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sever
English
Etymology
From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separ?re (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + par?re (“provide, arrange”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?v.?/
- Rhymes: -?v?(r)
Verb
sever (third-person singular simple present severs, present participle severing, simple past and past participle severed)
- (transitive) To cut free.
- The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
- 1999, Eminem, Role Model
- That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?
- (intransitive) To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
- (intransitive) To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
- The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.
- (law) To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate.
Synonyms
- becut
- cut off
Derived terms
- severable
- severally
Related terms
- separate
Translations
Further reading
- sever in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sever in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sever at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- 'verse, -verse, reves, serve, veers, verse
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin sev?rus.
Pronunciation
(Balearic) IPA(key): /s??ve/
- (Central) IPA(key): /s??be/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /se?ve?/
Adjective
sever (feminine severa, masculine plural severs, feminine plural severes)
- strict, severe
Derived terms
- severament
Related terms
- severitat
Further reading
- “sever” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sever” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “sever” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sever” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?. See also German Schauer or English shower (originally) ("Cold Rain").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s?v?r]
Noun
sever m
- north
Declension
Antonyms
- jih
Derived terms
- severní
- Severka
- severák
- seve?an
- severovýchod
- severozápad
Coordinate terms
- (compass points)
Further reading
- sever in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- sever in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Interlingua
Adjective
sever (comparative plus sever, superlative le plus sever)
- severe
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *s?far, from Proto-West Germanic *saifr.
Noun
sêver n
- drool, saliva
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- sêveren
Descendants
- Dutch: zever
- Limburgish: zeiver
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “sever”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?se?fer/, [?s??fer]
- (Late Old Frisian) IPA(key): /?se?wer/, [?s??wer]
Noun
s?ver m
- Alternative form of s?ver
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN, page 28
Romanian
Etymology
From French sévère, from Latin severus.
Adjective
sever m or n (feminine singular sever?, masculine plural severi, feminine and neuter plural severe)
- strict
Declension
Related terms
- severitate
Further reading
- sever in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): sj?ver
- (Ekavian): ??ver
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sê?er/
- Hyphenation: se?ver
Noun
s?ver m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- (uncountable) north
Declension
Antonyms
- (south): jug
Related terms
- severni
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?sever]
Noun
sever m (genitive singular severu, nominative plural severy, declension pattern of dub)
- North
Derived terms
- severák
- Severan
- severne
- severný
- severovýchod
- severozápad
Further reading
- sever in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *s?ver?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sè???r/
Noun
s??ver m inan
- north
Inflection
Derived terms
- séveren
Further reading
- “sever”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Turkish
Verb
sever
- third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of sevmek
Antonyms
- sevmez
See also
- sever sevmez
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distribute
English
Etymology
From Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere (“to divide, distribute”), from dis- (“apart”) + tribuere (“to give, impart”); see tribute.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??st??bju?t/, /?d?st??bju?t/
- (General American) enPR: d?-str?b?yo?ot, IPA(key): /d??st??bjut/
- Rhymes: -?bju?t, -?st??bju?t
- Hyphenation: dis?trib?ute
Verb
distribute (third-person singular simple present distributes, present participle distributing, simple past and past participle distributed)
- (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
- (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.
- (transitive) To deliver or pass out.
- (transitive) To scatter or spread.
- (transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).
- (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.
- (intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive.
- (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
- (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
- (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
- A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
Synonyms
- (to divide into portions and dispense): allot, dispend, parcel out; see also Thesaurus:distribute
- (to deliver or pass out): courier
- (to scatter or spread): disperse, sparble, strew; see also Thesaurus:disperse
- (to classify or separate into categories): categorize, sort; see also Thesaurus:classify
Translations
Derived terms
Further reading
- distribute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- distribute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- turbidites
Latin
Etymology
From distrib?tus, participle of distribu? (“distribute, apportion”)
Adverb
distrib?t? (comparative distrib?tius, superlative distrib?tissim?)
- orderly, methodically
Related terms
- distribu?
- distrib?ti?
- distrib?tus
References
- distribute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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- what distributed system
- what distributes gas to various burners
- what distributes oxygen around the body
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