nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: PAL Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pæl/, [pʰæl] 1. Acronym of phase alternating/alternation/alternated line (TV standard). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable 2. Acronym of programmable array logic. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable 3. Initialism of phenylalanine ammonia lyase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Acronym of permissive-action link. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Acronym of prisoner at large. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Acronym of peer-assisted learning. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of precautionary allergen labeling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: PAL Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /pæl/, [pʰæl] 1. Initialism of Police Athletic League. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Paedophile Action for Liberation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 3. Acronym of Philippine Airlines, a flag carrier of the Philippines Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: SECAM Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French SECAM. 1. Abbreviation of Sequentiel Couleur à Mémoire, meaning “sequential color with memory”, a TV standard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: VHS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism of Vertical Helical Scan, later reinterpreted as Video Home System. 1. A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The curt take on VHS is that it is a dead format, a quaint and sham way to watch a movie. Regardless, to date, there are quantities of VHS titles not available on DVD, and that may never be. Example: There is, it turns out, much demand for these old VHS tapes, price tags notwithstanding, and despite post-2006 advancements in technology.
Word: PWM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of pulsewidth modulation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Y2K Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviated from "year 2000", with "K" standing for 1000, as in the prefix kilo- though capital K as a prefix is often used as ×1024 instead of ×1000. The correct S.I. Prefix for ×1000 is lowercase k. 1. Abbreviation of year 2000. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: Y2K and the technological apocalypse that never was / It is at the turn of the millennium that the anxieties around postfeminist masculinity (registered by figures such as Maximus) fused with nostalgic anxieties around technology. […] Arguably the most significant pattern to emerge in the cinema of Y2K is that of entanglement between threatened masculinity and nostalgia. Example: Inside are fun, Instagrammable settings that are a nod to nostalgic trends in Black culture, including an installation of a pink bedroom featuring posters of Y2K-era artists like Destiny’s Child, Brandy and Ashanti, and a stage filled with covers of Black hair magazines. 2. Millennium bug. Labels: metonymically, uncountable 3. Millennium bug. Labels: broadly, metonymically, uncountable
Word: Y2K Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviated from "year 2000", with "K" standing for 1000, as in the prefix kilo- though capital K as a prefix is often used as ×1024 instead of ×1000. The correct S.I. Prefix for ×1000 is lowercase k. 1. Pertaining to the Y2K aesthetic.
Word: USB Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌjuː ˌɛs ˈbiː/ 1. Initialism of Universal Serial Bus; a serial bus standard for connecting devices. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: New signage is being installed to enhance wayfinding and USB sockets are being added in the main concourse area and Platform 8's waiting area. Example: USB-C isn’t just how many PC laptops are charged; it’s also how the Chromecast With Google TV draws power. It’s also the only USB port in any modern MacBook, and it’s used for charging and data transfer in many Samsung Galaxy phones (dating back to 2016’s infamous Galaxy Note 7). 2. Initialism of US Bancorp. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Squeri also said during a conference call with analysts Friday morning that AmEx is holding up well despite increased competition from technology companies like Square (SQ) and Venmo owner PayPal (PYPL) as well as traditional card issuers such as Capital One (COF) and US Bancorp (USB).
Word: USB Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌjuː ˌɛs ˈbiː/ 1. A USB flash drive. Labels: informal Example: Helps you to keep your desk clear from small things like pens, rulers, mobile phone and USBs. 2. Initialism of unified S-band (a communication system used for the Apollo program). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of upper sideband. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AFC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Football Conference. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: We’ve already had north of 50 million watch the AFC and NFC Championship games at their peak. 2. Initialism of Adelaide Football Club. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Application Foundation Classes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of additional finance charges. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Automatic Frequency Control (radio & TV technics) 6. Initialism of Asian Football Confederation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Arsenal Football Club. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AFC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of automated fare collection (“system which regulates the collection of fares from passengers”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of adult foster care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Association Football Club. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of average frustrated chump. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: I've successfully transformed myself from an AFC (Average Frustrated Chump) into an RAFC (Recovering Average Frustrated Chump). Example: Most AFCs, most guys looking in from the outside, can relate to the idea of what an average frustrated chump is – they can identify with it.
