text:
absorbency

Alternative forms

 * absorbancy

Noun

 * 1)  The quality of being absorbent.
 * 2)   The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
 * 3)  The action of absorbing.
 * 1)  The action of absorbing.

Translations

 * Catalan: absorbència
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: absorboivuus
 * French:
 * Galician: absorbencia
 * German: Absorbierfähigkeit
 * Indonesian:, keterserapan
 * Interlingua: absorbentia
 * Italian: capacità di assorbimento
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: absorberingsevne, absorpsjonsevne
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: absorvência
 * Romanian: absorbanță, capacitate de absorbție
 * Russian: поглоти́тельная спосо́бность
 * Spanish:

 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: absorberingsevne, absorpsjonsevne
 * Polish:

title: absorbency


text:
absolute

Etymology
First attested around 1380. From, from , from , perfect passive participle of , from +. Influenced in part by. Compare.

Adjective

 * 1) Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
 * 2) Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
 * 3) Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory.
 * 4) Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
 * 5) Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
 * 6) Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
 * 7)  Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.
 * 8)  Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
 * 9)  Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
 * 10)  Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
 * 11) Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
 * 12) Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
 * 13)  Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
 * 14)  Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute.
 * 15)  Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".
 * 16)  Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect".
 * 17)  Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
 * 18)  Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".
 * 19)  Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of particles or compounded with a preverb.
 * 20)  As measured using an absolute value.
 * 21)  Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
 * 22)  Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
 * 23)  Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
 * 24)  Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on  any occurrence or  certain kinds of occurrence.
 * 25)  Absolved; free.
 * 1)  Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
 * 2)  Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
 * 3) Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
 * 4) Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
 * 5)  Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, like "it being over" in "it being over, she left".
 * 6)  Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute.
 * 7)  Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".
 * 8)  Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect".
 * 9)  Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
 * 10)  Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".
 * 11)  Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of particles or compounded with a preverb.
 * 12)  As measured using an absolute value.
 * 13)  Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
 * 14)  Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
 * 15)  Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
 * 16)  Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on  any occurrence or  certain kinds of occurrence.
 * 17)  Absolved; free.
 * 1)  Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of particles or compounded with a preverb.
 * 2)  As measured using an absolute value.
 * 3)  Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
 * 4)  Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
 * 5)  Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
 * 6)  Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on  any occurrence or  certain kinds of occurrence.
 * 7)  Absolved; free.
 * 1)  Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
 * 2)  Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
 * 3)  Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on  any occurrence or  certain kinds of occurrence.
 * 4)  Absolved; free.
 * 1)  Absolved; free.
 * 1)  Absolved; free.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: مش مشروط, غير مشروط
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: абсалю́тны
 * Berber:
 * Kabyle: amagdez
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 絕對的, 無條件的
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: absoluta
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: абсолюттік
 * Ladino: absoluto
 * Latvian: absolūts
 * Malay:
 * Manx: ard-phooaral, ard-chummaghtagh
 * Maori: pūrawa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: غیر مشروط,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceannasach
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: необме́жений,
 * Yiddish: אַבסאָלוט

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: absoluta
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Slovene:

 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Berber:
 * Kabyle: amagdez
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: absoluta
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:, , 揺るぎない, 自己完結
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: iomlan
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:

 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: чист, без примес
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, onvermengd, , ,
 * Esperanto: absoluta
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dearbh
 * Slovene:

 * Esperanto: absoluta
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Indonesian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ehdottoman varma
 * Indonesian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cinnteach

 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Berber:
 * Kabyle: amagdez
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: absoluta
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Hindi:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ڕەبەق
 * Ladino: absoluto
 * Maori: pūrawa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: absoluta
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hindi: विशेष्यभूत
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: lethoireach

 * Esperanto: absoluta
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi:
 * Polish:

 * Berber:
 * Kabyle:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Maori:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük:

Noun

 * 1) That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated.
 * 2)  In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
 * 3)  A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
 * 4)  The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
 * 5)  A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a.
 * 1)  In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
 * 2)  A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
 * 3)  The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
 * 4)  A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a.
 * 1)  In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
 * 2)  A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
 * 3)  The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
 * 4)  A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a.
 * 1)  A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: مطلق
 * Finnish: absoluutti
 * French:
 * Kazakh: абсолют
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:

 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:

 * Polish:

 * Dutch:
 * Irish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene:
 * Turkish:

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1)  in an absolute manner;, ,
 * 2)   in a complete manner;, ,
 * 3)   in a manner that does not take an object
 * 1)   in a manner that does not take an object

Etymology
From. Borrowed from.

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) absolutely, completely, fully

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title: absolute


text:
absorption

Etymology
First attested in 1597. From, from. Morphologically.

Noun

 * 1) The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
 * 2)  engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
 * 3) assimilation; incorporation.
 * 4)  the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
 * 5)  The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
 * 6)  in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
 * 7) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
 * 8) Mental assimilation.
 * 9)  The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
 * 1) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
 * 2) Mental assimilation.
 * 3)  The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
 * 1)  The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, vstřebání
 * Danish: absorbering,
 * Dutch:, opzuiging,
 * Esperanto: absorbo
 * Estonian: imendumine, neeldumine
 * Finnish:, sulauttaminen
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ספיגה, בליעה, קליטה
 * Hindi: अवशोषण
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:, 吸い込み
 * Korean:
 * Malay: absorpsi, penyerapan
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, absorbering
 * Nynorsk: absorpsjon
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: апсорпција
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: uppsugning
 * Turkish: ,

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: neeldumine
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: היבלעות, התמזגות, היקלטות, קליטה
 * Hindi: अवशोषण
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Malay: absorpsi, penyerapan
 * Maori: mitikanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: absorbering,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish: ,

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, endosmose
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: בליעה, ספיגה
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malay: absorpsi, penyerapan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, absorbering
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: апсорпција
 * Roman:
 * Tagalog: pagsigom
 * Turkish: ,

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ספיגה
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malay: absorpsi, penyerapan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: апсорпција
 * Roman:
 * Tagalog: pagsigom
 * Turkish: ,

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: het verdiept zijn in, mentale concentratie, het opgaan in
 * Esperanto: absorbo
 * Finnish: uppoutuminen
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: משוקעות,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: zaabsorbowanie
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: поглощённость
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: dielektrisk absorpsjon

 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:

Noun

 * , swallowing, taking

Etymology
.

title: absorption


text:
absorbent

Etymology
From, present active participle of.

