nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wireless Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wire Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English wireless From wire + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪə.ləs/, /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/ 1. The medium of radio communication. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Only about a hundred years ago, wireless was a new technology. Example: It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]” 2. A wireless connectivity to a computer network. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: If your wireless stops working, try restarting the router. 3. A radio set. Labels: UK, dated, uncountable, usually Example: Let's switch on the wireless and listen to the news. Example: I heard you on my wireless back in '52
Word: wireless Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English wire Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English wireless From wire + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪə.ləs/, /ˈwaɪ(jə)ɹ.ləs/ 1. To send (a message) by wireless or radio. Labels: dated, obsolete, transitive Example: At 3:30 A.M. a huge Zeppelin flew across the British battle line, wirelessing down to any Germans still to the westward the best way to get home. Example: Just outside Piraeus we circled low over a capsized fishing-boat, a grisly wreck in the crystal blue water, and wirelessed a description of it to the mainland.
Word: first Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first, foremost”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *furai, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”), from *per- (“before; first”), equivalent to fore + -est. Cognates Cognate with Scots first (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), vorst (“prince”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Limburgish Vürsch (“prince”), Luxembourgish viischt (“anterior; forward”), Vilamovian fiyśt, fjəšt, fjyśt, fjyšt (“prince”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål først (“first”), Faroese and Icelandic fyrstur (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst, først (“first”), Swedish först (“first”); also Latin prīnceps (“first, foremost; chief”), Greek παρ’ (par’), παρά (pará, “despite; less”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀫 (pa-ro, “from”), Albanian parë (“first; chief, main”), Latgalian pyrmais (“first”), Latvian pirmais (“first; foremost”), Lithuanian pirmas (“first; primary”), Bulgarian пъ́рви (pǎ́rvi), пръ́в (prǎ́v, “first”), Czech and Slovak prvý (“first”), Macedonian прв (prv), први (prvi, “first”), Polish piersy, pierwszy, pirszy (“first”), Russian пе́рвый (pérvyj, “first”), Serbo-Croatian пр̑вӣ, pȓvī (“first”), Slovene prvi (“first”), Armenian հարավ (harav, “south”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (paᵘruua, “before, first”), Tocharian A pärwat (“first”), Tocharian B parwe (“first”), Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “before”). Pronunciation: /fɜːst/, /feːst/, /fɛːst/, /fɔːst/, /fɪrst/ 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Labels: no-comparative Example: Hancock was first to arrive. Example: The first day of September 2013 was a Sunday. 2. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest. Labels: no-comparative Example: Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. Example: the first violinist 3. Of or belonging to a first family. Labels: no-comparative Example: First Cat; First Daughter; First Dog; First Son 4. Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering. Labels: no-comparative
Word: first Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first, foremost”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *furai, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”), from *per- (“before; first”), equivalent to fore + -est. Cognates Cognate with Scots first (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), vorst (“prince”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Limburgish Vürsch (“prince”), Luxembourgish viischt (“anterior; forward”), Vilamovian fiyśt, fjəšt, fjyśt, fjyšt (“prince”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål først (“first”), Faroese and Icelandic fyrstur (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst, først (“first”), Swedish först (“first”); also Latin prīnceps (“first, foremost; chief”), Greek παρ’ (par’), παρά (pará, “despite; less”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀫 (pa-ro, “from”), Albanian parë (“first; chief, main”), Latgalian pyrmais (“first”), Latvian pirmais (“first; foremost”), Lithuanian pirmas (“first; primary”), Bulgarian пъ́рви (pǎ́rvi), пръ́в (prǎ́v, “first”), Czech and Slovak prvý (“first”), Macedonian прв (prv), први (prvi, “first”), Polish piersy, pierwszy, pirszy (“first”), Russian пе́рвый (pérvyj, “first”), Serbo-Croatian пр̑вӣ, pȓvī (“first”), Slovene prvi (“first”), Armenian հարավ (harav, “south”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (paᵘruua, “before, first”), Tocharian A pärwat (“first”), Tocharian B parwe (“first”), Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “before”). Pronunciation: /fɜːst/, /feːst/, /fɛːst/, /fɔːst/, /fɪrst/ 1. Before anything else; firstly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook. Example: I plunged nose first into the water. 2. For the first time. Labels: not-comparable Example: I first witnessed a death when I was nine years old.