Word: AGC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of automatic gain control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AGC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Attorney Grievance Commission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Associated General Contractors. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RF Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Various etymologies. 1. Initialism of right foot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of rangefinder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of radio frequency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of rheumatoid factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of ratfuck (“dirty rick or act of sabotage or interference”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable Example: If battalion staff were involved, we generally called the insertion an RF, Romeo Foxtrot, or Rat Fuck. Example: Thinking they actually were supporting the demonstrators, I went up to them and asked why. “No, we're not supporting them. This is just an RF (short for “Rat Fuck”). We're keeping the money," they told me, laughing. 6. Initialism of right field or right fielder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of radiance field. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: RF Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various etymologies. 1. Initialism of Russian Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RF Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Combination of prefix F and prefix modifier R 1. reconnaissance fighter; an unarmed fighter modified for photo-reconnaissance (prefix) Labels: US
Word: VCO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of voltage controlled oscillator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Voice Carry Over, a service that relays voice communication to the deaf. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WC Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdʌbəlju ˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In the summer of 1877, a gentleman with whom I was well acquainted, took lodgings in Preston-street, Brighton. The morning after his arrival, he found in the W.C. some leaves of an old black-letter book. 2. Initialism of word choice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of world championship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of world cup. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Initialism of white couple. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of world conquest. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Celt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Celtae (singular Celta) from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí). English Celts is from the 17th century. Until the mid 19th century, /sɛlt/ is the only recorded pronunciation. A consciously archaizing pronunciation /kɛlt/ was advocated during Irish and Welsh nationalism beginning in the 1850s. Pronunciation: /kɛlt/, /sɛlt/ 1. A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans. Labels: historical Example: The holiday evolved over centuries as it was observed by different groups, from the Celts to Germans to the Pennsylvania Dutch and eventually, by those in other parts of the US. 2. A member of any of the (modern, Celtic) peoples who speak Celtic languages.
Word: Celt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Celtae (singular Celta) from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí). English Celts is from the 17th century. Until the mid 19th century, /sɛlt/ is the only recorded pronunciation. A consciously archaizing pronunciation /kɛlt/ was advocated during Irish and Welsh nationalism beginning in the 1850s. Pronunciation: /kɛlt/, /sɛlt/ 1. Synonym of Celtic. Example: In the thick of parties we become very Celt, disgusting the dull. Example: Like Pris, he took after their mother, more Celt than English, wild and dramatic and mercurially alive.
Word: IC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Index Catalogue (part of the NGC survey of J.L.E. Dreyer’s update to the Herschel General Catalogue). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of interstitial cystitis (a type of chronic pain that affects the urinary bladder). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Iligan City. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Intelligence Community. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Integrated Coach (a school bus manufacturer). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of independent contractor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of irreducible complexity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of intercalation compound. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of ion chromatography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of integrated circuit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: While in a bumping operation, there are more than 100 process steps compared with traditional IC packaging operations, ASE strategically planned and deployed 4IR technologies across its operations to streamline the manufacturing processes and optimize production, the company said. 6. Initialism of intensive care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of immune complex. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of identity card. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of individual contributor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of incel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable 11. Initialism of intermittent catheterization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of integrity constraint. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of incident commander. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: IC Part of Speech: adj 1. Pseudo-acronym of icy. Labels: not-comparable 2. Initialism of in charge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 3. Initialism of in command. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 4. Initialism of in character. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, slang 5. Initialism of intracloud. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: IC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Pseudo-acronym of I see.
Word: DUT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of device under test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PLL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of phase-locked loop. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of permutation of the last layer; after OLL, the rearrangement of the last layer of cubies so that they are in their right places. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: RISC Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪsk/ 1. Acronym of reduced instruction set computer. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: CISC Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɪsk/ 1. Acronym of complex instruction set computer. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, retronym
Word: Celtic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French celtique or Latin celticus, equivalent to Celt + -ic. First attested in the 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛltɪk/, /ˈsɛltɪk/ 1. A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over Western and Central Europe in the pre-Christian era. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several sports teams. See Wikipedia for a list. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A player for any of several teams named the Celtics. Labels: countable Example: After the draft, Brown became a Celtic for six years. 4. Celtic F.C., a football club from Glasgow, Scotland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Celtic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French celtique or Latin celticus, equivalent to Celt + -ic. First attested in the 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛltɪk/, /ˈsɛltɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the Celts. 2. Of the languages spoken by Celts. Example: Sanskrit, Greek, Slavonic, Germanic, and Celtic names were all of this type, but there are also shorter names formed from the compound ones; […].
