nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: overshoot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overshoten, oversheten (“to shoot beyond, shoot past, pour down from above”), perhaps continuing Old English ofersċēotan (“to shoot down”), equivalent to over- + shoot. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.və.ʃuːt/, /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃut/ 1. The amount by which something goes too far. Labels: countable Example: Let's see if we can predict and correct for the overshoot. 2. The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: With appropriate choice and action such uncontrolled decline could be avoided; overshoot could instead be resolved by a conscious effort to reduce humanity's demand on the planet. Example: Population overshoot is therefore unlikely to yield to management. Rather, the usual suspects will enter the scene and do their thing: starvation, disease, […] violence […] [and] death […]. 3. The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The portion resting beyond the capline or baseline is called overshoot. Example: The bowl of the D and the O are usually not identical, as most D forms do not have overshoot or undershoot.
Word: overshoot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overshoten, oversheten (“to shoot beyond, shoot past, pour down from above”), perhaps continuing Old English ofersċēotan (“to shoot down”), equivalent to over- + shoot. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃuːt/, /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃut/ 1. To go past something; to go too far. Example: When you drive, you must remember to not overshoot the parking space and end up with two wheels over the line. Example: As a result of the accident at Southend Airport when a Hermes aircraft overshot the runway and fouled the down Shenfield to Southend Victoria line between Rochford and Prittlewell, the Eastern Region is considering warning arrangements, which have already been provided on some lines running past aerodromes. 2. To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something. Example: not to overshoot his game 3. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. 4. To exceed. Labels: figuratively Example: to overshoot the truth Example: That fire abated that impells rash youth, Proud of his speed to overshoot the truth, 5. To venture too far; to overreach (oneself). Labels: reflexive 6. To record too much photographic footage.
Word: overshot Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/, /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/ 1. simple past and past participle of overshoot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overshot Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/, /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/ 1. powered by water that flows over the top from above (of a water wheel) 2. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.
Word: overshot Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.vəˌʃɒt/, /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃɑt/ 1. An overshot water wheel. 2. A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.
Word: oversleep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English sleep English oversleep From over- + sleep. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈsliːp/, /oʊvəɹˈslip/ 1. To sleep for longer than intended. Labels: intransitive Example: I overslept and was late for school. 2. To sleep for longer than one intended. Labels: archaic, reflexive Example: After such a train of fatigue and restless nights, I had unhappily overslept myself […]. Example: Theodore made awkward excuses, and attributed his delay to having overslept himself. 3. To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.). Labels: transitive Example: to oversleep one's usual hour of rising
Word: overslept Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈslɛpt/, /ˌoʊ.vɚˈslɛpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of oversleep Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overtake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overtaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb taken replaced nimen (“to take”)), of Middle English overnimen (“to overtake”), from Old English oferniman (“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent to over- + take. Pronunciation: /əʊ̯vəːˈteɪ̯k/, /oʊ̯vɚˈteɪ̯k/ 1. To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic). Example: The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn. Example: The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus. 2. To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc. Labels: transitive Example: Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south. 3. To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away. Example: Our plans were overtaken by events. Example: VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day, / And make me trauaile forth vvithout my cloake, / To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my vvay, / Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten ſmoke.
Word: overtake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overtaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb taken replaced nimen (“to take”)), of Middle English overnimen (“to overtake”), from Old English oferniman (“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent to over- + take. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ̯vəːteɪ̯k/, /ˈoʊ̯vɚteɪ̯k/ 1. An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver. Example: There wasn't enough distance left before the bend for an overtake, so I had to trundle behind the tractor for another mile.
