nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: decimation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin decimātiō, a punishment where every 10th man in a unit would be stoned to death by the men who were spared. Used by the Romans to keep order in their military. Compare septimation and vicesimation. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃən/ 1. The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot. Labels: Ancient-Rome, countable, uncountable Example: By decimation and a tythed death; / If thy Reuenges hunger for that Food, / Which Nature loathes, take thou the deſtin'd tenth, […] 2. The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And the vvhole Army had cauſe to enquire into their own Rebellions, vvhen they ſavv the Lord of Hoſts, vvith a dreadful Decimation, taking off ſo many of our Brethren by the vvorſt of Executioners. Example: General Secretary Mick Lynch said: "It is crystal clear that the planned cutbacks on ScotRail and SWR are just the tip of the iceberg, as cynical employers use the cloak of COVID-19 to smuggle through the decimation of jobs and services on Britain's railways. 3. A tithe or the act of tithing. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛk/, /ˈdek/ 1. Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop. 2. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Example: Holonyms: watercraft, vessel, vessel Example: to swab the deck 3. A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane. 4. A pack or set of playing cards. 5. A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing. Labels: broadly 6. A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline. Example: If there's a strapline or subdeck, write these after the main deck and don't use the same words. 7. Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Navigate to the location where your PowerPoint deck is stored and select it. 8. A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard. Example: The interaction model of WAP, originally developed for mobile phones to interact with information services in a web-like way, was based on Apple's HyperCard, and instead of pages, the user interacted with a deck of cards, which were interlinked by a scripting language. 9. A heap or store. Labels: obsolete Example: A paper-blurrer, who on all occasions, / For all times, and all season, hath such trinkets / Ready in the deck 10. A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs. Labels: slang Example: Defendant placed the decks in his pocket and, after driving out of the city, gave one to Shore. While still in the car, Shore snorted half of the deck. When they returned to defendant's home, defendant handed Shore a second deck of heroin. 11. The floor. Labels: colloquial Example: We hit the deck as bullets began to fly. Example: Williams fell to the deck. Following a lengthy check, he was replaced by Connor Roberts due to a suspected concussion - a scenario well explained by the stadium's staff over the PA system. 12. The bottom of a water body. Labels: UK Example: Wily carp are quickly put on their guard by tight lines cutting through the water, so another common measure is to use a back lead to keep the line on the deck. 13. The stage. 14. Ellipsis of tape deck. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The general operating procedure for recording a tape is basically the same as for playing it. After you insert the tape in the deck, you fast forward it to the end and then completely rewind it. 15. The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
Word: deck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛk/, /ˈdek/ 1. To furnish with a deck. Labels: transitive, uncommon Example: to deck a vessel 2. To knock (someone) to the floor, especially with a single punch. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her? 3. To cause (a player) to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game. Labels: transitive
Word: deck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dekken, from Middle Dutch dekken (“to cover”), from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to roof; cover”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛk/, /ˈdek/ 1. To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance. Labels: archaic, sometimes, transitive Example: And deck my body in gay ornaments, / And witch sweet ladies with my words and looks. Example: Decke thy selfe now with Maiestie, and excellencie, and aray thy selfe with glory, and beautie. 2. To decorate (something). Labels: archaic, sometimes, transitive Example: (now the dew with spangles decked the ground) Example: The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy, the meadows clothe themselves with flocks, the valleys deck themselves with grain, they shout and sing together for joy. 3. To cover; to overspread. Labels: transitive Example: Whether to deck with clouds the uncoloured sky, / Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers
Word: declamation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French déclamation, from Latin dēclāmātiō, dēclāmātiōnem, from dēclāmō, dēclāmāre; see declaim. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛkləˈmeɪʃən/ 1. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His recitations were prompt and correct, and his answers were given with confidence. But perhaps he did himself most credit in declamation. He had always been very fond of that, and though he had never received and scientific instruction in it, he possessed a natural grace and a deep feeling of earnestness which made success easy. He had selected an extract from Webster--the reply to the Hayne--and this was the showpiece of the afternoon. The rest of the declamation was crude enough, but Harry's impressed even the most ignorant of his listeners as superior for a boy of his age. 3. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: mere declamation
Word: decoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation. Labels: countable, uncountable 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. Example: At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision. 3. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Refurbishment; renovation Labels: Hong-Kong, countable, uncountable
Word: dedication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1350–1400 from Middle English dedicacioun, from Old French dedicacion (“consecration of a church or chapel”), from Latin dēdicātiō, equivalent to dēdicātus+-iōn. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated. Labels: uncountable Example: work with dedication Example: Her dedication is admirable. 2. A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem, or affection. Labels: countable Example: Her dedication for the book was only a cryptic "Once again, for T". 3. The event, or the ceremony celebrating it, marking an official completion, opening, or beginning. Labels: countable Example: Near-synonym: inauguration Example: The building's dedication is scheduled for next week. 4. The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the dedication of this right-of-way
Word: deepen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰnós Proto-Germanic *deupaz Proto-West Germanic *deup Old English dēop Middle English dep English deep English -en English deepen From deep + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːpən/ 1. To make deep or deeper Labels: transitive Example: They deepened the well by 200 feet. 2. To make darker or more intense; to darken Labels: transitive Example: The event deepened the prevailing gloom. 3. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree Labels: transitive Example: News of her death deepened my sorrow. 4. To make lower in tone Labels: transitive Example: The tuner deepened the tone of the organ. 5. To make more thorough or extensive. Labels: transitive Example: The class deepened my understanding of the subject. Example: The AIDS crisis changes day by day, and the pamphlet was completed a year ago. Much remains to be deepened and updated: we recognize that, and would welcome discussion. 6. To make more intimate. Labels: transitive Example: The shared experiences deepened our relationship. 7. To make more sound or heavy. Labels: transitive Example: The hypnotist then proceeded to deepen his trance. 8. To become deeper Labels: intransitive Example: The water deepens as you go toward the middle of the channel. 9. To become darker or more intense Labels: intransitive Example: The crisis deepened in the following weeks. Example: We may be pardoned our nostalgia, those of us who can remember the old days, the days before the grouping and before standardisation, when we see, as today we see so often, the derelict and abandoned buildings of what were once railway stations, for the life which they used to enjoy we lived with them. There they stand, today, as the dusk deepens about them, lampless, cold and deserted. 10. To become lower in tone Labels: intransitive Example: His voice deepened with age. 11. To become more thorough or extensive. Labels: intransitive Example: His skill in deciphering the texts deepened with practice. 12. To become more intimate. Labels: intransitive Example: The conversation deepened and they began to truly share. Example: He's in the process of breaking up with one boyfriend, who refuses to let their relationship deepen, and courting another, who promises to be somebody with whom he could grow old. 13. To become more sound or heavy. Labels: intransitive Example: The new bed allowed my sleep to deepen.
Word: defamation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French diffamacion (French diffamation), from Latin diffāmātiō. By surface analysis, defame + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/ 1. The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She sued his ex-boyfriend for defamation and is seeking $14,000. Example: In a closed trial on December 24, 2004, the People’s Court of Jinshui District in the city of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, convicted Zhang Ruquan, along with his associate Zhang Zhengyao, in a public prosecution on charges of defamation that “seriously undermined social order or the state interest.” The two were sentenced to three years in prison for defaming former Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
Word: defecation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 17th century, borrowed from Late Latin dēfaecātiō. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌdɛfəˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The juice after it leaves the mill has a more or less green color, due to the presence of large quantities of chlorophyl and other vegetable substances, which must be removed. This process is known as defecation.
