nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hornbeam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horn + beam (“principal stem of the antler of a deer; ray of light”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɔːnbiːm/, /ˈhoɹnˌbim/ 1. Synonym of beam (“the principal stem of the antler of a deer, which branches grow out from”). 2. A beam or ray of light emanating from the head of a deity like a horn. Labels: obsolete Example: With toole ſharp poincted wee boarde and perced his one light [the single eye of the Cyclops Polyphemus], / That ſtood in his lowring front gloommiſh malleted onlye. / Like Greekiſh tergat gliſtring, or Phœbus his hornebeams.
Word: horripilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin horripilatio, horripilationem. 1. A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: horseback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English horsebacke, horsebak, horsbak, equivalent to horse + back. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɹsˌbæk/, /ˈhɔːsˌbæk/ 1. The back of a horse. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually, with-on Example: They came on horseback across the plains. 2. A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders. Labels: countable
Word: horseback Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English horsebacke, horsebak, horsbak, equivalent to horse + back. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔɹsˌbæk/, /ˈhɔːsˌbæk/ 1. On the back of a horse. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hostage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hostage, ostage, from Old French hostage, ostage. This, in turn, is either from Old French hoste (“host”) + -age (in which case the sense development is from taking someone into "lodging" to taking them into "captivity", to applying the term to a captive), or is from Vulgar Latin obsidāticum (“condition of being held captive”), from Latin obses (“hostage, captive”), with the initial h- added under the influence of hoste or another word. Displaced native Old English ġīsl. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒs.tɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈhɑs.tɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To give (someone or something) as a hostage to (someone or something else). Labels: nonstandard, possibly Example: […] in voting the prolongation of the military budget on a war estimate for a span of three years, contemplates, it is said, a speedy reoccupation of the six departments of France which were hostaged to the Germans at the termination of the war. 2. To hold (someone or something) hostage, especially in a way that constrains or controls the person or thing held, or in order to exchange for something else. Labels: nonstandard, possibly Example: Flexibility of hours is now hostaged to availability of work. Yet, despite these obvious drawbacks the appeal to nurses of freelancing seems to live on. The chief advantage of agency work is the lack of commitment or not being bound by contract ... Example: Thus, via the Arusha Declaration the Tanzania Government were demonstrating that its country's development would not be hostaged to the capriciousness of the West.
Word: hostile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒstaɪl/, /ˈhɒstəl/, /ˈhɑstəl/, /ˈhɑstaɪl/ 1. Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure. Example: a hostile force Example: hostile intentions 2. Aggressive; antagonistic. 3. Unwilling. 4. Being or relating to a hostile takeover. Labels: not-comparable Example: Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo! as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
Word: hostile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒstaɪl/, /ˈhɒstəl/, /ˈhɑstəl/, /ˈhɑstaɪl/ 1. An enemy. Labels: in-plural Example: The Japanese got their attack in first. About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise). Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same[…]
Word: housewife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English houswyf, housewif, huswijf, equivalent to house + wife; a doublet of hussy, which it was long distinguished from and displaced due to gradual negative connotation (see Online Etymology Dictionary entry). Cognate with West Frisian húswiif, Dutch huiswijf, German Low German Huuswief, German Hausweib. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊs.waɪf/, /ˈhʌzwaɪf/, /ˈhʌz(w)ɪf/, /ˈhʌzɪf/ 1. A woman whose main employment is homemaking, maintaining the upkeep of her home and tending to household affairs; often, such a woman whose sole [unpaid] employment is homemaking. Example: 2000, Uli Kusch, "Mr. Torture", Helloween, The Dark Ride Mr Torture sells pain / To the housewives in Spain / He knows just what they crave / Mr Torture 2. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. 3. A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work. Example: It was a housewife, containing needles, a bodkin, and thread; ‘and, do you know,’ added he, ‘it was the most useful thing she could have given me, for it lasted all the time I was at Rome to mend my clothes with […].’ Example: Woffington's housewife, made by herself, homely to the eye, but holds everything in the world 4. A worthless woman; a hussy. Labels: obsolete
Word: housewife Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English houswyf, housewif, huswijf, equivalent to house + wife; a doublet of hussy, which it was long distinguished from and displaced due to gradual negative connotation (see Online Etymology Dictionary entry). Cognate with West Frisian húswiif, Dutch huiswijf, German Low German Huuswief, German Hausweib. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊs.waɪf/, /ˈhʌzwaɪf/, /ˈhʌz(w)ɪf/, /ˈhʌzɪf/ 1. Alternative form of housewive. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Career opportunity […] is the one who never knocks — especially not on the doors of women, who are still hooking, housewifing and hairdressing for their livings.
