yuanxin112/wiktionary-morph huggingface dataset:
deleterious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Adapted borrowing (1640s; 1582 as deletorious) of New Latin dēlētērius, dēlētōrius + -ous, from Ancient Greek δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios, “noxious, deleterious”), from δηλητήρ (dēlētḗr, “a destroyer”), from δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “I hurt, damage, spoil, waste”). Not related to delete or deleble. Doublet of deletery.
Affixes: -ous
Inflected forms:
form: more deleterious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most deleterious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: deletorious
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
pos: adj
tags: formal
examples: deleterious effects
deleterious to someone's health
Or might it suffice him, that every wholesome growth should be converted into something deleterious and malignant at his touch?
A trolleybus service was established by the London Passenger Transport Board between North Woolwich and Stratford on February 6, 1938, and had a deleterious effect on railway passenger traffic.
The advent of the smartphone and its cousin the tablet was followed quickly by hand-wringing about the deleterious effects of “screen time.” But the impact of these devices has not been fully appreciated, and goes far beyond the usual concerns about curtailed attention spans.
gloss: Having lower fitness.
pos: adj
examples: A deleterious mutation
Derived words: deleteriously
deleteriousness
nondeleterious
undeleterious
Translations:
deliberate
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English deliberat(e), borrowed from Latin dēlīberātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīberō (“to consider, weigh well”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + *līberō / lībrō (“to weigh”)), from *libera / libra (“a balance”); see librate. Doublet of deliber.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: more deliberate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most deliberate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: deliberates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: deliberating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: deliberated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: deliberated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Done on purpose; intentional.
pos: adj
examples: a deliberate attempt to cover up his crime
The massacre of up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims at Srebrenica in 1995 was an act of genocide in a deliberate attempt by the Bosnian Serb leadership to exterminate part of the Muslim community, appeal judges ruled in a crucial case at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague yesterday.
gloss: Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
pos: adj
examples: a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result
settled visage and deliberate word
gloss: Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.
pos: adj
examples: The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.
gloss: Not hasty or sudden; slow.
pos: adj
examples: His enunciation was so deliberate.
gloss: To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It is now time for the jury to deliberate the guilt of the defendant.
gloss: To consider the reasons for and against anything; to reflect.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Synonyms: Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ponder
Related words: deliberation
deliberative
Derived words: deliberately
deliberateness
deliberate smoke
indeliberate
nondeliberate
overdeliberate
predeliberate
undeliberate
deliberator
nondeliberating
redeliberate
undeliberating
Translations:
deliberation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English deliberacioun, from Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberātiō. Morphologically deliberate + -ion.
Base: deliberate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: deliberations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The oftener the measure is brought under examination, the greater the diversity in the situations of those who are to examine it, the less must be the danger of those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest.
gloss: Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the deliberations of a legislative body or council
Derived words: deliberational
nondeliberation
predeliberation
Translations:
delineation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: art
arts
Inflected forms:
form: delineations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of delineating; depiction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An image of the outline of an object.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A graphic verbal description.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: After all, the English hostel owes much of its charms to Chaucer; our associations are of his haunting pictures—his delicate Lady Prioress, his comely young squire, with their pleasant interchange of tale and legend, rise upon the mind's eye in all the fascination of his vivid delineations.
Derived words: hydrodelineation
nondelineation
predelineation
redelineation
Translations:
demean
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: (1595) From de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean.
Base: mean
Affixes: de-
Inflected forms:
form: demeans
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: demeaning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: demeaned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: demeaned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To debase; to lower; to degrade.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It was, of course, Mrs. Sedley's opinion that her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter.
