nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: watershed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + shed. A calque of German Wasserscheide. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtəʃɛd/, /ˈwɔtɚʃɛd/ 1. The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK Example: After Lesjaverk (23 miles) the eastern end of Lesjaskogsvatn is reached. This lake has the distinction of being a watershed. From the east end flows the Lågen, the great river that runs down Gudbrandsdal to Lake Mjøsa, while from the west end the Rauma River emerges to flow down to the Romsdalfjord. 2. A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin. Labels: Canada, US 3. A critical point marking a change in course or development. Labels: figuratively Example: watershed moment — watershed event — watershed ruling Example: In the minds of many, 1847 was a watershed year during which Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, and Astraea were reclassified as asteroids. 4. The time during the day in which material of a more adult nature (e.g., violence, swear words, or sex) may be broadcast on television or radio, either one permitted by law or one contrived from convention (e.g. when children are not watching). Labels: Canada, UK
Word: watershed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From water + shed. A calque of German Wasserscheide. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtəʃɛd/, /ˈwɔtɚʃɛd/ 1. Serving to mark a significant development, change in direction, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: Green's Dictionary of Slang is a watershed publication in the annals of slang lexicography, being, beyond doubt, the most comprehensive scholarly dictionary of slang ever published.
Word: Gae Bulg Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Irish for notched spear. 1. The spear of Cúchulainn, given to him by Aife.
Word: Aífe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Old Irish Aífe; compare Modern Irish Aoife. 1. Either of two figures of Irish mythology: Labels: Irish 2. Either of two figures of Irish mythology: Labels: Irish
Word: expanse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin expansum, from expandō. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspæns/, /ɛkˈspæns/, [ɪkˈspɛəns], /əkˈspɛns/ 1. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land. Example: That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens. 2. An amount of spread or stretch.
Word: alphabetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase. Example: Seycong or his linguistic consultants could use as a model the alphabetic or abugidic scripts of India and Inner Asia […]
Word: alphabetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/ 1. An alphabetic character; a letter of the alphabet. Example: Upper case alphabetics can be composed of two characters: (1) a shift character; and (2) the desired alphabetic character. Example: The natural sequence of alphabetics is A, B, C, ..., X, Y, Z. For some codes, the binary bit patterns of the alphabetics are in the same relative sequence as the alphabetics.
Word: numeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem- Proto-Italic *nomezos Latin numerus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French numériquebor. English numeric Borrowed from French numérique. Pronunciation: /n(j)uːˈmɛɹɪk/, /n(j)uˈmɛɹɪk/, /n(j)ʉːˈmeɹɪk/, /ˈnjumərɪk/ 1. Of or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9. Example: Because statisticians use the term regression for the process of computing an expression that predicts a numeric quantity, decision trees with averaged numeric values at the leaves are called regression trees. 2. Alternative form of numerical (“the same; identical”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: numeric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem- Proto-Italic *nomezos Latin numerus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French numériquebor. English numeric Borrowed from French numérique. Pronunciation: /n(j)uːˈmɛɹɪk/, /n(j)uˈmɛɹɪk/, /n(j)ʉːˈmeɹɪk/, /ˈnjumərɪk/ 1. Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio.
Word: mathematical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mathematicalle, mathematical, from Medieval Latin mathēmaticālis. Pronunciation: /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, [ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.ɪ.kəl], /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ə.kəl/, [ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæɾ.ə.kəl] 1. Of, or relating to mathematics. Example: a mathematical problem Example: […]he looked up the uninteresting left road to the fortifications. It was new, long, white, regular, tapering to a vanishing point, like a lesson in perspective. […] Smaller and smaller she waned up the rigid mathematical road, still gazing at the soldier aloft, as Pierston gazed at her. 2. Extremely precise and accurate, as though having the exactness of a mathematical equation. Labels: figuratively Example: Lucinda Childs got her start with the postmodern Judson Dance Theater and became known for precise, almost mathematical choreographic patterns. 3. Possible but highly improbable. Example: The team has a mathematical chance of being promoted, but they need to win the next seven matches.
