nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: free speech Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɹiː ˈspiːtʃ/ 1. Freedom of speech; the ability or right to express one's opinions, particularly (strictly) the legal right to do so without the government forbidding it via laws, but also (loosely) the ability to do so without facing social repercussions, or one's employer firing one for it, or social media sites not hosting it on their platforms, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. Example: Section 8 (c) of the act has been erroneously referred to since its passage as a free-speech provision. Actually this section permits the employer to intimidate and coerce employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed by the act. It is not a question of free speech at all. Giving the antiunion employer an unbridled right to condemn and deride the basic rights of employees to self-organization and collective bargaining is not free speech but a license to defeat the exercise of these fundamental rights. 2. Speech which is protected by this right; public expression of one's opinions that is, or merits being, protected from restraint or censorship. Labels: uncountable Example: […] shouting fire-panic-in-theatre is not free speech at all. It is an explosive, deadly action. Example: Saying certain things or posting fliers or writing in student or independent newspapers is not free speech but instead is sexual harassment or racial harassment.
Word: constitution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm From Middle English constitucioun, constitucion (“edict, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute; body of laws or rules, or customs; body of fundamental principles; principle or rule (of science); creation”) from Old French constitucion (modern French constitution), a learned borrowing from Latin cōnstitūtiō, cōnstitūtiōnem (“character, constitution, disposition, nature; definition; point in dispute; order, regulation; arrangement, system”), from cōnstituō (“to establish, set up; to confirm; to decide, resolve”). Equivalent to constitute + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.stɪˈtjuː.ʃ(ə)n/, /-ˈtʃuː-/, /ˌkɑn.stɪˈtu.ʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup. Example: the physical constitution of the sun 2. The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions. Example: 1693, Edmund Bohun, A Geographical Dictionary They have in their present Constitution a Grand Council of the Nobility, a Senato, a College of Twenty six who give Audience to Ambassadors and report their Demands to the Senate, a Council of Ten; and a Triumvirate (monthly chosen by, and out of, the Ten) of three Inquisitors of State; whose Authority is so absolute, as to extend to the taking away of the Life of the Doge no less than the meanest Artisan, without acquainting the Senate, provided they all three agree in the Sentence. Example: Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions. 3. A legal document describing such a formal system. 4. A document issued by a religious authority serving to promulgate some particular church laws or doctrines. 5. A person's physical makeup or temperament, especially in respect of robustness. Example: He has a strong constitution, so he should make a quick recovery from the illness. Example: Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the old world. 6. The general health of a person. Labels: dated Example: But when once his constitution began to decline, he broke very fast, and being attacked bya complication of diseases, he at length gave way to fate, May 10, 1733. Example: Don Manuel de Casafonda the governor, whose countenance bespoke a constitution far gone in a decliner had thrown himself on a sopha in the last state of despair and given way to an effusion of tears:
Word: revenue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛvənjuː/, /ˈɹɛvəˌn(j)u/, /ɹɪˈvɛnjuː/ 1. The income returned by an investment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the seventh series of The X Factor in the UK, it's estimated the phone votes brought in more than £5.4 million in revenue. 2. The total income received from a given source. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. All income generated for some political entity's treasury by taxation and other means. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The total sales; turnover. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The net income from normal business operations; net sales. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A return; something paid back. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon What, no revenue of praise for him who is our gracious Lord and King! He doth not exact from us any servile labor, but simply saith, “Who so offereth praise glorifieth me.”