Word: first Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first, foremost”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *furai, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”), from *per- (“before; first”), equivalent to fore + -est. Cognates Cognate with Scots first (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), vorst (“prince”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Limburgish Vürsch (“prince”), Luxembourgish viischt (“anterior; forward”), Vilamovian fiyśt, fjəšt, fjyśt, fjyšt (“prince”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål først (“first”), Faroese and Icelandic fyrstur (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst, først (“first”), Swedish först (“first”); also Latin prīnceps (“first, foremost; chief”), Greek παρ’ (par’), παρά (pará, “despite; less”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀫 (pa-ro, “from”), Albanian parë (“first; chief, main”), Latgalian pyrmais (“first”), Latvian pirmais (“first; foremost”), Lithuanian pirmas (“first; primary”), Bulgarian пъ́рви (pǎ́rvi), пръ́в (prǎ́v, “first”), Czech and Slovak prvý (“first”), Macedonian прв (prv), први (prvi, “first”), Polish piersy, pierwszy, pirszy (“first”), Russian пе́рвый (pérvyj, “first”), Serbo-Croatian пр̑вӣ, pȓvī (“first”), Slovene prvi (“first”), Armenian հարավ (harav, “south”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (paᵘruua, “before, first”), Tocharian A pärwat (“first”), Tocharian B parwe (“first”), Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “before”). Pronunciation: /fɜːst/, /feːst/, /fɛːst/, /fɔːst/, /fɪrst/ 1. The person or thing in the first position. Labels: uncountable Example: He was the first to complete the course. Example: Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it. 2. The first gear of an engine. Labels: uncountable 3. Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence. Labels: countable Example: This is a first. For once he has nothing to say. Example: I remember other firsts: how I wussily asked her out the first time, and the first time I told her I loved her. 4. First base. Labels: countable Example: There was a close play at first. 5. A first-class honours degree. Labels: UK, colloquial, countable Example: [Stephen Hawking] […] would go to Cambridge, he said, if they gave him a first, and stay at Oxford if they gave him a second. He got a first. 6. A first-edition copy of some publication. Labels: colloquial, countable 7. A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1. Labels: countable, in-compounds, uncountable Example: one forty-first of the estate
Word: first Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English first, furst, ferst, fyrst, from Old English fyrest, from Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first, foremost”), superlative of Proto-Germanic *furai, *furi (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before”), from *per- (“before; first”), equivalent to fore + -est. Cognates Cognate with Scots first (“first”), Dutch voorste (“foremost, first”), vorst (“prince”), German Fürst (“chief, prince”, literally “first (born)”), Limburgish Vürsch (“prince”), Luxembourgish viischt (“anterior; forward”), Vilamovian fiyśt, fjəšt, fjyśt, fjyšt (“prince”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål først (“first”), Faroese and Icelandic fyrstur (“first”), Norwegian Nynorsk fyrst, først (“first”), Swedish först (“first”); also Latin prīnceps (“first, foremost; chief”), Greek παρ’ (par’), παρά (pará, “despite; less”), Mycenaean Greek 𐀞𐀫 (pa-ro, “from”), Albanian parë (“first; chief, main”), Latgalian pyrmais (“first”), Latvian pirmais (“first; foremost”), Lithuanian pirmas (“first; primary”), Bulgarian пъ́рви (pǎ́rvi), пръ́в (prǎ́v, “first”), Czech and Slovak prvý (“first”), Macedonian прв (prv), први (prvi, “first”), Polish piersy, pierwszy, pirszy (“first”), Russian пе́рвый (pérvyj, “first”), Serbo-Croatian пр̑вӣ, pȓvī (“first”), Slovene prvi (“first”), Armenian հարավ (harav, “south”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (paᵘruua, “before, first”), Tocharian A pärwat (“first”), Tocharian B parwe (“first”), Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “before”). Pronunciation: /fɜːst/, /feːst/, /fɛːst/, /fɔːst/, /fɪrst/ 1. To propose (a new motion) in a meeting, which must subsequently be seconded. Labels: rare, transitive Example: This motion has been firsted and seconded. I desire to third it. Example: Sure—er—well, the motion was firsted and seconded that we kick ’em out; […]
Word: first Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English first, furst, fyrst, from Old English fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *frestaz, *fristiz, *frestą (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also frist. Pronunciation: /fɜːst/, /feːst/, /fɛːst/, /fɔːst/, /fɪrst/ 1. Time; time granted; respite. Labels: obsolete
Word: CEPT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Conference of European Posts and Telegraphs. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GSM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Global System for Mobile communications. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The entire rail network has long operated its own masts, used for communicating with drivers. But they are largely GSM. That's 2G to us -yesterday's tech.
