have to be Duke, and leaves it upon the table. 7. The elected head of a guild of craftsmen or merchants in some countries in Europe and South America. Labels: historical 8. A person who is the earliest or most prominent in a field; the chief. Labels: obsolete 9. The head of a company. Labels: obsolete
Word: wild Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English weilde, wield, wielde, wijlde, wild, wilde, wyld, wylde, wyled, wyyld, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wil (“wild”), Saterland Frisian wíeld, wüüld (“wild”), West Frisian wyld (“wild”), Bavarian wüd (“wild”), Central Franconian weld (“wild”), Cimbrian bill (“crazy, mad; wild; stupid”), Dutch, German, and Low German wild (“wild”), Luxembourgish wëll (“wild; savage”), Vilamovian wyłd (“wild”), Yiddish ווילד (vild, “wild; savage”), Danish and Swedish vild (“wild”), Faroese villur (“wild”), Icelandic villtur (“wild; lost; barbaric, savage; uncultivated; untamed”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vill (“wild”), vill (“lost”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wilþeis, “wild”); also Cornish gwlan (“wool”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic olann (“wool”), Manx ollan (“wool”), Welsh gwlân (“wool”), Latin vellus (“fleece, wool”), villus (“hair, shaggy hair”), Ancient Greek λάχνη (lákhnē, “woolly hair; thin hair; soft nap or pile on cloth; quills hedgehog; leafage”), Lithuanian valai (“hair of the horse tail”), Belarusian во́лас (vólas, “single hair”), Czech and Slovak vlas (“single hair”), Macedonian влас (vlas, “fluff; thread (of hair)”), Polish włos (“single hair”), Russian and Ukrainian во́лос (vólos, “single hair”), Serbo-Croatian вла̑с, vlȃs (“single hair”), Slovene las (“hair on top of head; nap, pile”), Armenian գեղմ (geġm, “fleece, wool”), Central Kurdish پرچ (pirç, “fax, headhair”), Northern Kurdish hirî (“wool”), Persian گرس (gors, “curl, ringlet; braid”), Hittite 𒋠𒀸 (SÍG-aš, “wool”), Tocharian A urṇ (“the circles of white hair between the brows of the Buddha or other deity”), Tocharian B *ūrṇ (“the circles of white hair between the brows of the Buddha or other deity”), Sanskrit वल्श (valśa, “branch, shoot, twig”). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ̯ld/, [ˈwaɪ̯ld], /ˈwaːld/, [ˈwaːld] 1. Inaccurately; not on target. Labels: not-comparable Example: The javelin flew wild and struck a spectator, to the horror of all observing. 2. Intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately. Labels: not-comparable Example: Let's record it wild.
Word: wild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English weilde, wield, wielde, wijlde, wild, wilde, wyld, wylde, wyled, wyyld, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wil (“wild”), Saterland Frisian wíeld, wüüld (“wild”), West Frisian wyld (“wild”), Bavarian wüd (“wild”), Central Franconian weld (“wild”), Cimbrian bill (“crazy, mad; wild; stupid”), Dutch, German, and Low German wild (“wild”), Luxembourgish wëll (“wild; savage”), Vilamovian wyłd (“wild”), Yiddish ווילד (vild, “wild; savage”), Danish and Swedish vild (“wild”), Faroese villur (“wild”), Icelandic villtur (“wild; lost; barbaric, savage; uncultivated; untamed”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vill (“wild”), vill (“lost”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wilþeis, “wild”); also Cornish gwlan (“wool”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic olann (“wool”), Manx ollan (“wool”), Welsh gwlân (“wool”), Latin vellus (“fleece, wool”), villus (“hair, shaggy hair”), Ancient Greek λάχνη (lákhnē, “woolly hair; thin hair; soft nap or pile on cloth; quills hedgehog; leafage”), Lithuanian valai (“hair of the horse tail”), Belarusian во́лас (vólas, “single hair”), Czech and Slovak vlas (“single hair”), Macedonian влас (vlas, “fluff; thread (of hair)”), Polish włos (“single hair”), Russian and Ukrainian во́лос (vólos, “single hair”), Serbo-Croatian вла̑с, vlȃs (“single hair”), Slovene las (“hair on top of head; nap, pile”), Armenian գեղմ (geġm, “fleece, wool”), Central Kurdish پرچ (pirç, “fax, headhair”), Northern Kurdish hirî (“wool”), Persian گرس (gors, “curl, ringlet; braid”), Hittite 𒋠𒀸 (SÍG-aš, “wool”), Tocharian A urṇ (“the circles of white hair between the brows of the Buddha or other deity”), Tocharian B *ūrṇ (“the circles of white hair between the brows of the Buddha or other deity”), Sanskrit वल्श (valśa, “branch, shoot, twig”). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ̯ld/, [ˈwaɪ̯ld], /ˈwaːld/, [ˈwaːld] 1. The undomesticated state of a wild animal. Labels: singular, with-definite-article Example: After mending the lion's leg, we returned him to the wild. 2. A wilderness. Labels: in-plural Example: 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Thus every good his native wilds impart Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e’en those ills that round his mansion rise Enhance the bliss his scanty funds supplies. 3. Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
Word: wild Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English weilde, wield, wielde, wijlde, wild, wilde, wyld, wylde, wyled, wyyld, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian wil (“wild”), Saterland Frisian wíeld, wüüld (“wild”), West Frisian wyld (“wild”), Bavarian wüd (“wild”), Central Franconian weld (“wild”), Cimbrian bill (“crazy, mad; wild; stupid”), Dutch, German, and Low German wild (“wild”), Luxembourgish wëll (“wild; savage”), Vilamovian wyłd (“wild”), Yiddish ווילד (vild, “wild; savage”), Danish and Swedish vild (“wild”), Faroese villur (“wild”), Icelandic villtur (“wild; lost; barbaric, savage; uncultivated; untamed”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vill (“wild”), vill (“lost”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 (wilþeis, “wild”); also Cornish gwlan (“wool”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic olann (“wool”), Manx ollan (“wool”), Welsh gwlân (“wool”), Latin vellus (“fleece, wool”), villus (“hair, shaggy hair”), Ancient Greek λάχνη (lákhnē, “woolly hair; thin hair; soft nap or pile on cloth; quills hedgehog; leafage”), Lithuanian valai (“hair of the horse tail”), Belarusian во́лас (vólas, “single hair”), Czech and Slovak vlas (“single hair”), Macedonian влас (vlas, “fluff; thread (of hair)”), Polish włos (“single hair”), Russian and Ukrainian во́лос (vólos, “single hair”), Serbo-Croatian вла̑с, vlȃs (“single hair”), Slovene las (“hair on top of head; nap, pile”), Armenian գեղմ (geġm, “fleece, wool”), Central Kurdish پرچ (pirç, “fax, headhair”), Northern Kurdish hirî (“wool”), Persian گرس (gors, “curl, ringlet; braid”), Hittite 𒋠𒀸 (SÍG-aš, “wool”), Tocharian A urṇ (“the circles of white hair between the brows of the Buddha or other deity”), Tocharian B *ūrṇ (“the circles of white hair between the brows of the Buddha or other deity”), Sanskrit वल्श (valśa, “branch, shoot, twig”). Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ̯ld/, [ˈwaɪ̯ld], /ˈwaːld/, [ˈwaːld] 1. To commit random acts of assault, robbery, and rape in an urban setting, especially as a gang. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: ...Chief of Detectives Robert Colangelo, who said the attacks appeared unrelated to money, race, drugs, or alcohol, said that some of the 20 youths brought in for questioning has told investigators that the crime spree was the product of a pastime called "wilding". "It's not a term that we in the police had heard before," the chief said, noting that the police were unaware of any similar incident in the park recently. "They just said, 'We were going wilding.' In my mind at this point, it implies that they were going to raise hell."... Example: Now is they wildin with us / And getting rowdy with us. 2. (In the form wilding or wildin') To act in a strange or unexpected way. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: They had a big influence on me. They had a big influence on Brooklyn period. I like the nonsense. [laughs] They were wildin'. Everyone in Brooklyn was liking that shit. They're wildin'. Their story in the stu, it gets deep. Example: Kinsey posted a clip of the incident alongside a caption that reads: "Damn the ER in Tulsa be wildin'."