Word: overtook Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /oʊ.vɚˈtʊk/, /əʊ.vəˈtʊk/, /o.vəɹˈtʉk/ 1. simple past of overtake Labels: form-of, past
Word: overtaken Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəɹteɪkən/ 1. past participle of overtake Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overtaken Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəɹteɪkən/ 1. Taken by surprise; overcome. Example: I was overtaken by events. 2. drunk; intoxicated Labels: archaic Example: Indeed, he was 'dithguthted' at his condition; and if upon the occasion just described he had allowed himself to be somewhat 'intoxicated with liquor,' I must aver that I do not recollect another instance in which this worthy little gentleman suffered himself to be similarly overtaken. Now and then a little 'flashy' he might be, but nothing more serious—and rely upon it, this was no common virtue in those days. Example: Once John, being overtaken in drink on the roadside by the cottage, and dreaming that he was burning in hell, awoke and saw the old wife hobbling toward him. Thereupon he fled soberly to the hills, and from that day became a quiet-living, humble-minded Christian.
Word: overthrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- + throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”). For the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈθɹəʊ/, /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/ 1. To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp. Labels: transitive Example: I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them. Example: Here's Gloſter, a Foe to Citizens, / One that ſtill motions Warre, and neuer Peace, / O're-charging your free Purſes with large Fines; / That ſeeks to ouerthrow Religion, / Becauſe he is Protector of the Realme; […] 2. To throw down to the ground, to overturn. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: And he [Jesus] made a ſcourge off ſmale cordes / and drave thē all out off the temple / bothe ſhepe and oxen / ãd powred doune the changers money / and overthrue their tables. Example: Pittacus was a wiſe and valiant man, but his wife overthrew the Table when he had invited his friends: upon which the good man to excuſe her incivility and his own miſfortune, ſaid, That every man had one evil, and he was moſt happy that had but that alone; […]
Word: overthrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- + throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”). For the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəθɹəʊ/, /ˈoʊvɚˌθɹoʊ/ 1. A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force; usurpation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Once more I come to know of thee King Harry, / If for thy Ranſome thou wilt now compound, / Before thy moſt aſſured Ouerthrow: […] Example: But Judge Livingstone decided that no resistence to law, however extensive or violent, is treason if overthrow of the government is not its object. 2. An act of throwing something to the ground; an overturning. Labels: archaic, countable, rare, uncountable
Word: overthrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English throw English overthrow From over- + throw. Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈθɹəʊ/, /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/ 1. To throw (something) so that it goes too far. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He overthrew first base, for an error. Example: Unlike the gymnast landing on the firm floor and able to control his balance within fairly wide limits, the diver has little or no control of his position as he enters the water. If he overthrows on entry there is little he can do about it.
Word: overthrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English throw English overthrow From over- + throw. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəθɹəʊ/, /ˈoʊvɚˌθɹoʊ/ 1. A throw that goes too far. Example: [A]n energy shift accompanies the onset of emotion. Failure to recognize this can lead to disruptions in performance. A quarterback who fails to acknowledge his excitement in a big game is prone to countless overthrows until the excitement has subsided. Example: The one-man lift is effective in creating enough of a contest in the air to disrupt the opposition or force an overthrow. The defender at the back of the lineout is perfectly positioned to catch an overthrow, and deter the attacking halfback from running around the back of the lineout. 2. A throw that goes too far.