gloss: To humble; to humiliate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To mortify.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: abase
bring down to size
cut down to size
debase
defame
degrade
demean
demote
depress
discredit
disgrace
dishonour
disparage
downgrade
embase
give a bad name
humble
humiliate
knock down to size
put someone in their place
reduce
relegate
sink
slur
trim down to size
whittle down to size
Antonyms: aggrandize
glorify
Related words: abash
Derived words: demeaner
misdemean
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: унижавам
roman: unižavam
lang: Dutch
word: verlagen
lang: Dutch
word: vernederen
lang: Dutch
word: kleineren
lang: Finnish
word: alentaa
lang: Finnish
word: halventaa
lang: German
word: herabwürdigen
lang: German
word: entwürdigen
lang: German
word: erniedrigen
lang: German
word: herabsetzen
lang: Japanese
word: 貶める
roman: otoshimeru
lang: Māori
word: whakatūtūā
lang: Māori
word: whakatautauhea
lang: Māori
word: whakapāpaku
lang: Spanish
word: menospreciar
lang: Spanish
word: denigrar
lang: Spanish
word: detraer
demobilization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From de- + mobilization or demobilize + -ation.
Base: mobilization
Affixes: de-
Inflected forms:
form: demobilizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: demobilisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.
pos: noun
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
countable
uncountable
Antonyms: mobilization
Translations:
demoralization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English demoralize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English demoralization
From demoralize + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: demoralizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: demoralisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of corrupting or subverting morale, discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in morale.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the demoralization of an army or navy
gloss: The act degrading the moral value of something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The chazzan [...] abandoned all functions connected with his office, and confined himself to his music, constructing dazzling tunes in order to capture the attention of the mob. To put an end to this demoralization, at the request of the old community of Bamberg, Rabbi Moses Minz wrote detailed regulations for the chazzan.
Related words: demoralize
Translations:
denationalization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English national
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ization
English nationalization
English denationalization
From de- + nationalization.
Inflected forms:
form: denationalizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: denationalisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act or process of denationalizing, of removing from government control.
pos: noun
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
countable
uncountable
Translations:
denigration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: By surface analysis, denigrate + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: denigrations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An unfair criticism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: To nostalgic eyes they became absolutely and almost mercifully unrecognisable. Nor did they escape a full measure of denigration.
Related words: denigrate
self-denigration
belittlement
disparagement
Translations:
denomination
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: lifestyle
religion
Etymology: From Middle English denominacioun, from Old French denominacion, from Latin dēnōminātiō. By surface analysis, denominate + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: denominations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of naming or designating.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: "Will you allow me to present Sir George Evelyn to you?—the most accomplished coquet that ever 'Dealt destruction round the land On all he judged a foe;' under which denomination he ranks all women."
gloss: A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: She follows the Ahmadiyya denomination of Islam.
Denomination does more than create space in which to discern, however. It also provides a means for living out differing forms of a faithful Christian life.
gloss: A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: What denomination is that money? They are all 50 euro notes.
In 1823, a further issue of treasury notes was ordered to the amount of $100,000, in denominations of five to seventy-five cents, receivable for dues to the State.
The French army in the 1870s used no fewer than 425 different rope diameters for its hot air balloons. Then Captain Charles Renard devised a system that reduced the number to 17. He got the bright idea that the diameter should increase in steps governed by a certain factor rather than, for instance, by a certain width expressed in millimeters. His concept now has widespread use in technology. It is also used, approximately, in the denominations of coins and bills, as in the sequence of coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents, 1 and 2 euros, in 16 of the 27 countries in the European Union (fig. 1.5). The ISO standard defines four base series for Renard numbers, denoted R5, R10, R20, and R40. In the R5 series, each number is larger than the preceding one by the factor #92;sqrt#91;5#93;#123;10#125;#92;approx 1.584. For practical reasons, the numbers are slightly rounded, as shown in table 1.5 for R5 and R10. They take the same structure within every decade and are evenly spread when plotted on a logarithmic scale.
Related words: denominate
name
appellation
title
face value
Derived words: denominational
denominationalism
denomination effect
denominationist
redenomination
subdenomination
Translations:
denudation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French dénudation, from Latin denudatio.
