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Word: apologetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French apologétique, from Latin apologēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós, “of or suitable for defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in defense of”); see more at English apology. Pronunciation: /əˌpɒləˈdʒɛtɪk/, /əˌpɑləˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/ 1. Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing. Example: His tone was apologetic as he explained what had happened. Example: Very different was he, however, from the brusque and masterful professor of common sense who had taken over the case so confidently at Upper Norwood. His expression was downcast, and his bearing meek and even apologetic. 2. Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense. Labels: dated
Word: apologetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French apologétique, from Latin apologēticus, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós, “of or suitable for defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in defense of”); see more at English apology. Pronunciation: /əˌpɒləˈdʒɛtɪk/, /əˌpɑləˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/ 1. A formal apology. Labels: archaic, countable 2. A defensive method of argument. Labels: countable, plural, uncountable, usually
Word: apologise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From apology + -ise. Pronunciation: /əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: The Rector sconced him in the buttery-book, but Webberly “wiped it off, with irreverent and unbeseeming language.” For this, he had to apologise, and go without his commons for three months. Example: At the other extreme, couples who are married with children have heavily disguised tiffs. A man saying in a slightly strained way, 'I'm going to turn the compost', is actually saying, 'And that's all you are, Jean, compost!' Of course, what happens is eventually he apologises, they cry, make love, have another child, get overtired and the tiffing continues.
Word: apologize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From apology + -ize, from ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in one’s defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), compound of ἀπο- (apo-, “from, off”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”); compare also ἀπολογίζομαι (apologízomai, “to render an account”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɒləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, /əˈpɔləˌd͡ʒɑjz/, /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, /əˈpɔləˌd͡ʒɑez/, /əˈpɔləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ 1. To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, often Example: My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter. Example: Barnes was commanded, with Garrett and Jerome, to make a public acknowledgment of his errors; and to apologize especially for his insolent language to Gardiner 2. To express regret that a certain event has occurred. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive 3. To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, dated, intransitive Example: To this purpose the most witty, cautious and subtile ſort of the Pagans apologize for themselves
Word: apoplexy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English from Old French apoplexie, from Late Latin apoplexia, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “madness; apoplexy, paralysis”), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō, “to cripple by a stroke”) + -ία (-ía, nominal suffix). See plague. Pronunciation: /ˈæp.əˌplɛk.si/ 1. Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 2. Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 3. A state of intense anger; uncontrollable fury so intense as to have effects like a stroke. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: That message sent him into a fit of apoplexy. Example: Ten Straight White Males die of a mysterious disease and the nation has apoplexy — Headlines — TV Reports — Sympathy. MONEY comes pouring in and there was no discussion about where to find it.
Word: apostolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Proto-Indo-European *stel-der. Proto-Hellenic *stéľľō Ancient Greek στέλλω (stéllō) Ancient Greek ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō) Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós)bor. Latin apostolicuslbor. English apostolic Learned borrowing from Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”). Pronunciation: /ˌæp.əˈstɒl.ɪk/, /ˌæp.əˈstɑːl.ɪk/ 1. Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings. Example: an apostolic mission Example: Amply shall I deem myself remunerated if either by the holy Charm, the good Spell of Leighton's Words, than which few if any since the Apostolic age better deserve the name of Evangelical, or by my own notes and interpolations, the reflecting Reader should be enabled to apprehend—for we may rightly apprehend what no finite mind can fully comprehend—and attach a distinct meaning to, the Mysteries into which his Baptism is the initiation; and thus to feel and know, that Christian Faith is the perfection of Human Reason. 2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles. Example: apostolic faith or practice 3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal. 4. Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
Word: apostolic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Proto-Indo-European *stel-der. Proto-Hellenic *stéľľō Ancient Greek στέλλω (stéllō) Ancient Greek ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō) Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós)bor. Latin apostolicuslbor. English apostolic Learned borrowing from Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”). Pronunciation: /ˌæp.əˈstɒl.ɪk/, /ˌæp.əˈstɑːl.ɪk/ 1. A member of the Apostolici. Labels: historical
Word: appall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”), from pallere. See pale (adj.) and compare with pall. Pronunciation: /əˈpɔːl/ 1. To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay. Labels: transitive Example: The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury. Example: The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. 2. To make pale; to blanch. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere whañ I did ſewe for my poore hartes redreſſe hathe ſo apalld my countenaunce […] 3. To weaken; to reduce in strength Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: wine of it owne nature will not congeale and freeze, onely it will loose the strength, and become appalled in extremitie of cold. 4. To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. Labels: intransitive, obsolete 5. To lose flavor or to become stale. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: appalling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, appall + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of appall Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: appalling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, appall + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈpɔːlɪŋ/ 1. Horrifying and astonishing. Example: That was an appalling waste of money. 2. Extremely unfavorable; terrible. Example: Sir Thomas Royden, Chairman of the L.M.S.R., and Mr. Robert Holland-Martin, Chairman of the Southern Railway, both deplored the wholesale robbery and petty pilferage which have increased until they have reached appalling dimensions. Example: Karius has too much previous for this to be considered a one-off and, as goalkeeping mistakes go, his errors in the 51st and 83rd minutes were as bad as one another. In fact, they were not just bad. They were appalling, so wretched it was difficult to recall a worse goalkeeping performance in any major final through the years.