Word: gulag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ГУЛА́Г (GULÁG), the acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps”), the government agency in charge of the Soviet Union’s network of forced labour camps, which was established in 1918 and formally abolished in 1960: see GULAG. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːlɑɡ/, /-læɡ/, /ɡuːˈlɑk/, /ˈɡuˌlɑɡ/, /-ˌlæɡ/ 1. Also GULAG: the system of all Soviet labour camps and prisons in use, especially during the Stalinist period (1930s–1950s). Labels: historical Example: One important difference between the GULAG system and the Nazi concentration camps was that a person sentenced to five years of hard labor in a Soviet labor camp could expect, assuming he or she survived, to be released at the end of the sentence. 2. A prison camp, especially one used to hold political prisoners. Labels: broadly Example: Nevertheless, the Trump administration has continued to insist that Abrego Garcia is a dangerous gang member in order to justify sending him to an overseas Gulag that has been accused of torturing inmates. Example: The subtext of Knowles’s tweet was also clear: [Nayib] Bukele has partnered with the Trump administration to hold immigrants deported from America, with no due process, in El Salvador’s most notorious gulag. 3. A place where, or political system in which, people with dissident views are routinely oppressed. Labels: also, broadly, figuratively
Word: gulag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Russian ГУЛА́Г (GULÁG), the acronym of Гла́вное управле́ние исправи́тельно-трудовы́х лагере́й (Glávnoje upravlénije ispravítelʹno-trudovýx lageréj, “Chief Administration of Corrective-Labor Camps”), the government agency in charge of the Soviet Union’s network of forced labour camps, which was established in 1918 and formally abolished in 1960: see GULAG. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːlɑɡ/, /-læɡ/, /ɡuːˈlɑk/, /ˈɡuˌlɑɡ/, /-ˌlæɡ/ 1. To compel (someone) into a forced labour camp or a similar place of confinement or exile. Labels: also, figuratively, informal, transitive Example: Regulative censorships can be amended or revolutionized in ways that raise or lower bodycounts, numbers of books banned or citizens ghettoed or gulaged. Example: The marriage would be the last good thing in [Spencer] Haywood's life for a long time. He was gulaged to basketball Siberia—the now-defunct New Orleans franchise—for his failure to resurrect the Knicks, but at [Kareem Abdul-]Jabbar's urging the Lakers acquired him in 1980.
Word: baseball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English baseball From base + ball. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/, /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/, /ˈbeɪs.bɑl/ 1. A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins. Labels: uncountable Example: It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books. Example: “Your father was the best baseball player anyone had ever seen.” Excited but halting, her voice ran on past all obstacles. “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too. The Cardinals sent a man down to talk to him about one of their teams.” Like an ancient marineress, she would not let go. She meant the St. Louis Cardinals’ farm teams. 2. The ball used to play the sport of baseball. Labels: countable Example: The reason we have for so long been unaware that the universe evolves probabilistically is that for the relatively large, everyday objects we typically encounter -- baseballs, flowerpots, the Moon -- quantum mechanics shows that the probabilities become highly skewed, hugely favoring one outcome and effectively suppressing all others. […] With such a skewed probability, the quantum reasoning goes, we have long overlooked the tiny chance that the baseball can (and, on extraordinarily rare occasions, will) land somewhere completely different. 3. A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rhythmic gesture Part of Speech: noun 1. A durational pattern which does not occupy a whole number of pulses on an underlying metric level.
Word: inning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from innings, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnɪŋ/ 1. A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game. Example: It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch. 2. A similar period of play. Example: We batted around in our half of the inning. 3. A player (or team)'s turn at the table to make shots until ended by a miss or a foul. 4. A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act. Example: We are in just the second inning of our quest to enter this new market. 5. The gathering of a crop; harvesting. Labels: obsolete Example: […] for the mowing, reaping, shering, getting or inning of corne, […] 6. Lands recovered from the sea. Labels: obsolete Example: One of the earliest ‘innings’ of Walland Marsh, after the Norman Conquest,‥has been ever since called Becket's Innings, as this Archbishop has the credit of promoting it.
