English words for 'Having been defined or established previously.'
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adj
- (in general) Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
- (law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
- No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
- No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
- Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
- (computing) Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
- (finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
- lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
noun
verb
- (chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.
- (transitive) To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
- (intransitive) To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
- (intransitive, of alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
- urinate, of cattle and horses
adj
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- Additional; recently discovered.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently made, or created.
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
- Newborn.
- (often followed by ‘to’) unfamiliar
- lacking training or experience
- (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
- original and of a kind not seen before
- unaffected by use or exposure
- not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- having no previous example or precedent or parallel
- other than the former one(s); different
adv
noun
verb
adj
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
- characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
- First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
- Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal
- Living in a land before colonization by foreigners.
noun
adj
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
- serving as an essential component
- (meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.
- Being the first in time or in history.
- Of greatest importance; primary.
noun
verb
adj
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
- (biology) Characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.
- Of an element or isotope: occurring primordially (on Earth) (i.e. inherited from when the Earth was formed); because it is stable, or radioactive but so long-lived that some is left over from when the Earth was formed. For example, primordial radioisotopes (T = half-life in years) include uranium-235 (T = 7×10⁸), potassium-40 (T = 1.25×10⁹), uranium-238 (T = 4.5×10⁹), and thorium-232 (T = 1.4×10¹⁰).
- Primeval.
- First, earliest or original.
noun
adj
- brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
- shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt
- conforming with accepted standards
- introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
- settled securely and unconditionally
- Of any social or economic entity: part of the establishment (“groups with socioeconomic power”).
- Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
- (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
- Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
verb
verb
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
- To act to prepare for something.
- To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- To make possible or attainable.
- To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living
- mount or put up
- give something useful or necessary to
- determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
- take measures in preparation for
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
verb
verb
- establish or verify the usage of
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- give testimony in a court of law
- authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
- (transitive) To certify by signature or oath.
- (transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
- (transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
- (transitive) To put under oath.
- (ambitransitive) To supply or be evidence of.
noun
- (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
- (rhetoric) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
- (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
- (narratology) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
- (grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
- (philosophy, epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e., a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
- anticipating and answering objections in advance
adj
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
- (uncommon) Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
- Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
- (literature, art) Set in the past.
- (grammar) One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
- Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
- (literature, art) About history; depicting persons or events from history.
- (uncommon) Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
- of or relating to the study of history
- belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
- used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
- having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
noun
adj
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
- That is no longer in existence.
- Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
- (UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- Familiar.
- (informal, of a person or pet) Indicating affection and familiarity.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
- Obsolete; out-of-date.
- Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
- Former, previous.
- skilled through long experience
- of long duration; not new
- excellent
- (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
- just preceding something else in time or order
- belonging to some prior time
- (used for emphasis) very familiar
noun
- (slang, most often plural) One's parents.
- (slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
- (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
- (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
- past times
noun
- (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
- (biology) An ancestral form of a species.
- A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
- (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
- A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
- A founder.
- an ancestor in the direct line
phrase
- Initialism of to be defined.
- Initialism of to be documented.
- Initialism of to be deducted.
- Initialism of to be declared.
- Initialism of to be decided.
- Initialism of to be developed.
- Initialism of to be discovered.
- Initialism of to be done.
- Initialism of to be destroyed.
- Initialism of to be dated.
- Initialism of to be disclosed.
- Initialism of to be delivered.
- Initialism of to be derived.
- Initialism of to be discussed.
- Initialism of to be determined.
- Initialism of to be designed.
noun
adj
noun
adj
- In use or existing.
- Used as an intensifier.
- True to life.
- Continually updated; not static
- Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
- Having life; alive.
- (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
- true to life; lifelike
- still in active use
- pertaining to living persons
- still in existence
- (informal) absolute
noun
- Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- (with "the") Those who are alive: living people.
- A style of life.
- (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
- (uncountable) The state of being alive.
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- people who are still living
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the financial means whereby one lives
verb
adj
- Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
- Characteristic, typical.
- (linguistics, of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
- (rare) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
- (rare) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
- (Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
- of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- capable of being classified
noun
noun
- That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
- The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
- (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
- The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
- The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
- The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- any large organization
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
noun
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
verb
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
verb
- define
- make plain and comprehensible
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- (transitive) To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.
- (intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
- (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
adj
noun
- (informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.
- (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
- (countable, informal, among vorarephiles) Abbreviation of predator.
- (chiefly programming) Abbreviation of predecessor.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
noun
- Prior formation.
- (biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).
- a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
adj
- Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
- Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue.
- popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time
- being or in accordance with current social fashions
- having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
noun
adj
- (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
- (anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
- (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
- earlier in time
- of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
noun
adj
- relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
- causing or ending in or approaching death
- being or situated at an end
- of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
- Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
- Fatal; resulting in death.
noun
- electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
- either extremity of something that has length
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
- An electric contact on a battery.
- A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
- (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
- (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
- A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
- (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
- A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
- A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
- A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
- (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- (electricity, electronics) The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
- (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.
verb
verb
noun
verb
- establish something as being earlier relative to something else
- be earlier in time; go back further
- come before
- prey on or hunt for
- (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
- To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
- (ambitransitive) To prey upon something.
noun
noun
- (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
- (rhetoric) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
- (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
- (narratology) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
- (grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
- (philosophy, epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e., a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
- anticipating and answering objections in advance
noun
- (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
- (biology) An ancestral form of a species.
- A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
- (figuratively) Someone who originates something.
- A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
- A founder.
- an ancestor in the direct line
noun
- That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
- The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
- (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
- The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
- The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
- The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of forming or establishing something
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- any large organization
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
noun
- (countable, figurative) A precursor.
- (countable) Any small seed-like fruit.
- (countable) A fragment of coral.
- (US slang) A child.
- (sports) The initial position of a competitor or team in a tournament. (seed position)
- (physics) A small particle, bubble, or imperfection that serves as a nucleation point for some process.
- (Internet marketing) A commercial message in a creative format placed on relevant sites on the Internet. (seed idea or seed message)
- The competitor or team occupying a given seed (position).
- (uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
- (countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
- A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
- (uncountable) Semen.
- Race; generation; birth.
- (cryptography, computing) The initialization state of a pseudorandom number generator or similar system.
- (countable, botany) A fertilized and ripened ovule, containing an embryonic plant.
- (video games) (by extension) A unique code that acts as a blueprint for generating a specific game world, determining terrain, structures, and resource placement.
- a small hard fruit
- the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- anything that provides inspiration for later work
- one of the outstanding players in a tournament
- a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa
verb
- (reflexive) To shed seeds (refers to plants)
- (transitive) To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
- (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside the penetratee during intercourse, especially in the rectum.
- (meteorology) To scatter small particles within (a cloud or airmass) in order to trigger the formation of rain.
- (intransitive) To produce seed.
- (transitive) To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
- (intransitive) To grow to maturity.
- (dialectal) simple past and past participle of see
- (intransitive) To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final, or final.
- (sports, gaming) To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
- (Internet, transitive) To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
- (transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
- bear seeds
- help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money
- place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
- distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- remove the seeds from
- inoculate with microorganisms
- go to seed; shed seeds
- sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
noun
- Prior formation.
- (biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).
- a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
adj
noun
- (informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.
- (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
- (countable, informal, among vorarephiles) Abbreviation of predator.
- (chiefly programming) Abbreviation of predecessor.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
verb
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
- To act to prepare for something.
- To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- To make possible or attainable.
- To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living
- mount or put up
- give something useful or necessary to
- determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
- take measures in preparation for
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
verb
verb
- establish or verify the usage of
- provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
- give testimony in a court of law
- authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity
- (transitive) To certify by signature or oath.
- (transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
- (transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
- (transitive) To put under oath.
- (ambitransitive) To supply or be evidence of.
adj
- brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
- shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt
- conforming with accepted standards
- introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
- settled securely and unconditionally
- Of any social or economic entity: part of the establishment (“groups with socioeconomic power”).
- Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
- (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
- Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
verb
verb
- define
- make plain and comprehensible
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- (transitive) To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.
- (intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
- (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
verb
noun
verb
- establish something as being earlier relative to something else
- be earlier in time; go back further
- come before
- prey on or hunt for
- (transitive) To exist or to occur before something else; to antedate.
- To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)
- (ambitransitive) To prey upon something.
noun
adj
- (in general) Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
- (law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
- No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
- No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
- Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
- (computing) Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
- (finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
- lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
noun
verb
- (chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.
- (transitive) To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
- (intransitive) To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
- (intransitive, of alcohol) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
- urinate, of cattle and horses
adj
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- Additional; recently discovered.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently made, or created.
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
- Newborn.
- (often followed by ‘to’) unfamiliar
- lacking training or experience
- (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
- original and of a kind not seen before
- unaffected by use or exposure
- not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- having no previous example or precedent or parallel
- other than the former one(s); different
adv
noun
verb
adj
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
- characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
- First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
- Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal
- Living in a land before colonization by foreigners.
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adj
- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
- serving as an essential component
- (meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts.
- Being the first in time or in history.
- Of greatest importance; primary.
