nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: accusative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa 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 accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Ancient Greek αἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitĭātĭkḗ)calq. Latin accūsātīvusder. Anglo-Norman accusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusder. Middle French acusatifbor. ▲ Latin accūsātīvusbor. Middle English accusative English accusative First attested in the mid 15th century. From Middle English accusative, from Anglo-Norman accusatif or Middle French acusatif or from Latin accūsātīvus (“having been blamed”), from accūsō (“to blame”). Equivalent to accuse + -ative. The Latin form is a mistranslation of the Ancient Greek grammatical term αἰτιᾱτική (aitiātikḗ, “expressing an effect”). This term actually comes from αἰτιᾱτός (aitiātós, “caused”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix), but was reanalyzed as coming from αἰτιᾱ- (aitiā-), the stem of the verb αἰτιάομαι (aitiáomai, “to blame”), + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːzətɪv/, /əˈkjʉwzətɪv/, /əˈkjuzətɪv/, /əˈkjʉːzətɪv/, /əˈkjʉːzətəv/ 1. The accusative case. 2. A word inflected in the accusative case. Example: 65 mošu tat̰ ās nōit̮ darəγəm yat̰ . . ‘quickly it (tat̰) happened, it (was) not long till . . . — drūm avantəm airištəm: according to Bartholomae IF. 12. 146 the author of this part was led to use accusatives here (instead of nominatives) by the preceding sentence yezi ǰum frapayeni. Example: There is some antecedent in old Latin; but as usual the influence is Greek too, for Greek prose and poetry freely use accusatives which are to some extent adverbial accusatives, or accusatives of respect.
Word: accuse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa 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 accūsārelbor. Old French acuserbor. Middle English acusen English accuse First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin accūsō (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːz/, /əˈkjuz/ 1. To find fault with, blame, censure. Labels: transitive Example: […] and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. Example: We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms when their differences might have involved the Powers of Europe in contention. 2. To charge with having committed a crime or offence. Labels: transitive Example: For the U.S. President to be impeached, he must be accused of a high crime or misdemeanor. Example: Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. 3. To make an accusation against someone. Labels: intransitive Example: According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
Word: accuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa 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 accūsārelbor. Old French acuserbor. Middle English acusen English accuse First attested around 1300. From Middle English acusen, from Old French acuser, from Latin accūsō (“to call to account, accuse”), from ad (“to”) + causa (“cause, lawsuit, reason”). Akin to cause. Displaced native English bewray. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːz/, /əˈkjuz/ 1. Accusation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: And dogged York, that reaches at the moon, / Whose overweening arm I have plucked back, / By false accuse doth level at my life.
Word: accustom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is from Middle English accustomen, from Old French acoustumer, acustumer (Modern French accoutumer) corresponding to a (“to, toward”) + custom. More at custom, costume. The noun is from Middle English acustom. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌs.təm/ 1. To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure. Labels: transitive Example: Early exposure to pet allergens and pet-related bacteria accustoms the body to allergens. Example: I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. 2. To be wont. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: all of them accustoming , once in the year , to take their kind of the fresh water 3. To cohabit. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Much better do we Britans fulfill the work of Nature than you Romans; we with the beſt men accuſtom op'nly; you with the baſest commit private adulteries.
Word: accustom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is from Middle English accustomen, from Old French acoustumer, acustumer (Modern French accoutumer) corresponding to a (“to, toward”) + custom. More at custom, costume. The noun is from Middle English acustom. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌs.təm/ 1. Custom. Labels: obsolete
Word: Anguilla Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin anguilla (“eel”), from an uncertain Romance language original. The name of the island refers to its elongated shape. Pronunciation: /æŋˈɡwɪ.lə/ 1. An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea. Example: In the late 1990s, the tiny Caribbean nation of Anguilla was home to an interesting cluster of expatriates. With its nonexistent taxes and incredible beaches, it was the perfect place for self-employed computer geeks to develop projects during the dot-com boom. Example: With companies wanting internet addresses that communicate they are at the forefront of the A.I. boom — like Elon Musk’s X.ai website for his artificial intelligence company — Anguilla has recently received a huge influx in requests for domain names.
