nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Chania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Chania, from Byzantine Greek Χανιά (Khaniá), from Arabic الخان (al-ḵān) + -ιά (-iá, “-ia: forming place names”), literally from ال (al-, “the, place of the”) + خان (ḵān, “caravanserai, inn”) but possibly transliterating a neighborhood whose named derived from its former importance in the worship of the Minoan god Velchanos, whose Minoan name was transcribed into Ancient Greek as Ϝελχάνος (Welkhános). 1. A city, the capital of Chania regional unit, on the island of Crete, Greece. 2. A regional unit of Crete, around the city.
Word: Hania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish خانیه (Hanya) and irregular romanization of Greek Χανιά (Chaniá), q.v. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑniə/ 1. Alternative spelling of Chania: a city and regional unit on the island of Crete, Greece. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Corinth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Corinthus, from Ancient Greek Κόρινθος (Kórinthos). Doublet of currant. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹɪnθ/, /ˈkɔɹɪnθ/ 1. A port city in Greece. 2. An isthmus in Greece near the city, connecting the Peloponnese to Europe. 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A number of places in the United States: 26. A number of places in the United States: 27. A number of places in the United States: 28. A number of places in the United States: 29. A number of places in the United States: 30. A number of places in the United States: 31. A number of places in the United States: 32. A number of places in the United States: 33. A number of places in the United States: 34. A number of places in the United States: 35. A number of places in the United States: 36. A number of places in the United States: 37. A number of places in the United States: 38. A number of places in the United States: 39. A number of places in the United States: 40. A number of places in the United States: 41. A number of places in the United States: 42. A number of places in the United States: 43. A number of places in the United States: 44. A number of places in the United States: 45. A number of places in the United States: 46. A number of places in the United States: 47. A number of places in the United States: 48. A number of places in the United States: 49. A number of places in the United States: 50. A number of places in the United States: 51. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Delphi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Delphi. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛlfi/, [ˈdɛɫfi] 1. A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle. 2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, as well a diminutive of Delphine. Labels: rare 3. A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States. 4. A programming language dialect based on Pascal. 5. A method for obtaining consensus from a group of experts; see Delphi method in Wikipedia.
Word: drama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin drāma, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), from δράω (dráō, “to act, to take action, to achieve”). Doublet of dorama. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɑːmə/, /ˈdɹɑmə/, /ˈdɹæmə/, /ˈdɹeɪmə/ 1. A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue. Labels: countable Example: The author released her latest drama, which became a best-seller. 2. Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy. Labels: countable 3. Theatrical plays in general. Labels: uncountable 4. A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After losing my job, having a car crash, and the big row with my neighbours, I don't need any more drama. Example: Thais have been gripped by the two-week drama unfolding at the Tham Luang cave system, and took to social media Sunday as rescue efforts unfolded. 5. Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: Iraklion Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Ηράκλειο (Irákleio). 1. Alternative form of Heraklion: 2. Alternative form of Heraklion:
Word: Heraklion Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Ηράκλειο (Irákleio). 1. The capital of the regional unit of Heraklion and of the region of Crete, Greece. 2. A regional unit in central Crete, Greece.
Word: Ioannina Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Ιωάννινα (Ioánnina), possibly after Άγιος Ιωάννης (Ágios Ioánnis, “Saint John”). Pronunciation: /jɔˈɑninɑ/ 1. The capital and largest city of the regional unit of Ioannina and region of Epirus, Greece. 2. A regional unit of Epirus, Greece.
Word: Lamia Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Greece.
Word: Piraeus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Piraeus, from Ancient Greek Πειραιεύς (Peiraieús). Pronunciation: /paɪˈriːəs/, /pɪˈreɪəs/ 1. A municipality and port in Greece, part of Athens agglomeration, the chief port of Athens, located on the Saronic Gulf. 2. A regional unit of Greece.
Word: Salonika Part of Speech: name Etymology: From incomplete latinization of Byzantine Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē), clipping of Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field. Used chiefly as a calque of Ottoman Turkish سلانیك (Selânik) but with occasional reference to modern Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníki). 1. Alternative spelling of Salonica, synonym of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Salonica Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin Salonica, from Byzantine Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníkē), clipping of Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field. Sometimes parsed as a clipping within English of Thessalonica. Originally and still chiefly as a calque of Ottoman Turkish سلانیك (Selânik); now with occasional reference to modern Greek Σαλονίκη (Saloníki). 1. Synonym of Thessaloniki: a port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece. Labels: historical Example: Sleeping-car passengers, however, will know little of their entry into Greece until, at 6 a.m. on the third morning after leaving Paris, the short train runs over the Vardar plain, with dawn glimpses of Mount Athos to the east and of cloud-capped Olympus across the gulf to the south, past the rebuilt yard and into the new passenger station at Salonica.