Word: alphanumeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der. Classical Latin alphabētumbor. Middle English alphabete English alphabet English alpha- Proto-Indo-European *nem- Proto-Italic *nomezos Latin numerus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French numériquebor. English numeric English alphanumeric From alpha- + numeric. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.fə.n(j)uːˈmɛ.ɹɪk/ 1. Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9. Labels: not-comparable 2. Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable, rare Example: Therefore, we need a special code to represent all alphanumeric data (letters, symbols, and numbers).
Word: alphanumeric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der. Classical Latin alphabētumbor. Middle English alphabete English alphabet English alpha- Proto-Indo-European *nem- Proto-Italic *nomezos Latin numerus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French numériquebor. English numeric English alphanumeric From alpha- + numeric. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.fə.n(j)uːˈmɛ.ɹɪk/ 1. An alphanumeric character. Example: Finally, alphanumerics are digits, uppercase letters, lowercase letters, or accented letters […]
Word: eyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed. Pronunciation: /aɪd/ 1. Having eyes. Labels: not-comparable Example: The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the globulin and a whitening of the egg. 2. Having eye-like spots. Labels: not-comparable Example: The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator. 3. Having the specified kind or number of eyes. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: What mean you, sir, / To give them this discomfort? Look, they weep; / And I, an ass, am onion-eyed: for shame, / Transform us not to women. Example: Unseen descending weigh my light wings upon balmy flowers, / And court the fair eyed dew to take me to her shining tent.
Word: eyed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed. Pronunciation: /aɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of eye Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: synthetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic). Pronunciation: /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to synthesis. 2. Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained). Example: As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. 3. Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it. 4. Artificial, not genuine. 5. Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic). 6. Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships.
Word: synthetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic). Pronunciation: /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/ 1. A synthetic compound. Example: Only plastics and synthetics that cannot be recycled will end up in landfills, he said.
Word: grey nomad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by documentary filmmakers Catherine Marciniak and Steve Westh for the documentary Grey Nomads screened on the Australian public broadcaster ABC on September 23rd 1997. 1. A retired person who travels independently and for an extended period within their own country, particularly in a caravan or motor home. Labels: Australia Example: Every year Grey Nomad migration sees the little Gulf town of Karumba stretched creaseless with sunbirds and fisherfolk. Example: I suppose I only became conscious of the grey nomads when I became one.[…]Some grey nomads are on the road for up to two years as they follow the seasons — Broome and the Kimberley during the dry season, or Far North Queensland from the Gold Coast up to escape the southern winter. Then a stately migration south — most caravanners only notch up about 300 kilometres a day — to Victoria and Tasmania, or the Margaret River area of Western Australia, for the cooler climes in high summer.
Word: LUDs Part of Speech: noun 1. local usage details; a list of locally called numbers, often provided by telecom companies to the police as part of an investigation. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: consolidate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin consolidātus, from the verb consolidō, from solidus (“solid”). By surface analysis, con- + solid + -ate. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt/, /kənˈsɑ.lə.deɪt/, /kənˈsɔl.ə.dæɪt/, /kənˈsɒl.ə.dæɪt/, [kənˈsɔ̟l.ə.dæɪt] 1. To combine into a single unit; to group together or join. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He consolidated his luggage into a single large bag. Example: With large credits borrowed in the name of Charlottenhütte he managed to gain control over the Rhein-Elbe Union, another large steel firm which in 1926 consolidated with one of its subcompanies, the old and respected Gelsenkirchen Mining Company, and assumed the latter’s name. 2. To make stronger or more solid. Example: These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.⁴⁰ 3. With respect to debt, to pay off several debts with a single loan.
Word: consolidate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin consolidātus, from the verb consolidō, from solidus (“solid”). By surface analysis, con- + solid + -ate. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt/, /kənˈsɑ.lə.deɪt/, /kənˈsɔl.ə.dæɪt/, /kənˈsɒl.ə.dæɪt/, [kənˈsɔ̟l.ə.dæɪt] 1. Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. Labels: obsolete Example: A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate.
