nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: anime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin animō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin animatiōlbor. English animationbor. Japanese アニメーション (animēshon)clip. Japanese アニメ (anime)bor. English anime Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation, from Latin animātiō, from animāre. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/, /ə.nɪ.meː/ 1. An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style. Labels: countable Example: Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon / 'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes / That make me think the wrong thing Example: After three months of successful sales in manga form, it was made into an anime for television. 2. An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries. Labels: uncountable Example: I can draw an anime version of you, if you want. Example: Touching on themes as disparate as sex, death, science fiction and romance, manga and anime catered to all ages and tastes. Commercial hits like “Pokémon” and “Dragon Ball Z,” meanwhile, projected a new image of Japan to the world. 3. An animated work, regardless of the country of origin. Labels: countable, proscribed, rare
Word: anime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French animé (“animated”) (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name. 1. Alternative spelling of animé (“the resin of the courbaril”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: seiyuu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨu, “actor”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪjuː/ 1. A voice actor in a native-language version anime, a video game, a radio broadcast or an advertisement in Japan. Example: i was just wondering if any seiyuus did/do any other voice acting for things besides anime, like video games and other such media. Example: I was thinking, have there ever been any seiyuu that are native English speakers but have learned Japanese and won a role as an anime character?
Word: seiyuu Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨu, “actor”). Pronunciation: /ˈseɪjuː/ 1. To take on a role as a voice actor in a Japanese production, or perform a certain character in such a production. Example: me, i just want to know all anime that ogata has seiyuued in and who she was the voice actress for. Example: Tomokazu Seki also appears in his theater company "Hero-Hero-Q"'s stage plays when he's not seiyuu-ing.
Word: manga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Japanese 漫 Japanese 画 Japanese 漫画 (manga)bor. English manga Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa. Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋɡə/, /ˈmɑːŋɡə/, /ˈmɑŋɡə/ 1. A comic originating in Japan. Labels: countable Example: English speakers are quick to notice the at times incorrect use of English in anime and manga. Many English words are customarily used in standard Japanese speech, and sometimes they are pronounced and employed in a manner quite different from their native use. Example: Manga (Japanese comics) are everywhere. Even here in Auckland. One can find various titles in their original versions as well as in Chinese, Korean and English translations. 2. An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries. Labels: uncountable Example: Touching on themes as disparate as sex, death, science fiction and romance, manga and anime catered to all ages and tastes. Commercial hits like “Pokémon” and “Dragon Ball Z,” meanwhile, projected a new image of Japan to the world. 3. Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin. Labels: broadly, countable, proscribed, sometimes Example: Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.
Word: manga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche. Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋɡə/, /ˈmɑːŋɡə/, /ˈmɑŋɡə/ 1. A covering for a crucifix.
Word: manga Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋɡə/, /ˈmɑːŋɡə/, /ˈmɑŋɡə/ 1. Obsolete form of mango (“the fruit”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: manga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for mangalitsa. Pronunciation: /ˈmæŋɡə/, /ˈmɑːŋɡə/, /ˈmɑŋɡə/ 1. A mangalitsa pig.
Word: doujinshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 同(どう)人(じん)誌(し) (dōjinshi, “fan-produced manga or essay booklets”), from 同(どう)人(じん) (dōjin, “group for the same interest”) + 誌(し) (shi, “magazine or a pamphlet”). The spelling is derived from the informal wāpuro rōmaji romanization style of 同人 (どうじん, do-u-ji-n). Pronunciation: /dəʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/, /doʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/, [d̪o(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɪnʃi] 1. A fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sensei Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”), from 先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”) + 生 (MC sraeng, “born”). Compare modern Mandarin 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”). Doublet of sinseh, from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnseɪ/ 1. A martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art. 2. A Japanese (language) teacher (sometimes used as a suffix attached to the name of a teacher, principally in translations from Japanese). 3. A teacher, guide or mentor, in the context of Japan.
Word: dojo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 道場 (dōjō, literally “place of the ways”). Doublet of dojang. Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊdʒəʊ/, [ˈdəʊ̯d͡ʒəʊ̯], /ˈdoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/, [ˈdoʊ̯ˌd͡ʒoʊ̯] 1. A training facility, usually led by one or more sensei; a hall or room used for such training. Example: I was to be there [Helsinki, Finland] for over two weeks; and because a hotel room affords a rather awkward place of practice, I went looking for a dojo. Finally after hearing rumors of dojos from various citizens I turned to the equivalent of Helsinki's Yellow Pages. There I found listed, under Meido-Kan, the name of one Kare K. Käyhkö. Example: When his teacher moved from the area, Mr. Demura was relocated to another dojo which taught both karate and kendo. 2. A room or other facility used for other activities, such as meditation or software development. Labels: broadly Example: Earlier dojos were known as homebrew clubs. [...] In Silicon Valley, a dojo is defined as a do-ocracy where people come together based on shared interests and passions, such as coding and robotics. [...] David Crawley, a semiconductor physicist and founder of Hacker Dojo Robotics, shared with me that it had been a passion of his to pull robotics hobbyists together with 12 challenges in mind: drive around three cones, deliver a pizza from the front door of the dojo to a predetermined location inside, [...] Example: By bringing the people across their value streams closer together, physically, and by using the dojo environment to experiment with new ways of working, [Aimee] Bechtle and [John] Schmidt claimed they have achieved a state of "no fear change". [...] Both times they set up the dojo, Schmidt said, "This is going to be messy"; they were creating a psychologically safe environment in which the team could experiment. 3. Synonym of dohyo (“the ring in which a sumo wrestling match is held”). Example: In this class of truck it’s all about torque, and the Hilux has that in spades. [...] Its traction control stamps the ground with the immovable authority of a sumo wrestler entering the dojo. Example: Women [...] considered "impure", are not allowed on the dojo, circular location of the fight considered a sacred place. The inflexibility of the sumo world on this point had caused a scandal last year when women doctors and nurses had come to the dojo to help an elected official feeling uncomfortable during a speech at a tournament. The sumo association had to present "sincere apologies" for asking them to come down as soon as possible.
Word: dojo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 泥鰌 (dojō, “pond loach”). Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊdʒəʊ/, [ˈdəʊ̯d͡ʒəʊ̯], /ˈdoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/, [ˈdoʊ̯ˌd͡ʒoʊ̯] 1. The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia. Example: The head of the dojô is small, the mouth is surrounded by six or eight barbules as is the case with several species of fish which inhabit muddy streams. [...] A microscopic examination showed them [the barbules] to be rich in muscular fibres for movement, and through the centre run a thick bundle of very delicate nerve fibres which spread out on the surface of each barbule's tip. These, I suppose from the manner which the dojô dips its head down, assist in the search for food, [...] Example: [A] comparative test on susceptibility to E1-43, 064 between the goldfish and ‘Dojo’ fish was made by dipping method. The result has shown that the ‘Dojo’ fish is 5.32 times as susceptible as the goldfish to E1-43, 064.
Word: corporation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English corporacion, corporation, from Late Latin corporatio (“assumption of a body”), from Latin corporatus, past participle of corporare (“to form into a body”); see corporate. By surface analysis, corporate + -ion. (protruding belly): Perhaps a play on the word corpulence. Pronunciation: /ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɔɹ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɔɹ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃən/ 1. A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. Example: That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. Example: With his twin notes, Mr. Musk waded directly into a fractious debate over the right way for corporations to bring workers back to the office during the coronavirus pandemic. 2. The municipal governing body of a borough or city. 3. In Fascist Italy, a joint association of employers' and workers' representatives. Labels: historical 4. A protruding belly. Labels: dated, humorous, slang Example: [The Rector], looming large in full canonicals, walking, as became a beneficed priest, under the canopy of a shovel-hat, with the dignity of an ample corporation, the embellishment of the squarest and vastest of black coats, and the support of the stoutest of gold-headed canes. Example: 'You'd be surprised,' said Stanley, as though this were intensely interesting, 'at the number of chaps at the club who have got a corporation.'