Word: overthrew Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /oʊ.vɚ.θɹu/ 1. simple past of overthrow Labels: form-of, past
Word: overthrown Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /oʊ.vɚ.θɹoʊn/ 1. past participle of overthrow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sleep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slepe, sleep, sleepe, from Old English slǣp (“sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz (“sleep”). Cognates Cognate with Yola slepe (“sleep”), Saterland Frisian Släip (“sleep”), West Frisian sliep (“sleep”), Dutch slaap (“sleep”), German Schlaf (“sleep”), Luxembourgish Schlof (“sleep”), Vilamovian šłȫf, śłöf (“sleep”), Yiddish שלאָף (shlof, “sleep”), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀𐍃 (slēps, “sleep”). Pronunciation: /ˈsliːp/, [ˈslɪi̯p] 1. The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. Labels: uncountable Example: I really need some sleep. Example: We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem. 2. An act or instance of sleeping. Labels: countable, informal Example: I’m just going to have a quick sleep. Example: a sound night’s sleep 3. A night. Labels: countable, informal, metonymically, uncountable Example: There are only three sleeps till Christmas! 4. Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness). Labels: uncountable Example: When she had rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and wept till she was tired, she set out on her way and walked for many, many a day, till she at last came to a big mountain. Example: But it rings And we rise, Wipe the sleep out of our eyes[…] 5. A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The daily sleep of plants, and their winter sleep, present in this respect exactly similar phenomena[…] 6. The hibernation of animals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: slept Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /slɛpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of sleep Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sleeping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sleep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: ‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’
Word: sleeping Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ 1. Asleep. Labels: not-comparable Example: We found a sleeping child inside the church. Example: Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found. 2. Used for sleep; used to produce sleep. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sleeping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ 1. The state of being asleep, or an instance of this. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And as I lay and lened and loked in the wateres / I slombred in a slepyng, it swyved so merye. Example: […] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings.
Word: combover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From comb + over. 1. A manner of combing hair from one side to the other in an attempt to conceal a medial bald patch. Example: With his funny comb-over and shy manner he was a strange man but she knew that he was a good man, and it is goodness that counts.
Word: comb-over Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of combover. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: headbanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + banger. 1. One who dances by violently shaking the head in time to the music. 2. One who enjoys heavy metal (rock) music, to which this sort of dance is usually performed. Labels: broadly 3. A violently deranged, extreme or fanatical person; a nutcase. 4. A silly or eccentric person. 5. A political hardliner, especially an obstructive one. Labels: UK Example: We would therefore paralyse ourselves for no good reason other than the propagandistic appeasement of the Daily Mail, the Sun, my noble friend Lord Hamilton and a few other headbangers in the Commons on the Conservative side. Example: Corbyn's lack of ambition would turn out to be one of his great selling points. He was the man at the margin: a headbanger for most and a man of principles for a few. 6. A person who engages in street violence, especially in support of a political group. Labels: Northern-Ireland Example: We also had a heavy crew of home-grown headbangers who were likely to get involved in any IRA - UVF battles. It would not have taken much to tip Scotland into the serial sectarian violence that was rife in Belfast and the surrounding areas. Example: John had a nasty side to him – he wanted to see the handiwork, if y'know what I mean. That sorta thing didn't interest me. He had a lot of headbangers around him but that was his style. He wanted to outdo the UDA – he hated them with a passion. 7. A kind of chin-up or pull-up exercise where the head is kept in line with the bar.
Word: dead president Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fact that the presidents whose faces decorate US currency are deceased. Pronunciation: /dɛd ˈpɹɛzɪdənt/ 1. A piece of US paper currency. Labels: US, slang Example: So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint So I start my mission, leave my residence Thinkin' how could I get some dead presidents Example: I'm out for presidents to represent me (Say what?) I'm out for presidents to represent me (Say what?) I'm out for dead presidents to represent me 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, president.
Word: McJob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mc- + job, entry-level jobs at McDonald's restaurants being considered to be this sort of job. Pronunciation: /məkˈd͡ʒɒb/, /məkˈd͡ʒɑb/ 1. A typically entry-level job, often part-time or temporary, generally paying low wages and requiring minimal training, such as entry-level positions at fast-food restaurants. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, sometimes Example: What are you going to do this summer? –I'm going to find a McJob for the evenings and hang out at the beach during the day. Example: Many politicos claim most new jobs are low-pay, dead-enders, “McJobs.”
