nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: anxiety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ānxietās, from ānxius (“anxious, solicitous, distressed, troubled”), from angō (“to distress, trouble”), akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). Equivalent to anxious + -ety. See anger; angst. Pronunciation: /ˌæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ̯ɪti/, [ˌæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ̯ɪtʰɪi̯], /ˌæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ̯ɪɾi/, [ˌæŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ̯ɪɾɪi̯], /ˌeɪ̯ŋ(ɡ)ˈzaɪ̯ɪti/ 1. An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: generalized anxiety disorder Example: feel anxiety 2. An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any anxiety disorder, especially generalized anxiety disorder. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: My anxiety is a part of me, one that I’ve had to learn to deal with.
Word: anxious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious Borrowed from Latin anxius, from angō (“to cause pain, choke”); akin to Ancient Greek ἄγχω (ánkhō, “to choke”). See anger; angst. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋkʃəs/, [ˈæŋkʃəs], /ˈeɪ̯ŋkʃəs/, [ˈeɪ̯ŋkʃəs], /ˈɛ̃ŋkʃəs/ 1. Nervous and worried. 2. Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown. Example: She was anxious to hear how her test results were. Example: I could tell she was anxious as she was biting her nails. 3. Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying. Example: anxious labor Example: There was an anxious wait before the results were revealed. 4. Earnestly desirous. Example: He is anxious to please, so you can count on him. Example: All the voters were anxious to hear the election result.
Word: anxiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious Middle English -ly English -ly English anxiously From anxious + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ(k).ʃəs.li/ 1. In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously. Example: He anxiously awaited the arrival of his child. Example: He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.[…]But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again[…]she found her mother standing up before the seat on which she had sat all the evening searching anxiously for her with her eyes, and her father by her side.
Word: anybody Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body. By surface analysis, any + body. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/, /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/, /ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/, /ˈɛn.i.bɑd.i/ 1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. Example: Anybody will do. Example: Is there anybody inside? 2. A person of some consideration or standing. Labels: informal Example: Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party. Example: Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.
Word: anyhow Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwō Old English hū Middle English how English how English anyhow From any + how. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.i.haʊ/, /ˈæn.i.haʊ/ 1. In any way or manner whatever. Labels: not-comparable 2. In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: Anyhow, he is dead now. Example: I think they’re asleep; anyhow, they’re quiet. 3. Without care or tidiness; recklessly, negligently or randomly. Labels: not-comparable Example: It was a woman’s clothing, beyond a doubt, all thrown in anyhow, — as if the person who had placed it there had been in a desperate hurry. 4. Thoughtlessly, randomly, without careful consideration. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, broadly, not-comparable Example: Compare Hokkien 亂／乱 (loān) and 四散 (sì-sòaⁿ). Example: No lah! Don’t anyhow say! But you also look so different, Vasoo. First time I’ve seen you without your uniform!
Word: anyhow Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwō Old English hū Middle English how English how English anyhow From any + how. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.i.haʊ/, /ˈæn.i.haʊ/ 1. Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration. Labels: Singapore, Singlish, not-comparable, predicative Example: Rabak, to refer to something messed up: Eh bro, your hairdresser anyhow sia, your hair damn rabak. Example: Even the newspaper recommendation oso anyhow one.
Word: anyone Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English eny on, ony one. By surface analysis, any + one. Pronunciation: /ˈɛ.niˌwʌn/, /ˈæ.niˌwʌn/, /ˈɛ.ni.wʌn/ 1. Any person; anybody. Example: Almost anyone can change a light bulb. Example: The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
Word: anything Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Old English aniþing Middle English anything English anything From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/, /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/, /ˈɪ̟n.i.θɪŋ/, /ˈɛn.i.θiŋ/, /ˈæn.i.θɪŋ/ 1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other. Example: I would not do it for anything. Example: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language […] his clerks […] understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there. 2. Expressing an indefinite comparison. Example: Perhaps it was this atmosphere of misplacedness and loneliness as much as anything which led her to speak to him one evening in early summer when the office had closed.
