nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: unexplained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + explained. 1. Not explained; of unknown cause or origin. Labels: not-comparable Example: Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date.
Word: quinqu- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of quinque- used before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: purulent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French purulent, from Latin pūrulentus, from pūs (“pus”). Pronunciation: /ˈpjʊəɹ(j)ʊlənt/, /ˈpjʊəɹələnt/ 1. Consisting of pus. Example: Near-synonym: puriform Example: It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention. 2. Leaking or seeping pus. Example: purulent inflammation Example: Close-up of two rats gnawing at a mutton bone, of the flies on the purulent eyelids of a small girl.
Word: persnickety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scots persnickety, whence also pernickety. More at pernickety. Pronunciation: /pɚˈsnɪ.kɪ.ti/ 1. US standard form of pernickety. Labels: US, alt-of, standard Example: Marjorie glanced up and down the long street. “Well, I never in my life saw so many different kinds of houses!” she exclaimed. “Aren’t they funny! Why, they look almost like people. Look at that little persnickety one over there — the white, white one with the green, green blinds — doesn’t it look exactly like —” Example: I have just read the article in your issue for May 16 on dialectic English. The word tempest recalls the surprise I felt at the beginning of three years' residence on Cape Cod to hear the word used commonly as an exact synonym for thunderstorm. Persnickety I have been accustomed to use in the sense attached to perjinkety, that is, over-fastidious. I do not know how the word was acquired or how common its use is.
Word: Columbia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Columbus + -ia, the Latinized name of the European explorer, Christopher Columbus. Piecewise doublet of Colombia. Pronunciation: /kəˈlʌm.bi.ə/ 1. America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Christopher Columbus. Labels: poetic 2. A female personification of the United States. Labels: dated 3. A river in British Columbia, Canada and in Washington and Oregon, United States, flowing from the Canadian Rockies to the Pacific Ocean. 4. District of Columbia. The federal capital region of the United States of America, including Washington, D.C. 5. Several places in the United States. 6. Several places in the United States. 7. Several places in the United States. 8. Several places in the United States. 9. Several places in the United States. 10. Several places in the United States. 11. Several places in the United States. 12. Several places in the United States. 13. Several places in the United States. 14. Several places in the United States. 15. Several places in the United States. 16. Several places in the United States. 17. Several places in the United States. 18. Several places in the United States. 19. Several places in the United States. 20. Several places in the United States. 21. Several places in the United States. 22. Several places in the United States. 23. Several places in the United States. 24. Several places in the United States. 25. Several places in the United States. 26. Several places in the United States. 27. Several places in the United States. 28. Several places in the United States. 29. Several places in the United States. 30. Several places in the United States. 31. Several places in the United States. 32. Columbia University. Example: Dr. [Carl] Hart, 54, the first tenured African-American science professor at Columbia, is a gadfly among drug researchers and a rock star among advocates for decriminalizing drugs. 33. Columbia Pictures, a major American film production corporation 34. Space Shuttle Columbia, named after the Columbia Rediviva ship. 35. A supercontinent thought to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic. 36. A rural locality in northeast Queensland, Australia. 37. Obsolete form of Colombia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: PIRA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Provisional IRA. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Provo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Provo, shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”), from French provoquer. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/, /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/ 1. A Dutch counterculture movement of the 1960s. Labels: historical
Word: Provo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch Provo, shortened from provoceren (“to provoke”), from French provoquer. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/, /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/ 1. A member of this movement. Labels: historical Example: Still, Daniel Cohn-Bendit has commented that without the example provided by the Dutch Provos to the young of other countries, Europe would have been a very different place in 1968. Example: ‘Dude, we want to make a revolution!’ protested one German Provo.
Word: Provo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of provisional + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/, /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/ 1. A member of the Provisional IRA. Labels: in-plural, informal, often Example: The RUC broke up a Provo cell in Belfast. Example: 'The Provos bombing a Glasgow pub?' McCormack shook his head.