Word: partake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from Middle English part-takinge, part-takynge (“a sharing; partaking”), a calque of Latin particeps (“participating”); equivalent to part + take. Compare take part. In the sense of taking a share or portion of something, displaced native Old English onbītan (“to taste of, to partake of”). Pronunciation: /pɑɹˈteɪk/, /pɑːˈteɪk/ 1. To take part in an activity; to participate. Labels: formal, intransitive Example: Brutes partake in this faculty. 2. To take a share or portion. Labels: formal, intransitive Example: Will you partake of some food? Example: The steak and chips partaken of for lunch seemed now to belong to another decade. He regretfully recognized the fact that he would not make a success of a hunger strike. 3. To have something of the properties, character, or office. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers the Attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster , who partakes of both qualities, partly of a judge in the court, and partly of an attorney-general Example: The people are encouraged to perceive their liberation in historic terms and to trust that new events will partake of past glories.
Word: partook Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɑːˈtʊk/, /pɑɹˈtuːk/, /pɑɹˈtʊk/ 1. simple past of partake Labels: form-of, past
Word: partaken Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɑːˈteɪ.kən/, /pɑɹˈteɪ.kən/ 1. past participle of partake Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The human heart was never made for solitude; thoughts were meant to be expressed, feelings meant to be partaken.
Word: pay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield. Pronunciation: /peɪ/, [pʰeɪ̯] 1. To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services. Labels: ambitransitive Example: pay cash or pay in cash, pay by credit/debit card Example: pay in dollars/euros, etc. 2. To deposit into an account. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: I pay a portion of each paycheck into a savings account. 3. To discharge, as a debt or other obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required. Labels: ambitransitive Example: to pay compensation, to pay a fine Example: She offered to pay the bill. 4. To be profitable; to be worth it. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: It didn't pay him to keep the store open any more. Example: Crime doesn’t pay. 5. To cover, as a cost. Labels: intransitive Example: Those investments paid for her college education. 6. To yield as a benefit. Labels: transitive Example: to pay dividends; to pay interest Example: You will get paid from this investment yearly. 7. To give (something else than money). Labels: transitive Example: to pay attention, to pay tribute, to pay a visit Example: not paying me a welcome 8. To suffer consequences, especially justly. Labels: intransitive Example: He paid for his fun in the sun with a terrible sunburn. 9. To admit that a joke, punchline, etc., was funny. Labels: transitive Example: Sutho took a pull at his Johnny Walker and Coke and laughed that trademark laugh of his and said: `Okay. I'll pay that all right.'
Word: pay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield. Pronunciation: /peɪ/, [pʰeɪ̯] 1. Money given in return for work; salary or wages. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many employers have rules designed to keep employees from comparing their pays. Example: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. 2. A paying job; a paying concern. Labels: countable, rare Example: "You can if you like. I'll drop in each day to see how she gets on." "Oh, will you? That's a relief. All the same, I wouldn't say she was a very good pay, if you spend too much time on her." "Oh, bad pays make up half a doctor's job."
Word: pay Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English payen, from Old French paiier (“pay”), from Medieval Latin pācāre (“to settle, satisfy”) from Latin pācāre (“to pacify”). In this sense, displaced native Old English ġield (“pay”) and ġieldan (“to pay”), whence Modern English yield. Pronunciation: /peɪ/, [pʰeɪ̯] 1. Operable or accessible on deposit of coins. Labels: not-comparable Example: pay toilet 2. Pertaining to or requiring payment. Labels: not-comparable Example: pay television
Word: pay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French peier, from Latin picāre (“to cover with pitch”). Pronunciation: /peɪ/, [pʰeɪ̯] 1. To cover (the bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc.) with tar or pitch, or a waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear. Labels: transitive
Word: paid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pay + -ed. Pronunciation: /peɪd/, /pæɪd/, /ped/, /peid/, /peɖ/ 1. simple past and past participle of pay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: paid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English paid, payd, ipaid, ypayd, past participle of Middle English paien, payen (“to pay”), equivalent to pay + -ed. Pronunciation: /peɪd/, /pæɪd/, /ped/, /peid/, /peɖ/ 1. Not free of charge; costing money. Labels: not-comparable Example: paid service 2. Receiving pay. Labels: not-comparable Example: paid worker 3. For which pay is given. Labels: not-comparable Example: paid holiday 4. Having money (i.e. rich, wealthy, etc.). Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: I thought his house would be nicer than this. I thought that motherf*cker was paid.
