nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: incense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English encens, from Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”) from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of incendō (“to set on fire”). Compare incendiary. Doublet of incienso. Displaced native Old English rēcels. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsɛns/ 1. Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When the folding-doors were on such solemn occasions thrown open, and the new Abbot appeared on the threshold in full-blown dignity, with ring and mitre, and dalmatique and crosier, his hoary standard-bearers and his juvenile dispensers of incense preceding him, and the venerable train of monks behind him, with all besides which could announce the supreme authority to which he was now raised, his appearance was a signal for the magnificent jubilate to rise from the organ and music-loft, and to be joined by the corresponding bursts of Alleluiah from the whole assembled congregation. 3. Homage; adulation. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: incense Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English encens, from Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”) from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of incendō (“to set on fire”). Compare incendiary. Doublet of incienso. Displaced native Old English rēcels. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsɛns/, /ɪnˈsɛns/ 1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral. 2. To anger; to infuriate. Labels: transitive Example: I think it would incense him to learn the truth. Example: His Grace the Duke of Wellington was incensed greatly, and as badge of dishonor ordered that a strip of cherry colored ribbon be sewed on their trowser seams. 3. To incite; to stimulate. Labels: archaic, transitive 4. To offer incense to. Labels: transitive Example: And after this Almachius hastily Bad his ministres fecchen openly Cecile, so that she mighte in his presence Doon sacrifyce, and Iupiter encense. And after this, Almachius hastily Ordered his ministers to fetch publicly Cecile, so that she might in his presence Do sacrifice and burn incense to Jupiter. 5. To perfume with, or as with, incense. Labels: transitive Example: To haue her bound, incenſed with wanton ſweetes, / Her vaines fild hie with heating delicates, / […] / O Ithaca can chaſteſt Penelope hold out. Example: Neither, for the future, shall any man or woman, self-styled noble, be incensed,—foolishly fumigated with incense, in Church; as the wont has been.
Word: playwright Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + wright (“builder, craftsman”). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪˌɹaɪt/ 1. A writer and creator of theatrical plays.
Word: do what Part of Speech: intj 1. An intensified version of what? or huh?, expressing surprise or lack of comprehension Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: "The throbulator is connected via the tertiary wiring loom."' — "Do what??"
Word: Napoli Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Napoli, from Latin Neāpolis, from Ancient Greek Νεᾱ́πολῐς (Neā́polĭs), from νέᾱ (néā, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city”). Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, Neapoli, and Neapolis. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑpəli/, /ˈnæpəli/, /ˈnapəlɪ/ 1. Alternative form of Naples Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, rare, uncountable Example: When you walk in a dream but you know you're not dreaming, Signore, scuzza me but you see, back in old Napoli, that's amore! 2. Alternative form of Naples: Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 3. Alternative form of Naples: Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 4. A habitational surname from Italian. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Napoli said he has never seen a US president promote a network like OAN while launching a sustained assault on credible news organizations.
Word: heterosexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hetero- + -sexual. Earliest citation from 1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˌhɛtəɹoʊˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˌhɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ 1. Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex. Example: Thai charter court rules that only heterosexual marriages are constitutional: Same-sex marriage in Thailand will have to wait, as the Constitutional Court ruled unanimously today (Wednesday) that Section 1448 of the Civil and Commercial Code, defining marriage as being a union between a man and a woman, is constitutional. 2. Between two people of different sex. Example: Early Adolescence. This is the high school period between 14 and 17 years of age. This is a confusing and stressful period for the teenager, because sexual impulses are now quite strong in spite of societal sanctions against heterosexual activity. Example: On the average, the [bisexual] women’s first heterosexual attraction and experience (at 11.6 and 14.7 years) occurred before their first homosexual attraction and experience (at 16.9 and 21.4 years). 3. Having a sexual desire for the opposite sex seen as unhealthy, including a proclivity for nonreproductive sex. Labels: obsolete
Word: heterosexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + -sexual. Earliest citation from 1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis. Pronunciation: /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˌhɛtəɹoʊˈsɛkʃuəl/, /ˌhɛtɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ 1. A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism. Example: The laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation apply to all people, gay and straight alike. If an antistraight boss starts firing heterosexuals, they're protected.