Word: inning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: softball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1926: soft + ball. Compare hardball. 1. A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This will give you someone with whom you can trade softball complaints, which any veteran game-goer will tell you is the key to a good time. 2. The ball used to play the sport. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A question designed to be easy to answer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a softball interview Example: Each man got his share of softballs on Friday night. But for 90 minutes in a dressed-up basketball arena at Washington University, the two candidates were also forced to address the kind of questions they get rarely if ever on the campaign trail: from voters who doubted them and maybe did not even like them very much.
Word: rounders Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From round + -er + -s, presumably for the circuit that batters make around the field. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊ̯nd.ə(ɹ)z/ 1. A team sport played with bat and ball with one fielding side and one batting side. It is similar to softball and baseball. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable
Word: rounders Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊ̯nd.ə(ɹ)z/ 1. plural of rounder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tonne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tonne. Doublet of ton and tun. Pronunciation: /tʌn/, /tʊn/, /tɒn/, /tʌniː/ 1. A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Example: Although loads of up to 900 tonnes could be handled by one of these locomotives, in practice the load is limited to 790 tonnes by drawgear. Example: The metric ton or 'tonne' is accepted as a synonym for the megagramme, and this form Is to be preferred on the grounds of brevity and familiarity in the industry. It may be as well to use the pronunciation 'tunnie' until the risk of confusion with the old ton has passed.
Word: metric level Part of Speech: noun 1. The pulses in a metric structure.
Word: division level Part of Speech: noun 1. A metric level faster than the beat level of a piece of music.
Word: multiple level Part of Speech: noun 1. A metric level with pulses slower than the beat level.
Word: intrametric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English metric English intrametric From intra- + metric. 1. Confirming the pulses on (i.e. pattern of) the metric level. Labels: not-comparable
Word: contrametric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrābor. English contra- English metric English contrametric From contra- + metric. 1. Not following the beat or meter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: extrametric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English metric English extrametric From extra- + metric. 1. Of a rhythm which is irregular, (which is) outside of the metric structure of the surrounding composition. Labels: not-comparable 2. Which is outside of the metre of a line or poem. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metric ton Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois. Labels: US Example: One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually. Example: Scientists and engineers are developing big machines to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but the technology sucks up a lot of energy and money as well — as much as $1,000 per metric ton of captured CO₂. A team led by chemists at the University of California, Berkeley, has created a yellow powder that might boost this field by absorbing CO₂ much more efficiently.
Word: syncopated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsinkə(ʊ)ˌpeɪtəd/ 1. of a word, shortened by syncope 2. of a rhythm, modified by syncopation Example: At one point, her spidery abstractions gave way to a series of abruptly syncopated hits, like a deranged allusion to the Thelonious Monk tune “Evidence.”
Word: syncopated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsinkə(ʊ)ˌpeɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of syncopate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: syncopation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's. Pronunciation: /ˌsɪŋ.kəˈpeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The quality of a rhythm being somehow unexpected, in that it deviates from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak beats in a meter. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pink-collar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pink + collar. By analogy with various constructions ending in the word collar, especially blue-collar, and from the traditional conception of pink as a feminine color (with blue its masculine counterpart), a conception perhaps magnified in this case by the sometime popularity of pink blouses among women in the service industry. Pronunciation: /pɪŋk ˈkɒlə/, /ˈpɪŋk ˌkɑlɚ/, /ˌkɒ-/ 1. Of or pertaining to employees in predominantly female service industries. Example: Black men have tended to congregate in laborers' jobs and certain service occupations, young workers in trade and such service enterprises as gas stations (to a lesser extent also in laborers' jobs), and women in the so-called "pink collar" occupations in trade, the services, and clerical work in all industrial sectors. Example: Good examples of employees under hidden stress are the nation's pink-collar workers. This group includes secretaries, clerks, data processors, telephone operators, and others.
Word: stochastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek στοχαστικός (stokhastikós), from στοχάζομαι (stokházomai, “aim at a target, guess”), from στόχος (stókhos, “an aim, a guess”). Pronunciation: /stəˈkæstɪk/, /ˈstoʊkæstɪk/, /ˈstoʊt͡ʃæstɪk/, /ˈstəʉkæstɪk/ 1. Random, randomly determined. Example: In the evening, while she bathed, waiting for him to enter the bathroom as she powdered her body, he crouched over the blueprints spread between the sofas in the lounge, calculating a stochastic analysis of the Pentagon car park. Example: Self-slaughter, as Hamlet always says, was certainly in the cards, unless one had been out here long enough to have contemplated the will of God, observed the stochastic whimsy of the day, learned when and when not to whisper “Insh'allah,” and understood how, as one perhaps might never have in England, to await, to depend upon, the ineluctable departure of what was most dear.