Word: plead Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pleden, plaiden, from Old French plaider (“to plead, offer a plea”), from plait, from Medieval Latin placitum (“a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc.", in Classical Latin, "an opinion, determination, prescription, order; literally, that which is pleasing, pleasure”), neuter of placitus, past participle of placeō (“to please”). Cognate with Spanish pleitear (“to litigate, take to court”). Pronunciation: /pliːd/, /plɛd/ 1. To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. Labels: ambitransitive, copulative Example: The defendant has decided to plead not guilty. Example: O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! 2. To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally. Labels: intransitive Example: He pleaded with me not to leave the house. Example: He was pleading for mercy. 3. To offer by way of excuse. Labels: transitive Example: Not wishing to attend the banquet, I pleaded illness. Example: It is no defence to plead that you were only obeying orders. 4. To discuss by arguments. Labels: transitive
Word: pled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pladde (preterite) and pladd (past participle) of Middle English pleden (“to plead”). Pronunciation: /plɛd/ 1. simple past and past participle of plead Labels: Canada, Scotland, US, form-of, participle, past Example: When the indictment was read over, and the Jury sworn in, the prisoner pled guilty. Example: For so long I've pled and prayed, "God, come to my rescue!"
Word: pleaded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpliːdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of plead Labels: UK, form-of, participle, past
Word: pre-set Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English set English pre-set From pre- + set. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈsɛt/ 1. Alternative form of preset. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: proofread Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From proof + read. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːfɹiːd/, /ˈpɹuːfɹɛd/ 1. To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: proofread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proof + read. 1. Synonym of proofreading. Labels: rare Example: At 3:30 she put the finishing touches on her memo, printed it, gave it a proofread, then handed it to the attorney. Example: I want to thank Sherri and Dee Humphreys, Mark Randolph and Paul Gonzalez for their proofreads and input.
Word: prove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”) and Old French prover (“to prove”), both from Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Displaced native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English sōþian (“to prove”). Doublet of probe. More at for, be, soothe. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːv/, [ˈpʰɹʷʊu̯v] 1. To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify. Labels: transitive Example: [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs. Example: Mr. H …, whom no distinctions of that sort seemed to disturb, scarce gave himself or me breathing time from the last encounter, but, as if he had task'd himself to prove that the appearances of his vigour were not signs hung out in vain, in a few minutes he was in a condition for renewing the onset 2. To turn out; to manifest. Labels: intransitive Example: It proved to be a cold day. 3. To turn out to be. Labels: copulative Example: Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect. Example: But ſhall I prooue a traitor to my King? 4. To put to the test, to make trial of. Labels: transitive Example: They took the experimental car to the proving-grounds. Example: The exception proves the rule. 5. To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify. Labels: transitive Example: to prove a will 6. To experience. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Where she, captived long, great woes did prove. 7. To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of. Labels: dated, transitive Example: to prove a page 8. Alternative form of proof (“allow (dough) to rise; test the activeness of (yeast); pressure-test (a firearm)”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 9. To determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
Word: prove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”) and Old French prover (“to prove”), both from Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Displaced native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English sōþian (“to prove”). Doublet of probe. More at for, be, soothe. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːv/, [ˈpʰɹʷʊu̯v] 1. The process of dough proofing. Example: You may also need to think about what the prove is doing to the loaf of bread — it is warming the dough and making it moist, allowing it to rise […]
Word: prove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Simple past form of proove, conjugated as a Germanic strong verb, on the pattern of choose → chose. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊv/ 1. simple past of proove Labels: form-of, past
Word: proved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of prove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: proven Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scottish English, as past participle of preve, a Middle English variant of prove – compare woven (from weave) and cloven (from cleave), both of which feature -eve → -oven. Preve died out in England, but survived in Scotland, where proven developed, initially in a legal context, as in “The jury ruled that the charges were not proven.” See usage notes for historical usage patterns. Earlier, from Late Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from Latin probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Morphologically prove + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuː.vn̩/, /ˈpɹəʊ.vn̩/, /ˈpɹu.vn̩/, /ˈpɹoː.vən/ 1. Having been proved; having proved its value or truth. Example: It's a proven fact that morphine is a more effective painkiller than acetaminophen is. Example: Mass lexical comparison is not a proven method for demonstrating relationships between languages.