Word: Provo Part of Speech: name Etymology: * The city in Utah is named after the mountain man and trapper Étienne Provost. * The city in South Dakota is named after Bill Provost, Sr., an early resident. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/, /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/ 1. A city, the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States. Example: When LGBTQ students, alumni and friends gathered off campus at a park in Provo, Utah, for a back-to-school event last weekend, they were met by dozens of protesters. Example: NPR spoke with more than 30 people at the DHS career expo held in Provo last week. 2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fall River County, South Dakota.
Word: Provo Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.vəʊ/, /ˈpɹoʊ.voʊ/ 1. A surname Example: Certificate of Ilypolite Lefever and wife Mary, that they have agreed to sell and convey to George Provo, late of the Parish of St. Martins in the Feilds, Co. of Middlesex, England, now of New Salem, cordwinder, their dividend[…] Example: Minister MacKay said during the Nova Scotia election campaign that Tory candidate Dwayne Provo was in the best position to help his constituents receive money from ACAO.
Word: Seth Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Biblical Hebrew שֵׁת (Šet, literally “chosen one, appointed, placed”). Pronunciation: /sɛθ/ 1. The third son of Adam and Eve. Example: And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Example: The children suggested names. In his childhood the ones they knew would have been unheard-of (Scott, Ross, Damian, Liam, Seth) or, strangely enough, too old-fashioned for popular use (Joshua, Simon, Jack, George). Example: Reps. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Peter Meijer, a Republican from Michigan, said in a joint statement Tuesday that they had traveled to Kabul “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies” and that the trip had been conducted in secret “to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground.”
Word: Seth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σήθ (Sḗth), from Egyptian s-t:X (stẖ). Pronunciation: /sɛθ/ 1. An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction. Labels: Egyptian
Word: closely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From close + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊsliː/ 1. In a close manner. Example: Finnish and Estonian are closely related languages. Example: The borderline between East and West Berlin was very closely guarded. 2. secretly; privately Labels: obsolete Example: That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe / Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe.
Word: growing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/, /ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of grow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: growing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/, /ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/ 1. Growth; increase. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger. 2. The raising of plants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The growing season here begins in March.
Word: pedaliter Part of Speech: adj 1. Of organ music requiring the use of both the manuals and the pedals Labels: not-comparable
Word: strongly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English strongliche, strangliche, from Old English stranglīċe (“strongly”), equivalent to strong + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɔŋli/, /ˈstɹɒŋli/, /ˈstɹɑŋli/ 1. In a strong or powerful manner. Example: The Pope feels strongly about the need for both sides of the armed conflict to return to the negotiating table. Example: In the third race, Renowned Blaze finished strongly to win, paying sixteen dollars. 2. Very much. Example: His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor. Example: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained. 3. Fulfilling a stricter set of criteria.
Word: terakihi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tarakihi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: figured Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From figure + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡəd/, /ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of figure Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I had him figured for a lawyer or even a judge.
Word: figured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From figure + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡəd/, /ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚd/ 1. Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section. Example: Figured wood is especially sought after for its distinctive texture. 2. Adorned with a figure or figures. Example: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar. Example: Some of these mosaics have been carefully altered to replaced figured by non-figured designs.
Word: figuring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡ.ə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.ɪŋ/, /ˈfɪɡ.ɚ.ɪŋ/ 1. Calculation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Alternative figurings may be available for interpreting the everyday, and alternative ways of figuring systems of privilege may be developed in contestations over social arrangements. Example: By my figuring, he couldn't have been much over forty, but sagging, bleached-out skin and a gray to balding head made him look sixty. 2. Structure, design, or arrangement; figure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We must remember, however, that all these figurings are written with reference to the tonic signature. Example: These webbings are made in innumerable fine patternings, with silk mixtures in the design, in narrow stripings and small figurings. 3. Representation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet when we examine how Mendes's film figures the behind, as it were, behind the father, when we look closely at the film's figurings of anality in the father/son relation, we do not see an insistence that traces of a radical Otherness emerge in figurings of archaic relations and in turn challenge problematic, idealized claims that relations between men can transcend Symbolic mediation.