Word: wild Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪ̯ld/, [ˈwaɪ̯ld], /ˈwaːld/, [ˈwaːld] 1. Alternative form of weald. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English halle (“hall”), from Old English heall (“hall, dwelling, house, palace, temple, law-court”), from Proto-West Germanic *hallu (“hall”), from Proto-Germanic *hallō (“hall”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). Cognate with Scots hall, haw (“hall”), Dutch hal (“hall”), German Halle (“hall”), Danish hal (“hall, sports centre”), Faroese høll (“hall, palace”), Icelandic höll (“palace”), Norwegian hall (“hall”), Swedish hall (“hall”), Latin cella (“room, cell”), Sanskrit शाला (śā́lā, “house, mansion, hall”). Doublet of cell and cella. Pronunciation: /hɔːl/, /hoːl/, /hɔl/, /hɑl/, /haːl/ 1. A corridor; a hallway. Example: The drinking fountain was out in the hall. Example: We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 2. A large meeting room. Example: The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention. 3. A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion). Example: The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea. Example: But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendome, Kate of Kate-hall. 4. A building providing student accommodation at a university. Example: The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle. 5. The principal room of a secular medieval building. 6. Cleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing. Labels: obsolete Example: Then cry, a hall, a hall! Come, father Rosin, with your fiddle now. 7. A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences. Example: a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall 8. A living room. Labels: India 9. A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall. 10. A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.
Word: master Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister, magistrum Old French maistrebor. ▲ Latin magisterder. Old English mǣġester Middle English maister English master From Middle English maister, mayster, meister (noun) and maistren (verb), from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (as in magnus (“great”), also cognate of English much and mickle) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre (noun) and maistriier, maister (verb) from the same Latin source. Compare also Saterland Frisian Mäster (“master”), West Frisian master (“master”), Dutch meester (“master”), German Meister (“master”). Doublet of maestro, magister, and meister. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːstə/, /ˈmastə/, /ˈmastəɾ/, /ˈmastəɻ/, /ˈmæstɚ/ 1. Masterful. Labels: not-comparable Example: a master performance 2. Main, principal or predominant. Labels: not-comparable 3. Highly skilled. Labels: not-comparable Example: master batsman Example: In another minute she lay peaceful and motionless under the anæsthetic — a statue, immobile, yet expressionful, as though carved by some master hand. 4. Original. Labels: not-comparable Example: master copy
Word: master Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister, magistrum Old French maistrebor. ▲ Latin magisterder. Old English mǣġester Middle English maister English master From Middle English maister, mayster, meister (noun) and maistren (verb), from Old English mǣster, mæġster, mæġester, mæġister, magister (“master”), from Latin magister (“chief, teacher, leader”), from Old Latin magester, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (as in magnus (“great”), also cognate of English much and mickle) + -ester/-ister (compare minister (“servant”)). Reinforced by Old French maistre, mestre (noun) and maistriier, maister (verb) from the same Latin source. Compare also Saterland Frisian Mäster (“master”), West Frisian master (“master”), Dutch meester (“master”), German Meister (“master”). Doublet of maestro, magister, and meister. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːstə/, /ˈmastə/, /ˈmastəɾ/, /ˈmastəɻ/, /ˈmæstɚ/ 1. To be a master. Labels: intransitive 2. To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue. Labels: transitive Example: Obstinacy and willful neglects must be mastered, even though it cost blows. Example: Then Elzevir cried out angrily, 'Silence. Are you mad, or has the liquor mastered you? Are you Revenue-men that you dare shout and roister? or contrabandiers with the lugger in the offing, and your life in your hand. You make noise enough to wake folk in Moonfleet from their beds.' 3. To learn to a high degree of proficiency. Labels: transitive Example: It took her years to master the art of needlecraft. 4. To own; to possess. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: […]the wealth / That the world maſters. 5. To make a master copy of. Labels: especially, transitive 6. To earn a Master's degree. Labels: intransitive, usually Example: He mastered in English at the state college.