Inflected forms:
form: denudations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The dance consisted of sexual exhibitionism, reeling and swaying as if in a state of intoxication, erotic bodily movements, and denudation.
gloss: The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Severe radiation poisoning results in the total denudation of the gastrointestinal tract.
gloss: The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: denudational
denudative
Derived words: circumdenudation
Translations:
denunciation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: denunciations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of denouncing; an accusation made in public
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His sermon was a forthright denunciation of sin
[Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves.
gloss: An open declaration of personal fault.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "Well," said the Duc, with that outward calmness of manner which anger often affects; "so you do not like me? I am sorry for your bad taste! and I bid you good night, quite convinced that you will repent your refusal; and I dare say you will never get married at all." So saying, he left the terrace; while Francesca remained for a few minutes, bewildered by the suddenness of the scene, and half inclined to laugh at the Duc's parting denunciation.
gloss: That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The announcement of termination (of a treaty).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: denunciative
denunciatory
Derived words: nondenunciation
redenunciation
Translations:
deodorization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English deodorize
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English deodorization
From deodorize + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: deodorizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: deodorisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: deodourisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: deodourization
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
depilation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English depilate
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English depilation
From depilate + -ation.
Inflected forms:
form: depilations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of stripping hair from the skin so as to make it smooth; unhairing; hair removal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Hair had appeared in greater quantities where I didnʼt want it, and I couldnʼt keep up with the demands of depilation.
gloss: The removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
depolarization
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
human-sciences
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English polarization
English depolarization
From de- + polarization.
Inflected forms:
form: depolarizations
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: depolarisation
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The act of reducing polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized or less polarized condition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of reducing polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized or less polarized condition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: hypopolarization:
Antonyms: hyperpolarization
Related words: after-depolarization
prepolarization
repolarization
Derived words: afterdepolarization
photodepolarization
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: despolarització
lang: French
word: dépolarisation
lang: Galician
word: despolarización
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: berevajîbûna cemsergeriyê
lang: Swedish
word: depolarisering
depopulation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), borrowed from Latin dēpopulātiō. By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion.
Inflected forms:
form: depopulations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A 2022 report published by the Scottish Borders Council states: "Hawick has been affected more by depopulation than any other Borders town, with all parts of the town experiencing population loss, and Hawick Central is currently experiencing the highest depopulation out of the 30 Intermediate Zones in Scottish Borders."
Translations:
deportation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle French déportation, equivalent to deport + -ation.
Base: deport
Affixes: -ation
Inflected forms:
form: deportations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Garcia is one of many undocumented people in America who earn their living in construction. He and millions of others now face the prospect of mass deportations during President-elect Donald Trump’s term.
Trump has said that undocumented immigrants share the blame for America’s once-in-a-generation home affordability crisis, but the president-elect’s deportation plans may backfire, driving up the cost of homebuying even further.
Translations:
depravation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French dépravation, from Latin dēprāvātiō (“perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity”).
Inflected forms:
form: depravations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Detraction; depreciation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
deprecation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French deprecation (French: déprécation), from Latin dēprecātiōnem, from dēprecātiō (“deprecation, invocation”), from dēprecor (“to avert, warn off; to deprecate”).
Inflected forms:
form: deprecations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of deprecating.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An entreaty for a pardon; a petitioning.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An imprecation or curse.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Related words: imprecation
precation
Derived words: self-deprecation
Translations:
depreciation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: accounting
business
finance
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Late Latin dē
Late Latin de-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
?
Proto-Indo-European *próti
Proto-Italic *pretjom
Late Latin pretium
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Late Latin -ō
Late Latin dēpretiārebor.
French déprécier
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ation
Middle French -ation
French -ation
French dépréciationbor.
English depreciation
Borrowed from French dépréciation.
Inflected forms:
form: depreciations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being depreciated; disparagement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The decline in value of assets.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: asset depreciation
currency depreciation
The accountant calculated the annual depreciation of the machinery.