Word: figuring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡ.ə.ɹɪŋ/, /ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.ɪŋ/, /ˈfɪɡ.ɚ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of figure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: subsequently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English subsequent Middle English -ly English -ly English subsequently From subsequent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt.li/ 1. Following, afterwards in either time or place. Labels: not-comparable Example: It will be recollected that the ill-fated Halloway...distinctly stated the voice of the individual who had approached his post...to have been that of a female, and that the language in which they subsequently conversed was that of the Ottawa Indians. Example: “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.[…]” 2. Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction), consequently. Labels: not-comparable
Word: notably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English notably, notabili, notablelyche, equivalent to notable + -ly. 1. As a pointed example; in a notable manner. Labels: focus Example: “Earth Two,” a new series by writer James Robinson and artist Nicola Scott, reintroduces the concept by putting a new spin on the original versions of characters like the Green Lantern, the Flash and Superman that diverges notably from the past several decades of DC lore. Example: Allport's decision in 1872 to abolish Second Class on the Midland and effectively upgrade Third Class to the standards of Second, most notably with upholstered seating, sent shockwaves through the Victorian railway.
Word: subsequent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/, /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/, /ˈsʌbsɪˌkwɛnt/, [ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛnt], [ˈsʌbsɪˌkwænt] 1. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely. Labels: not-comparable Example: Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China. Example: In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff. 2. Following in order of place; succeeding. Labels: not-comparable 3. Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded. Labels: not-comparable Example: The peculiar position of the subsequent Derwent, close to the sea, suggests some glacial interference with normal adjustments, and calls for special explanation.
Word: subsequent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French subséquent, from Latin subsequentis, form of subsequēns, present participle of subsequor (“to follow, to succeed”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/, /ˈsʌbsəkwənt/, /ˈsʌbsɪˌkwɛnt/, [ˈsʌbsəˌkwɛnt], [ˈsʌbsɪˌkwænt] 1. A subsequent stream or faultline. Example: When the Middle Wye was turned into the Severn system it still continued the northward subsequent, which of course may have been initiated as a tributary when the Middle Wye belonged to the Thames system.
Word: regurgitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Latin regurgitātus, past participle of regurgitāre, combined form of re- (“back”) + gurgitāre (“to engulf, flood”), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt/ 1. To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed. Labels: transitive Example: […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew. 2. To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does. Labels: transitive Example: The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food. 3. To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, sometimes, transitive Example: The fact that ChatGPT rephrases material from the Web instead of quoting it word for word makes it seem like a student expressing ideas in her own words, rather than simply regurgitating what she’s read[…] 4. To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back. Labels: intransitive Example: Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.
Word: regurgitate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin regurgitātus, past participle of regurgitāre, combined form of re- (“back”) + gurgitāre (“to engulf, flood”), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt/ 1. Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter. Example: However, the growing prevalence of plastics in some areas means these can be difficult for albatrosses to distinguish, leading to accidental ingestion. These may then accumulate in the gut or be passed to offspring through regurgitates.
Word: winning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of win Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line.
Word: winning Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnɪŋ/ 1. That constitutes a win. Example: the winning entry in the competition Example: the winning lotto numbers 2. That leads to success. Example: a winning formula, strategy, etc. 3. Attractive. Example: a winning smile
Word: winning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnɪŋ/ 1. The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. 2. The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling. Labels: in-plural Example: Ye seeke land and sea for your winnings. 3. A new opening. Example: The train proceeded to North Pittington Colliery, 600 yd. away, where the Duke viewed the new winning, examined the pumping and drawing engines, and saw how pitmen descended and ascended the shaft. 4. The portion of a coalfield out for working.
Word: winnings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnɪŋz/ 1. plural of winning Labels: form-of, plural
Word: winnings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnɪŋz/ 1. The spoils of a win; something, usually money, that has been won, usually by gambling. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: vaccinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English vaccine Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English vaccinate From vaccine + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈvæksɪneɪt/ 1. To treat (a person or an animal) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. Labels: transitive Example: You haven't stopped talking since I came here! You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle! Example: The county Health Department will provide free tetanus shots from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in Turtle Creek for flood victims and cleanup workers who haven't been vaccinated against the disease in the past 10 years.
