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word: of word_type: verb expansion: of forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: A spelling of /əv/ influenced by Etymology 1. senses_examples: text: I have refrained from giving many details which I might of done, from feelings of delicacy; indeed, they were of so dark and dreadful a nature, that I could do ...
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word: of word_type: symbol expansion: of forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of off, often senses_topics:
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word: mortage word_type: noun expansion: mortage forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Misspelling of mortgage. senses_topics:
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word: mortage word_type: verb expansion: mortage forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Misspelling of mortgage. senses_topics:
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word: little finger word_type: noun expansion: little finger (plural little fingers) forms: form: little fingers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English litile fynge, litil fyngir. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The outermost and smallest finger of the...
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word: endowment mortgage word_type: noun expansion: endowment mortgage (plural endowment mortgages) forms: form: endowment mortgages tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: repayment mortgage senses_categories: senses_glosses: A type of mortgage (...
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word: Quebec word_type: name expansion: Quebec (usually uncountable, plural Quebecs) forms: form: Quebecs tags: plural wikipedia: Quebec en:Quebec City en:Saint Lawrence River etymology_text: From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and M...
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word: o word_type: character expansion: o (lower case, upper case O, plural os or o's) forms: form: O tags: uppercase form: os tags: plural form: o's tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The system's Bayer designation is o Persei. type: ...
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word: o word_type: num expansion: o (lower case, upper case O) forms: form: O tags: uppercase wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The ordinal number fifteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin scrip...
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word: o word_type: noun expansion: o (plural oes) forms: form: oes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: It is currently two-o-five in the afternoon (2:05 PM). type: example text: The first permanent English settlement in America was in Jamestown in si...
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word: o word_type: particle expansion: o forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: I lift my soule to thee o Lord mee, o Iehovah, heare In thee, o Lord, I put my trust ref: 2007, The Bay Psalm Book, Cosimo Classics, published 1640, p.37, 41 & 46 type: quotation senses_categ...
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word: o word_type: intj expansion: o forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of oh senses_topics:
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word: o word_type: noun expansion: o forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Operator Object, see SVO senses_topics: IRC
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word: o word_type: adj expansion: o forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Over senses_topics:
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word: o word_type: prep expansion: o forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: See o'. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of of senses_topics:
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word: caipirinha word_type: noun expansion: caipirinha (plural caipirinhas) forms: form: caipirinhas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Portuguese caipirinha. senses_examples: text: They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.” ref: 2007 Septemb...
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word: nature word_type: noun expansion: nature (countable and uncountable, plural natures) forms: form: natures tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participl...
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word: nature word_type: verb expansion: nature (third-person singular simple present natures, present participle naturing, simple past and past participle natured) forms: form: natures tags: present singular third-person form: naturing tags: participle present form: natur...
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word: theirs word_type: pron expansion: theirs forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English theires, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to their + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced theirn (from Middle English theiren, formed by analogy to mine, thine) in standard speech. sense...
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word: lukewarm word_type: adj expansion: lukewarm (comparative lukewarmer or more lukewarm, superlative lukewarmest or most lukewarm) forms: form: lukewarmer tags: comparative form: more lukewarm tags: comparative form: lukewarmest tags: superlative form: most lukewarm ...
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word: annually word_type: adv expansion: annually (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From annual + -ly. senses_examples: text: The Sunshine Festival is held annually, at the end of May. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Once every year without fail, yearly sense...
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word: forefinger word_type: noun expansion: forefinger (plural forefingers) forms: form: forefingers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Mid-15th century, from Middle English forefyngure; equivalent to fore- + finger. senses_examples: text: He touched me on the arm with his forefinger t...
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word: tense word_type: noun expansion: tense (plural tenses) forms: form: tenses tags: plural wikipedia: tense etymology_text: From Middle English tens, from Old French tens (modern French temps), from Latin tempus. Doublet of tempo and tempus. senses_examples: text: The basic tenses in Engl...
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word: tense word_type: verb expansion: tense (third-person singular simple present tenses, present participle tensing, simple past and past participle tensed) forms: form: tenses tags: present singular third-person form: tensing tags: participle present form: tensed tag...
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word: tense word_type: adj expansion: tense (comparative tenser, superlative tensest) forms: form: tenser tags: comparative form: tensest tags: superlative wikipedia: tense etymology_text: Borrowed from Latin tēnsus, one form of the past participle of tendō (“stretch”). Ultimately iden...
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word: tense word_type: verb expansion: tense (third-person singular simple present tenses, present participle tensing, simple past and past participle tensed) forms: form: tenses tags: present singular third-person form: tensing tags: participle present form: tensed tag...
