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tally
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of tallyho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæli/
- Hyphenation: tal?ly
- Rhymes: -æli
Interjection
tally
- (radio, aviation) Target sighted.
- (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.
- (Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.
Usage notes
In aviation radio usage, more common than original tallyho. In civilian aviation usage, the official term for “traffic sighted” is “traffic in sight”.
Synonyms
- (target sighted): tallyho
Etymology 2
From Middle English talie, from Anglo-Norman tallie and Old French taille (“notch in a piece of wood signifying a debt”), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea (“a cutting, rod, stick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæli/
- Hyphenation: tal?ly
- Rhymes: -æli
Noun
tally (plural tallies)
- Abbreviation of tally stick.
- (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
- (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.
- One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
- c. 1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian, Act V, scene 1:
- So paired, so suited in their minds and persons,
- That they were framed the tallies for each other.
- c. 1690, John Dryden, Don Sebastian, Act V, scene 1:
- A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a score or tally in a game.
- A tally shop.
- A ribbon on a sailor's cap bearing the name of the ship or the (part of) the navy to which they belong.
- (informal, regional, dated) A state of cohabitation, living with another individual in an intimate relationship outside of marriage.
Translations
See also
- Five-bar gate tally
Etymology 3
From Middle English talien, from the noun (see above). Also from Medieval Latin taliare
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tæli/
- Hyphenation: tal?ly
- Rhymes: -æli
Verb
tally (third-person singular simple present tallies, present participle tallying, simple past and past participle tallied)
- (transitive) To count something.
- (transitive) To record something by making marks.
- (transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.
- (intransitive) To keep score.
- (intransitive) To correspond or agree.
- (nautical) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
Synonyms
- (count something): enumerate, number; see also Thesaurus:count
Derived terms
- tally up
Translations
Etymology 4
From Middle English tally, talliche, equivalent to tall +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?li/, /?t?l.li/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?t?li/, /?t?l.li/
- Hyphenation: tally
Adverb
tally (comparative more tally, superlative most tally)
- (obsolete) In a tall way; stoutly; with spirit.
- c. 1612, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, The Captain, Act II, scene ii:
- And you, Lodovick, / That stand so tally on your reputation, / You shall be he shall speak it.
- c. 1612, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, The Captain, Act II, scene ii:
Further reading
- tally in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tally at OneLook Dictionary Search
References
Middle English
Alternative forms
- talliche, tawly
Etymology
tal (“adj”) +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tali?/
Adverb
tally
- properly, suitably, becomingly
Descendants
- English: tally (obsolete)
- Yola: taullee
References
- “tall?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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comport
English
Etymology
From late Middle English comporten, from Old French comporter, from Latin comportare (“to bring together”), from com- (“together”) + portare (“to carry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?p??(?)t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Verb
comport (third-person singular simple present comports, present participle comporting, simple past and past participle comported)
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To tolerate, bear, put up (with). [16th–19th c.]
- to comport with an injury
- 1595, Samuel Daniel, The First Four Books of the Civil Wars
- The malecontented sort / That never can the present state comport.
- (intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord. [from 16th c.]
- The new rules did not seem to comport with the spirit of the club.
- How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness.
- 1707, John Locke, A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul
- How their behaviour herein comported with the institution.
- (reflexive) To behave (in a given manner). [from 17th c.]
- She comported herself with grace.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- Observe how Lord Somers […] comported himself.
Synonyms
- (be in agreement): cohere
- (behave): carry oneself, bear oneself
Translations
Noun
comport
- (obsolete) Manner of acting; conduct; deportment.
- I know them well, and mark'd their rude comport.
Catalan
Etymology
From comportar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kom?p??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum?p?rt/
Noun
comport m (plural comports)
- conduct, behaviour
Further reading
- “comport” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kom?port]
Verb
comport
- first-person singular present indicative of comporta
- first-person singular present subjunctive of comporta
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