Word: anything Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Old English aniþing Middle English anything English anything From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/, /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/, /ˈɪ̟n.i.θɪŋ/, /ˈɛn.i.θiŋ/, /ˈæn.i.θɪŋ/ 1. Someone or something of importance. Example: How long does it take to turn you actors into good anythings? Example: So we tried not to talk about first or second anythings until our meeting with the rabbi.
Word: anything Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Old English aniþing Middle English anything English anything From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing. Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/, /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/, /ˈɪ̟n.i.θɪŋ/, /ˈɛn.i.θiŋ/, /ˈæn.i.θɪŋ/ 1. Used as a placeholder verb for any verb out of a set of related verbs. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial Example: He wasn't cooking, he wasn't sweeping, he wasn't anythinging! Example: –I don't want to accompany him! –You never want to anything him!
Word: anything Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Old English ǣniġe Proto-Indo-European *tenk-? Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm Proto-Germanic *þingą Proto-West Germanic *þing Old English þing Old English þinga Old English ǣniġe þinga Middle English anything English anything From Middle English anything, enything, onything, onythynge, from Old English ǣniġe þinga, ǣnġi þinga (literally “by any of things”), from ǣniġe, instrumental form of ǣniġ (“any”) + þinga, genitive plural of þing (“thing”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/, /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/, /ˈɪ̟n.i.θɪŋ/, /ˈɛn.i.θiŋ/, /ˈæn.i.θɪŋ/ 1. In any way, any extent or any degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: That isn't anything like a car. Example: She's not anything like as strong as me.
Word: anyway Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From any + way. Pronunciation: /ˈɛniweɪ/ 1. Regardless; anyhow. Labels: conjunctive, not-comparable Example: He didn't enjoy washing his car, but it was so dirty that he did it anyway. Example: Raymond Carver had only moments late at night to write after grueling day jobs, tense relationships, putting kids to bed, and dealing with his own alcoholism. And he wrote anyway. 2. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least. Labels: not-comparable Example: I don't think that's true. I haven't found any evidence, anyway. Example: But I wish there were somethin’ you would do or say To try and make me change my mind and stay We never did too much talkin’ anyway Don’t think twice, it’s all right. 3. Used to indicate a change of subject. Labels: not-comparable Example: "I'll be ninety my next birthday, but Louella doesn't tell her age. Anyway, we're going to have you and Cynthia up for supper." 4. Used at the end of a question for emphasis, or to direct the conversation to something of more broad importance (compare with more to the point). Labels: not-comparable Example: “But I say, Kid, isn't that going it a little too strong? Whisky and alcohol's bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and pepper-sauce and—” ¶ “Dump it in. Who's making this punch, anyway?” Example: The name, Barry Frank, the name of the game when it comes to money these days, in every sport, is television revenue. How do they get enough money- let me back up a minute. How did the United States get the World Cup anyway? Of all the countries in the world, you'd think we'd be the last one to get it. 5. In any way. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: He that sleeps in the day-time, or is in suspense, fear, anyway troubled in mind, or goes to bed upon a full stomach, may never hope for quiet rest in the night […].
Word: anywhere Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where English anywhere From any + where. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnɪwɛə/, /ˈɛn.iː.(h)wɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈɛn.i.(h)wɛɹ/ 1. In or at any location. Labels: not-comparable Example: I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere. Example: I'd rather be anywhere else. 2. To (in the direction of) any location. Labels: not-comparable Example: Anywhere you go in France, there will be bread and wine with dinner. Example: I'm staying home today. I'm not going anywhere.
Word: anywhere Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where English anywhere From any + where. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnɪwɛə/, /ˈɛn.iː.(h)wɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈɛn.i.(h)wɛɹ/ 1. Any location or an unknown location. Example: Anywhere is better than here!