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word: orang word_type: noun expansion: orang (plural orangs) forms: form: orangs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: To judge from its sinuses, Hispanopithecus crusafonti is the earliest known hominine (the group including all great apes except orangs). ref: ...
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word: stock car word_type: noun expansion: stock car (plural stock cars) forms: form: stock cars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Stock cars can't have all the modifications of other racing cars. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A ra...
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word: ours word_type: pron expansion: ours forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech. senses_examples: text: You can't take that! I...
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word: sibling word_type: noun expansion: sibling (plural siblings) forms: form: siblings tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: 1903, modern revival of Old English sibling (“relative, a relation, kinsman”), equivalent to sib + -ling. Compare Middle English siblynges pl, sib, sibbe (“relative; ki...
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word: annuity word_type: noun expansion: annuity (plural annuities) forms: form: annuities tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuitās, from Latin annuus (“annual”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A right to receive amounts of...
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word: zebra word_type: noun expansion: zebra (plural zebra or zebras) forms: form: zebra tags: plural form: zebras tags: plural wikipedia: zebra etymology_text: 1600; borrowed from Italian zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“zebra”), from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, ezebra, azeb...
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word: laundry word_type: noun expansion: laundry (countable and uncountable, plural laundries) forms: form: laundries tags: plural wikipedia: laundry etymology_text: From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder. senses_examples: text: In our f...
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word: consonant word_type: noun expansion: consonant (plural consonants) forms: form: consonants tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present part...
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word: consonant word_type: adj expansion: consonant (comparative more consonant, superlative most consonant) forms: form: more consonant tags: comparative form: most consonant tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French con...
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word: money word_type: noun expansion: money (usually uncountable, plural monies or moneys) forms: form: monies tags: plural form: moneys tags: plural form: used only in certain senses tags: plural wikipedia: Money (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English moneye...
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word: money word_type: adj expansion: money (comparative more money, superlative most money) forms: form: more money tags: comparative form: most money tags: superlative wikipedia: Money (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Nor...
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word: wiki word_type: noun expansion: wiki (plural wikis) forms: form: wikis tags: plural wikipedia: PC Week wiki etymology_text: First appears in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
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word: wiki word_type: verb expansion: wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and past participle wikied) forms: form: wikis tags: present singular third-person form: wikiing tags: participle present form: wikied tags: ...
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word: niece word_type: noun expansion: niece (plural nieces) forms: form: nieces tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Late Latin neptia, representing Latin nept...
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word: their word_type: det expansion: their forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old Norse þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora. senses_examples: text: they will meet tomorrow at their convenience type: example text: this is probably their cat type: example text: For Liv...
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word: their word_type: adv expansion: their forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old Norse þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Misspelling of there. senses_topics:
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word: their word_type: contraction expansion: their forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Old Norse þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Misspelling of they’re. senses_topics:
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word: unvariable word_type: adj expansion: unvariable forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From un- + variable. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Invariable. senses_topics:
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word: skimmed milk word_type: noun expansion: skimmed milk (countable and uncountable, plural skimmed milks) forms: form: skimmed milks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: We like to drink skimmed milk instead so as to consume fewer calories. type: example ...
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word: skim milk word_type: noun expansion: skim milk (countable and uncountable, plural skim milks) forms: form: skim milks tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: We like to drink skim milk instead so as to consume fewer calories. type: example senses_categori...
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word: general word_type: adj expansion: general (comparative more general, superlative most general) forms: form: more general tags: comparative form: most general tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Mi...
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word: general word_type: noun expansion: general (countable and uncountable, plural generals) forms: form: generals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genu...
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word: general word_type: verb expansion: general (third-person singular simple present generals, present participle generalling or generaling, simple past and past participle generalled or generaled) forms: form: generals tags: present singular third-person form: generalling tags: ...
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word: general word_type: adv expansion: general (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English general, in turn from Anglo-Norman general, generall, Middle French general, and their source, Latin generālis, from genus (“class, kind”) + -ālis (“-al”); thus morphologically parallel wit...
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word: upblow word_type: verb expansion: upblow (third-person singular simple present upblows, present participle upblowing, simple past upblew, past participle upblown) forms: form: upblows tags: present singular third-person form: upblowing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: know word_type: verb expansion: know (third-person singular simple present knows, present participle knowing, simple past knew or (nonstandard) knowed, past participle known or (colloquial and nonstandard) knew) forms: form: knows tags: present singular third-person form: knowing ...
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word: know word_type: noun expansion: know (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: know etymology_text: From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan (“to know, perceive, recognise”), from Proto-West Germanic *knāan, from Proto-Germanic *knēaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). cognate...
