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unknown
English
Etymology
From un- +? known, past participle of know. Compare Old English ungecnawen.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?n??n/
- (US) enPR: ?n-n?n?, IPA(key): /?n?no?n/
Adjective
unknown (comparative more unknown, superlative most unknown)
- (sometimes postpositive) Not known; unidentified; not well known.
- Synonyms: anonymous, unfamiliar, uncharted, undiscovered, unexplored, unidentified, unnamed, unrecognized, unrevealed, unascertained, obscure, unsung
- Antonyms: well-known, famous, known
Derived terms
- unknown quantity
Translations
Noun
unknown (plural unknowns)
- (algebra) A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
- Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
- A person of no identity; a nonentity
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
- How does it feel
- To be on your own
- With no direction home
- Like a complete unknown
- Like a rolling stone?
- 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"
Translations
Verb
unknown
- past participle of unknow
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supernatural
English
Etymology
From Middle English supernatural, supernatural, from Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supern?t?r?lis, from super (“above”) + n?t?ra (“nature; that which we are born with”), from n?tus (“born”), perfect passive participle of n?sc? (“to be born”) + adjective suffix -?lis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s(j)u?p??nat?(?)??l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s(j)u?p??næt???l/, /?s(j)u?p??næt???l/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?s(j)??p??n?t???(l)/
Adjective
supernatural (comparative more supernatural, superlative most supernatural)
- Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that which humans are born with.
- In Roman Catholic theology, sanctifying grace is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature.
- Stephen King's first novel is about a girl named Carrie dealing with supernatural powers.
- March 14, 2018, Roger Penrose writing in The Guardian, 'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary
- As with the Delphic oracle of ancient Greece, physical impairment seemed compensated by almost supernatural gifts, which allowed his mind to roam the universe freely, upon occasion enigmatically revealing some of its secrets hidden from ordinary mortal view.
- Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully if at all.
Synonyms
- extraordinary, paranormal, preternatural, supranatural, unnatural
Antonyms
- ordinary
- natural
Translations
Noun
supernatural (plural supernaturals)
- (countable) A supernatural being
- (uncountable) Supernatural beings and events collectively (when used with definite article: "the supernatural")
- 2012, Blake Morrison, The Guardian, [1]:
- Dr Johnson defended Shakespeare's use of the supernatural from the charge of implausibility on the grounds that, "The reality of witchcraft … has in all ages and countries been credited by the common people, and in most by the learned."
- 2012, Blake Morrison, The Guardian, [1]:
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- supernaturel
Etymology
From Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supern?t?r?lis; equivalent to super- +? natural.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?siu?p?rna??tiu?ral/, /?siu?p?rna??tiu?r?l/, /?siu?p?rna?tiu?ral/, /?siu?p?rna?tiu?r?l/
Adjective
supernatural
- (Late Middle English, religion) Deity-related; from God.
Descendants
- English: supernatural
- Scots: supernatural
References
- “supern??t?r?l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin supern?t?r?lis.
Adjective
supernatural (plural supernaturales)
- supernatural
- Synonym: sobrenatural
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- what supernatural creature am i
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- what supernatural is landon
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