Word: Thessaloniki Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki), from Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessălós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field. Pronunciation: /ˌθɛsələˈniːki/ 1. A port city, the capital of Central Macedonia, in northern Greece.
Word: parrot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet (whence also parakeet). Compare French pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrocchetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹət/, /ˈpaɹət/, /ˈpɛɹət/, /ˈpaɾət/ 1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. Example: I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store. Example: Mrs. Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larger species. 2. A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others. Labels: figuratively Example: What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that. Example: In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking. 3. A puffin. Labels: archaic 4. channel coal. Labels: obsolete 5. A transponder. Labels: slang
Word: parrot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet (whence also parakeet). Compare French pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrocchetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹət/, /ˈpaɹət/, /ˈpɛɹət/, /ˈpaɾət/ 1. To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot. Labels: transitive Example: The interviewee merely parroted the views of her tabloid. Example: So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.
Word: Trikala Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Τρίκαλα (Tríkala), from Ancient Greek Τρίκκη (Tríkkē), named after the nymph daughter of Penaeus in mythology. 1. A city in Thessaly, Greece.
Word: Volos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Βόλος (Vólos). 1. A city in Greece.
Word: barrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“hill, mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰos (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise up, ascend; to be elevated, up high”). Doublet of berg and bergh. Cognates Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), North Frisian Bārig, beerch, beeri, beerj, berag, berig, berri, bärj (“mountain”), Saterland Frisian Bierich, Bíerig, Bäirch (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Cimbrian pèrge (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), German Low German Barg (“mountain”), Limburgish berg, Bärrech (“hill, mountain”), Luxembourgish Bierg (“mountain”), Mòcheno pèrg (“mountain”), Yiddish באַרג (barg, “mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Elfdalian bjärr (“hill, mountain”), Faroese berg, bjarg (“cliff”), bjørg (“cliffs”), Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish berg (“mountain”); also Northern Luri برگ (berg, “mountain”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian бе́рег (béreg, “bank, shore”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəʊ/, /ˈbæɹoʊ/, /ˈbɛɹoʊ/, /ˈbɛɚ.oʊ/, /ˈbaɾo/ 1. A mountain. Labels: obsolete 2. A hill. Labels: UK 3. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Example: Meronym: dolmen Example: “Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow?” 4. A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
Word: barrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English barowe, barwe, barewe, from Old English bearwe (“basket, handbarrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *barwā, *barwijā, from Proto-Germanic *barwǭ, *barwijǭ (“stretcher, bier”) (compare Low German Berwe, Old Norse barar (plural), Middle High German radebere (“wheelbarrow”)), from *beraną (“to bear”). More at bear. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəʊ/, /ˈbæɹoʊ/, /ˈbɛɹoʊ/, /ˈbɛɚ.oʊ/, /ˈbaɾo/ 1. A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand. Labels: UK Example: The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one. Example: In contrast, the Westminster Gazette in 1912 was much more positive about railway staff, praising the "...army of porters hustling and bustling hither and thither with barrows groaning under the weight of bags and baggage and... the ever-patient and long-suffering guards, courteously giving information and advice to the querulous passengers... to the porter the Christmas season means a continuous round of heavy labour, extremely tiring to both nerves and temper, and this fact the public too often seem either to forget or ignore." 2. A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
Word: barrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English barow, bareȝ, bareh, from Old English bearg, bearh (“boar”), from Proto-West Germanic *barug, *barah, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz, *barahaz. Cognate with Old Frisian barch, Old Saxon barug, Old High German barug (German Borg), Old Norse bǫrgr. Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəʊ/, /ˈbæɹoʊ/, /ˈbɛɹoʊ/, /ˈbɛɚ.oʊ/, /ˈbaɾo/ 1. A castrated boar.
Word: barrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *berwe, *borwe, *bergh (attested in hamberwe and berwham (“horse-collar”)), from Middle English berwen (“to protect”), from Old English beorgan (“to protect”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹəʊ/, /ˈbæɹoʊ/, /ˈbɛɹoʊ/, /ˈbɛɚ.oʊ/, /ˈbaɾo/ 1. A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.