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word: know word_type: noun expansion: know (plural knows) forms: form: knows tags: plural wikipedia: know etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Owing to increasing numbers and consequent want of room for nestage, the old birds drove away the younger ones, who took refuge in their present a...
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word: know word_type: particle expansion: know forms: wikipedia: know etymology_text: You know without the subject. senses_examples: text: Make sure you water the plants, know… type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: Used at the end of a sentence to draw attention to information the s...
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word: half-yearly word_type: adj expansion: half-yearly (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From half-year + -ly; or half- + yearly. senses_examples: text: However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on Marc...
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word: half-yearly word_type: adv expansion: half-yearly (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From half-year + -ly; or half- + yearly. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Twice in a year; semiannually. senses_topics:
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word: nephew word_type: noun expansion: nephew (plural nephews) forms: form: nephews tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English nevew, neveu (“nephew, grandson”), from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos, nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts (“nephew, grandson”), whence also French ...
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word: vowel word_type: noun expansion: vowel (plural vowels) forms: form: vowels tags: plural wikipedia: vowel etymology_text: From Middle English vouel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν ...
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word: vowel word_type: verb expansion: vowel (third-person singular simple present vowels, present participle vowelling or (US) voweling, simple past and past participle vowelled or (US) voweled) forms: form: vowels tags: present singular third-person form: vowelling tags: particip...
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word: close word_type: verb expansion: close (third-person singular simple present closes, present participle closing, simple past and past participle closed) forms: form: closes tags: present singular third-person form: closing tags: participle present form: closed tag...
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word: close word_type: noun expansion: close (plural closes) forms: form: closes tags: plural wikipedia: close etymology_text: From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) (from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”...
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word: close word_type: adj expansion: close (comparative closer, superlative closest) forms: form: closer tags: comparative form: closest tags: superlative wikipedia: close etymology_text: Borrowed from French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claudō. senses_examples: text: ...
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word: close word_type: noun expansion: close (plural closes) forms: form: closes tags: plural wikipedia: close etymology_text: Borrowed from French clos, from Latin clausum, participle of claudō. senses_examples: text: The woman nodded at a nearby flight of steps. 'This is my close. We ca...
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word: masculine word_type: adj expansion: masculine (comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine) forms: form: more masculine tags: comparative form: most masculine tags: superlative wikipedia: masculine etymology_text: From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old Frenc...
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word: masculine word_type: noun expansion: masculine (plural masculines) forms: form: masculines tags: plural wikipedia: masculine etymology_text: From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive o...
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word: one word_type: num expansion: one forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); Nor...
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word: one word_type: pron expansion: one (reflexive oneself, possessive adjective one’s, plural ones) forms: form: oneself tags: reflexive form: one’s tags: adjective possessive form: ones tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, fr...
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word: one word_type: noun expansion: one (plural ones) forms: form: ones tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”)....
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word: one word_type: adj expansion: one (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan,...
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word: one word_type: det expansion: one forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English oon, on, oan, an, from Old English ān (“one”), from Proto-West Germanic *ain, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos (“single, one”). Cognate with Scots ae, ane, wan, yin (“one”); Nor...
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word: one word_type: verb expansion: one (third-person singular simple present ones, present participle oning, simple past and past participle oned) forms: form: ones tags: present singular third-person form: oning tags: participle present form: oned tags: participl...
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word: one word_type: particle expansion: one forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Analogous to several senses of Hokkien ê and Mandarin 的 (de, declarative particle, nominalizer, etc.). This semantic loan might have stemmed from the apparent similarity between one as a prop-word and 的/-ê as a nominalizer (e.g. ...
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word: one word_type: pron expansion: one forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Analogous to several senses of Hokkien ê and Mandarin 的 (de, declarative particle, nominalizer, etc.). This semantic loan might have stemmed from the apparent similarity between one as a prop-word and 的/-ê as a nominalizer (e.g. 青色的 ...
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word: apology word_type: noun expansion: apology (plural apologies) forms: form: apologies tags: plural wikipedia: apology etymology_text: From French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in my de...
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word: picture word_type: noun expansion: picture (plural pictures) forms: form: pictures tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, itself from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“I paint”). Doublet of pictura. senses_...
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word: picture word_type: verb expansion: picture (third-person singular simple present pictures, present participle picturing, simple past and past participle pictured) forms: form: pictures tags: present singular third-person form: picturing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: our word_type: det expansion: our forms: wikipedia: our etymology_text: From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, ūser (“our”), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Scots oor (“our”), West Frisian ús (“our”), Low German uns (“our”)...