Word: vainglory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + glōria (“fame, ambition, boasting”), apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English īdel wuldor (“vain glory”) and īdelġielp (“vainglory”). Pronunciation: [veɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi], [ˈveɪnˌɡlɔɚ.i] 1. Excessive vanity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then he reasoned, as he had in the days past, that the course of human history had shown national pride—the inflexible kind—to be mankind’s worst enemy, and ordinary people paid the price in suffering. Nations had gone down because of vainglory, when moderation might have civilized and saved them. 3. Vain, ostentatious display. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The pew would soon want new flooring, Mr. Dangerfield thought, and the Castlemallard arms and supporters, a rather dingy piece of vainglory, overhanging the main seat on the wall, would be nothing the worse of a little fresh gilding and paint. 4. A regarding of oneself with undue favor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vainglory Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + glōria (“fame, ambition, boasting”), apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English īdel wuldor (“vain glory”) and īdelġielp (“vainglory”). Pronunciation: [veɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi], [ˈveɪnˌɡlɔɚ.i] 1. To boast; to act in a vain manner. Labels: intransitive
Word: vainglorious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English veinglorious, from Old French vain glorios, from Latin vānus (“empty”) + glōriōsus. Pronunciation: /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/ 1. Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride. Example: And the Apoſtle [Paul] ſeems here moſt peculiarly to have directed this Encomium of the Gospel, as a Defiance to the Philoſophers of his Time, the Fluſtring Vain-glorious Greeks, vvho pretended ſo much to magnify, and even Adore the VViſdom they profeſſed, […] Example: I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin. After all, I reflected I was like my neighbours; and then I smiled, comparing myself with other men, comparing my active goodwill with the lazy cruelty of their neglect. And at the very moment of that vainglorious thought, a qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most deadly shuddering.
Word: vagueness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vague Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English vagueness From vague + -ness. 1. The condition of being imprecise or unclear in meaning: vague. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: ambiguousness, ambiguity Example: On Wednesday night, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a new California law that makes physicians subject to professional discipline for sharing COVID-19 "misinformation" with their patients. U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb concluded that California's definition of misinformation is unconstitutionally vague, failing to give doctors fair notice of which conduct the statute covers, which is a basic requirement of due process. That vagueness is especially problematic in this context, Shubb said, because it is apt to have a chilling effect on speech protected by the First Amendment. 2. Something which is vague, or an instance or example of vagueness. Labels: countable Example: If a man's deep and conscientious regard for the truth be such that he cannot, consistently with the requisitions of his moral nature, repeat to others mere vaguenesses and uncertainties, he will naturally give such strict and serious attention to the present objects of inquiry and knowledge, that they will remain in his memory afterward with remarkable distinctness and permanency.
Word: valuation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French valuation, noun of action from valuer, from Old French valoir. Pronunciation: /ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/ 1. An estimation of something's worth. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The tax assessor put them in fourteen valuation groups ranging from one two-story brick house and two one-and-a-half-story houses to the largest groups of eighteen two-story houses and twenty-four one-story bungalows. Example: Reddit's (RDDT.N) initial public offering is currently between four and five times oversubscribed, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, making it more likely the social media platform will attain the $6.5 billion valuation it seeks. 3. An assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with a corresponding assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas with those variables (obtained through the recursive application of truth-valued functions corresponding to the logical connectives making up those formulas). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A structure, and the corresponding assignment of a truth value to each sentence in the language for that structure. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A measure of size or multiplicity. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A map from the class of open sets of a topological space to the set of positive real numbers including infinity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: valuables Part of Speech: noun 1. valuable items collectively. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: in silico Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From in and silicon (from Latin silex (“flint, pebble, stone; crag, rock”)) + Latin -ō, by analogy with English in vitro (“in glass, referring to an experiment conducted in a test tube”). The silico component refers to silicon chips which were used for computing at the time when the term was coined. Pronunciation: /ɪn ˈsɪlɪkəʊ/, /ɪn ˈsɪlɪkoʊ/ 1. In computer simulation or in virtual reality. Example: He was able to dissect the frog in silico. Example: In the future, computers can be used as experimental tools, generating a new source of investigation of living organisms, their study in silico (in contrast to in vivo or in vitro).
