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Word of The Hour: comparative

English: comparative

  1. proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison

  2. not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state

  3. estimated by comparison

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2024/11/01
14:00 UTC

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WoTH: Vocabulary Quiz - Day 1519 Evening

See words and translations for the past 24 hours below.

EnglishFrenchGermanItalianPortugueseSpanish
toll>!péage!<>!der Zoll!<>!prezzo!<Missing?>!peaje!<
commanding>!commandant!<>!kommandieren!<>!comandando!<>!comandando!<>!mandando!<
unhappyMissing?>!unglücklich!<>!infelice!<>!infeliz!<>!infeliz!<
prosperity>!prospérité!<Missing?>!prosperità!<>!prosperidade!<>!prosperidad!<
introduction>!introduction!<Missing?>!introduzione!<>!introdução!<>!introducción!<
heavy>!lourd!<>!schwer!<>!pesante!<>!pesado!<>!pesado!<
fold>!plier!<>!zu falten!<>!piega!<>!dobra!<>!doblar!<
piece>!morceau!<>!das Stück!<>!pezzo!<>!peça!<>!pieza!<
when>!quand!<>!wann/wenn!<>!quando!<>!quando!<>!cuando!<
stage>!scène!<>!die Bühne / inszenieren!<>!stadio/palcoscenico!<>!palco!<>!escenario!<
publicly>!publiquement!<>!öffentlich!<>!pubblicamente!<>!publicamente!<>!públicamente!<
binding>!obligatoire!<>!bindend!<>!che lega/legame!<>!a ligar!<>!obligatorio!<

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2024/11/01
13:30 UTC

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Word of The Hour: toll

English: toll

  1. to cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated

  2. the sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated

  3. to take away; to vacate

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2024/11/01
13:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: commanding

English: commanding

  1. exercising authority

  2. actually in command

  3. fitted to impress or control

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2024/11/01
12:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: unhappy

English: unhappy

  1. not happy or fortunate

  2. unfortunate; unlucky

  3. in a degree miserable or wretched

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2024/11/01
11:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: prosperity

English: prosperity

  1. advance or gain in anything good or desirable

  2. successful progress in any business or enterprise

  3. the state of being prosperous

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2024/11/01
10:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: introduction

English: introduction

  1. a presentation or making known of one person to another by name

  2. that part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part

  3. the act of formally making persons known to each other

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2024/11/01
09:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: heavy

English: heavy

  1. hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects

  2. heaved or lifted with labor

  3. not light; weighty

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2024/11/01
08:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: fold

English: fold

  1. to double or lay together, as the arms or the hands

  2. to lay one part over another part of

  3. to close over another of the same kind

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2024/11/01
07:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: piece

English: piece

  1. a definite portion or quantity, as of goods or work

  2. a fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing

  3. any one thing conceived of as apart from other things of the same kind

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2024/11/01
06:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: when

English: when

  1. at, during, or after the time that

  2. at or just after, the moment that

  3. as, he chose to turn highwayman when he might have continued an honest man

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2024/11/01
05:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: stage

English: stage

  1. a platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf

  2. a floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like

  3. the platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. see illust. of microscope

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2024/11/01
04:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: publicly

English: publicly

  1. with exposure to popular view or notice

  2. without concealment

  3. openly

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2024/11/01
03:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: binding

English: binding

  1. the transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel

  2. of bind

  3. the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.

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2024/11/01
02:00 UTC

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WoTH: Vocabulary Quiz - Day 1519 Morning

See words and translations for the past 24 hours below.

