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word: Dominican Republic word_type: name expansion: the Dominican Republic forms: form: the Dominican Republic tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: Calque of Spanish República Dominicana, in honor of santo (“holy; saint”) Domingo, which could refer to a Sunday, Jesus, or St Dominic. senses_...
1301
word: urban word_type: adj expansion: urban (comparative more urban, superlative most urban) forms: form: more urban tags: comparative form: most urban tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Middle French urbain (“belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urb...
1302
word: alphabet word_type: noun expansion: alphabet (plural alphabets) forms: form: alphabets tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English alphabete, borrowed from Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from ἄλφα (álpha) and βῆτα (bêta), the names of the f...
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word: alphabet word_type: verb expansion: alphabet (third-person singular simple present alphabets, present participle alphabeting, simple past and past participle alphabeted) forms: form: alphabets tags: present singular third-person form: alphabeting tags: participle present ...
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word: Iraq word_type: name expansion: Iraq (plural Iraqs) forms: form: Iraqs tags: plural wikipedia: Iraq etymology_text: Borrowed from Arabic الْعِرَاق (al-ʕirāq, “Iraq”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Repub...
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word: accommodation word_type: noun expansion: accommodation (countable and uncountable, plural accommodations) forms: form: accommodations tags: plural wikipedia: accommodation etymology_text: From French accommodation, from Latin accommodātiō (“adjustment, accommodation, compliance”), from accom...
1306
word: railway word_type: noun expansion: railway (plural railways) forms: form: railways tags: plural wikipedia: railway etymology_text: From rail + way. senses_examples: text: His interest in railways is not the quality that marks Pearson out. Everyone was interested in railways. Over a th...
1307
word: acacia word_type: noun expansion: acacia (countable and uncountable, plural acacias or acaciae) forms: form: acacias tags: plural form: acaciae tags: plural wikipedia: acacia etymology_text: From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-...
1308
word: acacia word_type: noun expansion: acacia (plural acacias) forms: form: acacias tags: plural wikipedia: acacia etymology_text: Unknown. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is repres...
1309
word: tao word_type: name expansion: tao forms: wikipedia: Daoism–Taoism romanization issue Encyclopædia Britannica Tao circuit (administrative division) etymology_text: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴). senses_examples: text: The tao of Lao Tzu w...
1310
word: tao word_type: noun expansion: tao (usually uncountable, plural taos) forms: form: taos tags: plural wikipedia: Daoism–Taoism romanization issue Encyclopædia Britannica Tao circuit (administrative division) etymology_text: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation ...
1311
word: Sweden word_type: name expansion: Sweden forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Scots Swethin, Swadne (also Swaden), from Middle Dutch Sweden, dative of Swede. Originally used to refer to the people before the late 1600s, later displaced native Old English Swēoland (literally “Swede land”), S...
1312
word: Morocco word_type: name expansion: Morocco forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Earlier spelling Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”). The word originally referred to the capital city o...
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word: Morocco word_type: name expansion: Morocco (plural Moroccos) forms: form: Moroccos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Probably a surname of Italian origin. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A surname from Italian. senses_topics:
1314
word: peso word_type: noun expansion: peso (plural pesos) forms: form: pesos tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Spanish peso. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A former unit of currency in Spain and Spain's colonies, worth 8 reales; the Spanish dollar. ...
1315
word: Cape Verde word_type: name expansion: Cape Verde forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Partial calque of Portuguese Cabo Verde, from cabo (“cape”) + verde (“green”). senses_examples: text: In the Cape Verde Islands, the electoral victory of Movement for Democracy ushered out sixteen years of one-par...
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word: birth word_type: noun expansion: birth (countable and uncountable, plural births) forms: form: births tags: plural wikipedia: Birth (disambiguation) en:birth etymology_text: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic ...
1317
word: birth word_type: adj expansion: birth (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Birth (disambiguation) etymology_text: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth From Middle...
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word: birth word_type: verb expansion: birth (third-person singular simple present births, present participle birthing, simple past and past participle birthed) forms: form: births tags: present singular third-person form: birthing tags: participle present form: birthed ...