Word: anywhere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where English anywhere From any + where. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnɪwɛə/, /ˈɛn.iː.(h)wɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈɛn.i.(h)wɛɹ/ 1. A person without strong cultural or social ties that are exclusive to a specific place. Labels: informal, uncommon
Word: aortic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aorta + -ic. By surface analysis, aort- + -ic. Pronunciation: /eɪˈɔɹ.tɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anthropology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human, mankind”) + -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, anthropo- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəˈpɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌænθɹəˈpɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: According to anthropology, there are six basic patterns of kinship terminology or kin naming systems. Example: As another man has an ardour for art or music, or natural science, Mr. Pen said that anthropology was his favourite pursuit; and had his eyes always eagerly open to its infinite varieties and beauties: contemplating with an unfailing delight all specimens of it in all places to which he resorted […] 2. The study of humanity in its relation to the divine, as in Christian anthropology. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Apache Part of Speech: name Etymology: From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name. The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation. Pronunciation: /əˈpæ.t͡ʃi/ 1. The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache. 2. A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma. 3. Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite. Labels: informal Example: This list is necessary so Apache can set the right HTTP headers when a certain file is requested. Example: This section discusses the process of configuring Apache to participate in WebLogic clusters. Apache is a Web server, the most popular one, actually.
Word: Apache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name. The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation. Pronunciation: /əˈpæ.t͡ʃi/ 1. Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache. Example: Away up at the sources of the Gila, where the pines and cedars stand and where creeks and valleys are found, is a part of the Apache land. 2. A person belonging to an Apache people. 3. A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Labels: historical Example: But the brain, and the agility, and the muscles that had coped with the mighty strength and cruel craftiness of Terkoz and Numa in the fastness of their savage jungle were not to be so easily subdued as these apaches of Paris had believed. Example: “He had the big paper knife in his hand, and ‘Mind, Dorcas,’ he says, ‘you’ll have to be very respectful. This is my specially sharpened scimitar, and it’s off with your head if I’m at all displeased with you!’ Miss Cynthia, she was what they call an Apache, or some such name—a Frenchified sort of cut-throat, I take it to be. A real sight she looked. You’d never have believed a pretty young lady like that could have made herself into such a ruffian.” 4. AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
Word: apart Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɑːt/, /əˈpɑɹt/ 1. Placed separately (in regard to space or time). Example: We had a large bus and I had two of them at the front and two at the back, and I had to sit in the middle and keep them apart. Example: Others apart sat on a hill retired. 2. Separately, exclusively, not together. Example: Consider the two propositions apart. 3. In or into two or more parts. Example: We took the computer apart and put it back together. Example: Love, love will tear us apart, again. 4. To the side; aside. Example: Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. Example: Let Pleasure go, put Care apart.
Word: apart Part of Speech: postp Etymology: From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɑːt/, /əˈpɑɹt/ 1. Excluded from consideration. Example: Joking apart, what do you think?
Word: apart Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɑːt/, /əˈpɑɹt/ 1. Exceptional, distinct. Labels: not-comparable Example: In aristocracies, servants are a class apart. 2. Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces. Labels: not-comparable 3. Separate, on the side. Labels: not-comparable Example: The young lover was in waiting, to hand them out of the large substantial carriage, and the first quiet moment that he could find for an apart whisper, said, "What can be the reason that your mother has never taken the slightest notice of my letter?"