Word: Netherlands Antilles Part of Speech: name 1. A former autonomous country and set of islands within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean, composed of the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten, dissolved in 2010. Labels: historical
Word: Australia Part of Speech: name Etymology: First attested 16th century, from Latin terra austrālis incōgnita (“unknown southern land”), from auster (“the south wind”). Used also in 1693 (quotation below). Popularised by Matthew Flinders in 1814 (quotation below). By surface analysis, Austral- + -ia. Distantly cognate to Austria, containing the same Proto-Indo-European root, but through German where it retained the earlier sense of “east” rather than “south”. See also Terra Australis. Pronunciation: /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪ.li.jə/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.ə/, /ɔːˈstɹeɪ.lɪ.jə/, /ɒˈstɹeɪl.jə/ 1. An island of Oceania. Example: 1693: translation of a French novel by Jacques Sadeur (believed to be a pen name of Gabriel de Foigny) titled Les Aventures de Jacques Sadeur dans la Découverte et le Voiage de la Terre Australe published 1692, translation published in London in 1693. Quoted in The Australian Language by Sidney J. Baker, second edition, 1966, chapter XIX, section 1, pages 388-9. This is all that I can have a certain knowledge of as to that side of Australia ... Example: Had I permitted myself any innovation upon the original term, it would have been to convert it into AUSTRALIA; as being more agreeable to the ear, and an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the earth. 2. A country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire. Official name: Commonwealth of Australia. Capital: Canberra. Example: During Movember (the month formerly known as November), men around the globe grow mustaches (hence the name) while raising money for men’s health issues. Movember started in Australia in 2003. Example: The statement did not specify the location of that trip, but provided further details of her romantic life, stating that Saroukos and her husband spent eight days together before she returned to Australia on Dec. 21. 3. A continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands. Example: He is going to Australia for his honeymoon for 10 days.
Word: Aruba Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /əˈɹuː.bə/ 1. An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea. Example: Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take ya / Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama 2. A Meitei surname from Manipuri
Word: Bosnia and Herzegovina Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bosnia + and + Herzegovina. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒz.ni.ə ænd ˌhɜɹ.t͡sɪ.ɡoʊˈviː.nə/, /-hɜɹ.t͡sɪˈɡoʊ.vɪn.ə/, /-ənd/, /ˌbɒz.niːə ən(d)ˌhɜːtsəˈɡɒvɪ.nə/, /-hɜːtsə.ɡə(ʊ)ˈviːnə/ 1. A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Official name: Bosnia and Herzegovina. Capital and largest city: Sarajevo. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992. Example: Mr. Parenti is the leader of a campaign to defend Slobodan Milosovic, who was charged and tried with war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina but died before his victims were able to justice achieved.
Word: Barbados Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tos Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂tos Proto-Italic *farβātos Latin barbātus Portuguese barbadoder. Portuguese barbadosbor. English Barbados From Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island. Pronunciation: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.dɒs/, /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/, /bɑɹˈbeɪ.dəs/, /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊz/, /baɹˈba.dos/ 1. An island and country in the Caribbean.
Word: Barbados Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-? Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tos Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂tos Proto-Italic *farβātos Latin barbātus Portuguese barbadoder. Portuguese barbadosbor. English Barbados From Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island. Pronunciation: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.dɒs/, /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/, /bɑɹˈbeɪ.dəs/, /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊz/, /baɹˈba.dos/ 1. To press-gang (force into naval service). Labels: historical Example: The Barbadian planters […] resorted to shipping in hundreds of Scottish and Irish soldiers who’d been taken prisoner during Oliver Cromwell’s conquest. When that supply ran out, they took to kidnapping children, so many that a new term was coined: “barbadosed” meant the same thing in the late seventeenth century as “shanghaied” would in the twentieth.
Word: Burkina Faso Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara. Roughly translatable as "fatherland of the upright people". Pronunciation: /bəɹˈkiːnə ˈfɑsoʊ/, /bəːˌkiːnə ˈfasəʊ/ 1. A country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta. Official name: Burkina Faso.
