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muse
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: myo?oz
- (UK) IPA(key): /mju?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /mjuz/
- Homophones: mews, Meuse
- Rhymes: -u?z
Etymology 1
From Middle French muse, from Latin M?sa, from Ancient Greek ????? (Moûsa).
Noun
muse (plural muses)
- A source of inspiration.
- (archaic) A poet; a bard.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 85:
- My toung-tide Mu?e in manners holds her ?till,
- While comments of your prai?e richly compil'd,
- Re?erue their Character with goulden quill,
- And precious phra?e by all the Mu?es fil'd.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 85:
Synonyms
- (source of inspiration): Pierian spring
Related terms
- museum
- music
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English musen, from Old French muser.
Verb
muse (third-person singular simple present muses, present participle musing, simple past and past participle mused)
- (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.
- (transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:muse.
- (transitive) To think on; to meditate on.
- c. 1726, James Thomson, Hymn
- Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
- c. 1726, James Thomson, Hymn
- (transitive) To wonder at.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ponder
Related terms
- muser
- musing
- amuse
Translations
Noun
muse (plural muses)
- An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
- still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse, ne word to creature spake.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 416:
- He fell into a muse and pulled his upper lip.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.xii:
Etymology 3
From French musse. See muset.
Noun
muse (plural muses)
- A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
- Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb)
Anagrams
- Semu, emus, umes
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /myz/
- Homophones: musent, muses
Noun
muse f (plural muses)
- artistic inspiration
- muse (specific artistic subject)
Verb
muse
- first-person singular present indicative of muser
- third-person singular present indicative of muser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of muser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of muser
- second-person singular imperative of muser
Anagrams
- émus, meus, mues, seum
Italian
Noun
muse f
- plural of musa
Anagrams
- sume
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English m?s.
Noun
muse
- Alternative form of mous
Etymology 2
From Latin M?sa.
Noun
muse
- Alternative form of Muse
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French musée, from Latin m?s?um, from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?.se?/, [m??.?se?]
Noun
muse n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural muse or museer, definite plural museene or musea)
- Alternative form of musé
References
- “muse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek ????? (Moûsa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²m??.s?/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
muse f (definite singular musa, indefinite plural muser, definite plural musene)
- a muse
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²m??.s?/ (example of pronunciation)
Verb
muse (present tense musar, past tense musa, past participle musa, passive infinitive musast, present participle musande, imperative mus)
- to whisper
- Synonym: kviskre
Etymology 3
From French musée, from Latin m?s?um, from Ancient Greek ???????? (Mouseîon)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?.se?/, [m??.?se?] (examples of pronunciation)
Noun
muse n (definite singular museet, indefinite plural muse, definite plural musea)
- alternative spelling of musé
References
- “muse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Verb
muse
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of musirse.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of musirse.
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expect
English
Alternative forms
- axpact, ax-pact (Bermuda)
Etymology
From Latin expect?re, infinitive form of exspect? (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spect? (“look at”), frequentative of speci? (“see”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?sp?kt/, /?k?sp?kt/
- Hyphenation: ex?pect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
expect (third-person singular simple present expects, present participle expecting, simple past and past participle expected)
- (transitive, intransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
- Synonyms: anticipate, hope, look for
- 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
- And temperatures are expected to keep rising.
- To consider obligatory or required.
- Synonyms: call for, demand
- 1805, Nelson, Horatio via Pasco, John, signal sent at the Battle of Trafalgar:
- England expects that every man will do his duty.
- To consider reasonably due.
- Synonyms: hope, want, wish
- (continuous aspect only, of a woman or couple) To be pregnant, to consider a baby due.
- 2011, Eva Fischer-Dixon, The Bestseller
- “You are pregnant?” he asked with shock in his voice. “Yes, Justin, I am expecting a child,”
- 2011, Eva Fischer-Dixon, The Bestseller
- (obsolete, transitive) To wait for; to await.
- Synonyms: await; see also Thesaurus:wait for
- 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A. and C. Black (1868), 24-25:
- The knight fixed his eyes on the opening with breathless anxiety, and continuing to kneel in the attitude of devotion which the place and scene required, expected the consequence of these preparations.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To wait; to stay.
- Synonym: wait
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sandys to this entry?)
Usage notes
- Expect is a mental act and mostly has a reference to the future, to some forthcoming event (e.g. a person expects to die, or he expects to survive). Think and believe may have reference to the past and present, as well as to the future (e.g. I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home yesterday, that he is at home now). There is a not uncommon use of expect, which is a confusion of the two (e.g. I expect the mail has arrived; I expect he is at home). Await is a physical or moral act. We await something which, when it comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may, or may not, interest us personally. See also anticipate.
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- expect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- expect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- expect at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- except
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