Word: grandchildren Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grandchild Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Today mostly displaced by its cognate nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift (“niece”). Doublet of nephew. Pronunciation: /niːv/ 1. Nephew. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Iwein considers it his right and duty to avenge his neve, and is much exercised when Artûs proposes to go to the well with his full strength, for he apprehends that the king will give the distinction of the combat to his sister's son Gâwein. 2. A male cousin. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Still another passenger on the same ship was Gysbert Philips from Velthuysen, 24 years old, a "neve" ( nephew or cousin) of Cornelia Wynkoop. 3. A grandson. Labels: obsolete, rare 4. A spendthrift. Labels: rare
Word: nonna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian nonna. Doublet of nun. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒnə/, /ˈnɔːnə/, /ˈnoʊnə/ 1. A grandmother, especially one with Italian ancestry. Labels: informal Example: An article last month in The Daily News talked about Enoteca Maria, a restaurant in Staten Island that has no professional chef, just a rotating roster of eight nonnas, or grandmothers, from different regions of Italy.
Word: nonno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nana-der.? Late Latin nonnus Italian nonnobor. English nonno Borrowed from Italian nonno. Pronunciation: /ˈnɒnoʊ/, /ˈnɔːnoʊ/, /ˈnoʊnoʊ/ 1. A grandfather, especially one with Italian ancestry. Labels: informal
Word: cinquecento Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe Latin cīnque Italian cinque Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Italian cento Italian cinquecentobor. English cinquecento Borrowed from Italian cinquecento. 1. Sixteenth-century (1500s). Labels: not-comparable Example: a cinquecento painting
Word: cinquecento Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe Latin cīnque Italian cinque Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm Proto-Italic *kəntom Latin centum Italian cento Italian cinquecentobor. English cinquecento Borrowed from Italian cinquecento. 1. The sixteenth century (1500s).
Word: quattrocento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian quattrocento (“four hundred”). Pronunciation: /ˌkwɑtɹəʊˈtʃɛntəʊ/ 1. The 1400s, the fifteenth-century Renaissance Italian period. Labels: uncountable
Word: trecento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian trecento. 1. The fourteenth century AD; particularly, the style of Italian art associated with the 1300s Labels: uncountable Example: This seems simplistic, as […] his oeuvre is as obsessed with death as a museum full of trecento paintings.
Word: halve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (“to halve”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”), Middle High German halben, helben (“to halve”). Compare also West Frisian helte (“to halve”), Dutch halveren (“to halve”), German Low German halberen (“to halve”), German halbieren (“to halve”), Danish halvere (“to halve”), Swedish halvera (“to halve”). Pronunciation: /hɑːv/, /hæv/, /hɛəv/, /hav/ 1. To reduce to half the original amount. Labels: transitive Example: These show that since 1946 the fatality rate in train and movement accidents combined has been halved, [...]. Example: The difficulty of each puzzle would increase as the number of miners increased, which would keep production to one block of transactions roughly every 10 minutes. In addition, the size of each block bounty would halve every 210,000 blocks—first from 50 bitcoins to 25, then from 25 to 12.5, and so on. Around the year 2140, the currency would reach its preordained limit of 21 million bitcoins. 2. To divide into two halves. Labels: transitive 3. To make up half of. Labels: transitive Example: So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own. 4. To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together. Labels: transitive 5. In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on. Labels: transitive Example: I, of course, had no difficulty in doing likewise, and we halved the hole; but the awkward fact remained that I must now gain every hole to win the match, for my opponent's score was "nine up," and there only remained ten holes to play. Example: All that counts is whether you won, lost, or halved the match.
