nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: delivery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer. Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪv.(ə.)ɹi/ 1. The act of conveying something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The delivery was completed by four. Example: delivery of a nuclear missile to its target 2. The item which has been conveyed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your delivery is on the table. 3. The act or process of a mother giving birth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: childbirth, parturition Example: The delivery was painful. 4. A pitching motion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His delivery has a catch in it. 5. A thrown pitch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here is the delivery; ... strike three! 6. The manner of speaking or singing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The actor's delivery was flawless. Example: I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery. 7. The administration of a drug. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: drug delivery system 8. A ball bowled. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The process of throwing a stone. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A cross or pass Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The win was secured with another moment of significance four minutes from time when captain Harry Kane, who had once again struggled to influence the game, headed in from substitute Jack Grealish's perfect delivery for his first goal of Euro 2020.
Word: demand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin dēmandō Old French demanderbor. Middle English demaunden English demand From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɑːnd/, /dɪˈmænd/, /dəˈmænd/ 1. The desire to purchase goods and services. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Prices usually go up when demand exceeds supply. Example: Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand. 2. The market force that causes buyers to be both willing and able to buy a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently salable at any given price point; the amount itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay. Example: Demand for the kitchenware with the pastel colorway has been running low lately, at an average of only 37 units per week. 3. A forceful claim for something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Modern society is responding to women's demands for equality. Example: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition. 4. A requirement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His job makes many demands on his time. Example: There is a demand for voluntary health workers in the poorer parts of Africa and Asia. 5. An urgent request. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She couldn't ignore the newborn baby's demands for attention. 6. An order. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: demand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Proto-Italic *manuðō Latin mandō Latin dēmandō Old French demanderbor. Middle English demaunden English demand From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin dēmandō, dēmandāre. Displaced native Old English ġiwian (“to demand”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɑːnd/, /dɪˈmænd/, /dəˈmænd/ 1. To request forcefully. Example: I demand to see the manager. Example: The police officer will demand (that) you hand the wallet in. 2. To claim a right to something. Example: The bank is demanding the mortgage payment. 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. 3. To ask forcefully for information. Example: I demand an immediate explanation. Example: When Lazarus left his charnel-cave, ⁠And home to Mary’s house return’d, ⁠Was this demanded—if he yearn’d To hear her weeping by his grave? 4. To require of someone. Example: This job demands a lot of patience. 5. To issue a summons to court.
Word: market share Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From market + share. 1. The percentage of some market held by a company, country, (sub)sector or any other actor or aggregate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They continued to lose market share. Example: They have increased their market share.
Word: dinky-di Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Fanciful diminutive form of dinkum. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋkiˈdɑi/, /dɪŋkiˈdʌɪ/, /dɪŋkiˈdaɪ/ 1. Genuine, true. Labels: Australia, not-comparable, slang Example: ‘Is that dinky-die?’ he asked. ‘You came on to Australia because of me?’ Example: Since Miss McKendry is a dinky-die Aussie with an accent thick as a kangaroo′s tail, she was hexed from the start. 2. Authentically Australian. Labels: Australia, broadly, not-comparable, slang Example: “Wonderful! By the time we′re old I'll be able to speak like an Australian.” “No way. You′ll never be dinky die. Your English is much too cultured. Just like you.” Example: ‘Come and meet Sandor and Eva, and here is their son Miklos, all right, Michael he insists on being now, he is dinky-die as they say, a proper Australian, he even forgets how to speak Hungarian, he has just left school like you—[…].’ 3. Honest, on the level. Labels: Australia, not-comparable, slang Example: And if you want my dinky-die advice, you′ll let me take you to the cops. 4. True blue, steadfastly loyal. Labels: Australia, not-comparable, slang Example: These men to whom I am referring are “dinky-die” diggers and patriots.
