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.
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name
Acronym of Visual Artists Rights Act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A surname from Spanish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Spanish rod, Spanish ell, Spanish yard, rod, ell, yard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A traditional Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 1.1 m.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Portuguese rod, Portuguese ell, Portuguese yard, rod, ell, yard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A traditional Spanish unit of area, equivalent to about 0.7 m2.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Acronym of volume at risk approach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
a Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: linear unit, linear measure
History
Borrowed from Spanish Vara.
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese vara (“rod”), from Latin vāra (“fork”).