Word: GSM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gender or sexual minority (compare GSRM). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of grenache, Shiraz (Syrah), Mourvèdre, a kind of blended red wine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of general staff meeting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The dates for all GSMs in 2024 have now been added to the Events Calendar on this website. Example: To simplify tracking GSM deadlines for both members and staff, the deadlines for conductor applications/moderator nominations and for topic submissions will be combined into one single deadline.
Word: ETSI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of European Telecommunication Standards Institute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: digital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/ 1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger. Labels: not-comparable Example: digital palpation Example: digital examination 2. Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum. Labels: not-comparable Example: digital computer Example: digital clock 3. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual Example: Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.
Word: digital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/ 1. A digital option. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Digital equipment or technology. Labels: uncountable Example: He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera. 3. Ellipsis of digital watch. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Initially, traditional watchmakers could not see much future in digitals. 4. Ellipsis of digital art. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable 5. Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Beginning with the keyboard, direct attention to the grouping of the black digitals, and show that though at the outer edge of the keyboard the white digitals look as if they were all equally close neighbours, yet, […] 6. A finger. Labels: colloquial, countable, humorous, uncountable Example: […] turning round as he reached the door, he placed his digitals in close proximity to his proboscis, saying—“I guess there an't anything green about this child!' and left the Professor in utter astonishment […] Example: […] with grave complacency wiggles his digitals, and turns away with a scornful smile playing upon his countenance.
Word: SIM Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of simulation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of SIM card Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Acronym of social influence marketing. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 4. Acronym of Subscriber Identity Module. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Despite the ongoing health crisis, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered phone operators in the country to block SIM cards not linked to a national identity number (NIN), used to bundle together biometric records such as fingerprints and headshots. 5. Acronym of scanning ion microscope. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 6. Acronym of search of the index map. Labels: England, Wales, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 7. Initialism of security information management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PSTN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of public switched telephone network Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of packet-switched telephone network Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ISDN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of isosorbide dinitrate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of integrated services digital network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: radio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for radiotelegraphy. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.diˌəʊ/, /ˈɹeɪ.diˌoʊ/ 1. The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves. Labels: uncountable Example: send a message by radio 2. A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. Labels: countable Example: (of a song, person, etc.) to be on the radio Example: (of a song, etc.) to play on/be played on/get played on/come on the radio 3. A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound. Labels: broadly, countable 4. A device that can transmit radio signals. Labels: countable 5. The continuous broadcasting of sound via the Internet in the style of traditional radio. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: radio Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Short for radiotelegraphy. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.diˌəʊ/, /ˈɹeɪ.diˌoʊ/ 1. To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator). Labels: ambitransitive Example: I think the boat is sinking; we'd better radio for help. / I radioed him already. / Radio the coordinates this time. / OK. I radioed them the coordinates. 2. To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications. Labels: transitive Example: “Could you call them here? I'd like to talk to them. Or if they're out in the field, radio them in.” Example: When I told him that they weren't back yet, he asked if we could radio them back early […] Radioing them in was fine with me.
Word: IMEI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of International Mobile Equipment Identity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I pulled my precious emergency burner phone out of my backpack, because the Feds can track your SIM card and the IMEI number that identifies your phone.
Word: IMSI Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪmzi/ 1. Acronym of International Mobile Subscriber Identity. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: nanosecond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- English second English nanosecond From nano- + second. 1. An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns Example: Holonyms: microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Example: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond 2. An extremely short period of time; an instant. Labels: figuratively Example: I just know that the nanosecond I take my eyes off my phone, somebody's going to steal it.