Word: defoliation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English defoliate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English defoliation From defoliate + -ion. Pronunciation: /diːˌfəʊliːˈ(j)eɪʃən/ 1. The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deformation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French deformation, see deform. Morphologically deform + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌdiːfɔːˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌdɛfɚˈmeɪʃn̩/, /ˌdifɔɹˈmeɪʃən/, /ˌdifɚˈmeɪʃən/ 1. The act of deforming, or state of being deformed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: plastic deformation versus elastic deformation Example: permanent deformation 2. The act of deforming, or state of being deformed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: defray Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French desfrayer, French défrayer, from dé- + Old French fraier (“to spend”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɹeɪ/, /dɪˈfɹæɪ/ 1. To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something). Labels: transitive Example: The expenses of the war, while in progress, were defrayed by executing rich men and confiscating their property. Example: Investors, meanwhile, got back a fraction of their money. Some say Mr Meinl’s €100m bail, paid by a source in Liechtenstein, should be used to defray their losses. 2. To pay for (something). Labels: archaic, transitive 3. To spend (money). Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: defuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fuse English defuse From de- + fuse. Pronunciation: /diːˈfjuːz/ 1. To remove the fuse from (e.g. a bomb). Labels: transitive Example: Shepard: I wear a lot of hats, Mr. Vargas. Some days I shut down criminals. Some days I defuse nukes. Some days I like to enjoy private vices. You understand me? 2. To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The diplomats are trying to defuse the escalating crisis. Example: to defuse a hostage situation
Word: defuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare diffuse. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfjuːz/ 1. To disorder; to make shapeless. Labels: obsolete Example: If but as well I other accents borrow / That can my speech defuse,
Word: defy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French desfier, from Vulgar Latin *disfidare (“renounce one's faith”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + fidus (“faithful”). Meaning shifted in the 14th century from "be disloyal" to "challenge". Contrast confide, fidelity, faith. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfaɪ/ 1. To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition). Labels: transitive Example: to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion Example: I once again / Defie thee to the trial of mortal fight. 2. To refuse to obey. Labels: transitive Example: If you defy your teacher you may end up in detention. Example: Before coalition forces arrived, Iraq was ruled by a dictatorship that murdered its own citizens, threatened its neighbors, and defied the world. 3. To not conform to or follow a pattern, set of rules or expectations. Example: By tossing this nineteenth electron back and forth between its own orbit and that of its lost companion more than twenty-five thousand times a second, a mutilated stone atom is able partially to defy gravity and thus successfully to ride the emerging streams of light and energy, the sunbeams, to liberty and adventure. Example: “To be determined,” Kane said, “is whether Griner and her towering skill and engaging personality will defy the odds and attract corporate sponsors as part of widespread public acceptance four decades after passage of the gender-equity legislation known as Title IX.” 4. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: 1603-1625, Beaumont and Fletcher For thee I have defied my constant mistress. Example: Dear perfum'd jackets, pennyless breeches; / Dutch flapdragons, healths in urine; / Drabs that keep a man too sure in: / I do defy you all. / Lend me each honest hand, for here I rise / A reclaim'd man, loathing the general vice.