Word: futur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French futur. Doublet of future. 1. A fiancé. Labels: archaic Example: In the Memoirs of Madame d'Epinay, there is a capital story, how a betrothed girl was introduced to her futur without her knowledge, and how much time was granted her to learn to know and love him. Example: If you, gracious mistress, will trust yourself to Mariette, I stake my daughter's life on your safety. Her futur, Joseph Abramovitch, is ready to take you away, dressed as his sister.
Word: sesquipedalian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sesquipedal + -ian (adjective- and noun-forming suffix), root from Latin sēsquipedālis (literally “a foot and a half long”), from Latin sēsqui (“one and a half times”) + Latin pedālis (“measuring a foot, foot (relational)”) (an adjective from pēs (“foot”)). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪ.ən/ 1. A long word. Example: “The fine old fellow,” as a Northern contemporary of ours patronizingly calls him, certainly rolled out his sesquipedalians with a majesty previously unknown, and gave a fine organ-like swell to his full-blow periods; Example: Fleet-streetese, the so-called English written to sell by the Fleet-streeter (q.v.), or baser sort of journalist: a mixture of sesquipedalians and slang, of phrases worn threadbare and phrases sprung from the kennel; 2. A person who uses long words. Example: Word-watchers, verbivores, and sesquipedalians love a challenge. Example: ‘What sort of writer is the English professor looking for?’ / ‘He wants a sesquipedalian, of course.’
Word: sesquipedalian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sesquipedal + -ian (adjective- and noun-forming suffix), root from Latin sēsquipedālis (literally “a foot and a half long”), from Latin sēsqui (“one and a half times”) + Latin pedālis (“measuring a foot, foot (relational)”) (an adjective from pēs (“foot”)). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪ.ən/ 1. Long; polysyllabic. Example: The most common use of "antidisestablishmentarianism" is as an example of a sesquipedalian word. Example: He would use the simplest, plainest language, he said to himself over and over again; but it is not always easy to use simple, plain language,—by no means so easy as to mount on stilts, and to march along with sesquipedalian words, with pathos, spasms, and notes of interjection. 2. Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words. Example: Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said. Example: [I]ts main character, Henry (Mr. [Ewan] McGregor), is a successful, intellectual dramatist who seems quite capable of churning out fizzy, challenging works about brilliant but ambivalent revolutionaries, philosophers, etc. […] But this cleverer-than-thou creature gets his comeuppance in "The Real Thing," showing that a very human heart – just like those possessed by the less sesquipedalian – beats beneath his fancy words.
Word: pileus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pīleus, a form of pilleus (“a felt cap”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪliəs/ 1. The cap of a mushroom. Example: The stem is easily separable from the pileus at its junction, in this respect being similar to Amanita, Amanitopsis, Lepiota and others. Example: One must check the size and shape of the pileus as well as its color. Many weird and unexpected shapes are found in the mushroom kingdom. 2. The bell of a jellyfish. 3. A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud. Example: The most short-lived of all the accessory clouds, pileus is also the most beautiful. 4. A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece. Labels: Ancient-Rome, historical Example: Among the Romans the cap of felt was the emblem of liberty. When a slave obtained his freedom he had his head shaved, and wore instead of his hair an undyed pileus. 5. The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
Word: stipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French stipe, from Latin stīpes (“a stock, post, branch”). Pronunciation: /staɪp/ 1. The stem of a mushroom, kelp, etc. Example: Habitually, the phosphorescence is distributed in an unequal manner upon the stipe, and the same upon the gills. 2. The trunk of a tree. 3. The caudicle within the pollinarium of an orchid flower 4. The petiole of the frond of a fern or palm Example: The stipes or bare portion of the frond is, as a rule, about the same length as the leafy portion.
Word: stipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from stipendiary. Pronunciation: /staɪp/ 1. A stipendiary magistrate. Labels: historical, slang Example: The lay magistrates in many parts of the country were cautious about the infringement by stipendiaries on to their particular patch, not least being that the stipe would take the more interesting work and leave them the dross.
