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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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How to say in one word about object being referred to?
Referee (/rɛˈfəriː/), as the word for a sports official, and referee (/rɛfəˈriː/), as the word for something that has been referred, are pronounced differently. The former has stress on the first e wh …
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Is there a word that doesn't consist of any letters?
24/7 is itself a word. There are many sources backing this up. I find it incredible yet expected that this is possible. Hopefully I'm not late to the party and everyone already knows 24/7 is an actua …
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What's the term for someone elevated in a position due to need?
You could call the action as well as the teacher reinforcement.
reinforcement (noun)
1. the action of strengthening or encouraging something
2. something that strengthens or encourages something
Thi …
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What is a word for "someone who doesn't share the same enthusiasm"
From an Oxford entry:
unenthused (adj.)
not interested or appreciative
You appreciate your exam grade, but he doesn't.
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What would you call a person who is being replaced by another
Describing an employee being replaced because he/she died is a bit of a touchy subject, but I can think of one word that can cover everything:
From Merriam-Webster:
supersede (verb)
to take the …
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Is there a word that doesn't consist of any letters? [closed]
Is there a word that doesn't contain any letters? More specifically, is it technically (or maybe grammatically) possible for a word to not contain any letters?
I should narrow the definition here. I' …
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What is the best phrase or word thad descibes that bidding has started?
Standard English, more often that not, doesn't have words for very specific events like this one. I can't find a single word for you to use, but it would be beneficial to condense your statement to th …
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A word to describe a person who attempts to not care about other's opinions
I believe the best phrase for this is blissfully ignorant.
It means you're ignorant of something, such as other people's opinions, and because of that you are happy/uncaring in a lighthearted way.
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Looking for a word or short expression to it for wanting to re-experience something for the ...
rediscover (verb)
to discover (something lost or forgotten) again
Discover is the action of finding or experiencing something for the first time, so rediscover is a simple way to convey the same thi …
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Word for a person who is challenged to a bet
This is either the exact word you're looking for or I'm very close to finding it:
stakeholder (n.)
1. (In gambling) an independent party with whom each of those who make a wager deposits the mon …
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What is a person (not a company) who provides a service called?
I would use businessperson (or businessman/businesswoman) for this.
businessperson (noun)
A man or woman who works in commerce, especially at an executive level
Oxford
The last part of the definitio …
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Words for adding to beginning and end of list, and beginning and end of node
The terms that come to mind here are ones often used in phonology: word-initial and word-final.
These are compact ways of saying
At the beginning of the word...
At the end of the word...
So f …
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Can anybody help me to explain this phrase 'nonsense seems common sense'?
Politics were stirred up by what was happening in Germany pre-WW2 and things that seemed unusual started to seem normal because of the tactics the Nazi party used.
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A word for an acronym that doesn't stand for anything
I agree with aaa that this could just be recognized as a trademark, but this could also be a pseudo-acronym.
A pseudo-acronym is a type of initialism that once had a deeper meaning (or was once an ac …
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What is the opposite of "intensifier?"
I'm almost 100 percent sure the word you're looking for is uncertainty.
As I stated in my original comment above, the opposite of an intensifier is a qualifier, which is used to downplay something to …
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