nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: clamor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded in English since c. 1385, as Middle English clamour, from Old French clamor (modern clameur), from Latin clāmor (“a shout, cry”), from clāmō (“cry out, complain”). The verb sense "to silence" may have a distinct (unknown) etymology. Pronunciation: /ˈklæm.ɚ/, /ˈkleə̯m.ɚ/, /ˈklɛə̯m.ɚ/, /ˈklæm.ə/ 1. To cry out or demand. Labels: US, intransitive Example: Anyone who tastes our food seems to clamor for more. Example: All the universities are sending in long petitions to restrict their production. Otherwise, they say, mankind will become extinct through lack of fertility. But the R. U. R. shareholders, of course, won't hear of it. All the governments, on the other hand, are clamoring for an increase in production, to raise the standards of their armies. And all the manufacturers in the world are ordering Robots like mad. 2. To demand by outcry. Labels: US, transitive Example: Thousands of demonstrators clamoring the government's resignation were literally deafening, yet their cries fell in deaf ears Example: The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration. 3. To become noisy insistently. Labels: US, intransitive Example: After a confused murmur the audience soon clamored 4. To influence by outcry. Labels: US, transitive Example: His many supporters successfully clamor his election without a formal vote 5. To silence. Labels: US, obsolete, transitive
Word: clang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1570, of imitative origin. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from German klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it). Pronunciation: /ˈklæŋ/, [ˈkʰlæŋ], /ˈkleɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈkʰleɪ̯ŋ], /ˈklɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other; usually, one considered more jarring than melodious. Example: Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer Came down upon her head Clang, clang, Maxwell's silver hammer Made sure that she was dead 2. Quality of tone. 3. The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose. 4. A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders. Example: For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […] 5. Alternative form of klang. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1570, of imitative origin. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from German klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it). Pronunciation: /ˈklæŋ/, [ˈkʰlæŋ], /ˈkleɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈkʰleɪ̯ŋ], /ˈklɛ̃ŋ/ 1. To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang. Labels: transitive Example: Around, the first Curetes (order solemn / To thy foreknowing mother!) trod tumultuous / Their mystic dance, and clanged their sounding arms; [...] Example: A dented metal punching bag waiting to be clanged; a solitary object in the rhino's cage. 2. To give out a clang; to resound. Labels: intransitive Example: Middlesbrough will wonder whether it might have been different if the volley that Jelle Vossen slashed towards John Ruddy’s net after nine minutes had been a couple inches lower rather than clanging off the crossbar. They should not dwell on that moment too long, however. Example: A cell door clanged metallically and Wentworth was flung inside. He tripped, collapsed upon the concrete floor. 3. To utter a word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
Word: clang Part of Speech: intj Etymology: 1570, of imitative origin. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from German klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere (“to resound”) (which probably influenced it). Pronunciation: /ˈklæŋ/, [ˈkʰlæŋ], /ˈkleɪ̯ŋ/, [ˈkʰleɪ̯ŋ], /ˈklɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Imitative of a loud metallic ringing sound. 2. Said after someone has name-dropped (mentioned a famous person with whom they are acquainted). Labels: humorous
Word: clarification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French clarification, from Latin clārificātiō. Pronunciation: /ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌklɛɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /ˌklæɹɪfɪˈkæɪʃən/ 1. The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The clarification of wine. 2. The act of freeing from obscurities; disambiguation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your ideas deserve clarification. 3. An explanatory comment on, or question about, a point of obscurity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let me make just one clarification: did he kiss her, or did she kiss him? 4. A small piece of writing supplemental to a previously published text, intended to disambiguate, explain away obscurities, but not contradict or emend the text (as would a correction). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Clarity, transparency, mutual understanding; to be clear. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So, just for clarification, you're saying your Chihuahua ate your homework?
Word: classification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classislbor. French classe Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficōder. French -ifier French classifier Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French classificationbor. English classification Borrowed from French classification. Pronunciation: /ˌklæsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: categorization, classifying, categorizing, typing, sorting Example: On those remote pages it is written that animals are divided into (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) suckling pigs, (e) mermaids, (f) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they were mad, (j) innumerable ones, (k) those drawn with a verfy fine camel's hair brush, (l) others, (m) those that have just broken a flower vase, (n) those that resemble flies from a distance.