Word: revenue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded in English from 1433, "income from property or possessions", from Middle French revenue, from Old French [Term?] (“a return”) (modern French revenu), the prop. feminine past participle of revenir (“come back”) (=modern French), from Latin revenire (“to return, come back”), from re- (“back”) + venire (“to come”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛvənjuː/, /ˈɹɛvəˌn(j)u/, /ɹɪˈvɛnjuː/ 1. To generate revenue. Labels: intransitive 2. To supply with revenue. Labels: transitive
Word: price Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹɐɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹɜɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹʌɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹəɪ̯s/ 1. The cost required to gain possession of something. Example: We can afford no more at such a price. Example: My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price. 2. The cost of an action or deed. Example: I paid a high price for my folly. Example: It is difficult otherwise to explain the contradictions of [Chamberlain’s] policy, his failure to grasp any of the courses that were open to him. Like the mass of the people, he did not want to pay the price either of peace or of war. 3. Value; estimation; excellence; worth. Example: Her price is far above rubies. Example: new treasures still, of countless price
Word: price Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English price (“price, prize, value, excellence”), borrowed from Old French pris, preis, from Latin pretium (“worth, price, money spent, wages, reward”); compare praise, precious, appraise, appreciate, depreciate, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹaɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹɐɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹɜɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹʌɪ̯s/, /ˈpɹəɪ̯s/ 1. To determine the monetary value of (an item); to put a price on. Labels: transitive 2. To find out what something costs Labels: transitive Example: We priced a few laptops before deciding which one to buy. 3. To pay the price of; to make reparation for. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Thou damned wight, / The author of this fact, we here behold, / What iustice can but iudge against thee right, / With thine owne bloud to price his bloud, here shed in sight. 4. To set a price on; to value; to prize. Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To ask the price of. Labels: colloquial, dated, transitive Example: to price eggs
Word: asset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-der. Latin satis Early Medieval Latin ad satis Old French asez Anglo-Norman asetzder. English assetsbf. English asset Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth. Pronunciation: /ˈæsɛt/, /ˈæsət/, /ˈæset/ 1. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. Example: My assets consist of stocks in companies that pay a dividend, and a few apartments that pay me rental income. Example: January 31 2020, Boris Johnson, Brexit Day speech And when I look at this country’s incredible assets. Our scientists, our engineers, our world-leading universities, our armed forces. When I look at the potential of this country waiting to be unleashed, I know that we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success. 2. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. 3. Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused. 4. An intelligence asset. 5. A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia. Labels: plural-normally, slang Example: Perhaps it is simply common for wives to want their female friends to see their husband nude – especially if he has nice assets. Honestly, I also wanted to see the dick of Brian and Andrew. Example: “Slave Alexi has nice assets.”
Word: deposit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin deposituslbor. English deposit Learned borrowing from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). Doublet of depot. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/, /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/ 1. Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems. Example: Newly discovered oil and gas deposits at Nan-ch'ung in Szechwan also promise to be of increasing importance. 2. Bailment of personal property to be kept gratuitously for the bailor (depositor) and without any benefit to the bailee (depositary), e.g. for storage, carriage, repair, etc. 3. Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest. Example: make a deposit (put money in an account) 4. Anything left behind on a surface. Example: a mineral deposit Example: a deposit of seaweed on the shore 5. A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase. Example: They put down a deposit on the apartment. 6. A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g., a bottle deposit or can deposit 7. A place of deposit; a depository.
Word: deposit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pōnō Latin dēpōnō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin deposituslbor. English deposit Learned borrowing from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). Doublet of depot. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/, /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/ 1. To lay down; to place; to put. Labels: transitive Example: A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand. Example: The waters deposited a rich alluvium. 2. To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store. Example: to deposit goods in a warehouse 3. To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral. 4. To put money or funds into an account. Labels: transitive Example: I had to deposit two months' rent into my landlord's account before he gave me the keys. 5. To lay aside; to rid oneself of. Example: reform and deposit his error
Word: loan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”). Cognate with Icelandic lán, Swedish lån, Danish lån, German Lehen (“fief”), Dutch leen (“fief”), West Frisian lien, North Frisian leen (“fief; loan; office”), Scots lane, lain, len, Old English lǣn. More at lend. Pronunciation: /ləʊn/, /loʊn/ 1. An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use. Example: Because of the loan that John made to me, I was able to pay my tuition for the upcoming semester. 2. A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest). Example: All loans from the library, whether books or audio material, must be returned within two weeks. Example: He got a loan of five thousand pounds. 3. The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan. Example: He made a payment on his loan. 4. The permission to borrow any item. Example: Thank you for the loan of your lawn mower. Example: And while Thompson has yet to make a first-team appearance for Derby, he got experience playing for Braintree Town on loan in the National League earlier this season. Eustace also said that there would be no option to bring in an emergency loan cover for as long as O'Donnell remains fit.
Word: loan Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English lone, lane, from Old Norse lán, from Proto-Germanic *laihną, from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave (over)”). Cognate with Icelandic lán, Swedish lån, Danish lån, German Lehen (“fief”), Dutch leen (“fief”), West Frisian lien, North Frisian leen (“fief; loan; office”), Scots lane, lain, len, Old English lǣn. More at lend. Pronunciation: /ləʊn/, /loʊn/ 1. To lend (something) to (someone). Labels: US, ditransitive, informal, usually Example: In the course of a correspondence that passed between us at this period, he mentioned, to my utter astonishment, the fact of his having loaned Neilson 81000 to buy my bill on Maryland; and stated that he could not proceed to make the payment until Neilson refunded the money. Example: All the rest—six out of eleven, more than half—were loaned to him.
