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defect
English
Etymology
From Middle French defaicte, from Latin defectus (“a failure, lack”), from deficere (“to fail, lack, literally 'undo'”), from past participle defectus, from de- (“priv.”) + facere (“to do”).
Pronunciation
- (noun) enPR: d?'f?kt, IPA(key): /?di?f?kt/
- (verb) enPR: d?f?kt', IPA(key): /d??f?kt/
Noun
defect (plural defects)
- A fault or malfunction.
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- 1824, Lydia Sigourney, Sketch of Connecticut
- and the indefatigable application with which they have supplied the defects of early culture.
- 1824, Lydia Sigourney, Sketch of Connecticut
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "defect": major, minor, serious, cosmetic, functional, critical, fatal, basic, fundamental, main, primary, principal, radical, inherent
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defect
Related terms
- defective
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficient
- deficit
Translations
Verb
defect (third-person singular simple present defects, present participle defecting, simple past and past participle defected)
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from Eton and Oxbridge — was “run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives.”
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
Derived terms
- defection
- defector
Translations
Further reading
- defect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- defect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?fectus, d?fectum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de??f?kt/
- Hyphenation: de?fect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
defect (comparative defecter, superlative defectst)
- broken, not working
Inflection
Synonyms
- kapot
Noun
defect n (plural defecten, diminutive defectje n)
- A defect.
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affliction
English
Etymology
From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere. See afflict.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fl?k??n/
- Hyphenation: af?flic?tion
Noun
affliction (countable and uncountable, plural afflictions)
- A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!:
- She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
- 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!:
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French afliction, from Latin afflictio, from affligere.
Pronunciation
Noun
affliction f (plural afflictions)
- (countable and uncountable) affliction
Further reading
- “affliction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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