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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English r?w, r?w, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiw?, *raigw?, *raih- (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Middle Dutch r?e, Dutch rij (“row, line”), Old High German r?ga (“line”), rihan (“to string”), Middle High German rige (“line, row, ditch”), r?he (“row, line, corridor”), German Reihe (“row”), Middle Low German r?ge, r?ge, Old Norse rega (“string”), Middle Dutch r?ghe, Dutch rijg, rijge, German Riege (“sports team”).

Alternative forms

• rew (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?, IPA^(key): /????/
• (US) enPR: r?, IPA^(key): /??o?/
• Homophones: rho, roe
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

row (plural rows)

1. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
2. A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.

   Antonym: column

Synonyms

• (line of objects): line, sequence, series, succession, tier (of seats)
• (in a table): line

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rowen (“to row”), from Old English r?wan (“to row”), from Proto-Germanic *r?an? (“to row”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reh?- (“to row”). Compare West Frisian roeie, Dutch roeien, Danish ro. More at rudder.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?, IPA^(key): /???/
• (US) enPR: r?, IPA^(key): /?o?/
• Homophones: rho, roe
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

1. (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.

   Synonym: paddle

2. (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.

3. (intransitive) To be moved by oars.

   The boat rows easily.

Derived terms

• get in the boat and row
• rowboat (see also rowing boat)

Translations

Noun

row (plural rows)

1. An act or instance of rowing.

2. (weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.

Translations

Etymology 3

Unclear; some suggest it is a back-formation from rouse, verb.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rou, IPA^(key): /?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

row (plural rows)

1. A noisy argument.

   Synonyms: argument, disturbance, fight, fracas, quarrel, shouting match, slanging match

2. A continual loud noise.

   Synonyms: din, racket

Translations

Verb

row (third-person singular simple present rows, present participle rowing, simple past and past participle rowed)

1. (intransitive) to argue noisily

   Synonyms: argue, fight

Translations

Anagrams

• Wor., wor

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rov?. Cognate with Upper Sorbian row, Polish rów (“ditch”), Czech rov, Russian ??? (rov, “ditch”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (rov?, “ditch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?w/, [row]

Noun

row m (diminutive rowk)

1. grave

Declension

Further reading

• row in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• row in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Manx

Etymology

From an old perfective particle ro- + va.

Verb

row

1. was, were (dependent form)

Usage notes

Part of the substantive verb bee. This is the dependent form of the past tense va used after negative and interrogative particles:

1. • Cha row aggle erbee er.
     • He was not in the least afraid.
   • Dooyrt eh dy row eh mac y ree.
     • He claimed that he was the son of the king.

Old English

Alternative forms

• r?

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *r?u, from Proto-Germanic *r?w?. Cognate with Old Norse ró (“rest”) and German Ruhe (“quietness, rest, repose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?w/

Noun

r?w f

1. quiet, rest, calm

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: ro, rou, rowe, roo
  • English: roo
  • Scots: ro, ruve

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “r?w”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Scots

Noun

row (plural rows)

1. roll

Derived terms

• row-cloth: a folding cloak of warm cloth

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rov?.

Noun

row m

1. grave

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

r?w f (plural rowa)

1. rook (bird)
2. raven

Yola

Noun

row

1. Alternative form of reoue

English

Etymology

From Middle English formacioun, formation, borrowed from Old French formacion, from Latin f?rm?ti?, from f?rm? (“form”, verb); see form as verb.Morphologically form +? -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n
• (US) IPA^(key): /f??.?me?.??n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /f?(?).?me?.??n/
• Hyphenation: for?ma?tion

Noun

formation (countable and uncountable, plural formations)

1. The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.

2. Something possessing structure or form. [from 17th c.]
3. The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics. [from 18th c.]
4. (military) A grouping of military units or smaller formations under a command, such as a brigade, division, wing, etc. [from 18th c.]
5. (geology) A layer of rock of common origin. [from 19th c.]
6. (military) An arrangement of moving troops, ships, or aircraft, such as a wedge, line abreast, or echelon. Often "in formation".
7. (sports) An arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.
8. The process of influencing or guiding a person to a deeper understanding of a particular vocation.
9. (category theory) A structure made of two categories, two functors from the first to the second category, and a transformation from one of the functors to the other.

Related terms

• form

Translations

Further reading

• “form?ci?un, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Formation”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IV (F–G), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 464, column 1.
• formation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• formation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Old French formacion, borrowed from Latin f?rm?ti?, f?rm?ti?nem. Cf. also the archaic formaison.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.ma.sj??/

Noun

formation f (plural formations)

1. formation, forming, development
2. education; training

3. (military) formation

Derived terms

• autoformation

Related terms

• forme

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin formatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rma??u?n/

Noun

formation c

1. formation

Declension

References

• formation in Svensk ordbok (SO)