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atone
English
Etymology
From atone (“reconciled”), from Middle English atone, attone, atoon (“agreed”, literally “at one”), equivalent to at +? one. Compare Latin ad?n? (“I unite, make one”) for the similar formation. Regarding the different phonological development of atone and one, see the note in one.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??t??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /??to?n/
- Rhymes: -??n
Verb
atone (third-person singular simple present atones, present participle atoning, simple past and past participle atoned)
- (transitive, intransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]
- Synonyms: expiate, propitiate
- (obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. [from 1570s]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. [from 1590s]
- (obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.
- (proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “atone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- atone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “atone”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- Eaton, neato, oaten
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.t?n/
Adjective
atone (plural atones)
- expressionless
- (linguistics) unstressed
- (linguistics) mute
Further reading
- “atone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
atone
- feminine plural of atono
Anagrams
- aneto, etano
atone From the web:
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immediately
English
Etymology
From immediate +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mi?di.?tli/, /??mi?di.?tli/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /??mi?d??tli/, /??mi?d??tli/
- Hyphenation: im?me?di?ate?ly, im?me?diate?ly
Adverb
immediately (not comparable)
- In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:immediately.
Synonyms
- forthwith, now, tout de suite; see also Thesaurus:immediately
Translations
Conjunction
immediately
- directly (as soon as), instantly. Indicates that the independent clause describes something that occurs immediately after the dependent clause's referent does.
Synonyms
- as soon as
- directly after, immediately after, right after, etc.
immediately From the web:
- what immediately follows a thesis in an essay
- what immediately follows meiosis i
- what immediately follows mitosis
- what immediately lowers blood pressure
- what immediately preceded the progressive movement
- what immediately identifies a cell as a eukaryote
- what immediately replaced the wilderness tabernacle
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