Word: Benin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí Yoruba ile Yoruba ì- Yoruba bí Proto-Edekiri *ɪ́-nʊ̃́ Proto-Edekiri *ɪ́-lʊ̃́ Yoruba inú Yoruba ibinu Yoruba ile ibinubor. Itsekiri Ubinubor. Portuguese Benimbor. English Benin From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu. The term is first documented in the late 1490s upon Portuguese contact with the Itsekiri Kingdom. The etymology is unclear; it appears Benin was always used as an exonym (probably by the Itsekiri and Yoruba) for the Benin Kingdom, which was always referred to as Ẹ̀dó, and older Ìgòdòmigòdò. The leading hypothesis is that the term originally derived from Yoruba ilẹ̀ ìbínú (“land of anger”), which emerges from a folk myth regarding purported founder of the Benin empire, Oranmiyan, who was a Yoruba prince, who referred to the region by this phrase because of his frustration in ruling the land. Pronunciation: /bɪˈniːn/, /bɛˈniːn/, /bəˈnin/, /bəˈnɪn/ 1. A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey. 2. A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey. 3. A historical kingdom in West Africa, in present-day Nigeria.
Word: Brunei Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Brunei, probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa), which also referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei). Pronunciation: /bɹuːˈnaɪ/, /bɹʉwˈnɑj/, /bɹuˈnaɪ/, /bɹʉːˈnɑe/, /bɾʉˈnaɪ/ 1. A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
Word: Belarus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Slavic *bělъ Old East Slavic бѣлъ (bělŭ) Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *rōþruz? Old East Norse *rōþs-bor. Proto-Finnic *rooccibor. Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ) Old East Slavic Бѣла Русь (Běla Rusĭ)bor. Belarusian Бе́лая Русь (Bjélaja Rusʹ)der. Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ)bor. English Belarus Borrowed from Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ), from historical Бе́лая Русь (Bjélaja Rusʹ, “White Ruthenia or White Rus”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛləɹuːs/, /ˌbɛləˈɹuːs/, /ˈbɛləɹʉws/, /ˌbɛləˈɹʉws/, /ˌbɛləˈɹus/ 1. A country in Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Belarus. Capital and largest city: Minsk. Example: At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU. […] Belarus was always going to be the most willing partner in Russia’s attempts at self-aggrandizement. Example: In addition to the violence, "pushbacks" towards Belarus are increasing.
Word: Vanuatu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bislama Vanuatu. Pronunciation: /ˌvænuːˈaːtuː/, /væn.uːˈɑː.tuː/, /vɑ.nuˈɑ.tu/ 1. A country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Vanuatu. Capital and largest city: Port Vila.
Word: Uzbekistan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Узбекистан (Uzbekistan), itself from Classical Persian اُزْبَکِسْتَان (uzbakistān). Ultimately uncertain; possibly from Turkic uz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [Term?] (/⁠bek⁠/, “master”) (for the second element, see Turkish bey). The suffix is from Classical Persian ـِستان (istān, “place of”). By surface analysis, Uzbek + -i- + -stan. Pronunciation: /ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/, /-stæn/, /ɵzˌbɛkɪˈstɑːn/, /-stan/, /ʊzˌbɛkɪˈstɑn/ 1. A country in Central Asia. Official name: Republic of Uzbekistan. Capital: Tashkent. Example: Several officers are going to train border police in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which border Afghanistan, and in several other countries. Example: She wore a coat made of old cloth from Uzbekistan called a suzani, which was faded black with embroidered red circles and yellow and white zigzags.
Word: Tuvalu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tuvaluan Tuuvalu (literally “eight standing together”) in reference to the eight inhabited islands of Tuvalu, although Tuvalu consists of nine islands. The ninth island, Niulakita, was inhabited in 1949. Compare to Proto-Austronesian *walu (“eight”). Pronunciation: /ˌtuːvəˈluː/, /tuːˈvɑː.luː/, /ˈtuː.və.luː/, /tuˈvɑ.lu/, /ˈtu.və.lu/ 1. A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Funafuti. Example: Tuvalu, a string of islands northwest of Australia, sold the rights to its suffix, “.tv,” to a Canadian entrepreneur for $50 million, and used the money to put electricity on the outer islands, create scholarships and finance the process to join the United Nations. Example: This marks Lin’s [translating 林 (Lín)] third visit to Tuvalu. During a welcome ceremony, Lin said he was pleased to see Prime Minister Feleti Teo and other senior officials and looked forward to reviewing projects showcasing bilateral cooperation.
Word: burp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally from American English, of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /bɜːp/, /bɝp/ 1. A belch. Labels: Canada, US Example: Lennon let out a burp after downing the beer. Example: Sylvanshine would burp and it would seem like more than a burp; it would taste like he'd almost thrown up a little.
