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English

Alternative forms

• dynamical
• dynamick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French dynamique, from Ancient Greek ????????? (dunamikós, “powerful”), from ??????? (dúnamis, “power”), from ??????? (dúnamai, “I am able”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da??næ.m?k/

Adjective

dynamic (comparative more dynamic, superlative most dynamic)

1. Changing; active; in motion.

   The environment is dynamic, changing with the years and the seasons.

   dynamic economy

2. Powerful; energetic.

   He was a dynamic and engaging speaker.

3. Able to change and adapt.
4. (music) Having to do with the volume of sound.

   The dynamic marking in bar 40 is forte.

5. (computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.

   dynamic allocation

   dynamic IP addresses

   the dynamic resizing of an array

6. Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
7. (grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.

Synonyms

• (changing, active): active, fluid, moving
• (powerful): energetic, powerful

Antonyms

• (Changing; active; in motion): static
• (computing): static

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

dynamic (plural dynamics)

1. A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.

   Watch the dynamic between the husband and wife when they disagree.
2. (physics) A moving force.

   The study of fluid dynamics quantifies turbulent and laminar flows.

3. (music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.

   If you pay attention to the dynamics as you play, it's a very moving piece.

4. (music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
5. (grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.

Synonyms

• (a characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior): apparatus, course of action, design, effect, function, functioning, implementation, interchange, interplay, mechanism, method, modus operandi, motif, nature, operation, pattern, process, regimen, workings

Related terms

• dynamics

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From Italian basso (“low”), from Latin bassus (“low”).

Alternative forms

• (noun): base (dated)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?s
• enPR: b?s, IPA^(key): /be?s/
• Homophone: base

Adjective

bass (comparative more bass, superlative most bass)

1. Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.

   The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots.

Translations

Noun

bass (plural basses)

1. A low spectrum of sound tones.

   Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.

2. A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.

   The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.

3. One who sings in the bass range.

   Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass, much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers.

4. (music) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.

   The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.

5. The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.

   The score had been written without the treble and bass, but it was easy to pick out which was which based on the location of the notes on the staff.

Synonyms

• (singer): basso
• (clef): F clef

Coordinate terms

• (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
• (music) SATB (Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bass (third-person singular simple present basses, present participle bassing, simple past and past participle bassed)

1. To sound in a deep tone.
   • 1623 [1610], William Shakespeare, The Tempest (First Folio ed.), act III, scene iii, lines 99-99

     […] and the Thunder
     (That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd
     The name of Pro?per : it did ba?e my Tre?pa??e

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bace, bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?órsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.

Alternative forms

• basse (archaic)

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?s, IPA^(key): /bæs/

Noun

bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses or bass)

1. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

A corruption of bast.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?s, IPA^(key): /bæs/

Noun

bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses)

1. The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.
2. Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees
3. Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat.

Derived terms

• basswood

See also

• bass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• BSAs, SABS, sabs

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-Germanic *fat? (“vessel, container”). Cognate with German Fass, Dutch vat, English vat, Icelandic fat.

Noun

bass n (plural bèssar, diminutive bèssle)

1. (Sette Comuni) vat, tub

Declension

References

• “bass” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

German

Etymology

Former comparative of wohl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bas]

Adjective

bass (not comparable)

1. greatly

Usage notes

This primarily used in the collocations bass erstaunt/basses Erstaunen.

Declension

Further reading

• “bass” in Duden online

Latvian

Etymology

From Italian [Term?]

Noun

bass m (1st declension)

1. bass

Adjective

bass (definite basais, comparative bas?ks, superlative visbas?kais, adverb basi)

1. bare, unshod (of feet: without shoes, socks or other coverings)

Declension

Synonyms

• kails

Luxembourgish

Verb

bass

1. second-person singular present indicative of sinn

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas/

Etymology 1

Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic ??? (ba??, “to fart”).

Verb

bass (imperfect jboss)

1. to fart

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bassa

Etymology 2

From English bus.

Noun

bass m (plural basis)

1. bus

Middle English

Adjective

bass

1. Alternative form of bas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin bassus, via Italian basso

Noun

bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)

1. (music) bass; (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
2. (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)

Derived terms

• kontrabass
• snurrebass

References

• “bass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin bassus, via Italian basso

Noun

bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)

1. (music) bass; (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
2. (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)

Derived terms

• kontrabass
• snurrebass

References

• “bass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Vallader) bas

Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

Adjective

bass m (f bassa, m pl bass, f pl bassas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) deep, low