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word: our word_type: verb expansion: our forms: wikipedia: our etymology_text: From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, ūser (“our”), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Scots oor (“our”), West Frisian ús (“our”), Low German uns (“our”...
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word: chartreuse word_type: noun expansion: chartreuse (countable and uncountable, plural chartreuses) forms: form: chartreuses tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse. senses_examples: text: Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfor...
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word: chartreuse word_type: adj expansion: chartreuse (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of a bright yellowish-green colour. senses_topics:
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word: quail word_type: verb expansion: quail (third-person singular simple present quails, present participle quailing, simple past and past participle quailed) forms: form: quails tags: present singular third-person form: quailing tags: participle present form: quailed ...
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word: quail word_type: noun expansion: quail (countable and uncountable, plural quails or quail) forms: form: quails tags: plural form: quail tags: plural wikipedia: quail etymology_text: From Middle English quayle, quaile, quaille, from Anglo-Norman quaille, from Late Latin quaccola (...
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word: quail word_type: verb expansion: quail (third-person singular simple present quails, present participle quailing, simple past and past participle quailed) forms: form: quails tags: present singular third-person form: quailing tags: participle present form: quailed ...
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word: hammerkop word_type: noun expansion: hammerkop (plural hammerkops) forms: form: hammerkops tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Afrikaans hamerkop, from hamer (“hammer”) + kop (“head”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbre...
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word: beeswax word_type: noun expansion: beeswax (usually uncountable, plural beeswaxes) forms: form: beeswaxes tags: plural wikipedia: beeswax etymology_text: From bee + -s- + wax. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or,...
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word: beeswax word_type: verb expansion: beeswax (third-person singular simple present beeswaxes, present participle beeswaxing, simple past and past participle beeswaxed) forms: form: beeswaxes tags: present singular third-person form: beeswaxing tags: participle present for...
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word: age word_type: noun expansion: age (countable and uncountable, plural ages) forms: form: ages tags: plural wikipedia: age etymology_text: From Middle English age, Old French aage, eage, edage, from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetātem, itself derived from aevum (“li...
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word: age word_type: verb expansion: age (third-person singular simple present ages, present participle ageing or (US) aging, simple past and past participle aged) forms: form: ages tags: present singular third-person form: ageing tags: participle present form: aging ta...
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word: TLA word_type: noun expansion: TLA (countable and uncountable, plural TLAs) forms: form: TLAs tags: plural wikipedia: Three-letter acronym etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of three-letter acronym/abbreviation Initialism of three-letter...
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word: TLA word_type: name expansion: TLA forms: wikipedia: Three-letter acronym etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Abbreviation of Tlaxcala, a state of Mexico. senses_topics:
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word: mata mata turtle word_type: noun expansion: mata mata turtle (plural mata mata turtles) forms: form: mata mata turtles tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of matamata senses_topics:
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word: tamale word_type: noun expansion: tamale (plural tamales) forms: form: tamales tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Back-formation from the plural tamales, from Spanish tamales, plural of tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli (“wrapped”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A M...
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word: kerosene word_type: noun expansion: kerosene (countable and uncountable, plural kerosenes) forms: form: kerosenes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -ene; a name trademarked in 1854. senses_examples: text: The kerosene lasted all winter, ...
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word: X-ray word_type: noun expansion: X-ray (plural X-rays) forms: form: X-rays tags: plural wikipedia: Wilhelm Röntgen etymology_text: From X + ray, a calque of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, X signifying their unknown nature. senses_examples: ...
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word: X-ray word_type: verb expansion: X-ray (third-person singular simple present X-rays, present participle X-raying, simple past and past participle X-rayed) forms: form: X-rays tags: present singular third-person form: X-raying tags: participle present form: X-rayed ...
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word: X-ray word_type: adj expansion: X-ray (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Wilhelm Röntgen etymology_text: From X + ray, a calque of German X-Strahl, coined by Wilhelm Röntgen upon his discovery of the rays in 1895, X signifying their unknown nature. senses_examples: text: I had to put my bags thro...
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word: quadruple word_type: adj expansion: quadruple (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: quadruple etymology_text: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple. senses_examples: text: He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease. type: exampl...
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word: quadruple word_type: verb expansion: quadruple (third-person singular simple present quadruples, present participle quadrupling, simple past and past participle quadrupled) forms: form: quadruples tags: present singular third-person form: quadrupling tags: participle pres...
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word: quadruple word_type: noun expansion: quadruple (plural quadruples) forms: form: quadruples tags: plural wikipedia: quadruple etymology_text: From Middle English quadruple, from Latin quadruplus. Can be analyzed as quadri- + -ple. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Some...