Word: apparel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel. Pronunciation: /əˈpæɹəl/, /əˈpæ.ɹəl/, /əˈpɛ.ɹəl/ 1. Clothing. Labels: uncountable Example: fresh in his new apparel, proud and young 2. Aspect, guise, form. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: At public devotions, her winning modesty, her resigned carriage, made virtue and religion appear with new ornaments, and in the natural apparel of simplicity and beauty. 3. A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments. Labels: countable 4. Furniture of a ship, such as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And if there is need of any thing, such as ship's apparel or other necessaries, and the merchants desire to purchase them, they may do so, and when the voyage is concluded, the merchants may claim for themselves the things which they have bought for the ship or vessel
Word: apparel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French apareillier. Doublet of parrel. Pronunciation: /əˈpæɹəl/, /əˈpæ.ɹəl/, /əˈpɛ.ɹəl/ 1. To dress or clothe; to attire. Labels: transitive Example: They which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. Example: presently entered a baron and an earl appareled after the Turkish fashion in long robes of bawdkin powdered with gold 2. To furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out. Labels: transitive Example: ships appareled to fight 3. To dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental Labels: transitive Example: trees appareled with flowers Example: a garden appareled with greenery
Word: apparent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English apparaunt, aparaunt, from Old French aparent, aparant, in turn from Latin appārēns, appārentis, present participle of appāreō. Pronunciation: /əˈpæɹənt/, /əˈpɛɹənt/, /əˈpaɾənt/ 1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view. Example: […] Hesperus, that led / The starry host, rode brightest, till the moon, / Rising in clouded majesty, at length / Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, / And o’er the dark her silver mantle threw. Example: Her disappointment was apparent to everyone. 2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. Example: Salisbury: It is apparent foul-play; and ’tis shame / That greatness should so grossly offer it: / So thrive it in your game! and so, farewell. Example: When I came to Renfield's room I found him lying on the floor on his left side in a glittering pool of blood. When I went to move him, it became at once apparent that he had received some terrible injuries. 3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming. Example: 1785, Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, Essay II (“Of the Powers we have by means of our External Senses”), Chapter XIX (“Of Matter and of Space”), What George Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by astronomers called apparent magnitude. Example: To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent friendship.
Word: apparently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English apparent 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 apparently From apparent + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈpæɹəntli/, /əˈpaɹəntlɪj/, /əˈpɛɹəntli/, /əˈpaɾəntle/, /əˈpaɾəntli/ 1. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently. Labels: rare Example: If he should scorn me so apparently. Example: One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security. 2. Seemingly; in appearance. Example: A man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart. Example: The r-stems had apparently been reduced to the five nuclear kinship terms that still survive in Modern English. 3. According to what the speaker has read or heard. Example: Apparently you are quite a good dancer. Example: "[…] Apparently they are going to contact the adoption agency and see if they can locate that child. […]" 4. According to what one can deduce. Labels: often, sarcastic Example: Peridot: I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting! Yellow Diamond: What do you know about the Earth?! Peridot: Apparently more than you, you clod!