Word: adopt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt. Pronunciation: /əˈdɒpt/, /əˈdɑpt/ 1. To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship. Labels: transitive Example: A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing. 2. To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship. Labels: transitive Example: We're going to adopt a Dalmatian. 3. To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship. Labels: transitive Example: We adopted an elephant at the local zoo. 4. To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship. Labels: transitive Example: This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays. Example: Sixteen years ago, the station entered into a new chapter when it was adopted by the Friends of Chirk Station (FoCS) volunteer group, under the Arriva Trains Wales Station Adopters programme. 5. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. Labels: transitive Example: He adopted a new look in order to fit in with his new workmates. Example: [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible. 6. To select and take or approve. Labels: transitive Example: to adopt the view or policy of another Example: These are resolutions that were adopted. 7. To beat an opponent ten times in a row. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The match was not even close; the IM made amateurish blunders and ended up getting adopted. Example: Nakamura 'Adopts' Komodo On Fathers Day: 20.5-2.5
Word: adopt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French adopter, from Latin adoptō; ad + optō (“to choose, desire”), equivalent to ad- + opt. Pronunciation: /əˈdɒpt/, /əˈdɑpt/ 1. Clipping of adoptable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, transitive
Word: adorn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source. Pronunciation: /əˈdɔɹn/, /əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/ 1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. Example: a man adorned with noble statuary and columns Example: a character adorned with every Christian grace
Word: adorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source. Pronunciation: /əˈdɔɹn/, /əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/ 1. adornment Labels: obsolete Example: Her brest all naked, as nett yvory Without adorne of gold or silver bright
Word: adorn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source. Pronunciation: /əˈdɔɹn/, /əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/ 1. adorned; ornate Labels: obsolete Example: And to realities yield all her shows: Made so adorn for thy delight the more
Word: adrift Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + drift. Pronunciation: /əˈdɹɪft/ 1. Floating at random. Example: So on the sea she shall be set adrift. 2. Absent from his watch. 3. Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position. Labels: UK, often, with-of Example: The team were six points adrift of their rivals. Example: The Czech Republic in 1994-95, with a pegged nominal exchange rate and nominal deposit rates of 7 percent, was several percentage points adrift of the interest parity condition.
Word: adrift Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + drift. Pronunciation: /əˈdɹɪft/ 1. In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Example: things wore on till eight or nine o'clock, every thing getting adrift and being smashed, and every one on board jamming themselves up in corners or holding on to beams to prevent their going adrift likewise
Word: advance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Latin ab ante 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 -āre Vulgar Latin *abanteāre Old French avancierbor. Middle English avauncen English advance From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːns/, /ədˈvæns/, [ədˈvɛəns], [ədˈvɛənts], /ədˈvɐːns/ 1. A forward move; improvement or progression. Example: an advance in health or knowledge Example: an advance in rank or office 2. An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement. Example: Could he ask the cashier privately for an advance? No, the cashier was no good, no damn good: he wouldn't give an advance. Example: I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances. 3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value. Example: an advance on the prime cost of goods 4. An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature. Labels: in-plural, often Example: For, if it were of any use to recall matters of fact, what is more notorious, than that prince's applying himself first to the church of England? and upon their refusal to fall in with his measures, making the like advances to the dissenters of all kinds, who readily and almost universally complied with him Example: And so saying he scampered off to the hill, to the amusement of honest Plat; and it is likely lost no time in making his advances to the young widow.
Word: advance Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Latin ab ante 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 -āre Vulgar Latin *abanteāre Old French avancierbor. Middle English avauncen English advance From Middle English avauncen, avancen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman avauncier, from Vulgar Latin *abanteāre, from Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante (“before”). ⟨d⟩ added in analogy to Latin ad- (cf. Middle French advancer). Compare avaunt. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːns/, /ədˈvæns/, [ədˈvɛəns], [ədˈvɛənts], /ədˈvɐːns/ 1. Completed before necessary or a milestone event. Example: He made an advance payment on the prior shipment to show good faith. Example: In general, if you are applying for adjustment of status (a Green Card) and leave the United States without the appropriate travel documentation (for example, an advance parole document), you may not be allowed to reenter the United States when you return. 2. Preceding. Example: The advance man came a month before the candidate. 3. Forward. Example: The scouts found a site for an advance base.