Word: guarantee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French guarantie (perhaps via a later Spanish garante), from the verb guarantir (“to protect, assure, vouch for”), ultimately from Old Frankish *warjand, *warand (“a warrant”), or from guaranty. Doublet of guaranty and warranty. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/, /ˌɡɛɹ.ənˈtiː/ 1. Anything that assures a certain outcome. Example: Can you give me a guarantee that he will be fit for the match? Example: After his actions were challenged by foreign governments and Parliament initially tried to put a stop to his action, Denman returned home and argued his case with enough force that, by 1848, the Royal Navy was handed active permission and encouragement to raze every last slave factory they could find to the ground, and full authority to stop any ship, of any flag, that was thought to be a slaver, with a guarantee with^([sic]) no censure from the government. 2. A legal assurance of something, e.g. a security for the fulfillment of an obligation. 3. A written declaration that a certain product will be fit for a purpose and work correctly; a warranty. Labels: specifically Example: The cooker comes with a five-year guarantee. 4. The person to whom a guarantee is made. 5. A person who gives such a guarantee; a guarantor. Labels: colloquial Example: But God who is the great Guarantee for the Peace , Order , and good behaviour of Mankind
Word: guarantee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French guarantie (perhaps via a later Spanish garante), from the verb guarantir (“to protect, assure, vouch for”), ultimately from Old Frankish *warjand, *warand (“a warrant”), or from guaranty. Doublet of guaranty and warranty. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/, /ˌɡɛɹ.ənˈtiː/ 1. To give an assurance that something will be done right. 2. To assume or take responsibility for a debt or other obligation. 3. To make something certain. Example: The long sunny days guarantee a good crop.
Word: ultra-high Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-West Germanic *hauh Old English hēah Middle English heigh English high English ultra-high From ultra- + high. 1. Very, extremely, or exceedingly high. Labels: not-comparable Example: ultra-high frequency Example: ultra-high definition video
Word: ointment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A later form (as if oint + -ment) of Middle English oinement, borrowed from Old French oignement (“an anointing”), from oigner, oindre, ongier (“to anoint”), from Latin ung(u)ō (“I anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to smear, anoint”). Partly displaced native Old English sealf, whence modern salve. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt/, [ˈɔ̃ɪ̃(n)ʔ.mɪ̃(n)ʔ], /ˈɔɪn(t)m(ə)nt/ 1. A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The doctor prescribed an antibiotic ointment for the wound. Example: She applied a soothing herbal ointment to her dry skin. 2. A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: whole number Part of Speech: noun 1. An integer. 2. A positive integer or zero.
Word: number-theoretical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to number theory. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: The simple question of which numbers are divisible by others leads directly into many deep number-theoretical questions.
Word: identity element Part of Speech: noun 1. An element of an algebraic structure which when applied, in either order, to any other element via a binary operation yields the other element. Example: Therefore the number 0 is not considered an identity element for subtraction, even though x-0#61;x for all x, since 0-x#92;nex. Example: Proof. If e and e' are both identity elements, then we have ee'=e since e' is an identity element, and ee'=e' since e is an identity element. Thus e=ee'=e'.
Word: left identity Part of Speech: noun 1. An element of a structure that produces an identity mapping when applied on the left.
Word: right identity Part of Speech: noun 1. An element of a structure that produces an identity mapping when applied on the right.
Word: prime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English prime, from Old French prime and its etymon, Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond, before”). Doublet of primo and primus. The noun sense "apostrophe-like symbol" originates from the fact that the symbol ′ was originally a superscript Roman numeral one. Pronunciation: /pɹaɪ̯m/ 1. First in importance, degree, or rank. Example: Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe. 2. First in time, order, or sequence. Example: Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals. Example: I thought it lawful from my forme act, / And the ſame end ; ſtill watching to oppreſs / Iſrael’s oppreſſours : of what now I ſuffer / She was not the prime cauſe, but I my ſelf, / Who vanquiſht with a peal of words (O weakneſs !) / Gave up my fort of ſilence to a Woman. 3. First in excellence, quality, or value. Example: This is a prime location for a bookstore. Example: Gemmen (says he), you all well know / The joy there is whene'er we meet; / It's what I call the primest go, / And rightly named, 'tis—'quite a treat,' […] 4. Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers). Example: Thirteen is a prime number. 5. Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands. 6. Having its complement closed under multiplication. 7. Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module. 8. Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol. 9. Early; blooming; being in the first stage. Example: [...] His ſtarrie Helme unbuckl’d ſhew’d him prime / In Manhood where Youth ended ; by his ſide / As in a glittering Zodiac hung the Sword, / Satans dire dread, and in his hand the Spear. 10. Lecherous, lewd, lustful. Labels: obsolete Example: It is impoſſible you ſhould ſee this, / Were they as prime as Goates, as hot as Monkies, / As ſalt as Wolues, in pride; and fooles as groſſe / As ignorance made drunke: [...]