Word: Nuuk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Nuuk, from Greenlandic Nuuk, a capitalization of Greenlandic nuuk (“a cape”). Pronunciation: /nuːk/, /nuk/, /nʊk/ 1. The capital city of Greenland. Example: [Tom] Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.”
Word: Debrecen Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Hungary.
Word: bracket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nail), from Old French braguette (“the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches, one's fly”), a diminutive of Old French brague (“knickers, britches”), from Old Occitan braga, from Latin brāca (“pants”), from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, from Proto-Germanic *brāks, an early form of Proto-Germanic *brōks (“leggings, breeches, trousers”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹækɪt/ 1. A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf. 2. Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part. Example: To determine if your frame has this bottom bracket type, look for a notched and possibly knurled lockring on the left side (the side without the chainrings). Example: Not only does the attachment on the tooth surface (called a bracket) allow the tooth to be moved vertically or tilted, but also a force couple can be generated by the interaction between the bracket and an archwire running through the bracket. 3. A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. 4. The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage, supporting the trunnions. 5. Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc. Labels: UK 6. Any of the characters “(”, “)”, “[”, “]”, “{”, “}”, “⟨”, “⟩”, “<”, “>”, or the like, used in pairs to enclose parenthetic remarks, sections of mathematical expressions, etc. Labels: US 7. A diagram of games in a tournament. 8. A prediction of the outcome of games in a tournament, used for betting purposes. 9. One of several ranges of numbers. Example: tax bracket, age bracket Example: taxpayers in the $50,000 to $70,000 bracket 10. A pair of values that represent the smallest and largest elements of a range. 11. Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately. 12. The small curved or angular corner formed by a serif and a stroke in a letter. 13. a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench. Labels: obsolete
Word: bracket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier bragget, *bracket, from Middle English *braget, *braket (attested in braket nail), from Old French braguette (“the opening in the fore part of a pair of breeches, one's fly”), a diminutive of Old French brague (“knickers, britches”), from Old Occitan braga, from Latin brāca (“pants”), from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, from Proto-Germanic *brāks, an early form of Proto-Germanic *brōks (“leggings, breeches, trousers”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹækɪt/ 1. To support by means of mechanical brackets. 2. To enclose in typographical brackets. 3. To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets. 4. To place in the same category. Example: Because they didn’t have enough young boys for two full teams, they bracketed the seven-year-olds with the eight-year-olds. Example: Some villain who knows nothing about it comes into it for money and so the labours of honest mediums get discounted. The public very naturally brackets them all together. 5. To mark distinctly for special treatment. Example: Next, since so much social activity is defined by being bracketed out of the world of ongoing events, it becomes possible that outside such bracketed episodes, […] people are — especially beforehand, but also afterwards — to some extent "out of role", and so off their guard. 6. To set aside, discount, ignore. Example: SIL got access to academic legitimacy; linguists bracketed the evangelical engine that drives SIL because they got access to data and tools. 7. To gauge the range of a target by firing equally short and long of it and ranging the weapon between the two to achieve a very accurate hit. 8. To take multiple images of the same subject, using a range of exposure settings, in order to help ensure that a satisfactory image is obtained. 9. In the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, to set aside metaphysical theories and existential questions concerning what is real in order to focus philosophical attention simply on the actual content of experience.
Word: bracket Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹækɪt/ 1. Alternative form of bragget (“drink made with ale and honey”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Tisch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Tisch. 1. A surname from German.