Word: EAN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of European Article Numbering: a barcode symbology whose main variant, EAN-13, encodes thirteen digits, differing from UPC-A in that three of the digits in the left half are reversed so as to encode an additional digit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Acronym of enriched air nitrox. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: Asian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin āsiānus. By surface analysis, Asia + -an. The modern North American and Australasian usage, referring to East and Southeast Asians collectively, seems to be a shortened form of "Asian American", a term whose origins activists and academics trace back to 1968 and University of California, Berkeley (UCLA) students Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, who, inspired by the Black Power Movement and the protests against the Vietnam War, founded the "Asian American Political Alliance" as a way to unite Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino American students on campus. It replaced the term "Mongoloid", but still continued the racial grouping of "Mongoloid". The usage in Britain and some of its former colonies such as South Africa, Kenya and Uganda, stems from South Asians historically forming the bulk of immigrants from the continent of Asia to these places. In the rest of the Anglosphere, the word "Asian" is sometimes, albeit less frequently, used to refer to South Asians and Central Asians, but rarely (if ever) to Near Easterners. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪʒən/, /ˈeɪʃən/, /ˈæɪʒən/, /ˈæɪʃən/ 1. A person from the continent of Asia, or a descendant thereof - especially: Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US Example: Hate crimes and attacks on Asians have captured the local news and the national attention since 2020, producing a stream of content that showed innocent people being attacked and belittled in never-ending variations on the same violent theme. 2. A person from the continent of Asia, or a descendant thereof - especially: Labels: Kenya, South-Africa, UK, Uganda Example: We call upon you to be ready to take over from the non-citizens who are leaving the country. As you are aware, I, on Wednesday the 9th August, 1972, signed a Decree revoking with effect from that date, all entry permits and certificates of residence which had been granted to British citizens of Asian origin and the nationals of India, Pakistan and Bangla Desh. They were, however, permitted to stay in Uganda for a period of 90 days from that day [...] Example: It is not true that Asians were inadaptable in East Africa. Nearly all Indian men learned to speak English, and, by the second generation, both sexes had become fluently Anglophone, while continuing to use their native tongue (mostly Gujarati, Cutchi, Punjabi or Hindustani). Most Indians also learned the upland Swahili pidgin which is the trade language of East Africa; while few spoke the “correct” coastal Swahili, their fluency in “kitchen Swahili” was often superior to that of the Europeans. The more rural Indian shopkeepers did indeed become somewhat Africanized, while the urban Indian became more Anglicized. 3. A domestic cat of a breed similar to the Burmese.
Word: Asian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin āsiānus. By surface analysis, Asia + -an. The modern North American and Australasian usage, referring to East and Southeast Asians collectively, seems to be a shortened form of "Asian American", a term whose origins activists and academics trace back to 1968 and University of California, Berkeley (UCLA) students Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, who, inspired by the Black Power Movement and the protests against the Vietnam War, founded the "Asian American Political Alliance" as a way to unite Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino American students on campus. It replaced the term "Mongoloid", but still continued the racial grouping of "Mongoloid". The usage in Britain and some of its former colonies such as South Africa, Kenya and Uganda, stems from South Asians historically forming the bulk of immigrants from the continent of Asia to these places. In the rest of the Anglosphere, the word "Asian" is sometimes, albeit less frequently, used to refer to South Asians and Central Asians, but rarely (if ever) to Near Easterners. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪʒən/, /ˈeɪʃən/, /ˈæɪʒən/, /ˈæɪʃən/ 1. Of, relating to or from Asia. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are white, black, Asian and Chinese Britons, just as there are any number of different sorts of Americans. Example: And some Asian countries are tightening their immigration laws. Japan reinforced its strict stance in January when a court upheld the country’s ban against dual citizenship, rejecting a lawsuit filed by Japanese citizens living in Europe.