Word: advanced Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Latin ab ante 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 -āre Vulgar Latin *abanteāre Old French avancierbor. Middle English avauncen English advance English -ed English advanced From advance + -ed. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːnst/, /ədˈvænst/ 1. simple past and past participle of advance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: advanced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Latin ab ante 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 -āre Vulgar Latin *abanteāre Old French avancierbor. Middle English avauncen English advance English -ed English advanced From advance + -ed. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːnst/, /ədˈvænst/ 1. At or close to the state of the art. 2. Involving greater complexity; more difficult, elaborate or specialized. Example: The option can be found under advanced settings. Example: I'm taking a course in advanced knitting techniques. 3. Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing). Example: a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles Example: The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying "Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!"—and pushes her in again! 4. In a late stage of development or education; having greatly progressed beyond an initial stage. Example: This is an advanced prototype, it already has most of the features the final product will have. Example: This book is suitable for advanced learners of English. 5. Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract. 6. Indicating a time ahead of the correct time. Labels: Philippines
Word: advancing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːnsɪŋ/, /ədˈvænsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of advance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: […] and although my invitation extended to both runs, advancing years dictated that 3 hr. 20 min. on the footplate was more than adequate, so that I chose the northbound run only; […] Example: For Louis XIV's advancing age, a drink consisting of sugar, distilled spirits, and orange water was recommended as a restorative of vigor.
Word: advancing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːnsɪŋ/, /ədˈvænsɪŋ/ 1. The act of proceeding forward; an advance. Example: […] who feels, not as even the kindest and the holiest friend on earth can feel towards our patient endurance, our shortcomings, or our slow advancings […]
Word: advancement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English avancement, Old French avancement. See advance. Morphologically advance + -ment. Pronunciation: /ædˈvɑːns.mənt/, /ədˈvɑːns.mənt/, /ædˈvæns.mənt/, [ædˈvɛəns.mənt], /ədˈvæns.mənt/ 1. The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the advancement of learning Example: Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities. 2. The state of being advanced Labels: countable, uncountable 3. How advanced something is Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: advent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”). Pronunciation: /ˈæd.vɛnt/, /ˈæd.vənt/ 1. Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching. Example: Death's dreadful advent Example: At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.
Word: advent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”). Pronunciation: /ˈæd.vɛnt/, /ˈæd.vənt/ 1. To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something. Example: 1869 Grove Berry. Ritualism; Part II of An Enquiry. Pub: LONGMANS, GREEN et al. But suppose we depart from the suggestion there made, and, leaving the idea of the status quo from which He advented to Earth, we rise with Solomon (Prov. viii), to some stasis which must be indefinite to us, are we not presumptuous if not even unpractical, Gnostical, and merely scholastic? Example: The new Democratic war-horse from Calaveras has lately advented in the Legislature with a little bill to change the name of Tretherick to Starbottle.
Word: advantage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avant Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Old French avantagebor. Middle English avantage English advantage From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d originates in a latinizing hypercorrection, the a- being falsely supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/, [ədˈvɑːn.tʰɪd͡ʒ], /ədˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒ/, [ədˈvæn.tʰɪd͡ʒ], /ədˈvæɾ̃.ɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end. Labels: countable Example: The enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position. Example: Give me advantage of some brief discourse. 2. Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. 3. Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the advantage of a good constitution Example: Having the faster car is of little advantage. 4. The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Webb played an advantage that enabled Cazorla to supply a low cross from the left for Giroud to sweep home first time, despite Gallas and Vertonghen being in close attendance. 6. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And with advantage means to pay thy love.