There was a sharp depreciation in the value of the currency.
gloss: The measurement of the decline in value of assets. Not to be confused with impairment, which is the measurement of the unplanned, extraordinary decline in value of assets.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: annual depreciation
Derived words: accelerated depreciation
accumulated depreciation
depreciational
self-depreciation
Translations:
deprivation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: deprivations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: Without doubt, respondent [Darrell E.] Burch alleges a serious deprivation of liberty; yet equally clearly he alleges no violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. […] Taken together, the decisions indicate that for deprivations worked by such random and unauthorized departures from otherwise unimpugned and established state procedures the State provides the process due by making available adequate postdeprivation remedies.
gloss: The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A Roman, elected in 896 by the Roman faction in a popular tumult, to succeed Formosus. He had twice incurred a sentence of deprivation of orders, as a subdeacon and as a priest.
gloss: The state of being deprived; lack.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: He was suffering from deprivation of sleep.
The deprivation of anything whose possession is consistent with the nature of the Being which wants it, is a defect. But ignorance is a deprivation of something which is consistent with the nature of intelligence: it is a deprivation of knowledge.
Outside the boundaries of the PTEs [Passenger Transport Executives], there was little mechanism to re-open routes, and despite a growing realisation that the lack of transport connectivity was a big contributor towards social deprivation and poor economic performance, there was little government policy recognition.
Derived words: deprivational
postdeprivation
redeprivation
self-deprivation
sensory deprivation
Townsend deprivation index
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: пазбаўленне
roman: pazbawljennje
lang: Danish
word: afsavn
lang: Dutch
word: beroving
lang: Dutch
word: afneming
lang: Dutch
word: ontneming
lang: Finnish
word: riistäminen
lang: German
word: Entziehen
lang: German
word: Entziehung
lang: German
word: Entzug
lang: German
word: Aberkennen
lang: German
word: Aberkennung
lang: Indonesian
word: deprivasi
lang: Polish
word: pozbawienie
lang: Portuguese
word: privação
lang: Russian
word: лише́ние
roman: lišénije
lang: Spanish
word: privación
lang: Ukrainian
word: позбавлення
roman: pozbavlennja
deputation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle French députation, from Late Latin deputatio.
Inflected forms:
form: deputations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God.
gloss: The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce.
A deputation came to the Hotel de Ville from the district of the Mathurins, where the people had assembled, appointed a president and other officers, and begun to make a list of the citizens who were able to bear arms.
From time to time deputations from the town urged the construction of a more central station, and in November, 1842, the directors announced that a temporary station at the south end of the viaduct would be erected as early as practicable, and the experiment fairly tried, but that under no circumstances would the company consent to the expense of having two passenger stations at Stockport.
gloss: Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Derived words: counterdeputation
deputational
Translations:
desecration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Inflected forms:
form: desecrations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It seemed a desecration and an unhallowed thing to touch that sleeping image of the live man by my side.
In the same year as the Furness objection, sadder tidings befell St Pancras Priory at Lewes, in East Sussex. Despite it having the distinction of being the earliest Cluniac monastery in Great Britain, petitions to prevent the Brighton Lewes & Hastings Railway from imposing on its site with its Lewes line failed. The line was approved and, as if as an act of deliberate desecration and assertion of the railways' power, passed over the site of the high altar.
Translations:
desiccation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco.
Inflected forms:
form: desiccations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state or process of being desiccated
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: An act or occurrence of desiccating
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The most important mortality affecting the larval population was most probably caused by the repeated desiccations of the marsh in the summer.
Synonyms: demoisturization
demoisturisation
Related words: desiccant
desiccate
desiccator
Derived words: cryodesiccation
desiccational
desiccome
electrodesiccation
Translations:
designation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English designacioun, from Latin dēsignātiō, and partly (especially in sense 5) from design + -ation. By surface analysis, designate + -ion.
Base: design
Affixes: -ation
Inflected forms:
form: designations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An act or instance of designating
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His designation as chief justice was controversial.