Word: cleat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat (“block, wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaut, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and German Kloß (“clump”). See also clay and clout. Pronunciation: /kliːt/ 1. A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc. Example: [...] the people of that island erected lofty spars along the seacoast, to which the look-outs ascended by means of nailed cleats, something as fowls go upstairs in a hen-house. Example: I had learned that cattle willingly walk down a ramp that has cleats to provide secure, nonslip footing. 2. A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components. 3. A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release. 4. A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction. Example: Near-synonym: calk 5. An athletic shoe equipped with cleats. Example: He needs to put on five pieces of gear: his helmet, left glove, right glove, left cleat, and right cleat. Example: Italy, which lifted the trophy for the fourth time in Berlin two decades ago, has been spiraling downward ever since. The Azzurri didn’t survive their group in 2010 and 2014 and haven’t qualified since. This time the Norwegians, known more for their skill on skis than in cleats, beat them twice in group play by a combined 7-1. Then the Italians lost the playoff to Bosnia-Herzegovina on penalty kicks. Even with a swollen field, just getting here is an accomplishment.
Word: cleat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat (“block, wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaut, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and German Kloß (“clump”). See also clay and clout. Pronunciation: /kliːt/ 1. To strengthen with a cleat. Example: An inner floor over the whole area of the deck provides a space for all the cable and pipe runs. On one side the cables are cleated into a duct which is sealed against the ingress of water and oil; the pipe lines run underneath the opposite side floor. 2. To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.
Word: classical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical or classic + -al or class + -ic + -al Pronunciation: /ˈklæs.ɪ.k(ə)l/, [ˈklæs.ɪ.kɫ̩], /ˈklɛs.ɪ.kəl/, [ˈklɛs.ɪ.kɫ̩] 1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art. Example: ... Mr. Greaves, who may be juſtly reckoned a Claſſical Author on this Subject. 2. Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline. Example: Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get; what you get is classical alpha-taxonomy which is, very largely and for sound reasons, in disrepute today. 3. Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. 4. Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra. Labels: informal 5. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds. Example: He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college. 6. Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics. Example: a classical scholar Example: But she’s not just classy; she’s classical: so deeply versed in tap tradition and technique that she has the whole of it at her command and never has to worry. 7. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined Example: classical dance Example: 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume 1, page 151. Classical, provincial, and national synods. 8. Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian.
Word: classical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical or classic + -al or class + -ic + -al Pronunciation: /ˈklæs.ɪ.k(ə)l/, [ˈklæs.ɪ.kɫ̩], /ˈklɛs.ɪ.kəl/, [ˈklɛs.ɪ.kɫ̩] 1. One that is classical in some way; for example, a classical economist. Labels: countable Example: Similarly, the new classicals never claimed to be Austrians, nor did they ever make the attempt to meet Austrian objections. Therefore, we cannot fault them for not using this methodology. Nevertheless, new classicals constantly preach […] 2. Ellipsis of classical music. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 3. Ellipsis of classical chess. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: When I want to have fun I play blitz. When I want to go deeper and work on improving my game, I play classical and I try to do it in tournament settings. Example: In early September, Niemann scored an extraordinary win against Carlsen during an in-person tournament in St. Louis, Missouri. Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated player since 2011, lost with the white pieces in the classical time format, a rare occurrence for the chess juggernaut.
Word: colossus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “large statue, especially the colossus of Rhodes”), from an unknown Pre-Greek etymon (and erroneously associated with κολοφών). Pronunciation: /kəˈlɒs.əs/, /kəˈlɑ.səs/, /kəˈlɔs.əs/, [kəˈlɔ̟s.əs] 1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 2. Any creature or thing of gigantic size. Labels: broadly Example: ["]The Empire has always been a realm of colossal resources. […] Why, they don't even understand their own colossi any longer. The machines work from generation to generation automatically, and the caretakers are a hereditary caste who would be helpless if a single D-tube in all that vast structure burnt out.["] Example: What I love about the colossi is that they actually feel colossal : they move ponderously around, sending out tremours with each step; their ancient husks richly detailed with dirt and plant life. 3. Somebody or something very greatly admired and respected. Labels: figuratively Example: The truth is that [Isaac] Newton was very much a product of his time. The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, [John Maynard] Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts. Instead “he was the last of the magicians”.