Word: apparition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French apparition, from Latin apparitio, from appareo. Pronunciation: /ˌæp.əɹˈɪʃn̩/, /ˌæp.ɚˈɪʃ.n̩/, /ˌæp.ɚˈɪ.ʃən/ 1. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. Example: the sudden apparition of the Spaniards Example: The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. 2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. Example: […] which apparition, it seems, was you. 3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself. Example: The region's economy is buoyed by tourism driven by past apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Example: The attic is said to be haunted by the ghostly apparition of a young girl who died there. 4. The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation. 5. A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed, beginning with the heliacal rising of the body and ending with its heliacal setting.
Word: appealing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, appeal + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/, /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/, /əˈpi.lɪŋ/ 1. Having appeal; attractive. Example: Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing. Example: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
Word: appealing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, appeal + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/, /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/, /əˈpi.lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of appeal Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: appealing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, appeal + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈpiː.lɪŋ/, /ʌˈpi.əl.ɪŋ/, /əˈpi.lɪŋ/ 1. The act of making an appeal. Example: The fair creature abandoned her position, and in the midst of her bitter tears and pathetic appealings, which my sense of duty alone enabled me to resist, I bore my prisoner off.
Word: appealingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English appealing Middle English -ly English -ly English appealingly From appealing + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈpiːl.ɪŋ.li/ 1. In an appealing manner. Example: SURGERY is an appealingly radical way of dealing with a diseased organ, but it can have a damaging effect on the rest of the body.
Word: hospitalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hospital + -ize. Piecewise doublet of hotelize. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz/ 1. To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital. 2. To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital. Labels: archaic 3. To cause (a person) to require hospitalization. Labels: person Example: Shortly after World War I started, a painful arthritis in his knees hospitalized him. Example: He fought on the ever-retreating front until July, 1943, without injury but then took a bullet in his helmet, his first wound, which hospitalized him for four weeks. […] ¶ […] ¶ […] Hospitalized again, he was later assigned to a supply unit until again hospitalized by a deep infection behind his knee. 4. To cause (a person) to require hospitalization. Labels: person Example: For example, just this month in Los Angeles a Jewish school principal was beaten and hospitalized by angry Hispanics who were upset because the mostly-Latino school their kids went to didn't also have a Hispanic principal. Example: One teacher in a Rochester, NY, school was hospitalized by an angry parent who came to school and attacked the teacher.
Word: urine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *woh₁-r̥ (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (see udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”) (from Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)), though lant survives with a specialized sense. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹɪn/, /ˈjʊəɹaɪn/, /ˈjʊɹɪn/, /ˈjɝɪn/, /ˈjʉːəɹɪn/ 1. Liquid waste consisting of water, salts, and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
Word: urine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English uryne, from Latin ūrīna (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade of *woh₁-r̥ (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”) (see udder). Cognate with Old English ūriġ (“wet, moist”). Displaced native English land (“urine”) (from Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)), though lant survives with a specialized sense. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹɪn/, /ˈjʊəɹaɪn/, /ˈjʊɹɪn/, /ˈjɝɪn/, /ˈjʉːəɹɪn/ 1. To urinate. Labels: archaic Example: He got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine.
Word: urinal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English urinal, urynal, orynal, from Old French urinal, orinal (“vessel for urination”), from Latin ūrīnālis (“urinary”). Use for plumbing fixtures attested from 1851. Pronunciation: /jʊəˈraɪnəl/, /ˈjʊɹɪnəl/, /ˈjɝɪnəl/, /ˈjʉːəɹɪnəl/, /ˈju.rɪ.nəl/ 1. A device or fixture used for urination, particularly Example: This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects. 2. A device or fixture used for urination Labels: historical 3. A device or fixture used for urination Labels: obsolete 4. A device or fixture used for urination 5. A device or fixture used for urination 6. Any oblong glass vessel shaped like the old alchemist's urinal. Labels: obsolete 7. A room or structure used for urination: a latrine; an outhouse; a lavatory. Labels: obsolete
Word: urinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French urinal, from Late Latin ūrīnālis, equivalent to urine + -al. Pronunciation: /jʊəˈraɪnəl/, /ˈjʊɹɪnəl/, /ˈjɝɪnəl/, /ˈjʉːəɹɪnəl/, /ˈju.rɪ.nəl/ 1. Synonym of urinary. Labels: not-comparable Example: If on the other hand it is to be used by a congregation, which as a rule, only occupy their church once, twice or three times a week, then I would suggest where it can be obtained that an improved “water closet” be used, and by this I mean a urinal and fecal basin, which can be kept clean by liberal flushing with water after each time it is used, and so trapped and ventilated as to absolutely protect the room in which it is placed from any contamination whatever.[…]This same closet can be arranged for urinal purposes by having the lid of the seat for each person attached to a hinge so that it can be raised up when desired to be used for micturation^([sic]) only. Example: Q. What amount, in cubic feet, would there be in Port Huron for one year, of fecal and urinal discharge into the sewers?