Word: console Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French console (“bracket”, noun), from consoler (“to console, to comfort”, verb). Sense of “bracket” either due to a bracket alleviating the load, or due to brackets being decorated with the Christian figure of a consolateur (“consoler”), itself perhaps a pun on the first sense (alleviating load). Originally used for the bracket itself, then for wall-mounted tables (mounted with a bracket), then for free-standing tables placed against a wall. Use for control system dates at least to 1880s for an “organ console”; use for electrical or electronic control systems dates at least to 1930s in radio, television, and system control, particularly as “mixer console” or “control console”, attached to an equipment rack. This was popularized in computers by mainframes such as the IBM 704 (1954) in terms such as “operator’s console” or “console typewriter”, and then generalized to any attached equipment, particularly for user interaction. The automotive sense harks back to earlier use as “support”. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.səʊl/, [ˈkɒn.sɒʊl], /ˈkɑn.soʊl/, /ˈkɒn.soʊl/, /ˈkɔn.səʉl/ 1. A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system. Example: The film's music blared from the console. 2. A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted. 3. An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system. Example: The operating console of the new Glasgow Central cabin is divided into four sections, each at an angle to each other and each of which is normally under one signalman's control; [...] 4. An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system. 5. An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Consoles continue to gain traction in the video game market. Example: I rarely play FPS on a PC these days. I'm lazy and it's just so much easier to stick on Halo or Modern Warfare 2 on a console. Plus after a day in front of a PC I don't necessarily want to spend an evening in front of one. 6. A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile. Example: Could you put my phone in the centre console? 7. An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped. 8. A cantilever. 9. A decorative frame or support (in architecture, drawings, etc) around a heraldic shield. Example: On an attractive console with two winged putti as supporters [...] is a marriage coat of arms : Dexter, the Paoli arms : Gules (base), a bend azure charged with five lilies gules, and or (chief); Sinister, the[…] Example: The only authentic reference for the tincture of the shield still in existence is the armorial console in Jacques Coeur's chapel[…]
Word: console Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French consoler, from Latin cōnsōlor (“to console, offer solace”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”) (whence also solace). Pronunciation: /kənˈsəʊl/, /kənˈsoʊl/ 1. To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc. Labels: transitive Example: However, she contained herself as best she might, consoled by the reflection that her reasoning had been justified by events. Example: 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling "Do you remember, my friend, that I went to Tostes once when you had just lost your first deceased? I consoled you at that time. I thought of something to say then, but now—" Then, with a loud groan that shook his whole chest, "Ah! this is the end for me, do you see! I saw my wife go, then my son, and now to-day it's my daughter."
Word: solace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒl.ɪs/, /ˈsɑ.lɪs/, /ˈsɔl.ɪs/ 1. Comfort or consolation in a time of loneliness or distress. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You cannot put a monetary value on emotional solace. 2. A source of comfort or consolation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: September 25, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.
Word: solace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”), root from Proto-Indo-European *selh₂- (“mercy, comfort”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɒl.ɪs/, /ˈsɑ.lɪs/, /ˈsɔl.ɪs/ 1. To give solace to; comfort; cheer; console. Labels: transitive 2. To allay or assuage. Labels: transitive 3. To take comfort; to be cheered. Labels: intransitive Example: But one thing to reioyce and ſolace in, And cruell death hath catcht it from my ſight.
Word: consortium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Italic *sortis Latin sors Latin cōnsors Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin cōnsortiumlbor. English consortium Learned borrowing from Latin cōnsortium. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɔː.ti.əm/, /kənˈsɔː.ʃəm/, /kənˈsoɹ.ʃəm/, /kənˈsoɹ.ti.əm/ [kənˈsoɹ.ɾi.əm], /kənˈsoː.ti.əm/ 1. An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture. 2. A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations. Example: We wanted to share that kind thought with you because today, November 13, is "World Kindness Day" — created back in 1998 by a consortium of kindhearted charities. 3. An association or society. 4. The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate. 5. A group of symbiotic microbes.