Word: apartment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart and -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈpɑːt.mənt/, /əˈpɑɹt.mənt/ 1. A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat. Labels: Australia, Canada, Philippines, US Example: apartment dwellers Example: I am Jonathan. I am in apartment B4. — I am in apartment C2. 2. A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom. Labels: archaic Example: By this contrivance I got into the inmost court; and, lying down upon my side, I applied my face to the windows of the middle stories, which were left open on purpose, and discovered the most splendid apartments that can be imagined. There I saw the empress and the young princes in their several lodgings, with their chief attendants about them. 3. A room within a house. Example: For the matter of that, it is difficult to make a nice, genteel sitting-room out of an apartment of which the principal features are a sink and a big gas stove. 4. A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment. Labels: obsolete Example: 1883 April 23, Slawson v. Grand Street R. Co., 107 U.S. 649, 2 S.Ct. 663, 664, The specification described the ordinary fare-box used in street cars and omnibuses, consisting of two apartments, the one directly above the other.... [T]he passenger deposited his fare in an aperture in the top of the upper apartment. It fell upon and was arrested by a movable platform.... This platform turned on an axis acted on by a lever. When turned, the fare fell into the lower apartment, which was a receptacle for holding the fares accumulated.... 5. A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
Word: apathetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From apathy + -etic. Pronunciation: /ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk/, [ˌæpəˈθɛɾɪ̈k] 1. Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion. Example: He then added a few general offers of service, but offered as if he would be glad if they were accepted; and when Guido knelt for his parting benediction, it was given with a warmth and sincerity not often used by the apathetic and haughty minister. 2. Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
Word: apathetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apathy + -etic. Pronunciation: /ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk/, [ˌæpəˈθɛɾɪ̈k] 1. An apathetic or indifferent person, especially one who shows no interest in a particular issue. Example: On the left are the activist Vietniks, eager to protest the war; next are the doves, who oppose the U.S. role but shun demonstrations; and in the middle are the apathetics, who simply are not concerned enough to think through their own stand.
Word: aperture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English, from Latin apertūra (“an opening”), from aperiō (“to uncover, make or lay bare”) + -tūra (“-ure”, action noun suffix). Doublet of overture and apertura. Pronunciation: /ˈap.ə.t͡ʃə/, /ˈap.ə.tjʊə/, /ˈæp.ɚˌt͡ʃʊɹ/, /ˈæp.ɚ.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈæp.ɚˌtjʊɹ/ 1. A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole. Example: an aperture in a wall Example: Were the larynx of the little creature like that of the parent, the milk might—probably would—enter the windpipe and cause suffocation : but the fœtal larynx is cone-shaped, with the opening at the apex, which projects, as in the whale-tribe, into the back aperture of the nostrils, where it is closely embraced by muscles of the ‘soft palate.’ 2. A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system. 3. A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system. Example: This telescope has a 100 cm aperture. 4. The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array. 5. The maximum angle between the two generatrices. Labels: rare Example: If the generatrix makes an angle θ to the axis, then the aperture is 2θ.
Word: apes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪps/ 1. plural of ape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /eɪps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ape Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: apiece Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English a pece. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + piece. Pronunciation: /əˈpiːs/, /əˈpis/ 1. Each by itself; for or to each one. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: piecewise, piecemeal; individually, singly Example: These melons cost a dollar apiece. 2. An undetermined distance. Labels: Maine, not-comparable
Word: apocrypha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English apocrypha, apocrifa, apocrif, from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”, thus “(books) of unknown authorship”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”). Properly plural (the singular would be apocryphon), but commonly treated as a collective singular. “Apocryphal” meaning “of doubtful authenticity” is first attested in English in 1590. Pronunciation: /əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/ 1. plural of apocryphon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apocrypha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English apocrypha, apocrifa, apocrif, from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”, thus “(books) of unknown authorship”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”). Properly plural (the singular would be apocryphon), but commonly treated as a collective singular. “Apocryphal” meaning “of doubtful authenticity” is first attested in English in 1590. Pronunciation: /əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/ 1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But it may be objected, that these books being in the Jews' canon , ought to be acknowledged for divinely inspired , rather than the apocryphas that never were in it Example: Our entymological^([sic – meaning etymological]) approaches to the I or Change in the I Ching seem to confirm one of the well known apocryphas, I-Wei Ch'ien tso-tu.