Word: burp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally from American English, of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /bɜːp/, /bɝp/ 1. To emit a burp. Labels: intransitive Example: Burping is considered impolite in most western cultures. Example: My dad used to burp to hide the fact he was farting. 2. To utter by burping Labels: transitive Example: Stevie intends to burp the alphabet at the school talent show. 3. To cause someone (such as a baby) to burp. Labels: transitive Example: Usually baby doesn't need to be burped if (1) he consistently takes his usual amount of formula, gradually increasing his capacity as the weeks go by and (2) if he hasn't spit up when put down unburped after most feedings. 4. To open (a container of fermenting substance) to allow the release of accumulated gas. Labels: transitive Example: Ferment the lemons for up to 2 weeks, opening the bag occasionally to burp it and release carbon dioxide, and reseal.
Word: Turkmenistan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkmen Türkmenistan, from Türkmen (“Turk-like; Turkmen”) + Classical Persian ـستان (-istān, “-stan”). By surface analysis, Turkmen + -istan. Pronunciation: /ˌtɜːkmɛn.ɪˈstɑːn/, /tɚkˈmɛn.ɪ.stæn/ 1. A country in Central Asia. Capital: Ashgabat.
Word: car hop Part of Speech: noun 1. A waiter who serves customers sitting in parked cars. Example: He was wearing standard car-hop attire. 2. A restaurant where customers are served in parked cars Example: Meet me at the car hop, or at the pop shop
Word: curvaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From curv(e) + -aceous. Originally American English. First attested in the 1930s. Pronunciation: /kɚˈveɪ.ʃɪs/, /-ʃəs/ 1. Having shapely and voluptuous curves; curvy. Example: He watched her walk, upon curvaceous legs, to the edge of the bed. For just a second, she smiled down at him. Example: Anya is tall, gorgeous and curvaceous, all of which I enjoy sexually, especially the curvaceous part: I enjoy squeezing and grabbing all the sexy, abundant parts of her body.
Word: front organization Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization which secretly acts as the public face of a covert group. Example: Superheroes such as Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man use front organizations to hide their secret identities.
Word: fuddy-duddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. First attested in the US circa 1900. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌdiˌdʌdi/ 1. An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person. Labels: US, informal Example: My grandma is a fuddy-duddy when it comes to keeping her house clean.
Word: fuddy-duddy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown. First attested in the US circa 1900. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌdiˌdʌdi/ 1. Old-fashioned and persnickety or ineffective. Labels: US, informal Example: Kingsolver lives by the tenets of her public-spirited fictional characters, whom she sculpts with a keen eye for individuality, e.g. Nannie Land Rawley, a seventy-something orchardist who shocks a fuddy-duddy male neighbor by wearing shorts, […]
Word: leg up Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of assisting another's progress over a wall or other obstacle by forming a step for one of their feet with one's hands. 2. A boost, a sudden improvement; an advantage, an edge. Labels: figuratively 3. Assistance, help given to get started or overcome a problem or obstacle. Labels: figuratively
Word: leg up Part of Speech: verb 1. To walk a horse on a hard surface regularly. Labels: transitive
Word: ace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”), probably borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of as. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯s/, [ˈeɪ̯s], /ˈæɪ̯s/, [ˈæ̝ɪ̯s] 1. A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game. Example: You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. 2. A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one. 3. The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games. Example: Ace in the corner. 4. A dollar bill. Labels: US, slang Example: […] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver. Example: If they got too many aces (dollar bills) or fives or tens, they turned them in to the vault where they became part of the reserve. 5. A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot. Example: He will not bate an ace of absolute certainty. Example: I'LL not wag an ace farther: The whole World ſhall not bribe me to it; 6. A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball. 7. A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc. 8. The best pitcher on the team. Labels: US 9. A run. Labels: US, dated, obsolete 10. A hole in one. Labels: US Example: "Most of the aces weren't on holes I would have liked to have made them on," confessed Colk, who dropped his fifth dodo of 1935 on December 29, which was believed at the time to be a record for most aces in a year. 11. An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent. Labels: attributive, sometimes Example: an ace detective Example: ‘Weston, the ace of theatrical agents.’ 12. A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more. 13. A perfect score on a school exam. Labels: US 14. Any of various hesperiid butterflies. 15. A quark. Labels: obsolete
Word: ace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”), probably borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of as. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯s/, [ˈeɪ̯s], /ˈæɪ̯s/, [ˈæ̝ɪ̯s] 1. To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly. Labels: US, informal, transitive 2. To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition. Labels: US, ambitransitive, informal 3. To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace. Labels: ambitransitive 4. To make an ace (hole in one).