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word: birth word_type: noun expansion: birth (plural births) forms: form: births tags: plural wikipedia: Birth (disambiguation) etymology_text: See berth. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete spelling of berth. senses_topics:
1320
word: crap word_type: noun expansion: crap (usually uncountable, plural craps) forms: form: craps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Middle French crape, from Old French crappe, crapin (“chaff”) (compare Me...
1321
word: crap word_type: verb expansion: crap (third-person singular simple present craps, present participle crapping, simple past and past participle crapped) forms: form: craps tags: present singular third-person form: crapping tags: participle present form: crapped tag...
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word: crap word_type: adj expansion: crap (comparative crapper, superlative crappest) forms: form: crapper tags: comparative form: crappest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Middle French ...
1323
word: crap word_type: intj expansion: crap forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English crappe, also in plural: crappys, craps (“chaff; buckwheat”), from Middle French crape, from Old French crappe, crapin (“chaff”) (compare Medieval Latin crappa pl, also crapinum), from Old Dutch krappen (“to cut ...
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word: crap word_type: noun expansion: crap (plural craps) forms: form: craps tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From crab's eyes. senses_examples: text: To test the possibility that her husband’s luck was indestructible, Mary went to the crap tables and made a small bet. ref: 19...
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word: mobile phone word_type: noun expansion: mobile phone (plural mobile phones) forms: form: mobile phones tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From mobile + phone. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network over radi...
1326
word: Friday word_type: noun expansion: Friday (plural Fridays) forms: form: Fridays tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of frīġe and dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, a calque of Latin diēs Veneris, via an associ...
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word: Friday word_type: adv expansion: Friday (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of frīġe and dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, a calque of Latin diēs Veneris, via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the ...
1328
word: Malaysia word_type: name expansion: Malaysia forms: wikipedia: Federation of Malaysia Malaysia etymology_text: From Malays + -ia, amended from the previous form, Malaya. The ⟨-s⟩ was added to honour the inclusion of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo (Sabah) with Malaya in the formation of The Feder...
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word: consensus word_type: noun expansion: consensus (countable and uncountable, plural consensuses or consensus) forms: form: consensuses tags: plural form: consensus tags: plural wikipedia: consensus etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), ...
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word: consensus word_type: verb expansion: consensus (third-person singular simple present consensuses, present participle consensusing, simple past and past participle consensused) forms: form: consensuses tags: present singular third-person form: consensusing tags: participle ...
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word: Tunisia word_type: name expansion: Tunisia forms: wikipedia: Tunisia etymology_text: From Tunis + -ia. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in North Africa. Capital: Tunis. Ottoman Tunisia; the Eyalet of Tunis, from 1534 to 1881 A country in North Africa. Capital: T...
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word: nu word_type: noun expansion: nu (countable and uncountable, plural nus) forms: form: nus tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The letter of th...
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word: nu word_type: intj expansion: nu forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc. Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.) senses_topics...
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word: nu word_type: adj expansion: nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu) forms: form: more nu tags: comparative form: most nu tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Phonetic respelling of new. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: new senses_topics:
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word: careful word_type: adj expansion: careful (comparative more careful, superlative most careful) forms: form: more careful tags: comparative form: most careful tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English careful, from Old English carful; equivalent to care + -...
1336
word: Bahrain word_type: name expansion: Bahrain forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Arabic الْبَحْرَيْن (al-baḥrayn, literally “the two seas”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdo...
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word: United States of America word_type: name expansion: the United States of America forms: form: the United States of America tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: 1776, see Names of the United States. senses_examples: text: Mexico and Canada border the United States of America. t...
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word: are word_type: verb expansion: are forms: wikipedia: ARE etymology_text: From Middle English aren, from Old English earun, earon (“are”), reinforced by Old Norse plural forms in er- (displacing alternative Old English sind and bēoþ), from Proto-Germanic *arun (“(they) are”), from Proto-Germanic *esi/*i...
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word: are word_type: noun expansion: are (plural ares) forms: form: ares tags: plural wikipedia: ARE etymology_text: From French are. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former uni...
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word: are word_type: det expansion: are forms: wikipedia: ARE etymology_text: From the phonetic similarity between our and are in many English dialects (both /ɑː(ɹ)/). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Misspelling of our. senses_topics:
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word: robot word_type: noun expansion: robot (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From German Robot, from a West Slavonic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below. senses_examples: text: I say again, down with the robot!—he is a dog who yields it! ref: 1849, Littell's Living...