Word: howl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Likely of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to cry”), Romanian a hăuli (“to howl”), Old French ouler, German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”), Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri آلٛیر (āłir, “howl”). Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊ̯l/, /ˈhaʊ̯l̩/, /ˈhæʊ̯l/, /ˈhaːl/ 1. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals. Example: [T]he fox was out on love-adventures, abused his rivals, and uttered scoffing screams and howls. Example: All at once the cat thrust her paw inside the ring again, but the tailor was quick as lightning and chopped the paw off. The cats set up a terrible howl, and away they rushed through the door as fast as they could. 2. Any similar sound. Example: The howl of the wind 3. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Word: howl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną, *hiuwilōną (“to howl”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Likely of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to cry”), Romanian a hăuli (“to howl”), Old French ouler, German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”), Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri آلٛیر (āłir, “howl”). Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊ̯l/, /ˈhaʊ̯l̩/, /ˈhæʊ̯l/, /ˈhaːl/ 1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do. Example: Methought a legion of foul fiends / Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears. Example: VVhen ominus ſignes to ſhew themſelues began, / That novv at hand this monſtrous birth fore-ran: / About at noone flew the affrighted Ovvle, / And dogs in corners ſet them dovvne to hovvle: […] 2. To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail. Example: Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand. 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. Example: They howled with laughter at the prank. Example: Wild howl'd the wind the forest glades along, / And oft the owl renew'd her dismal song; […] 4. To utter with outcry. Example: to howl derision
Word: humanization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From human + -ization or humanize + -ation. 1. The act of humanizing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of gijinka. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: humiliation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliātiō, from humiliāre (“to humiliate”); see humiliate. Equivalent to humiliate + -ion. Pronunciation: /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures. 2. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Loving and beloved by him, how different would her destiny have been! An utter sense of desolation came over her; a terror of the future, an overwhelming agony in the present. That he, of all others, should be the one to witness her humiliation! Example: One morning Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were having breakfast when Lincoln did something that aroused the fiery temper of his wife. What, no one remembers now. But Mrs. Lincoln, in a rage, dashed a cup of hot coffee into her husband's face. And she did it in front of the other boarders. Saying nothing, Lincoln sat there in humiliation and silence while Mrs. Early came with a wet towel and wiped off his face and clothes.
Word: hussar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French hussard, from Hungarian huszár (“cavalryman”), from Serbo-Croatian gusar (“corsair”), from Byzantine Greek χωσάριος, χονσάριος (khōsários, khonsários) or from Italian corsaro (“corsair”), from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“running”), from currō (“run”). Doublet of corsair and courser. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌsə(ɹ)/, /həˈsɑː(ɹ)/, /həˈzɑː(ɹ)/, /hʊˈsɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A member of the national cavalry of Hungary, Croatia and Poland. Labels: historical 2. A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies.