Word: ace Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”), probably borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of as. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯s/, [ˈeɪ̯s], /ˈæɪ̯s/, [ˈæ̝ɪ̯s] 1. Excellent. Labels: UK, slang
Word: ace Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of asexual. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯s/, [ˈeɪ̯s], /ˈæɪ̯s/, [ˈæ̝ɪ̯s] 1. Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction. Labels: slang Example: "Some people who identify as ace fall under the GLBT umbrella while many others do not. Members of the queer movement have reached out to asexuals to include them in their community. The acronym for this has now become GLBTQA (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and asexual)." Example: “I was 14 when I first realized I had no interest in sex,” Jed Strohm, a happily satisfied, romantic asexual from upstate New York, said. “I identified as ace (asexual) and the group leader said I was too attractive.”
Word: ace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of asexual. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯s/, [ˈeɪ̯s], /ˈæɪ̯s/, [ˈæ̝ɪ̯s] 1. A person who is asexual. Labels: slang Example: Asexuals are programmed differently, like anybody else on the LGBTQXYZ spectrum, but difference is cool! Difference is perhaps the best part of being queer. Own it, aces! Example: Negativity toward asexuality can make emerging aces fear that something is wrong with them.
Word: acerbity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French acerbité, from Latin acerbitās (“acerbity; harshness”), from acerbus (“bitter”). See acerb. Pronunciation: /əˈsɜːbɪti/, /əˈsɝbɪti/, [əˈsɝbɪɾi], [əˈsɜːbɪɾi] 1. Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Harshness, bitterness, or severity. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: acerbity of temper, of language, of pain Example: “Well ?” I repeated with some acerbity. I had been wondering for the last ten minutes how many more knots he would manage to make in that same bit of string before he actually started undoing them again. 3. Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience). Labels: countable Example: […] the recollection of that yesterday […] made him bear with the meekness and patience of a true-hearted man all the worrying little acerbities of to-day; Example: This opera was mainly in the style of late Puccini, with acerbities stolen from Stravinsky.
Word: acetate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed from the root of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ate, from aceō (“to be sour”). By surface analysis, acet- + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈæsɪteɪ̯t/ 1. Any ester or salt of acetic acid. Example: […] to pad a piece in diluted acetate of alumine to obtain a pale lemon ground […] 2. Cellulose acetate. Example: Performers use acetate because eyelash glue is not available. They create eyelashes out of horse hair or cut from carbon paper. Their nails are glued on with a shoe adhesive. 3. A transparent sheet used for overlays, whether of cellulose acetate or (loosely) any macroscopically similar plastic. Example: Near-synonym: gel 4. In full acetate disc: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record. Example: Acetates are a relic of the days before cassettes, DAT, and recordable CDs came into widespread use in recording studios. Manufactured from aluminum, and coated in a thin sheet of vinyl, they were produced to allow the concerned parties to hear how a particular version of a recording would sound outside the studio, on their home hi-fi, for example.
Word: acerbate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acerbātus, perfect passive participle of acerbō (“make bitter”), from acerbus (“bitter”). Pronunciation: /ˈa.sə.beɪt/, /ˈæ.səɹˌbeɪt/ 1. Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature. Labels: rare
Word: acerbate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin acerbātus, perfect passive participle of acerbō (“make bitter”), from acerbus (“bitter”). Pronunciation: /ˈa.sə.beɪt/, /ˈæ.səɹˌbeɪt/ 1. To exasperate; to irritate. Labels: transitive Example: Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory. 2. To make bitter or sour. Labels: transitive
Word: acetylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, from acetyl + -ene. Pronunciation: /əˈsɛtəlˌin/ 1. Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne. Labels: countable Example: The acetylene gas lighting in the station offices and platforms at Kyle of Lochalsh recently has been replaced by electric lighting. 2. Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy. Labels: uncountable 3. A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mrs. Winnie had kindly sent her limousine car for them, and it stood throbbing in front of the hotel-entrance, its acetylenes streaming far up the street.