Word: loan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic lòn (“marshy meadow”) (compare lèana (“wet meadow, marsh, meadow”)). Pronunciation: /ləʊn/, /loʊn/ 1. An area of uncultivated ground near a village or farmhouse. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: the Loan of Turchloy, the Black Loan Example: [...] The herds upon the loan, As if a sheep had fled, wi' speed, At Grumphy tykes hound on Wi' loud huzza!
Word: withdrawal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From withdraw + -al. Pronunciation: /wɪðˈdɹɔː(ə)l/, /wɪθˈdɹɔː(ə)l/, /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/, /wɪθˈdɹɔ(ə)l/, /wɪðˈdɹɑ(ə)l/ 1. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In view of the second aspect of its control function, the Federal Reserve Board prohibits, with specified limited exceptions, the wisthdrawal of securities from general accounts where such withdrawals would undermargin such accounts. 2. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance (such as a drug) on which a patient is dependent is withheld. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: heroin withdrawal Example: nicotine withdrawal 4. An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On withdrawal [from service], it was restored to its Caledonian blue livery, and is now preserved at St. Rollox. Example: But in terms of the result, the performance and the management of the players' workloads, the match could not have gone much better for the hosts, save for Wes Burns' first-half withdrawal with what looked like a dislocated shoulder. 5. The sum of money taken from a bank account. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English or, oor, blend of Old English ōra (“ore, unwrought metal”) and ār (“brass, copper, bronze”), the first a derivate of ear (“earth”), the second from Proto-West Germanic *aiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *aiz, from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos. Compare Old Norse eir (“brass, copper”), German ehern (“of metal, of iron”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌶 (aiz, “ore”); also Dutch oer (“ferrous hardpan; bog iron ore”). Compare Latin aes (“bronze, copper”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬵 (aiiah), Sanskrit अयस् (áyas, “copper, iron”). Pronunciation: /oɹ/, /ɔː/, /o(ː)ɹ/, /oə/ 1. Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They general­ly occur in the earth in what are called veins, and are seldom found in the pure metallic state, but generally in combination with some other substance, in which state they are call­ed ores. Example: Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
Word: ore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ora. Pronunciation: /oɹ/, /ɔː/, /o(ː)ɹ/, /oə/ 1. A unit of currency used in England around the 10th to 12th centuries. Example: In the time of Æthelred the Unready when the pound contained 240 pence, the ore was reckoned at 16 pence, but in earlier times there was probably much variation.
Word: ore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A southern variant of ware (“seaweed”). Pronunciation: /oɹ/, /ɔː/, /o(ː)ɹ/, /oə/ 1. Seaweed, especially that which is washed up ashore. Labels: archaic, dialectal, uncountable
Word: ore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly originating as a figurative use of Etymology 1, with Leominster's "ore" representing the wealth of the town. Pronunciation: /oɹ/, /ɔː/, /o(ː)ɹ/, /oə/ 1. A type of fine wool, especially of the type historically produced in the market town of Leominster, Herefordshire. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: But then the ore of Lempſter / By Got is never a Sempſter; / That when he is ſpun, ore did, / Yet match him with hir thrid
Word: ore Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /oɹ/, /ɔː/, /o(ː)ɹ/, /oə/ 1. Obsolete form of over. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: When I behold the violet paſt prime, / And ſable curls or ſiluer'd ore with white: […]
Word: ore Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /oɹ/, /ɔː/, /o(ː)ɹ/, /oə/ 1. Alternative form of öre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛm/, /d͡ʒɪm/ 1. A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And on her head she wore a tyre of gold, Adornd with gemmes and owches wondrous fayre, Whose passing price vneath was to be told; Example: Of six preceding ancestors, that gem, Conferr’d by testament to the sequent issue, Hath it been owed and worn. This is his wife; That ring’s a thousand proofs. 2. Any precious or highly valued thing or person. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: She's an absolute gem. Example: Standout “Hidden Knives” is the kind of new wave-leaning punk gem John Hughes would’ve loved, while “So Beneath You” is a teeth-baring, roiling tune. 3. Any precious or highly valued thing or person. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: a gem of wit 4. Any precious or highly valued thing or person. Labels: Internet, broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable 5. A gemma or leaf bud. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: c. 1668, John Denham (translator), Of Old Age by Cato the Elder, Part 3, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: H. Herringman, 4th edition, 1773, p. 35, Then from the Joynts of thy prolifick Stemm A swelling Knot is raised (call’d a Gemm) Example: Among the crooked Lanes, on every Hedge, / The Glow-Worm lights his Gem […]. 6. A geometrid moth of the species Orthonama obstipata. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot. Labels: obsolete, uncommon, uncountable 9. A strong, dominating pitching performance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2025, Associated Press, Crochet gets 1st career shutout and complete game as Red Sox beat Rays for 9th straight win by Associated Press, He didn’t walk a batter in his 100-pitch gem
