adj
Meaning 1
British standard spelling of colored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coloured
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
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.əd/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH1 L ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of coloured (“nonwhite, or mixed-race”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative form of colored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative
Examples
- 2018 Ticket taker, "Struggling Against the Perception of Facts", Anne with an E, season 2, episode 8, 13 minutes On this train we put the coloureds to work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative letter-case form of coloured (“nonwhite or mixed-race person; Black”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of colour
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective
Meaning 6
having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- colored crepe paper
- the film was in color
- amber-colored heads of grain
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colored, colorful
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
having skin rich in melanin pigments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- dark-skinned peoples
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colored, dark, dark-skinned, non-white
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
(used of color) artificially produced; not natural
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a bleached blonde
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bleached, colored, dyed
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
favoring one person or side over another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a biased account of the trial
- a decision that was partial to the defendant
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biased, colored, one-sided, slanted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Real reading context