Word: CEO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of chief executive officer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: CEOs who once made 50 times the average worker’s salary made more than 500 times as much in 2001. Example: Stack ranking had come into fashion after GE CEO Jack Welch used a similar system, called rank-and-yank, to turn around that company in the 1980s and 1990s. 2. Initialism of chief executive officer. Labels: Internet, countable, humorous, uncountable Example: Hey. CEO. Of. Racism. Made. You. Some. Lunch. 👊🏾 .😡 3. Initialism of civil enforcement officer. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 4. Acronym of current engine option. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Initialism of city engineering office. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CEO Part of Speech: verb 1. To serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization or company. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Daddy-David's answer was CEOing. He'd CEOed at three companies, most recently as head of an electronic sensor manufacturer. “He's completely turned them around in less than a year,” Lise trilled, “and never missed Friday afternoon Bible study.” Example: “We’d like you to be our CEO,” the board would say, and the CEO would say “sounds great but I am also the CEO of another company, is that a problem,” and the board would say “yes of course that’s a problem, we meant you’d quit your other CEO job and work for us, that’s how CEOing works, […]”
Word: corporate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from corpus (“body”, oblique stem in corp-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/, /ˈkɔː.pɹət/, /ˈkoɹ.pə.ɹət/, /ˈkoɹ.pɹət/, /ˈkoː.pə.ɹət/ 1. Of or relating to an institution. Example: The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise. Example: But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts. 2. Formed into a institution; incorporated. 3. Unified into one body; collective. Example: the corporate authorship of the working group Example: They answer in a joint and corporate voice. 4. Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from an institution. Labels: colloquial Example: It's not that their interior decorating is horrible; it's just that, well, it's so corporate.
Word: corporate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from corpus (“body”, oblique stem in corp-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/, /ˈkɔː.pɹət/, /ˈkoɹ.pə.ɹət/, /ˈkoɹ.pɹət/, /ˈkoː.pə.ɹət/ 1. A bond issued by an institution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor. 2. A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Currently there are 19 members, who are all in Spotlight and belong to Equity. Areas of work include theatre, musicals, television, film, commercials, corporates and voiceovers. 3. An institution that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise. Labels: countable Example: McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today. 4. An institution or group. Labels: countable 5. The higher managerial echelons of an institution. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: it came down from corporate Example: The work could be rewarding, but corporate is micro-managing everything.
Word: corporate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1398; from Middle English corporaten (“to incorporate, assimilate; to constitute as a legal corporation”), either from corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical”, also used as the past participle of corporaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix) or directly from Latin corporātus + -en, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/, /ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.eɪt/ 1. To incorporate. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: This hospital of Savoy was again new founded, erected, corporated , and endowed with lands by Queen Mary 2. To become incorporated. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: board of directors Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions.
Word: party Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita. The sense of communist party of a communist state derives Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija). By surface analysis, part + -y (“noun suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːti/, /ˈpɑɹti/, [ˈpʰɑɹɾi], /ˈpɐːti/, [ˈpʰɐːɾi] 1. To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself. Labels: intransitive Example: We partied until the early hours. 2. To take recreational drugs. Labels: euphemistic, intransitive, slang Example: “Miss, do you party?” the boy asked. “What?” Jennifer asked back. “Do you smoke? I'll get you some cheap. One American dollar equals forty Jamaican dollars. I'll get you as much of the stuff as you need.” 3. To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats. Labels: intransitive 4. To form a party (with). Labels: Internet, intransitive Example: If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
Word: party Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita. The sense of communist party of a communist state derives Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija). By surface analysis, part + -y (“noun suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːti/, /ˈpɑɹti/, [ˈpʰɑɹɾi], /ˈpɐːti/, [ˈpʰɐːɾi] 1. Partly. Labels: obsolete
Word: party Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English party, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin partītus (“parted”), past participle of partiō (“to divide”). More at part. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːti/, /ˈpɑɹti/, [ˈpʰɑɹɾi], /ˈpɐːti/, [ˈpʰɐːɾi] 1. Divided; in part. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: an escutcheon party per pale 2. Divided; in part. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: Now converging, now diverging, these fences presented a striking irregularity of contour. No fence was party, nor any part of any fence. 3. Favoring one party; partisan. Labels: not-comparable
Word: platform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape. Pronunciation: /ˈplætfɔːm/, /ˈplɑtfɔːm/, /ˈplætfɔɹm/ 1. To furnish with or shape into a platform Labels: transitive Example: […] upon a smiling knoll platformed by Nature […] 2. To place on, or as if on, a platform. Labels: transitive Example: And this dog was satisfied / If a pale thin hand would glide / Down his dewlaps sloping / Which he pushed his nose within, / After—platforming his chin / On the palm left open. 3. To place a train alongside a station platform. Example: There he was welcomed onboard Vivarail's new three-car battery-powered train and Porterbrook's HydroFLEX hydrogen-powered train, which had been platformed side-by-side to showcase the potential of these low-carbon alternative technologies. 4. To include in a political platform Labels: transitive Example: Among them I scarcely can plot out one truth / Plain enough to be platformed by some voting sleuth / And paraded before the precinct polling-booth. 5. To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.). Labels: transitive Example: We want to platform the larger, unspoken issue of menstrual health and hygiene of women at work, and how we as a society need to start taking cognizance of it and start adopting measures to help our women workforce navigate it with ease. Example: If Buckley were still alive today, could a university get away with platforming him in a debate? 6. To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm. Labels: transitive Example: But serious movies are not necessarily good movies. A studio that decides to platform a film had better be sure the film will get the necessary good reviews and audience approval. Otherwise, like United Artists' "A Small Circle of Friends," which was platformed around the same time as "The Elephant Man," the film will fail calamitously. Example: Each of these films will be "platformed," the industry term to describe the strategy of opening a movie first in a limited number of theaters to give it an aura of exclusivity, then having its appeal build through word of mouth. 7. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I have ſaid what is meet to ſome who do not think it for the eaſe of their inconſequent Opinions, to grant that Church-Diſcipline is platform'd in the Bible, but that it is left to the diſcretion of Men.
