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.
name
Abbreviation of Extreme E.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
pron
they (singular); gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: gender-neutral, nominative, nonstandard, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: xenon, atomic number 54
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element, noble gas, inert gas, argonon
History
Apparently independently invented by several people, including Don Rickter. The pronoun appeared in the Unitarian Universalist publication UU World on May 1, 1973, and Mario Pei gave Rickter credit on page 145 of his book Weasel Words (1978).