Word: master Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mast Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English master From mast + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːstə/, /ˈmastə/, /ˈmastəɾ/, /ˈmastəɻ/, /ˈmæstɚ/ 1. A vessel having a specified number of masts. Labels: in-compounds Example: a two-master
Word: inferior Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/, /ɪnˈfɪːɹɪjə/, /ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /ɪnˈfiə.ɹi.ə/, /ɪnˈfi.ɾe.əɾ/ 1. Lower in rank, status, or quality. Example: Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades. Example: The pathological liar was morally inferior to his much nicer constituents. 2. Lower in rank, status, or quality. Example: an inferior officer Example: Due to the internet issue, the system generates an inferior audio file. 3. Lower in rank, status, or quality. 4. Lower in rank, status, or quality. 5. Located below: 6. Located below: 7. Located below: 8. Located below: 9. Located below: Example: an inferior figure or letter 10. Located below: Example: the inferior part of a meridian 11. Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is. Example: the inferior or interior planets Example: an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
Word: inferior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of īnferus (“below, underneath”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɪə.ɹi.ə/, /ɪnˈfɪːɹɪjə/, /ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /ɪnˈfiə.ɹi.ə/, /ɪnˈfi.ɾe.əɾ/ 1. A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another. Example: , Example: As you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want. 2. An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
Word: superior Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”). Pronunciation: /suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/, /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /sə-/, /sʉːˈpɪə.ɹiː.ə/ 1. Higher in rank, status, or quality. Example: Rebecca had always thought shorts were far superior to pants, as they didn't constantly make her legs itch. Example: There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished. 2. Higher in rank, status, or quality. Example: She always treated (her husband) as a boy, which he was, and as a fool, which he was not, thinking herself so immeasurably superior to him that she neglected opportunity after opportunity of establishing her rule. 3. Higher in rank, status, or quality. 4. Higher in rank, status, or quality. Example: There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy […]than a brave man superior to his sufferings. 5. Higher in rank, status, or quality. 6. Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening). 7. Printed in superscript. Example: a superior figure or letter 8. Located above or out; higher in position. Example: the superior jaw; the superior part of an image 9. Located above or out; higher in position. 10. Located above or out; higher in position. 11. Located above or out; higher in position. 12. Located above or out; higher in position. 13. Located above or out; higher in position. 14. More comprehensive. Example: A genus is superior to a species. 15. Affecting or assuming an air of superiority. 16. Having a wider orbit around the Sun; typically with respect to the Earth.
Word: superior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”). Pronunciation: /suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/, /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, /sə-/, /sʉːˈpɪə.ɹiː.ə/ 1. A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position. 2. A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position. 3. A superior letter, figure, or symbol. 4. One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services. Labels: historical
Word: possession Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion. Pronunciation: /pəˈzɛʃn̩/ 1. A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Once complete, guide rails will be installed inside the tunnels ready for the box jack itself - which NR intends to push into place during a nine-day engineering possession in September, following a trial push in late August. [...] A small number of weekday and weekend possessions will also be required on June 20-21, September 5-6, and between December 19-March 2021, [...] 2. Something that is owned. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The car quickly became his most prized possession. Example: I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that. 3. An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The car is in my possession. Example: I'm in possession of the car. 4. A territory under the rule of another country. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions. 5. The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession. Example: How long hath this possession held the man? 6. The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession. Example: Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable to build up any form of decent possession once the ball left their bewildered defence. 8. A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round eight? Australian Football League, 7 May 2019. Accessed 7 May 2019. Defender Colin O'Riordan had 41 possessions in the NEAFL last week to continue his outstanding form, while Ryan Clarke had 47 in the Swans' big loss to Brisbane. 9. A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some languages distinguish between a construction like 'my car', which shows alienable possession — the car could become someone else's — and one like 'my foot', which has inalienable possession — my foot will always be mine.
Word: possession Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion. Pronunciation: /pəˈzɛʃn̩/ 1. To invest with property. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: inhabitant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/ 1. Someone or thing who lives in a place. Example: I believed it in the same way one of you might believe there are inhabitants in the planet Mars. I knew once a Scotch sailmaker who was certain, dead sure, there were people in Mars. Example: It was obvious to the inhabitants of the small coastal town of Bridport that in the midst of these squabbles their need for a railway was going to be overlooked, and they decided to take the matter into their own hands. 2. A possible value for a type. Example: One way to observe this connection with mathematics is by mapping each type to its cardinality, a count of the inhabitants of that type.