Word: plank Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalange and phalanx. Compare also the doublets planch, planche, and plancha, borrowed later from Middle French, Modern French, and Spanish, respectively. Pronunciation: /ˈplæŋk/, [ˈpʰlæŋk], /ˈplaŋk/, [ˈpʰlaŋk], [ˈpʰläŋk] 1. A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick. 2. A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue. Labels: figuratively Example: Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries. Example: When Mr. Dole had been asked at the Republican convention about the same immigration amendment—one of the more conservative and sensitive planks—he did not oppose it, but said he would have to think long and hard before supporting it. 3. Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time. 4. A stupid person, idiot. Labels: UK, slang 5. That which supports or upholds. Example: His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.
Word: plank Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalange and phalanx. Compare also the doublets planch, planche, and plancha, borrowed later from Middle French, Modern French, and Spanish, respectively. Pronunciation: /ˈplæŋk/, [ˈpʰlæŋk], /ˈplaŋk/, [ˈpʰlaŋk], [ˈpʰläŋk] 1. To cover something with planking. Labels: transitive Example: to plank a floor or a ship Example: Plank'd with pine. 2. To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber. Labels: transitive Example: Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 3. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: to plank money in a wager Example: Joe planked the money down in the officer of a newspaper editor and awaited results. There weren't any. 4. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. Labels: transitive 5. To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. 6. To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place. Labels: intransitive Example: The woman, known as Claudia, fell from a 2m wall after earlier demonstrating the wrong way to plank on a small stool while holding a bottle of wine. A friend said some guests had not heard of planking and Claudia was demonstrating how ridiculous it was. Example: Perth man Simon Carville became an internet sensation after he was photographed planking naked in the arms of famous Perth statue the Eliza.
Word: faction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin factiō (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faciō (“do, make”). Doublet of fashion. Pronunciation: /ˈfæk.ʃən/, [ˈfæk.ʃən] ~ [ˈfæk.ʃn̩] 1. A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group. Labels: countable Example: Real factions may be divided into those from interest, from principle, and from affection Example: Prejudice has bred a counterprejudice so that now neither faction can nor will see without distortion. 2. Strife; discord. Labels: uncountable Example: Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779. Example: He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.
Word: faction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fact + fiction. Pronunciation: /ˈfæk.ʃən/, [ˈfæk.ʃən] ~ [ˈfæk.ʃn̩] 1. A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: fictionalization Example: Blind genius of faction / Obituary of Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer [title] 2. The facts found in fiction. Labels: uncountable
Word: opinion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From English opine + -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna. Pronunciation: /əˈpɪn.jən/ 1. A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I would like to know your opinions on the new filing system. Example: In my opinion, white chocolate is better than milk chocolate. 2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I haue bought / Golden Opinions from all ſorts of people, […] Example: Friendship […] gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend. 3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Thou haſt redeemed thy loſt opinion, […] Example: This gain’d Agricola much opinion; who […] had made ſuch early progreſs into laborious […] enterpriſes. 4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] your reaſons at Dinner haue been ſharpe & ſententious: pleaſant without ſcurillitie, wittie without affection, audatious without impudencie, learned without opinion, and ſtrange without hereſie: […] 5. The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible. Labels: European-Union, countable, uncountable
Word: opinion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From English opine + -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna. Pronunciation: /əˈpɪn.jən/ 1. To have or express as an opinion. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Philoſophers that opinioned the vvorlds deſtruction by fire, did never dreame of annihilation, vvhich is beyond the povver of ſublunary cauſes; for the laſt and proper action of that element [fire] is but vitrification, or a reduction of a body into Glaſſe, and therefore ſome of our Chymicks factiouſly affirme; yea, and urge Scripture for it, that at the laſt fire all ſhall be cryſtallized and reverberated into Glaſſe, vvhich is the utmoſt action of that element. Example: But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon[…], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother […]