Word: advantage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin ab Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Late Latin ab ante Old French avant Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Old French avantagebor. Middle English avantage English advantage From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d originates in a latinizing hypercorrection, the a- being falsely supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɑːn.tɪd͡ʒ/, [ədˈvɑːn.tʰɪd͡ʒ], /ədˈvæn.tɪd͡ʒ/, [ədˈvæn.tʰɪd͡ʒ], /ədˈvæɾ̃.ɪd͡ʒ/ 1. to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to Labels: transitive Example: I had almoſt forgotten to acquaint your honor, that one major Alford (who was in mr. Love's conſpiracy) was of the graund inqueſt at Saliſbury, and was very zealous in his highneſſe ſervice here, and his good affection and wiſe carriage here, did much advantage the buſſineſe. 2. to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of Labels: reflexive Example: No man of courage vouchsafeth to advantage himselfe [translating s'avantager] of that which is common unto many.
Word: adventure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin adveniō Latin adventūrus Vulgar Latin *adventūra Old French aventurebor. Middle English aventure English adventure From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Latin adventūrus (“about to arrive, (Vulgar Latin) about to happen”), future active participle of adveniō (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene). By surface analysis, advent + -ure. Compare Scots adventur, Swedish äventyr, German Abenteuer. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/, /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/, /ædˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/ 1. A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. Labels: uncountable Example: his sense of adventure 2. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a life full of adventures 3. A daring feat; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; the encountering of risks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He loved excitement and adventure. 4. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A text adventure or an adventure game. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The first thing to strike me about Spyplane was that it is more like a verbal simulation than an adventure. Example: To sum up, I think this is definitely one of the best adventures around for the Spectrum now, along with Gnome Ranger[...] 6. That which happens by chance; hazard; hap. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 7. Chance of danger or loss. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 8. Risk; danger; peril. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He was in great adventure of his life.
Word: adventure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English aventuren, auntren, from Old French aventurer, from aventure. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/, /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/, /ædˈvɛnt͡ʃɚ/ 1. To risk oneself. Labels: archaic, reflexive Example: O man cõmyttynge thy lyfe vnto the ſtreme / Alas note well thy deſyrous vanyte / Howe thou the [thee] auentereſt in holowe beame / To pas the ſee in contynuall ieopardye […] Example: And certaine of the chiefe of Aſia, which were his friends, ſent vnto him, deſiring him that he would not aduenture himſelfe into the Theatre. 2. To risk oneself; to dare to go somewhere or undertake something. Labels: intransitive Example: [A]fter the confusion of tongues, when Japhet and his posteretie, emboldened by example of Noe, adventured by shipp into diverse west ilelandes, […] Example: Why, we wil ſet forth before or after them, and appoint them a place of meeting, wherein it is at our pleaſure to faile; and then wil they aduenture vpõ the exploit themſelues, which they ſhal haue no ſooner atchieued but weele ſet vpon them. 3. To try the chance; to take the risk. Labels: archaic, intransitive, with-infinitive Example: What? threat you me with telling of the King? I will auoucht’t in preſence of the King: I dare aduenture to be ſent to th’Towre. Example: Yet they adventured to go back; but it was ſo dark, and the flood was ſo high, that in their going back, they had like to have been drowned nine or ten times. 4. To dare to say or utter. Labels: transitive Example: But were I to adventure an opinion I would affirm that, were the Vice-Preſident now in this city, he would himſelf be mute! Example: ‘Did he tell you about us?’ she adventured, cautiously. 5. To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Now if it ſo be that it woulde happely be thought not a thyng metely to be aduentured to ſet all on a fluſhe at ones, and daſhe raſhelye out holye ſcrypture in euerye lewde felowes teeth: […] Example: Discriminations might be adventured. 6. To risk or hazard; jeopard. Labels: transitive Example: Foꝛ what wiſe merchaunt aduentureth all his good in one ſhip? Example: So it is reaſon, that wher the citizen aduentureth his lyfe, there the citie ſhould doe him ſome honor after his death.
Word: adventurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adventure Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adventurer From adventure + -er. Pronunciation: /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.ɚ/ 1. One who enjoys adventures. Example: European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River. 2. A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises. 3. A soldier of fortune, a speculator. 4. A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means. 5. A player of adventure games or text adventures. Example: Meanwhile, the ranks of adventurers grow, be they manic puzzle-solvers or people like me, who like to look under the Robners' beds just for the hell of it. Example: It's a challenging game for the inexperienced adventurer, and should even give the hardened pros a bit of a run for their money.