Adjective

 * 1) Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُمْتَصّ
 * Asturian: absorbente
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: sorba
 * Finnish: imukykyinen
 * French:
 * Galician: absorbente
 * German:
 * Interlingua: absorbente
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Latin: absorbens
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: absorptiv, absorberende
 * Persian: درآشامنده, جذب‌کننده
 * Polish:, wchłanający, pochłanający, absorbujący,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: upijajući
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: nüsugik

Noun

 * 1) Anything which absorbs.
 * 2)  The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
 * 3)  Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
 * 4)  A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
 * 1)  A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: поглъти́тел
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: absorbilo
 * Finnish: absorbentti
 * French:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, absorbator
 * Polish:, pochłaniacz
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:

 * Finnish: absorbentti
 * French:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:

 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:

 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:

 * Interlingua:

Etymology
From, from , present active participle of , from both , from , from , from , + and from , from , from , from and , from.

Noun

 * 1) an  or absorber

Etymology
, from. .

Noun

 * , absorber

title: absorbent


text:
abstention

Etymology
First attested in 1521. Borrowed from, from from

Noun

 * 1)  The act of restraining oneself.
 * 2) The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
 * 3) The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
 * 4) Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
 * 1) The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
 * 2) Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
 * 1) Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: abstenció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,  ,  ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: sindeteno, abstino
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הימנעו
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: abstention
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,  ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avhold
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: seachnadh
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Etymology
, from, from.

title: abstention


text:
abstergent

Etymology
From, from , present participle of.

Adjective

 * 1) Cleansing, detergent.

Noun

 * 1) A substance used to cleanse; a detergent.

Translations

 * Dutch:, zuiveringsmiddel
 * Finnish: puhdistusaine
 * French:
 * German: Reinigend
 * Interlingua: abstergente
 * Portuguese: abstergente
 * Spanish:

title: abstergent


text:
abstinence

Etymology
From, from , from , from , present participle of. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
 * 2) Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
 * 3) Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
 * 4)  Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
 * 5)  The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
 * 6)   Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
 * 7)  Delay of spending to accrue capital.
 * 1)  Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
 * 2)  The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
 * 3)   Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
 * 4)  Delay of spending to accrue capital.
 * 1)  Delay of spending to accrue capital.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: abstinència
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: abstinado
 * Finnish: pidättyminen,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: abstinentia
 * Irish: abstanaid
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: abstinentia
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avhold, ,
 * Old English: sȳfernes
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, samoodricanje, , , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pangilin, ngilin

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: alcoholonthouding, ,
 * Finnish:, täysraittius
 * French:
 * German:
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: lánstaonadh
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avhold, ,
 * Old English: sȳfernes
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, abstinence sexuelle
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avhold,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: abstinência sexual
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: avhold,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

 * Dutch:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:

Etymology
, from, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  act or practice of abstaining
 * 2)  specifically act or practice of abstaining from alcohol
 * 3)  specifically act or practice of abstaining from sexual relations

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  act or practice of abstaining

Etymology
Borrowed from, at least in this form (some of the variants may only be semi-learned); later modified to bring it in line with the Latin etymon.

Noun

 * 1)  act or practice of abstaining

title: abstinence


text:
abstract

Etymology
From, borrowed from , perfect passive participle of , formed from +. The verbal sense is first attested in 1542.

Pronunciation

 * Noun:
 * Adjective:
 * Verb:
 * Adjective:
 * Verb:
 * Verb:
 * Verb:
 * Verb:

Noun

 * 1) An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
 * 2) Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
 * 3) Concentrated essence of a product.
 * 4)  A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
 * 5) An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
 * 6) The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
 * 7)  An abstract work of art.
 * 8)  A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
 * 1) The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
 * 2)  An abstract work of art.
 * 3)  A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.

Usage notes

 * Preceded, typically, by the.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُلَخَّص
 * Bulgarian: абстра́кт,, авторефера́т
 * Catalan:, extracte
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, shrnutí
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, korte inhoud,
 * Estonian: kokkuvõte
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: resumo
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hindi:, निचोड
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: achomaireacht, coimriú
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: реферат
 * Lao: ບົດຄັດຫຍໍ້
 * Latvian: rezumējums, kopsavilkums
 * Maori: whakarāpopoto
 * Marathi: सारांश, गोषवारा
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, oppsummering, , , , resymé, ekstrakt
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: саже́так
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ikisiri
 * Swedish:, , , ,
 * Thai: บทคัดย่อ

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: aineellistuma
 * Hindi: निचोड
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sammenfatning
 * Romanian: ,

 * Bulgarian:, отвлечено понятие
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, abstracte term, abstract begrip
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: abstrakcija, abstrakts jēdziens
 * Marathi:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: апстра̀кција
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: abstract kunstwerk
 * Finnish: abstrakti teos
 * Galician: obra abstracta
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: 抽象派
 * Maori: toi tūrehurehu
 * Marathi:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: arte abstracto
 * Swedish:

 * Dutch: abstract iets, abstract begrip
 * Esperanto: abstraktaĵo
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Marathi:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: výtažek
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi: निचोड
 * Japanese:
 * Marathi: सत्त्व
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ekstrakt
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ѐкстракт
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:

 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: ,
 * Korean:

Adjective

 * 1)  Derived; extracted.
 * 2)  Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
 * 3) * 17th century, John Norris (philosopher), The Oxford Dictionary:
 * The more abstract we are from the body ... the more fit we shall be to behold divine light.
 * 1) Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
 * 2) Insufficiently factual.
 * 3) Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
 * 4)  As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
 * 5) Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
 * 6) Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
 * 7) Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
 * 8)  Absent-minded.
 * 9)  Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.
 * 10)  Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century.
 * 11)  Absolute.
 * 12)  Lacking a story.
 * 13)  Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
 * 1) Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
 * 2) Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
 * 3)  Absent-minded.
 * 4)  Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.
 * 5)  Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century.
 * 6)  Absolute.
 * 7)  Lacking a story.
 * 8)  Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
 * 1)  Absent-minded.
 * 2)  Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.
 * 3)  Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century.
 * 4)  Absolute.
 * 5)  Lacking a story.
 * 6)  Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
 * 1)  Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century.
 * 2)  Absolute.
 * 3)  Lacking a story.
 * 4)  Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
 * 1)  Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Spanish: ,

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, separat
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: distrahert
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Spanish:

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَعْنَوِيّ, تَجْرِيدِيّ, مُجَرَّد
 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: astrautu
 * Azerbaijani: mücərrəd
 * Basque: abstraktu
 * Belarusian: абстра́ктны
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 抽象
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: અમૂર્ત
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: дерексіз, абстрактылы, абстрактілі
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: abstrakts
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay:, niskala
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tūrehurehu
 * Northern Sami: abstrákta
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit: विषयविविक्त
 * Slovene: abstrakten
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: basal
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: אַבסטראַקט

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: grūti saprotams
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tūrehurehu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovene: abstrakten
 * Spanish:

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Portuguese:

 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Korean:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Yiddish:

Verb

 * 1)  To separate; to disengage.
 * 2)  To remove; to take away; withdraw.
 * 3)  To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
 * 4)  To extract by means of distillation.
 * 5)  To draw off (interest or attention).
 * 6) * June 1869,, Late for the Train (published in Blackwood's Magazine)
 * The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
 * He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
 * 1)  To withdraw oneself; to retire.
 * 2)  To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
 * 3) To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
 * 4)  To perform the process of abstraction.
 * 5)  To create abstractions.
 * 6)  To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
 * He abstracted out the square root function.
 * 1)  To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
 * 1) To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
 * 2)  To perform the process of abstraction.
 * 3)  To create abstractions.
 * 4)  To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
 * He abstracted out the square root function.
 * 1)  To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
 * He abstracted out the square root function.
 * 1)  To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.