Word: binary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *dwiznos Latin bīnus, bīnī Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Late Latin bīnāriuslbor. Middle English binarie English binary Inherited from Middle English binarie. By surface analysis, bin- + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/, /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/, /ˈbaɪ.nɛɹ.i/ 1. Being in one of two mutually exclusive states. Example: Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science. Example: Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything. 2. Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states. Example: Near-synonym: Boolean 3. Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system. 4. Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts. Example: binary star Example: Two ingredients are combined in a binary poison. 5. Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2. Example: Division of reals is a binary operation. 6. Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code). Example: He downloaded the binary distribution for Linux, then burned it to DVD. 7. Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions. Labels: comparable Example: He has a very binary understanding of gender. Example: Yo… you've been staring at a computer screen way too long, homie. Life's not that binary. 8. Having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female. Example: To further unpack trans and gender-diverse embodiment, requires one to unpack the depth of the discourse as it relates to both binary and non-binary people (Hofman, 2012). It necessitates deeper engagement as to the politics of passing, not passing, societal assimilation and non-assimilation.
Word: binary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *dwiznos Latin bīnus, bīnī Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Late Latin bīnāriuslbor. Middle English binarie English binary Inherited from Middle English binarie. By surface analysis, bin- + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/, /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/, /ˈbaɪ.nɛɹ.i/ 1. A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The correlation between warmth and cold is an internal one where the existence of one depends on and is defined by the other. Hence, the yin-yang binary as a correlative binary of light-shade or warmth-cold [...] Example: The “in” versus “out” of this sociological model certainly carries to the admittedly simplistic binary of “good” versus “bad” of stereotypes in fictional works and the scholarly approaches to them. 2. The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1. Labels: uncountable Example: As our initial exposure to the base 10 number system consisted of learning how to count, it also makes sense that we might begin by learning how to count in binary. 3. Ellipsis of binary file. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Now that you have a high-level idea of what binaries look like and how they work, you're ready to dive into a real binary format. 4. Ellipsis of binary asteroid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 5. Ellipsis of binary planet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 6. Ellipsis of binary star. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: As discussed in Section 5.1, the study of the properties of planets in binaries and the search for differences between the characteristics of these objects and those of planets orbiting single stars, is crucial to the understanding of the role of binarity in planet formation and evolution. 7. Ellipsis of binary option. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: 411 Part of Speech: name Etymology: Based on the telephone number used in North America to obtain telephone numbers of listed subscribers. 1. The telephonic information service. Labels: Canada, US
Word: 411 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Based on the telephone number used in North America to obtain telephone numbers of listed subscribers. 1. The latest scoop, information or news. Labels: slang Example: Guess what! I have the 411 on Nick and Judy's breakup. Example: She was the 411 person in the family, she can be reached at any hour and any day and give you the information needed.
Word: so far Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Compound of so + far. Compare Dutch zo ver. 1. Until now; previously; yet. Labels: idiomatic Example: So far, nothing unusual has happened. Example: ―How are your driving lessons? ―So far, pretty good. 2. A limited distance, literal or metaphorical. Labels: idiomatic Example: Don’t expect a long walk. You can only go so far in that direction. Example: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
Word: kilo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from French kilo-, irregularly derived from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “one thousand”). The etymologically "correct" form would be chili- or chilo-, resulting in forms such as chiliasme (“chiliasm”) or chilopode (“centipede”); but the French, when creating the prefix, had to avoid a possible (standard) pronunciation of chi as /ʃi/, too close to the vulgar verb chier (“to shit”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɪl.ə-/, /ˌkəl.ə-/ 1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by a thousand (1000). Labels: morpheme 2. Synonym of kibi- (“multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ = 1024”). Labels: morpheme, proscribed
Word: mega- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with Latin magnus, Sanskrit मह (maha, “great, massive, large-scale, epic”), and with Germanic words: Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils), Old English micel, Middle English muchel, English much, Old High German mihhil, Old Norse mikill, Danish meget. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡə/, /ˈmeɪɡə/ 1. Very large, great. Labels: morpheme 2. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (10⁶). Labels: morpheme Example: Near-synonyms: million, M 3. Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2²⁰ (= 1,048,576, the binary number closest to a million). Computing symbol: Mi. Labels: morpheme 4. Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ × 10³ (= 1,024,000, the binary round number closest to a million). Labels: morpheme 5. Really, very, uber-, super-. Labels: augmentative, morpheme, slang Example: What?! I'm not sure if I scream that out loud or if my inner voice bounces off the insides of my skull. Why is Archie once again meandering over to Team Nadine? Sounds like I'm not the only one who's mega-confused.
