nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin palleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin pallidus Old French palebor. Middle English pale English pale From Middle English pale, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), from palleō (“to be pale; to grow pale; to fade”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelito-, from *pelH- (“gray”). Doublet of pallid. Displaced native Old English blāc. Pronunciation: /peɪl/ 1. Paleness; pallor. Labels: obsolete Example: The boare (quoth ſhe) whereat a ſuddain pale, / Like lawne being ſpred vpon the bluſhing roſe, / Vſurpes her cheeke, ſhe trembles at his tale, / And on his neck her yoaking armes ſhe throwes.
Word: pale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pale, pal, borrowed from Old French pal, from Latin pālus (“stake, prop”). English inherited the word pole (or, rather Old English pāl) from a much older Proto-Germanic borrowing of the same Latin word. Doublet of peel and pole. Pronunciation: /peɪl/ 1. To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off. Example: […] your iſle, which ſtands / As Neptunes Parke, ribb’d, and pal’d in / With Oakes vnſkaleable, and roaring Waters, / With Sands that will not bear your Enemies Boates, / But ſuck them vp to th’ Top-maſt.
Word: hoarse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes). Pronunciation: /hɔːs/, /hoː(ə)ɹs/, /hoəs/ 1. Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc. Example: I am old and my voice is hoarse […]
Word: hoarse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hors, hos, from Old English hās, *hārs, from Proto-Germanic *haisaz, *haisraz, akin to Old Norse háss (West Norse) and heiss (East Norse) (whence Icelandic hás, Norwegian Nynorsk hås, Norwegian Bokmål hes and Swedish hes). Pronunciation: /hɔːs/, /hoː(ə)ɹs/, /hoəs/ 1. To utter hoarsely; to croak. Labels: uncommon Example: "[...] Madame! Is—that—your—horse?!" "Ain't no horse!" she hoarses. "Thassa thuruly bred Great Dane!" The thuruly bred Great Dane's balls shine like big , bald onions as he squeezes to deposit 4 1⁄2 pounds of vitamin - enriched apcray near the lamp-post. Example: "See anything, mum?" she hoarsed. “No—I think it's lower down. Go back to bed, Jane. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. Someone's forgotten something, that's all.” She wanted to get rid of Jane without knowing exactly.
Word: hoarse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of horse. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The 15. 3 mo. 1668 - An act maid in a Towne Meting to provent hoarses and meares from doinge damage, as foloeth. All such hoarses and meares, as comonly kepes about the towne, or in the towne stretes, or comonly doth goe in to the towne neck, […] Example: […] we got in to Town after Dark on the 18th I staid in Town Mr. Newnon's hoarse got Lame and him & I swapt'd hoarses and Drank whiskey on the 19th he Started home I staid in Town Expecting some intillegence from Mr.Taylor on the 20th we made a Party and went to the Paths and Run every turkey in […]
Word: coarse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adjectival use of course that diverged in spelling in the 18th century. The sense developed from '(following) the usual course' (cf. of course) to 'ordinary, common' to 'lacking refinement', with 'not fine, granular' arising from its application to cloth. Compare the development of mean. Pronunciation: /kɔːs/, /kɔɹs/, [kʰo̞ɹs], /ko(ː)ɹs/, /koəs/ 1. With a rough texture; not smooth. Example: Two hundred Sempſtreſſes were employed to make me Shirts, and Linen for Bed and Table, all of the ſtrongeft and coarſeſt kind they could get; which, however, they were forced to quilt together in ſeveral Folds, for the thickeſt was ſome degrees finer than Lawn. 2. Composed of large particles. Example: coarse sand Example: Graham flour is coarsely granulated wheat meal. No sieves or bolting cloths are employed in its manufacture, and many coarse, unpulverized particles are present in the product. 3. Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy. Example: coarse manners Example: coarse language 4. Unrefined. Labels: archaic 5. Of inferior quality. Example: Due to the internet issue, the system generated an coarse audio file. Example: She detests visiting coarse places.