Word: adventuress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adventure (verb) + -ess, after adventurer. Compare earlier governess, sorceress, etc. Pronunciation: /ədˈvɛntʃəɹɪs/ 1. A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure. 2. A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep. Example: The ingenious adventuress, who may have become Rohan's mistress, formed a plan to make her fortune out of the cardinal's passion for power and the queen's passion for gems. 3. A female varietist. Example: And even an iconic movie star like Amitabh Bachchan is not embarrassed to state he approves of actress Aishwarya because she is "homely and domesticated" (read: not a sexual adventuress).
Word: adventurous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English aventurous, aunterous, auntrous, from Old French aventuros (whence French aventureux). By surface analysis, adventure + -ous. Pronunciation: /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/ 1. Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring. Example: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. 2. Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash. Example: take an adventurous viewpoint Example: North Korea had not publicly confirmed its contribution until Monday, when it said: “The operations for liberating the Kursk area to repel the adventurous invasion of the Russian Federation by the Ukrainian authorities were victoriously concluded,” according to state-run news agency KCNA.
Word: advertise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English advertisen, from Anglo-Norman advertir (“to inform”), avertir, Middle French advertir, avertir (“to warn, give notice to”), with the French -iss- infix assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement. Compare also advert. Pronunciation: /ˈædvəˌtaɪ̯z/, [ˈædvəˌtʰaɪ̯z], /ˈædvɚˌtaɪ̯z/, [ˈædvɚˌtʰaɪ̯z] ~ [ˈædvɹ̩ˌtʰaɪ̯z] 1. To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. Labels: transitive 2. To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. Labels: intransitive Example: For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper. 3. To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales. Labels: transitive Example: Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows. 4. To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Socrates being advertiſed, that the God of wiſdome, had attributed the name of wiſe vnto him, was thereat much aſtoniſhed, and diligently ſearching and rouzing vp himſelf, and ranſaking the very ſecrets of his heart, found no foundation or ground for his divine ſentence. Example: [T]he Queene [Isabella of France], vvhen ſhee vvas […] aduertiſed of her huſbands dethronization, ſhee outvvardly expreſſed ſo great extremity of paſſion (notvvithſtanding that at the ſame time ſhee vvas tolde of her ſonnes [Edward III of England's] ſurrogation) as if ſhee had beene diſtraught in her vvittes: […] 5. In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it. Example: The safest time to answer a possible advertisement is when you have no indication as to what suit your opponent wants. Then even if he has advertised, the odds are that your answer is not the card he is looking for.
Word: advertised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of advertise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: advertising Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From advertise + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/, /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/ 1. Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Advertisings do not by themselves cause a book to 'go'. The circulating libraries are far more useful than any advertising columns. Example: [...] the women were presumably going shopping at the department stores growing up along Oxford Street, and the Central's nearness to these stores would make the advertising space in its stations the most expensive on the Underground. 2. The industry or profession made up of such communications. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: advertising Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From advertise + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzɪŋ/, /ˈædvəˌtaɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of advertise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: advisability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English advisable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English advisability From advisable + -ity. Pronunciation: /ædˌvaɪz.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ 1. The quality of being advisable or prudent. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Viggo assumed a cheery offhand manner, but I could see that he was worried, doubtful as to the advisability of leaving me here alone. 2. An instance of advisability; a consideration in determining overall advisability. Labels: countable, usually
Word: advise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti Proto-Italic *weidsō Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advisō, from ad + visō. See also advice. Pronunciation: /ədˈvaɪz/ 1. To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. Labels: transitive Example: The dentist advised me to brush three times a day. Example: The lawyer advised me to drop the case, since there was no chance of winning. 2. To recommend; to offer as advice. Labels: transitive Example: The dentist advised brushing three times a day. 3. To formally give information or notice to; to inform or counsel. Labels: transitive Example: We were advised of the risk. Example: Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense. 4. To consider, to deliberate. Labels: intransitive Example: […] Samson is reported to the King accordingly. His Majesty, advising of it for a moment, orders that Samson be brought in with the other Twelve. 5. To look at, watch; to see. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: when that villain he auiz'd, which late / Affrighted had the fairest Florimell, / Full of fiers fury, and indignant hate, / To him he turned […] 6. To consult (with). Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: The armies drawing constantly nearer to each other, the king advised with his council, whether he should march against the Britons, or sall upon the count of Gharolois. 7. To deliver judgment after a case has been reserved for further consideration. 8. To provide information to a sovereign or head of state which they have previously asked for. Labels: formal, transitive Example: Empress, I advise you that your audience with the Prime Minister is in 15 minutes, ma'am.