Word: subtle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English sotil, soubtil, subtil (“of a person, the mind, etc.: clever, ingenious, penetrating; cunning, sly; insidious; delicate, fine; not dense, light, thin; finely powdered; narrow, slender; etc.”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman sotel, subtil, sutil, Middle French soutil, subtil, sutil, and Old French sotil, soutil, subtil, sutil (“of an object: skilfully designed or made; delicate, fine; slender, thin; of an intangible thing: difficult to understand; of a person: discerning, shrewd; devious, sly; etc.”) (modern French subtil), from Latin subtīlis (“of texture: delicate, fine; slender, thin; accurate, keen; having fine judgment; etc.”), from sub (“below, under”) + tēla (“warp (threads running lengthwise in a loom); web”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create, produce; to cut, hew”), from *teḱ- (“to beget, sire”)). The word displaced Old English smēag (literally “creeping”). The modern and Middle English (and French) spellings with -b- are influenced by Latin subtīlis; the letter was probably never pronounced. The noun is derived from Middle English sotil, soubtil, subtil (“wise person; sophisticated people collectively”), from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌtl̩/, /ˈsʌtəl/, [ˈsʌɾɫ̩] 1. People or things that are subtle (adjective sense) as a class. Labels: uncountable
Word: subtle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Partly from both of the following: * From Middle English sotilen, subtile, subtilien (“to reflect on (something); to become mentally keen; to connive, scheme; to contrive, invent; to become pure or thin; to (cause something to) become light or thin; (medicine) to lighten or reduce (a diet)”), from Anglo-Norman sotiller, soutiller, sutiller, Middle French soutiller, soutillier, and Old French soutillier (“to make thin; to sharpen; to split hairs when arguing; to scheme, plot”), from Old French sotil, soutil, subtil, sutil (noun) (see etymology 1) + -ier (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs), partly influenced by Late Latin subtīliāre, the present active infinitive of subtīliō (“to act craftily; to diminish”), from Latin subtīlis (adjective) (see etymology 1) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). * From subtle (adjective). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌtl̩/, /ˈsʌtəl/, [ˈsʌɾɫ̩] 1. To make (something) subtle (“giving only a slight impression; also, skilfully restrained or understated”). Labels: US, transitive 2. To burn (someone or something) to ash. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: A fire ſubtle ye, are ye ſo crafty.
Word: Alzheimer's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), a German neurologist who described the disease in 1906. Pronunciation: /ˈæl(t)s.haɪ.mə(ɹ)z dɪˈziːz/, /ˈɑːl(t)s-/, /ˈɔːl(t)s-/, /ˈælz-/, /ˈɑːlz-/ 1. A disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes; senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Labels: uncountable
Word: hitman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hit (“to murder”) + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪtmæːn/, /ˈhɪtmən/ 1. A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia. Example: Their top hitman, Joe Russo, was on the lam after murdering Joe Barboza in San Francisco. Example: The high priest of US arms controllers called me a "nuclear arms agreement hitman," which I took as a compliment. 2. A goalscorer; someone who scores goals.
Word: parakeet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɹəkiːt/, /paɹəˈkiːt/, /ˈpɛɹəkit/ 1. Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions. Example: we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man. Example: 'Is it that it talks?' asked the lady. And the Phoenix replied in excellent French. It said, 'Parfaitement, madame!' 'Oh, the pretty parrakeet,' said the lady.
Word: cockatoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Malay kakaktuabor. Dutch kaketoebor. English cockatoo Borrowed from Dutch kaketoe, borrowed from Malay kakaktua. Spelling influenced by cock. 1. A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot. Example: We saw some cockatoos in the aviary. 2. A lookout posted during a two-up game, when gambling was illegal. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: budgerigar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly an alteration of Gamilaraay gijirrigaa; change of initial syllable unexplained though possibly from Aboriginal Pidgin English budgeree. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɑɹ/, /ˈbʌd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɑː/, /ˈbɐd͡ʒəɹiˌɡɐː/ 1. A species of small green parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus, native to inland Australia; a common cagebird throughout the world and bred in many colour varieties.
Word: galah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gamilaraay gilaa. * (fool): A connection with Malay gila (“mad”) has been suggested, but this explanation has not gained acceptance. ] Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlɑː/ 1. A member of species Eolophus roseicapilla of pink and grey species of cockatoos, native to Australia. Example: The change is pleasant in many ways; the grass is better and there is a good road to travel on; pigeons in crowds fly all around, galahs and other birds make merry everywhere. Example: There were red-tailed cockatoos, casuarina cockatoos, a little corella and a galah. 2. A fool, an idiot. Labels: Australia, slang Example: That galah nearly drove me off the road. Example: ‘Don′t just stand there, you great galah, lend a hand here!’ Billy Kemp shoved Edmund towards the longboat. ‘Get it free. The lads are bringing up the casks.’
Word: participant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stem of particip(ate) + -ant, borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”). Pronunciation: /pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/, /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/, /pəɹˈtɪsəpənt/ 1. One who participates. Example: Near-synonyms: entrant, partaker Example: All participants must adhere to the rules of the competition. 2. One who participates. Example: a research participant Example: In this study, participants were randomly assigned to either a control arm or a treatment arm.
