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A-
unknown · 78% connection
A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, behind, over, reversely.
Anachronism
noun · 78% connection
A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, behind, over, reversely.
Catachresis
noun · 78% connection
strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as ‘blatant’ to mean ‘flagrant’) or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: ‘blind…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, behind, over, reversely.
Check bit
noun · 78% connection
(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, behind, over, reversely.
Correct
adjective · 78% connection
Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; fre…
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Correctly
adverb · 78% connection
In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
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Dead metaphor
noun · 78% connection
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, behind, over, reversely.
Deca-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, behind, over, reversely.
Epi-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, behind, over, reversely.
Error
noun · 78% connection
A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as,…
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Errorist
noun · 78% connection
One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.
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Figurative
adjective · 78% connection
Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.
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Figure
noun · 78% connection
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
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Force
noun · 78% connection
To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort…
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Frozen metaphor
noun · 78% connection
a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., ‘he is a snake’ may once have been a m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prefix, meaning, behind, over, reversely.
Gehenna
noun · 78% connection
The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on this account, was af…
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Hackney
verb · 78% connection
To devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackne…
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Image
noun · 78% connection
A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metapho…
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