Word: inhabitant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tənt/ 1. resident Labels: not-comparable
Word: sight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sighte, from Old English sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti (“seeing, sight”), equivalent to see + -t. Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian gazicht (“sight, vision; pupil”), Dutch gezicht (“face; sight, vision”), zicht (“sight, vision”), German Gesicht (“face; sight, vision”), Sicht (“view; sight; visibility”), Luxembourgish Gesiicht (“face”), Siicht (“view; sight”), Yiddish געזיכט (gezikht, “face”), Danish sigt (“sight; visibility”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk sikt (“visibility”), Swedish sikt (“visibility”), sikte (“sight”). Pronunciation: /saɪt/, /səɪt/ 1. The ability to see. Labels: countable, singular, uncountable Example: He is losing his sight and now can barely read. Example: Thy sight is young, / And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle. 2. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to gain sight of land Example: And when hee had spoken these things, while they beheld, hee was taken vp, and a cloud receiued him out of their sight. 3. Something seen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights; […] 4. Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad. Labels: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable Example: We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on. Example: You really look a sight in that ridiculous costume! 5. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target. Labels: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable 6. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the sight of a quadrant Example: their eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel 7. a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative. Labels: colloquial, countable, uncountable Example: a sight of money Example: This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home! 8. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The instrument of seeing; the eye. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Why cloude they not their ſights perpetually, 10. Mental view; opinion; judgment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In their sight it was harmless. Example: a very heinous Sin in the Sight of God
Word: sight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sighte, from Old English sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti (“seeing, sight”), equivalent to see + -t. Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian gazicht (“sight, vision; pupil”), Dutch gezicht (“face; sight, vision”), zicht (“sight, vision”), German Gesicht (“face; sight, vision”), Sicht (“view; sight; visibility”), Luxembourgish Gesiicht (“face”), Siicht (“view; sight”), Yiddish געזיכט (gezikht, “face”), Danish sigt (“sight; visibility”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk sikt (“visibility”), Swedish sikt (“visibility”), sikte (“sight”). Pronunciation: /saɪt/, /səɪt/ 1. To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually. Labels: transitive Example: I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore. Example: to sight land from a ship 2. To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually. Labels: transitive Example: Next a point of known elevation, preferably one of the triangulation stations, is sighted; the vertical angle is read and the horizontal distance is scaled from the point of the setup on the map to the point sighted. 3. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of. Labels: transitive Example: to sight a rifle or a cannon 4. To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger. Beside him a body collapsed, limp. It was Max. A shot had gone through his brain. Jim stared down at him, numb with horror. Example: So I sighted the deer with my .30—30 and fired at him. The bullet hit about ten yards below the deer. I realized that I had a problem with the gun so I aimed about ten yards above the deer as he was running and he dropped dead on the [spot].
Word: command Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō ▲ Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comanderbor. Middle English comaunden English command From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre, from Latin commendāre. Ultimately from Latin com- + mandō (whence ultimately also commend (a doublet), mandate, and recommend), from manus + -dō. Compare typologically Russian поручи́ть (poručítʹ), поруче́ние (poručénije), руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ), руководи́тель (rukovodítelʹ) related to рука́ (ruká). Pronunciation: /kəˈmɑːnd/, /kəˈmænd/, /kəˈmand/, /kəˈmaːnd/, /kəˈmæːnd/ 1. An order to do something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I was given a command to cease shooting. 2. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to have command of an army Example: GAGE, at that time, had command of troops near the lakes; and fearing an attack from the Indians, had called for some new recruits from Massachusetts; but the Assembly judged them not necessary. 3. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: he had command of the situation Example: England has long held command of the sea 4. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: General Smith was placed in command. 5. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Command cannot be otherwise than savage, for it implies an appeal to force, should force be needful. 6. A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I asked myself what I was to do there, now my boat was lost. As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river. Example: Filing a complaint against a police officer in New Bedford without the benefit of witnesses is difficult, if not impossible. The police command, from sergeant to chief, is summarily defensive of the actions of police officers. 7. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He's got good command tonight. 10. A command performance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Atkinson […] had hinted to me that the Duke of Richmond was so delighted with my acting that he should not be surprised if there was a second command.