Word: fact Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat. Pronunciation: /fækt/ 1. Something actual as opposed to invented. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: establish the facts Example: hard facts 2. Something which is real. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gravity is a fact, not a theory. 3. Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding. 4. An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun. 5. Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The facts about space travel. Example: Addition facts include 2 + 2 = 4 and 3 + 4 = 7. 6. An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Action; the realm of action. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: After that Richard, the third of that name, king in fact only, but tyrant both in title and regiment[…]was[…]overthrown and slain at Bosworth Field; there succeeded in the kingdom[…]Henry the Seventh. 8. A wrongful or criminal deed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had become an accessory after the fact. Example: She was empassiond at that piteous act, / With zelous enuy of Greekes cruell fact, / Against that nation [...]. 9. A feat or meritorious deed. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: UUho when he ſhal embrace you in his arms UUil tell how many thouſand men he ſlew. And when you looke for amorous diſcourſe, Will rattle foorth his facts of war and blood: Too harſh a ſubiect for your daintie eares. Example: When he who most excels in fact of arms,
Word: fact Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat. Pronunciation: /fækt/ 1. Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
Word: objective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English obgectyf, from Middle French objectif and its etymon Medieval Latin obiectīvus. By surface analysis, object + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/, /əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/, /əbˈd͡ʒek.tɪv/, /əbˈd͡ʒek.təv/ 1. Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality. 2. Not influenced by the strong emotions or prejudices. 3. Based on observed facts; without purely subjective assessment. 4. Mind-independent Example: Engagement of employees in the Public Administration and in the wider Public Sector, ..., shall take place either by competitive entry examination or by selection on the basis of predefined and objective criteria, and shall be subject to the control of an independent authority, as specified by law. Example: The value of pedagogical material informed by objective methodological procedures developed in corpus linguistics is widely recognized. 5. Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb. Example: The objective complement in "She makes us angry" is the adjective "angry". Example: Let us now glance at the demonstrative and relative pronouns. Of the former there are but two in English, this and that, with their plural forms, these and those. To them, American adds a third, them, which is also the personal pronoun of the third person, objective case. 6. Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.) Example: The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.
Word: objective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English obgectyf, from Middle French objectif and its etymon Medieval Latin obiectīvus. By surface analysis, object + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/, /əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/, /əbˈd͡ʒek.tɪv/, /əbˈd͡ʒek.təv/ 1. A material object that physically exists. 2. A goal that is striven for. Example: His [Henry Sweet's] true objective was the provision of a full, accurate, legible script for our noble but ill-dressed language; but he was led past that by his contempt for the popular Pitman system of Shorthand, which he called the Pitfall system. Example: In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway. 3. The objective case. 4. a noun or pronoun in the objective case. 5. The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
Word: subjective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin subiectīvus, equivalent to subject + -ive. Pronunciation: /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/, /sʌbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/ 1. Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment. 2. Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A subject is one who perceives or is aware; an object is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.) 3. Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily or directly from external stimuli. Example: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it. 4. Lacking in reality or substance. 5. As used by Carl Jung, the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types. 6. Mind-dependent. 7. Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others. 8. Describing conjugation of a verb that indicates only the subject (agent), not indicating the object (patient) of the action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.) Example: The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.
Word: subjective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin subiectīvus, equivalent to subject + -ive. Pronunciation: /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/, /sʌbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/ 1. The subjective case. 2. A noun or pronoun in the subjective case.