Word: ache Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aken (verb), and ache (noun), from Old English acan (verb) (from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”)) and æċe (noun) (from Proto-West Germanic *aki, from Proto-Germanic *akiz), traditionally explained as from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂égos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian eeke, ääke (“to ache, fester”), Low German aken, achen, äken (“to hurt, ache”), German Low German Eek (“inflammation”), North Frisian akelig, æklig (“terrible, miserable, sharp, intense”), West Frisian aaklik (“nasty, horrible, dismal, dreary”), Dutch akelig (“nasty, horrible”). The verb was originally strong, conjugating for tense like take (e.g. I ake, I oke, I have aken), but gradually became weak during Middle English; the noun was originally pronounced as /eɪt͡ʃ/ as spelled (compare breach, from break). Historically the verb was spelled ake, and the noun ache (even after the form /eɪk/ started to become common for the noun; compare again break which is now also a noun). The verb came to be spelled like the noun when lexicographer Samuel Johnson mistakenly assumed that it derived from Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “pain”) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪk/ 1. To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. Labels: intransitive, stative Example: My feet were aching for days after the marathon. Example: Every muscle in his body ached. 2. To cause someone or something to suffer pain. Labels: literary, rare, transitive
Word: ache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English aken (verb), and ache (noun), from Old English acan (verb) (from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”)) and æċe (noun) (from Proto-West Germanic *aki, from Proto-Germanic *akiz), traditionally explained as from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂égos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian eeke, ääke (“to ache, fester”), Low German aken, achen, äken (“to hurt, ache”), German Low German Eek (“inflammation”), North Frisian akelig, æklig (“terrible, miserable, sharp, intense”), West Frisian aaklik (“nasty, horrible, dismal, dreary”), Dutch akelig (“nasty, horrible”). The verb was originally strong, conjugating for tense like take (e.g. I ake, I oke, I have aken), but gradually became weak during Middle English; the noun was originally pronounced as /eɪt͡ʃ/ as spelled (compare breach, from break). Historically the verb was spelled ake, and the noun ache (even after the form /eɪk/ started to become common for the noun; compare again break which is now also a noun). The verb came to be spelled like the noun when lexicographer Samuel Johnson mistakenly assumed that it derived from Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “pain”) due to the similarity in form and meaning of the two words. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪk/ 1. Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. Example: You may suffer a minor ache in your side. Example: The aches and pains died down after taking an analgesic. 2. Emotional suffering causing discomfort and physical pain.
Word: ache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ache, from Old French ache, from Latin apium (“celery”). Reinforced by modern French ache. Pronunciation: /eɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Parsley. Labels: historical, obsolete
Word: ache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing the pronunciation of the letter H. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Rare spelling of aitch. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: achieve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English achieven, acheven, from Anglo-Norman achever, Old French achever, achiever et al., apparently from Late Latin *accapāre, from ad (“to”) + caput (“head”) + -ō (verbal suffix), or alternatively a construction based on Old French chief (“head”). Compare Catalan, Occitan, Portuguese and Spanish acabar, French achever. Pronunciation: /əˈt͡ʃiːv/ 1. To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance. Labels: intransitive 2. To carry out successfully; to accomplish. Labels: transitive Example: achieve goals Example: achieve objectives 3. To conclude, finish, especially successfully. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Full many Countreyes they did overronne, From the uprising to the setting Sunne, And many hard adventures did atchieve […] 4. To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. Labels: transitive Example: I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West. Example: Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962. 5. To conclude, to turn out. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 6. To obtain (a material thing). Labels: literary, transitive Example: He hath achieved a maid That paragons description. Example: [U]s hitherto this Corner and ſecret receſſe hath defended, novv the Vttermoſt point of our Land is laid open: and things the leſſe they haue beene vvithin knovvledge, the greater the glorie is to atchieue them.
Word: Achilles Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús). Pronunciation: /əˈkɪliːz/ 1. A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp. Labels: Greek Example: Achilles! a drayman, a porter, a very camel. Example: Achilles’ wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber’d, heavenly goddess, sing! 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: rare 3. The Greek camp Trojan asteroid 588 Achilles.
Word: Achilles heel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Greek hero Achilles, whom according to legend his mother held by the heel when she dipped him in the River Styx, making him invulnerable everywhere except on his heel. He was later killed by an arrow wound to the heel. Although the legend is ancient, the phrase only entered English in the 19th century. It is used as a metaphor for vulnerability, as in the earliest citation, an essay by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Pronunciation: /əˌkɪl.iːz ˈhiːl/ 1. A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation. Example: A good all-round golfer, playing out of bunkers is my Achilles heel. Example: In nearly all respects he is an admirable agent of the USSR, but his gross physical habits and predilections are an Achilles heel of which we have been able to take advantage from time to time and one of his mistresses is a Eurasian (No 1860) controlled by Station F, who has recently been able to obtain insight into his private affairs. 2. The Achilles tendon, the tendo Achillis.