Word: commemoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1384, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English commemoracioun, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemorātiō. By surface analysis, commemorate + -ion Pronunciation: /kəˌmɛməˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: commemoration ceremony Example: in commemoration of 2. That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: commendation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English commendacioun, from Old French commendacion (“approval, praise”), from Latin commendatio (“recommendation, commendation”), from commendare. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmənˈdeɪʃən/, /ˌkɑmənˈdeɪʃən/, /ˌkɔmənˈdæɪʃən/, /ˌkɔ̟mənˈdæɪʃən/ 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: letter of commendation Example: official commendation 2. That which is the ground of approbation or praise. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An award or recognition for performance; a medal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The officer received a commendation for bravery.
Word: commensuration Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: commiseration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French commisération. 1. The act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But her assertion soon proved its truth. That very evening I met both the Duc de Joyeuse and Mademoiselle Guerchy;—a slight embarrassment on his part, a little air of triumphant impertinence on hers, and an affected but insolent commiseration from Mademoiselle de Guise, told the whole. Example: The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
Word: communication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English comunicacioun, communicacion (“discussion, association”), from Old French communicacion, from Latin commūnicātiōnem, accusative singular of commūnicātiō (“imparting, communicating”), from commūnicō (“to share, to impart”). Morphologically communicate + -ion. Pronunciation: /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /kəˌmju.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /kəˌmjʉː.nɪˈkæɪ.ʃən/, /kəˌmjʉː.nəˈkæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: communication of smallpox Example: communication of a secret 2. The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities. Labels: uncountable Example: Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof. Example: The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data. 3. A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications. 4. The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff. 5. An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email. Example: Argument […] and friendly communication. 6. A passageway or opening between two locations; connection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber. Example: The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe. 7. A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava. 8. Association; company. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Evil communications corrupt good manners. 9. Participation in Holy Communion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We admit them in the Church to a right of Communication to drink of the Cup of the Bloud of Christ. 10. A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you". Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Communication[…]takes place when a speaker or writer assumes his hearer or reader as a partner in his sentiments and discourse, saying We, instead of I or Ye.
Word: commutation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French commutation, from Latin commūtātiōnem, accusative singular of commūtātiō. Pronunciation: /kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/ 1. Substitution of one thing for another; interchange. Labels: archaic, countable, formal, uncountable 2. Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Professor Postan has argued in favour of a rapid move towards commutation in the twelfth century which slackened or even went into reverse in the course of the thirteenth. 3. The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Monsieur the Marquis de Sade [was] now holed up in one of his châteaux while his wife worked for the commutation of a sentence passed on him recently for poisoning and buggery. 4. Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The reversal of an electric current. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 7. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: commutation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree ▲ English commutation English ticket English commutation ticket English commute Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English commutation From commute + -ation. Pronunciation: /kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/ 1. The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting. Labels: US, countable, nonstandard, uncountable Example: but there was no city officer to stand forth and ask for it — not even so much as to require frequent trains, low fares, and commutations on that part of the road which ran within the city limits. Example: These permit the limited number willing to abandon their automobiles for long hikes to visit some of the most rugged terrain in Southern California. Major resort centers with substantial year-around residence (and much commutation) occur in the western Santa Monica Mountains, the San Bernardino Mountains, and around Idyllwild in the San Jacinto.
Word: compensation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɒm.pɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑm.pɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɔm.penˈsæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act or principle of compensating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Human labor, through all its forms, from the sharpening of a stake to the construction of a city or an epic, is one immense illustration of the perfect compensation of the universe. 2. Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners. Example: No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them. 3. The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A recompense or reward for service. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: compete Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French competer, from Latin competere (“to coincide, to be equal to, to be capable of”), from com- (“with”) + petō (“to seek; to aim for, strive for”). Compare Latin competītor (“competitor”). Pronunciation: /kəmˈpiːt/, /kəmˈpiʈ/, /ˈkɔmpiʈ/ 1. To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend. Example: Negga, who was born in Ethiopia but grew up in Limerick, already has a clutch of Best Actress nominations under her belt for Loving but this is the most high profile to date. She's won rave reviews for her performance since the movie's premiere at Cannes in May, where it competed for the Palme d'Or. Example: "No. But one, or both of those men, may prove to be worse. That second man was Addison Berg, and he's agent for a firm of submarine boat builders who are rivals of dad's. Berg has been trying to find out why we abandoned our intention of competing for the Government prize." 2. To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph. Example: Now, when it comes to meeting the larger challenges we face as a nation, I realize that finding this unity is easier said than done – especially in Washington. But if we want to compete on the world stage as well as we’ve competed in the world’s games, we need to find common ground. 3. To take part in a contest, game or similar event. 4. To strive to achieve or obtain something which another also strives for, whether knowingly or unknowingly.