Usage notes

 * Followed by the word from.
 * Followed by the word from.
 * Pronounced predominantly as.
 * All other senses are pronounced as.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi: अलग करना, निकाल देना
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: atšķirt, nošķirt
 * Marathi: वेगळे करणे, काढून टाकणे
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: separere
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: llulmiy
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, skilja av, skilja ut,

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi: पिछे आना
 * Marathi: मागे येणे
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, utta
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:, ,

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: nozagt, nočiept
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, tjuve, rane, tæsje, røve, naske
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:, , ,

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi: अमूर्त कलाकृती करना
 * Marathi: अमूर्त कलाकृती करणे
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: सारांश करना
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Marathi: सारांश करणे
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: oppsummere
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

 * Armenian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: abstrakti
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hindi: अमूर्तरूपसे लेना
 * Indonesian:
 * Marathi: अमूर्तपणे घेणे
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fundere, spekulere,
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Yiddish: אַבסטראַהירן

 * Bulgarian:, (внимание)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: viedä huomio
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

 * Dutch: zich terugtrekken
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Spanish:

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hindi: अमूर्तिकरन करना
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Marathi: अमूर्तिकरण करणे
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

 * Interlingua:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:

Etymology
Borrowed from, from ; compare English.

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) Drawn away or out of; detached:
 * 2) Excerpted; quoted from another text.
 * 3) Out of one's mind or detached from reality; temporarily insane.
 * 4) Having been (pulled or moved) above the ground.
 * 5) Barely comprehensible; hard to read.
 * 6)  Abstract of a noun.

Noun

 * , synopsis

Etymology
,.

Noun

 * 1) abstract

Adjective

 * 1) abstract

Verb

 * 1) abstract

title: abstract


text:
absorb

Etymology
From, from , from , from , ultimately from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
 * 2)  To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
 * 3)  To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
 * 4)  To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
 * 5)  To take in energy and convert it.
 * 6)  in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
 * 7)  in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
 * 8)  taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
 * 9)  To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
 * 10)  To occupy or consume time.
 * 11)  To assimilate mentally.
 * 12)  To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
 * 13)  To defray the costs.
 * 14)  To accept or purchase in quantity.
 * 1)  To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
 * 2)  To occupy or consume time.
 * 3)  To assimilate mentally.
 * 4)  To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
 * 5)  To defray the costs.
 * 6)  To accept or purchase in quantity.
 * 1)  To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
 * 2)  To defray the costs.
 * 3)  To accept or purchase in quantity.
 * 1)  To accept or purchase in quantity.
 * 1)  To accept or purchase in quantity.

Translations

 * Arabic: اِتَّسَعَ, اِحْتَوَى
 * Egyptian Arabic: احتوى
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, pohltit, vstřebat
 * Danish: absorbere,opsuge,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, imaista , ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, aufnehen
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀποικειόω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, magába olvaszt,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Malay: serap
 * Norwegian:, oppsluke
 * Polish:, , , zaabsorbować
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, апсорби́рати, , апсорбовати, , у̀пити
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, uppsluka
 * Ukrainian: поглина́ти, погли́нути,, ввібра́ти, ,

 * Arabic: اِسْتَنْفَدَ
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 完全吸收
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:, , , zaabsorbować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,

 * Arabic: اِمْتَصَ, تَشَرَّبَ
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Asturian: absorber
 * Belarusian: паглына́ць, паглыну́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: dena
 * Czech: vstřebat
 * Danish: absorbere,opsuge,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: absorbi
 * Finnish:, imaista
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: შეწოვა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀναπίνω, συμπίνω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, magába szív, , ,
 * Irish: súigh
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Karakhanid: اِجْماكْ
 * Latin: absorbeō
 * Maori: miti, mimiti, ngongo
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: چكمك
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: deoghail
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kufyonza
 * Swedish:, , , suga i, suga till, suga upp,
 * Ukrainian: поглина́ти, погли́нути,, ввібра́ти, , всмо́ктувати, всмокта́ти,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Zulu: munca, munya, donsa

 * Arabic: اِتَّخَذَ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, in zich opnemen,
 * Estonian: neelduma
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: შეწოვა
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:

 * Arabic:, شَغَلَ, اِسْتَغْرَقَ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, , in beslag nemen
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: (ganz) in Anspruch nehmen,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: oppsluke
 * Polish:, , , zaabsorbować
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , , uppsluka

 * Arabic: اِسْتَوْعَبَ, وَعَى
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: vstřebat
 * Dutch:, laten doordringen,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , magába szív
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish:

 * Arabic:, تَحَمَّلَ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: in last nemen,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: påta seg
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish:, , påtaga

 * Arabic: تَحَمَّلَ, قَاسَى
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Norwegian: utholde
 * Swedish: ,

 * Albanian:, , ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Korean:
 * Romanian:

title: absorb


text:
abstraction

Etymology
From ; either from or from, from. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
 * 2)  The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
 * 3)  Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
 * 4) A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
 * 5)  The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
 * 6) Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
 * 7) A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
 * 8) The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
 * 9) An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
 * 10) Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
 * 11)  An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
 * 12)  A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
 * 13) An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
 * 14) The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
 * 15)  The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
 * 16)  Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.
 * 1)  An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
 * 2)  A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
 * 3) An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
 * 4) The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
 * 5)  The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
 * 6)  Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.
 * 1)  Hiding implementation details from the interface of a component, to decrease complexity through interdependency and improve modularity; a construct that serves as such.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:generalization

Antonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:specialization

Translations

 * Amharic: ረቂቅነት
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: astraición, astracción
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: abstraktion
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:, üldistus, hajameelsus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აბსტრაგირება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: अमूर्तन, भावानयन,, अमूर्तीकरण, सारग्रहण, संक्षिप्तीकरण, अपाहरण
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Interlingua: abstraction
 * Irish: teibiú
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: абстракция
 * Latvian: abstrakcija
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: abstraksjon
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: kabasalan
 * Turkish: ,
 * Volapük: dezugam, dezugot
 * Yiddish: אַבסטראַקציע

 * Dutch:, toeëigening
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, naske, tæsje, rane, røve

 * Dutch: vage voorstelling, visionair begrip
 * Esperanto: abstraktaĵo
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:

 * Irish:

Etymology
.

title: abstraction


text:
abstractionism

Noun

 * 1) The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.
 * 2) The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner.

