different between flurry vs doctrine

English

Etymology

Perhaps an American English blend of flutter and hurry. Alternatively, perhaps from an obsolete term flurr (“scatter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fl??i/ (accents with the "Foot-strut" split)
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fl??i/ (accents without the "Foot-strut" split)
• Rhymes: -?ri
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fl??i/ (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
  • Rhymes: -?ri
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fl?.?i/ (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)

Noun

flurry (plural flurries)

1. A light, brief snowfall.
2. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze.

   a flurry of wind

3. A shower of dust, leaves etc. brought on by a sudden gust of wind.
4. (figuratively) Any sudden activity; a stir.
   • 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”

     These [argument structure] modifications are important because they have provoked a flurry of investigation into argument structure operations of merger, demotion etc.

5. A snack consisting of soft ice cream mixed with small pieces of fruit, cookie crumbs, etc.
   • 1988, K. Wayne Wride, Fruit Treats (in Vegetarian Times number 134, October 1988, page 27)

     Does your "Forbidden Foods" list include banana splits, ice cream sundaes, slurpies, popsicles, frozen yogurts, milk shakes, and ice cream flurries? These foods taste great but have a reputation for being bad for your health.

   • 2002, Tampa Bay Magazine (volume 17, number 3, May-June 2002, page 235)

     They will make your tongue smile with their homemade ice cream, which was voted "Best Taste in the USA Today." Enjoy exciting toppings to personalize your treat or a yummy sundae, flurry, smoothie, banana split or shake...

6. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
7. An occurrence of something (countable instances) in large numbers, happening suddenly or in a short period of time.

   Synonyms: volley, barrage

Translations

Verb

flurry (third-person singular simple present flurries, present participle flurrying, simple past and past participle flurried)

1. (transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 1:

     And so venturing not to say another word, poor Jemima trotted off, exceedingly flurried and nervous.
2. (intransitive) To move or fall in a flurry.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin doctrina (“teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge”), from doctor (“a teacher”), from docere (“to teach”); see doctor.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?kt??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?kt??n/
• Hyphenation: doc?trine

Noun

doctrine (countable and uncountable, plural doctrines)

1. (countable) A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.

   The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity.

   The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.

2. (countable and uncountable) The body of teachings of an ideology, most often a religion, or of an ideological or religious leader, organization, group or text.

   What is the understanding of marriage and family in orthodox Marxist doctrine?

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• doctrine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• doctrine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Crediton, centroid

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch doctrine, from Middle French doctrine, from Latin doctr?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?k?tri.n?/
• Hyphenation: doc?tri?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

doctrine f (plural doctrines, diminutive doctrinetje n)

1. doctrine

   Synonyms: leer, leerstuk

Derived terms

• doctrinair
• indoctrineren

French

Etymology

From Latin doctrina, diminutive from doctus, taught, perfect passive participle of docere, teach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?k.t?in/

Noun

doctrine f (plural doctrines)

1. doctrine

Further reading

• “doctrine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Verb

doctrine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of doctrinar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of doctrinar.