Word: barcode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of bar + code. First attested in 1963 for noun sense 1. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː.kəʊd/, /ˈbɑɹ.koʊd/ 1. Any set of machine-readable parallel bars or concentric circles, varying in width, spacing, or height, encoding information according to a symbology. 2. A portion of a gene that identifies a particular species. 3. An instance of self-harm, typically with multiple parallel cuts along a line, similar in form to a machine barcode. Labels: slang
Word: barcode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of bar + code. First attested in 1963 for noun sense 1. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑː.kəʊd/, /ˈbɑɹ.koʊd/ 1. To apply a barcode (machine-readable code) to. Labels: transitive
Word: UPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Unified Patent Court. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Universal Product Code. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UPC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Uganda People's Congress. Labels: Uganda, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ci Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 詞／词 (cí). 1. One of the Classical Chinese poetry forms Labels: uncountable
Word: um Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ʌm/ 1. Expression of hesitation, uncertainty or space filler in conversation. Example: Um, I don’t know. Example: Let’s see... um... how about this? 2. Dated spelling of mmm. Labels: US Example: "About the same, wherever you go," he agreed. "Um," I said. 3. An expression to forcefully call attention to something wrong. Example: Um, excuse me! 4. An expression of shocked disapproval used by a child who witnesses forbidden behavior. Labels: childish Example: While I was in her room, Sam walked by and said, “Um, I'm telling!” “You're telling what?” I asked. “You're reading Tori's journal,” she said. Example: Mair used to look after Laura. If anyone threatened to tease her, Mair would stand up straight, point her finger at the enemy and shout, 'Um! I'm telling on you!'
Word: um Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ʌm/ 1. To make the um sound to express uncertainty or hesitancy. Labels: intransitive Example: Meanwhile, in the popular mind umming was simply a bad habit, akin to spitting or picking one’s nose.
Word: um Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ʌm/ 1. An occurrence of the interjection "um". Example: Although Shakespeare refers to “hums and ha’s,” sifting through etiquette manuals and public-speaking guides turns up scant evidence of a prohibition against ums, ers and uhs, which are profuse in the first recording of Thomas Edison’s voice, in 1888. Mr. Erard, rather ingeniously, traces the prohibition on um and other speech flaws to the advent of radio in the early 1920s.
Word: um Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Variant form of -um. 1. An undifferentiated determiner or article; a miscellaneous linking word, or filler with nonspecific meaning; representation of broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans. Labels: dated, humorous, offensive, often, sometimes Example: Me be Injun. Him um Growling Bear. Him um heap big chief. Example: “me heap brave—me talk to um white man so[…] me good injun, like um white man, mebbe so, ugh!”
Word: consent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”) (whence con-). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛnt/, /kənˈsent/ 1. To express willingness, to give permission. Labels: intransitive Example: After reflecting a little bit, I've decided to consent to her practising the piano in the house. Example: My poverty, but not my will, consents. 2. To cause to sign a consent form. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: When the patient was consented to enter the study and registered, a telephone call was made to research assistant 3. To grant; to allow; to assent to. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, transitive Example: Interpreters […] will not consent it to be a true story. 4. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur. Labels: intransitive Example: And Saul was consenting unto his death. Example: Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.
Word: consent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree; to assent, consent”), itself from com- (“with”) + sentiō (“to feel”) (whence con-). Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛnt/, /kənˈsent/ 1. Voluntary agreement or permission. Labels: countable, intransitive, uncountable Example: All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe. 2. Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination. Labels: countable, intransitive, obsolete, uncountable Example: And they all with one consent began to make excuse. 3. Advice; counsel. Labels: countable, intransitive, obsolete, uncountable
Word: age of consent Part of Speech: noun 1. The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse, so that it is not a crime for someone else to have sex with the person. Example: In France the age of consent is 15 years of age.
Word: statutory rape Part of Speech: noun 1. An illegal act of sexual intercourse by an adult with a person under the legal age of consent for sex, or with another adult who is not able to consent because of intellectual disability. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Historically, statutory rape laws were enacted to protect the chastity and morality of young women. These statutes made it a crime for a man to have sexual intercourse with a young woman under a certain age (usually eighteen), even if the young woman consented to the act. (Today of, course, statuory rape provisions protect minors of both genders.)
Word: careful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English careful, from Old English carful; equivalent to care + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛɹfəl/, [ˈkɛɹfəɫ], [ˈkɛɹfɫ̩], /ˈkɛːfl̩/, [ˈkɛːfɫ̩] 1. Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. Example: He was a slow and careful driver. Example: Be very careful (while) trekking through the jungle. 2. Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous. Example: They made a careful search of the crime scene. Example: At the same time, we were cognisant that careful scholars should never solely rely on their own impressionistic observations, and, that our own impressions were inexact and not capable of being quantified. 3. Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad. Labels: obsolete 4. Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled. Labels: obsolete Example: Where through long watch, and late daies weary toile, / She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile.