Word: surrounding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of surround Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: surrounding Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: surrounding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /səˈɹaʊndɪŋ/ 1. An outlying area; area in proximity to something. 2. An environment. Example: It was inevitable that German music should leave its impress upon the song of the Jew, that the Jew's spirit should be imbued with the musical scale and style of his surrounding. Example: They require a surrounding which keeps them from sinking into apathy through tasks which they are able to solve and duties they can carry out.
Word: serving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, serve + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːvɪŋ/, /ˈsɝvɪŋ/ 1. The act or process of serving. Labels: gerund, uncountable 2. An instance of that act or process. Labels: countable 3. The quantity of food or drink intended for one person in a single sitting; especially in relation to a meal. Labels: countable 4. A fraction or share. Labels: broadly, countable Example: Very few Latino rock and roll bands, in the days before Santana, managed to successfully steal even a slight serving of the nation's auditory attention. 5. A layer added to the outside of an electrical cable to protect it. Labels: countable
Word: serving Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, serve + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːvɪŋ/, /ˈsɝvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of serve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: kongsi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 公司 (kong-si, “company”). See also Hokkien 公班衙 (kong-pan-gêe / kong-pan-gê), English British East India Company, Dutch Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (“Dutch East India Company”, literally “United East India Company”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔŋ.si/ 1. A benevolent organization of popular origin found among overseas Chinese communities for individuals with the same surname. Labels: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore Example: By 1970, for instance, the state authorities considered these kongsi to be unfit and unhygienic for living, and they were ordered to be dismantled. Example: The term kongsi loosely referred to any association of the Chinese, ranging from a business partnership to governments in West Borneo, secret societies and clan associations.
Word: manualiter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin manuāliter (“manually”), from manuālis (“manual, hand”). Pronunciation: /ˌmænjuˈælɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. Of organ music requiring the use of the manuals only. Labels: not-comparable
Word: requirement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English require Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English requirement From require + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkwʌɪəm(ə)nt/, /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/, /ɹɪˈkwɑɹmənt/ 1. A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required. Example: Near-synonyms: necessity, prerequisite, requisite, condition, rule Example: The requirements of life as we know it include carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, water, and energy. 2. Something asked. Example: Near-synonym: request 3. A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implementation failure, or (c) result in system failure. Example: Near-synonyms: specification, rule Example: System requirements not met. Go to Settings to learn more.
Word: temerarious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin temerārius (“accidental, casual, rash, reckless”), from temerē (“by chance, at random, rashly”). Pronunciation: /tɛməˈɹɛəɹi.əs/ 1. Characterized by temerity; recklessly daring or bold. Example: […] he furthwith by thinſtinct of yͤ ſpirite of god, in repꝛoche of all ſuch temerarious bold & blind iudgement, geuē vpon a mā whoſe inward mind and ſodain change they cannot ſee, ſhoꝛtly proued thē al deceiued, […] Example: To look back upon the past year, and see how little we have striven and to what small purpose; and how often we have been cowardly and hung back, or temerarious and rushed unwisely in; and how every day and all day long we have transgressed the law of kindness;—it may seem a paradox, but in the bitterness of these discoveries, a certain consolation resides.