Word: defy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French desfier, from Vulgar Latin *disfidare (“renounce one's faith”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + fidus (“faithful”). Meaning shifted in the 14th century from "be disloyal" to "challenge". Contrast confide, fidelity, faith. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfaɪ/ 1. A challenge. Labels: obsolete Example: And, safe intrench'd within, her foes without defies
Word: degeneration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dégénération, from Latin dēgenerātiō. Pronunciation: /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: The modern cry of "more liberty and less creed" is a degeneration from a vertebrate to a jellyfish. Example: Hence, regional soil degenerations and podsolization was probably an important factor contributing to the retrogressive change in the forest composition at the end of the mesocratic phase.. 2. That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: fatty degeneration of the liver 3. Gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A thing that has degenerated. Labels: countable, usually Example: cockle, aracus, […] and other degenerations
Word: degradation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dégradation. Morphologically degrade + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛɡɹəˈdeɪʃən/ 1. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This feature of good organization, the conferring of definite local superior rank, and the protection of the incumbent from unnecessary degradation, was discovered centuries ago by another effective institution, the Catholic church. 2. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There will be no poverty. All work will be done by living machines. Everybody will be free from worry and liberated from the degradation of labor. Everybody will live only to perfect himself. Example: Money is the great breaker-up of love and friendship; and this is, I believe, the reason of the common saying, that "large families get on best in the world," because they can receive from each other assistance without degradation. 3. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The extent of the damage to the military is still unclear and disputed, but the repeated bombings of the army and revolutionary guard bases and installations suggests substantial degradation of Iran's military power. Militarisation had long consumed a vast amount of the nation's resources. 4. A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Overexploitation of land for fuelwood is a further cause of soil degradation in Africa, Asia and South America 5. A deleterious change in the chemical structure, physical properties or appearance of a material from natural or artificial exposure. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: muscle degradation 8. The gradual breakdown of components of a material, as a result of a natural element, i.e.: heat, cold and wind. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dehors Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dehors (“outside”). 1. All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.
Word: dehors Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Borrowed from French dehors (“outside”). 1. Outside of; without or not related to Labels: archaic Example: dehors the agreement/record/treaty/will etc.
Word: dehydration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English hydration English dehydration From de- + hydration. Pronunciation: /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/, /dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of removing water from something. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English deificacion, from Middle French deifier + -acion or borrowed directly from Latin deificātiō(n), from deific(ā) (“deify”) + -tiō(n) (noun suffix), from de(i) (“god”) + -ficō (“make”). By surface analysis, deif(y) + -ication. * In the Christian, theological sense, influenced by the use of deificātiō(n) as Latin translation of Byzantine Greek θέωσις (théōsis). 1. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Excessive praise. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A deified embodiment. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: We went through the main hall, four-armed Amaat looming, the air still smelling of incense and the heap of flowers at the god's feet and knees, back to a tiny chapel tucked into a corner, dedicated to an old and now-obscure provincial god, one of those personifications of abstract concepts so many pantheons hold, in this case a deification of legitimate political authority. 4. Union with God; theosis. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There is an experiential component to Maximos’ writings: he draws upon the reality of the contemplative life and in doing so secures deification as the goal of the monastic spiritual life in Orthodoxy.
Word: delectation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested from the mid 14th century, from Old French delectation (“enjoyment”), from Latin dēlectātiōnem, accusative singular of dēlectātiō, from the verb Latin dēlectō (“to delight, charm, please”), frequentative of dēliciō, from de- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. By surface analysis, delect + -ation or delectate + -ion. Related to delight and delicious. Pronunciation: /ˌdiːlɛkˈteɪʃən/, /ˌdɪlɛkˈteɪʃən/ 1. Great pleasure; delight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Do not let us men despise these instincts because we cannot feel them. These women were made for our comfort and delectation, gentlemen,—with all the rest of the minor animals.
Word: deleterious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adapted borrowing (1640s; 1582 as deletorious) of New Latin dēlētērius, dēlētōrius + -ous, from Ancient Greek δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios, “noxious, deleterious”), from δηλητήρ (dēlētḗr, “a destroyer”), from δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “I hurt, damage, spoil, waste”). Not related to delete or deleble. Doublet of deletery. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛl.ɪˈtɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, /ˌdɪl.ɪˈtɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, /ˌdɛ.ləˈtɪɹ.i.əs/ 1. Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way. Labels: formal Example: deleterious effects Example: deleterious to someone's health 2. Having lower fitness. Example: A deleterious mutation
Word: deliberate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English deliberat(e), borrowed from Latin dēlīberātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīberō (“to consider, weigh well”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + *līberō / lībrō (“to weigh”)), from *libera / libra (“a balance”); see librate. Doublet of deliber. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/, /dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/, /dəˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/, /dəˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/, /dɪˈlɪb.ə.ɹət/ 1. Done on purpose; intentional. Example: a deliberate attempt to cover up his crime Example: The massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995 was an act of genocide in a deliberate attempt by the Bosnian Serb leadership to exterminate part of the Muslim community, appeal judges ruled in a crucial case at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague yesterday. 2. Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash. Example: a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result Example: settled visage and deliberate word 3. Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining. Example: The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict. 4. Not hasty or sudden; slow. Example: His enunciation was so deliberate.