Word: urinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin ūrīnārius. By surface analysis, urine + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹɪn(ə)ɹi/, /ˈjʊɹɪˌnɛɹi/, /ˈjɝɹɪˌnɛɹi/ 1. Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting urine, its production, function, or excretion. Labels: not-comparable Example: The objective is to make life easier for male colleagues and customers with urinary incontinence. 2. Of, relating to, occuring in, or affecting the organs involved in the production, function, or excretion of urine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: urinary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin ūrīnārius. By surface analysis, urine + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹɪn(ə)ɹi/, /ˈjʊɹɪˌnɛɹi/, /ˈjɝɹɪˌnɛɹi/ 1. A urinary device or fixture: a urinal. Labels: archaic Example: Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...
Word: equal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English equal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of aequalis and egal. Pronunciation: /ˈiːkwəl/, /ˈiːkəl/ 1. The same in one or more respects. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: equivalent; see also Thesaurus:equal Example: Dr. [Eugenia] Cheng's latest book, Unequal: The Math of When Things Do and Don’t Add Up, is all about equations and will be released in the United States on Tuesday. But it is more than a regurgitation of the many formulas you may recall learning in high school. In the book, Dr. Cheng argues that an equation — in its barest sense, a declaration that two things are equal — can be a profound statement on the choices we make about what is or is not the same. For example, 2 × 3 may equal 3 × 2. But two packs of three cookies each is distinct from three packs of two cookies each. A cube drawn face-on versus from one edge looks different, though we understand the two shapes to be the same. "Almost everything can be considered equal and unequal at the same time," Dr. Cheng wrote. "And it's up to us what we do about it." 2. The same in one or more respects. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: We hold that all men are created equal and are thus equal under the law. Example: All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than the others. 3. The same in one or more respects. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: Equal conditions should produce equal results. Example: All else being equal, we can expect this factor to have no discernible effect by itself. 4. The same in one or more respects. Labels: not-comparable, usually Example: All right angles are equal. Example: The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. 5. Fair, impartial. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, usually Example: it could not but much redound to the lustre of your milde and equall Government, when as private persons are hereby animated to thinke ye better pleas'd with publick advice, then other statists have been delighted heretofore with publicke flattery. Example: Are not my ways equal? 6. Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified. Labels: comparable, not-comparable, usually Example: This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it. Example: be equal to the task 7. Not variable; equable; uniform; even. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, usually Example: an equal movement Example: an equal temper 8. Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed. Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: equal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English equal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of aequalis and egal. Pronunciation: /ˈiːkwəl/, /ˈiːkəl/ 1. To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to. Labels: copulative Example: Two plus two equals four. 2. To make equivalent to; to cause to match. Labels: transitive Example: David equaled the water levels of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter. Example: There was an even more remarkable attendance figure that underscores the devotion exhibited by our fans, because it was in 1991 that they set a single season in-stadium attendance record that has never been equaled. 3. To match in degree or some other quality, to match up to. Labels: transitive Example: And what delights can equal those ⁠That stir the spirit’s inner deeps, ⁠When one that loves but knows not, reaps A truth from one that loves and knows? 4. To have as consequence, to amount to, to mean. Labels: copulative, informal Example: Losing this deal equals losing your job. Example: Might does not equal right.