Word: epicentre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- (“over, on top”) + centre, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”). Sense of “center of an activity (particularly a disaster)” (1908) by generalization from earthquakes, possibly influenced by epidemic. Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ/, /ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə/ 1. The point on the land or water surface directly above the focus, or hypocentre, of an earthquake. Example: The epicentre isn't always the point of heaviest damage. Faults can be many kilometres long and seismic waves shake areas all along the fault. 2. The point on the surface of the earth directly above an underground explosion. 3. The focal point of any activity, especially if dangerous or destructive. Labels: figuratively, proscribed Example: Eleven months after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion, Bakhmut and surrounding areas have become an epicenter of fighting, their importance growing as both sides have added forces to the battle. 4. The geographical area in which an ongoing disaster, illness, crisis, or other destructive event is currently most severe. Labels: figuratively, proscribed Example: Yan Cheng had cerebral palsy and died on January 29 while in the care of officials in Huajiahe township, Hongan county, more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak.
Word: epicentre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From epi- (“over, on top”) + centre, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on”) + κέντρον (kéntron, “centre”). Sense of “center of an activity (particularly a disaster)” (1908) by generalization from earthquakes, possibly influenced by epidemic. Pronunciation: /ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ/, /ˈɛpɪˌsɛntə/ 1. Of an earthquake: to have its epicentre (at a specified location). Example: The records of disturbances epicentering closer to the station, notably those of 1914 in Los Santos Province of the Republic of Panama, about 120 miles from Balboa Heights, have usually been less satisfactory than this record […]
Word: focal point Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊkəl ˌpɔɪnt/ 1. A focus; a point at which rays of light or other radiation converge. 2. The centre of any activity. Example: Swansea's attack lacked its focal point with top scorer Fernando Llorente injured, while Boro seldom looked like scoring their first away league goal of 2017. Example: Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood. 3. A feature that attracts particular attention. 4. A solution that people will tend to use in the absence of communication, because it seems natural, special, or relevant.
Word: vantage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage. Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːntɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/ 1. An advantage. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: The Londoners seeing that they could get no vantage against the duke, who was without their reach, to bewreak their anger they took his arms, which in most despiteful wise they hanged up in the open places of the city in sign of reproach, as for a traitor; […] 2. A place or position affording a good view; a vantage point. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From this point of vantage, we were able to gain an impression of the massive outlines of the main structure, and its intricate maze of girders. 3. A superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: O happy vantage of a kneeling knee! 4. Alternative form of advantage (score after deuce) Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, dated, uncountable
Word: vantage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vantage, by apheresis from advantage; see advantage. Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːntɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To profit; to aid. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: needlesse feare did never vantage none
Word: vantage point Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ ˌpɔɪnt/, /ˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒ ˌpɔɪnt/ 1. A place or position affording a good view. Example: The hill provided the troops an excellent vantage point to scout for the enemy. Example: The chants drifting down from the hillside came from a position among the trees from where half the pitch could be seen. That apart, however, the only other vantage point came from the balconies of high-rise flats next door. 2. A point of view; viewpoint; perspective; outlook; standpoint. Example: It may be difficult for us to understand the motivations of these people from our 21st century vantage point. Example: Infinite guilt can be seen as a reaction to compensate for the inability to recognize deceit or because of illogical or irrational behavior when the autistic person is not aware of his own frame of reference and is also not aware of the fact that others have a different neural frame of reference. Thus these infinite feelings of guilt are triggered to compensate for fight and flight primary emotions which makes the autistic person really miserable which forces him to look for some form of cognitive release or outlet. That will ultimately culminate in meek, apologetic and docile behavioral reactions or sometimes in aggressive behavior. As a result the guilt stems also from Kafka’s interest in tracing the human reasoning process in great detail up to the point where it fails. His protagonists are desperately trying to comprehend the world by following the ‘normal’ way which is obviously doomed to fail since they encounter the world from a different vantage point. 3. A camera angle.
Word: vaporize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English vapor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vaporize From vapor + -ize. 1. To turn into vapor. Labels: US, ambitransitive Example: PFC vaporizes when hit with an ultrasound pulse, producing rapidly expanding gas bubbles that "fire" the nanobullets out of the microcannons at speeds on the order of meters per second -- and the fluorescent microbullets light up to show exactly where they landed in the tissue target.