Word: replay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-West Germanic *plehan Old English pleġan Proto-West Germanic *plegō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *plegōn Old English plegian Middle English pleyen Proto-West Germanic *plegō Old English plega Middle English pleye English play English replay From re- + play. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈpleɪ/ 1. To play again. Labels: transitive Example: So I replayed my '46 scenario and asked another unstandard academic, a charismatic, disenchanted philosophy professor named George Geiger, who had been Lou Gehrig's backup on the Columbia baseball team and John Dewey's last graduate student, what I should do. 2. To display a recording of a previous event, especially multiple times. Labels: transitive Example: Sundown yellow moon / I replay the past / I know every scene by heart / They all went by so fast Example: It was a feeling so alien to his usual state of being that he was not able to put a name to it until that night, lying in bed and looking at the ceiling and replaying the day. Power.
Word: replay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-West Germanic *plehan Old English pleġan Proto-West Germanic *plegō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *plegōn Old English plegian Middle English pleyen Proto-West Germanic *plegō Old English plega Middle English pleye English play English replay From re- + play. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːpleɪ/ 1. An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something). Example: One of the features of Diablo that gives it good replay value is the ability to choose from three character types. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses, thus requiring different strategies and tactics. Example: It's a no-frills, no-hype game that's not only original in concept but fun to play while providing massive replay value. 2. A repeat or subsequent playing of some or all of something which was previously broadcast or performed, or a playing of something which was recorded, such as a live event or a television broadcast, the gameplay of a computer game, etc. Example: He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive. Example: A more common use of such replays is on reality television, where we often are shown earlier scenes and moments to refresh our memories of previous events and to heighten the dramatic stakes. 3. A (video or audio) recording of an action or event that is or can be replayed after being recorded; saved video footage (which is, or can be, replayed) of the gameplay of a computer game, a (portion of a) televised sports match, etc. Example: Show us that replay one more time. Example: The game stores a player's progress on the cartridge and will even automatically save replays of memorable shots. 4. A free credit that is awarded when a certain feat is achieved within a game, such as surpassing a set number of points. 5. A replayed match, often after the first game or match ended in a draw; a rematch. Example: As late as 1971 he was still chasing silverware, helping Real reach the European Cup-Winners' Cup final where they were beaten in a replay by a Peter Osgood goal for Chelsea. 6. A repetition of another event, scene, or occurrence; a recurrence or reenactment. Example: Lucia is now the wealthy wife of a well-known orchestra conductor, but like Max she is irresistibly drawn into a replay of their intense liasison, with tragic consequences. Example: A series about two single, late-30-to early-40-something sisters begins with a replay of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Word: H-bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of hydrogen bomb. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang Example: A-bombs, H-bombs, even very small ones ripped apart that sand
Word: hydrogen bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. A thermonuclear bomb that derives its destructive power from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium).
Word: valiant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin valēre (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“powerful, strong; to rule”). Pronunciation: /ˈvæliənt/ 1. Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic. Example: A valiant man’s look is more than a coward’s sword. Example: For by readyng of hiſtories fyrſte we know how longe time mightie empyres, great kyngedomes, famous common weales and citees haue floriſhed: how many yeres noble prynces, valiant capitaynes, and wyſe gouernours haue reigned: in what age they were, which was before other, and how farre diſtante in tyme one from an other. 2. Characterized by or done with bravery or valour. Example: another valiant attempt at rescue Example: She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, [...]
Word: valiant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin valēre (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“powerful, strong; to rule”). Pronunciation: /ˈvæliənt/ 1. A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger. Labels: obsolete Example: Cowards dye many times before their deaths, / The valiant neuer taſte of death but once: [...] Example: O yee Angells, yee Champions and valiants of the court of heauen, and ſtout ſoldiers of Chriſt your King, who euerie one ſingle is able to encounter and to defeat the greateſt armie that euer was ſeene on earth, where are you?