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word: robot word_type: noun expansion: robot (plural robots) forms: form: robots tags: plural wikipedia: Internet Archive Josef Čapek Karel Čapek R.U.R. etymology_text: table Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”). Coined in the 1920 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossu...
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word: robot word_type: noun expansion: robot (plural robots) forms: form: robots tags: plural wikipedia: /r9k/ 4chan High-functioning autism ROBOT9000 Randall Munroe etymology_text: Referencing the origin of the name of the 4chan imageboard /r9k/ (created in 2008), so-called because it imp...
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word: United Kingdom word_type: name expansion: the United Kingdom forms: form: the United Kingdom tags: canonical wikipedia: United Kingdom etymology_text: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éy? Proto-Indo-European *-nós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnu...
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word: frequency word_type: noun expansion: frequency (countable and uncountable, plural frequencies) forms: form: frequencies tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin frequentia, from frequens. English equivalent frequent + -cy. senses_examples: text: With growing confidence, the ...
1346
word: South Africa word_type: name expansion: South Africa forms: wikipedia: South Africa South Africa (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Union of South Africa, the country's former official name, referring to its origin from the unification of four formerly separate British colonies. senses_examples: ...
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word: AA word_type: noun expansion: AA (countable and uncountable, plural AAs) forms: form: AAs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Abbreviations. senses_examples: text: In a letter to Cohen, written between 1956 and 1961, he reported hearing gossip about his LSD use in AA circles. He r...
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word: AA word_type: name expansion: AA forms: wikipedia: en:Alcoholics Anonymous en:Anna's Archive en:The AA etymology_text: Abbreviations. senses_examples: text: She said, “I'm an alcoholic, just like my mother was. It's a struggle, but I haven't had a drink in a while.” That was something she had...
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word: AA word_type: adj expansion: AA (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Abbreviations. senses_examples: text: Alternative forms: a/a, A-A, A/A text: AA joint; AA instability type: example text: AA anastomosis type: example senses_categories: senses_glo...
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word: AA word_type: verb expansion: AA (third-person singular simple present AAs, present participle AAing, simple past and past participle AAed) forms: form: AAs tags: present singular third-person form: AAing tags: participle present form: AAed tags: participle ...
1351
word: fiscal word_type: adj expansion: fiscal (comparative more fiscal, superlative most fiscal) forms: form: more fiscal tags: comparative form: most fiscal tags: superlative wikipedia: fiscal fiscus etymology_text: From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fis...
1352
word: fiscal word_type: noun expansion: fiscal (plural fiscals) forms: form: fiscals tags: plural wikipedia: fiscal fiscus etymology_text: From Middle French fiscal, from Latin fiscus (“treasury”) – see fiscus and fisc. senses_examples: text: ‘There I was interrogated by the Fiscal, who wa...
1353
word: fiscal word_type: noun expansion: fiscal (plural fiscals) forms: form: fiscals tags: plural wikipedia: fiscal etymology_text: From Spanish fiscal, ultimately from Latin fiscus (“treasury”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A public prosecutor (UK) or a district attorne...
1354
word: fiscal word_type: noun expansion: fiscal (plural fiscals) forms: form: fiscals tags: plural wikipedia: fiscal etymology_text: After Afrikaans fiskaal (“public official, hangman”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius. sens...
1355
word: Philippines word_type: name expansion: the Philippines forms: form: the Philippines tags: canonical wikipedia: Name of the Philippines Philippines etymology_text: See Name of the Philippines in Wikipedia for a complete etymology. Borrowed from French Philippines, originally from Spanish Fi...
1356
word: quality word_type: noun expansion: quality (countable and uncountable, plural qualities) forms: form: qualities tags: plural wikipedia: Quality (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English qualite, from Old French qualité, from Latin quālitās, quālitātem, from quālis (“of what kind”)...
1357
word: quality word_type: adj expansion: quality (comparative more quality, superlative most quality) forms: form: more quality tags: comparative form: most quality tags: superlative wikipedia: Quality (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English qualite, from Old French qualité...