Word: anthropomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)der. English anthropo- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -morphic English anthropomorphic From anthropo- + -morphic. Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəʊpəʊˈmɔːfɪk/, /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Having the form of a human. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having ascribes, attributes or characteristics of a human being. Labels: not-comparable Example: The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.
Word: anthropomorphic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)der. English anthropo- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -morphic English anthropomorphic From anthropo- + -morphic. Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəʊpəʊˈmɔːfɪk/, /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. An anthropomorphized animal. Labels: dated, slang
Word: meg- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of mega- used before a vowel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Example: megohm
Word: hect- Part of Speech: prefix 1. Form of hecto-—meaning 100—used before a vowel. Labels: form-of, morpheme
Word: Arminian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch arminiaan. Equivalent to Arminius + -an. 1. A person who follows the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius that people are able to choose to resist or accept divine grace and therefore faith and salvation through free will.
Word: Arminian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch arminiaan. Equivalent to Arminius + -an. 1. Of or relating to the soteriological doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius.
Word: elastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic From French élastique, from New Latin elasticus (“elastic”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαστός (elastós), alternative form of ἐλατός (elatós, “ductile”) (cf. ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “a driver, hurler”)), from ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive, set in motion, push, strike, beat out”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlæstɪk/, /ə-/, /i-/, /ɪˈlɑːstɪk/ 1. Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released. Example: The rope is somewhat elastic, so expect it to give when you pull on it. Example: In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in. 2. Made of elastic. Example: elastic band 3. Of clothing, elasticated. 4. Sensitive to changes in price. Example: Demand for entertainment is more elastic than demand for energy. 5. springy; bouncy; vivacious Example: He could see that she was tastefully, though not richly, dressed, and that she walked with an elastic step that revealed a light heart and the vigor of perfect health. Her face, of course, he could not analyze, since he had caught only the one brief but convincing glimpse of it. 6. Pervasive, all-encompassing. Example: It was now about six o'clock, and that first freshness was on the air, which is to the day what youth is to life,—so light, so elastic, so sweet, and so brief:... 7. Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials. Example: elastic spirits; an elastic constitution
Word: elastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic From French élastique, from New Latin elasticus (“elastic”), from Ancient Greek ἐλαστός (elastós), alternative form of ἐλατός (elatós, “ductile”) (cf. ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “a driver, hurler”)), from ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive, set in motion, push, strike, beat out”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlæstɪk/, /ə-/, /i-/, /ɪˈlɑːstɪk/ 1. An elastic material used in clothing, particularly in waistbands and cuffs. Labels: uncountable Example: running shorts use elastic to eliminate the need for a belt 2. An elastic band. Labels: Canada, countable 3. Specifically, a hair tie. Labels: Northeastern, US, countable, uncountable
Word: urinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), equivalent to urine + -ate. Compare French uriner. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/, /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/ 1. To pass urine from the body. Labels: intransitive Example: Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her. Example: Boys on their campsite should avoid urinating within 200 feet of the lake.
Word: tee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː/ 1. The name of the Latin script letter T/t. Example: The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch. Example: They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees. 2. Something shaped like the letter T. Example: angles and tees 3. Ellipsis of tee-shirt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Example: Brendan pulled a black tee over his head. 4. The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
Word: tee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * From Middle English, from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː/ 1. To redirect output to multiple destinations. Example: […] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]
Word: tee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː/ 1. A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole. 2. A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit. Example: Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final. 3. The target area of a curling rink. 4. The mark at which players aim in quoits.
Word: tee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the 17th century as teaz, back-formation from obsolete Scots teaz, later reanalyzed as a plural. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː/ 1. To place a ball on a tee Example: If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.
Word: tee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English teen, from Old English tēon (which was contracted from earlier tēohan, from Proto-West Germanic *teuhan. Pronunciation: /ˈtiː/ 1. To teach, educate, train, bring up. Labels: obsolete
Word: tee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Burmese ထီး (hti:, “umbrella”). Pronunciation: /ˈtiː/ 1. A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.