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sweepstake

English

Alternative forms

  • swoopstake (dialectal)

Etymology

sweep +? stake

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?swip?ste?k/

Noun

sweepstake (plural sweepstakes)

  1. A lottery in which the prize or prizes constitute all the money paid by the participants.
  2. (US) A prize draw.

Translations

sweepstake From the web:

  • what sweepstakes are legit
  • what sweepstakes
  • what sweepstakes are real
  • what sweepstakes are open
  • what sweepstakes meaning
  • what sweepstakes prizes
  • what sweepstakes route
  • what sweepstake do


taxonomy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
  • Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

  1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
  3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

  • taxonomics
  • (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

  • nomenclature
  • ontology

Derived terms

Translations

taxonomy From the web:

  • what taxonomy means
  • what taxonomy are humans
  • what taxonomy do humans belong to
  • what taxonomy is not a type of taxonomy
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