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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
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name
Initialism of Mars Exploration Rover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: NASA, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, space-science
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name
A commune in Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A diminutive of the female given name Meredith.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A repeat unit: a structural unit which through repetition forms a polymer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
merpeople
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Topics: fantasy
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noun
Alternative form of mayor and mair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
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noun
A member of a particular caste from the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English polymerclip. English mer Clipping of polymer.
See mayor.
