Meaning of English | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of or pertaining to England
2. Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
   Canada, US, uncountable
3. The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
4. The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.
   countable, uncountable
5. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England
6. An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
   broadly, figuratively, uncountable
7. The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.
   countable, in-plural, uncountable
8. A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.
   countable, uncountable
9. an authority on the English language or English literature.
10. Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen)
11. Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.
    uncountable
12. English language, literature, composition as a subject of study
    countable, uncountable
13. a word or phrase characteristic of speakers of English in Britain and not usually used by English speakers elsewhere.
14. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure
15. A particular instance of the English language, including:
    countable, uncountable
16. The English term or expression for some thing or idea.
    countable, uncountable
17. An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.
    countable, uncountable
18. of England or its inhabitants. three English people; the English language. Engelse إنْجليزي английски inglês anglický englisch engelsk αγγλικός, Άγγλοςinglés inglise انگلیسی englantilainen anglais אַנגלִי इंग्लैंड या वहां के लोगों का engleski angol Inggris enskur inglese 英国 (人) の 영국의 anglų, angliškas angļu- Inggeris Engelsengelsk angielski انګړیزی inglês englez английский anglický angleški engleski engelsk เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ İngiliz 英格蘭的，英格蘭人 англійський انگلستان کا یا انگلستان کے لوگوں یا...
19. Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German
20. The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.
    countable, uncountable
21. A male or female given name.
    countable, uncountable
22. the main language of England and the rest of Britain, North America, a great part of the British Commonwealth and some other countries. He speaks English. Engels اللغة الإنْجليزيَّه английски език inglês angličtina das Englisch engelsk η αγγλική γλώσσα inglés inglise keel زبان انگلیسی englanti anglais אַנגלִית अंग्रेजी भाषा engleski jezik angol bahasa Inggris enska inglese 英語 영어 anglų kalba angļu valoda Bahasa Inggeris Engelsengelsk język angielski د انګړیزی ژبه inglês (limba) engleză английс...
23. a person born in England. Engels, Rooinek شَخْص إنْجليزي англичанин inglês Angličan, -ka der/die Engländer(in) englænder Άγγλος, Αγγλίδαinglés; inglesa inglane اهل انگلیس؛ مرد انگلیسی englantilainen Anglais, aise אַנגלִי अंग्रेज Englez, Engleskinja angol ember orang Inggris Englendingur inglese 英国人 영국인, 잉글랜드 사람 anglas, anglė anglis orang Inggeris Engelsmanengelskmann; engelsk kvinneAnglik انګړیز سړی inglês englez англичанин; англичанка Angličan, -ka Anglež, Angležinja Englez engelsman, engels...
24. A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.
    countable, uncountable
25. A number of places in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
26. A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.
    countable, uncountable
27. Of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its people or culture.
28. Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.
    countable, uncountable
29. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Kentucky.
    countable, uncountable
30. Of or relating to the English language.
31. A size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.
    countable, dated, uncountable
32. An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
33. (used with a pl. verb) The people of England.
34. An unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
35. The West Germanic language of England, the United States, and other countries that are or have been under English influence or control.
36. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable
37. A translation into or an equivalent in the English language.

Equivalents

Examples

“Cricket—a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.”

“The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.”

“Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.”

“What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used?”

“The specs are all correct, but the English in the instructions isn't as clear as it should be.”

“Thank you, doctor. Now, please say that again in English.”

“Data: I have completed my analysis of the anomaly. It appears to be a multi-phasic temporal convergence in the space-time continuum. Dr. Crusher: In English, Data.”

“I loved reading until 7th grade English.”

“This reflects that in English, students learn a range of text types, such as procedures, editorials, poetry, and not just academic essays.”

“You are putting too much English on the ball.”

“English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.”

“How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English?”

“She speaks English, French, and German. English is her first language.”

“English is a world language: it is widely used in dozens of countries and is studied in at least a hundred more.”

“Westerners have never quite understood the reverence in Japan for fugu, alternately known in English as puffer fish, globefish or blowfish, of the family Tetraodontidae.”

“Each written word when spoken is mutually incomprehensible between a Mandarin speaker in Beijing and a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. If you think that’s odd, consider our number system: the symbol “9” is universally recognized but it’s pronounced “nine” in English and “devet” in Slovenian.”

“I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English I spoke to my mother, which for lack of a better term might be described as “simple”; the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”; my translation of her Chinese, which could certainly be described as “watered down”; and what I imagined to be her translation of her Chinese if she could speak in perfect English, her internal language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure.”

“You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.”

“There was a magical way of putting English on the dice to result in a six.”

“Some drop science, while I'm dropping english.”

“Preston Sturgis in his Sullivan’s Travels (1942) put some english on the idea in a bit about a filthy, defeated, white chaingang that is invited to a rural black church for an evening of old movies.”

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