Word: equal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English equal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of aequalis and egal. Pronunciation: /ˈiːkwəl/, /ˈiːkəl/ 1. A person or thing of equal status to others. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We're all equals here. Example: This beer has no equal. 2. State of being equal; equality. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Thou that presum'st to weigh the world anew, And all things to an equall to restore.
Word: even Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em-no- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian íeuwen (“even, flat”), West Frisian even (“even”), Alemannic German ëben (“even”), Cimbrian ébane (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen (“leveled”), German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Icelandic jafn (“even”), Norwegian Bokmål jevn (“even, smooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk jamn (“even, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns, “even”), Old Cornish eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Vocabularium Cornicum eun-hinsic (“iustus, i. e., just”)), Old Breton eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Eutychius Glossary eunt (“aequus, i. e., equal”)), Middle Breton effn, Breton eeun, Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, “(adverb) just, just now; at once”). The verb descends from Middle English evenen, from Old English efnan; the adverb from Middle English evene, from Old English efne. The traditional proposal connecting the Germanic adjective with the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (Latin imāgō (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit यम (yamá, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view. For the meaning development compare with Latin aequus (“equal, level, even, flat, horizontal”), Russian ро́вный (róvnyj, “even, level, flat, smooth”), ра́вный (rávnyj, “equal”), по́ровну (pórovnu, “in equal parts”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːvən/, [ˈɪi̯vən] ~ [ˈɪi̯vn̩] 1. Flat and level. Example: Clear out those rocks. The surface must be even. 2. Without great variation. Example: Despite her fear, she spoke in an even voice. 3. Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc. Example: The distribution of food must be even. Example: Call it even. 4. Of an integer, divisible by two. Labels: not-comparable Example: Four, fourteen and forty are even numbers. 5. Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero. Labels: informal Example: Coles. How many shares have you bought, Mr. Garfinkle? Garfinkle. One hundred and ninety-six thousand.[…] Jorgenson. […] How'd you figure out to buy such an odd amount? Why not two hundred thousand — nice even number. Thought you liked nice even numbers. Example: He put me on the scale in my underwear and socks: 82 pounds.[…] I left, humming all day long, remembering that once upon a time my ideal weight had been 84, and now I'd even beaten that. I decided 80 was a better number, a nice even number to be. 6. On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed. 7. On equal terms of a moral sort; quits. Labels: colloquial Example: You biffed me back at the barn, and I biffed you here—so now we're even. 8. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit. Example: And shall lay thee even with the ground. 9. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. Labels: obsolete Example: I know my life so even. 10. Associate; fellow; of the same condition. Labels: obsolete Example: His even servant.
Word: even Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em-no- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian íeuwen (“even, flat”), West Frisian even (“even”), Alemannic German ëben (“even”), Cimbrian ébane (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen (“leveled”), German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Icelandic jafn (“even”), Norwegian Bokmål jevn (“even, smooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk jamn (“even, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns, “even”), Old Cornish eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Vocabularium Cornicum eun-hinsic (“iustus, i. e., just”)), Old Breton eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Eutychius Glossary eunt (“aequus, i. e., equal”)), Middle Breton effn, Breton eeun, Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, “(adverb) just, just now; at once”). The verb descends from Middle English evenen, from Old English efnan; the adverb from Middle English evene, from Old English efne. The traditional proposal connecting the Germanic adjective with the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (Latin imāgō (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit यम (yamá, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view. For the meaning development compare with Latin aequus (“equal, level, even, flat, horizontal”), Russian ро́вный (róvnyj, “even, level, flat, smooth”), ра́вный (rávnyj, “equal”), по́ровну (pórovnu, “in equal parts”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːvən/, [ˈɪi̯vən] ~ [ˈɪi̯vn̩] 1. To make flat and level. Labels: transitive Example: We need to even this playing field; the west goal is too low. Example: This temple Xerxes evened with the soil. 2. To equal or equate; to make the same. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The Engliſh Earl [William Longespée the Younger], though he ſtood on the lower ground in point of birth, yet conceived himſelf to even him [Robert I, Count of Artois] in valour and martiall knowledge. Example: “But aside from that,” I continued, “what have I done that you should even me to dogs by such a supposition? I never yet failed a friend, and it’s not likely I’ll begin with you. There are things between us that I can never forget, even if you can.” 3. To be equal. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Thrice nine evens twenty seven. Example: A redoubled numbering never eveneth with the first. 4. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: We need to even the score. Example: Madam, the care I have had to even your content I wish might be found in the calendar of my past endeavours, for then we wound our modesty, and make foul the clearness of our deservings, when of ourselves we publish them. 5. To set right; to complete. Labels: obsolete, transitive 6. To act up to; to keep pace with. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Prithee away, There's more to be considered: but we'll even All that good time will give us.