Word: gem Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛm/, /d͡ʒɪm/ 1. To adorn with, or as if with, gems. Labels: transitive Example: [T]he fair star / That gems the glittering coronet of morn, / Sheds not a light so mild, so powerful, / As that which, bursting from the Fairy's form, / Spread a purpureal halo round the scene, / Yet with an undulating motion, / Swayed to her outline gracefully. Example: A few bright and beautiful stars gemmed the wide concave of heaven[…].
Word: gemstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gimstone, alteration (due to Middle English gemme) of earlier ȝimston, ȝimstan, from Old English ġimstān, ġymstān (“gem; jewel; precious stone”), equivalent to gem + stone. Compare Icelandic gimsteinn (“jewel; gem”), Faroese gimsteinur (“jewel, precious stone”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛmˌstoʊn/ 1. A gem, usually made of minerals.
Word: kin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kyn, from Old English cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, generation, descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁yom, from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”). Cognate with Scots kin (“relatives, kinfolk”), North Frisian kinn, kenn (“gender, race, family, kinship”), Dutch kunne (“gender, sex”), Middle Low German kunne (“gender, sex, race, family, lineage”), Danish køn (“gender, sex”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kjønn (“gender, sex”), Swedish kön (“gender, sex”), Faroese and Icelandic kyn (“gender”), Finnish kunnia (“honour, glory”), Ingrian kunnia (“reputation”), and through Indo-European, with Latin genus (“kind, sort, ancestry, birth”), Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “kind, race”), Sanskrit जनस् (jánas, “kind, race”), Albanian dhen (“(herd of) small cattle”). Pronunciation: /kɪn/, [k̟ʰɪn] 1. Race; family; breed; kind. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the starfish and its kin the sea urchin 2. Persons of the same race or family; kindred. Labels: collective, countable, uncountable Example: c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers You are of kin, and so must be a friend to their persons. Example: Based on the number of teeth ammonites had—nine—it's believed that their closest living kin are octopuses. 3. One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Among those who derive information related to work from personal contacts, nonkins, rather than kins, constitute the most important sources even for women. 4. Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Such sensations, however, were too near a kin to resentment to be long guiding Fanny's soliloquies.
Word: kin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English kyn, from Old English cynn (“kind, sort, rank”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuni, from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“race, generation, descent”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁yom, from *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”). Cognate with Scots kin (“relatives, kinfolk”), North Frisian kinn, kenn (“gender, race, family, kinship”), Dutch kunne (“gender, sex”), Middle Low German kunne (“gender, sex, race, family, lineage”), Danish køn (“gender, sex”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kjønn (“gender, sex”), Swedish kön (“gender, sex”), Faroese and Icelandic kyn (“gender”), Finnish kunnia (“honour, glory”), Ingrian kunnia (“reputation”), and through Indo-European, with Latin genus (“kind, sort, ancestry, birth”), Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “kind, race”), Sanskrit जनस् (jánas, “kind, race”), Albanian dhen (“(herd of) small cattle”). Pronunciation: /kɪn/, [k̟ʰɪn] 1. Related by blood or marriage, akin. (It is more common to form sentences using the noun instead.) Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers. Example: ... and our feeling together had made us forget what-ever there'd been between us to forget about. And I ain't ever in my life felt so kin to folks. I felt kinner than I knew I was. That night, tired as I was, I walked[…]
Word: kin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 琴 (qín), from a non-palatal dialect akin to Peking; or less likely, from Japanese 琴 (kin). Pronunciation: /kɪn/, [k̟ʰɪn] 1. Alternative form of qin (“Chinese string instrument”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Originally they had only two cither-like instruments, which had flat sound-boxes without fingerboards, over which were strung rather a large number (25) of strings of twisted silk — the kin and tsche. Example: If a musician were going to give a lecture upon the mathematical part of his art, he would find a very elegant substitute for the monochord in the Chinese kin.