Word: fraternise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fraternize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: fraternize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From French fraterniser. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹætənaɪz/, /ˈfɹætɚnaɪz/ 1. To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner. Labels: intransitive 2. To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty. Labels: intransitive Example: Now in this world it is never wise to meddle with such things. It's better to leave them as they are. No one ever had any good come to him from fraternizing with too great familiarity with the unknown; and it's a very good thing that the children from The Other Side are as shy as they are, as Alice found out through Evelyn Dearie. 3. To socialize in confidentiality. Labels: intransitive 4. To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden party. Labels: intransitive
Word: fraternal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Borrowed from Middle French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), from Latin frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”), from frāter (“brother”). Pronunciation: /fɹəˈtɝnəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers. Example: By Cognate or Domestic duties, we mean those which grow out of the different family relations; and which may be classed as conjugal, parental, filial, and fraternal. Example: The Bhratridvitiya, or fraternal rite of the Hindoos, is an institution of this nature, being admirably calculated to cement the natural bond of union between brothers and sisters of the same family. 2. Of or pertaining to a fraternity. Example: The changing Afro-American class structure shaped the war and postwar growth of black religious and fraternal organizations in southern West Virginia. Example: Ambivalence toward the larger society even permeated the Reichsbanner. the only SPD fraternal organization that, on paper at least, embraced bourgeois republican groups. 3. Platonic or friendly. Example: […] a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands. Example: He took advantage of this opportunity to consider Christian liberty in its relation to the demands of fraternal charity. 4. Of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct. Example: Seventy percent of twins are fraternal and result from fertilization of two separate ova by two different sperm. Example: Because each egg and each sperm of a fraternal zygote contain slightly different genetic material, these two embryos do not have identical genetic makeups.
Word: fraternal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Borrowed from Middle French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), from Latin frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”), from frāter (“brother”). Pronunciation: /fɹəˈtɝnəl/ 1. A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance. Example: Here comes in the importance of the proposed bill for the uniform regulation of fraternals. Example: Accident and health insurance written by fraternals are discussed under the section on fraternals. 2. A fraternal twin. Example: Her twins were adorable boy-girl fraternals who wore boy-girl clothes in the same fabric. Example: The bulk of the confusion concerns identicals who are really fraternals.
Word: fraternity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr From Middle English fraternite, borrowed from Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, ultimately from frāter (“brother”). Pronunciation: /fɹəˈtɜːnɪti/, /fɹəˈtɜɹnəti/, [-ɾi] 1. The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A group of people associated for a common purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Having now so amply declared unto thee most of the principal things of this thrice-renowned and illustrious city, I will briefly by way of an epitome mention most of the other particulars thereof, and so finally shut up this narration: there are reported to be in Venice and the circumjacent islands two hundred churches in which are one hundred forth-three pairs of organs, fifty-four monasteries, twenty-six nunneries, fifty-six tribunals or places of judgment, seventeen hospitals, six companies or fraternities, whereof I have before spoken; one hundred and sixty-five marble statues of worthy personages, partly equestrial, partly pedestrial, which are erected in sundry places of the city, to the honour of those that either at home have prudently administered the commonweal, or abroad valiantly fought for the same. Example: The decision of Judge Stafford [to dismiss the case] represents an exhibition of raw power wielded by the well-organized fraternities of the medical profession against consumer groups working in the interest of women's health care. 3. A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. Labels: Philippines, US, countable, uncountable Example: Colin Schlank said he rushed a fraternity because he wanted to expand his social circle. […] “They’re called social fraternities for a reason,” he said, “because you’re trying to branch out, you’re trying to meet new people.”
