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commanding
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??mænd??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??m??nd??/
- Hyphenation: com?mand?ing
Verb
commanding
- present participle of command
Adjective
commanding (comparative more commanding, superlative most commanding)
- Tending to give commands, authoritarian.
- Impressively dominant.
- (of a place or position) Dominating from above, giving a wide view
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Synonyms
- (tending to give commands) bossy, imposing
- See also Thesaurus:bossy
Derived terms
- uncommanding
Translations
Noun
commanding (plural commandings)
- The act of giving a command.
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august
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?????st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?????st/, /?-/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: au?gust
Etymology 1
From French auguste (“noble, stately; august”) or Latin augustus (“majestic, venerable, august; imperial, royal”), from auge? (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”). Doublet of Augustus.
Adjective
august (comparative auguster or more august, superlative augustest or most august)
- Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
- Of noble birth.
Derived terms
- augustly
- augustness
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From August.
Verb
august (third-person singular simple present augusts, present participle augusting, simple past and past participle augusted)
- (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.
- (obsolete, rare) To bring to realization.
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
august (plural augusts)
- Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”)
References
Anagrams
- Tausug
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus. Doublet of agost, which was inherited through Vulgar Latin.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?w??ust/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /aw??ust/
Adjective
august (feminine augusta, masculine plural augusts or augustos, feminine plural augustes)
- august (venerable, noble)
Derived terms
- augustament
Further reading
- “august” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /av??st/, [?w????sd?]
Noun
august c
- August (the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) måned i den gregorianske kalender; januar, februar, marts, april, maj, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, december
Obsolete words: glugmåned, blidemåned, tormåned, fåremåned, ?, ?, ormemåned, høstmåned, fiskemåned, liljemåned, slagtemåned, kristmåned (Category: da:Months)
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from German August.
Noun
august (genitive augusti, partitive augustit)
- August
Inflection
Synonyms
- lõikuskuu
- põimukuu
- viljakuu
- rukkikuu
- mädakuu
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) Gregoriuse kalendri kuu; jaanuar, veebruar, märts, aprill, mai, juuni, juuli, august, september, oktoober, november, detsember (Category: et:Months)
Faroese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august m
- August (month of the Gregorian calendar)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) januar, februar, mars, apríl, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember (Category: fo:Months)
Interlingua
Noun
august (plural augustes)
- Alternative form of augusto
North Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august m
- (Föhr-Amrum) August
See also
- months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august (indeclinable)
- August (eighth month of the year)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember (Category: no:Months)
References
- “august” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august m (indeclinable)
- August (eighth month)
References
- “august” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin (mensis) augustus. Cf. also the inherited doublet agust and gust.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?aw.?ust/
Noun
august m (uncountable)
- August
Synonyms
- gustar (colloquial, popular/folk name), gust / agust, m?s?lar (rarer popular/folk name)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) lun? a calendarului gregorian; ianuarie, februarie, martie, aprilie, mai, iunie, iulie, august, septembrie, octombrie, noiembrie, decembrie (Category: ro:Months)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French auguste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aw??ust/
Adjective
august m or n (feminine singular august?, masculine plural augu?ti, feminine and neuter plural auguste)
- august, majestic, venerable
Declension
Synonyms
- sl?vit, pream?rit
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- avgust (Serbia)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Noun
august m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- (Bosnia) August
Synonyms
- kolovoz (Croatia)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/sije?anj, februar/velja?a, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac (Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augustus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?au?ust]
Noun
august m (genitive singular augusta, nominative plural augusty, genitive plural augustov, declension pattern of dub)
- August
Declension
Derived terms
- augustový
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) mesiac gregoriánskeho kalendára; január, február, marec, apríl, máj, jún, júl, august, september, október, november, december (Category: sk:Months)
Further reading
- august in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Sundanese
Noun
august
- August
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