Translations

 * Dutch: abstractionisme

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: абстракционизъм
 * Catalan: abstraccionisme
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: abstracte kunst
 * Finnish: abstraktionismi
 * French:
 * German: Abstraktionismus
 * Interlingua: abstractionismo
 * Japanese: 抽象主義
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:

title: abstractionism


text:
absurd

Etymology
First attested in 1557. From, from , from +. Compare.

Adjective

 * 1) Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
 * 2)  Inharmonious; dissonant.
 * 3) Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
 * 4) Dealing with absurdism.
 * 1)  Inharmonious; dissonant.
 * 2) Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
 * 3) Dealing with absurdism.
 * 1) Dealing with absurdism.
 * 1) Dealing with absurdism.

Usage notes

 * In the comparative and superlative degrees, the forms more absurd and most absurd are usually preferred over,.
 * Webster 1913 has the sole definition "Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream."

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:absurd
 * See also Thesaurus:absurd

Collocations

 * absurd idea
 * absurd thing
 * absurd notion
 * absurd story
 * absurd result
 * absurd consequence
 * absurd practice
 * absurd way
 * absurd manner
 * absurd figure
 * absurd thought
 * absurd question
 * absurd situation
 * absurd world
 * absurd desire

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: абсу́рдны, недарэ́чны, бязглу́зды
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Min Nan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: absurd
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, mõttetu
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აბსურდი, უაზრო, მცდარი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: tak masuk akal,
 * Interlingua: absurde
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 馬鹿らしい, ,
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: 황당하다, 불합리하다
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: апсурден
 * Manx: meecheeallagh
 * Maori: haraki
 * Mongolian: учир утгагүй
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, meningsløs,
 * Nynorsk: absurd, meiningslaus
 * Plautdietsch: onveninftich
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: amaideach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: absúrden
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, , , , ipe sapa gelmez
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: אַבסורד

Noun

 * 1)  An absurdity.
 * 2)  The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: absurditet
 * Dutch:
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: апсурд
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Polish:, , , , , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̀псурд
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: absurditet
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) absurdity

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adverb

 * 1) absurdly

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) absurd

Etymology
From, from , from.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) absurdity, nonsense

Etymology
From, from.

Etymology
From, from both , from , from , from + and from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist
 * 1)  absurdist

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
..

Noun

 * 1) absurdity, nonsense
 * 2)  absurdity
 * 1)  absurdity
 * 1)  absurdity

Etymology
,.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

title: absurd


text:
abuse

Etymology 1
From, then from either , or from , perfect active participle of , from +. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
 * 2) Misuse; improper use; perversion.
 * 3)  A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
 * 4) Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
 * 5)  Catachresis.
 * 6) Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
 * 7) Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
 * 1)  A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
 * 2) Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
 * 3)  Catachresis.
 * 4) Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
 * 5) Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
 * 1)  Catachresis.
 * 2) Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
 * 3) Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
 * 1)  Catachresis.
 * 2) Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
 * 3) Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
 * 1) Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
 * 2) Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.

Usage notes

 * Typically followed by the word.

Translations

 * Arabic: تَعَسُّف, طُغْيَان, ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: تَعَسُّف
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: злаўжы́так, злоўжыва́нне
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: piknaudžiavimas
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian: misbruk
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: зловжива́ння

 * Arabic: اِسَاءَة اِسْتِخْدَام
 * Egyptian Arabic: سوء استخدام
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: sui-istifadə
 * Belarusian: злаўжы́так, злоўжыва́нне
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: misbrug,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ניצול לרעה
 * Hindi: दुरूपयोग
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, 람용(濫用)
 * Latin: abūsiō
 * Malay: penyalahgunaan
 * Maltese: abbuż
 * Maori: raukotinga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: misbruk
 * Nynorsk: misbruk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: злоупотреба
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: зловжива́ння
 * Volapük:

 * Arabic: مَسَبَّة, شَتِيمَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: شتيمة, شتمة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: абра́за
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: solvang
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: השתלחות
 * Hindi: ,
 * Irish: tarcaisne
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latgalian: sveņtēt, lomuot
 * Latin: probrum
 * Latvian: lamāt
 * Macedonian: навреда
 * Maori: whakamanioro, kaioraora
 * Norwegian: utskjelling
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: abuz verbal, jignire verbală, ofensă verbală
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: càineadh, trod, cronachadh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian:, ла́йка
 * Urdu: گالی

 * Arabic: إِيذَاء جَسَدِيّ
 * Egyptian Arabic: إيذاء جسدي
 * Belarusian: здзек, здзе́кванне, е́нчанне
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: contumēlia
 * Malay: penderaan
 * Maori: tūkino ha, kaikino, whakakinonga, taitōkai, rurerurenga
 * Navajo: atéʼélʼí
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: mishandling
 * Nynorsk: mishandling
 * Polish: znęcanie się
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, abuz fizic
 * Russian:, , жесто́кое обраще́ние,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: злостављање
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:, pagmamalupit
 * Ukrainian: нару́га, знуща́ння, жорсто́ке пово́дження

 * Arabic: اِنْتِهَاك جَسَدِيّ
 * Armenian: սեռական ոտնձգություն
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: seksuelt misbrug
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, seksuaalinen väkivalta
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: תקיפה מינית
 * Italian: abuso sessuale,
 * Maori: taitōkai
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: violență sexuală, abuz sexual
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: abuso sexual
 * Tagalog:, panggagahasa

 * Interlingua:
 * Romanian:

Etymology 2
From, from , from , perfect active participle of , from +.