Word: crumb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, appearing in the mid-15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”). Pronunciation: /kɹʌm/ 1. A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground. Example: desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table 2. A small piece of any other solid substance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then erase any pencil lines with a good, soft eraser, rubbing gently, in only one direction. A dustbrush can be useful in removing any eraser crumbs. 3. A bit, small amount. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: a crumb of comfort 4. Ellipsis of crumb rubber. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Production of rubber granules, or crumb, is well-established in this country. 5. The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dust unto dust, what must be, must; / If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. 6. A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A nobody; a worthless person. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: All Dad can think of is a gift certificate from the Melody Inn? And my crumb of a boyfriend doesn't even show up? This is a birthday? 8. A body louse (Pediculus humanus). Labels: countable, slang, uncountable
Word: crumb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, appearing in the mid-15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”). Pronunciation: /kɹʌm/ 1. To cover with crumbs. Labels: transitive 2. To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble. Labels: transitive Example: to crumb bread
Word: impress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛs/ 1. To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably. Labels: transitive Example: You impressed me with your command of Urdu. Example: Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected. 2. To make an impression, to be impressive. Labels: intransitive Example: Henderson impressed in his first game as captain. Example: Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority. 3. To produce a vivid impression of (something). Labels: transitive Example: That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind. 4. To mark or stamp (something) using pressure. Labels: transitive Example: We impressed our footprints in the wet cement. 5. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something). 6. To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate. Labels: figuratively Example: impress the motives and methods of persuasion upon our own hearts, till we feel the force and power of them. 7. To compel (someone) to serve in a military force. Labels: transitive Example: The press gang used to impress people into the Navy. 8. To seize or confiscate (property) by force. Labels: transitive Example: The liner was impressed as a troop carrier. Example: the second £5,000 imprest for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners
Word: impress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress From Middle English impressen, from Latin impressus, perfect passive participle of imprimere (“to press into or upon, stick, stamp, or dig into”), from in (“in, upon”) + premere (“to press”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpɹɛs/ 1. The act of impressing. 2. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something. Example: This weak impress of love is as a figure / Trenched in ice. Example: We know that you were pressed for money, that you took an impress of the keys which your brother held […] 3. A stamp or seal used to make an impression. 4. An impression on the mind, imagination etc. Example: Such admonitions, in the English of the Authorized Version, left an indelible impress on imaginations nurtured on the Bible […] 5. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. Example: we have God surveying the works of the creation, and leaving this general impress or character upon them Example: As he himself [Sir Nigel Gresley] would doubtless have wished, he died in harness; only a few weeks previously he had been present at the first public view of his latest design, the Bantam Cock, which, like most of his products, bore all over it the impress of his personality. 6. A heraldic device; an impresa. Example: It commonly occurred that Knights who , on entering the Lists , wished to conceal their identity , would assume a Device with an allusive Motto , which was designated an IMPRESS Example: To describe […] emblazon'd Shields, / Impreses quaint. 7. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. Example: Why such impress of shipwrights?
Word: Eisen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German and Jewish/Yiddish surname, from Eisen (“iron”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ̯zɪn/ 1. A surname from German.
Word: Won Buddhism Part of Speech: name 1. A religion founded in Korea in 1916 by Sot'aesan Taejongsa.
Word: happy Easter Part of Speech: phrase 1. An expression used during Easter to wish someone a happy time.
Word: Happy Christmas Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Merry Christmas. Labels: Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: asymmetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + symmetric, as Ancient Greek ἀσυμμετρία (asummetría, “disproportion, deformity”). Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.səˈmɛt.ɹɪk/, /ˌæɪ.səˈmet.ɹɪk/, /ˌæɪ.səˈmet.ɹək/ 1. Not symmetric. Example: an asymmetric shape Example: asymmetric gameplay 2. Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver. 3. Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.
Word: symmetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From symmetry + -ic, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría). Pronunciation: /sɪˈmɛt.ɹɪk/, /sɪˈmet.ɹɪk/ 1. Synonym of symmetrical 2. Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of S (that is, if the relation holds between any element and a second, it also holds between the second and the first). Example: "Is a sibling of" is a symmetric relation. 3. Using the same key (or keys that are trivially related) for both encryption and decryption.
Word: symmetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹaɪ/, /ˈsɪm.ɪ.tɹi/ 1. Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
Word: supplementary angles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supplementary angle Labels: form-of, plural Example: Let angle A = 30° and angle B = 10°, so that their supplementary angles are A′ = 150° and B′ = 170°, respectively.
Word: supplementary angles Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of angles that sum to 180 degrees. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: A = 30° and A′ = 150°, so A and A′ are supplementary angles.
Word: complementary angles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Complementary in the sense of completing, i.e. they form a complete right angle. 1. plural of complementary angle Labels: form-of, plural Example: Let angle A = 30° and angle B = 10°, so that their complementary angles are A′ = 60° and B′ = 80°, respectively.
Word: complementary angles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Complementary in the sense of completing, i.e. they form a complete right angle. 1. A pair of angles that sum to a right angle. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: A = 30° and A′ = 60°, so A and A′ are complementary angles.