Word: command Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin commendō ▲ Latin mandōinflu. Latin commandāre Old French comanderbor. Middle English comaunden English command From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre, from Latin commendāre. Ultimately from Latin com- + mandō (whence ultimately also commend (a doublet), mandate, and recommend), from manus + -dō. Compare typologically Russian поручи́ть (poručítʹ), поруче́ние (poručénije), руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ), руководи́тель (rukovodítelʹ) related to рука́ (ruká). Pronunciation: /kəˈmɑːnd/, /kəˈmænd/, /kəˈmand/, /kəˈmaːnd/, /kəˈmæːnd/ 1. To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The soldier was commanded to cease firing. Example: The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner. 2. To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control. Labels: ambitransitive Example: to command an army or a ship Example: Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries. 3. To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin. Labels: transitive Example: he commanded silence Example: If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4. to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook. Labels: transitive Example: Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.) Example: This observation deck commands a breathtaking view of San Francisco Bay. 5. To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim. Labels: transitive Example: A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people. Example: Justice commands the respect and affections of the people. 6. To hold, to control the use of. Labels: transitive Example: The fort commanded the bay. Example: Two wooden bridges led across the river; each was commanded by a fortified house 7. To have a view (of), as from a superior position. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: Farr and wide his eye commands. Example: I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin. 8. To direct to come; to bestow. Labels: obsolete Example: I will command my blessing upon you.
Word: arrange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangierbor. Middle English arengen English arrange Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement. Labels: transitive Example: & whan the frensshe men sawe thus the hors come, whyche was longyng to rychard, they were al affrayed and moeued, and came & opened the gate, and anone he entred in; and after that the yate was shette, they arenged them aboute the sayd hors, for compassyon of sorowe, wepyng pyetously. Example: The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…]. 2. To plan; to prepare in advance. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: to arrange to meet; to arrange for supper Example: It had been arranged as part of the day's programme that Mr. Cooke was to drive those who wished to go over the Rise in his new brake. 3. To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: arrange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *(H)rek-der. Proto-Celtic *reketi Gaulish *rekosbor.? Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-der. Proto-Germanic *rinkanąder. Proto-Germanic *rankaz Frankish *rankbor.? Vulgar Latin *rencus Old French reng Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Old French rengier Old French arangierbor. Middle English arengen English arrange Inherited from Middle English arengen, arrangen (“to draw up a battle line”), borrowed from Old French arengier, arangier (“to put in a line, put in a row”), derived from reng, rang, ranc (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, a form of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Pronunciation: /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement Labels: Japan
Word: helper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English helpere, from Old English *helpere, from Proto-West Germanic *helpārī (“helper”), equivalent to help + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälper (“helper”), West Frisian helper (“helper”), Dutch helper (“helper”), German Low German Helper (“helper”), German Helfer (“helper”), Danish hjælper (“helper”), Swedish hjälpare (“helper”), Icelandic hjálpar (“helper”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlpɚ/ 1. One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary. 2. That which helps; anything serving to assist. Example: While Adobe's Acrobat Reader, Macromedia's Flash player, and other common plug-ins suggest themselves the moment you encounter a site that requires them, other browser helpers are harder to find. Example: He no longer liked food that had “helper” in the name, such as Hamburger Helper and Tuna Helper. Patsy said he'd become uppity, and maybe, when it came to food, he had. 3. A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee. Labels: Hong-Kong, Philippines, Singapore 4. A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients. Labels: US Example: A device for the automatic control of crewless helper locomotives cut into the make-up of heavy freight trains has been perfected by the Louisville & Nashville RR in conjunction with the General Railway Signalling Co. 5. A stimulating pill, especially amphetamine. Labels: slang Example: And I routinely took more “helpers” when I woke up in order to maintain the fast pace and, more importantly, to study for my final exams.