Word: half volley Part of Speech: noun 1. A stroke, in ball sports, in which the ball is hit immediately after it bounces off the ground 2. A delivery that bounces just short of the blockhole
Word: volley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus. Pronunciation: /ˈvɒli/, /ˈvɑli/ 1. The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired. Example: Fiery darts in flaming volies flew. Example: Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe. 2. A burst or emission of many things at once. Example: a volley of words Example: volley of insults 3. The flight of a ball just before it bounces. 4. A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground. Example: But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley. 5. A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket.
Word: volley Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus. Pronunciation: /ˈvɒli/, /ˈvɑli/ 1. To fire a volley of shots Labels: transitive 2. To hit the ball before it touches the ground Labels: transitive Example: Boudewijn Zenden hit the post from 25 yards for the home side before Jody Craddock volleyed Wolves ahead from 10 yards against his former club. 3. To be fired in a volley Labels: intransitive 4. To make a volley Labels: intransitive 5. To sound together
Word: handled the ball Part of Speech: phrase 1. Describing a way of getting out in which the batsman deliberately touches the ball with the hand not holding the bat.
Word: hat trick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Exocentric compound of hat (“head covering”, noun) + trick (“element of a magician’s or variety entertainer’s act; entertaining and difficult physical action”, noun). Sense 2 (“achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls”)—the original sporting sense—refers to the commemorative hat formerly given as a prize to the bowler by his club. Pronunciation: /ˈhætˌtɹɪk/, /ˈhæt.ɹɪk/ 1. Any magic trick performed with a hat, especially one involving pulling an object (traditionally a rabbit) out of an apparently empty hat. 2. An achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls. Labels: broadly Example: Ever heard of a Gordie Howe hat trick? It comprises a goal, an assist, and a fighting major penalty. 3. An achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls. Labels: broadly, ironic, specifically Example: Jones got a hat trick yesterday. Let’s see if he can do better today. 4. An achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls. Labels: broadly, specifically Example: In ice hockey, it’s customary for fans to throw their hats on to the rink after a player scores a hat trick. 5. An achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls. Labels: broadly, specifically 6. An achievement of a bowler taking three wickets in three consecutive balls. Labels: broadly Example: The car salesman came home with front-row seats to the weekend game after achieving a hat trick by selling three cars that day. Example: And with the debut of his new series Hyperion Bay in 1998, [Joseph] Dougherty accomplished the rare "hat trick" in television: the pilot was written, executive-produced, and codirected by Dougherty. 7. A means of securing a seat in the House of Commons by a Member of Parliament placing their hat upon it during an absence. Labels: UK, historical, rare
Word: consecutive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French consécutif, from Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, from Latin cōnsecūtus (“followed up”), from Latin cōnsequor (“to travel”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/ 1. Following, in succession, without interruption. Labels: not-comparable Example: He follows Frédi Kanouté, who achieved the feat in 2006 and 2007 for Sevilla, in scoring in consecutive Uefa Cup/Europa League finals. Example: It was his 41st goal for England, making him the country's fifth highest international goalscorer and continued an incredible record of scoring in 15 consecutive World Cup and Euro qualifiers. 2. Having some logical sequence. Labels: not-comparable
Word: consecutive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French consécutif, from Medieval Latin cōnsecūtīvus, from Latin cōnsecūtus (“followed up”), from Latin cōnsequor (“to travel”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/ 1. A sequence of notes or chords that results from repeated shifts in pitch of the same interval. Labels: countable Example: The theory suggests, but does not state explicitly, that the prohibition of consecutives is the stricter the nearer the interval in question lies to the fundamental component of a blend. Example: In the case of discords, the fixed progression of the dissonant interval serves, to a large extent, as a guide to the progression of the remaining intervals of the harmony; in the case of concords this guidance is lacking, and it must be remembered that, in every progression of two parts, by similar motion, to a perfect concord (Fifth or Octave), there are bound to be hidden, if not apparent, consecutives. 2. A linguistic form that implies or describes an event that follows temporally from another. Labels: countable Example: What marks the consecutive is its special morphology and syntax indicating the temporal succession of actions. Example: Unfortunately, we have not had the opportunity to study examples of consecutives in other languages. We hypothesize that consecutives may be found in other languages, especially in those langages that have a complicated system of Aktionsarten. 3. Consecutive interpretation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Having an audience would have allowed a more natural setting for the consecutive. The choice of individual sessions was dictated by the following considerations: (i) given that the recordings were made on an itinerant basis (sometimes at subjects' homes), it would have proved practically impossible to arrange an audience for every session; (ii) recruiting an audience for the consecutives recorded at university would have limited the pool of potential subjects without prior knowledge of the speeches; (iii) it would have been inconsistent to record some interpretations before an audience and others in individual sessions.