Word: prime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to primage and Latin prīmus. Pronunciation: /pɹaɪ̯m/ 1. To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work. Labels: transitive Example: You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump. 2. To apply a coat of primer paint to. Labels: transitive Example: I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat. 3. To be renewed. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Nights baſhfull Empreſſe, though ſhe often wayne, / As oft repents her darkneſſe ; primes againe ; / And with her circling Hornes does re-embrace / Her brothers wealth, and orbs her ſilver face. 4. To serve as priming for the charge of a gun. Labels: intransitive 5. To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed. Labels: intransitive Example: Although we took our eight bogies along to Whitstable at 60 m.p.h., and made a clean start from there, after Herne Bay the engine primed badly on Blacksole Bank and nearly stopped before we got over the top. Then we ran like the wind across the marshes with half-regulator, 30 per cent cut-off, and the engine blowing off. 6. To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge). 7. To prepare; to make ready. Example: The boys are primed for mischief. Example: “He’s priming himself,” Osborne whispered to Dobbin, and at length the hour and the carriage arrived for Vauxhall. 8. To instruct beforehand, as for an examination; to coach. Labels: archaic Example: to prime a witness 9. To trim or prune. Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: to prime trees 10. To mark with a prime mark.
Word: prime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French prime (“reward, prize, bonus”). Pronunciation: /pɹiːm/ 1. An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points. Example: Most primes are won with gaps on the field; most sprints are in bunches.
Word: contract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”) [from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”)] + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɹækt/, /ˈkɔntɹakt/, /ˈkɑntɹækt/, /ˈkɔntɹækt/, /ˈkɒntɹɛkt/ 1. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement. Example: sign a contract Example: write up a contract 2. An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed. 3. The document containing such an agreement. 4. A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts. 5. An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone. Labels: informal Example: The mafia boss put a contract out on the man who betrayed him. 6. The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
Word: contract Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French contract, from Latin contractus (noun), from contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”) [from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”)] + -tus (suffix forming nouns from verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɹækt/, /ˈkɔntɹakt/, /ˈkɑntɹækt/, /ˈkɔntɹækt/, /ˈkɒntɹɛkt/ 1. Contracted; affianced; betrothed. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel 2. Not abstract; concrete. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: But now in eche kinde of these, there are certaine nombers named Abſtracte: and other called nombers Contracte.