Word: valueless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English value 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 valueless From value + -less. 1. Having no value; worthless. Example: The Petition Crown, which had previously been on view for several days and up to the hour of the sale, had disappeared and a comparatively valueless coin of a somewhat similar type occupied its numbered receptacle.
Word: vehement Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehemēns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from vē- (“lacking, too little”) + mēns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”). Pronunciation: /ˈviː.ə.mənt/, /ˈvɪə̯.mənt/, /ˈviː.hə.mənt/ 1. Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense. Example: The man made a vehement display of contempt. Example: Yet the Fiends ſeemed to come nearer and nearer, but when they were come even almoſt at him, he cried out with a moſt vehement voice, I will walk in the ſtrength of the Lord God; ſo they gave back, and came no further.
Word: vibrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-. Pronunciation: /vaɪˈbɹeɪt/, /ˈvaɪ.bɹeɪt/ 1. To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro. Labels: intransitive Example: When "God save the King!" resounded meow meow through the stately abbey, the banners vibrating with the mighty music, I felt quite enthusiastic in my loyalty. Example: The tender roared along vibrating vigorously; braking had resulted in "flats" on most of its tyres. 2. To resonate. Labels: intransitive Example: Her mind was vibrating with excitement. 3. To brandish; to swing to and fro. Labels: transitive Example: to vibrate a sword or a staff 4. To mark or measure by moving to and fro. Labels: transitive Example: a pendulum vibrating seconds 5. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. Labels: transitive Example: Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion. Example: Star to star vibrates light: may soul to soul / Strike thro' a finer element of her own? 6. To please or impress someone. Labels: dated, slang, transitive Example: And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley." Example: […] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth. 7. To use vibrato. Labels: intransitive 8. To pleasure someone using a vibrator. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Downstairs in the living-room Jill Was vibrating herself for a thrill.
Word: vibrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-. Pronunciation: /vaɪˈbɹeɪt/, /ˈvaɪ.bɹeɪt/ 1. The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms. Labels: uncountable Example: Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
Word: vibrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-. Pronunciation: /vaɪˈbɹeɪt/, /ˈvaɪ.bɹeɪt/ 1. Vibrating with (something). Labels: rare
Word: afterlife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after- + life. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf/, /ˈæftɚˌlaɪf/ 1. A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews. Example: Many religious people believe in an afterlife. Example: Read in euery Starre, and let the Moone be your Candle to doe it, the prouident disposition of God, the eternitie of your after-life. 2. The place believed to be inhabited by people who have died. Example: You'll reunite later, somewhere in the afterlife. Example: There were human cultures that taught an afterlife of the blessed on mountaintops or in clouds, in caverns or oases, but she could not recall any in which if you were very, very good when you died you went to the beach. 3. The part of a person's life that follows a particular stage or event; later life. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: They say that life begins at 40, but right now I'm more interested in the afterlife that begins at 65! Example: Those Favorites as it is their first care, to hold up themselves in that height of grace, so alwayes make it their second endeavour to raise Estates, to get Offices and governments, that if they doe remove from that height of favour, yet they may still retaine some happy monument of their former power, and a stay to their after-life. 4. The effects of a person's actions, or their reputation, after death. Example: The philanthropic endowment that she bequeathed gave her an ongoing afterlife. Example: 1662, Margaret Cavendish, The Several Wits, Scene 34, in Playes, London: John Martyn et al., p. 111, […] poor poverty and birth, can be no hindrance to natural wit, for natural wit, in a poor Cottage, may spin an after-life, enter-weaving several colour’d fancies, and threeds of opinions, making fine and curious Tapestries to hang in the Chambers of fame, 5. The events or situations that result from a particular event; the later reception, consumption or reworking of something, especially a cultural production such as a film, book, etc. Example: The 1970s TV show M*A*S*H had a long afterlife in syndication. Example: 1969, Harry Zohn (translator), “The Task of the Translator” in Illuminations by Walter Benjamin, New York: Schocken Books, p. 71, The history of the great works of art tells us about their antecedents, their realization in the age of the artist, their potentially eternal afterlife in succeeding generations.
