English
['ɪŋɡlɪʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the discipline that studies the English language and literature.
(noun.) an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries.
(noun.) (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.
(noun.) the people of England.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people; 'English history'; 'the English landed aristocracy'; 'English literature' .
(adj.) of or relating to the English language .
Typist: Norton--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.
(a.) See 1st Bond, n., 8.
(n.) Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.
(n.) The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries.
(n.) A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.
(n.) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball.
(v. t.) To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.
(v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. English people.[2]. English language.
Typist: Shelby
Definition
adj. belonging to England or its inhabitants.—n. the language of the people of England.—v.t. to translate a book into English: to make English.—ns. Eng′lander an Englishman; Eng′lisher Eng′lishman a native or naturalised inhabitant of England; Eng′lishry the fact of being an Englishman; in Ireland the population of English descent.—Old English or Anglo-Saxon the language spoken in England from 450 till about 1150; Middle English till 1500; Modern English from 1500 onwards (Early English often means Early Middle English; (archit.) see Early).—Presentment of Englishry the offering of proof that a person murdered belonged to the English race to escape the fine levied on the hundred or township for the murder of a Norman.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream, if you are a foreigner, of meeting English people, denotes that you will have to suffer through the selfish designs of others.
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Examples
- Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Its object (in your English opinion) is anarchy and revolution. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The English and the Germans (he indignantly declared) were always reviling the Italians for their inability to cultivate the higher kinds of music. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He was a true young English gentleman. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Go muck yourself, he said in English and then, in Spanish, to the armored car driver. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This was the India into which the French and English were thrusting during the eighteenth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was something to the English peculiarly attractive in the idea of this wave-encircled, island-enthroned city. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Perhaps more than anyone else, the Fabians are responsible for turning English socialist thought from the verbalism of the Marxian disciples to the actualities of English political life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is perhaps natural for a European writer writing primarily for English-reading students to overrun his subject in this way. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The English men of fashion in Paris courted her, too, to the disgust of the ladies their wives, who could not bear the parvenue. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Don't you think the English nation perfect in every respect? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The English Channel is a holy terror, all right, but it didn't affect me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus far, Gurth, said he, addressing his attendant, the reputation of English chivalry hath not suffered in my hands. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In the English coin, it exchanges for about fifteen ounces, that is, for more silver than it is worth, according to the common estimation of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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