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An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other. A word may have more than one antonym. There are three categories of antonyms identified by the nature of the relationship between the opposed meanings.
Some pairs of contronyms are true homographs, i.e., distinct words with different etymologies which happen to have the same form. [7] For instance cleave "separate" is from Old English clēofan, while cleave "adhere" is from Old English clifian, which was pronounced differently.
Warlike, aggressive (English cognate is "bellicose") ben or bene Well; in ben marcato ("well marked") for example bend In jazz, either establishing a pitch, sliding down half a step and returning to the original pitch or sliding up half a step from the original note beschleunigt (Ger.)
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James Mangold misses the era when movies weren’t embarrassed to make audiences feel something. The director of the Bob Dylan musical biopic “A Complete Unknown” and comic book adaptation ...
Aboulomania (from Greek a– 'without' and boulē 'will') [1] is a mental disorder in which the patient displays pathological indecisiveness. [2] [3] The term was created in 1883 by the neurologist William Alexander Hammond, who defined it as: ‘a form of insanity characterised by an inertness, torpor, or paralysis of the will’.
Tom Holland went on a hilarious adventure to buy his non-alcoholic beer, and got carded in the process.. In a series of Instagram Stories shared to his account on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the British ...
Bournemouth's Lewis Cook, right, challenges for the ball with Chelsea's Jadon Sancho during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and AFC Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge stadium ...