EnglishFrenchGermanItalianPortugueseSpanish
dependence>!dépendance!<Missing?>!dipendenza!<>!dependência!<>!dependencia!<
discontent>!mécontent!<>!die Unzufriedenheit!<>!malcontento!<>!descontente!<>!disgusto!<
pointed>!visé!<Missing?>!segnalò!<>!pontiagudo!<>!puntiagudo!<
associate>!associe!<>!Adjektiv: verbunden; Verb: verbinden, assoziieren; Substantiv: Mitarbeiter, Partner!<Missing?>!associar / sócio!<>!asocia!<
delicious>!délicieux!<>!köstlich!<>!delizioso!<>!delicioso!<>!delicioso!<
lock>!serrure!<>!die Locke!<>!serratura!<>!trava!<>!cerradura!<
remote>!distant!<>!die Fernbedienung!<>!remoto!<>!remoto!<>!remoto!<
appear>!semble!<>!aussehen/erscheinen!<Missing?>!parecer / aparecer!<>!parece!<
infection>!infection!<>!der Infekt!<>!infezione!<>!infecção!<>!infección!<
growth>!croissance!<Missing?>!crescita!<>!crescimento!<>!crecimiento!<
sixteen>!seize!<>!sechszehn!<>!sedici!<>!desesseis!<>!dieciséis!<
little>!petit!<>!klein!<>!piccolo / poco!<>!pouco!<>!poco!<

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2024/11/01
01:30 UTC

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Word of The Hour: dependence

English: dependence

  1. subjection (as of an effect to its cause)

  2. the act or state of depending

  3. a hanging down or from

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2024/11/01
01:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: discontent

English: discontent

  1. to deprive of content

  2. to make uneasy

  3. want of content

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2024/11/01
00:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: pointed

English: pointed

  1. characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression

  2. having a sharp point

  3. of point

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2024/10/31
23:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: associate

English: associate

  1. to join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate

  2. to unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body

  3. closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office

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2024/10/31
22:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: delicious

English: delicious

  1. affording exquisite pleasure

  2. most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste

  3. addicted to pleasure

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2024/10/31
21:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: lock

English: lock

  1. a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance

  2. the barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal

  3. a tuft of hair

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2024/10/31
20:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: remote

English: remote

  1. not near; far away; distant

  2. removed to a distance

  3. hence, removed

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2024/10/31
19:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: appear

English: appear

  1. to come or be in sight

  2. to become visible

  3. to come before the public

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2024/10/31
18:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: infection

English: infection

  1. any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused

  2. the act or process of infecting

  3. that which infects, or causes the communicated disease

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2024/10/31
17:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: growth

English: growth

  1. the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity

  2. the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body

  3. increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.

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2024/10/31
16:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: sixteen

English: sixteen

  1. six and ten

  2. fifteen and one more

  3. consisting of six and ten

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2024/10/31
15:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: little

English: little

  1. small in size or extent

  2. not big; diminutive

  3. small in dignity, power, or importance

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2024/10/31
14:00 UTC

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WoTH: Vocabulary Quiz - Day 1518 Evening

See words and translations for the past 24 hours below.

EnglishFrenchGermanItalianPortugueseSpanish
offering>!offrandes!<Missing?>!offrendo!<>!oferenda!<>!ofrenda!<
premium>!prime!<>!der Bonus!<>!premio!<>!prémio!<>!prima!<
understanding>!compréhension!<>!das Verständnis!<>!affiatamento!<>!entendimento!<>!comprensivo!<
council>!conseil!<>!Rat!<>!consiglio!<>!conselho!<>!consejo!<
lack>!manque!<Missing?>!carenza!<>!falta!<>!ausencia, falta, carecer!<
darkness>!obscurité!<>!Dunkelheit!<>!oscurità!<>!escuridão!<>!oscuridad!<
agitate>!agite!<>!aufrühren, agitieren, bewegen!<Missing?>!agitar!<>!agita!<
variant>!variante!<>!die Variante!<Missing?>!variante!<>!variante!<
precious>!précieux!<>!wertvoll!<>!prezioso!<>!precioso!<>!preciosa, precioso,!<
superstition>!superstition, croyance!<>!der Aberglaube!<>!superstizione!<>!superstição!<>!superstición !<
take>!prendre!<>!nehmen!<Missing?>!pegar!<>!toma!<
chest>!coffre!<>!die Brust, die Truhe!<>!petto!<>!peito!<>!cofre, pecho!<

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2024/10/31
13:30 UTC

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Word of The Hour: offering

English: offering

  1. that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift

  2. that which is offered, esp. in divine service

  3. of offer

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2024/10/31
13:00 UTC

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Word of The Hour: premium

English: premium

  1. a prize to be won by being before another, or others, in a competition

  2. a reward or recompense

  3. a sum of money paid to underwriters for insurance, or for undertaking to indemnify for losses of any kind

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2024/10/31
12:00 UTC

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