Word: cyclic quadrilateral Part of Speech: noun 1. A quadrilateral whose vertices all intersect a single circle.
Word: vertex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin vertex (“whirl, eddy; top, crown, peak, summit”). Doublet of vortex. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.tɛks/, /ˈvɝˌtɛks/ 1. The highest point, top or apex of something. Example: The mountain’s vertex was covered in snow. Example: He reached the vertex of his career after decades of work. 2. The highest point, top or apex of something. 3. An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope. 4. An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope. 5. A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature. 6. One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices. 7. A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates. 8. The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis. 9. An interaction point. Labels: particle 10. The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart. 11. A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
Word: edge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Danish æg, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)). Pronunciation: /ɛd͡ʒ/, /ed͡ʒ/ 1. The boundary line of a surface. 2. A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet. 3. An advantage. Example: I have the edge on him. Example: It’s no secret that the United States may be losing its edge in civilian aviation. Nowhere is this more apparent than with small unmanned aircraft, those tiny flying robots that promise to transform agriculture, forestry, pipeline monitoring, filmmaking, and more. 4. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. Labels: also, figuratively Example: No, 'tis slander; / Whose edge is sharper than the sword; Example: And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges: 5. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge. Example: The cup is right on the edge of the table. Example: He is standing on the edge of a precipice. 6. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. Example: Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. Example: we are to turn the full edge of our indignation upon the accursed instrument, which had so well nigh occasioned his utter falling away. 7. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time) Example: in the edge of evening Example: supposing that the new general, unacquainted with his army, and on the edge of winter, would not hastily oppose them. 8. A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally. Example: 2004 March 29, R. Bharat Rao Short report: Ind-Pak T1D2 Session 1 in rec.sports.cricket, Usenet Finally another edge for 4, this time dropped by the keeper 9. A connected pair of vertices in a graph. 10. A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax. 11. The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud. Labels: attributive, often Example: Remember that edge computing refers to data that is processed on edge devices before the result goes to its destination, which could be on a public or private cloud. Example: That speaks to another unknown that might work in Apple's favour: the move towards “edge AI”, or models run on local devices.
Word: edge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Danish æg, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish egg; also Welsh hogi (“to sharpen, hone”), Latin aciēs (“sharp”), acus (“needle”), Latvian ašs, ass (“sharp”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “needle”), ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point”), and Persian آس (âs, “grinding stone”)). Pronunciation: /ɛd͡ʒ/, /ed͡ʒ/ 1. To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction. Labels: transitive Example: He edged the book across the table. Example: The muggers edged her into an alley and demanded money. 2. To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction. Labels: intransitive Example: He edged away from her. Example: Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish. 3. To win by a small margin. 4. To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection. Labels: transitive 5. To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger. Labels: transitive 6. To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging. Labels: transitive Example: 2005, Paige Gilchrist, The Big Book of Backyard Projects: Walls, Fences, Paths, Patios, Benches, Chairs & More, Section 2: Paths and Walkways, page 181, If you're edging with stone, brick, or another material in a lawn area, set the upper surfaces of the edging just at or not more than ½ inch above ground level so it won't be an obstacle to lawn mowers. 7. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. Labels: transitive Example: To edge her champion sword 8. To form a border to; to enclose, to border. Labels: transitive Example: Edged rather than washed by the river Ganges, it trails for a couple of miles along the bank, scarcely distinguishable from the rubbish it deposits so freely. 9. To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. Labels: figuratively Example: By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. 10. To intentionally stay or keep someone extremely close to the point of orgasm for a long period of time. Labels: intransitive, slang, transitive Example: Near-synonym: goon Example: Jimmy has been edging for 6 hours straight; is his dick okay? 11. To agitate or exasperate (someone) due to constant delays of something. Labels: figuratively, slang, transitive Example: When are the developers going to release the update? They've been edging us for months with all of these trailers. Example: They say no Internet is better than slow Internet, cause at least your browser doesn't edge you every time you try to load a page.