Word: course Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour. Pronunciation: /kɔːs/, /kɔɹs/, /koːɹs/, /koəs/, /kɜːs/ 1. To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood). Example: The oil coursed through the engine. Example: Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries. 2. To run through or over. Labels: transitive 3. To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after. Labels: transitive Example: We coursed him at the heels. 4. To cause to chase after or pursue game. Labels: transitive Example: to course greyhounds after deer
Word: course Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /kɔːs/, /kɔɹs/, /koːɹs/, /koəs/, /kɜːs/ 1. Ellipsis of of course. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis, not-comparable Example: "Course it's mighty hard to tell till we've put out a few traps," said the former, "but it looks to me like we've struck it lucky." Example: Course, my home wasn't exactly in Harlem […]
Word: lite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variation of light (in the sense of lacking weight, substance, etc.) Pronunciation: /laɪt/ 1. Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional, usually 2. Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dinner consisted of crackers, some broccoli and a salad with lite ranch dressing. 3. Lightweight Labels: not-comparable 4. Informal spelling of light. Labels: alt-of, informal, not-comparable Example: My favorite color is lite blue! 5. Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down. Labels: not-comparable, postpositional, usually Example: this compromise bill is reform lite. It is both more palatable to nursing home owners and less protective of elderly patients Example: If there is a difference between doing this to a child and engaging in old-fashioned punishment, it is at best a quantitative rather than a qualitative difference. What Dreikurs and his followers are selling is Punishment Lite.
Word: lite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variation of light (in the sense of lacking weight, substance, etc.) Pronunciation: /laɪt/ 1. Archaic form of light (“window or aperture in a building”). Labels: alt-of, archaic 2. A window pane
Word: lite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lit, lut (“little”), from Old English lȳt. Pronunciation: /laɪt/ 1. A little, bit. Labels: UK, dialectal, uncountable
Word: lite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lit, lut (“little”), from Old English lȳt. Pronunciation: /laɪt/ 1. few; little Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: lite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English liten, from Old Norse hlíta (“to rely on, trust, abide by”). Cognate with Icelandic hlíta (“to comply”), Swedish lita (“to trust, rely on, depend on, confide in”), Danish lide (“to trust”). Pronunciation: /laɪt/ 1. To expect; wait. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. To rely. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: lite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English liten, from Old Norse hlíta (“to rely on, trust, abide by”). Cognate with Icelandic hlíta (“to comply”), Swedish lita (“to trust, rely on, depend on, confide in”), Danish lide (“to trust”). Pronunciation: /laɪt/ 1. The act of waiting; a wait. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: guess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gisne (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną). Compare also Russian гада́ть (gadátʹ, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get. Pronunciation: /ɡɛs/ 1. To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate. Example: We can only guess at what was going through her mind. Example: She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic. 2. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly. Example: He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring. Example: You guessed the right answer! 3. To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility). Example: That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online. Example: Not all together; better far, I guess, / That we do make our entrance several ways. 4. To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess". Labels: colloquial Example: "I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right." Example: "I guess I'll go to bed." 5. To hit upon or reproduce by memory. Labels: obsolete Example: Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.
Word: guess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gisne (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną). Compare also Russian гада́ть (gadátʹ, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get. Pronunciation: /ɡɛs/ 1. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support. Example: If you don't know the answer, take a guess. Example: "But I shall have eleven guesses," answered Ozma. "Surely I ought to guess one object in eleven correctly; and, if I do, I shall rescue one of the royal family and be safe myself. Then the rest of you may attempt it, and soon we shall free all those who are enslaved."
Word: guest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”). Doublet of host, from Latin. Cognates West-Germanic: :* Bavarian Gåst (“guest”) :* Dutch gast (“guest”) :* German Gast (“guest”) :* Luxembourgish Gaascht (“guest”) :* Vilamovian gost (“guest”) :* Yiddish גאַסט (gast, “guest”) North-Germanic: :* Danish gæst (“guest, visitor”) :* Faroese and Icelandic gestur (“guest”) :* Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk gjest (“guest”) :* Swedish gäst (“guest”) East-Germanic: :* Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts, “guest”) Pronunciation: /ɡɛst/ 1. A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another. Example: The guests were let in by the butler. Example: We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. 2. A patron or customer in a hotel etc. Example: Guests must vacate their rooms by 10 o'clock on their day of departure. 3. An invited visitor or performer to an institution or to a broadcast. Example: special guest Example: The guest for the broadcast was a leading footballer. 4. A user given temporary access to a system despite not having an account of their own. 5. Any insect that lives in the nest of another without compulsion and usually not as a parasite. 6. An inquiline.