Word: observation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English observacion, borrowed from Middle French observacion. Also a borrowing from French observation and a learned borrowing from Latin observātiō(n-). Morphologically observe + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn̩/, /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/ 1. The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there. Example: The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier. 2. The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A remark or comment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That's a foolish observation. Example: To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake. 4. A judgement based on observing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially. 5. An evaluation conducted through observing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I need to do your observation before the end of the week. 6. Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the observation of it in such circumstances. 7. A regime under which a subject is routinely observed. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A realization of a random variable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: similarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French similarité. Morphologically similar + -ity Pronunciation: /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/, /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ə.ti/, /ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/, [ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi], /ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/ 1. Closeness of appearance to something else. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The relation of sharing properties. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. 3. A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The property of two matrices being similar. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gayn, gain, gein (“profit, advantage”), from Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit", literally "return”), from Proto-Germanic *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of Proto-Germanic *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). Cognate with Icelandic gagn (“gain, advantage, use”), Swedish gagn (“benefit, profit”), Danish gavn (“gain, profit, success”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gageigan, “to gain, profit”), Old Norse gegn (“ready”), dialectal Swedish gen (“useful, noteful”), Latin cum (“with”); see gain-, again, against. Compare also Middle English gaynen, geinen (“to be of use, profit, avail”), Icelandic and Swedish gagna (“to avail, help”), Danish gavne (“to benefit”). The Middle English word was reinforced by Middle French gain (“gain, profit, advancement, cultivation”), from Old French gaaing, gaaigne, gaigne, a noun derivative of gaaignier, gaigner (“to till, earn, win”), from Frankish *waiþanōn (“to pasture, graze, hunt for food”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waiþiz, *waiþō, *waiþijō (“pasture, field, hunting ground”); compare Old High German weidōn, weidanōn (“to hunt, forage for food”) (Modern German Weide (“pasture”)), Old Norse veiða (“to catch, hunt”), Old English wǣþan (“to hunt, chase, pursue”). Related to wide. Pronunciation: /ɡeɪn/ 1. The act of gaining; acquisition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: People are more willing to take a risk to avoid a loss than to make a gain. Example: All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: And more regarding gaine than victorie: 2. The thing or things gained. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Everyone shall share in the gains. 3. The factor by which a signal is multiplied. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There follows the high and low-frequency replay equalization, which normally involves two adjustments with a further control allowing the replay gain to be set.
Word: gain Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From dialectal English gen, gin, short for again, agen (“against”); also Middle English gain, gayn, gein, ȝæn (“against”), from Old English gēan, geġn (“against”). More at against. Pronunciation: /ɡeɪn/ 1. Against. Labels: obsolete
Word: gain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gayn, gein, geyn (“straight, direct, short, fit, good”), from Old Norse gegn (“straight, direct, short, ready, serviceable, kindly”), from gegn (“opposite, against”, adverb) (whence gagna (“to go against, meet, suit, be meet”)); see above. Adverb from Middle English gayn, gayne (“fitly, quickly”), from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ɡeɪn/ 1. Straight, direct; near; short. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: the gainest way Example: [...] many times his horse and he plunged over the head in deep mires, for he knew not the way, but took the gainest way in that woodness, that many times he was like to perish. 2. Suitable; convenient; ready. Labels: dialectal, obsolete 3. Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous. Labels: dialectal 4. Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap. Labels: dialectal
Word: gain Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English gayn, gein, geyn (“straight, direct, short, fit, good”), from Old Norse gegn (“straight, direct, short, ready, serviceable, kindly”), from gegn (“opposite, against”, adverb) (whence gagna (“to go against, meet, suit, be meet”)); see above. Adverb from Middle English gayn, gayne (“fitly, quickly”), from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ɡeɪn/ 1. Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means. Labels: dialectal, obsolete 2. Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately. Labels: dialectal 3. Tolerably; fairly. Labels: dialectal Example: gain quiet
Word: gain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Welsh gan (“a mortise”). Pronunciation: /ɡeɪn/ 1. A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
Word: quote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below. Pronunciation: /kwəʊt/, [k(ʰ)wəʊt], [kʰwoʊt], [kʰwəwt], [k(ʰ)woːt] 1. A statement attributed to a person; a quotation. Example: She loved reading quotes of famous people. 2. A quotation mark. 3. A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation. Example: After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff. 4. A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.
Word: quote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below. Pronunciation: /kwəʊt/, [k(ʰ)wəʊt], [kʰwoʊt], [kʰwəwt], [k(ʰ)woːt] 1. To repeat (the exact words of a person). Labels: transitive Example: The writer quoted the president's speech. 2. To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate. Labels: transitive Example: Can you believe they quoted me $5,000? 3. To name the current price, notably of a financial security. Labels: transitive 4. To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation. Labels: intransitive 5. To observe, to take account of. Labels: archaic Example: But must our moderne Critticks envious eye Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity? Example: That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better heed and judgment I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …
Word: quote Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below. Pronunciation: /kwəʊt/, [k(ʰ)wəʊt], [kʰwoʊt], [kʰwəwt], [k(ʰ)woːt] 1. Used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation. Example: She told me she was, quote, "too hot for you."
Word: quotation mark Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩ mɑɹk/ 1. Either of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing. Labels: plural-normally