Word: proven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scottish English, as past participle of preve, a Middle English variant of prove – compare woven (from weave) and cloven (from cleave), both of which feature -eve → -oven. Preve died out in England, but survived in Scotland, where proven developed, initially in a legal context, as in “The jury ruled that the charges were not proven.” See usage notes for historical usage patterns. Earlier, from Late Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from Latin probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Morphologically prove + -n. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹuː.vn̩/, /ˈpɹəʊ.vn̩/, /ˈpɹu.vn̩/, /ˈpɹoː.vən/ 1. past participle of prove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: put Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English putten, pitten, pytten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”), which would make it cognate with Sanskrit बुन्द (bundá, “arrow”), Lithuanian budė, and budis (“mushroom, fungus”). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Low German paten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”). Pronunciation: /pʊt/, [pʰʊʔt], /pɵt/, [pʰɵʔt], /pʉt/ 1. To physically place (sth or sb swh). Example: She put her books on the table. Example: The police put him in a cell. 2. To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign. Example: The government put restrictions on vehicle imports. Example: I put £100 on the winning horse. 3. To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition). Example: Theſe Verſes Originally Greek, were put in Latin, Example: Put your house in order! 4. To express (something in a certain manner). Example: When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point. Example: To put it bluntly, he's an idiot. 5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention. Example: I put it to you, Sir, that you are a thief and a liar. Example: to put a question; to put a case 6. To set as a calculation or estimate. Example: They have put the cost of repairs at around £10 million. 7. To steer; to direct one's course; to go. Example: to put to sea Example: His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. 8. To sell (assets) under the terms of a put option. Example: He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80. 9. To throw with a pushing motion, especially in reference to the sport of shot put. (Do not confuse with putt.) Labels: especially Example: He put the shot out beyond the 20-metre mark. 10. To play a card or a hand in the game called "put". 11. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. Labels: obsolete Example: No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends. 12. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige. Labels: obsolete Example: These wretches put us upon all mischief. Example: Thank him who puts me loath to this revenge 13. To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
Word: put Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English putten, pitten, pytten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”), which would make it cognate with Sanskrit बुन्द (bundá, “arrow”), Lithuanian budė, and budis (“mushroom, fungus”). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Low German paten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”). Pronunciation: /pʊt/, [pʰʊʔt], /pɵt/, [pʰɵʔt], /pʉt/ 1. Ellipsis of put option (“right to sell something at a predetermined price”) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet. Example: c. 1900, Universal Cyclopaedia Entry for Stock-Exchange A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price. 2. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the put of a ball Example: The Stag's was a Forc'd put, and a Chance rather than a Choice. 3. An old card game. Labels: uncountable Example: Among the in-door amusements of the costermonger is card-playing, at which many of them are adepts. The usual games are all-fours, all-fives, cribbage, and put.
Word: put Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps related to Welsh pwt, itself possibly borrowed from English butt (“stub, thicker end”). Pronunciation: /pʌt/ 1. A fellow, especially an eccentric or elderly one; a duffer. Labels: obsolete Example: Queer Country-puts extol Queen Bess's reign, And of lost hospitality complain. Example: The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d—n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me.
Word: put Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French pute. 1. A prostitute. Labels: obsolete Example: And Mrs. Penny-a-hoist Pim, said Mr. Gorman. That old put, said Mr. Nolan.