Word: even Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em-no- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian íeuwen (“even, flat”), West Frisian even (“even”), Alemannic German ëben (“even”), Cimbrian ébane (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen (“leveled”), German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Icelandic jafn (“even”), Norwegian Bokmål jevn (“even, smooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk jamn (“even, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns, “even”), Old Cornish eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Vocabularium Cornicum eun-hinsic (“iustus, i. e., just”)), Old Breton eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Eutychius Glossary eunt (“aequus, i. e., equal”)), Middle Breton effn, Breton eeun, Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, “(adverb) just, just now; at once”). The verb descends from Middle English evenen, from Old English efnan; the adverb from Middle English evene, from Old English efne. The traditional proposal connecting the Germanic adjective with the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (Latin imāgō (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit यम (yamá, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view. For the meaning development compare with Latin aequus (“equal, level, even, flat, horizontal”), Russian ро́вный (róvnyj, “even, level, flat, smooth”), ра́вный (rávnyj, “equal”), по́ровну (pórovnu, “in equal parts”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːvən/, [ˈɪi̯vən] ~ [ˈɪi̯vn̩] 1. Exactly; just; fully. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: I fulfilled my instructions even as I had promised. Example: You are leaving tonight? — Even so. 2. In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned). Labels: not-comparable Example: Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes. Example: Did you even make it through the front door? 3. Used to emphasise a comparative. Labels: not-comparable Example: I was strong before, but now I am even stronger. 4. Used to indicate a further degree of comparison. Labels: not-comparable Example: Bob is taller than Alice, but Cameron is even taller than Bob. 5. Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance). Labels: not-comparable Example: My favorite actor is Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicholson, even.
Word: even Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English even, from Old English efn (“flat; level, even, equal”), from Proto-West Germanic *ebn, from Proto-Germanic *ebnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)em-no- (“equal, straight; flat, level, even”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian íeuwen (“even, flat”), West Frisian even (“even”), Alemannic German ëben (“even”), Cimbrian ébane (“even”), Dutch even (“even, equal, same”), effen (“leveled”), German eben (“even, flat, level”), Danish jævn (“even, flat, smooth”), Icelandic jafn (“even”), Norwegian Bokmål jevn (“even, smooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk jamn (“even, smooth”), Swedish jämn (“even, level, smooth”), Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 (ibns, “even”), Old Cornish eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Vocabularium Cornicum eun-hinsic (“iustus, i. e., just”)), Old Breton eun (“equal, right”) (attested in Eutychius Glossary eunt (“aequus, i. e., equal”)), Middle Breton effn, Breton eeun, Sanskrit अम्नस् (amnás, “(adverb) just, just now; at once”). The verb descends from Middle English evenen, from Old English efnan; the adverb from Middle English evene, from Old English efne. The traditional proposal connecting the Germanic adjective with the root Proto-Indo-European *h₂eym- (Latin imāgō (“picture, image, likeness, copy”), Latin aemulus (“competitor, rival”), Sanskrit यम (yamá, “pair, twin”)) is problematic from a phonological point of view. For the meaning development compare with Latin aequus (“equal, level, even, flat, horizontal”), Russian ро́вный (róvnyj, “even, level, flat, smooth”), ра́вный (rávnyj, “equal”), по́ровну (pórovnu, “in equal parts”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːvən/, [ˈɪi̯vən] ~ [ˈɪi̯vn̩] 1. An even number. Labels: diminutive Example: So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds.