1358
word: Libya word_type: name expansion: Libya forms: wikipedia: Libya etymology_text: Via Latin Libya, from Ancient Greek Λιβύη (Libúē). English since the 16th century. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in North Africa. Capital: Tripoli. Africa; that is, the part of North A...
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word: Bahamas word_type: name expansion: the Bahamas forms: form: the Bahamas tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: Disputed; probably from Spanish baja mar (“shallow sea”) or Taíno ba ha ma (“big upper middle land”), via Spanish. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An ar...
1360
word: Colombia word_type: name expansion: Colombia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Spanish Colombia, from Italian Colombo (“Cristoforo Colombo”); named after Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in South America. Official...
1361
word: Estonia word_type: name expansion: Estonia (plural Estonias) forms: form: Estonias tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Estonia. Other early Latin forms were Estia and Hestia, possibly derived from the tribal name Aestiī described by the Roman historian Tacit...
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word: Equatorial Guinea word_type: name expansion: Equatorial Guinea forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A country in Central Africa. Official name: Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Capital: Malabo. senses_topics:
1363
word: deal word_type: noun expansion: deal (plural deals) forms: form: deals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-West Germanic *daili, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European ...
1364
word: deal word_type: verb expansion: deal (third-person singular simple present deals, present participle dealing, simple past and past participle dealt or (nonstandard) dealed) forms: form: deals tags: present singular third-person form: dealing tags: participle present for...
1365
word: deal word_type: noun expansion: deal (plural deals) forms: form: deals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo...
1366
word: deal word_type: noun expansion: deal (countable and uncountable, plural deals) forms: form: deals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate wi...
1367
word: deal word_type: adj expansion: deal (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of thill. senses_examples: tex...
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word: natural gas word_type: noun expansion: natural gas (countable and uncountable, plural natural gases) forms: form: natural gases tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: formed from natural + gas, as opposed to coal gas (19th Century). senses_examples: text: For a good many years, begin...
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word: Austria word_type: name expansion: Austria forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Austria, a Latinization of Old High German Ōstarrīhhi (the first element of which means "east" and stems from Proto-Germanic *austraz (“eastern”), and the second element of which is rīhhi (“realm”). See east, easte...
1370
word: fa word_type: noun expansion: fa (plural fas) forms: form: fas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllab...
1371
word: Tuesday word_type: noun expansion: Tuesday (plural Tuesdays) forms: form: Tuesdays tags: plural wikipedia: interpretatio romana etymology_text: From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This wa...
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word: Tuesday word_type: adv expansion: Tuesday (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: interpretatio romana etymology_text: From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs...
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word: SMS word_type: noun expansion: SMS (plural SMSes) forms: form: SMSes tags: plural wikipedia: SMS (disambiguation) etymology_text: Abbreviation senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Short Message Service. A service to send text messages on a cell phon...
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word: SMS word_type: verb expansion: SMS (third-person singular simple present SMSes, present participle SMSing, simple past and past participle SMSed) forms: form: SMSes tags: present singular third-person form: SMSing tags: participle present form: SMSed tags: par...
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word: SMS word_type: name expansion: SMS forms: wikipedia: SMS (disambiguation) etymology_text: Abbreviation senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Sega Master System. senses_topics: video-games
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word: SMS word_type: noun expansion: SMS (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: SMS (disambiguation) etymology_text: From German SMS. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His Majesty's Ship" in German; SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His M...
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word: Bhutan word_type: name expansion: Bhutan forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French Bhoutan, from Nepali भुटान (bhuṭān), from Prakrit 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta, “Tibet”, literally “end of Tibet”); probably ultimately from Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”) + Sanskrit अन्त (anta, “end”). Traditiona...
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word: adverb word_type: noun expansion: adverb (plural adverbs) forms: form: adverbs head_nr: 1 tags: plural wikipedia: Adverb etymology_text: From French adverbe, from Latin adverbium, from ad- (“to”) + verbum (“word, verb”), so called because it is used to supplement other words. senses_ex...
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word: adverb word_type: verb expansion: adverb (third-person singular simple present adverbs, present participle adverbing, simple past and past participle adverbed) forms: form: adverbs tags: present singular third-person form: adverbing tags: participle present form: ad...