Verb

 * 1)  To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
 * 2)  To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
 * 3)  To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
 * 4) * 1991, Yakubu Yahaya, quoted in: 2001, Toyin Falola, Violence in Nigeria: The Crisis of Religious Politics and Secular Ideologies, p. 199:
 * So we were angered by this and we could not tolerate this one because prophet Mohammed has been abused so many times in this country. Awolowo abused him sometimes ago saying that he was more successful and popular that [sic] Mohammed and Jesus.
 * 1)  To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
 * 2)  To violate; defile; to rape;  to masturbate.
 * 3)  Misrepresent; adulterate.
 * 4)  To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
 * 5) * 1651-2,, "Sermon VI, The House of Feasting; or, The Epicures Measures", in The works of Jeremy Taylor, Volume 1, page 283 (1831), edited by Thomas Smart Hughes
 * When Cyrus had espied Astyages and his fellows coming drunk from a banquet loaden with variety of follies and filthiness, their legs failing them, their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud and abused by a double object
 * 1)  Disuse.
 * So we were angered by this and we could not tolerate this one because prophet Mohammed has been abused so many times in this country. Awolowo abused him sometimes ago saying that he was more successful and popular that [sic] Mohammed and Jesus.
 * 1)  To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
 * 2)  To violate; defile; to rape;  to masturbate.
 * 3)  Misrepresent; adulterate.
 * 4)  To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
 * 5) * 1651-2,, "Sermon VI, The House of Feasting; or, The Epicures Measures", in The works of Jeremy Taylor, Volume 1, page 283 (1831), edited by Thomas Smart Hughes
 * When Cyrus had espied Astyages and his fellows coming drunk from a banquet loaden with variety of follies and filthiness, their legs failing them, their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud and abused by a double object
 * 1)  Disuse.
 * 1)  To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
 * 2) * 1651-2,, "Sermon VI, The House of Feasting; or, The Epicures Measures", in The works of Jeremy Taylor, Volume 1, page 283 (1831), edited by Thomas Smart Hughes
 * When Cyrus had espied Astyages and his fellows coming drunk from a banquet loaden with variety of follies and filthiness, their legs failing them, their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud and abused by a double object
 * 1)  Disuse.
 * 1)  Disuse.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَسَاءَ اِسْتِعْمَالَ
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: abusatu
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: misbruge
 * Dutch:, verkeerd gebruiken
 * Esperanto: misuzi, mistrakti
 * Finnish: väärinkäyttää, käyttää hyväksi
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ניצל לרעה
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: abuza, abuzá
 * Khmer: លើសល្មើស
 * Latin:, obloquor
 * Lithuanian: piknaudžiauti
 * Luxembourgish: abuséieren
 * Maori: raukoti
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: abuser
 * Norwegian: misbruke
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: злоупотребити
 * Roman: zloupotrebiti
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: зловжива́ти, зловжи́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:, slanön

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: abusatu
 * Belarusian: здзе́кавацца
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: mishandle
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽, 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: misþyrma
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: ពានពារ,, ,
 * Latin: obloquor
 * Maori: whakakinokino, taitōkai, tūkino, maukino, raukoti
 * Mongolian:
 * Norman: abuser
 * Norwegian: mishandle
 * Polish:, zmaltretować,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: злостављати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:

 * Arabic: أَهَانَ,, شَتَمَ
 * Belarusian: абража́ць, абра́зіць
 * Bulgarian:, оскърбя́, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λοιδορέω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: बुरा भला कहना, गाली देना
 * Irish: maslaigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kabuverdianu: abuza, abuzá
 * Korean:
 * Latin: obloquor
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: whakamanioro, whakamania
 * Norwegian: skjelle ut
 * Old English: misbēodan
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: vrijeđati,
 * Ukrainian: обража́ти, пригно́блювати
 * Volapük:, ,

 * Finnish: väärinkäyttää, käyttää hyväksi

 * Arabic: اِغْتَصَبَ, اِنْتَهَكَ
 * Belarusian: гвалтава́ць, згвалтава́ць
 * Bulgarian:, изнаси́ля
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: voldtage
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, käyttää hyväksi
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 性的虐待
 * Korean: 강간하다, 성폭행하다
 * Latin: obloquor
 * Maori: pāwhera
 * Norman: abuser
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: voldta
 * Nynorsk: valdta
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: гвалтува́ти, згвалтува́ти,, зґвалтува́ти

 * Arabic: خَدَعَ,, ضَلَّلَ
 * Finnish: väärinkäyttää, käyttää hyväksi
 * Italian:
 * Latin: obloquor
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

 * Esperanto:

title: abuse


text:
abundance

Alternative forms

 * abundaunce
 * habundance
 * boundance
 * abondance

Etymology
From, , from , , from , from. Equivalent to. .

Noun

 * 1) A large quantity; many.
 * 2) An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
 * 3) Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
 * 4) Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
 * 5)  A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
 * 6)  enough, sufficiency.
 * 1) Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
 * 2) Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
 * 3)  A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
 * 4)  enough, sufficiency.
 * 1)  A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
 * 2)  enough, sufficiency.

Usage notes

 * Synonym notes: abundance, plenty, exuberance. These words express increasing levels of fullness.
 * plenty denotes there is enough to supply every need; e.g., plenty of food, plenty of money, etc.
 * abundance expresses more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; e.g., the abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor
 * Exuberance expresses even more, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing an enormous amount of superfluity or redundancy; e.g. an exuberance of talent, lakes replete with an exuberance of fish

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: suuri määrä

 * Afrikaans: oorvloed
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: كَثْرَة, غَزَارَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Crimean Tatar: bereket
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: bonduanza
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: sufiĉego, ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, fartura, abastanza
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: περισσεία, δαψίλεια
 * Haitian Creole: abondans
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: limpah-ruah
 * Ingrian: kyllys
 * Interlingua: abundantia
 * Irish: líonmhaireacht, raidhse, flúirse
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, , ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: زۆری
 * Latin:, abundantia, largitās
 * Luxembourgish: Iwwerfloss
 * Macedonian: изо́билство, изоби́лие, оби́лие
 * Malay: kelimpahan
 * Maori: ranea, harahara
 * Norwegian: overflod
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: pailteas
 * Serbo-Croatian: изобиље, обиље
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kasaganaan
 * Tocharian B: artkiye
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: рясно́та, рясо́та
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:

 * Finnish:, ,
 * Macedonian: изо́билство

 * Finnish: ,

title: abundance


text:
abundant

Etymology
First attested about 1380. From, , , from , from , from , present participle of. Compare.

Adjective

 * 1) Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
 * 2) Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
 * 3)  Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
 * 1) Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
 * 2)  Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
 * 1) Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
 * 2)  Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
 * 1)  Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
 * 1)  Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.

Usage notes

 * Normally followed by the word in or of.

