different between solution vs meas

English

Etymology

From Old French solucion (French solution), from Latin sol?ti?nem, accusative singular of sol?ti?, from the verb solv?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l(j)u???n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

solution (countable and uncountable, plural solutions)

1. A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
2. An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
3. The answer to a problem.
4. (marketing) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
5. (law, Britain, archaic, rare) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.
6. The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid; dissolution.
7. (medicine, archaic) The crisis of a disease.

Antonyms

• (answer to a problem): problem
• (act of dissolving): precipitation

Related terms

Translations

Verb

solution (third-person singular simple present solutions, present participle solutioning, simple past and past participle solutioned)

1. To treat with a solution.

French

Etymology

From Old French solucion, from Latin sol?ti?nem, accusative singular of sol?ti?, from the verb solv?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.ly.sj??/
• Homophone: solutions

Noun

solution f (plural solutions)

1. solution
2. liquid mix

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Romanian: solu?ie

Further reading

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

English

Verb

meas

1. (knitting) Abbreviation of measures.
   • 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics (page 106)

     When piece meas 2½" (6.5 cm) on RS, knit until 3 sts rem, k2tog, k1.

Anagrams

• AMEs, ASME, Ames, MSAE, Mesa, Same, eams, mase, mesa, same, seam

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?as?/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /m?æ?s?/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mess, from Proto-Celtic *messus, from Proto-Indo-European *med-. Akin to meá.

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measanna)

1. verbal noun of meas
2. an opinion
3. an evaluation, judgment, guess, estimate
4. esteem, admiration, respect

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

meas (present analytic measann, future analytic measfaidh, verbal noun meas, past participle measta) (transitive, intransitive)

1. evaluate, consider, judge
2. estimate, guess, anticipate
3. esteem, admire

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mess (“tree-fruit”), from Proto-Celtic *messus (Welsh mes (“acorns”), Breton mez (“acorns”)), from Proto-Indo-European *meh?d-. Cognate with Old English mete (English meat); Latin made? (“I am wet”), Ancient Greek ?????? (mastós, “breast”).

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, nominative plural measa)

1. fruit

   Synonym: toradh

2. a nut

   Synonym: cnó

3. produce

   Synonym: toradh

Declension

Mutation

References

• "meas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “meas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “meas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?me.a?s/, [?meä?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?me.as/, [?m???s]

Pronoun

me?s

1. feminine accusative plural of meus

Verb

me?s

1. second-person singular present active indicative of me?

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mess, from Proto-Celtic *messus, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mes/

Noun

meas m (genitive singular measa, plural measan)

1. respect

2. fruit

Derived terms

Verb

meas (past mheas, future measaidh, verbal noun measadh, past participle measte)

1. think, reckon, consider
2. respect, esteem
3. evaluate, assess

Derived terms

• measarrachd

References

• “meas” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 mes(s)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?meas/, [?me.as]

Verb

meas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of mear.