Word: ROI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of return on investment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of region of interest, in digital images, microscopy: in 3-dim-specimen reconstructions by consecutive sectioning. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of region of interest. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of radius of influence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of release of information. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of route of administration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ROI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Republic of Ireland. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: incorporated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkɔːpəɹeɪtɪd/, /ɪŋˈkɔɹpəɹeɪtɪd/, [ɪŋˈkɔɹpəɹeɪɾɪd], /ɪŋˈkɔɹpɹeɪtɪd/, [ɪŋˈkɔɹpɹeɪɾɪd] 1. Being a type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: incorporated body Example: incorporated association
Word: incorporated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪŋˈkɔːpəɹeɪtɪd/, /ɪŋˈkɔɹpəɹeɪtɪd/, [ɪŋˈkɔɹpəɹeɪɾɪd], /ɪŋˈkɔɹpɹeɪtɪd/, [ɪŋˈkɔɹpɹeɪɾɪd] 1. simple past and past participle of incorporate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sole trader Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of enterprise or proprietorship which is owned by one person who is fully liable for the company's debts and fulfilment of contracts using their personal wealth unless incorporated.
Word: legal entity Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization such as a company or trust fund that the law treats as if it were a person, capable of entering into contracts and of being sued.
Word: mobile station Part of Speech: noun 1. All the user equipment (mobile phone, SIM card etc) and software needed for communication with a GSM network. 2. A radio transceiver installed in a vehicle.
Word: BSS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Business Support System (components used by Telecom Service Providers) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Bulgarian Split Squat Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Bernard-Soulier Syndrome Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Base Station Subsystem Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: base station subsystem Part of Speech: noun 1. that section of a GSM network which is responsible for transmitting radio signals to and receiving radio signals from a mobile phone
Word: network subsystem Part of Speech: noun 1. The central subsystem of a particular mobile phone operating company in a GSM network.
Word: FDMA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of frequency division multiple access. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: time Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus. Cognates * Scots tym, tyme (“time”) * Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”) * Danish time (“hour, lesson”) * Elfdalian taime (“hour”) * Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”) * Icelandic tími (“time, season”) * Norwegian time (“lesson, hour”) * Swedish timma, timme (“hour”). Pronunciation: /taɪm/, [tʰaɪ̯m], /tɑɪm/, [tʰɑe̯m], /təɪm/ 1. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something. Labels: transitive Example: I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block. 2. To choose when something commences or its duration. Labels: transitive Example: The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl. Example: The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m. 3. To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time. Labels: obsolete Example: With oar strokes timing to their song. 4. To pass time; to delay. Labels: obsolete 5. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. Example: Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke. Example: He was a thing of blood, whose every motion / Was timed with dying cries. 6. To measure, as in music or harmony.
Word: time Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus. Cognates * Scots tym, tyme (“time”) * Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”) * Danish time (“hour, lesson”) * Elfdalian taime (“hour”) * Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”) * Icelandic tími (“time, season”) * Norwegian time (“lesson, hour”) * Swedish timma, timme (“hour”). Pronunciation: /taɪm/, [tʰaɪ̯m], /tɑɪm/, [tʰɑe̯m], /təɪm/ 1. Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause. 2. The umpire's call in prizefights, etc. 3. A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served. Example: Time gentlemen please!
Word: RPE-LPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of regular pulse excited-linear predictive coder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FSK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of frequency-shift keying. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: shadowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shadow (verb) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; or forming present participles of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈʃædəʊɪŋ/, /ʃædoʊɪŋ/ 1. The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The situation where a person repeats speech immediately as they hear it (usually through earphones). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Secretly or discreetly tracking or following someone, keeping under surveillance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A faint representation; an adumbration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There are […] in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity. 5. The technique of copying ROM contents to RAM to allow for shorter access times. The ROM chip is then disabled while the initialized memory locations are switched in on the same block of addresses. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shadowing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From shadow (verb) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; or forming present participles of verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈʃædəʊɪŋ/, /ʃædoʊɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shadow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: PCS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of personal communication system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of permanent change of station. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of project control system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of postcholecystectomy syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: deceptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French déceptif, from Latin dēceptīvus, from dēcipiō (“to deceive”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɛp.tɪv/ 1. Likely or attempting to deceive. Example: deceptive practices Example: Appearances can be deceptive.