Word: even Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English even, from Old English ǣfen, from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs (“evening”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Äivend, Äiwend, Eeuwend (“evening”), West Frisian jûn (“evening”), Dutch avond (“evening”), Low German Avend (“evening”), German Abend (“evening”), Danish aften (“evening”). See also the related terms eve and evening. Pronunciation: /ˈiːvən/, [ˈɪi̯vən] ~ [ˈɪi̯vn̩] 1. Evening. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: We'll meet at even, when the sun is set. Example: Whẽ the evẽ was come they bꝛought vnto hĩ many that were poſſeſſed with devyllꝭ / […]
Word: nerf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Circa 1950s? Pronunciation: /nɜːf/, /nɝf/ 1. To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully. Labels: transitive Example: A racer will often nerf another as a psychological tactic. Example: "The crazy fool!" Ricky exclaimed. "Nerfing me!"
Word: nerf Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Nerf brand of toys designed as non-dangerous counterparts of existing things, such as sports balls and guns. Originally used to equate a change in the damage of a weapon in a video game to a change from real weapons to Nerf weapons. Pronunciation: /nɜːf/, /nɝf/ 1. To change a mechanic, an ability, or a character in a video game in order to make less efficacious. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The lightning spell was originally pretty powerful, but in the sequel they nerfed it so it became completely useless. 2. To arbitrarily limit or reduce the capability of. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Tesla nerfs Autopilot in Europe due to new regulations
Word: nerf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Nerf brand of toys designed as non-dangerous counterparts of existing things, such as sports balls and guns. Originally used to equate a change in the damage of a weapon in a video game to a change from real weapons to Nerf weapons. Pronunciation: /nɜːf/, /nɝf/ 1. The deterioration, weakening or worsening of a character, a weapon, a spell, etc. Labels: slang
Word: asshole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of earlier arsehole, from Middle English arshole, arcehoole, equivalent to ass + hole. Cognate with Norwegian rasshøl (“asshole”), Swedish arsle (“asshole”). Compare also German Arschloch (“asshole”). Attested from the 1370s, replacing earlier Old English earsþyrel (“anus”, literally “ass hole”). First recorded in Middle English, as ers hole (Glouc. Cath. Manuscript 19. No. I., dated 1379, cited after OED), ars-hole (Bodleian Ashmole MS. 1396, dated ca. 1400, ed. Robert Von Fleischhacker as Lanfrank's "Science of Cirurgie", EETS 102, 1894, cited after OED.) Slang figurative usage dates to the 20th century; it was used of an uninviting place (compare shithole) in the 1920s, and then of an anti-social or despicable person from at least the 1950s (Harvard Advocate 137, March 1954). It is also used appositionally (as in "You're an asshole moralist", T. Chamales, 1957). Pronunciation: /æshoʊl/ 1. The anus. Labels: US, vulgar Example: That homemade hot sauce of yours got me twice, both coming and going. My asshole is still sore. Example: She said she couldn't wiggle when she had the doorknob in her asshole. 2. A jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, immoral, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, or rude person. Labels: US, derogatory, offensive, vulgar Example: My former landlord was a world-class asshole. Fortunately my current landlord is an actual human being. Example: He philosophised all day about Morandi, Klee, Miró and Picasso, and was such an asshole that he spelled "cunt" with a "d". 3. Anything (especially a place) that is unpleasant or undesirable. Labels: US, broadly, vulgar Example: Welcome to the Northeast, the asshole of America. Example: You oughta have better sense than to trust anyone with anything in this asshole place.
Word: asshole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scots ass, asse or ash + hole. 1. A receptacle under a fire grate for collecting ashes; an ash-hole. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, US, obsolete Example: Esshole, Asshole, the hole under the fire to hold ashes.