July 2021, Omar Marrero, quoted in CyberNewshttps://web.archive.org/web/20210805184306/https://www.puertoricoheadlinenews.com/15-million-allocated-for-non-profit-organizations/
The designation of funds by Governor Pedro Pierluisi will also allow non-profit entities to continue providing services to communities
gloss: That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […]
Man is the most aggressive animal in the sea (and on the land as well), and all the "man-eater" stories in history will not change this designation.
gloss: Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It doesn't list all the connotations that the term may have in various contexts: it specifies the designation of the term, or one of the designations of the term.
gloss: Purpose, aim, intention.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Deſignation, or Deſign, (Lat[in] and French) a purpoſing or contriving.
But ſo far as Words are of Uſe and Signification, ſo far is there a conſtant connexion between the Sound and the Idea; and a Designation, that the one ſtand for the other: without which Application of them, they are nothing, but ſo much inſignificant Noiſe.
When he had thus reſolved within himſelf, he ſent to his grandſon’s tutor, and ordered him to bring the child to him early in the morning: as ſuppoſing that God would permit him to be made Emperor. But God proved oppoſite to his deſignation.
Convinced that this mutual paſſion is the deſignation of Heaven to reſtore him to that affluence he loſt by the partiality of an anceſtor and the generous loyalty of his family, I give way to it without reſerve; […]
In fine, our rule for judging of the mode and degree of this combination of variety and unity, seems to be no other than that of its fitness, and conformity to the designation of each species.
Derived words: Bayer designation
predesignation
redesignation
self-designation
Translations:
desolation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English desolacioun, from Middle French, Old French desolacion f, from Latin dēsōlātiō f.
Inflected forms:
form: desolations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The state of being desolated or laid waste
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
One or two uncovered masses appeared like the lingering foot-prints of desolation; but in general where the statelier trees had not taken root, the soil was luxuriantly covered with heath and the golden blossomed furze.
gloss: A place or country wasted and forsaken.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Translations:
despicable
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Late Latin dēspicābilis, from Latin dēspicor, a variant of dēspiciō (“to despise”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“to look at, behold”). First attested in the 1550s. Equivalent to despise + -able.
Base: despise
Affixes: -able
Inflected forms:
form: more despicable
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most despicable
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: despicables
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
pos: adj
examples: The physical penis is consumed by despicable fish, animals of the turgid depths, but the higher phallus, the image of resurrection through the goddess, is fashioned as a sacred icon.
gloss: A wretched or wicked person.
pos: noun
examples: Robbers assemble other robbers for the purpose of robbery; but Christians gather thieves, bandits, and other despicables for the purpose of spiritual transformation.
Antonyms: honorable
esteemed
noble
respectable
valued
disdainful
scornful
Translations:
despoliation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin dēspoliātiō, from dēspoliō.
Inflected forms:
form: despoliations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A stripping or plundering; spoliation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Time has taken a terrible revenge upon mankind for his despoliation of the valleys and his defilement of the mountains, yet the industries and the railways of South Wales still put the bravest front upon an outlook which all may hope is becoming less saddening and less grim.
Translations:
destination
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin dēstinātiō, from dēstinō (“to destine”).
Inflected forms:
form: destinations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: arrive at your destination
gloss: The act of destining or appointing.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: destinate
destine
destiny
Derived words: destinational
destination board
destination fee
destinationless
destination wedding
ecodestination
final destination
multidestination
nondestination
tourist destination
tourist-oriented destination sign
Translations:
desultory
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Latin dēsultōrius (“hasty, casual, superficial”), from dēsultor (“a circus rider who jumped from one galloping horse to another”), from dēsiliō (“jump down”), from dē (“down”) + saliō (“jump, leap”).
Inflected forms:
form: more desultory
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most desultory
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.
pos: adj
examples: He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.
I teach a class of desultory minds.
subject to desultory fire from the enemy
To mend the matter, Hamlet's aunt had the family failing of indulging in soliloquy, and held forth in a desultory manner, by herself, on every topic that was introduced.
The Benelux Customs Union came into effect on January 1st 1948, and there followed desultory conversations between the Benelux countries, France and Italy over projects to extend such cooperation across a larger space.
‘Your desultory twenties,’ my mother calls my lost time, trying to make it sound reasonable and fun, but it started before I was twenty and lasted much longer.
gloss: Out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject.
pos: adj
examples: I made a desultory remark while I was talking to my friend.
