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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Acronym of Basic Input/Output System.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
any firmware user interface that provides similar functionality as BIOS, such as UEFI.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
plural of bio
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
A vitamin essential for the growth of yeast, since found to be several B vitamins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A particular mode of life, a qualified life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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History
From Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life, the good life”), first distinguished in this particular sense by Giorgio Agamben. Doublet of jiva and quick.