Synonyms

 * (see here for explanation of distinctions)
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant
 * See also Thesaurus:abundant

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Moroccan Arabic: وافْر
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: icheeki
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: pals
 * Czech:
 * Danish: rigelig
 * Dutch:, rijkelijk voorhanden,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, abondoso
 * Georgian: უხვი, სავსე, დოვლათიანი
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄφθονος, δαψιλής, περισσός
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: abundante
 * Irish: líonmhar, raidhsiúil, fairsing
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: abundans,, largus
 * Latvian: bagātīgs
 * Lithuanian: gausus
 * Maori: ranea, makuru
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Plautdietsch: riew
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: yupa
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scots: roch
 * Scottish Gaelic: pailt
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Tocharian B: īte
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: zaf

Etymology 1
.

Adjective

 * 1) ; plentiful

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Adjective

 * 1) abundant

title: abundant


text:
paraguas

Noun

 * 1) umbrella
 * 2)  parasol mushroom

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) umbrella, brolly

title: paraguas


text:
abut on

Verb

 * 1)  To border on.

Translations

 * French:, ,

title: abut on


text:
chuva

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) rain

Etymology
, from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) rain

title: chuva


text:
abutment

Etymology
First attested in 1644; engineering sense first attested in 1793. From. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
 * 2)  The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
 * 3)  A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
 * 4)  The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
 * Heavy rains have caused the dam's abutments to seep, raising concern over possible dam failure.
 * 1) Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
 * 2) The state of abutting.
 * 3)  That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
 * 4)  The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
 * 5) A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
 * The fulcrum acted as an abutment.
 * The fulcrum acted as an abutment.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: допирна точка
 * Finnish: tukipiste

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: abutmento
 * Finnish: tukimuuri, vastikemuuri
 * Ido:
 * Polish:

 * Bulgarian: брегови устои
 * Finnish: maatuki
 * Spanish:

 * Finnish:

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Angrenzen
 * Interlingua: confinamento, conjuncto
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:

 * Ido:
 * Polish:

 * Finnish: tukihammas
 * Italian:

 * Finnish: tukipiste

title: abutment


text:
pluvia

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) rain

Etymology
Compare.

Noun

 * 1) rain
 * 2)  a shower (of something)
 * 1)  a shower (of something)

Descendants

 * Ibero-Romance:

Etymology
..

Noun

 * 1) rain
 * 2) shower precipitation

title: pluvia


text:
abyss

Etymology
From, from , from , from + ,  from. Displaced native.

Noun

 * 1) Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
 * 2)  A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
 * 3) Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
 * 4) Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
 * 5)  An impending catastrophic happening.
 * 6)  The center of an escutcheon.
 * 7)  The abyssal zone.
 * 8)  A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
 * 1)  The center of an escutcheon.
 * 2)  The abyssal zone.
 * 3)  A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: هَاوِيَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: бе́здань, бяздо́нне, про́рва, прадонне
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: afgrund
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: syöveri, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: უფსკრული, ქვესკნელი
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἄβυσσος, Ἄβῠσσος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , , हाविया, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: шыңырау
 * Korean:
 * Latin: profundum, abyssus, barāthrum
 * Latvian: bezdibenis
 * Lithuanian: bedugnė
 * Macedonian: бездна, амбис
 * Maore Comorian: gumbo
 * Maori: poka tōrere
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: neowolnes
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бѐздан
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: priepasť
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: bjezdno
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, прі́рва, , бездна

 * Ancient Greek: ἄβυσσος
 * Arabic: هَاوِيَة, هُوَّة
 * Bashkir: упҡын
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: afgrund
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, syöveri,
 * French:, , ,
 * Georgian: უფსკრული
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄβυσσος
 * Hungarian:
 * Igbo: mgbùlùgùdù
 * Interlingua: abysso, abysmo
 * Irish: aibhéis
 * Old Irish: abis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: profundum, vorāgō, abyssus
 * Maori: tōrere, poka tōrere, tomoau, tomoau, tomoau, waro
 * Navajo: doo nihonítʼį́ʼgóó ahoodzą́
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: neowolnes
 * Ottoman Turkish: دریڭلك
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бѐздан
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tamil:
 * Ukrainian:, прі́рва, пучи́на
 * West Frisian: ôfgrûn
 * Yiddish: תּהום

 * Finnish: syöveri
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Latin: profundum
 * Russian:

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, syöveri
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, syöveri,
 * Quechua: thuñi
 * Russian:

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sydänkohta
 * French:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: hjärtplats

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:

 * Esperanto:
 * Hindi:
 * Interlingua:
 * Maltese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:, , ,
 * Roman:, , , ,
 * Urdu:

title: abyss


text:
abysm

Etymology
From, from from , a superlative of , from. Cognate to 🇨🇬. See also.

Noun

 * 1)  Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
 * 2)  An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole.

Alternative forms

 * abime, abyme

title: abysm


text:
academic

Etymology
From both the and the, from , from , from  or , the name of the place where Plato taught; compare.

Adjective

 * 1) Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
 * 2) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
 * 3) In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
 * 4) Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
 * 5) Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
 * 6)  Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
 * 7) Subscribing to the architectural standards of.
 * 8) So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
 * 1) Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
 * 2)  Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
 * 3) Subscribing to the architectural standards of.
 * 4) So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
 * 1) Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
 * 2)  Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
 * 3) Subscribing to the architectural standards of.
 * 4) So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
 * 1) Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
 * 2)  Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
 * 3) Subscribing to the architectural standards of.
 * 4) So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
 * 1)  Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
 * 2) Subscribing to the architectural standards of.
 * 3) So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
 * 1) So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَكَادِيمِيّ
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: academic
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: プラトン学派
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Welsh:

 * Arabic: أَكَادِيمِيّ
 * Belarusian: акадэмі́чны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, yliopistollinen
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: academic
 * Georgian: აკადემიკოსი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אָקָדֵמִי
 * Hungarian:, , , , ,
 * Icelandic: akademískur,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latvian: akadēmisks
 * Malayalam: വിദ്യാഭ്യാസ
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Semai: ekedemik
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ака̀демскӣ
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pantalisikan, talisiknin
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: colegaidd

 * Arabic: أَكَادِيمِيّ
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: academiala
 * Irish: acadúil
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 人文的,
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ака̀демскӣ, шко̀лскӣ, тео̀ретскӣ
 * Roman:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pantalisikan, talisiknin
 * Welsh:

 * Arabic: أَكَادِيمِيّ
 * Danish: boglig
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Welsh:

 * Arabic: متقيد بالقوانين, ملتزم بالقوانين
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:

 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Welsh:

 * Interlingua: ,
 * Romanian: ,

Noun

 * 1)  A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
 * 2) A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
 * 3) A member of the Academy; an academician.
 * 4)  A student in a college.
 * 5)  Academic dress; academicals.
 * 6)  Academic studies.
 * 1)  Academic dress; academicals.
 * 2)  Academic studies.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَكَادِيمِيّ
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: πλατωνιστής
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: プラトン主義者
 * Polish:, , platończyk
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Welsh: academydd

 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אקדמאי, חבר אקדמיה
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Irish: scoláire, acadóir, fear léinn, bean léinn
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: ngaio
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akademikar
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: про̀фесор
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Welsh: academydd

 * Arabic: جامعي
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: yliopisto-opiskelija,, (yliopiston) professori/opettaja/tutkija etc.,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Thai:

 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew: חבר אקדמיה
 * Hungarian:

 * Sinhalese:
 * Spanish: ,

Etymology
, from.

title: academic


text:
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This is the translation in french for gear.

title: User:Nicolas Delahaye/test


text:
academy

Etymology
From, from , from , a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. ; compare academe.