Word: contract Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French contracter, from Latin contractum, past participle of contrahere (“to bring together, to bring about, to conclude a bargain”), from con- (“with, together”) + trahere (“to draw, to pull”). The verb developed after the noun, and originally meant only "draw together"; the sense "make a contract with" developed later. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹækt/ 1. To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The snail’s body contracted into its shell. Example: to contract one’s sphere of action 2. To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one. Example: The word “cannot” is often contracted into “can’t”. 3. To make an agreement or contract; to covenant. Labels: intransitive Example: The company contracted with the council to build 200 new houses. 4. To enter into a contract with (someone or something). Labels: transitive Example: We have just contracted new pest control services. 5. To enter into (an agreement) with mutual obligations; to make (an arrangement). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: We have contracted an inviolable amitie, peace, and league with the aforesaid Queene. Example: Many persons […] had contracted marriage within the degrees of consanguinity […] prohibited by law. 6. To bring on; to incur; to acquire. Labels: transitive Example: She contracted the habit of smoking in her teens. Example: to contract a debt 7. To gain or acquire (an illness). Labels: transitive Example: At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853]. Example: An officer contracted hepatitis B and died after handling the blood-soaked clothing of a homicide victim […] 8. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit. Example: And didſt contract, and purſe thy brow together, / As if thou then hadſt ſhut vp in thy braine, / Some horrible counſell: […] 9. To betroth; to affiance. Example: The truth is, ſhe and I (long ſince contracted) / Are now ſo ſure that nothing can diſſolve vs: […]
Word: relatively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English relative Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English relatively From relative + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv.li/, [ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv.li], [ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv.li] 1. In a relative manner; with reference to environment or competition; contextually or comparatively. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the present position of Europe, it is obvious, that France domineers. She has gained positively, by adding territory to her dominions [...]; she has gained relatively, by removing Austria to a distance, and by weakening that ancient rival to such a degree, as to secure her inaction for an age. Example: [T]he Sundanese [...] have better preserved their primitive usages than the other inhabitants of the island. They are as a rule taller, more robust, and healthier; but they are regarded as relatively barbarous, and in the company of Malays or Javanese, they are themselves ashamed of their dialect, which is looked on as a sort of rude patois. 2. Somewhat; fairly. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed, sometimes Example: Additionally, the F never lets you forget it's one big and very heavy motorcycle. The wide bars give you the leverage to bend it into a corner relatively quickly, but you feel its mass resisting. […] On the freeway, the seat–relatively thin to keep ride height down–offers a pleasant site for your rear through a tank of gas. Example: There are at least 1,000 DOE staff working in relatively new offices in the department created after Biden’s infrastructure and climate laws passed a few years ago, including the Grid Deployment Office – which works on modernizing and securing the nation’s electrical grid.
Word: hardworking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + working. 1. Of a person, taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly. Example: “My team and manager are exceptional; they are hardworking, talented, and supportive,” noted one respondent. “The company as a whole really focuses on their employees and that is very important to me.” Example: It exacerbates homelessness, slows family formation, prevents workers from moving to opportunity and puts an enormous strain on the budgets of hardworking people.
Word: cultivate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō (“till, cultivate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more), from cultīvus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō) and Sanskrit चरति (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-īnus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/, /ˈkʌltɪvɛjt/, /ˈkʊltɪveɪt/, /ˈkʌltɪvet/, /ˈkʌltɪveːt/ 1. To grow plants, notably crops. Example: Most farmers in this region cultivate maize. Example: So unhealthy is this valley, which is the home of large game, that whole kraals full of people who have tried to cultivate the rich land, have died in it of fever, or fled away leaving their crops unreaped. 2. To nurture; to foster; to tend. Labels: figuratively Example: They tried to cultivate an interest in learning among their students. Example: Left also to himself by guardians[…] he cultivated more his imagination than his judgment 3. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.
Word: export Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin exportare. 1. Of or relating to exportation or exports. Labels: not-comparable
Word: export Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exportare. Pronunciation: /ˈɛks.pɔːt/, /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/, /ˈɛks.po(ː)ɹt/, /ˈɛks.poət/ 1. Something that is exported. Labels: countable Example: Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia. 2. The act of exporting. Labels: uncountable Example: The export of fish is forbidden in this country.
Word: export Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exportare. Pronunciation: /ɪksˈpɔːt/, /ɪksˈpɔɹt/, /ɪksˈpo(ː)ɹt/, /ɪksˈpoət/, /ˈɛks.pɔɹt/ 1. To carry away. Labels: transitive Example: [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy. 2. To sell (goods) to a foreign country. Labels: transitive Example: Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world. Example: Jim is a nurseryman, specialising in clematis, and he has built up a business exporting 150 varieties to countries all over the world. 3. To cause to spread in another part of the world. Labels: transitive 4. To send (data) from one program to another. Labels: transitive 5. To put up (a child) for international adoption. Labels: transitive
Word: competitive advantage Part of Speech: noun 1. An attribute that allows a company or a person to outperform competitors.