Word: participant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stem of particip(ate) + -ant, borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”). Pronunciation: /pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/, /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/, /pəɹˈtɪsəpənt/ 1. Sharing; participating; having a share of part. Labels: not-comparable Example: Therefore during the parliament he published his royal proclamation, offering pardon and grace of restitution to all such as had taken arms, or been participant of any attempts against him;
Word: perspective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English perspective, perspectif, attested since 1381, from Old French or Middle French, from the first word of the Medieval Latin perspectiva ars (“science of optics”), the feminine of Latin perspectivus (“of sight, optical”), from perspectus, the past participle of perspicere (“to inspect, look through”), itself from per- (“through”) + specere (“to look at”); the noun sense was influenced or mediated by Italian prospettiva, from prospetto (“prospect”). Pronunciation: /pɚˈspɛk.tɪv/ 1. A view, vista or outlook. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. "It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with rail. Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation." 2. The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An artwork that represents three-dimensional objects in this way. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 5. The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 6. The ability to consider things in such relative perspective. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A perspective glass. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] our predecessors; who could never have believed, that there were such lunets about some of the planets, as our late perspectives have descried […] 8. A sound recording technique to adjust and integrate sound sources seemingly naturally. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: perspective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English perspective, perspectif, attested since 1381, from Old French or Middle French, from the first word of the Medieval Latin perspectiva ars (“science of optics”), the feminine of Latin perspectivus (“of sight, optical”), from perspectus, the past participle of perspicere (“to inspect, look through”), itself from per- (“through”) + specere (“to look at”); the noun sense was influenced or mediated by Italian prospettiva, from prospetto (“prospect”). Pronunciation: /pɚˈspɛk.tɪv/ 1. Of, in or relating to perspective. Labels: not-comparable Example: a perspective drawing 2. Providing visual aid; of or relating to the science of vision; optical. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: perspective glasses
Word: proper Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin propriusbor. Anglo-Norman proprebor. Middle English propre English proper From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒpə/, /ˈpɹɑpɚ/, /ˈpɹɒpɚ/, /ˈpɹɔpə/, [ˈpɹɔ̟pə] 1. Suitable. Example: the proper time to plant potatoes Example: The proper study of mankind is man. 2. Suitable. Example: a very proper young lady Example: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men. 3. Suitable. 4. Suitable. 5. Suitable. 6. Suitable. 7. Suitable. 8. Possessed, related. 9. Possessed, related. Example: They have a proper saint almost for every peculiar infirmity: for poison, gouts, agues […]. Example: 1829, James Marsh, Preliminary Essay to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Aids to Reflection those higher and peculiar attributes […] which constitute our proper humanity 10. Possessed, related. Labels: postpositional, usually Example: These are divided into two great families, the vipers proper (Viperidae) and the pit-vipers (Crotalidae). Example: Siberia, though it stands outside the territorial confines of Russia proper, constitutes an essentially component part […]. Outer Mongolia, [so called] to distinguish it from Inner Mongolia, which lies nearer to China proper, revolted and declared its independence. 11. Possessed, related. Example: proper motion — proper left — proper right Example: a man so bold That dares do justice on my proper son 12. Possessed, related. 13. Possessed, related. Example: proper subset — proper ideal 14. Possessed, related. 15. Accurate, strictly applied. Example: Now that was a proper breakfast. 16. Accurate, strictly applied. Labels: regional Example: The same tyme was Moses borne, and was a propper [translating ἀστεῖος (asteîos)] childe in the sight of God, which was norisshed up in his fathers housse thre monethes. 17. Accurate, strictly applied. Labels: often, postpositional Example: Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head in some secluded spot outside the city proper[…]. 18. Accurate, strictly applied. 19. Accurate, strictly applied. Labels: colloquial Example: When I realized I was wearing my shirt inside out, I felt a proper fool. 20. Accurate, strictly applied.
