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Daylight Saving Time is the practice of adjusting clock time to achieve longer evening daylight, usually in summer. Clocks are set an hour ahead in the spring, then set back an hour in the autumn. The mnemonic “Spring forward, fall back” helps those who live in Daylight Saving Time areas …
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Core is a noun which means the center part of something, whether it be the tough pith of a fruit, the dense central region of a planet or the most important part of an idea or discussion. Core also describes the central part of a nuclear reactor that contains the …
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Away may be used as an adverb to signify (1.) a given place (2.) a distance from a particular person, object or place (3.) a specific distance in time (4.) in another direction (5.) moved aside from focus, no longer garnering the uppermost attention (6.) continuously and without pause (7.) …
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Liable is an adjective which means (1.) legally obligated (2.) susceptible (3.) likely to do or experience something. Liable comes from the Anglo-French liable meaning to bind, tie up, tether, bind by obligation. Libel is a published statement that is false, it defames the subject. Libel may be used as …
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Formally means conforming to convention, ceremony and proper etiquette. Formally also means precise, methodical, or with official authorization. Formally is the adverbial form of formal. Formally appears in the English language in the late fourteenth century meaning in good form, in an orderly manner. Formerly means in the past, previously …
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Adapt, when used as a transitive verb, means to modify something in order to make it useful for a new purpose. When adapt is used as an intransitive verb, it means to adjust oneself to a new situation or circumstance. Adapt may also mean to render a source text suitable …
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Humblebrag means a statement which at first seems self-effacing, but in actual fact calls attention to something of which one is proud. Humblebrag may be used as a noun or an intransitive verb, which takes no object. Related words are humblebrags, humblebragged, humblebragging and humblebragger. Though humblebrag appeared for the …
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Suit means (1.) a set of clothing designed to be worn together because of the cut and similar material, usually a jacket and matching skirt or trousers for a woman, a jacket and trousers and sometimes a vest for men. A suit may also be an outfit used for a …
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Rotate is a verb which means (1.) to spin on an axis (2.) to advance through a recurring sequence, to take turns (3.) to grow different crops in succcession on a plot of land in order to maintain the fertility of the soil. Verb forms are rotates, rotated and rotating. …
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An anecdote is a short recounting of a true incident that occurred to the storyteller or another real person. An anecdote is usually funny, it is at the very least, interesting. The adjective form of anecdote is anecdotic, nouns signifying the storyteller are anecdotalist or anecdotist. The word anecdote appears in …