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word: pound word_type: noun expansion: pound (plural pounds or (UK colloquial) pound) forms: form: pounds tags: plural form: pound tags: UK colloquial plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-Germanic *p...
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word: pound word_type: verb expansion: pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded) forms: form: pounds tags: present singular third-person form: pounding tags: participle present form: pounded ...
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word: pound word_type: noun expansion: pound (plural pounds) forms: form: pounds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pounde, ponde, pund, from Old English pund (“an enclosure”), related to Old English pyndan (“to enclose, shut up, dam, impound”). Compare also Old English p...
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word: pound word_type: verb expansion: pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded) forms: form: pounds tags: present singular third-person form: pounding tags: participle present form: pounded ...
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word: pound word_type: verb expansion: pound (third-person singular simple present pounds, present participle pounding, simple past and past participle pounded) forms: form: pounds tags: present singular third-person form: pounding tags: participle present form: pounded ...
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word: pound word_type: noun expansion: pound (plural pounds) forms: form: pounds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From an alteration of earlier poun, pown, from Middle English pounen, from Old English pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūn- (“broken p...
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word: flute word_type: noun expansion: flute (plural flutes) forms: form: flutes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English fleute, floute, flote, from Old French flaute, fleüte, from Old Provençal flaüt, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from three possibilities: * Blend o...
1387
word: flute word_type: verb expansion: flute (third-person singular simple present flutes, present participle fluting, simple past and past participle fluted) forms: form: flutes tags: present singular third-person form: fluting tags: participle present form: fluted tag...
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word: flute word_type: noun expansion: flute (plural flutes) forms: form: flutes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Compare French flûte (“a transport”)?, Dutch fluit. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A kind of flyboat; a storeship. senses_topics:
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word: sect word_type: noun expansion: sect (plural sects) forms: form: sects tags: plural wikipedia: Sect etymology_text: From Middle English secte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class...
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word: Poland word_type: name expansion: Poland forms: wikipedia: Poland (disambiguation) etymology_text: 1560s. From Pole + land, a phono-semantic matching of German Polen (“Poland”), from Old Polish Polanie (“Poles”, literally “field dwellers”), from Proto-Slavic *poľane, plural of *poľaninъ (“field dweller...
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word: Marshall Islands word_type: name expansion: the Marshall Islands forms: form: the Marshall Islands tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: Islands named after John Marshall. senses_examples: text: There, in that emptiness, the typhoon is organising. For the last twenty-four hours i...
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word: Greenland word_type: name expansion: Greenland forms: wikipedia: Greenland Name of Greenland etymology_text: From green + land, calque of Old Norse Grǿnland, from grǿnn (“green”) + land (“land”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A large self-governing depend...
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word: the word_type: article expansion: the forms: wikipedia: Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme The The Beatles The Rolling Stones etymology_text: From Middle English þe, from Old English þē m (“the, that”, demonstrative pronoun), a late variant of sē, the s- (which occurred i...
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word: the word_type: adv expansion: the (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: The etymology_text: From Middle English the, thy, thi, from Old English þē̆, probably a neuter instrumental form ("by that, thereby")—alongside the more common þȳ and þon—of the demonstrative pronoun sē ("that"). Compare Dutch des te ...
1395
word: the word_type: prep expansion: the forms: wikipedia: The etymology_text: senses_examples: text: valued at half a pound the bushel; paying seven dollars the year interest type: example text: Next morning I was up at an early hour, to see the market held near the water gate. The beef w...
1396
word: the word_type: pron expansion: the forms: wikipedia: The etymology_text: table senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Obsolete form of thee. senses_topics:
1397
word: the word_type: noun expansion: the (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: The etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A topology name. senses_topics:
1398
word: cod word_type: noun expansion: cod (plural cod or cods) forms: form: cod tags: plural form: cods tags: plural wikipedia: Sacred Cod cod etymology_text: From Middle English cod, codde, of uncertain origin: * Oldest English form cotfich as a surname in the 13th century; for more ...
1399
word: cod word_type: noun expansion: cod (plural cods) forms: form: cods tags: plural wikipedia: cod etymology_text: From Middle English cod, codde, from Old English cod, codd (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *kuddô, from Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, ar...