Word: mazer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maser, mazer, masere, from Anglo-Norman mazer, Old French mazre (“a kind of maple wood”), from Frankish *masur, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz, cognate with Old High German masar (German Maser (“spot”)), Icelandic mösurr (“maple”). It has been suggested that the English word might instead come from Old English *mæser, *maser (suggested by a putative derivative mæseren), but the evidence for this is slight and disputed. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪzə/ 1. The maple tree, or maple wood. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. A large drinking bowl made from such wood; a mazer bowl. Labels: archaic, countable, historical, uncountable Example: Presently he rose up and set before each young man some meat in a charger and drink in a large mazer, treating me in like manner; and after that they sat questioning me concerning my adventures and what had betided me Example: Then, in great wooden cups and bowls and mazers, wreathed with ivy, came the wines […]
Word: effectivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectīvusbor. French effectifder. English effective Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English effectivity From effective + -ity. Pronunciation: /əˈfek.tɪv.ə.t̬i/ 1. The ability or power to be effective. Labels: uncountable 2. A measure of the effectiveness of something. Labels: countable 3. [Technical documentation] An indication of the product, procedure, or timescale for which an item of information is applicable or effective. Labels: countable
Word: solution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English solucioun, from Old French solucion (French solution), from Latin solūtiōnem, accusative singular of solūtiō, from the verb solvō. Compare solve, -tion. Pronunciation: /səˈl(j)uːʃən/ 1. A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable Example: Meronyms: solvent, solute 2. An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All too often, computer technology is treated as a solution in search of a problem. In fact, it is not uncommon for people working with computers to become critical of the problem because it doesn't seem to fit the solution they have generated. Example: The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model. 3. An answer to a problem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: How many beautiful creations, how many glorious dreams went with him to the tomb! but the unfulfilled destiny of genius is a mystery whose solution is not of earth. Example: Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery. 4. A product, service or suite thereof, especially software. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Satisfaction of a claim or debt. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, rare, uncountable Example: he was not obliged to repeat what he had received, in solution of a just debt Example: A disposition granted on a cessio bonorum is merely in farther security to the creditors, not in satisfaction or in solution of the debts. 6. The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This accounts for the very rapid vegetation in the northern latitudes, after the solution of the snows. 7. The crisis of a disease. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: solution Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English solucioun, from Old French solucion (French solution), from Latin solūtiōnem, accusative singular of solūtiō, from the verb solvō. Compare solve, -tion. Pronunciation: /səˈl(j)uːʃən/ 1. To treat with a solution. Example: The reason for having the rubber so thick is that the cuts one is bound to get do not penetrate right through the rubber to the canvas or fabric, as I found it was really throught htis latter rotting that the trouble with the tyres occurred, whereas, when I had thick rubber, and particularly, be it noted, not one piece of rubber, but two pieces, namely, the rubber, cover proper and then a thick rubber band solutioned on top of this, I found from experience that, say, the rubber was half an inch thick, the cuts seemed to go much more easily through one piece of rubber than they did through two pieces of rubber, each a quarter of an inch thick, solutioned together. Example: The end of the casing 1 is flanged to receive a rubber tube 21 having and extension 22 to which the air chamber is solutioned or similarly fixed.
Word: qualified Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/, /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪd/, /ˈkwɑ.lə.faɪd/, /ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑed/, /ˈkwɒl.ə.faɪd/ 1. Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position. Example: The classification is for graduates of a class A teleman school with no significant experience and for other personnel who are not qualified for a specialized classification. 2. Restricted or limited by conditions. Example: Assuming that I have all the information, my qualified opinion is that your plan will work. Example: Gatwick has been given a qualified green light to operate a second runway after the government “set out a path to expansion” for London’s second biggest airport.