Word: CLL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of command line language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: YHA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Youth Hostels Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: shrink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”). The sense “psychologist, psychotherapist” is a clipping of head-shrinker. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹɪŋk/, [ˈʃʰɹʷɪŋk] 1. To cause to become smaller. Labels: transitive Example: The dryer shrank my sweater. Example: The bottom line is this: To shrink your gut, you need to start listening to it. 2. To become smaller; to contract. Labels: intransitive Example: This garment will shrink when wet. Example: I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room. 3. To cower or flinch. Labels: intransitive Example: Molly shrank away from the blows of the whip. 4. To draw back; to withdraw. Labels: transitive Example: The Libyc Hammon ſhrinks his horn, 5. To withdraw or retire, as from danger. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: What happier natures shrink at with affright, / The hard inhabitant contends is right. Example: They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task. 6. To move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust. Labels: intransitive
Word: shrink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”). The sense “psychologist, psychotherapist” is a clipping of head-shrinker. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹɪŋk/, [ˈʃʰɹʷɪŋk] 1. Shrinkage; contraction; recoil. Example: Yet almost with, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. 2. A psychiatrist or psychotherapist. Labels: derogatory, slang, sometimes Example: You need to see a shrink, you crazy fool. Example: My shrink said that he was an enabler, bad for me. 3. Loss of inventory, for example due to shoplifting or not selling items before their expiration date. Labels: uncountable Example: Assuming the retailer's shrink is average or below, and the owner is comfortable with the level of shrink, perhaps nothing more need be done except to maintain vigilance and to monitor the shrink for signs of emerging problems.
Word: thou Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English thou, tho, thogh, thoue, thouȝ, thow, thowe, tou, towe, thu, thue, thugh, tu, you (Northern England), ðhu, þeou, þeu, þou (the latter three early Southwest England), from Old English þū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū (“you (singular), thou”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you, thou”). cognates and usage evolution The English word is cognate with Saterland Frisian du (“thou”), West Frisian do (“thou”), dialectal Dutch du, dou, douw (“thou”), Limburgish doe (“thou”), Low German du (“thou”), dialectal German dau (“thou”), German du (“thou”), Danish du (“thou”), Swedish du (“thou”), Norwegian Nynorsk du (“thou”), Faroese tú (“thou”), Icelandic þú (“thou”), Gothic 𐌸𐌿 (þu, “thou”), Latin tu, Ancient Greek σύ (sú) (Doric Ancient Greek τύ (tú), Greek εσύ (esý)), Irish tú, Lithuanian tu, Old Church Slavonic тꙑ (ty), Welsh ti, Armenian դու (du), Albanian ti, Persian تو (to), Gujarati તું (tũ), Hindi तू (tū). The informality of thou and its replacement by ye in formal situations date only to the 14th century and come from French influence, since French (as many European languages, but not Old English) uses the second-person plural (vous) instead of the second-person singular (tu) as a mark of politeness or respect. Pronunciation: /ðaʊ/, /ðuː/ 1. Nominative singular of ye (“you”). Labels: archaic, dialectal, form-of, literary, nominative, singular Example: [...] Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall giue thee light. Example: Art thou in earnest about thy soul? and canst thou tell the Searcher of Hearts, Thou, O God, art the thing that I long for? Lord, Thou knowest all things, Thou knowest that I would love thee?
Word: thou Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English thouen, theu, thew, thou, thowe, thowen, thui, thuy (“to address (a person) with thou, particularly in a contemptuous or polite manner”), from the pronoun thou: see etymology 1 above. Pronunciation: /ðaʊ/ 1. To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity. Labels: transitive Example: Don’t thou them as thous thee! – a Yorkshire English admonition to overly familiar children Example: Avaunt, caitiff, dost thou thou me! / I am come of good kin, I tell thee! / My mother was a lady of the stews' blood born, / And (knight of the halter) my father ware an horn; / Therefore I take it in full great scorn, / That thou shouldest thus check me. 2. To use the word thou. Labels: intransitive Example: The hardcore role-players will wake up one day feeling, like a dead weight on their chest, the strain of endless texting in Renaissance Faire English—yet dutifully go on theeing and thouing all the same. Example: You want to hear the word of God, and be challenged to go out and change the world. Instead, you are, for the fifth Sunday in a row, mewling on about purple-headed mountains (which is a bit of an imaginative stretch, since you live in East Anglia) and "theeing" and "thouing" all over the place.