Word: achromatism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French achromatisme. 1. The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity. Labels: uncountable Example: the achromatism of a lens 2. The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors. Labels: uncountable Example: No flaming flower relieved its black achromatism although that tree had been known long ago to burst open with a three-hour glory. 3. Achromatopia. Labels: uncountable
Word: acidic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acid + -ic. Doublet of acidy. Pronunciation: /əˈsɪd.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid. Example: an acidic solution 2. Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red. Labels: physical Example: The swampland is an extensive pegasse swamp, which is rich in organic matter and intensely acidic. Example: Local workers hike up the side of the mountain and down into the crater at the top to harvest its sulfur—a byproduct of the gas that escapes from the volcano’s vents and collects near the shores of an acidic lake at the crater’s center. The chemical is used in industry worldwide, from making matchsticks to vulcanizing rubber, but Ijen’s sulfur goes mostly to local factories, which use it to bleach sugar. 3. Containing a high percentage of silica-bearing minerals.
Word: acidification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French acidification, equivalent to acid + -ification. Pronunciation: /əˌsɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Coral reefs, for instance, are suffering from the higher temperatures and the effects of acidification whilst also being weakened by bad fishing practices, pollution, siltation and toxic algal blooms.
Word: acidify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From acid + -ify, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”); compare French acidifier. Pronunciation: /əˈsɪdɪfaɪ/ 1. To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid. Labels: transitive 2. To neutralize alkalis. Labels: transitive Example: to acidify sugar 3. To sour; to embitter. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: [H]is thin existence all acidified into rage
Word: acidosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English acidosis From acid + -osis. Pronunciation: /ˌæs.ɪˈdəʊ.sɪs/, /ˌæs.ɪˈdoʊ.sɪs/, /ˌæs.ɪˈdəʉ.sɪs/ 1. An abnormally increased acidity of the blood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: FIFA Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈfiːfə/ 1. FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) Example: In terms of viewing audience and revenue, the FIFA World Cup is the largest sport megaevent of its kind[…] Example: After FIFA President Gianni Infantino called for automatic forfeits for teams whose fans have racially abused players and caused matches to be abandoned, the English Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) chair says fellow players don’t believe enough is being done to punish racism at soccer matches. 2. A series of association football video games developed and released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label.
Word: NAIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Animal Interest Alliance. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NCAA Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɛn siː ˈdʌb(ə)l eɪ/, /ɛn siː eɪ eɪ/ 1. Initialism of National Collegiate Athletic Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The Pack’s average seed in the mountain of NCAA tourney predictions out there is 10, and even the most optimistic takes on State’s situation have the team as an eight-seed. Example: In a major step, the NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to support an interim policy that would allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL) without violating NCAA rules until federal legislation or new NCAA rules are adopted.
Word: IPO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of initial public offering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In spite of the recent falls in the value of the Nasdaq index and the value of Amazon stock, the new technology had the city by the ears: the talk was still of start-ups, IPOs, interactivity, the unimaginable future that had just begun to begin. Example: You just shrug when you change the site’s privacy settings overnight to capture lucrative personal information and make Facebook’s IPO one of the biggest in Silicon Valley. 2. Initialism of Intellectual Property Office. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IPO Part of Speech: verb 1. To launch an initial public offering, to go public. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: OnX recently IPO'ed at $7.50 per share, quickly rose to $10.50 per share and then drifted down to about $5 per share. Example: @大学生讲坛 tweets, “A stock market investor asks Hades, ‘What level of hell is this?’ Hades replies, ‘The 18th.’ The investor tears up out of happiness, ‘Finally I've managed to buy at the bottom!’ Hades looks at him with a smile, ‘Don't you know that hell has IPOed and expanded to 36 levels?’”
Word: initial public offering Part of Speech: noun 1. The first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange. Labels: phrase, plural
Word: accomplishable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English accomplish Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English accomplishable From accomplish + -able. Pronunciation: /əˈkɒm.plɪʃ.ə.bəl/ 1. Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Example: With proper planning, even the most difficult task can be accomplishable. Example: The project seemed barely accomplishable within the given deadline.
