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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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Is there a non-technical word in English that means "to add one"?
Summarising the other answers and comments, the answer to OP's question is "No"; there is no word meaning "increase by 1" in general English.
In computer programming the verb "increment" often has tha …
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What is the word for the airflow effect from opening two windows on opposite sides of a room?
I have heard this called cross flow ventilation. I have never heard a single word synonym for it.
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Is there an alternative term for "boyfriend" when talking about an elderly man?
A possibility is "gentleman friend", which I have heard used in similar situations. It does not alway capture the distinction between "boy friend" and "boyfriend", but context can often clarify this. …
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What's a word that means "once rich but now poor"?
Other answers have several suggestions, but most suggest the person is now poor, rather than merely brought down to the same level as the rest of us. Reduced is a possibility, though The Reduced Autho …
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Unusual words used to denote a specific length of time?
A Moon could be used to refer to a lunar month, also known as a synodic month. The length is roughly twenty-nine and a half days. Another less-known unit is the sidereal day, which is approximately 23 …
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Gender-neutral term for milkman
An informal word in use from my childhood was "Milko". The word was in use in Australia; I don't know about other parts of the world.
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What is a word for battery "longevity"?
Is there a name for that curve of declining ability for a battery to hold charge with frequent use?
The term battery health and battery wear level are sometimes used by computer programs which provi …
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Term for a function whose derivative is decreasing
Such a function is called a concave function. This is because it is concave downwards (convex side upwards). A concave function may decrease (although your examples do not) if the gradient/derivative …
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Looking for a word which implies the inability to change (not inexorable)
A related word is incorrigible, meaning uncorrectable. The word is used of people and their (bad) behaviour.
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How to say that something is not a matter of order?
Not a matter for order - my first thought was not a matter for regulation, or not subject to regulation, or perhaps cannot be regulated. But of course China famously regulated the number of children p …
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Word to express that you have done something so many times, it becomes boring/unenjoyable
The word jaded, with the second meaning of "Dulled by surfeit; sated" on Wordnik, may have the meaning you want.
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The counterpart to Challenger (name for person who accepts someone's challenge, e.g. for a d...
The Code Duello uses the word "Challenged", as a noun.
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Word to signify a Date to compare against
Epochal events are those that are 'so important and significant they have the power to usher in a new epoch. In other words they're "epoch-making" ' (vocabulary.com). An ' "epoch" serves as a referenc …
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Single word for being evil but enjoying it?
Is "malicious" the word you want?
From Cambridge dictionary "intended to harm or upset other people".
Note here that harm is stated to be the intent and not stated to be a by-product. Note also that t …
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The opposite of reclined?
The word "pronate" has the meanings of "place in a prone position" and "assume a prone position" as well as meanings relating to rotation of the arms or feet. (see thefreedictionary.com/pronate).
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