Word: compilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: English compile + -ation, from Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒm.pɪˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑm.pɪˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources. Labels: uncountable Example: The scope of this computor will not necessarily be restricted to paybill compilation; its application to other work is being studied, and all possible use will be made of its capabilities. 2. That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents. Labels: countable Example: Susie made Jasmine a compilation CD of some of the best songs they'd heard at the festival. 3. Translation of source code into object code by a compiler. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: completely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English complete Middle English -ly English -ly English completely From complete + -ly. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpliːtli/ 1. In a complete manner; thoroughly. Example: Please completely fill in the box for your answer, using a number “2” pencil. Example: I will have completely finished my degree by next July, when my thesis has been properly edited. 2. To the fullest extent or degree; totally. Example: He is completely mad. Example: I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.
Word: complexity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From complex + -ity. Partially displaced native English manifoldness. Pronunciation: /kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/ 1. The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement. Labels: uncountable 2. That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication. Labels: countable Example: The battle was like the grinding of an immense and terrible machine to him. Its complexities and powers, its grim processes, fascinated him.
Word: compliant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English comply Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English compliant From comply + -ant. Pronunciation: /kəmˈplʌɪənt/, /kəmˈplaɪənt/ 1. Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants. Example: The suspect was compliant when arrested. Example: Tendon is compliant compared to bone. 2. Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws. Example: The browser is standards-compliant. Example: The workplace is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. 3. Deforming under pressure; yielding.
Word: comply Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Italian complire, Catalan complir (“to complete, fulfil; to carry out”), Spanish cumplir (“to complete, fulfil”), (alternatively from Old French compli), from Latin complēre, from compleō (“to finish, complete; to fulfil”), from com- (prefix indicating completeness of an act) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, near; by, with”)) + pleō (“to fill; to fulfil”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The word is very close to the French verb complaire which means to satisfy or to please. The word is also cognate with Old French complir (“to accomplish, complete; to do”) (modern French accomplir (“to accomplish, achieve”)). Compare complete, compliment. Pronunciation: /kəmˈplaɪ/, /kəmˈplɑe/, [kəmˈplɑe̯] 1. To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform. Example: comply with rules Example: comply fully 2. To accomplish, to fulfil. Labels: archaic Example: Gentle Abrahen, I / am griev'd my power cannot comply my promiſe: / my Father's ſo averſe from granting my / requeſt concerning thee, that with angrie frowns / he did expreſs rather a paſſionate rage, / then a refuſall civil, or accuſtom'd / to his indulgent diſpoſition. 3. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. Labels: archaic Example: [Y]our hands come then, th’appurtenance of welcome is faſhion and ceremonie; let mee comply with you in this garb, let me^([sic – meaning lest my]) extent to the players, which I tell you muſt ſhowe fairely outwards, ſhould more appeare like entertainment than yours: […] 4. To enfold; to embrace. Labels: archaic Example: And then a rug of carded wooll, / Which, spunge-like, drinking in the dull / Light of the moon, seem'd to comply, / Cloud-like, the daintie deitie.
Word: comprise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English comprisen, from Old French compris, past participle of comprendre, from Latin comprehendere, contr. comprendere, past participle comprehensus (“to comprehend”); see comprehend. Compare apprise, reprise, surprise. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɹaɪz/ 1. To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: subsume, contain, include, embrace, comprehend Example: The whole comprises the parts. 2. To compose; to constitute. Labels: passive, proscribed, sometimes, usually Example: Near-synonym: make up Example: The whole is comprised of the parts. 3. To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention. Example: (close-ended)
Word: compulsory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus. Displaced native Old English ġenīedelīċ. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/ 1. Required; obligatory; mandatory. Example: The ten-dollar fee was compulsory. Example: They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries. 2. Having the power of compulsion; constraining. Example: Such compulsory measures are limited. Example: There will be financial and other incentives to encourage voluntary recruitment, but if that fails to find the numbers a compulsory nationwide call-up will be reconsidered.