Word: poison Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtiōnem (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“to drink”). See also potion and potable (from the same root). Mostly displaced native Old English ātor. See more at atter. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪ.zən/, /ˈpoj.zən/, /ˈpoɪ.zən/ 1. A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: (loosely) venom Example: We used a poison to kill the weeds. 2. Anything harmful to a person or thing. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Gossip is a malicious poison. Example: Awaie with the Rebels ſuffer them not to ſpeake, His words are poyſon in the eares of the people, […] 3. An alcoholic drink. (Mainly in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison?") Labels: countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable Example: — What's your poison? — I'll have a glass of whiskey. 4. Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The temperature effect of poisons. The influence of poison on the catalyst can be different with the change of reaction conditions.
Word: poison Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English poysoun, poyson, pusoun, from Old French poison, poisun, from Latin pōtiōnem (“drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”), from pōtō (“to drink”). See also potion and potable (from the same root). Mostly displaced native Old English ātor. See more at atter. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪ.zən/, /ˈpoj.zən/, /ˈpoɪ.zən/ 1. To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody). Labels: transitive Example: The assassin poisoned the king. 2. To pollute; to cause to become poisonous. Labels: transitive Example: That factory is poisoning the river. 3. To cause to become much worse. Labels: transitive Example: Suspicion will poison their relationship. Example: He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism. 4. To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions. Labels: transitive Example: She's poisoned him against all his old friends. 5. To inhibit the catalytic activity of. 6. To place false or malicious data into (a cache, etc.) as part of an exploit. Labels: transitive Example: In this technique, the hacker poisons the cache to launch malware into Web pages.
Word: quotation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotātiō, from Latin quotāre, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote + -ation. Pronunciation: /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/ 1. A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech. Labels: countable Example: "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine. 2. The act of quoting someone or something. Labels: uncountable Example: One of these preachers was a blacksmith, whose iron constitution had entirely given way, and the little strength that remained he exhausted in endless quotation of texts from the Bible. Example: Mr. [Augustine] Birrell has, as usual, quoted very liberally, and to excellent effect. Quotation is an art the difficulty of which may easily be underrated by paragraph-writers or by persons who do not write at all. You may say no end of wise things about a writer, and yet fail to convey a sense of the peculiar flavor for which you really value him. To insinuate a phrase or verse of our author into the midst of our own readable (because ephemeral) discourse, is all most of us may do, without giving our readers an unpalatable suspicion that they are being seduced into the perusal of a real author. Mr. Birrell quotes by the page, and we gratefully read every line because we are sure Mr. Birrell, at least, is incapable of asking us to read anything inconsequent or dull. 3. A price that has been quoted for buying or selling. Labels: countable Example: Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing. 4. The act of setting a price. Labels: uncountable 5. A quota, a share. Labels: countable, obsolete
Word: general Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(ə.)ɹəl/, /ˈd͡ʒen.(ə.)ɹəl/ 1. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole, etc.; common to all, universal. Example: It is generall / To be mortall: / I haue well espyde / No man may hym hyde / From Deth holow eyed […]. Example: "Among us!" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair. 2. Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent. Labels: postpositional, sometimes Example: For these successes he obtained the rank of Field-Marshal General. Example: He becomes the chief chartered libertine, the whoremaster-general flourishing his "standard" over a female army […]. 3. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual. Example: ‘I can't quite afford you the sympathy you expect upon this score,’ I replied; ‘the misfortune is so general, that it belongs to one half of the species […].’ Example: The general opinion on Baz Luhrmann's overstuffed epic Australia seems to be that it throws in everything but the kitchen sink, and then tosses that in too, just to be sure. 4. Not limited in use or application; applicable across a broad range. Example: M. Venizelos went to Athens from Paris early last January in response to a general invitation from the Greek populace. Example: Already in the primary school work is conducted for the purpose of equipping the pupils with those elements of general knowledge which are closely related to the military preparation of future warriors. 5. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite. Example: As she thus spoke, the entrance of the servants with dinner cut off all conversation but that of a general nature. Example: There was a moment's pause. The Princess broke in with some casual remark and once more the conversation became general. 6. Not of a specific class; miscellaneous. Example: general goods Example: His measured, springless walk was the walk of the skilled countryman as distinct from the desultory shamble of the general labourer […].