Word: deliberate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English deliberat(e), borrowed from Latin dēlīberātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīberō (“to consider, weigh well”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + *līberō / lībrō (“to weigh”)), from *libera / libra (“a balance”); see librate. Doublet of deliber. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/, /dɪˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/, /dəˈlɪb.ɚ.ət/, /dəˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/, /dɪˈlɪb.ə.ɹət/ 1. To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind. Labels: transitive Example: It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant. 2. To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect. Labels: intransitive
Word: deliberation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English deliberacioun, from Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberātiō. Morphologically deliberate + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪˌlɪbəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The oftener the measure is brought under examination, the greater the diversity in the situations of those who are to examine it, the less must be the danger of those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest. 2. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the deliberations of a legislative body or council
Word: delineation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːlɪniˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of delineating; depiction. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An image of the outline of an object. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A graphic verbal description. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After all, the English hostel owes much of its charms to Chaucer; our associations are of his haunting pictures—his delicate Lady Prioress, his comely young squire, with their pleasant interchange of tale and legend, rise upon the mind's eye in all the fascination of his vivid delineations.
Word: demarkation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of demarcation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: This line of demarkation frequently is most difficult to determine.
Word: demean Part of Speech: verb Etymology: (1595) From de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmiːn/ 1. To debase; to lower; to degrade. Labels: transitive Example: It was, of course, Mrs. Sedley's opinion that her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter. Example: I liked to feel him attempt to demean me when I was sure there was no way he actually could. 2. To humble; to humiliate. Labels: transitive 3. To mortify. Labels: transitive
Word: demean Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin mināre, from minārī (“to threaten”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈmiːn/ 1. To manage; to conduct; to treat. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: But now, as our obdurate clergy have with violence demeaned the matter. 2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: they have demean'd themselves Like men born to renown by life or death. Example: They answered […] that they should demean themselves according to their instructions.
Word: demean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin mināre, from minārī (“to threaten”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈmiːn/ 1. Management; treatment. Labels: obsolete, transitive, uncountable, usually Example: Pursu'd him streight, in mynd to bene ywroken / Of all the vile demeane, and vsage bad 2. Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. Labels: obsolete, transitive, uncountable, usually Example: ‘When thou hast all this doen, then bring me newes / Of his demeane […].’ Example: with grave demean and solemn vanity
Word: demean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of demesne. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmiːn/ 1. demesne. Labels: transitive 2. resources; means. Labels: transitive
Word: demean Part of Speech: verb Etymology: de- + mean Pronunciation: /ˌdiːˈmiːn/, /dɪˈmiːn/ 1. To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a data set). Labels: transitive Example: Concerning FE estimation, it makes no difference whether you demean the data with unit-specific means computed on (balanced) T observations per unit, or with unit-specific means computed on (unbalanced) Tᵢ observations per unit.
Word: demise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The "death" and "end" senses derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished. The verb is from Middle English dimisen, from the noun. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmaɪz/ 1. The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Immediately upon the Royal Assent being signified to this Act the Instrument of Abdication […] shall have effect, and thereupon His Majesty shall cease to be King and there shall be a demise of the Crown, and accordingly the member of the Royal Family then next in succession to the Throne shall succeed thereto and to all the rights, privileges, and dignities thereunto belonging. 3. Death; decease. Labels: countable Example: Earth looked her loveliest to receive my sweet sister's gentle dust; but all was harsh and sullen as her own nature when Lady Avonleigh's haughty ashes returned to their original element. Immediately after her demise, her son went abroad, and I accompanied him. 4. The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall. Labels: countable Example: The lack of funding ultimately led to the project's demise. Example: More than a quarter of a century after the fraught events that followed the privatisation of the railway, Corbett has provided a warts and all analysis of what led to the spate of rail disasters in the aftermath of the break-up of British Rail, and (ultimately) to the demise of the company. 5. The atmospheric disintegration of a satellite or satellite component upon re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Relocating components to places where they receive more heating effect earlier in the reentry and even triggering a partial break-up of the satellite structure during reentry to aid demise.