Word: guest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”). Doublet of host, from Latin. Cognates West-Germanic: :* Bavarian Gåst (“guest”) :* Dutch gast (“guest”) :* German Gast (“guest”) :* Luxembourgish Gaascht (“guest”) :* Vilamovian gost (“guest”) :* Yiddish גאַסט (gast, “guest”) North-Germanic: :* Danish gæst (“guest, visitor”) :* Faroese and Icelandic gestur (“guest”) :* Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk gjest (“guest”) :* Swedish gäst (“guest”) East-Germanic: :* Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts, “guest”) Pronunciation: /ɡɛst/ 1. To appear as a guest, especially on a broadcast. Labels: intransitive Example: During the '60s, he guested as off-beat characters on TV shows like "The Asphalt Jungle," "Bus Stop," and "The Detectives." Example: Jimmy Fallon’s Trump impression struggled to match up to the real thing when Trump guested on his show. 2. As a musician: to play as a guest, providing an instrument that a band/orchestra does not normally have in its line up (for instance, percussion in a string band). Labels: intransitive Example: Oldest son Trey, from Will's first marriage, paved the way for his sibling's stardom when he guested on his dad's hit rap album, Big Willie Style, lending some precocious dialogue to the beginning of "Just the Two of Us" and starring in the accompanying music video: 3. To receive or entertain hospitably. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Two Angels sent Two Heav'nly Scowts the Lord to Sodom sent ; downe , received and guested
Word: stamen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin stāmen, from Ancient Greek στῆμα (stêma). Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪ.mən/ 1. In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.
Word: siblings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sibling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brothers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)z/, /ˈbɹʌðɚz/ 1. plural of brother Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brothers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)z/, /ˈbɹʌðɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brother Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sisters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪstəz/, /ˈsɪs.tɚz/ 1. plural of sister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sisters Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɪstəz/, /ˈsɪs.tɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sister Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: juice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs Latin iūs Old French jusbor. Middle English jus English juice From Middle English jus, juis, from Old French jus, jous, from Latin jūs (“broth, soup, sauce”), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs, from *yewH- (“to mix (of meal preparation)”). Doublet of jus and ukha. In this sense, mostly displaced native Middle English sew (“juice”), from Old English sēaw (“juice, sap”) (> English sew (“juice, broth, gravy”)). Sense of "soft drink" most likely an ellipsis of fizzy juice, another similarly common term in Scotland. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːs/, /d͡ʒɪʊ̯s/, /ˈd͡ʒʉs/, /d͡ʒus/ 1. To extract the juice from something. Labels: transitive 2. To energize or stimulate something. Labels: transitive Example: Having a beloved couple (Jim and Pam, Cory and Topanga) exchange vows was once a foolproof way to juice TV ratings. 3. To take a performance-enhancing drug. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: I followed the home run race between Sosa and McGuire, and any fool could see they were juicing. 4. To have sexual intercourse with. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Saw your girlfriend, you don't need advice / Always in your ear like, "He's not nice" / She's just upset cause she got juiced in the bunk bed / And you know, she's not wife
Word: juice Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Dialectal spelling of Jew's, a particle of unclear origin. See Jew's harp for more. 1. Alternative spelling of Jew's (used in certain set phrases like juice harp) Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: grasp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English *grǣpsian, from Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn, from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), the same ultimate source as grab. Cognate with Saterland Frisian grapsje (“to grab, grasp”), German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen and grapschen, Old English grāpian ("to touch, feel, grasp"; > Modern English grope). Compare also Swedish krafsa (“to scatch; scabble”), Norwegian krafse (“to scramble”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːsp/, /ɡɹæsp/, /ɡɹasp/, /ɡɹæps/ 1. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand. Example: How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp? 2. To understand. Example: I have never been able to grasp the concept of infinity. 3. To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
Word: grasp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English graspen, grapsen, craspen (“to grope; feel around”), from Old English *grǣpsian, from Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn, from Proto-Germanic *graipisōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to take, seize, rake”), the same ultimate source as grab. Cognate with Saterland Frisian grapsje (“to grab, grasp”), German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen and grapschen, Old English grāpian ("to touch, feel, grasp"; > Modern English grope). Compare also Swedish krafsa (“to scatch; scabble”), Norwegian krafse (“to scramble”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹɑːsp/, /ɡɹæsp/, /ɡɹasp/, /ɡɹæps/ 1. Grip. Labels: figuratively, sometimes Example: A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp. Example: in the tyrant's grasp 2. Understanding. Example: There is for the mind but one grasp of happiness: from that uppermost pinnacle of wisdom, whence we see that this world is well designed. 3. That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability. Example: The goal is within my grasp.