Word: hussy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier hussive, hussif, the regular evolution of Middle English houswyf (“housewife”), equivalent to house + wife. Modern housewife is a restoration of the compound (and thus is a doublet), after its component parts had become unrecognisable through regular phonetic change, as well as gradual negative senses and historical factors. The traditional pronunciation of the word is /ˈhʌzi/; the pronunciation with /s/ is a spelling pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌsi/, /ˈhʌzi/ 1. A housewife or housekeeper. Labels: obsolete Example: WIRTHIN. Well, I should think so! They just dote on that hussy—can't seem to get enough of her. Gretchen tells me so herself. And the care she takes of them! 2. A sexually immoral woman. Example: She called him ‘pig’ in bastard Arabic, and he called her ‘hussy’ in good English, but these amenities were forgotten in the face of the catastrophe that had overwhelmed her at the hands of her Queen. 3. A cheeky or disrespectful girl; a woman showing inappropriate or improper behavior. Example: Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes. Example: But the girl didn’t like to, till her stepmother said: “Lift it up this instant, you hussy! Girls must keep their promises!” 4. A case or bag for needles, thread, etc. Labels: obsolete
Word: hybridization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * hybrid + -ization Pronunciation: /haɪ.bɹɪd.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The electron pairing theory of orbital hybridization has been shown to account, very satisfactorily, for the variations which have been observed in the properties of C-H bonds. 2. The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized. Labels: countable, including, uncountable Example: Hybridization, strictly speaking, is the art or act of obtaining an offspring or progeny between two different species of animals or plants; ... 3. The act of hybridizing, or the state of being hybridized. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. the conversion of a fleet of vehicles to hybrids. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He said he has read up on the hybridization of vessels, and described it as “extremely costly,” but conceded it’s “where the industry is heading.”
Word: hydration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydrate + -ion. The programming terms come from the concept of data lake. Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹeɪʃən/ 1. The incorporation of water molecules into a complex with those of another compound. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The process of providing an adequate amount of water to body tissues. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Proper nutrition – and even more important, proper hydration – is crucial in preventing and recovering from both fevers and colds. 3. The chemical reaction by which a substance (such as cement) combines with water, giving off heat to form a crystalline structure in its setting and hardening. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The process of populating an object with data loaded from a data source. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. Client-side rendering of pre-rendered static server data, e.g. to make dynamic web pages. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hydrochloride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English chloride English hydrochloride From hydro- + chloride. 1. A compound of hydrochloric acid with an organic base such as an amine. Example: In contrast, a water-repellent substance, for example, fluoric resin or Teflon, is extremely nonaffinitive with the oily oxime hydrochlorides and has a nature to repel it. Example: After 15, 30, 60 or 90 days, the animals (n = 5 per time point for each subgroup) were sacrificed via an overdose of ketamine and xylazine hydrochloride (Vetbrands Brazil Limited, Jacareí, SP), and the hemimaxillae were removed and fixed in 10% formalin solution (Fig 1).
Word: hydrogenation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gène French hydrogènebor. English hydrogen Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English hydrogenation From hydrogen + -ation. 1. The chemical reaction of hydrogen with another substance, especially with an unsaturated organic compound, and usually under the influence of temperature, pressure and catalysts. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypnotization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hypnotize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English hypnotization From hypnotize + -ation. 1. The act or process of producing hypnotism.
Word: idealization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English idealize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English idealization From idealize + -ation. 1. The act or process of idealizing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: illumination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illumino. Equivalent to illuminate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/, /ɪˌl(j)umɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The room was filled with soft illumination from the candles. Example: The people hereabouts, sir, would seem to dispense with street illumination, and it is very dark tonight. 2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Splendour; brightness. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 5. Enlightening influence; inspiration. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The philosopher’s work gave intellectual illumination to many.
Word: illustration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French illustration, from Latin illūstrātiō, from illūstrō (“to illustrate”). By surface analysis, illustrate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/, [ˌɪləsˈtɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɪls̩ˈtɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ʃn̩], [ˌɪləsˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɪls̩ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ʃn̩] 1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd. 4. A picture designed to decorate a publication, or elucidate a literary work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The illustration showing the water cycle made it much easier to understand for the children. Example: The sleeve of the band's new CD includes illustrations from deceased former members. 5. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: imagery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/, /-ədʒɹi/, /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒəɹi/ 1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Imitation work. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Images in general, or en masse. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Unreal show; imitation; appearance. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable 5. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: imagination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ymaginacioun, from Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō. Equivalent to imagine + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ 1. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties. Example: She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. 2. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination. 3. Creativity; resourcefulness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His imagination makes him a valuable team member. 4. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; something imagined. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is a pleasant imagination to conceive a spirit iustly ballanced betweene two equall desires. Example: And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.
Word: immerse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːs/, /ɪˈmɜɹs/ 1. To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas). Labels: transitive Example: Archimedes determined the volume of objects by immersing them in water. Example: ... the two plates of platinum immersed in oxygen and hydrogen gases 2. To involve or engage deeply. Labels: transitive Example: The sculptor immersed himself in anatomic studies. 3. To map into an immersion. Labels: transitive Example: Thus, in mathematical terms a Klein bottle cannot be "embedded" but only "immersed" in three dimensions as an embedding has no self-intersections but an immersion may have them.
Word: immerse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːs/, /ɪˈmɜɹs/ 1. Immersed; buried; sunk. Labels: obsolete Example: After a long enquiry of things immerse in matter, I interpose some object which is immateriate, or less materiate; such as this of sounds.
Word: immigration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English immigrate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English immigration From immigrate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/, /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Bohemians had come then, and after them the Poles. People said that old man Durham himself was responsible for these immigrations; he had sworn that he would fix the people of Packingtown so that they would never again call a strike on him, and so he had sent his agents into every city and village in Europe to spread the tale of the chances of work and high wages at the stockyards. Example: Another measure of the inadequacy of the Immigration and Nationality Act has been the huge volume of private immigration bills introduced in Congress. These are bills to deal with individual hardship cases for which the general law fails to provide. In the Eighty-seventh Congress over 3,500 such bills were introduced. Private immigration bills make up about half of our legislation today. 2. The process of going through immigration checks at a border checkpoint. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It took ages to get through immigration last time.
Word: immolation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio. 1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt), his confidence was consoling; and her power to prove the firmness of her character, her right to his esteem, and the immolation of her happiness to further his desires, had, in itself, the sustainment which belongs to great sacrifice. Example: The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog. 2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act of maliciously burning a person. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin im- English im- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral English immoral From im- + moral. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɒɹəl/, /ɪˈmɔɹəl/ 1. Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.) Example: Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Example: Lessons from history remind us that immoral societies don’t last very long and that the saying, “Good will be rewarded and evil will incur punishment” is a truism, reminding us of the proper way to behave—for our own benefit and that of others.
Word: immorality Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪməˈɹælɪti/, /ɪmɔːˈɹælɪti/ 1. The state or quality of being immoral; vice. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. An immoral act or practice. Labels: countable, usually Example: وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَا آبَاءَنَا وَٱللَٰهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا
Word: immortalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immortalize + -ation or immortal + -ization. 1. The act of immortalizing, or state of being immortalized Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immune Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmjuːn/ 1. Exempt; not subject to. Labels: usually Example: As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution. Example: He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose. 2. Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens. Labels: usually Example: I am immune to chicken pox. 3. Not vulnerable. Labels: broadly Example: Alas, he was immune to my charms. Example: [...] most of the original electrical signalling equipment has had to be replaced by apparatus immune to 50-cycle currents. 4. Of or pertaining to immunity. Example: immune system Example: We examined the patient's immune response.
Word: immune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmjuːn/ 1. A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease Example: Susceptibles effectively exposed to cases become cases in the next time period; cases recovering from the infection accumulate as immunes.
Word: immune Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmjuːn/ 1. To make immune. Labels: rare, transitive Example: In the seventies those who met me did not know / Of the vision / That immuned me from the chillings of mis-prision […] Example: The utilization of such milk will, however, necessitate an adaptable milk preservation method, through which the immuning agents will not be destroyed or diminished.