Word: demise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The "death" and "end" senses derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished. The verb is from Middle English dimisen, from the noun. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmaɪz/ 1. To give. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To convey, as by will or lease. Labels: transitive 3. To transmit by inheritance. Labels: transitive 4. To pass by inheritance. Labels: intransitive 5. To die. Labels: intransitive
Word: demobilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + mobilization or demobilize + -ation. Pronunciation: /diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
Word: demoralization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English demoralize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English demoralization From demoralize + -ation. Pronunciation: /dɪˌmɒɹəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The act of corrupting or subverting morale, discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in morale. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the demoralization of an army or navy 2. The act degrading the moral value of something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The chazzan [...] abandoned all functions connected with his office, and confined himself to his music, constructing dazzling tunes in order to capture the attention of the mob. To put an end to this demoralization, at the request of the old community of Bamberg, Rabbi Moses Minz wrote detailed regulations for the chazzan.
Word: denationalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English national Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English nationalization English denationalization From de- + nationalization. Pronunciation: /diːˌnæʃ(ə)nəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of denationalizing, of removing from government control. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
Word: denigration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, denigrate + -ion. 1. The act of making black; a blackening or defamation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An unfair criticism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To nostalgic eyes they became absolutely and almost mercifully unrecognisable. Nor did they escape a full measure of denigration.
Word: denomination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English denominacioun, from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō. By surface analysis, denominate + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act of naming or designating. Labels: uncountable 2. That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals. Labels: countable Example: "Will you allow me to present Sir George Evelyn to you?—the most accomplished coquet that ever 'Dealt destruction round the land On all he judged a foe;' under which denomination he ranks all women." 3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion. Labels: countable Example: She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam. Example: Denomination does more than create space in which to discern, however. It also provides a means for living out differing forms of a faithful Christian life. 4. A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc. Labels: countable Example: What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes. Example: In 1823, a further issue of treasury notes was ordered to the amount of $100,000, in denominations of five to seventy-five cents, receivable for dues to the State.
Word: dentation Part of Speech: noun 1. Formation of teeth; toothed form. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: denudation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French dénudation, from Latin denudatio. 1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The dance consisted of sexual exhibitionism, reeling and swaying as if in a state of intoxication, erotic bodily movements, and denudation. 2. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Severe radiation poisoning results in the total denudation of the gastrointestinal tract. 3. The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: denunciation Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/, /dɪˌnʊnsiˈeɪʃən/ 1. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of denouncing; an accusation made in public Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His sermon was a forthright denunciation of sin Example: [Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves. 3. An open declaration of personal fault. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Well," said the Duc, with that outward calmness of manner which anger often affects; "so you do not like me? I am sorry for your bad taste! and I bid you good night, quite convinced that you will repent your refusal; and I dare say you will never get married at all." So saying, he left the terrace; while Francesca remained for a few minutes, bewildered by the suddenness of the scene, and half inclined to laugh at the Duc's parting denunciation. 4. That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The announcement of termination (of a treaty). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deodorization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English deodorize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English deodorization From deodorize + -ation. 1. The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: depend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dependen, from Old French dependre and Latin dependeō, from Latin dē- + pendeō (“to hang”). In this sense, displaced native Old English hangian (“to hang or depend”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɛnd/, /di-/, /dəˈpɛnd/, /dɪˈpend/, /dəˈpend/ 1. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition Labels: intransitive Example: We would like to go skiing, but it depends on the amount of snow. Example: Gold don't carry any curse with it. It all depends on whether or not the guy who finds it is the right guy. The way I see it, gold can be as much of a blessing as a curse 2. To trust; to have confidence; to rely. Labels: intransitive Example: we should all be able to depend on the word or assurance of our friends Example: we depend on the mailman to come at the usual time. 3. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above, especially in heraldry, where a badge, decoration, or element is suspended from another part of an achievement of arms. Labels: literary Example: The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows. Example: In the centre is an Imperial Crown, from which depend a Harp of gold and the Badge. 4. To be pending; to be undetermined or undecided. Labels: archaic Example: a cause depending in court Example: While the Bishops Affair was depending, the King sent orders [...] 5. To cause to be contingent or dependent on; to set as a necessity. Labels: transitive Example: There he wilted, obviously depending the disposal of his person and his plight on Bradly, and expecting that to be done at once, too.