Word: anus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either from Middle French anus or Latin ānus (“ring, anus”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”). First attested in 1658. See also anal, annular, annelid. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.nəs/ 1. The external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected. 2. The external orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected. 3. An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: ever Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”). Sense 5 of the adverb was likely formed by association with never, which also carries the meaning of did not in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English. Also, compare Chinese 有 … 過 /有 … 过 (yǒu ... guò / jau⁵ ... gwo³, “has […] before”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛvə/, /ˈɛvɚ/ 1. Always, frequently, forever. Labels: archaic, formal, not-comparable Example: It was ever thus. Example: […] the Lord Treasurer, who ever secretly feigned himself to be a Moderator and Mollifier of the Catholicks Afflictions […] 2. Continuously, constantly, all the time (for the complete duration). Labels: not-comparable Example: People struggled to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living. Example: For what seemed ages piled on ages, I lay there, frozen with the most awful fears, not daring to drag away my hand; yet ever thinking that if I could but stir it one single inch, the horrid spell would be broken. 3. At any time. Labels: not-comparable Example: We've only ever talked on the phone. Example: I scarcely ever see you anymore!. 4. As intensifier following an interrogative word. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Was I ever glad to see you! Example: Did I ever! 5. Indicates experiential aspect, once; has or have (done something) before. Labels: Manglish, Singlish, not-comparable Example: but i ever ran 5mins using the 1400 cells and the type RR 23T motor... Example: i ever walked from the south to MacRitchie Reservoir.....
Word: ever Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”). Sense 5 of the adverb was likely formed by association with never, which also carries the meaning of did not in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English. Also, compare Chinese 有 … 過 /有 … 过 (yǒu ... guò / jau⁵ ... gwo³, “has […] before”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛvə/, /ˈɛvɚ/ 1. Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan. Labels: not-comparable Example: This family empathy measure is highly related to ever use of birth control but not to any measure of continuous use.
Word: ever Part of Speech: det Etymology: From Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”). Sense 5 of the adverb was likely formed by association with never, which also carries the meaning of did not in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English. Also, compare Chinese 有 … 過 /有 … 过 (yǒu ... guò / jau⁵ ... gwo³, “has […] before”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛvə/, /ˈɛvɚ/ 1. Shortening of every Labels: dialectal, informal Example: "Ever place you look there's houses and more houses." Example: Queen Anne's lace ever place you look.
Word: every Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiwder. Old English ā Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pérkus Proto-Germanic *ferhuzder.? Proto-Germanic *ferhwą Proto-West Germanic *ferh Old English feorh ? Old English ǣfre Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk Old English ǣġhwelċ Old English ǣlċ Middle English every English every Inherited from Middle English every, everich, everych, from Old English ǣfre ǣlċ, ǣfre ǣġhwelċ. By surface analysis, ever + each or ever + which. Pronunciation: /ˈɛv.(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈev.(ə.)ɹi/ 1. All of a countable group (considered individually), without exception. Example: Every person in the room stood and cheered. Example: She watches my every move. 2. Denotes equal spacing at a stated interval, or a proportion corresponding to such a spacing. Example: We stopped for refreshments every ten miles. Example: The alarm is going off every few minutes. 3. Denotes an abundance of something. Example: We wish you every happiness in the future. Example: He shows every sign of becoming an excellent player. I have every confidence in him.
Word: every other Part of Speech: adj 1. All except for some previously mentioned set. Example: Two of the bolts were loose, but every other bolt I checked was fine. 2. Every second/two; each alternate; the second of each pair in turn. Example: Every other person in the line wore a pink bowtie. Example: Although I work from home, I visit the office for a meeting every other day.
Word: exchange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eschaunge, borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschaunge, from Old French eschange (whence modern French échange), from the verb eschanger, from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex-, with pronunciation following. By surface analysis, ex- + change. Pronunciation: /ɛksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/, [ɛkˈst͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ], /ɪksˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. An act of exchanging or trading. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All in all, it was an even exchange. Example: an exchange of cattle for grain 2. A place for conducting trading. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The stock exchange is open for trading. Example: The old corn exchange has been converted into a music venue. 3. Ellipsis of telephone exchange. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of telephone exchange. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The 555 exchange is reserved for use by the phone company, which is why it's often used in films. Example: NPA-NXX-1234 is standard format, where NPA is the area code and NXX is the exchange. 5. A conversation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After a lengthy exchange with the manager, we were no wiser. Example: 'Why bother with the daily grind when you can go to Mosul, get paid $400 a month, get a wife – and live an Islamic way,' went an exchange between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow's pension from jihadi coffers. 6. The loss of one piece and associated capture of another. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The loss of one piece and associated capture of another. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually, with-definite-article 8. The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Lady, as you are mine, I am yours, I giue away my selfe for you, and doat vpon the exchange. 9. The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. The difference between the values of money in different places. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Clipping of exchange of contracts. Labels: England, Northern-Ireland, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable