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"ANTON" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a flower". |
Date "ANTON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1677. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Subjective unawareness of one's own visual disability in cortical blindness. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ANTON |
| Specialty definitions using "ANTON": fnord ♦ network, the ♦ The Network. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ANTON" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (Antony). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Don't be selfish, Anton! No one else's parents are dead! (Idle Hands; writing credit: Terri Hughes; Ron Milbauer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Anton (1973) Portret van Anton Adriaan Mussert (1968) Anton en het cirkus (1955) Pünktchen und Anton (1953) Anton Ivanovich serditsya (1941) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Charles Anton Schott Great mathematician, geodesist, geophysicist, and climatologist Lead the effort to survey the 39th Parallel. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | [Mental Disorders] : Wahnsinn / Anton J. Wiertz. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Florian Anton Cajori]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Underway at Tortugas, Florida, July 1916. This craft was acquired by the Navy on 31 July 1917 and commissioned on 5 October 1917 as USS Anton Dohrn (SP-1086). Following World War I service, she was returned to her owner on 2 January 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Underway prior to World War I. She was acquired by the Navy on 31 July 1917, commissioned on 5 October 1917 as USS Anton Dohrn (SP-1086), and returned to her owner on 2 January 1919. Credit: NAVY. |  | Log Church of St. Anton (late 18th century), east view taken from Dvina River on sidewheeler, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Earl B. Ruth, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / Anton, Wash., D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Duane Seely, neighbor of Anton Weber, Tompkins County, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Anton Weber, resettled farmer, Tompkins County, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Portrait of Anton Dolin. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Anton Bruckner | Telling his class that a critic had called him a second Beethoven, Bruckner said, "How can anybody dare to say such a thing!" |
Anton Chekhov | Man is what he believes. |
| When an actor has money, he doesn't send letters, but telegrams. | |
| Any idiot can face a crisis, it's the day to day living that wears you out. | |
| When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured. | |
| One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. | |
| Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other. | |
| The power and salvation of a people lie in its intelligentsia, in the intellectuals who think honestly, who feel, and can work. | |
| Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Belarus | Two were fined and one, Anton Tsialezhnikov, was sentenced to 15 days in prison. (references) |
Russia | At year's end, the court case against Media-Most financial chief Anton Titov was unresolved after a year of investigations and initial court decisions. (references) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | No progress was made in investigations into several past attacks including the October 2000 assault on the Deputy Manager of Glas Srpski Anton Kasipovic and the 1999 car bombing attack on the Nezavisne Novine Editor in Chief, Zeljko Kopanja, who lost both legs in the explosion. (references) | |
Human Rights | Trinidad and Tobago | On June 25, prisoner Anton Cooper was found dead in his cell. (references) |
Bulgaria | Justice Minister Anton Stankov met with them and the Justice Ministry allocated more funding to improving the quality and quantity of food served to inmates during the year. (references) | |
Namibia | No action reportedly was taken against the members of the security forces responsible for beating, shooting, or otherwise abusing persons in the following cases from 2000: The February beating of Kamungwe Ngondo; the February shooting of Muyeva Thadeus Munango; the February beating of Hompa Anton; the January beating of Erkki Fiderato; the January shooting of Kandepwe Kapama; the January shooting of Kathumbi Diyeve; the January beating of Lucas Kavura and his father, Daniel Nyambe; and the January beatings of Kapindi Mpepo, Haupindi Hamuyera, and Petrus Paulus. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ANTON" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.59% of the time. "ANTON" is used about 244 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.59% | 243 | 19,167 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.41% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 244 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ANTON" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Anton | First name Male | 13,000 | 591 |
| Anton | Last name | 2,000 | 6,667 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "ANTON" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a flower". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "ANTON." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Antonia | Female | Ancient Roman | Anthony |
| Antonius | Male | Ancient Roman | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | Bulgarian | Anthony |
| Antoni | Male | Catalan | Anthony |
| Anto | Male | Croatian | Anthony |
| Antun | Male | Croatian | Anthony |
| Antonie | Female | Czech | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Dutch | Anthony |
| Antonius | Male | Dutch | Anthony |
| Anthony | Male | English | N/A |
| Antonia | Female | English | Anthony |
| Antony | Male | English | Anthony |
| Tony | Male | English | Anthony |
| Anchjo | Male | Esperanto | Anthony |
| Antono | Male | Esperanto | Anthony |
| Antoine | Male | French | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | German | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | German | Anthony |
| Anakoni | Male | Hawaiian | Anthony |
| Antal | Male | Hungarian | Anthony |
| Toni | Male | Hungarian | Anthony |
| Antonella | Female | Italian | Anthony |
| Antonello | Male | Italian | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Italian | Anthony |
| Antonio | Male | Italian | Anthony |
