adj
Meaning 1
great or fantastic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: chiefly Liverpool
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gear
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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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɪə/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ɡɪː/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɡɪjə/
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New-Zealand: /ɡiə/
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/ɡɛː/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ɡɪɚ/
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Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ɡɪɚ] ~ [ɡɪɹ̩]
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Scotland: /ɡiɾ/
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Scotland: [ɡiːɾ]
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: G IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Clothing; garments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Goods; property; household items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: (wheel types) cog, cogwheel, gear wheel, gearwheel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cog, cogwheel, gear wheel, gearwheel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: automotive, cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, transport, vehicles
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: automotive, cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, transport, vehicles
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
Ellipsis of landing gear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- gear-up landing
- Get the gear down quick!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
Recreational drugs, including steroids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
Examples
- getting on gear
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
Stuff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
Business matters; affairs; concern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
To be in gear, come into gear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 16
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 17
To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Examples
- This shop is not really geared towards people of our age.
- They have geared the hotel mainly at tourists.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 18
To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Meaning 19
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wheel
Narrower terms: bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear, escape wheel, pinion, planetary gear, epicyclic gear, planet wheel, planet gear, rack and pinion, spur gear, spur wheel, sun gear, worm gear, worm wheel
noun
Meaning 20
equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paraphernalia, appurtenance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: equipment
Narrower terms: fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig, kit, outfit, regalia, rigging, stable gear, saddlery, tack
noun
Meaning 21
a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gear mechanism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mechanism
Narrower terms: first gear, first, low gear, low, gearset, high gear, high, park, reverse, reverse gear, second gear, second, steering gear, third gear, third, transmission, transmission system
noun
Meaning 22
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gearing, geartrain, power train, train
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wheelwork
Narrower terms: epicyclic train, epicyclic gear train, reduction gear
verb
Meaning 23
set the level or character of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pitch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adapt, accommodate
Narrower terms: popularize, popularise
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h2er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h3er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *garwijanąder. Old Norse gervibor. Middle English gere English gear From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
Across languages
Translations
149 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: приспособление (prisposoblenie) — equipment or paraphernalia
- Catalan: estris — equipment or paraphernalia
- Czech: vybavení — equipment or paraphernalia
- Danish: udstyr — equipment or paraphernalia
- Esperanto: ekipo — equipment or paraphernalia
- Estonian: varustus — equipment or paraphernalia
- Finnish: varusteet — equipment or paraphernalia
- French: panoplie — equipment or paraphernalia
- French: matériel — equipment or paraphernalia
- French: matos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Galician: equipamento — equipment or paraphernalia
- Galician: aparellos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Georgian: აღჭურვილობა (aɣč̣urviloba) — equipment or paraphernalia
- Georgian: ხელსაწყო (xelsac̣q̇o) — equipment or paraphernalia
- Georgian: მოწყობილობა (moc̣q̇obiloba) — equipment or paraphernalia
- Georgian: აპარატი (aṗaraṭi) — equipment or paraphernalia
- Georgian: მექანიზმი (mekanizmi) — equipment or paraphernalia
- German: Ausrüstung — equipment or paraphernalia
- Greek: εξοπλισμός (exoplismós) — equipment or paraphernalia
- Greek: σύνεργα (sýnerga) — equipment or paraphernalia
- Hungarian: felszerelés — equipment or paraphernalia
- Hungarian: készlet — equipment or paraphernalia
- Hungarian: holmi — equipment or paraphernalia
- Hungarian: cucc — equipment or paraphernalia
- Icelandic: búnaður — equipment or paraphernalia
- Irish: acmhainn — equipment or paraphernalia
- Irish: gléasra — equipment or paraphernalia
- Italian: attrezzo — equipment or paraphernalia
- Italian: parafernalia — equipment or paraphernalia
- Italian: equipaggiamento — equipment or paraphernalia
- Macedonian: о́према (óprema) — equipment or paraphernalia
- Norwegian Bokmål: utstyr — equipment or paraphernalia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: utstyr — equipment or paraphernalia
- Portuguese: equipamento — equipment or paraphernalia
- Russian: снаряже́ние (snarjažénije) — equipment or paraphernalia
- Scottish Gaelic: uidheam — equipment or paraphernalia
- Serbo-Croatian: о̏према — equipment or paraphernalia
- Serbo-Croatian: ȍprema — equipment or paraphernalia
