Standard Lemma guide
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.
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adj
Describing the tendency of a plane to roll in the same direction as yaw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adj
Favourable; in line with one's interests or desires.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: adverse
adj
In the typical or canonical direction, order, or orientation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: converse, reverse
adj
Curved backward or downward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Narrower at the top.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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History
From Latin prōversus (“turned forwards”), perfect passive participle of prōvertō (“to turn forwards”), from prō- (“before, in front of”) + vertō (“to turn”). By surface analysis, pro- + -verse. Doublet of prose.