Word: happen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhæpən/ 1. To occur or take place. Labels: intransitive Example: Let me tell you how it happened. Example: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. 2. To happen to; to befall. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: 'By my soul! I believe something bad has happened me,' he muttered, and popped up his window, and looked out, half dreaming over the church-yard on the park beyond […] 3. To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly. Labels: impersonal, intransitive, with-infinitive Example: Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain. Example: Do you happen to have an umbrella? 4. To encounter by chance. Example: Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he happened upon a spot where the vintage had actually commenced. 5. To become popular or trendy. Labels: informal
Word: happen Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijaną (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) + -en (verbal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhæpən/ 1. maybe, perhaps. Labels: dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Yeah, well happen if he'd gone quietly, she wouldn't have needed to show him who's in charge.
Word: he'd Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /hiːd/ 1. Contraction of he + had. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction 2. Contraction of he + would. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Near-synonym: he'd've
Word: hernia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). See also yarn and cord. Pronunciation: /ˈhɜː(ɹ)niə/ 1. A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen. Example: give someone a hernia Example: have a hernia
Word: I'd Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /aɪd/ 1. Contraction of I + had. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: I'd already been there, but I wanted to go again. 2. Contraction of I + would or I + should. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Near-synonym: I'd've Example: I'd like to go to Armenia one day, but am worried about the weather.
Word: we'd Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /wiːd/ 1. Contraction of we + had. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction 2. Contraction of we + would. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: she'd Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ʃiːd/ 1. Contraction of she + had. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction 2. Contraction of she + would. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Near-synonym: she'd've
Word: you'd Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /juːd/, /iːd/, /jud/, /jʊd/, /jəd/ 1. Contraction of you + had. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal 2. Contraction of you + would. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: Near-synonym: you'd've Example: Morinth: Look into my eyes and tell me you want me. Tell me you'd kill for me. Anything I want.
Word: it'd Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈɪtəd/, /ˈɪtɪd/, /ˈɪd/, [ˈɪɾɪd] 1. Contraction of it + had. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: I hadn't realized it'd been so long since I'd changed the filter. Example: I'd've changed the filter earlier if it'd occurred to me. 2. Contraction of it + would. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: I hadn't realized it'd be necessary to change the filter every month. Example: It'd be nice if they'd make the filter easier to change.
Word: they'd Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ðeɪd/, /ðəd/ 1. Contraction of they + had. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: They'd been receiving complaints because they'd allowed their product's quality to deteriorate. 2. Contraction of they + would. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: They'd receive fewer complaints if they'd ensure that their quality control remains vigilant. Example: “Each time they’d build, they’d try to outbuild all the rest of them,” said Dr. Randall F. Hipple, a retired obstetrician who helped establish a seven-block stretch of the street as a National Historic District.
Word: I've Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /aɪv/, /əv/ 1. Contraction of I + have. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: we've Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /wiːv/, /wiv/ 1. Contraction of we + have. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: you've Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /juːv/, /iːv/, /juv/, /jʊv/, /jəv/ 1. Contraction of you + have. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: they've Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ðeɪv/, /ðəv/ 1. Contraction of they + have. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: "That's because we recognise these towns do have a significant population who need to travel, and they've been kind of missed out." Example: China and the United States are closer than they’ve ever been to a war over Taiwan.
Word: they're Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ðɛə/, /ðɛː/, /ðeɪə/, /ðɜː(ɹ)/, /ðɐ/ 1. Contraction of they + are. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: they're Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ðɛə/, /ðɛː/, /ðeɪə/, /ðɜː(ɹ)/, /ðɐ/ 1. Misspelling of there. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: they're Part of Speech: det Pronunciation: /ðɛə/, /ðɛː/, /ðeɪə/, /ðɜː(ɹ)/, /ðɐ/ 1. Misspelling of their. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: we're Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /wɪə/, /wə/, /wɪɚ/, /wɪɹ/, /wɚ/ 1. Contraction of we + are. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: he's Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈhiːz/, /iːz/, /ˈhiz/, /ˈiz/ 1. Contraction of he + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction 2. Contraction of he + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: she's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: * Contraction of she + is. * Contraction of she + has. Pronunciation: /ʃiːz/ 1. Contraction of she + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction 2. Contraction of she + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: snowman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * snow + -man. * (score of eight; card ranked eight): A typical snowman, built from two balls of snow, resembles a figure eight. Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊ.mæn/, /ˈsnoʊ.mæn/ 1. A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth). 2. A score of eight, especially within one inning (in baseball) or on one hole (in golf, where it is also known as dogballs). Example: [The Angels] dropped a snowman early on us [Saturday] and we built a snowman early too. Example: "Then they dropped a snowman (8) on us and did it pretty quick," Narron said. "Then Stone had to stay out there and suck it up for us […]" 3. A playing card with the rank of eight. Labels: slang 4. An attractive but heartless man. Labels: rare Example: A few years ago there lived a lover By the name of Jimmy Jones Who really snowed the girls and left them cold And gained the title of "The Great Snowman".
Word: 'tis Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /tɪz/ 1. Contraction of it + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction, literary Example: ’Tis a shame! Example: ’Tis but a scratch!
Word: achiever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English achieve Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English achiever From achieve + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃiːvɚ/ 1. One who achieves something. 2. One who tends to succeed; a winner. Example: River hadn't laid eyes on Hobden before, but this had to be him: average height, thinning brownish hair, look of terror as he turned to face this new intrusion even while crushed in an arm-lock by the previous invader, the achiever—except this wasn't an achiever: he was blackclad, wore a balaclava, had a utility belt round his waist, but the ensemble lacked the hi-tech tailoring of the genuine article. Example: Studies of student behavior and attitudes show that a majority of students violate standards of academic integrity to some degree, and that high achievers are just as likely to do it as others.
Word: aching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.kɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ache Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aching Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.kɪŋ/ 1. That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain. Example: The aching heart, the aching head. Example: There was a long spell of silence, a big, aching void, and then from the Professor a keen 'S-s-s-s!'
Word: aching Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.kɪŋ/ 1. The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
Word: achiote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish achiote, from Classical Nahuatl āchiyōtl. Pronunciation: /ˌɑt͡ʃiˈoʊti/, /ˌɑt͡ʃiˈoʊteɪ/ 1. A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An orange-red dye obtained from this seed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Germanic *isti Proto-West Germanic *ist Old English is Middle English is English is Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English notder. English -n't English isn't From is + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈɪz.ənt/, [ˈɪz.n̩t], /ˈɪn(t)/ 1. Contraction of is + not (negative auxiliary). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Nice day, isn't it? Example: I suppose she's hungry, isn't she?
Word: isn't Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Germanic *isti Proto-West Germanic *ist Old English is Middle English is English is Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English notder. English -n't English isn't From is + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈɪz.ənt/, [ˈɪz.n̩t], /ˈɪn(t)/ 1. Something or someone that is defined by the lack of the characteristic being discussed. Labels: colloquial, nonstandard Example: The most obvious recommendations for Joe Biden are a succession of “isn’ts.” He isn’t Donald Trump. He isn’t Bernie Sanders. He isn’t angry, bigoted, cruel, demagogic, erratic, frightening or gross. He isn’t going to drive Americans to distraction or the country into a ditch.
Word: doesn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English does Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English notder. English -n't English doesn't From does + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌz.ənt/, [ˈdʌz.n̩t], /ˈdʌn(t)/, /ˈdʌd.ənt/, /ˈdʌd(ə)nt/ 1. Does not (negative auxiliary) Example: The Furr'd Law-cats are most terrible and dreadful Monsters, they devour little Children, and trample over Marble-Stones. Pray tell me, Noble Topers, do they not deserve to have their Snouts slit ? The Hair of their Hides do's n't lie outward, but inwards; and every Mother's Son of 'em, for his Devise, wears a gaping Pouch, but not all in the same manner; for some wear it ty'd to their Neck Scarfwise, others upon the Breech, some on the Paunch, others on the Side, and all for a Cause, with Reason and Mystery: They have Claws so very strong, long, and sharp, that nothing can get from 'em, that is once fast between their Clutches: Sometimes they cover their Heads with Mortar-like Caps, at other times with mortify'd Caparisons. Example: Well, I must borrow Epidicuss help, tho' I pay dearly for th' use of 't ; but I shall send him to '''Bridewel with his Skin stript o're his Ears, if he ''doesn't procure the hundred Pounds as soon as the last Word's pronounc'd. 2. Dost not Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: But Pre'thee tell me, that Woman had very Considerable Friends. Thou doesn't hear that she has Peacht any body, dost thou?
Word: hasn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From has + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈhæz.n̩t/ 1. Has not: negative form of the auxiliary has Example: She hasn't got toothache any longer. 2. Has not/does not have: negative form of the lexical has Labels: archaic, dialectal, literary Example: (She) hasn’t a chance, Mary (hasn’t). Example: “Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”
Word: hadn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English had Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English notder. English -n't English hadn't From had + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈhæd.n̩t/ 1. Contraction of had + not (negative auxiliary). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: Hadn't we better apologize? Surely we hadn't to be late.
Word: didn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English did Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékʷtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English notder. English -n't English didn't From did + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪdn̩t/, [ˈdɪɾɪ̃ʔ], [ˈdɪn̩], [ˈdɪdⁿn̩(ʔ)], [ˈdɪnʔ] 1. did not (negative auxiliary)
Word: couldn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From could + n’t. Pronunciation: /ˈkʊd.n̩t/, [ˈkʊnʔ] 1. could not (negative auxiliary) Example: You couldn’t lend me a lighter, could you? Example: ‘Would you like another drink?’ ‘No thanks, I couldn’t.’
Word: wouldn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Contraction of would + not, equivalent to would + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdn̩t/, [wʊdⁿn̩t], [wʊɾənt], [ˈwʊʔn̩t], /ˈwʊnt/ 1. would not (negative auxiliary) Example: Wouldn't you often have supper on the terrace on Sundays? Example: She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
Word: won't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier wonnot, from Middle English wynnot, wilnot, wolnot, wilnat, a contraction of Middle English will not, wil not, wyll not, will noght, wil noht, willi noȝt, wyl nat, wol not, woll not, wole not, wolle not, wol nat, woll nat, etc., equivalent to a will + not and/or woll + not. For the pronunciation with /oʊ/, /əʊ/, see poultry. Pronunciation: /wəʊnt/, /ˈwɪnɪt/, /woʊnt/, [wõt(ˀ)], [wõʔ] 1. will not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate a future non-occurring action. Example: Sam won't be doing any work this afternoon. Example: Come in, won’t you?
Word: don't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From do + -n't. Depending on dialect, its use in the third-person singular may be from elision (in these dialects does is used when not in the negative) or from not using -s to mark the third-person singular at all. Pronunciation: /dəʊnt/, [dəʊ̯nt̚], /doʊnt/, [dõʊ̯̃(ʔ)t̚], [doʊ̯n] 1. do not (negative auxiliary). Example: Don't you think mom's awfully busy today? Example: Don't be such a nuisance! 2. does not. Labels: nonstandard Example: Blessed are the poor in spirit, saies he. Blessed are those that mourn. He don't say, Blessed are those that rejoyce; or, Blessed are those that have the Assurance of Gods love; or, Blessed are those that are strong in Grace: No, but doest thou know a poor weak, Christian, a mourning soul like a Dove of the Valleys; saies the Lord, I blesse him. Example: L. C. Baron. That don't alter the Pronunciation. It is the same Name. 3. Used before an emphatic negative subject. Example: Don’t nobody care.
Word: don't Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From do + -n't. Depending on dialect, its use in the third-person singular may be from elision (in these dialects does is used when not in the negative) or from not using -s to mark the third-person singular at all. Pronunciation: /dəʊnt/, [dəʊ̯nt̚], /doʊnt/, [dõʊ̯̃(ʔ)t̚], [doʊ̯n] 1. Stop!
Word: don't Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From do + -n't. Depending on dialect, its use in the third-person singular may be from elision (in these dialects does is used when not in the negative) or from not using -s to mark the third-person singular at all. Pronunciation: /dəʊnt/, [dəʊ̯nt̚], /doʊnt/, [dõʊ̯̃(ʔ)t̚], [doʊ̯n] 1. Chiefly in dos and don'ts: something that must or should not be done. Example: Among the don'ts he had done before he was twenty-one were peyote, alcohol, mescaline, and Methedrine. Example: And here’s one universal selfie don’t - if the setting is your bathroom, or any bathroom for that matter, it has no place in your Tinder lineup. Not hot.
Word: don't Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /dʌnt/ 1. Contraction of done + it. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction
Word: shan't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From shall + -n't; contraction of shalln't or shall not, historically via shannot. Pronunciation: /ʃɑːnt/, /ʃant/, /ʃænt/, /ʃɐːnt/ 1. Contraction of shall + not (negative auxiliary). Labels: Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, colloquial, contraction, dated, humorous Example: I shan't be coming back after the way you've treated me today. Example: Shall I or shan't I?
Word: haven't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Old English habban Middle English haven English have English -n't English haven't From have + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈhæv.n̩t/ 1. have not (negative form of have) Example: You've a bad back again, haven't you? - No, actually I haven't. Example: Haven't I to be here at 9?
Word: an't Part of Speech: verb 1. amn't; am not Labels: archaic, dialectal 2. aren't; are not Labels: archaic, dialectal 3. isn't; is not Labels: archaic, dialectal 4. haven't; hasn't Labels: Northern-England, dialectal
Word: frown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English frown, froun (“a threatening appearance; lowering of the clouds”), from frounen (“to frown”). See below. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaʊ̯n/, /ˈfɹæʊ̯n/, /ˈfɹaːn/ 1. A wrinkling of the forehead with the eyebrows brought together, typically indicating displeasure, severity, or concentration. Example: Philip had once told him of a man who had a horse-shoe frown, and Tom had tried with all his frowning-might to make a horse-shoe on his forehead Example: He encounters some obstacle in his train of reasoning ... and then a frown passes like a shadow over his brow. 2. A downturn of the corners of the mouth, typically expressing sadness. Labels: Canada, US Example: The smile and the frown are both indicated and the operation of a motor driven flasher causes the face to look happy and sad in turn. 3. Any facial expression that indicates disapproval or displeasure.
Word: frown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English frounen (“to frown as an expression of disapproval, displeasure, shame, fear, or jealousy”), from Old French froignier, froingnier, frognier (“to wrinkle the mouth or forehead, frown, scowl”), of uncertain and disputed origin. Perhaps from Medieval Latin fruncāre (“to wrinkle, crease, turn up one's nose, make a face, frown”) (compare Old High German fruncetura (“wrinkle”), via Latin), from Frankish *hrunkwittjā (“wrinkle”)/*hrunkwōn (“to wrinkle”), whence Old High German runza (“wrinkle”). See also French froncer (“to frown, scowl”). Alternatively, perhaps from Gaulish *frognā (“nostril”), from Proto-Celtic *srognā (“nose”). Still yet, perhaps of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fryna (“to frown, frown with one's nose, make a wry face”), Norwegian frøyna (“to wrinkle up one's nose, make a wry face; snort”). Compare also dialectal English frine (“to frown, whine, complain”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaʊ̯n/, /ˈfɹæʊ̯n/, /ˈfɹaːn/ 1. To have a frown on one's face. Labels: intransitive Example: She frowned when I told her the news. 2. To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavour or threateningly. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Noisy gossip in the library is frowned upon. Example: The sky doth frown and lower upon our army. 3. To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look. Labels: transitive Example: Let us frown the impudent fellow into silence. 4. To communicate by frowning. Labels: transitive Example: Frank frowned his displeasure with my proposal. Example: Copling glanced at the heading and signature, then read the contents and frowned annoyance.
Word: success Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”). Pronunciation: /səkˈsɛs/ 1. The achievement of one's aim or goal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His third attempt to pass the entrance exam was a success. Example: a glowing success 2. Financial profitability. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Don't let success go to your head. Example: Instead Nokia decided better to stick with what they knew worked - good, solid, reliable mobile phones of the kind that had brought them success until then. 3. One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Scholastically, he was a success. Example: The new range of toys has been a resounding success. 4. The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She is country music's most recent success. 5. Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I suppose them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes: Some with doubt of what will be the successe, others with fear of what will be the censure; some with hope, others with confidence of what they have to speake.
Word: concatenate Part of Speech: verb 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 Latin concatēnātus English concatenate From the perfect passive participle stem of Latin concatēnāre (“to link or chain together”), from con- (“with”) + catēnō (“chain, bind”), from catēna (“a chain”). Pronunciation: /kənˈkæ.tə.neɪt/ 1. To join or link together, as though in a chain. Example: Locke, by contrast, contended that [madness] was essentially a question of intellectual delusion, the capture of the mind by false ideas concatenated into a logical system of unreality. 2. To join (text strings) together. Labels: transitive Example: Concatenating "shoe" with "string" yields "shoestring".
Word: concatenate Part of Speech: adj 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 Latin concatēnātus English concatenate From the perfect passive participle stem of Latin concatēnāre (“to link or chain together”), from con- (“with”) + catēnō (“chain, bind”), from catēna (“a chain”). Pronunciation: /kənˈkæ.tə.neɪt/ 1. Joined together as if in a chain. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Nostocoid type consists of small rounded blue-green cells not over 5p. in diameter and arranged in chains which are often much broken up in the cephalodium, so that the concatenate arrangement is hardly apparent.
Word: Parkinson's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after English physician James Parkinson (1755-1824). 1. A chronic neurological disorder affecting movement, characterized by tremors, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), cogwheel or lead-pipe rigidity, and postural instability. Labels: uncountable
Word: oughtn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ought + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.tn̩t/, /ɔːnt/, /ˈɔt.n̩t/, /ˈɑt.n̩t/ 1. (US, Philippines, dated, rare) ought not (negative auxiliary). Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: We ought to wake dad, oughtn't we?
Word: mustn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From must + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌs.n̩t/ 1. Must not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate that something is forbidden or, in a tag question, that something is not necessary. Labels: uncommon Example: You mustn't blame yourself for this tragedy. Example: We must go, mustn't we?
Word: mightn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From might + n't. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪtn̩t/, [ˈmaɪʔn̩ʔ] 1. might not (negative auxiliary) Labels: UK, archaic Example: Her driver was new to the country; he mightn't be prepared for the leaping of the yellow water down dry arroyos, swift as the pouncings of a cat, or the snake-like slidings of tons of loosened rock and clay from the steep potreros […] Example: “But, mightn’t there have been something unusual about the Stimatis contract itself?” [Perry Mason cross-examining Roger Correll.]
Word: mayn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From may + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪnt/, /ˈmeɪ.ənt/ 1. may not (negative auxiliary) Labels: archaic, no-past-participle, no-present-participle Example: I mayn't have much head, master, but I’ve head enough to remember those that use me ill. Example: "Now, father," said Nancy, "is there any call for you to go home to tea? Mayn't you just as well stay with us?--such a beautiful evening as it's likely to be."
Word: needn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From need + -n't. Pronunciation: /niːdn̩t/ 1. Need not. Labels: UK, auxiliary, formal, literary, negative Example: We needn’t go to sleep early because tomorrow morning school starts late. Example: I needn’t have washed the car: shortly after it started raining.
Word: usedn't to Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈjuːsn̩t tə/, /ˈjuːsn̩t tu/, /ˈjuːsn̩ tə/, /ˈjuːsn̩ tu/ 1. used not to, didn't use to Labels: Ireland, archaic, contraction Example: He usedn’t to live in London. Example: Usedn't your uncle to live with you?