Word: kin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of fictionkin. Pronunciation: /kɪn/, [k̟ʰɪn] 1. To identify with; as in spiritually connect to a fictional or non-fictional being. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: kin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of fictionkin. Pronunciation: /kɪn/, [k̟ʰɪn] 1. A fictional or non-fictional being whom one spiritually connects to. Labels: slang 2. Someone who identifies as a certain fictional character. Labels: slang
Word: kin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɪn/, [k̟ʰɪn] 1. Alternative form of k'in. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kin Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɪn/, [k̟ʰɪn] 1. Pronunciation spelling of can. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: [Owl:] Oh I ain't stealin' this dime... I just took it for safe-keepin'. [Turtle:] Ain't much you kin do with it—'cept make a phone call.
Word: kin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɪn/, [k̟ʰɪn] 1. Clipping of kinesiology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable
Word: kith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kitthe (“kinsmen, relations”), from Old English cȳþþ, cȳþþu (“kinship, kinsfolk, relations”), from Proto-Germanic *kunþiþō (“knowledge, acquaintance”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Old High German kundida (“kith”), kundī (“knowledge”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌹 (kunþi, “knowledge”). More at couth, -th. Pronunciation: /kɪθ/ 1. Friends and acquaintances. Labels: archaic, obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Alack, would that Edward listened more to me and less to the queen’s kith! These Woodvilles! Example: The demography-crossing thing that undergirds this election year, I think, is a strong, broad desire to punish Clinton and his kith with a denial of further power. 2. An acquaintance or a friend. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, countable, usually 3. A person who is not related to a child but has social connections to the child's family, especially when considered as a caregiver or possible caregiver for the child. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: The Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (the society) seeks an order finding the child in need of protection and placing him in the care and custody of a kith, H.O., for a period of six months, subject to terms of supervision by the society. [Footnote:] ‘[K]ith’ refers to a community member such as a family friend or neighbour who agrees to provide care to a child until the child can safely return home.
Word: yon Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener. Pronunciation: /jɒn/, /jɑn/ 1. Distant, but within sight; (that thing) just over there. Labels: dated, dialectal Example: He went to climb yon hill. Example: Read thy lot in yon celestial sign.
Word: yon Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener. Pronunciation: /jɒn/, /jɑn/ 1. yonder. Labels: dated, dialectal, not-comparable
Word: yon Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English yon, from Old English ġeon, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Cognate with Dutch geen and German jener. Pronunciation: /jɒn/, /jɑn/ 1. That one or those over there. Labels: dated, dialectal Example: As soon as old Andrew came home, his wife and he, as was natural, instantly began to converse on the events of the preceding night; and in the course of their conversation Andrew said, "Gudeness be about us' Jean, was not yon an awfu' speech o' our bairn's to young Jock Allanson last night?"
Word: yon Part of Speech: phrase 1. Acronym of yarn over needle. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Buttonhole row: (K1, p1) 3 times, yon, k2tog, (k1,p1) 5 times, yon, k2tog, […]
Word: yonder Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/, /ˈjɑndəɹ/, /ˈjændə(ɹ)/, /ˈjɛndə/ 1. At or in a distant but indicated place. Labels: Southern-US, not-comparable Example: Whose doublewide is that over yonder? Example: See who yonder is. 2. Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place. Labels: archaic, dialectal, not-comparable Example: They headed on over yonder. Example: As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder.
Word: yonder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/, /ˈjɑndəɹ/, /ˈjændə(ɹ)/, /ˈjɛndə/ 1. The farther, the more distant of two choices. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: "You have all necessary proofs in your possession, though you may not be aware of their existence," replied Arden; "will you allow me to open yonder box?"
Word: yonder Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/, /ˈjɑndəɹ/, /ˈjændə(ɹ)/, /ˈjɛndə/ 1. Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Yonder lass, who be she? Example: But ſoft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the Eaſt, and Iuliet is the Sunne[…] 2. One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: The yonder is Queen Niobe.