Word: impart Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɑːt/, /ɪmˈpɑɹt/, /ɪmˈpaːt/ 1. To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property). Labels: transitive Example: The sun imparts warmth. Example: to impart food to the poor 2. To give a part or to share. Labels: transitive Example: Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God's] image, not imparted to the brute. Example: Did not Mazzini impart his spirit to divided Italy, and make her one? 3. To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Well may he then to you his cares impart. Example: Gentle lady, / When I did first impart my love to you. 4. To hold a conference or consultation. Labels: intransitive 5. To obtain a share of; to partake of. Labels: transitive Example: Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart
Word: impersonation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From im- + person + -ation or impersonate + -ion. 1. the act of impersonating Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: implantation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French implantation. Pronunciation: /ɪmplɑːnˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The way in which an organ, bone, muscle etc. becomes inserted into its set place. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Planting; securing a plant etc. into the ground. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The introduction of a notion, idea or thought into someone's mind. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of inserting a medical implant. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The attachment of the fertilized ovum to the uterus wall. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: implication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Latin plicō Latin implicō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin implicātiōnemder. Middle French implicationder. English implication From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equivalent to implicate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of implicating. Labels: uncountable 2. The state of being implicated. Labels: uncountable 3. A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action. Labels: countable Example: Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment. Example: And while that number is expected to shift back slightly into positive territory over this decade, fewer children today establishes an unmistakable implication for tomorrow: fewer adults available as consumers, workers and taxpayers. 4. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move. 5. The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true". Labels: countable 6. Logical consequence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: importation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English import Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English importation From import + -ation. 1. The act or an instance of importing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: impound Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English pound English impound From im- + pound. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpaʊ̯nd/ 1. To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound. Labels: transitive Example: His car was impounded after he parked it illegally. Example: Noveria Approach Control: Landing access granted, Normandy. Noveria Approach Control: Be advised: we will be confirming identification on arrival. If confirmation cannot be established, your vessel will be impounded. 2. To hold back. Labels: transitive Example: water impounded by a dam 3. To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate. Labels: transitive Example: to impound stray cattle Example: to impound a document for safekeeping. 4. To collect and hold (funds) for payment of property taxes and insurance on property in which one has a security interest. Labels: transitive
Word: impound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English pound English impound From im- + pound. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpaʊ̯nd/, /ˈɪmpaʊ̯nd/ 1. A place in which impounded things are stored. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "You're gonna drive me to the impound so I can get my car?" 2. The state of being impounded. Labels: uncountable Example: I already checked that out, and Keller has never called to get it out of impound. 3. That which has been impounded. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He handed the keys to the woman and pointed toward the corner of the lot where the impounds were stored. 4. Amounts collected from a debtor and held by one with a security interest in property for payment of property taxes and insurance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: imprecation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin imprecātiō (“calling down of curses”), from imprecor (“call down, invoke”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪm.pɹɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɪm.pɹəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hear then this dreadful imprecation; hear it: / 'Tis lay'd on all; not any one exempt: […] Example: Her son turned to look at her as she reeled and swayed in the middle of the room, her fierce face convulsed with passion, her blotched arms raised high in imprecation. "May Gawd curse her forever," she shrieked. 2. A curse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Gamfield growled a fierce imprecation on the donkey generally, but more particularly on his eyes; and, running after him, bestowed a blow on his head. Example: He drank the spirits and impatiently bade us go; terminating his command with a sequel of horrid imprecations too bad to repeat or remember.
Word: imprecate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imprecātus, perfect active participle of imprecor (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“upon”) + precor (“to pray”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpɹəkeɪt/ 1. To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous. Labels: transitive Example: To sailors, oaths are household words; they will swear in the trance of the calm, and in the teeth of the tempest; they will imprecate curses from the topsail-yard-arms, when most they teeter over to a seething sea; [...]
Word: impregnation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from Late Latin impregnatio. Pronunciation: /ɪmpɹɛɡˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act of making pregnant; fertilization. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Earths and alkalies are simply metallic oxides; whilst a farther impregnation of these substances with oxygen produces an acid.... 3. That with which anything is impregnated. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.
Word: impressive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English impressive From impress + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ 1. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. Example: an impressive speech Example: an impressive movie 2. Capable of being impressed. 3. Appealing.
