noun
Meaning 1
The art of steering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
steerage
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noun
Meaning 2
The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The effect of the helm on a ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 4
the act of steering a ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: steering
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: control
noun
Meaning 5
the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: accommodation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English steer Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English steerage From steer + -age.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: трета палуба (treta paluba) — cheapest class of accommodation in a ship
- German: Zwischendeck — cheapest class of accommodation in a ship
- Hebrew: סִפּוּן בֵּּינַיִם (sipun beynayim) — cheapest class of accommodation in a ship
- Hebrew: בֵּינַת סִפּוּנִים (beynat sipunim) — cheapest class of accommodation in a ship
- Hungarian: fedélköz — cheapest class of accommodation in a ship
- Māori: tiareti — cheapest class of accommodation in a ship
- Māori: tīreti — cheapest class of accommodation in a ship
- Spanish: antecámara — cheapest class of accommodation in a ship