Word: yonder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”). Pronunciation: /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/, /ˈjɑndəɹ/, /ˈjændə(ɹ)/, /ˈjɛndə/ 1. The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest. Labels: literary Example: She set off into the blue yonder. Example: Off we go in to the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun...
Word: one hundred Part of Speech: num Etymology: Univerbation of one + hundred. 1. The number 100.
Word: one thousand Part of Speech: intj 1. Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length. Example: One one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand, ...
Word: one thousand Part of Speech: num 1. Ten times a hundred: ten hundreds.
Word: henry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American scientist Joseph Henry (1797–1878). 1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H
Word: henry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rhyming slang, from Henry the Third. 1. A turd. Labels: UK, slang
Word: henry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Henry the Eighth. 1. A quantity of marijuana weighing one-eighth of an ounce. Labels: UK, slang
Word: henry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initial letter. 1. Heroin. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: tenno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 天皇(てんのう) (tennō), from Middle Chinese 天皇 (then hwang) with the original sense of “heavenly sovereign”. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnəʊ/ 1. The emperor of Japan as head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family.
Word: hanja Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 한자(漢字) (hanja), from Middle Chinese 漢字 (MC xanH dziH, “Chinese character”, literally “Han Chinese + character”). Compare Cantonese 漢字 /汉字 (hon³ zi⁶), Japanese 漢字 (kanji), Mandarin 漢字 /汉字 (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán tự. Doublet of kanji and Hanzi. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒə/, /ˈhɑn.d͡ʒɑ/ 1. The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature. 2. Any individual Han character as used in the Korean language.
Word: hanzi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Hanzi. Labels: alt-of
Word: Governator Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of governor + terminator. In his acting career, Schwarzenegger played a "Terminator" robot in the Terminator film series. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌvɚneɪtɚ/ 1. Nickname for Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California. Example: [Title:] Vote for the Governator?
Word: Manchu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju), most likely from a native Proto-Tungusic word used to mean "a large river, Amur River" which is reconstructed as *Maŋgu by Benzing and *Mamgo by Hölzl. Alternatively might be from Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī, “Manjushri”). Pronunciation: /ˌmænˈt͡ʃuː/ 1. A person belonging to or descended from the indigenous people of Manchuria. 2. A person belonging to the Qing Dynasty (Manchu Dynasty) of China. Labels: obsolete
Word: Manchu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju), most likely from a native Proto-Tungusic word used to mean "a large river, Amur River" which is reconstructed as *Maŋgu by Benzing and *Mamgo by Hölzl. Alternatively might be from Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī, “Manjushri”). Pronunciation: /ˌmænˈt͡ʃuː/ 1. The indigenous language of the Manchu people, spoken in Manchuria. 2. The Qing Dynasty (Manchu Dynasty). Labels: obsolete 3. A surname.
Word: Manchu Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Manchu ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ (manju), most likely from a native Proto-Tungusic word used to mean "a large river, Amur River" which is reconstructed as *Maŋgu by Benzing and *Mamgo by Hölzl. Alternatively might be from Sanskrit मञ्जुश्री (mañjuśrī, “Manjushri”). Pronunciation: /ˌmænˈt͡ʃuː/ 1. Manchurian, referring to the Manchu(rian) people. Labels: not-comparable 2. Manchurian, referring to the Manchu language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: eloquence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eloquence, from Old French eloquence, from Latin ēloquentia. Doublet of eloquency, directly from Latin. Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ə.kwəns/ 1. The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: speak with eloquence Example: express oneself with eloquence 2. An eloquent utterance. Labels: countable
Word: thermometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French thermomètre; equivalent to thermo- + -meter. Pronunciation: /θəˈmɒm.ɪ.tə/, /θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/ 1. An apparatus used to measure temperature. Example: Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction. Example: On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]
Word: Jyutping Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 粵拼 /粤拼 (jyut⁶ ping³). Pronunciation: /jut pʰɪŋ/ 1. A romanisation system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK).
Word: CCCP Part of Speech: name Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from Russian СССР (SSSR), abbreviation of Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (Sojuz Sovetskix Socialističeskix Respublik, “(The) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”). Pronunciation: /si.si.si.piː/ 1. USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Labels: humorous, nonstandard, sometimes Example: Now that the CCCP is history. I wonder if we'll find out who Suvorov really was. Example: Canada won the 1972 Summit Series against the CCCP, just barely, but lost a lot of face, bragging rights, prestige, sense of self, identity, and propaganda points, even though life in the Soviet Union, judging by the big hockey rink in Moscow, was dismal, at best, and a totalitarian police state nightmare, at worst.