Word: quit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of coy, quite, quiet, and quietus. Compare Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), German Low German quitten (“to quit”), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Swedish qvitta, kvitta (“to quit, leave, set off”), Icelandic kvitta. Pronunciation: /kwɪt/, [kʰw̥ɪt] 1. Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: With mounting anger the King denounced the pair, both father and son, and was about to condemn them to death when his strength gave out. Faint and trembling he was unable to walk and the sword fell from his hands as he murmured: 'May the Protector of the Buddhist Faith grant me but seven more days grace of life to be quit of this disloyal couple, father and son'.
Word: quit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of coy, quite, quiet, and quietus. Compare Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), German Low German quitten (“to quit”), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Swedish qvitta, kvitta (“to quit, leave, set off”), Icelandic kvitta. Pronunciation: /kwɪt/, [kʰw̥ɪt] 1. To leave (a place). Labels: transitive Example: The British quit India in the 1940s. Example: Jones had no sooner quitted the room, than the petty-fogger, in a whispering tone, asked Mrs Whitefield, “If she knew who that fine spark was?” 2. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate. Labels: transitive Example: To quit you […] of this fear, […]you have already lookt Death in the face; what have you found so terrible in it? 3. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit. Labels: transitive Example: God will relent, and quit thee all his debt; 4. To abandon, renounce (a thing). Labels: transitive 5. To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.). Labels: ambitransitive Example: After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job. 6. To stop, give up (an activity). Labels: ambitransitive Example: John is planning to quit smoking. 7. To close (an application). Labels: transitive 8. To pay (a debt, fine etc.). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Edmund, enkindle all the sparkes of Nature To quit this horrid acte. Example: that judge that quits each soul his hire 9. To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way). Labels: archaic, reflexive Example: Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. Example: Samſon hath quit himſelf Like Samſon, 10. To carry through; to go through to the end. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Never worthy prince a day did quit With greater hazard and with more renown. 11. To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Vnthankfull wretch (said he) is this the meed, With which her soueraigne mercy thou doest quight? Example: Forgive me, Rogero: 'tis my fate To love thy friend and quit thy love with hate. 12. To repay (someone) for (something). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I was but late att a Iustynge and there I Iusted with a knyghte that is broder vnto kynge Pellam and twyes smote I hym doune & thenne he promysed to quyte me on my best frynde and so he wounded my sone that can not be hole tyll I haue of that knyghtes blood Example: But if that I knewe what his name hight, For clatering of me I would him ſone quight; For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never, I could make him ſhortly repent him forever:[…]
Word: quit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /kwɪt/, [kʰw̥ɪt] 1. Any of numerous species of small passerine birds native to tropical America.
Word: quitted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of quit Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: He quitted the militia and engaged in trade, having brothers already established in a good way in London, which afforded him a favourable opening. Example: [T]e house of Sassenage, though it might claim its descent from a monarch, preferred Melusinc, and to gratify them it was feigned that when she quitted Lusignan she retired to the grot of Sassenage, in Dauphiny.
Word: report Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔːt/, /ɹɪˈpoɹt/, /ɹəˈpoɹt/, /ɹɪˈpoːt/, /ɹəˈpoːt/ 1. To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported[…]that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration. 2. To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.). Labels: transitive 3. To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal. Labels: obsolete, reflexive Example: thenne they ansuerd by and by that they coude not excuse the quene /[…]/ Allas sayd the quene I made this dyner for a good entente / and neuer for none euyl soo almyghty god me help in my ryght as I was neuer purposed to doo suche euylle dedes / and that I reporte me vnto god 4. To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. Labels: formal, transitive Example: For insurance reasons, I had to report the theft to the local police station. 5. To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone). Labels: transitive Example: If you do that again I'll report you to the boss. 6. To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself. Labels: intransitive 7. To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Andrew Marr reports now on more in-fighting at Westminster. Example: Every newspaper reported the war. 8. To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy). Labels: intransitive Example: The financial director reports to the CEO. Example: Now that I've been promoted, I report to Benjamin, whom I loathe. 9. To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred. Labels: dated Example: The committee reported the bill with amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry. 10. To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker. 11. To refer. Labels: obsolete Example: Baldwine his ſonne, the fourth of that name [Baldwin IV of Jerusalem], ſucceeded his father [Amalric of Jerusalem]: ſo like unto him, that we report the reader to the character of King Almerick, and will ſpare the repeating his description. 12. To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete, rare Example: a church with windows only from above[…] that reporteth the voice twelve or thirteen times 13. Of a ship, to return to a port. Example: Our ship leaves port on Monday and will re-port on Friday.
Word: report Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔːt/, /ɹɪˈpoɹt/, /ɹəˈpoɹt/, /ɹɪˈpoːt/, /ɹəˈpoːt/ 1. A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject). Example: A report by the telecommunications ministry on the phone network revealed a severe capacity problem. Example: Hospitals are failing to care properly for the growing number of people with dementia, according to an NHS-funded report, which has prompted demands for big improvements to help patients. 2. Reputation. Example: I love thee in such sort / As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report. Example: Certain it is that if he had been daft before, he now ran wild in his pranks, and an evil report of him was in every mouth. 3. The sharp, loud sound of a gunshot or explosion. Example: While their masters, the mates, seemed afraid of the sound of the hinges of their own jaws, the harpooneers chewed their food with such a relish that there was a report to it. Example: […] a pistol-shot, flash and report, came from the hedge-side. 4. An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager. Example: The revelation that boss of one year Laurent Freixe was conducting an undisclosed affair with a direct report has rocked a 159-year-old conglomerate that pioneered infant formula and milk chocolate before growing to become the world's largest food and beverage company.
Word: stay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English steyen, staien, from Old French estayer, estaier (“to fix, prop up, support, stay”), from estaye, estaie (“a prop, stay”), from Middle Dutch staeye (“a prop, stay”), a contracted form of staede, stade (“a prop, stay, help, aid”) (compare Middle Dutch staeyen, staeden (“to make firm, stay, support, hold still, stabilise”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stadi (“a site, place, location, standing”), from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“a standing, place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing”). Influenced by Old English stæġ ("a stay, rope"; see below). Cognate with Old English stede (“a place, spot, locality, fixed position, station, site, standing, status, position of a moving body, stopping, standing still, stability, fixity, firmness, steadfastness”), Swedish stödja (“to prop, support, brace, hold up, bolster”), Icelandic stöðug (“continuous, stable”). More at stead, steady. Sense of "remain, continue" may be due to later influence from Old French ester, esteir (“to stand, be, continue, remain”), from Latin stāre (“stand”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root above; however, derivation from this root is untenable based on linguistic and historical grounds. An alternative etymology derives Old French estaye, estaie, from Frankish *stakā, *stakō (“stake, post”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake, bar, stick, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“rod, pole, stick”), making it cognate with Old English staca (“pin, stake”), Old English stician (“to stick, be placed, lie, remain fixed”). Cognate with Albanian shtagë (“a long stick, a pole”). More at stake, stick. Pronunciation: /steɪ/, /ste/, /stei/ 1. Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time. Example: I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hawaii. 2. A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment. Example: The governor granted a stay of execution. Example: Later that day, however, Judge O'Kelley signed a stay of execution when Mr. Potts authorized other attorneys to renew his appeals. 3. A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress. Labels: archaic Example: stand at a stay Example: Made of ſphear-metal, never to decay / Untill his revolution was at ſtay. 4. A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence. 5. A station or fixed anchorage for vessels. 6. Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety. Example: The wisdom, stay, and moderation of the king. Example: Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds and stays. 7. Hindrance; let; check. Labels: obsolete Example: They were able to read good authors without any stay, if the book were not false.