Word: firm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian firma (“signature”), from firmare (“to sign”), from Latin firmāre (“to make firm, to confirm (by signature)”), from firmus (“firm, stable”). The contemporary sense developed in the 18th century simultaneously with German Firma (“business, name of business”). There are conflicting statements in the literature as to which of the two languages influenced which. Doublet of dharma and dhamma. Other cognates include Russian держать (deržatʹ, “to hold”). Pronunciation: /fɜːm/, /fɜɹm/, [fɚm], /fɪɾm/, /føːm/ 1. A business partnership; the name under which it trades. Labels: UK 2. A business enterprise, however organized. Example: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”. 3. A criminal gang, especially based around football hooliganism. Labels: slang
Word: firm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ferme, from Old French ferme, from Latin firmus (“strong, steady”). Doublet of dharma. Pronunciation: /fɜːm/, /fɜɹm/, [fɚm], /fɪɾm/, /føːm/ 1. Steadfast, secure, solid (in position) Example: It's good to have a firm grip when shaking hands. 2. Fixed (in opinion). Example: a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent Example: firm favourites 3. Insistent upon something, not accepting dissent. Example: He wanted to stay overnight, but I was firm with him and said he had to leave today. 4. Durable, rigid (material state). Example: firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood; firm land (i.e. not soft and marshy) Example: Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture. 5. Mentally resistant to hurt or stress. Example: […] The life that almost dies in me: That dies not, but endures with pain, ⁠And slowly forms the firmer mind, ⁠Treasuring the look it cannot find, The words that are not heard again. 6. Not frivolous or fallacious; trustworthy; solid; dependable. Example: Although facilitators of the workshop for lesbians and bisexual women attempted to address the concerns of lesbians, little firm information emerged. Example: None of the Aramaic inscriptions from the Hellenistic and Roman period that are cited in support of this hypothesis that divine messengers are identified with their sender provide any firm proof to this respect.
Word: firm Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ferme, from Old French ferme, from Latin firmus (“strong, steady”). Doublet of dharma. Pronunciation: /fɜːm/, /fɜɹm/, [fɚm], /fɪɾm/, /føːm/ 1. firmly, steadily Labels: archaic Example: stand firm
Word: firm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fermen (“to make firm”), partly from (either through Old French fermer or directly) Latin firmō, from firmus (“firm”, adjective), and partly a new formation on the adjective. Pronunciation: /fɜːm/, /fɜɹm/, [fɚm], /fɪɾm/, /føːm/ 1. To make firm or strong; fix securely. Labels: transitive Example: Stolz said the move by ClubsNSW had only firmed his resolve to keep fighting for the right to disclose information in the public interest about money laundering in registered clubs. 2. To make compact or resistant to pressure; solidify. Labels: transitive 3. To become firm; stabilise. Labels: intransitive 4. To improve after decline. Labels: intransitive 5. To shorten (of betting odds). Labels: Australia, intransitive 6. To grit one's teeth and bear; to push through something unpleasant. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: I know you aren't feeling well, but just firm it. 7. To select (a higher education institution) as one's preferred choice, so as to enrol automatically if one's grades match the conditional offer. Labels: UK, slang, transitive
Word: helmet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlmɪt/, /ˈhɛlmət/ 1. A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour. Example: Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet. Example: Most speedboarders wear helmets, knee and elbow pads, and occasionally all-in-one aerodynamic suits, to protect themselves. 2. A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour. 3. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc. 4. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc. 5. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc. 6. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc. Example: And it makes me sick, the thought of your lipstick on his helmet. 7. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc. Labels: broadly, derogatory Example: Jarvo’s a stinky old helmet.
Word: helmet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlmɪt/, /ˈhɛlmət/ 1. To cover with, or as if with, a helmet. Labels: transitive Example: There was no nonsense about these women—no hysteria, no top-note emotion. They were not out for smashing windows or helmetting policemen, or blowing up things sky-high. Example: COMRADE, I had done well with you to swear / Allegiance to the colors of romance / In the great days when our sweet mistress, France, / Girded her loins and helmetted her hair.