Word: improper Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French impropre, from Latin improprius (“not proper”), from in- + proprius (“proper”). By surface analysis, im- + proper. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɒp.ə/, /ɪmˈpɹɔp.ə/, /ɪmˈpɹɑ.pɚ/ 1. Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt. 2. Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest. Example: improper conduct 3. Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous. 4. Not consistent with established facts; incorrect. 5. Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction. 6. Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common. Labels: obsolete Example: Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry. 7. Of a complex random variable, correlated with its conjugate.
Word: improper Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English empropren, perhaps from an unattested Anglo-Norman variant enproprier of Anglo-Norman apropr(i)er, approprier, related to modern French approprier. 1. To appropriate; to assign (something, to someone) as a possession or prerogative. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:improper.
Word: impropriation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English impropri(ate) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English impropriation From impropri(ate) + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɪmpɹəʊpɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ 1. The act of impropriating; putting an ecclesiastical benefice or tithes in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] this practice of impropriation, which was first set on foot by unjust and sacrilegious bulls from Rome, is justly offensive both to God and good men; as misderiving the well-meant devotions of charitable and pious souls into a wrong channel. Example: His first work […] attacked the impropriation of tithes by laymen and emphasised the divine punishments customarily inflicted upon the sacrilegious. 2. A benefice, tithe etc. that has been put in lay hands. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bishop Richard Watson's bag of some £2,200 a year was made up from […] five other impropriations to the Bishopric of Llandaff, and two to the Archdeacon of Ely.
Word: improvisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French improvisation. Morphologically improvise + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən/, /ɪmˌpɹɑvəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌɪm-/ 1. The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard. 2. That which is improvised; an impromptu. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Musical technique, characteristic of blues music. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice.
Word: inadaptation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation English inadaptation From in- + adaptation. 1. Lack of adaptation; unsuitableness. Labels: uncountable
Word: inadequate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate English inadequate From in- + adequate. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/ 1. Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose. Example: inadequate resources Example: inadequate representation
Word: inadequate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate English inadequate From in- + adequate. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/ 1. A person who is inadequate. Example: Thus, at some critical level of unemployment, “the unemployed” becomes a negative reference group of inadequates, the hardcore unemployed […]
Word: inalienable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed around 1645 from French inaliénable, from in- + aliénable (“alienable”), equivalent to in- + alienable. Pronunciation: /ɪˈneɪ.lɪ.ə.nə.bəl/, /ɪˈneɪ.li.ə.nə.bəl/ 1. Not subject to being alienated, that is, surrendered, taken away, or transferred to another. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: indelible, unsurrenderable, permanent Example: An inalienable right is a right that cannot be given away nor taken away. 2. Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts, regarding permanence. Labels: not-comparable Example: Just as some languages have a "be" for permanent states (which are essential) and a different "be" for temporary states (which are incidental), some languages have a "have" for unchangeable possession (which is inalienable) and a different "have" for changeable possession (which is alienable).
Word: inanimation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + animation. 1. Lack of animation; lifeless; dullness. Labels: uncountable
Word: inanimation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inanimate + -ion. 1. Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. Labels: uncountable
Word: inarticulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Medieval Latin articulātiōder. Old French articulacionbor. Middle English articulacioun English articulation English inarticulation From in- + articulation. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.ɑː(ɹ).tɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness. Labels: uncountable Example: "The inarticulation of a fond father in an undemonstrative family setting is brought out admirably..." 2. Any point in the educational system in which the development of the individual is hindered. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: "Another traditional source of inarticulation is the requirement of an eighth-grade diploma for entrance to high school." 3. An inarticulate or underarticulated utterance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "There are some methods of jargonification that became established quite early... These include verb doubling, sound-alike slang, the '-P' convention, overgeneralization, spoken inarticulations, and anthropomorphization."
Word: inauguration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French inauguration. Pronunciation: /ɪˌnɔːɡ(j)ʊˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɪˌnɔ.ɡjəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɪˌnɔ.ɡəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɪˌnɑ.ɡjəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɪˌnɑ.ɡəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The formal beginning, initiation, or entry into service of any movement, enterprise, building, event, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: dedication Example: The inauguration of the new bar was a success, with plenty of discounts.