Word: negotiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: c. 1598; borrowed from Latin negōtiātus, perfect active participle of negōtior (“to do business, trade”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from negotium (“business”) + -or, from nec (“not”) + otium (“leisure, ease, inactivity”). Pronunciation: /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /nɪˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /nɪˈɡəʊ.si.eɪt/, /nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, /nɪˈɡəʉ.ʃi.æɪt/ 1. To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement. Labels: intransitive Example: {{syn|en|treat|q1=formal; especially in order to reach a settlement} Example: 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., to the eight fellow clergymen who opposed the civil rights action, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Why We Can't Wait "You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue." 2. To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement. Labels: transitive Example: We negotiated the contract to everyone's satisfaction. Example: The client and server computers must first negotiate a network protocol to be used. 3. To succeed in coping with, getting over or navigate a hazard or obstacle. Labels: transitive Example: We negotiated the mountain track with difficulty. Example: Although the car was quite rickety, he could negotiate the curves very well. 4. To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill. Labels: transitive 5. To transact business; to carry on trade. Labels: obsolete Example: Jews, Turks, Armenians,[…]negotiating in this famous Emporium. 6. To intrigue; to scheme. Labels: obsolete Example: Certaine it is, shee was a busie negotiating woman.
Word: wog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The origins are not entirely clear. The term was first noted by the lexicographer F.C. Bowen in 1929, in his Sea Slang: a dictionary of the old-timers’ expressions and epithets, where he defines wogs as "lower class Babu shipping clerks on the Indian coast." The most common theory is that it is a clipping of golliwog, which was first used as the name of a black-faced doll in Florence Upton’s 1895 book The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg. A variety of folk etymologies exist, with the most common claiming that the word is an acronym for one of either westernized, worthy, wily, or wonderful preceding “Oriental gentlemen”. Another erroneous claim is that it was used in the mid 1800s, with WOGS (meaning Working On Government Service) stencilled on the shirts of Indian workers in Egypt. The Scientologist sense is from the usage of L. Ron Hubbard, who apparently accepted the folk etymology from “worthy Oriental gentleman” but employed the term to mean “common ordinary run-of-the-mill garden-variety humanoid”. Pronunciation: /wɒɡ/, /wɔɡ/, /wɑɡ/ 1. A non-white person, especially one of South Asian, Middle Eastern, or African descent. Labels: UK, dated, ethnic, slur Example: 'One of the little Indian girls whose name is Polly has just come in to ask, " Miss D., what is a wog? One white boy called me a polliwog, and I thought a wog must be something bad."' Example: "The King Edward's Horse called the Indian Cavalry 'The Wogs'—which is the diminutive of 'Golliwogs',—a description that was very apt of these dark apparitions in khaki and tin-hats." 2. Someone of Mediterranean descent, such as an Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lebanese, Greek, or Maltese person. Labels: Australia Example: 'Every fucking aussie. Go to Cronulla Beach Sunday for some Leb and wog bashing Aussie Pride ok.' 3. A person who is not a Scientologist. Labels: attributive, often Example: So yes, they do keep records, but no they are not 'accurate' in the wog world meaning of the word. Example: I'm of course talking about Hubbard's books (including Book One) being extensively rewritten, and Scn's decision to remove any mention of LRH from materials intended for wogs.