Noun

 * 1)  The garden where Plato taught.
 * 2)  Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
 * 3) An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
 * 4) A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
 * 5) A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
 * 6)  The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
 * 7)  Academia.
 * 8) A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
 * 9)  A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
 * 1)  The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
 * 2)  Academia.
 * 3) A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
 * 4)  A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
 * 1) A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
 * 2)  A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, أَكَادِيمِيَّة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: একাডেমি
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: акадэ́мія
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: akademi
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akademio
 * Estonian: akadeemia
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: აკადემია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: अकादमी
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: acadamh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kalmyk: академ
 * Kazakh: академия
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: akadēmija
 * Lithuanian:
 * Malay: akademi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akademi
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: acadamaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: акадѐмија
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: akadémia
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: talisikan, linangan
 * Tajik: фарҳангистон, академия
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: اَکَیڈَمی
 * Uyghur: ئاكادىمىيە
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:, kadem
 * Welsh:

 * Afrikaans: akademie
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, أَكَادِيمِيَّة
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: акадэ́мія
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: akademi
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akademio
 * Estonian: akadeemia
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: აკადემია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: अकादमी
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: acadamh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kalmyk: академ
 * Kazakh: академия
 * Khmer: បណ្ឌិត្យសភា
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ວິທະຍາຄານ, ບັນດິດສະຖານ
 * Latvian: akadēmija
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: академија
 * Malay: akademi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akademi
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: acadamaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: акадѐмија
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: akadémia
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: talisikan,
 * Tajik: академия
 * Thai:, สถาบันการศึกษา, วิทยาคาร
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: اَکَیڈَمی
 * Uyghur: ئاكادىمىيە
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: (學院)
 * Welsh:

 * Afrikaans: akademie
 * Arabic:, , مَعْهَد, أَكَادِيمِيَّة
 * Belarusian: акадэ́мія
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 學院
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, akademische Einrichtung
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: acadamh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kalmyk: академ
 * Korean: ,
 * Latvian: akadēmija
 * Malay: akademi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akademi
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: acadamaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: акадѐмија
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: akadémia
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: talisikan
 * Turkish: ,

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akademi
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: acadamaidh

 * Belarusian: акадэ́мія
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: acadamh
 * Latvian: akadēmija
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akademi
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: acadamaidh
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:

 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Spanish:

title: academy


text:
acanthus

Etymology
From, from , from +.

Noun

 * 1) A member of the genus  of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family, order  (formerly )) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.
 * 2)  An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.
 * 1)  An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.
 * 1)  An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: акантус, синя шапка
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἄκανθος
 * Interlingua: acantho
 * Irish: acantas
 * Italian:
 * Malay: akantus
 * Manx: jialg
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romagnol: acânt
 * Romanian: acantă or acant
 * Russian:, медве́жья ла́па
 * Serbo-Croatian: bodljikara, ,
 * Spanish:

 * Bulgarian: акант
 * Catalan: acant
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: duille acantais
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From, from +.

Noun

 * 1) A plant known as bear's-foot.
 * 2) A thorny evergreen tree.

title: acanthus


text:
accelerate

Etymology
First attested in the 1520s. Either from, perfect passive participle of , formed from + , which is from  (see celerity), or.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
 * 2)  To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
 * 3)  To cause a change of velocity.
 * 4)  To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
 * 5)  To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
 * 6)  To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
 * 7)  Grow; increase.
 * 1)  To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
 * 2)  To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
 * 3)  Grow; increase.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:speed up

Translations

 * Arabic: سَرَّعَ
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: acelerar
 * Belarusian: паскара́ць, паско́рыць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zrychlovat,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: rapidigi, akceli
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: luathaigh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ពន្លឿន
 * Latin: accelerō
 * Luxembourgish: acceleréieren
 * Middle Persian: pal
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: убр̀зати
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: zrýchľovať, zrýchliť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ge mer gas (1, about motorized vehicles), (1, same as latter)
 * Tagalog: darasigin
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: приско́рювати приско́рити
 * Vietnamese:

 * Asturian: acelerar
 * Belarusian: паскара́цца, паско́рыцца
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 變快
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akceli
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: זירז
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: przyśpieszać się, przyśpieszyć się
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: убр̀зати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: приско́рюватися

 * Arabic: اِسْتَعْجَلَ
 * Belarusian: паскара́ць, паско́рыць
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 變快
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akceli
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: זירז
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: убр̀зати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

 * Arabic: أَسْرَعَ
 * Belarusian: паскара́цца, паско́рыцца
 * Bulgarian: ускоря́вам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 變快
 * Czech: zrychlovat,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akceliĝi
 * Finnish: nopeutua,
 * French:
 * German: schneller werden,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: rapideskar
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: sette opp farten
 * Polish: przyśpieszać się, przyśpieszyć się
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: убр̀зати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:

Adjective

 * 1)  Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

title: accelerate


text:
acceleration

Etymology
First attested in 1531. From or more likely directly from. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1)  The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
 * 2)  The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
 * 3)  The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
 * 4) The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
 * 1)  The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
 * 2) The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
 * 1)  The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
 * 2) The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.

Usage notes
Acceleration in SI units is measured in metres per second per second (m/s2), or in imperial units in feet per second per second (ft/s2).

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: паскарэ́нне
 * Bulgarian: ускоря́ване, акселера́ция,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zrychlení
 * Danish: acceleration
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akcelo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: האצה
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: acceleration
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: accelerātiō
 * Lithuanian: pagreitis
 * Luxembourgish: Acceleratioun
 * Macedonian: забрзување
 * Malayalam:
 * Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭯𐭮𐭭𐭭
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akselerasjon
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mchapuko
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: darasig
 * Ukrainian:
 * Venetian: acelerasion

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zrychlení
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akcelo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: darasig

 * Afrikaans: versnelling
 * Amharic: ፍጥንጥነት
 * Arabic: تَسَارُع
 * Aragonese: aceleración
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: ত্বৰণ
 * Asturian: aceleración
 * Azerbaijani: təcil
 * Bashkir: тиҙләнеш
 * Basque: azelerazio
 * Belarusian: паскарэнне
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: pagpatulin
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zrychlení,
 * Danish: acceleration
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: akcelo
 * Estonian: kiirendus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აჩქარება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: akselerasyon
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: hröðun
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: luasghéarú
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Karachay-Balkar: терклениу
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: acceleratio
 * Latvian: paātrinājums
 * Lithuanian: pagreitis
 * Macedonian: забрзување
 * Malay: pemecutan
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: bieauaghey
 * Marathi: त्वरण
 * Mongolian:
 * Neapolitan: accëllërazion
 * Nepali:
 * Newar: प्रवेग
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akselerasjon
 * Occitan: acceleracion
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਵੇਗ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , акцелерација
 * Sicilian: accilirazzioni
 * Silesian: szwůng
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak: zrýchlenie
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: percepetan, akselerasi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: darasig, akselerasyon
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: اسراع
 * Uzbek: tezlanish
 * Venetian: acelerasion
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: cyflymiad
 * West Frisian: fersnelling

 * Polish:

Noun

 * 1) acceleration

Noun

 * 1) acceleration; a change in velocity

title: acceleration


text:
accelerator

Etymology

 * First attested in 1611.
 * First attested in 1900.

Noun

 * 1) One who, or that which, accelerates.
 * 2) A device for causing acceleration.
 * 3)  A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
 * 4)  A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
 * 5)  A chemical that reduces development time.
 * 6)  A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.
 * 7)  A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
 * 8)  An accelerator key.
 * 9)  A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
 * 10)  A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.
 * 11)  A mentoring program for startup companies.
 * 1)  A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
 * 2)  A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.
 * 3)  A mentoring program for startup companies.

Synonyms

Translations

 * Arabic: مُسَرِّع
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: паскара́льнік
 * Bulgarian: ускори́тел
 * Catalan: accelerador
 * Danish: accelerator
 * Finnish: kiihdyttäjä
 * French:
 * German:
 * Macedonian: забрзувач
 * Malay: pemecut
 * Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭱𐭲𐭠𐭯𐭢𐭥
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akselerator
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, iuțitor, repezitor
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pandarasig
 * Ukrainian:

 * Arabic: مُعَجِّل
 * Armenian:
 * Breton: паскара́льнік
 * Bulgarian: ускори́тел
 * Catalan: accelerador
 * Czech: urychlovač
 * Danish: accelerator
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akcelilo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi: त्वरक
 * Interlingua: accelerator
 * Kazakh: үдеткіш
 * Macedonian: забрзувач
 * Malay: pemecut
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akselerator
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: urýchľovač
 * Slovene: pospeševalnik
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kichapuzi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pandarasig
 * Ukrainian:

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: katalysator
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Macedonian: катализа́тор
 * Malay: pencepat
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

 * Arabic: دَوَّاسَةُ الوَقُود
 * Armenian:, աքսելերատոր,
 * Bulgarian: педа́л за газта́
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: gaspedal, speeder
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akcelilo
 * Faroese: spitari
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: pedal gas, pedal pemacu, pedal pemercepat
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: педал за гас
 * Malay: injak pemecut
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: gasspedal
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: pedală de accelerare,
 * Russian: педа́ль га́за, ,
 * Spanish:, ,  ,  ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: silinyador

 * Portuguese:

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Russian:

 * Finnish:

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 種子加速器
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Accelerator
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: akselerator
 * Spanish: aceleradora de startups, aceleradora de semillas

Etymology
. Equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) accelerative

Noun

 * 1)  accelerator; a substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
 * 2)  accelerator; a device which accelerates different kinds of particles to large velocities

title: accelerator


text: User:Nicolas Delahaye/test/appareil

title: User:Nicolas Delahaye/test/appareil


text:
accomplished

Etymology

 * First attested in the late 15th century, from.

Adjective

 * 1) Completed; effected; established.
 * an accomplished fact
 * 1) Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.
 * an accomplished scholar, an accomplished villain
 * 1) Showing skill and artistry.
 * an accomplished first novel
 * 1) Showing skill and artistry.
 * an accomplished first novel
 * 1) Showing skill and artistry.
 * an accomplished first novel

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 完成了的, 既成的
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: loppuun suoritettu, ; ,
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τέλειος
 * Indonesian: telah selesai, telah jadi
 * Interlingua: complite, experte
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 完成した (かんせいした, kansei-shita), 完了した (かんりょうした, kanryō-shita)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, , ,

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 有造詣的
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Polish: osiągnąwszy wiele
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вр̀хӯнскӣ, вр̏стан
 * Roman: ,

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 精通的
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:

title: accomplished


text:
accomplish

Etymology
From, , from , extended stem of (Modern French ), from , from.

First attested in the late 14th century.

Verb

 * 1)  To finish successfully.
 * 2)  To complete, as time or distance.
 * 3)  To execute fully; to fulfill; to complete successfully.
 * 4)  To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
 * 5)  To gain; to obtain.
 * 6)  to fill out a form.
 * 1)  To equip or furnish thoroughly; hence, to complete in acquirements; to render accomplished; to polish.
 * 2)  To gain; to obtain.
 * 3)  to fill out a form.
 * 1)  To gain; to obtain.
 * 2)  to fill out a form.
 * 1)  To gain; to obtain.
 * 2)  to fill out a form.
 * 1)  to fill out a form.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَدَّى
 * Belarusian: дасяга́ць, дасягну́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: fuldende
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , saada tehdyksi, saattaa päätökseen, saada aikaan
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: διαπράσσω
 * Hebrew: לבצע
 * Hittite: 𒀸𒊭𒉡𒊻𒍣
 * Italian: ,
 * Kabuverdianu: alkansa, alkansá
 * Latin: patrō, perpetrō, peragō
 * Maori: whakatutuki
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, fullende, effektuere
 * Old English:
 * Old Saxon: fremmian, frummian, gifrummian
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , , , , , , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: постићи, ѝспунити
 * Roman: pòstići,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: fuldende
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fullføre, fullende
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: fuldende
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whakatutuki
 * Ngazidja Comorian: tekeleza
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sluttføre,, utrette
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,

 * Danish: fuldende
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian:

 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: opptjene

 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,

title: accomplish