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verb
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- having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
- (biology) Characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism, or relating to a primordium.
- Of an element or isotope: occurring primordially (on Earth) (i.e. inherited from when the Earth was formed); because it is stable, or radioactive but so long-lived that some is left over from when the Earth was formed. For example, primordial radioisotopes (T = half-life in years) include uranium-235 (T = 7×10⁸), potassium-40 (T = 1.25×10⁹), uranium-238 (T = 4.5×10⁹), and thorium-232 (T = 1.4×10¹⁰).
- Primeval.
- First, earliest or original.
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adj
- brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established
- shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt
- conforming with accepted standards
- introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
- settled securely and unconditionally
- Of any social or economic entity: part of the establishment (“groups with socioeconomic power”).
- Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
- (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
- Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
verb
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- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
- (uncommon) Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
- Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
- (literature, art) Set in the past.
- (grammar) One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
- Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
- (literature, art) About history; depicting persons or events from history.
- (uncommon) Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
- Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
- of or relating to the study of history
- belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
- used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time
- having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
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adj
- Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
- Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- Of a perishable item, having existed for most of, or more than, its shelf life.
- That is no longer in existence.
- Of a species or language, belonging to a lineage that is distantly related to others.
- (UK) Being a graduate or alumnus of a school, especially a public school.
- Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
- Familiar.
- (informal, of a person or pet) Indicating affection and familiarity.
- Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
- A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive, and combined with another adjective.
- Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
- Designed for a mature audience; unsuitable for children below a certain age.
- Obsolete; out-of-date.
- Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
- Former, previous.
- skilled through long experience
- of long duration; not new
- excellent
- (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
- just preceding something else in time or order
- belonging to some prior time
- (used for emphasis) very familiar
noun
- (slang, most often plural) One's parents.
- (slang) A person older than oneself, especially an adult in relation to a teenager.
- (Australia, uncountable) A typically dark-coloured lager brewed by the traditional top-fermentation method.
- (with the, invariable plural only) People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
- past times
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noun
adj
- In use or existing.
- Used as an intensifier.
- True to life.
- Continually updated; not static
- Of rock or stone, existing in its original state and place.
- Having life; alive.
- (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
- true to life; lifelike
- still in active use
- pertaining to living persons
- still in existence
- (informal) absolute
noun
- Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
- (with "the") Those who are alive: living people.
- A style of life.
- (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of income; an ecclesiastical benefice.
- (uncountable) The state of being alive.
- the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
- people who are still living
- the condition of living or the state of being alive
- the financial means whereby one lives
verb
adj
- Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.
- Characteristic, typical.
- (linguistics, of sounds) Distinguishing a particular sense of word.
- (rare) Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.
- (rare) Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.
- (Hebrew grammar, of accents) Used to separate clauses in place of stops.
- of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing
- capable of being classified
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noun
- (informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.
- (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
- (countable, informal, among vorarephiles) Abbreviation of predator.
- (chiefly programming) Abbreviation of predecessor.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
adj
- Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
- Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue.
- popular and considered appealing or fashionable at the time
- being or in accordance with current social fashions
- having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
noun
adj
- (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
- (anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
- (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
- earlier in time
- of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body
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adj
- relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time
- causing or ending in or approaching death
- being or situated at an end
- of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route
- occurring at or forming an end or termination
- Appearing at the end; top or apex of a physical object.
- Occurring at the end of a word, sentence, or period of time, and serves to terminate it
- Fatal; resulting in death.
noun
- electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display
- station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods
- either extremity of something that has length
- a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves
- A rate charged on all freight, regardless of distance, and supposed to cover the expenses of station service, as distinct from mileage rate, generally proportionate to the distance and intended to cover movement expenses.
- An electric contact on a battery.
- A storage tank for bulk liquids (such as oil or chemicals) prior to further distribution.
- (computing theory) A terminal symbol in a formal grammar.
- (computing) A device for entering data into a computer or a communications system and/or displaying data received, especially a device equipped with a keyboard and some sort of textual display.
- A harbour facility where ferries embark and disembark passengers and load and unload vehicles.
- (telecommunications) The apparatus to send and/or receive signals on a line, such as a telephone or network device.
- A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.
- A rail station where service begins and ends; the end of the line. For example: Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
- A town lying at the end of a railroad, in which the terminal is located; more properly called a terminus.
- (computing) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
- (electricity, electronics) The end of a line (wire, cable, etc) where signals or power are either transmitted or received, or a point along the length of a line where the signals or power are made available to apparatus; the hardware attached to the line in this spot, which allows connections to be fastened.
- (biology) The end ramification (of an axon, etc.) or one of the extremities of a polypeptide.