Word: proper Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin propriusbor. Anglo-Norman proprebor. Middle English propre English proper From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒpə/, /ˈpɹɑpɚ/, /ˈpɹɒpɚ/, /ˈpɹɔpə/, [ˈpɹɔ̟pə] 1. properly; thoroughly; completely. Labels: Ireland, UK, colloquial, not-comparable Example: 'I thought it was the American Associated Press.' 'Oh, they are on the track, are they?' 'They to-day, and the Times yesterday. Oh, they are buzzing round proper.' Example: “Christmas Eve,” said Nabby Adams. “I used to pump the bloody organ for the carols, proper pissed usually.” 2. properly. Labels: colloquial, nonstandard, not-comparable Example: "But it's not many of us as can make 'em proper." Example: When I meet a bad chick, know I gotta tell her hello talk real proper, but she straight up out the ghetto
Word: proper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin propriusbor. Anglo-Norman proprebor. Middle English propre English proper From Middle English propre, from Anglo-Norman proper, propre, Old French propre (French: propre), from Latin proprius. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒpə/, /ˈpɹɑpɚ/, /ˈpɹɒpɚ/, /ˈpɹɔpə/, [ˈpɹɔ̟pə] 1. Something set apart for a special use. Labels: obsolete 2. A part of the Christian liturgy that varies according to the date.
Word: shelf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English sċylfe, sċilfe (“shelf, ledge, deck of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā, from Proto-Germanic *skelfō (“shelf, ledge, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), distantly related to sculpt, carve and shell. Cognate with Dutch schelf (“hay loft, haystack”), German Low German Schelf (“haystack”), Old Norse skjalf (“bench”). Pronunciation: /ʃɛlf/ 1. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects. Example: We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf. Example: Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare. 2. The capacity of such an object Example: a shelf of videos 3. A projecting ledge that resembles such an object. Example: In 1981, China's Ministry of Geology surveyed the Taiwan Banks area and reported the following features: The Southern Basin (Taiwan Qian Tan) is situated approximately 200 km (124 mi) south-east of Swatao City and about 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the Taiwan Banks on the transition between shelf and slope in water depths of 50 to 200 m (164 to 656 ft). 4. The part of a repository where shelvesets are stored. Example: This is where the Visual Studio Shelving function can help. A shelf is a place on the server in source control that is separate from the main code line so it will not affect other developers. Example: A shelveset allows you to store a changeset on the server without adding it to the current codebase and sharing it with team members directly. Each team member has his own “shelf,” where he can store as many shelvesets as he wants.
Word: shelf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schelfe, probably from Old English sċylfe, sċilfe (“shelf, ledge, deck of a ship”), from Proto-West Germanic *skilfijā, from Proto-Germanic *skelfō (“shelf, ledge, cliff”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut”), distantly related to sculpt, carve and shell. Cognate with Dutch schelf (“hay loft, haystack”), German Low German Schelf (“haystack”), Old Norse skjalf (“bench”). Pronunciation: /ʃɛlf/ 1. Alternative form of shelve. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shelf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of obscure origin; evidently identical to Middle English shelp (“sandbar in a river”), but the sound shift is unexpected. Shelp might be from Old English scylp (“crag”) or Middle Dutch schelp-. Pronunciation: /ʃɛlf/ 1. A reef, sandbar, or shoal. Example: But with a ſlaw ſuddein chauffing ſtorm-bringer Orion, / Spurnt vs too the waters: then ſootherne ſwaſhruter huffling / Flung vs on high ſhelueflats, to the rocks vs he buffeted after. Example: The Marchant that returnes from ſome far forrain lands, / Eſcaping dreadfull rocks and dangerous ſhelfs and ſands, / When as he ſees his ſhip her home-hauen enter ſafe, / Will he repine at God, and as offended chafe / For being brought to ſoone home to his natiue ſoile, / Free from all perills ſad that threaten ſaylor’s ſpoile?
Word: shelf Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ʃɛlf/ 1. Alternative form of shelve. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: front Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons. Pronunciation: /fɹʌnt/, /fɹɐnt/, /fɹʊnt/ 1. Located at or near the front. Example: The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor. 2. Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel). Labels: comparable Example: The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects. 3. Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calendar month or year after the current one). Example: Contracts are available for every month in the front year but do not extend over a year. Example: Contract months : March, June, September and December[.] Minimum price fluctuation : 0.005 Index Point (1/2 basis point) equivalent to USD 12.50 per tick for the front-year Eurodollar futures[…]
Word: front Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons. Pronunciation: /fɹʌnt/, /fɹɐnt/, /fɹʊnt/ 1. Used to summon a worker on duty, such as a bellhop. Example: Front, boy. Front, boy. Front, boy. Front, boy. You four boys show Mr. and Mrs. Gilbreth and their seven—-or so—-Irishmen to 503, 504, 505, 506, and 507. Example: Harshaw yelled “Front!” again and Miriam started toward him.