| Antanas | Male | Lithuanian | Anthony |
| Antoni | Male | Polish | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Portuguese | Anthony |
| Antonio | Male | Portuguese | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | Romanian | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | Russian | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Scandinavian | Anthony |
| Anton | Male | Slovene | Anthony |
| Antonia | Female | Spanish | Anthony |
| Antonio | Male | Spanish | Anthony |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Anton, CO 2. Anton, TX (city, FIPS 3540) |
Expressions using "ANTON": Anton Chekhov ♦ Anton Chekov ♦ Anton Chico ♦ Anton Gregor Rubinstein ♦ Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein ♦ Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ♦ Anton Pavlovich Chekov ♦ Anton sign ♦ Anton van Leeuwenhoek ♦ Anton van Leuwenhoek ♦ Franz Anton Mesmer ♦ Friedrich Anton Mesmer ♦ Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ANTON": Franz-anton. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
anton lavey | 233 | anton maiden | 18 |
anton | 149 | anton paar | 17 |
anton production | 122 | anton texas | 16 |
anton chekov | 117 | anton der kolk van | 15 |
apollo anton ohno | 112 | anton webern | 14 |
susan anton | 96 | anton bernardo | 14 |
robert anton wilson | 91 | anton aus tirol | 14 |
anton video | 65 | robison anton thread | 13 |
anton chelnokov | 59 | anton de el valle | 13 |
anton szandor lavey | 59 | anton dvorak | 13 |
melanie anton | 55 | anton co | 12 |
anton pieck | 46 | anton chico nm | 12 |
anton corbijn | 44 | anton karas | 11 |
st anton | 37 | anton newspaper | 10 |
anton bauer | 33 | anton rubinstein | 10 |
anton levay | 28 | the bet anton chekov | 10 |
anton van leeuwenhoek | 25 | anton chekov biography | 10 |
anton bruckner | 19 | anton yelchin | 9 |
anton levey | 18 | anton bet by chekov | 9 |
robison anton | 18 | anton bondage | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ANTON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 安东. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Anton-Schmieden's operation (Anton-Schmieden operation), Anton's tegn (Anton sign, Anton's symptom), Anton's symptom (Anton sign), Anton-Babinski's syndrom (Anton-Babinski syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | syndroom van Anton-Babinsky (Anton-Babinski syndrome), symptoom van Anton-Babinsky (Anton sign), symptoom van Anton (Anton sign, Anton's symptom), hemiasomatognosie (Anton sign). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | syndrome d'Anton-Babinski (Anton-Babinski syndrome), signe d'Anton (Anton sign, Anton's symptom), opération d'Anton-Schmieden (Anton-Schmieden operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Anton-Schmieden Operation (Anton-Schmieden operation), Anton-Babinski Syndrom (Anton-Babinski syndrome), Anton Zeichen (Anton sign, Anton's symptom), Anton Symptom (Anton-Babinski syndrome), Anton Subokzipitalstich (Anton-Schmieden operation), Hemiasomatognosie (Anton-Babinski syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύνδρομο Anton-Babinski (Anton-Babinski syndrome), σημείο Anton (Anton sign, Anton's symptom), εγχείρηση Anton-Schmieden (Anton-Schmieden operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sintomo di Anton (Anton sign, Anton's symptom), sindrome di Anton-Babinski (Anton-Babinski syndrome), sindrome di Anton (Anton sign, Anton's symptom), emiasomatognosia (Anton-Babinski syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | antonay sinal de Anton (Anton sign, Anton's symptom), síndrome de Anton-Babinski (Anton-Babinski syndrome). (various references) антон. (various references) signo de Antón (Anton sign, Anton's symptom), síntoma de Anton (Anton sign), síndrome de Anton-Babinski (anosognosia, Anton-Babinski syndrome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ANTON": antonomasia, antonomasias, antonym, antonymic, antonymies, antonymous, antonyms, antonymy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ANTON": canton, wanton. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ANTON": cantonal, cantoned, cantoning, cantonment, cantonments, cantons, quantong, quantongs, santonin, santonins, wantoned, wantoner, wantoners, wantoning, wantonly, wantonness, wantonnesses, wantons. (additional references) | |
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"ANTON" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anatoni, Andon, Annon, Anoon, Anshan, Ansto, Antanov, Antao, Antin, Anto, Antoin, Antoun, Antro, antun, Antur, Anyon, Anytown, Auton, Aytoun, Bainton, Entin, Enton, Entonox, Farnton, Nacton, Napton, Natton, Rantona, Santoni, Tanton, Taynton, Unton. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: anon, nona, nota. | |
-2 letters: ant, nan, not, oat, tan, tao, ton. | |
-3 letters: an, at, na, no, on, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: anoint, cannot, canton, nation, natron, nonart, nonfat, nontax, sonant, wanton. | |
+2 letters: actinon, annatto, anoints, antlion, antonym, atoning, cantons, connate, contain, enation, fondant, fontina, montane, nations, natrons, negaton, neonate, nonarts, nonfact, nonmeat, nonpast, onanist, pintano, sonants, tongman, tonnage, tonneau, wantons. | |
+3 letters: absonant, actinons, adnation, agnation, anatoxin, annattos, annotate, anointed, anointer, antimony, antinode, antinomy, antiphon, antiporn, antisnob, antlions, antonyms, antonymy, assonant, banknote, butanone, canonist, cantonal, cantoned, canzonet, conation, constant, contains, continua, cotenant, countian, covenant, dominant, donating, donation, dynatron, enations, entozoan, fondants, fontanel, fontinas, fountain, gnathion, ignorant, inaction, innovate, intonate, lanthorn, lentando, lunation, magneton, mannitol, montanes, mountain, nanowatt, natation, national, negation, negatons, negatron, neonatal, neonates, nominate, nonactor, nonadult, nonfacts, nonfatal, nonfatty, nonmetal, nonparty, nonpasts, nonquota, nonrated, nontaxes, nontidal, nontonal, notating, notation, notional, novation, nutation, onanists, ornament, outgnawn, pantheon, pentagon, pentanol, pentosan, pintanos, plankton, poignant, pointman, quantong, reanoint, resonant, sanction, santonin, sonantal, sonantic, sonatina, sonatine, sonorant, stannous, tangoing, tonnages, tonneaus, tonneaux, townsman, unatoned, unornate, venation, wantoned, wantoner, wantonly, xanthone, zonation. | |
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