Word: qualified Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪd/, /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪd/, /ˈkwɑ.lə.faɪd/, /ˈkwɔl.ɪ.fɑed/, /ˈkwɒl.ə.faɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of qualify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clientele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French clientèle, ultimately from Latin cliēns (English client). Pronunciation: [klaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl], /kliː.ɒnˈtɛl/, /ˌklaɪ.ənˈtɛl/, [ˌklaɪ.n̩ˈtɛl], [klɑe.n̩ˈtel] 1. The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits; a group of specific clients collectively. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Helen's clientele encompasses a broad range of different ages, races and social statuses. Example: The bars’ clientèle called Foucault “Herr Doktor”.
Word: KERA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Kentucky Education Reform Act (1990). Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: sure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sure, seur, sur, from Middle French sur or Old French seür, from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “carefree”), from sē- (“apart”) + cūra (“care”) (compare Old English orsorg (“carefree”), from or- (“without”) + sorg (“care”)). See cure. Doublet of secure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”). Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewis, ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), as well as Middle English siker (“sure, secure”) (from Old English sicor (“secure, sure”)) with which it was cognate. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃʊə/, /ʃoː/, /ʃʉɾ/, [ʃʉːɾ] 1. Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable. Example: This investment is a sure thing. Example: The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm. 2. Certain in one's knowledge or belief. Example: The very excess of the extravagance, in fact, by suggesting to the reader continually the mere aeriality of the entire speculation, furnishes the surest means of disenchanting him from the horror which might else gather upon his feelings. Example: The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house. 3. Certain to act or be a specified way. Example: Be sure to lock the door when you leave. 4. Free from danger; safe; secure. Labels: obsolete Example: Feare not: the Forreſt is not three leagues off, / If we recouer that, we are ſure enough. 5. Betrothed; engaged to marry. Labels: obsolete Example: c. 1513-1518 (probably date written, published after 1535) Thomas More, History of King Richard III The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God. Example: I presum'd […] [that] you had been sure, as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife.
Word: sure Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sure, seur, sur, from Middle French sur or Old French seür, from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “carefree”), from sē- (“apart”) + cūra (“care”) (compare Old English orsorg (“carefree”), from or- (“without”) + sorg (“care”)). See cure. Doublet of secure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”). Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewis, ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), as well as Middle English siker (“sure, secure”) (from Old English sicor (“secure, sure”)) with which it was cognate. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃʊə/, /ʃoː/, /ʃʉɾ/, [ʃʉːɾ] 1. Without doubt, certainly. Labels: modal Example: Sure he's coming! Why wouldn't he? Example: "Did you kill that bear yourself?" ―"I sure did!" 2. Without fail, surely. Labels: archaic Example: Theſe are the wings ſhall make it flie as ſwift, As dooth the lightening: or the breath of heauen, And kill as ſure as it ſwiftly flies.
Word: sure Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English sure, seur, sur, from Middle French sur or Old French seür, from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “carefree”), from sē- (“apart”) + cūra (“care”) (compare Old English orsorg (“carefree”), from or- (“without”) + sorg (“care”)). See cure. Doublet of secure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”). Displaced native Middle English wis, iwis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewis, ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), as well as Middle English siker (“sure, secure”) (from Old English sicor (“secure, sure”)) with which it was cognate. Pronunciation: /ʃɔː/, /ʃʊə/, /ʃoː/, /ʃʉɾ/, [ʃʉːɾ] 1. Yes; of course. Example: "Could you tell me where the washrooms are?" "Sure, they're in the corner over there." 2. Yes; I guess; you could say that; a weak or noncommittal positive response. Example: "Do you like cats?" "Sure." Example: "Do you want me to put this in the garage?" "Sure, go ahead." 3. You're welcome; polite response to being thanked. Example: "Thanks for helping me with that electrical fault." "Sure. Any time."
Word: shortcoming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From short + coming. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɔːtˌkʌmɪŋ/, /ˈʃoɹtˌkʌmɪŋ/, [ˈʃɑɹtˌkʌmɪŋ], /ˈʃoːtˌkɐmɪŋ/, /ˈʃoːtˌkɐməŋ/ 1. A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal. Labels: plural, usually Example: They were behind twice, first to James Morrison's 11th-minute strike and then Kenny Miller's effort early in the second half. England responded with goals of their own from Theo Walcott and Daniel Welbeck and, on the balance of play, probably deserved the victory. On the flip-side, they could conceivably have lost because of their various shortcomings in defence. They also have a goalkeeper, Joe Hart, who is a danger to his own team on nights like these. Example: In truth, I suspect it will take more than the first term of a Labour government to address the shortcomings of the railway system in the North.
Word: conflict Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōnflīctus, from com- + flīctus, past participle of conflīgō (“to strike together”), from com- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence con-). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.flɪkt/, /ˈkɑn.flɪkt/ 1. A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago. Example: One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. 2. An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I wanted to attend the meeting but there's a conflict in my schedule that day. 3. in fiction/literature, opposing forces that create uncertainty as to whether the character(s) will achieve their goal(s). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conflict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin cōnflīctus, from com- + flīctus, past participle of conflīgō (“to strike together”), from com- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence con-). Pronunciation: /kənˈflɪkt/, /ˈkɑn.flɪkt/ 1. To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible Labels: intransitive Example: [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness. 2. To overlap (with), as in a schedule. Labels: intransitive Example: Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule. Example: It appears that our schedules conflict.
Word: subsidiary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”). Pronunciation: /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/, /sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i/, /sʌbˈsɪ.d͡ʒəɹ.i/ 1. Auxiliary or supplemental. Example: chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary Example: They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence. 2. Secondary or subordinate. Example: a subsidiary stream Example: By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country. 3. Of or relating to a subsidy. Example: subsidiary payments to an ally Example: George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.
Word: subsidiary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”). Pronunciation: /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/, /sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i/, /sʌbˈsɪ.d͡ʒəɹ.i/ 1. A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company. 2. A subordinate theme. 3. One who aids or supplies; an assistant.
Word: hegemony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἡγεμονία (hēgemonía, “supremacy or leadership, chief command”), from ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn, “a leader, guide, commander, chief”), from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”). Early 19th-century usage influenced by German Hegemonie. Pronunciation: /hɪˈd͡ʒɛ.mə.ni/, /hɪˈɡɛ.mə.ni/, /ˈhɛ.d͡ʒə.moʊ.ni/ 1. Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others. Labels: countable, formal, uncountable Example: The idea of a German republic and confederacy like the American, is surely less fantastical than a hegemony to which nobody is willing to submit. 2. Dominance of one social group over another, such that the ruling group or hegemon acquires some degree of consent from the subordinate, as opposed to dominance purely by force. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The two political parties battled viciously for hegemony.
Word: wish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja, ønskje, ønska, ønske, ynskja, ynskje (“to wish, to desire”), Swedish önska (“to wish”). Via PIE cognate with Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”), English wonder. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪʃ/, [ˈwɪʃ] 1. A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen. Example: It is my wish that the bequest (should) be given to an almshouse. Example: make someone's wish come true 2. An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power. Example: make a wish Example: LESTER: You believe in wishes? I mean, you believe they come true? CHESTER: Nah. I believe in wishes, but I don't believe they come true. Not unless it's a real easy wish, like "I wish I was at a birthday party." But you gotta blow out all the candles, or else the wish don't come true. If one candle stays lit, you don't get your wish. 3. The thing desired or longed for. Example: My dearest wish is to see them happily married. Example: You have my best wishes. 4. A water meadow.
Word: wish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja, ønskje, ønska, ønske, ynskja, ynskje (“to wish, to desire”), Swedish önska (“to wish”). Via PIE cognate with Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”), English wonder. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪʃ/, [ˈwɪʃ] 1. To desire; to want. Labels: transitive Example: I'll come tomorrow, if you wish (it). Example: I wish it to be known that I wish them all to leave the company. 2. To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: I wish he mean me well, that he takes so much pains! Example: She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so. 3. To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur. Labels: intransitive Example: This is as good an argument as an antiquary could wish for. Example: Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want." 4. To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something). Labels: ditransitive Example: We wish you a merry Christmas. Example: I would not wish them to a fairer death. 5. To request or desire to do an activity. Labels: intransitive Example: Anyone who wishes to may leave now. Example: Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal. 6. To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of. Labels: transitive Example: I was wished to your worship by a gentleman. Example: Farewell: yet for the loue I beare my sweet Bianca, if I can by any meanes light on a fit man to teach her that wherein she delights, I will wish him to her father.
Word: Daffy Duck Part of Speech: name Etymology: From daffy + duck. The character first appeared in the short Porky's Duck Hunt (1937). 1. A fictional anthropomorphic black duck in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons by Warner Bros., with a distinctive lisping voice and zany behavior. Labels: attributive, often Example: A coot-covered lake looks something like a Daffy Duck convention. Example: This closing section sports a number of inversions (e.g., "bivouac we") reminiscent of the verbal habits of the Daffy Duck voice, yet this ending seems very different in tone from the broadly ironic opening.
Word: Donald Duck Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Donald + duck. Pronunciation: /ˌdɒ.nəlˈdʌk/, /ˌdɒ.nəldˈdʌk/ 1. One of the Disney cartoon characters, an anthropomorphic white-feathered duck who usually wears a sailor suit and is known for his voice especially in tantrums. Example: Single-handed [sic] he swung the staid Western Union from its ordinary singing-telegram policy to the point where local patrons can request that their greeting be sung in Donald Duck voice. Example: And then the most Donald Duck-like screaming and jabbering you ever heard. 2. The asteroid 12410. 3. Donald Trump. Labels: US, derogatory, humorous, slang
Word: Donald Duck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Donald + duck. Pronunciation: /ˌdɒ.nəlˈdʌk/, /ˌdɒ.nəldˈdʌk/ 1. A fuck. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: Look, I don't give a Donald Duck how you do it. Do it.
Word: Elmer Fudd Part of Speech: name Etymology: The first animated appearance of the figure was as a character named "Egghead" in the short Egghead Rides Again in 1937. The figure's first animated appearance as "Elmer Fudd" was in the short Elmer's Candid Camera in 1940. 1. A fictional hunter, a member of the Looney Tunes, who has a distinctive squeaky and babyish voice.
Word: goofy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English goof Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English goofy From goof (“foolish and/or silly person”, noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense form ‘having the quality of’; and forming informal nouns denoting associated persons or things). Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːfi/, /ˈɡufi/ 1. Quirky or silly, often in a humorous manner; daft. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: He was lying back in an arm-chair with his mouth open and a sort of goofy expression in his eyes, while a grey-bearded cove in the middle distance watched him with so much dislike that I concluded that Bingo had pinched his favourite seat. Example: You've got a goofy but an inspired face. Understanding just washes over it.
Word: goofy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English goof Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English goofy From goof (“foolish and/or silly person”, noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense form ‘having the quality of’; and forming informal nouns denoting associated persons or things). Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːfi/, /ˈɡufi/ 1. Synonym of goof (“a foolish and/or silly person”). Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: It was eleven when we reached the mines, on our last drop of gas. High altitude. […] "Now, don't be one of those goofies who think they must be sick, just because they are a few feet up in the air." Example: Why didn't you tell me, you goofies? 2. A button (“clothing fastener”) in the shape of a person, object, etc., often collected as a hobby. Labels: Canada, US, historical, informal Example: No. 2 is a present-day Umbrella, of Modern Plastic. Like most "Goofies," it is found in many colors and color combinations. Example: Goofies are novelty buttons. They represent in miniature a person, animal, bird, flower or any object or living thing you can think of. A goofy must show something that you can easily recognize at sight – a horse's head, a hammer, a daisy, a goldfish, etc. […] Goofy collectors also trade with each other for buttons needed to complete a set, in much the same way as stamp collectors trade for particular stamps.