Word: process Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/, /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/, /-əs/, /ˈpɹoʊ.sɛs/, /ˈpɹəʉˌses/ 1. A series of events leading to a result or product. Example: This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed. Example: But they came up against an impressive force in Bayern, who extended their run to 10 wins on the trot, having scored 28 goals in the process and conceding none. 2. The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries. Example: 1960, Mack Tyner, Process Engineering Calculations: Material and Energy Balances – Ordinarily a process plant will use a steam boiler to supply its process heat requirements and to drive a steam-turbine generator. Example: 1987, J. R. Richards, Principles of control system design in Modelling and control of fermentation processes – The words plant or process infer generally any dynamic system, be it primarily mechanical, electrical, or chemical process in nature, and may extend also to include social or economic systems. 3. A path or succession of states through which a system passes. Example: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year. 4. Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health. 5. Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ. Example: But if either at Calling by the Clerk, after the Session Bell, or before the Ordinary by the Roll, an Advocat compears, and craves to be Marked for the Defender, and to see the Process; The Clerk in the first Case, and the Judge in the second, will allow him to see it 6. An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle. 7. An executable task or program. 8. The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
Word: process Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.sɛs/, /ˈpɹɑ.sɛs/, /-əs/, /ˈpɹoʊ.sɛs/, /ˈpɹəʉˌses/ 1. To perform a particular process on a thing. Labels: transitive Example: Processing the harvested cocoons begins with grading and then boiling them in soapy water to soften the sericin that binds the fibers together. 2. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques. Labels: transitive Example: We have processed the data using our proven techniques, and have come to the following conclusions. Example: If you process you own digital files, it's as time consuming, or maybe even more time consuming, than it is to process and print your own film. 3. To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I didn't know she had a criminal record. That will take me a while to process. 4. To develop photographic film. Labels: transitive 5. To take legal proceedings against. Labels: transitive Example: When I saw that he would not let me alone, I processed him for £12. My mother was with his brother John, and he allowed her six guineas for clothes; and if she did not want the money, he would allow it to me in the rent, and I made him pay that when he would not leave me alone.
Word: process Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from procession. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsɛs/, /pɹəˈses/ 1. To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context. Example: Prayers completed and Psalms ending, patriarch, emperor, and their sumptuously clad entourages move past the open, silver-clad wings of the Imperial Door and process into the crowded nave and continue to the sanctuary at the east.
Word: code Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codex. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 7 is an ellipsis of code blue (“medical emergency”). Pronunciation: /kəʊd/, /koʊd/ 1. A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9. 2. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the mild and impartial spirit which pervades the Code compiled under Canute 3. Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians. Example: The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals. 4. A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation. Labels: countable, synecdoche, uncountable Example: The ASCII code of "A" is 65. 6. A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. 7. A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode. Labels: uncountable Example: Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code. Example: I wrote some code to reformat text documents. 9. A program. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A particular lect or language variety. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. An emergency requiring situation-trained members of the staff. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A set of unwritten rules that bind a social group. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: girl code
Word: code Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codex. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 7 is an ellipsis of code blue (“medical emergency”). Pronunciation: /kəʊd/, /koʊd/ 1. To write software programs. Example: I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s. 2. To add codes to (a data set). Labels: transitive Example: The resulting citation collection was databased and coded for meaning, etymon, and date range (earliest and latest occurrence found). 3. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes. 4. To encode. Example: We should code the messages we send out on Usenet. 5. To encode a protein. Labels: intransitive 6. To call a hospital emergency code. Labels: informal Example: coding in the CT scanner 7. Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest. Labels: informal
Word: code Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cod. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: management Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Latin -izāre Vulgar Latin *manizāre Old Italian maneggiareder.? Old French manegebor. Middle English *manage English manage Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English management From manage + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/, /ˈmæn.ədʒ.mənt/, /mæːˈneːdʒ.menʈ/, /ˈmæː.ne(ː)dʒ.menʈ/, /məˈneɪdʒ.mənt/ 1. Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome. 2. The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda. Example: Management has been lazy, too—management has found it easier to hire an additional five hundred men than to so improve its methods that one hundred men of the old force could be released to other work. The public was paying, and business was booming, and management didn't care a pin. 3. Judicious use of means to accomplish an end. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Excellent time management helped her succeed in all facets of her life. 4. The prosecuting side in an impeachment trial (as opposed to the respondent or defending side). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: values Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvæljuːz/ 1. plural of value Labels: form-of, plural 2. Ellipsis of values education. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: values Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈvæljuːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of value Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person