Word: CCCP Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /si.si.si.piː/ 1. Initialism of Central Committee of the Communist Party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: civilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪv.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪv.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪv.ə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsəv.ə.laɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/ 1. An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the Aztec civilization Example: Western civilization 2. Human society, particularly civil society. Labels: uncountable Example: A hermit doesn't much care for civilization. Example: I'm glad to be back in civilization after a day with that rowdy family. 3. The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The teacher's civilization of the child was no easy task. 4. The state or quality of being civilized. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He was a man of great civilization. 5. The act of rendering a criminal process civil. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: civilization Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪv.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪv.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪv.ə.lɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsəv.ə.laɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/ 1. Collectively, those people and places of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior and / or a high level of development. Commonly subjectively used by people of one society to exclusively refer to their society, or their elite sub-group, or a few associated societies, implying all others, in time or geography or status, as something less than civilised, as savages or barbarians. (Compare refinement, elitism, civilised society, the Civilised World. Labels: capitalized, sometimes Example: Near-synonym: ecumene (archaic) Example: Some of the tourists in the upcountry might have embarrassed themselves if they'd been capable of having any shame, whining that they couldn't wait to get back to civilization.
Word: civilisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilise + -ation or civil + -isation. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon. Example: It is also there in Miller’s worldview, which has long promoted racist fears of demographic replacement of white people and civilisation decline.
Word: civilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French civiliser, corresponding to civil + -ize. 1. American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise.
Word: eidolon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon)der. English eidolon From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “figure, representation”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “sight”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”). Doublet of aidoru, idol, and idolum and related to idea. Pronunciation: /aɪˈdəʊlən/, /aɪˈdəʊlɒn/, /aɪˈdoʊlən/, /aɪˈdoʊlɑn/ 1. An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality. Example: As a species it is extinct; as an eidolon it retains its corporeality – but only if maintained in a state of equipoise. Example: It was not hard to forge her image, her "eidolon", in the grey gloom of the little church. 2. A phantom; a ghost or an elusive entity. Example: Was Philippe d'Orleans seen, this day, 'in the Bois de Boulogne, in grey surtout;' waiting under the wet sere foliage, what the day might bring forth? Alas, yes, the Eidolon of him was,—in Weber's and other such brains. 3. An unsubstantial image; a spectre; a phantom.
Word: band Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bandiz Old English bend Middle English band English band Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend. Pronunciation: /bænd/, [beənd] ~ [bɛənd], /band/, /bæːnd/, [beːnd] ~ [bɛeːnd] 1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. Example: The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them. 2. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. Example: band and gusset and seam 3. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. 4. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling. 5. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area. Example: sandstone with bands of shale Example: [...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains. 6. A strip of decoration. 7. A strip of decoration. 8. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie. Example: For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them. 9. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. 10. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. Labels: in-plural 11. A part of the electromagnetic spectrum. 12. A part of the electromagnetic spectrum. 13. A group of energy levels in a solid state material. Example: valence band; conduction band 14. A bond. Labels: obsolete Example: OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter, Haſt thou according to thy oath and band Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon: Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale, Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare, Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray? 15. Pledge; security. Labels: obsolete Example: He sent to her his basenet as a faithfull band. 16. A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it. Labels: US, especially 17. Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc 18. Ellipsis of band cell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 19. A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money Labels: in-plural, often, slang Example: She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be countin' up, watch how far them bands go
Word: band Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bandiz Old English bend Middle English band English band Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend. Pronunciation: /bænd/, [beənd] ~ [bɛənd], /band/, /bæːnd/, [beːnd] ~ [bɛeːnd] 1. To fasten with a band. Labels: transitive Example: As he spake, his eyes rested on the graves below. "Yes," muttered the youth, "they are sufficient answer; they are indeed the end of all human hope." Mechanically he turned from one to another. Some were recently banded down with osiers, and the grass was varied with primrose roots; on some the foxglove grew luxuriantly, while others had a tombstone, carved with a name and a brief epitaph. Example: "Come, come, 'Orace," said the inspector, leisurely elastic-banding his book and putting it away, "you aren't supposed to be fishing down that hole, you know. Is it O.K. there?" 2. To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird). Labels: transitive