Word: depilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English depilate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English depilation From depilate + -ation. Pronunciation: /dɛpɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. The process of stripping hair from the skin so as to make it smooth; unhairing; hair removal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hair had appeared in greater quantities where I didnʼt want it, and I couldnʼt keep up with the demands of depilation. 2. The removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deplete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpliːt/, /dɪˈplit/, /diˈplit/, /dəˈplit/ 1. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something) Labels: transitive Example: The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county. Example: Their numbers have been very heavily depleted in the last few years, and soon a most familiar part of the southern railway scene will have vanished: […]. 2. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something): Labels: transitive 3. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something): Labels: transitive Example: Certain medications can deplete vitamin D. 4. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something): Labels: transitive Example: Its reserves have been invaded and depleted. Example: Constant vigilance for social threats and the negative emotions it produces (e.g., anxiety) deplete self-regulatory resources. 5. To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something): Labels: rare, transitive 6. To empty or purge (something of a substance). Labels: transitive Example: The conservation project depleted the lake of algae. Example: This drug can deplete the body of magnesium. 7. To empty or purge (something of a substance). Labels: transitive Example: Cycling also produces layered scales, as repeated spallation further depletes the compound of Al and allows Cr₂O₃ formation. 8. To empty or purge (something of a substance). Labels: transitive Example: The by-product of this process, which depletes uranium of its most radioactive isotopes, is called depleted uranium (DU). 9. To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed. Labels: intransitive Example: I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes. Example: Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others. 10. To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed. Labels: intransitive Example: As can be seen in Fig. 1.49, FS 21 rapidly depletes of Li⁺ near the surface during the exposure to a NaNO₃ melt and simultaneously enriches in Na⁺. 11. To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed. Labels: intransitive Example: Since uranium depletes in this process, it is called fissile fuel, nuclear fuel or simply fuel.
Word: deploration Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: depolarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English polarization English depolarization From de- + polarization. Pronunciation: /diˌpoʊlɚˌaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /diːˌpəʊ.ləɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of reducing polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized or less polarized condition. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of reducing polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized or less polarized condition. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: depopulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), borrowed from Latin dēpopulātiō. By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion. Pronunciation: /diːˌpɒ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/, /diˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A 2022 report published by the Scottish Borders Council states: "Hawick has been affected more by depopulation than any other Borders town, with all parts of the town experiencing population loss, and Hawick Central is currently experiencing the highest depopulation out of the 30 Intermediate Zones in Scottish Borders."
Word: deportation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French déportation, equivalent to deport + -ation. Pronunciation: /diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/ 1. The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Garcia is one of many undocumented people in America who earn their living in construction. He and millions of others now face the prospect of mass deportations during President-elect Donald Trump’s term. Trump has said that undocumented immigrants share the blame for America’s once-in-a-generation home affordability crisis, but the president-elect’s deportation plans may backfire, driving up the cost of homebuying even further.