Word: compulsory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus. Displaced native Old English ġenīedelīċ. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/ 1. Something that is compulsory or required. Example: Delobel and Schoenfelder failed to win the free dance, but they had built a big lead in the compulsories and the original dance.
Word: computation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English computacioun, from Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute. Morphologically compute + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/, /ˌkɑmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/, /ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃən/, /ˌkɔmpjʊˈtæɪʃən/, /ˌkɒmpjʊˈtæɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As there are some naturally deficient in the power of computation, others in an ear for harmony, so Francis Evelyn was utterly devoid of truth—he neither understood its moral beauty nor its actual utility. 2. The result of computation; the amount computed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: concatenation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin catēnō Latin concatēnō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin concatēnātiōbor. English concatenation Borrowed from Latin concatenātiō. Related to chain. Pronunciation: /kɑnˌkæt.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /kənˌkæt.əˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1. A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. Labels: countable Example: Try and penetrate with our limited means of the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. 2. The application of these series of links. Labels: uncountable Example: We also discuss the faults to which the intermediate systems that execute these concatenation tasks are liable; the consequences of such faults include end-to-end PDUs being misforwarded, proliferating without limit, or simply disappearing into “black holes.” 3. The operation of joining multiple character strings. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A character string formed by joining multiple character strings. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: concede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Old French conceder, from Latin concēdō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cēdō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”). Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːd/, /kənˈsid/, [kənˈsɪid] 1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant Example: I have to concede the argument. Example: He conceded the race once it was clear he could not win. 2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of. 3. To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge Example: Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal stultifications, and the trooper continued to say nothing till he had taken a swig at his almost neat whisky. It fulfilled its function of humanizing him on the spot, though he refused to concede his astuteness to a mere gulp of liquor. Example: On the other hand, she concedes that she has been able (in however limited a fashion) to take agentive actions to facilitate others’ socialization into and through Mandarin through programmatic activities she has contributed to. Thus, agency does not necessarily result in one’s own (sinophone or other) learning goals but may mediate others’ socialization, even when the facilitating or socializing agent is not herself an expert in the Chinese language. 4. To yield or make concession. 5. To have a goal or point scored against Example: I don't know how they conceded that goal; their defense was so solid. Example: The visitors arrived at the Reebok Stadium boasting an impressive record of winning their last eight Premier League games there without conceding a goal. 6. (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.
Word: concentrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: (early 17th century) From a Romance language, see French concentrer, Italian concentràre, Spanish concentrar; alternatively from Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare also earlier concentre and German konzentrieren. By surface analysis, con- + center (centr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt/, /ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/ 1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force. Labels: ergative Example: to concentrate rays of light into a focus Example: to concentrate the attention 2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense. Example: to concentrate acid by evaporation Example: to concentrate by washing 3. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate. Example: Population tends to concentrate in cities. Example: Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands. 4. To focus one's thought or attention (on). Labels: intransitive Example: (oneself) Example: Let me concentrate!
Word: concentrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrātus, perfect passive participle of concentrō (“concentate”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. 1. concentrated Example: It is, when good, a concentrate yellow. Example: Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.
Word: concentrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective. See also -ate (noun-forming suffix). Compare French concentré and German Konzentrat. 1. A substance that is in a condensed form. Example: orange concentrate
Word: concentration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin concentrātiō (“(1550) action or an act of coming together at a single place; (1659) extraction or separation of one or more of the metals present in an alloy”). Compare French concentration, Spanish concentración, Italian concentrazione (last quarter of 16th century). Equivalent to concentrate + -ion. By surface analysis, con- + centre + -ate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The Koreans Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou. 2. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university. Labels: uncountable, usually 6. The proportion of a substance in a whole. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The Koreans Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou. Example: Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer. 7. The proportion of a substance in a whole. Labels: physical, uncountable, usually 8. The matching game pelmanism. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: concert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concerto. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɜːt/, /kənˈsɝt/ 1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation. Labels: transitive Example: It was concerted to begin the siege in March. Example: On revealing his suspicions, her replies fully satisfy him on that head, and they concert between them how to watch the young wife, and to discover her secret. 2. To plan; to devise; to arrange. Labels: transitive Example: The month ends with a fine day; and I have been walking, and visiting Lewis, and concerting where to see Mr. Harley. I have no news to send you. Example: Furious in their Adverſity, tyrannical in their Succeſſes, a Commander had more trouble to concert his Defence before the People, than to plan the Operations of the Campaign. 3. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans. Labels: transitive Example: The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter with Talbot.
Word: concert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concerto. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɜːt/, /kənˈsɝt/, /ˈkɒnsət/, /ˈkɑnsɚt/ 1. An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action. Labels: uncountable Example: The dissimilarity in the ingredients which will compose the National Government, and in still more in the manner in which they will be brought into action in its various branches, must form a powerful obstacle to a concert of views, in any partial scheme of elections. Example: All we want is concert, to lay aside all party differences and unite with zeal and energy in repelling approaching dangers. Let there be concert of action, and we shall find ample means of security without resorting to secession or disunion. 2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord. Labels: uncountable 3. A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part. Labels: countable Example: I’m going to the rock concert on Friday. Example: I am going for the Travis Scott concert in November.
Word: condemnation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English condempnacioun, from Latin condemnātiō, condemnātiōnem. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒndɛmˈneɪʃən/, /ˌkɒndəmˈneɪʃən/, /ˌkɑndəmˈneɪʃən/ 1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers". 2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The state of being condemned. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The ground or reason of condemning. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: condensation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From condense + -ation, borrowed from Latin condēnsātiō, condēnsātiōnem. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.dɛnˈseɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being condensed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This is a masterly work of condensation, omitting nothing of importance and providing a most readable book that for a modest half-crown is incredibly good value. 3. The conversion of a gas to a liquid. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable 4. The conversion of a gas to a liquid. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: Condensation is a challenge that has to be carefully planned for in home-building, to avoid problems such as mould and structural damage. 5. The condensate so formed. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. when a single idea (an image, memory, or thought) or dream object stands for several associations and ideas. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A condensed work; an abridged version or compendium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: LGPIM has […] loaned the 45-minute condensation of Word is Out to over 16 medical schools. 9. For a given directed graph G, a directed acyclic graph with one vertex for each strongly connected component of G, and an edge connecting pairs of components that contain the two endpoints of at least one edge in G. Labels: countable
Word: confer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō. Compare Dutch confereren, German konferieren, Danish konferere, Swedish konferera. Doublet of collate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. Pronunciation: /kənˈfɜː/, /kənˈfɜɹ/, [kʰə̥ɱˈfɝ], /kənˈføː/, /kənˈfɛr/ 1. To grant as a possession; to bestow. Labels: transitive Example: The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister. Example: Nor shall I count in hainous to enjoy The public marks of honour and reward Conferr'd upon me[…] 2. To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. Labels: intransitive Example: They were in a huddle, conferring about something. Example: Local buttons popped when Henry Kissinger visited Little Rock last month to confer with Fulbright on the Middle East oil talks. 3. To compare. Labels: obsolete Example: The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations. Example: Confer thine estate with others […]. Be content and rest satisfied, for thou art well in respect to others […]. 4. To bring together; to collect, gather. Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To contribute; to conduce. Labels: obsolete Example: The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union.
Word: coniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin. By surface analysis, cone + -i- + -ferous (“bearing”), or conifer + -ous (“pertaining to”), as reflected in the meanings. Pronunciation: /kəˈnɪfəɹəs/ 1. Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. 2. Of, or pertaining to, a conifer. Example: During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.
Word: configuration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation. Pronunciation: /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/, /kənˌfɪɡ.jəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/, /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹæɪ̯.ʃən/, /kənˌfəɡ.əˈɹæɪ̯.ʃən/ 1. The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The engineers tested several configurations of the new device. Example: The mountain range has a unique configuration. 2. The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together; Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together; Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal. Labels: countable 5. A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point. Labels: countable 6. The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the needs of its users. Labels: countable Example: The software requires a specific configuration to run properly. 7. The process of customizing a computing environment in this way. Labels: uncountable
Word: confiscation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōnfiscātiō. By surface analysis, confiscate + -ion. 1. The act or process of confiscating. Labels: countable, uncountable