- Slovene: oprema — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: pertrecho — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: pertrechos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: aparejo — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: aparejos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: apero — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: aperos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: avíos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: trebejos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: enseres — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: recado — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: macundales — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: trastos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: tereques — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: tarecos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: menesteres — equipment or paraphernalia
- Spanish: bártulos — equipment or paraphernalia
- Swedish: utrustning — equipment or paraphernalia
- Bulgarian: зъбна предавка (zǎbna predavka) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Catalan: engranatge — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Chinese Cantonese: 波 (bo1) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Chinese Mandarin: 擋 /挡 (dǎng) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Czech: převod — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Czech: soukolí — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Czech: rychlost — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Danish: gear — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Dutch: overbrenging — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Estonian: ülekanne — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Finnish: vaihde — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Finnish: vaihteisto — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- French: engrenage — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Georgian: გადაცემა (gadacema) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- German: Gang — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Greek: σχέση (schési) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Hungarian: sebesség — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Icelandic: gír — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Italian: marcia — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Japanese: ギア (gia) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Macedonian: брзина (brzina) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Norwegian Bokmål: gir — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gir — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Portuguese: marcha — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Portuguese: velocidade — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Russian: переда́ча (peredáča) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Russian: ско́рость (skórostʹ) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Scottish Gaelic: gèar — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Serbo-Croatian: брзѝна — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Serbo-Croatian: сте̏пе̄н преноса — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Serbo-Croatian: brzìna — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Serbo-Croatian: stȅpēn prenosa — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Slovak: prevod — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Slovak: prevodový stupeň — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Slovak: rýchlosť — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Slovak: súkolie — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Spanish: marcha — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Spanish: velocidad — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Spanish: engranaje — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Spanish: engrane — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Ukrainian: переда́ча (peredáča) — a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears
- Arabic: قير (gēr) — motor car transmission
- Bulgarian: предаване (predavane) — motor car transmission
- Bulgarian: трансмисия (transmisija) — motor car transmission
- Chinese Mandarin: 排擋 /排挡 (páidǎng) — motor car transmission
- Czech: převod — motor car transmission
- Danish: gear — motor car transmission
- Dutch: versnelling — motor car transmission
- Estonian: käik — motor car transmission
- Finnish: vaihteisto — motor car transmission
- French: vitesse — motor car transmission
- Georgian: ტრანსმისია (ṭransmisia) — motor car transmission
- Georgian: გადაცემა (gadacema) — motor car transmission
- German: Gangschaltung — motor car transmission
- Greek: ταχύτητα (tachýtita) — motor car transmission
- Icelandic: gír — motor car transmission
- Indonesian: roda gigi — motor car transmission
- Italian: cambio — motor car transmission
- Macedonian: пре́нос (prénos) — motor car transmission
- Macedonian: брзина (brzina) — motor car transmission
- Malay: gear — motor car transmission
- Norwegian Bokmål: gir — motor car transmission
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gir — motor car transmission
- Polish: bieg — motor car transmission
- Portuguese: marcha — motor car transmission
- Portuguese: câmbio — motor car transmission
- Romanian: cutie de viteze — motor car transmission
- Romanian: schimbător de viteză — motor car transmission
- Russian: переда́ча (peredáča) — motor car transmission
- Russian: трансми́ссия (transmíssija) — motor car transmission
- Scottish Gaelic: gèar — motor car transmission
- Serbo-Croatian: брзѝна — motor car transmission
- Serbo-Croatian: сте̏пе̄н преноса — motor car transmission
- Serbo-Croatian: brzìna — motor car transmission
- Serbo-Croatian: stȅpēn prenosa — motor car transmission
- Spanish: marcha — motor car transmission
- Spanish: cambio — motor car transmission
- Swedish: växel — motor car transmission
- Tagalog: ngiplong — motor car transmission
- Tagalog: kambiyo — motor car transmission
- Turkish: vites — motor car transmission
- Ukrainian: переда́ча (peredáča) — motor car transmission
- German: Stoff — (slang) recreational drugs
- Spanish: merca — (slang) recreational drugs
- Catalan: engranar — to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio
- Dutch: in een versnelling komen — to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio
- Dutch: schakelen — to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio
- French: passer ses vitesses — to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio
- French: engrener — to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio
- Georgian: მოძრაობაში მოყვანა (moʒraobaši moq̇vana) — to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio
- Italian: ingranare — to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio
- Portuguese: engrenar — to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio
- Spanish: engranar — to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio