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The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
Hindi: कल and Urdu: کل (kal) may mean either "yesterday" or "tomorrow" (disambiguated by the verb in the sentence).; Icelandic: fram eftir can mean "toward the sea" or "away from the sea" depending on dialect.
The Tagalog language/ Filipino language [1] has developed unique vocabulary since the former's inception from its direct Austronesian roots and the latter's inception as the developed and formally adopted common national language or national lingua franca of the Philippines from 1973 to 1987 [2] [3] and as the national and co-official language of the Philippines from 1987 and onward [4 ...
Kill stealing is predominantly done to gain the rewards from a kill. Griefers kill steal as only one of their tactics in annoying other players. [ 3 ] However, there are side-reasons towards kill stealing, with a few being unintentional, i.e. killing an enemy with low player HP, and then killing another enemy - in a panic - which is being dealt ...
Steal (basketball), a situation when a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball from an offensive player; Steal (curling), score/win by a team that did not throw the last rock; Steal, a 2002 action film; Steal, a Central Television game show; Steal (poker), a type of a bluff; The Steal, the British melodic hardcore punk band
An argumentum ab inconvenienti is one based on the difficulties involved in pursuing a line of reasoning, and is thus a form of appeal to consequences. The phrase refers to the legal principle that an argument from inconvenience has great weight. ab incunabulis: from the cradle: i.e., "from the beginning" or "from infancy".
Thou shalt not steal" is one of the Ten Commandments of the Jewish Torah / or Christian first five Old Testament of the Bible Thou shalt not steal or Thou Shalt Not Steal may also refer to: Thou Shalt Not Steal, an 1896 Australian play by Alfred Dampier; Thou Shalt Not Steal, a 1917 American silent film