Word: advise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti Proto-Italic *weidsō Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise From Middle English avisen (“to perceive, consider, inform”), from Old French aviser, from avis, or from Late Latin advisō, from ad + visō. See also advice. Pronunciation: /ədˈvaɪz/ 1. Misspelling of advice. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: advised Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ədˈvaɪzd/ 1. Considered or thought out; resulting from deliberation. 2. Informed, appraised or made aware.
Word: advised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ədˈvaɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of advise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: advising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of advise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: advising Part of Speech: noun 1. Advice. Labels: obsolete Example: […] fasten your ear on my advisings: Example: Chloe had a particular fancy for calling poultry poetry,—an application of language in which she always persisted, notwithstanding frequent corrections and advisings from the young members of the family.
Word: admittance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From admit + -ance. Sense 5 was coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1887. Pronunciation: /ədˈmɪt.n̩s/ 1. The act of admitting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Actual entrance, reception. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 5. The reciprocal of impedance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adviser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti Proto-Italic *weidsō Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English adviser From advise + -er. Pronunciation: /ædˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/, /ædˈvaɪ.zɚ/ 1. One who advises. Example: “An adviser can provide you with clarity on where you are today, where you want to be in the future and how to bridge the space between,” said Andy Mardock, a certified financial planner, and founder and president of VivFi Planning. Example: The call, which is the first known conversation between the presidents since Trump assumed office last month, came as as^([sic]) Trump makes clear to his advisers he wants to bring the Ukraine conflict to a swift end. 2. Ellipsis of class adviser. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: advocated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of advocate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: advocated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been argued in favor of. Labels: not-comparable
Word: advocating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of advocate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Afar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Afar qafár. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːfɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. 2. A region of Ethiopia.
Word: Afar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afar qafár. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːfɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A member of the people who speak this language and reside in these regions. Example: [...] ethnic groups, the Afars. The majority of the Somali-speaking Issas, the other main group, do support President Hassan Gouled and his RPP, though the Prime Minister, Barkat Gourad is an Afar himself. Example: Shortly thereafter he broke with Aref and supported independence. Aref was an Afar, and Gouled came from the Issa ethnic group, which for years had been at odds with the Afars.
Word: afeared Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aferd. Pronunciation: /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/ 1. simple past and past participle of afear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: afeared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aferd. Pronunciation: /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/ 1. Afraid. Labels: dialectal Example: I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him.
Word: affable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French affable, from Latin affābilis, from affor (“to address”), from ad + for (“to speak, to talk”). See fable. By surface analysis, af- + fable. Pronunciation: /ˈæf.ə.bəl/ 1. Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. Example: Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported. Example: […] He stood bolt upright instead with his stumpy arms resting comfortably on the backsof the pilot's and co-pilot's seats, pipe in hand, making affable small talk to McWatt and whoever happened to be co-pilot and pointing out amusing trivia in the sky to the two men, who were too busy to be interested. 2. Mild; benign. Example: During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree[…]
Word: affably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English affable Middle English -ly English -ly English affably From affable + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæfəbli/ 1. in an affable manner Example: This fact shows our British independence and honest feeling—our higher orders are not such mere haughty aristocrats as the ignorant represent them: on the contrary, if a man have money they will hold out their hands to him, eat his dinners, dance at his balls, marry his daughters, or give their own lovely girls to his sons, as affably as your commonest roturier would do.