She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
gloss: Disappointing in performance or progress.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: half-assed, halfhearted
As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
gloss: Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
Related words: salient
Derived words: desultorily
desultoriness
Translations:
deteriorate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin dēteriorātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin dēteriorō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from Latin dēterior (“worse”). Cognate with French détériorer.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: deteriorates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: deteriorating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: deteriorated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: deteriorated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to deteriorate the mind
The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone excepted, was greatly deteriorated during those years of general degradation[…]
gloss: To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: During this fine run through Fife the weather had deteriorated rapidly, and as we passed Wormit and came onto the Tay Bridge heavy rain clouds were piled over the sea.
The condition of the tunnel continued to deteriorate, aggravated by the vibration from the heavy traffic, and stories of trains emerging with dislodged bricks on their roofs are probably not exaggerated.
It was turning into an abysmal afternoon for Newcastle and it deteriorated further when Tiote saw red for his challenge on Jon Ashton.
Synonyms: worsen
to go off
nerf
degenerate
weaken
Antonyms: ameliorate
better
improve
revamp
Related words: deterioration
deteriorative
deteriorable
Derived words: biodeteriorate
deteriorator
undeteriorated
Translations:
deterioration
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Borrowed from French détérioration; morphologically deteriorate + -ion.
Base: deteriorate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: deteriorations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: From 1945 onwards, deterioration in the condition of the brickwork in the arch soffits was kept under close observation, and in 1951 it was decided that strengthening must be undertaken.
The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.
"The quantum sensors will provide highly accurate measurements that will help to detect the rate of change of the track and subsequently, any deteriorations which might lead to faults."
V-Dem lists the characteristics of autocratization as deteriorations in freedom of expression, the decline of free and fair elections, and the centralization of authority.
Antonyms: amelioration
betterment
improval
improvement
Translations:
detonation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: chemistry
engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From French détonation; equivalent to detonate + -ion.
Base: detonate
Affixes: -ion
Inflected forms:
form: detonations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the detonation of gun cotton
gloss: An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
countable
uncountable
examples: a nuclear detonation
carbon detonation
gloss: Engine knocking, a type of improper combustion in gasoline piston engines.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Antonyms: deflagration
Related words: detonate
detonator
Derived words: antidetonation
autodetonation
carbon detonation
detonation cord
pulse detonation engine
rotating detonation engine
sympathetic detonation
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَفْجِير
roman: tafjīr
lang: Bulgarian
word: взрив
roman: vzriv
lang: Bulgarian
word: експлозия
roman: eksplozija
lang: Bulgarian
word: избухване
roman: izbuhvane
lang: Catalan
word: detonació
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 爆炸
roman: bàozhà
lang: Danish
word: brag
lang: Danish
word: eksplosion
lang: Danish
word: knald
lang: Finnish
word: räjähdys
lang: Finnish
word: paukku
lang: Finnish
word: pamahdus
lang: French
word: détonation
lang: German
word: Detonation
lang: Hungarian
word: detonáció
lang: Hungarian
word: robbanás
lang: Hungarian
word: durranás
lang: Hungarian
word: dörej
lang: Hungarian
word: robbantás
lang: Irish
word: madhmadh
lang: Italian
word: detonazione
lang: Japanese
word: 爆轟
roman: bakugō
lang: Polish
word: detonacja
lang: Portuguese
word: detonação
lang: Romanian
word: detonare
lang: Romanian
word: explodare
lang: Romanian
word: explozie
lang: Romanian
word: detonație
lang: Russian
word: детона́ция
roman: detonácija
lang: Russian
word: взрыв
roman: vzryv
lang: Spanish
word: detonación
lang: Swedish
word: detonation
lang: Tagalog
word: pagpapasabog
lang: Welsh
word: taniad
devastation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle French dévastation.