Word: Judy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Judith. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːdi/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Judith, also used as a formal female given name. Example: "Punch," said Judy, "You're looking moody." "Judy," said Punch, "I want my lunch." Example: I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.
Word: Judy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Judith. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːdi/ 1. A girl or woman. Labels: UK, slang Example: Then I ring the bell at this door marked Slocum, and who appears but a tall young Judy with black hair who is without doubt beautiful, but who is so skinny we have to look twice to see her […] Example: To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”? 2. Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Abisara.
Word: Judy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Related to Yehudi, Judah. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːdi/ 1. A surname transferred from the given name. 2. A male given name from Hebrew. Labels: rare
Word: Judy Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːdi/ 1. Aircrew has radar/visual contact on the correct target, has taken control of the intercept, and only requires situation awareness information.
Word: Judith Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”). Doublet of Yehudit. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪθ/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: The beauty and simplicity of names are altogether arbitrary: Mary and Elizabeth, and Judith, may suit a taste formed on the Puritan model, that is to say, an English and Scottish taste: the French consider Victoire, Adele, Adriane, or any other such "fanciful and romantic" names, quite as simple, and perhaps as beautiful, as Mr. Stuart does Mary and Jane. 2. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants. 3. The protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith. Example: And Judith was left along in the tent, and Holofernes lying along upon his bed: for he was filled with wine. --- And she smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and she took away his head from him. 4. A wife of Esau. Example: And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Word: forceful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From force + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːsfəl/, [ˈfɔːsfl̩], /ˈfoːsfəl/, [ˈfoːsfl̩], /ˈfoɹsfəl/ 1. Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful. Example: forceful leader Example: forceful speech
Word: listing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstɪŋ/ 1. As listed or shown on a listing. Labels: not-comparable Example: What is this house's listing price?
Word: listing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of list Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The ship is listing heavily to one side.
Word: listing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to list. 2. An entry in a list or directory. Example: Aardvaark Plumbing is the first listing in Yellow Pages. 3. An entry in a list or directory. Example: The company may even lose its listing on the stock exchange. 4. A printout of a program or data set. Example: Print me a listing of the latest version. 5. A physical manifestation of a single item in a list. Example: Please pass me the second listing for the two-story house, from that stack. 6. The act of ploughing with a lister.
Word: MLS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Major League Soccer, the top league of men's soccer in the US. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MLS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of multiple listing service. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of microwave landing system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Master of Legal Studies, a master's degree offered by some law schools to students who wish to study the law but do not want to become attorneys. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of multilayer steel, a type of head gasket with steel laminations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of medium long shot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of member of the Leibniz society of sciences. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: institute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/, /ˈɪnstɪtuːt/, /ˈɪnstɪt͡ʃuːt/ 1. An organization founded to promote a cause Example: I work in a medical research institute. 2. An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects 3. The building housing such an institution. 4. The act of instituting; institution. Labels: obsolete Example: water sanctified by Christ's institute 5. That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom. Labels: obsolete Example: They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy. Example: to make the Stoic institutes thy own 6. The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation. Labels: Scotland Example: Substitution is the nomination of substituted heirs, who take place, failing the institute.
Word: institute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“to set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/, /ˈɪnstɪtuːt/, /ˈɪnstɪt͡ʃuːt/ 1. To begin or initiate (something); to found. Labels: transitive Example: He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school. Example: And haply institute / A course of learning and ingenious studies. 2. To train, instruct. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Publius was the first that ever instituted the Souldier to manage his armes by dexteritie and skil, and joyned art unto vertue, not for the use of private contentions, but for the wars and Roman peoples quarrels. Example: If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself. 3. To nominate; to appoint. Example: We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France. 4. To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls. Example: a writ issued to the bishop, to institute the clerk of that patron
Word: institute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“to set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/, /ˈɪnstɪtuːt/, /ˈɪnstɪt͡ʃuːt/ 1. Established; organized; founded. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice.
Word: ETA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Initialism of Electronic Travel Authority (Australia). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ETA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of estimated time of arrival. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: We're even, as long as we're only counting today. Kilo 023, what's your ETA? 2. Initialism of electronic travel authorisation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Elvis tribute artist, a professional impersonator who performs as Elvis Presley. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ETA Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of edited to add. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: haemo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-), akin to αἷμα (haîma, “blood”). Pronunciation: /ˌhiːməʊ/ 1. Pertaining to blood. Labels: morpheme
Word: hemo- Part of Speech: prefix 1. US standard spelling of haemo-. Labels: US, alt-of, morpheme, standard
Word: Marduk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Sumerian 𒀭𒀫𒌓 (ᵈamar-utu /⁠Marduk⁠/). 1. A late-generation god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon. Example: He gave a copy to his son Marduk, who passed it on to Hammurabi.
Word: engage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Old French en- (“in, under”) + gage (“pledge”), from Frankish *wadi (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage. Cognate with Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/, /ɛnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To interact socially. Labels: transitive Example: Thus ſhall mankind his guardian care engage, / The promis'd father of the future age. 2. To interact socially. Labels: ambitransitive Example: the difficult task of engaging him in conversation Example: Shapps refused to engage with the unions and claimed that the industrial disputes were nothing to do with him, despite controlling the purse strings. 3. To interact socially. Example: This humanity and good nature engages every body to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them all his family are in a good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with: […] 4. To interact antagonistically. Labels: transitive Example: 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy Example: Having failed to become the first warship to shoot down another planet, the fleet would then engage the Italian cruiser screen the next afternoon, with Sydney not scoring any hits on its opposite numbers but managing to damage an Italian destroyer. 5. To interact antagonistically. Labels: intransitive 6. To interact contractually. Labels: transitive Example: For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks. Example: Rich Jews used to engage Christian music-teachers to teach their daughters German vocal and instrumental music. 7. To interact contractually. Labels: intransitive 8. To interact contractually. Labels: transitive Example: They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year. Example: […] Love is a ſort of Devotion too, and not only ſhould beget Reſpect, but likevviſe ingage Patience. 9. To interact contractually. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage. 10. To interact mechanically. Example: Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out. Example: The Liner train wagon is a simple underframe on bogies, with coned location points that engage recesses in the container bases. 11. To interact mechanically. Labels: transitive Example: The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another. 12. To interact mechanically. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He engaged the lock on the door. Example: The lock engaged automatically when the door was shut. 13. To entangle. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: thermonuclear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English nuclear English thermonuclear From thermo- + nuclear. Pronunciation: /ˌθɜː.məʊˈnjuːk.liː.ə/, /ˌθɜɹ.moʊˈn(j)uk.li.əɹ/ 1. Of, or relating to the fusion of atomic nuclei at high temperatures. Labels: not-comparable Example: The first thermonuclear reaction was in a star; it was brought about by heat, as the description implies. 2. Of, or relating to the use of atomic weapons based on such fusion, especially as distinguished from those based on fission. Labels: not-comparable Example: I can't believe you gave me, a ten-year-old boy, a thermonuclear device [...]
Word: thermonuclear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English nuclear English thermonuclear From thermo- + nuclear. Pronunciation: /ˌθɜː.məʊˈnjuːk.liː.ə/, /ˌθɜɹ.moʊˈn(j)uk.li.əɹ/ 1. A thermonuclear weapon. Example: China detonated her first thermonuclear in June 1967.
Word: chachka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish, from Russian and other Slavic languages. 1. Alternative spelling of tchotchke. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative spelling of Tzatza. Labels: alt-of, alternative