different between probation vs weighing
probation
English
Etymology
From Middle French probation, from Old French probacion, from Latin probatio (“a trying, inspection, examination”), from probare, past participle probatus (“to test, examine”); see probate, probe, prove.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?o??be???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
probation (countable and uncountable, plural probations)
- A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance
- (law) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions
- (archaic) The act of testing; proof
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 20,
- And I shall proceed to consider the testimony of Experience, when I shall have first advertis'd You, that if Men were as perfectly rational as 'tis to be wish'd they were, this sensible way of Probation would be as needless as 'tis wont to be imperfect.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 20,
Derived terms
- probationary
- probation officer
- academic probation
Related terms
- probate
- probe
- prove
Translations
Further reading
- probation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- probation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
probation f (plural probations)
- probation (especially religious)
probation From the web:
- what probation means
- what probation officers do
- what probation in college
- what probationary officer do
- what probationary officer
- what probation period means
- what's probation period
- what's probationary license
weighing
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?we?.??/
- Rhymes: -e???
Verb
weighing
- present participle of weigh
Noun
weighing (plural weighings)
- The process by which something is weighed.
- She took her baby to the clinic for regular weighings.
Adjective
weighing (comparative more weighing, superlative most weighing)
- That weighs or burdens.
Derived terms
- weighing machine
Translations
weighing From the web:
- what weighing scale is more accurate
- what weighing machine measures
- what weighing scales are best
- what's weighing you down
- what weighing scales are accurate
- what weighing scale
- what's weighing my hair down
- what's weighing balance
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