Inflected forms:
form: devastations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state’s well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on the Jersey Shore were blown away. Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished. Bridges to barrier islands buckled, preventing residents from even inspecting the damage to their property.
gloss: Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: havoc
Derived words: devastational
Translations:
devout
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Ecclesiastical Latin dē
Ecclesiastical Latin dē-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti
Proto-Italic *wogʷeō
Ecclesiastical Latin voveō
Ecclesiastical Latin dēvoveō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Ecclesiastical Latin -tus
Ecclesiastical Latin dēvōtusbor.
Old French devotbor.
Middle English devout
English devout
Inherited from Middle English devout.
From Middle English devout, devot, from Old French devot (French dévot), from Latin dēvōtus, perfect passive participle of dēvōveō. Doublet of devote.
Inflected forms:
form: devouter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more devout
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: devoutest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most devout
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.
pos: adj
examples: a devout man, and one that feared God
We must be constant and devout in the worship of our God.
I first became aware of changing Hui-Han social dynamics in the village from a discussion with one of the Han villagers in Team 1. She explained: “Since 1979, we have had less and less social contact with the Hui in the other teams. There are no problems between us, but the Hui are more devout [qian-cheng] now and less willing to come to our homes and visit or borrow tools. We raise pigs in our yards and eat pork, so they are afraid it will influence their religion [yingxiang tamende jiaomen]."
The question, which visibly moved Clinton, delves into an area of the candidate’s life that is deeply personal but rarely discussed. Clinton’s friends and confidants describe the former first lady as a devout Methodist whose faith guides much of what she does.
gloss: Expressing devotion or piety.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
examples: devout sighs; devout eyes; a devout posture
gloss: Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest.
pos: adj
examples: devout wishes for one's welfare
Synonyms: Allah-fearing
devout
devoutful
frum
godfearing
heavenly-minded
inward
godly
observant
pious
piteous
practicing
religionary
sainted
sanctimonious
Antonyms: impious
indevout
inobservant
lapsed
nonobservant
nonpracticing
unobservant
unobserving
undevout
ungodly
unpious
Related words: prayerful
reverential
Derived words: devoutful
devoutless
devoutly
devoutness
indevout
undevout
Translations:
dhow
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Arabic دَاو (dāw).
Inflected forms:
form: dhows
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.
pos: noun
examples: I suppose I must have slept for seven or eight hours, getting the first real rest that I had had since the night before the loss of the dhow, for when I woke the sun was high in the heavens.
Joshua continued preparing breakfast, Bijan returned to piloting the dhow offshore and Pourghasem returned to his watch.[…]Several dhows were on the water and some fishermen were already at work.
The navy sometimes hired dhows for its patrols.[…]If a dhow was stopped, the slaves could not be counted on to make their presence known, having probably been told that the Europeans would kill them.
They took a dhow from Mombasa bound for Aden and planned to take a larger vessel to Suez and then overland to Cairo.
In contemporary Anglophone usage, the term ‘dhow’ has come to refer generically and exonymically to traditional wooden vessels of the western Indian Ocean, whatever their particular forms or emic classification.
Translations:
diabetes
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: In the UK, one in 10 people over 40 live with type 2 diabetes, while one in four have high blood pressure, a condition described as a “silent killer” because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke but rarely causes symptoms beforehand.
gloss: Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.
pos: noun
tags: humorous
slang
uncountable
examples: This milkshake is pure diabetes, as my friends and I agreed on as a joke when we first came to Black Tap.
gloss: Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: A Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the ashes given inwardly, helps the Diabetes, or continuall pissing.
The lady laboured under a Diabetes, in consequence of having used the waters injudiciously for another complaint; and, that she might not be an impediment to the carriage, by ordering it to halt,as often as she should have occasion to disembogue, she had provided herself with a leathern contrivance […].
Related words: diabetic
Derived words: adult-onset diabetes
antidiabetes
bronze diabetes
diabesity
diabetes insipidus
diabetes mellitus
diabetology
diabulimia
gestational diabetes
I have diabetes
nondiabetes
prediabetes
sugar diabetes
telediabetes
type 1 diabetes
type 2 diabetes
type 3 diabetes
Translations: