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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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reprove
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English repreven, reproven, from Anglo-Norman reprover, Middle French reprouver, from Latin reprob?re. Doublet of reprobate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???p?u?v/
- Rhymes: -u?v
Verb
reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past and past participle reproved)
- (intransitive) to express disapproval. [from 14th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:reprehend
- (transitive) to criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, Proverbs IX.8:
- Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version, Proverbs IX.8:
- (transitive) to deny or reject (a feeling, behaviour, action etc.). [from 14th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 856:
- She ached to be with Affad again – and to reprove the feeling she frowned and bit her lip.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 856:
Derived terms
- reproof
- reproval
Translations
Etymology 2
re- +? prove
Verb
reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past reproved, past participle reproven)
- (transitive) To prove again.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?vi
Verb
reprove
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of reprovar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of reprovar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of reprovar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of reprovar
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