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remnant
English
Alternative forms
- remnaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remane?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???mn?nt/
- Hyphenation: rem?nant
Noun
remnant (plural remnants)
- The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
- The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
- Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
- An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
Synonyms
- (small remaining portion): relic, residue, remainder, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
- (unsold end of piece goods): remains
Derived terms
- nova remnant
- supernova remnant
Related terms
- remain
- remanent
Translations
Adjective
remnant (not comparable)
- (archaic) Remaining; still left.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
- Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure
- And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
Further reading
- remnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- remnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- remnant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- manrent
remnant From the web:
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- what remnant means
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- what is a supernova remnant
- how long does a supernova remnant last
others
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??ð?z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??ð?z/
Noun
others
- plural of other
Noun
others pl (plural only)
- Other people.
- Those remaining after one or more people or items have left, or done something else, or been excluded.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with other's (“belonging to the other”).
Translations
Verb
others
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of other
Further reading
- others on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Rothes, Stoehr, Tosher, hetros, hoster, re-shot, rehost, reshot, short e, shorte, shoter, throes, tosher
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