Word: thou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of thou(sandth). Pronunciation: /θaʊ/ 1. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch (25.4 µm). Example: We just wanted to take off a few thou, which we easily did with fine sandpaper. Example: But to continue, "At Horwich they had gone all scientific, and talked in 'thous.,' though apparently some of their work was to the nearest half-inch. […]."
Word: thou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of thou(sand). Pronunciation: /θaʊ/ 1. A thousand, especially a thousand of some currency (dollars, pounds sterling, etc.). Labels: slang Example: Whoa there, big spender — that'll cost you a few thou. Are you sure you can afford it? Example: Butch [Cassidy] gave him 3 thous in cash 1 thous for the lawyer another thous if the lawyer wins & 1 thous for Tom O'Day.
Word: thou Part of Speech: adv Etymology: See though. Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/ 1. Misspelling of though. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: thou Part of Speech: conj Etymology: See though. Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/ 1. Misspelling of though. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Andorra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan Andorra, probably of Paleo-Hispanic or Vasconic origin. Compare Ancient Greek Ἀνδοσῖνοι (Andosînoi), the name of a tribe in Hispania Tarraconensis near the Pyrenees mentioned by Polybius. Pronunciation: /ænˈdɔː.ɹə/, /ænˈdoɹ.ə/, [ænˈdo̞ɹ.ə] 1. A microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France. Official name: Principality of Andorra. Capital and largest city: Andorra la Vella.
Word: Afghanistan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂épo Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa Proto-Iranian *Hápa Bactrian *apāka- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Bactrian *-āna Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)der. Classical Persian افغان (afġān /afġân) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *os Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam Middle Persian -stʾn' Classical Persian ـستان (-istān /-estân) Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān)bor. English Afghanistan From Classical Persian اَفْغَانِسْتَان (afġānistān), from اَفْغَان (afġān, “Afghan”) + ـِسْتَان (-istān, “-istan: land of”), equivalent to Afghan + -istan. Pronunciation: /æfˈɡænɪˌstɑːn/, /æfˈɡænɪˌstæn/, /afˈɡanɪˌstɑːn/, /afˈɡanɪˌstan/, /æfˈɡænəˌstæn/ 1. A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia. Official name: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Capital and largest city: Kabul. Example: But Shahab ul dien Mahummud, brother to the Prince of Ghor, invaded the kingdom of Ghizni, which he conquered, and not ſatisfied with that, marched an army into Hindoſtan, overrunning Piſhawir, Afghaniſtan, Moultan and Sind. Example: This Timoor Shah is the ſon of the famous Ahmed Shah Abdalee, who was formerly in the ſervice of Nadir Shah, and upon the aſſaſſination of that monarch, ſeized the vaſl treaſures which had been depoſited in the Caſtle Herat, and carried them off into the mountains of Afghaniſtan, where his ſtandard was preſently joined by numbers of needy followers, and with this army he ſoon founded an independent kingdom to the eaſtward of Perſia.
Word: Antigua and Barbuda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Antigua + and + Barbuda. Pronunciation: /ænˌtiː.ɡə ən(d)bɑːˈb(j)uː.də/, /ænˌti.ɡ(w)ə ənd bɑɹˈbju.də/ 1. A country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda, and numerous other small islands. Largest city: St. John's.
Word: Albania Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Albānia, from Byzantine Greek Ἄλβανον (Álbanon) + Medieval Latin -ia. Pronunciation: /ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ə/, /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ə/, /ælˈbeɪn.jə/, /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ə/, /ɔlˈbeɪn.jə/ 1. A country in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. Example: However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]
Word: Albania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía). Pronunciation: /ælˈbeɪ.nɪ.ə/, /ælˈbeɪ.ni.ə/, /ælˈbeɪn.jə/, /ɔlˈbeɪ.ni.ə/, /ɔlˈbeɪn.jə/ 1. Caucasian Albania. Labels: historical Example: Albania (now Zuiria) lieth North and Eaſt betwixt Iberia and the ſea