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Definition: Dyad |
DyadNoun1. Two items of the same kind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: DyadSynonyms: brace (n), couple (n), couplet (n), distich (n), doubleton (n), duad (n), duet (n), duo (n), pair (n), span (n), twain (n), twosome (n), yoke (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accompaniment | Noun: duality, dualism; duplicity; biplicity, biformity; polarity. two, deuce, couple, duet, brace, pair, cheeks, twins, Castor and Pollux, gemini, Siamese twins; fellows; yoke, conjugation; dispermy, doublets, dyad, span. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dyad |
| English words defined with "dyad": dyadic. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dyad": Duad. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | At the family or dyad level, interventions include counseling for couples (including HIV- serodiscordant couples) in both the United States and other countries. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Dyad" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dyad" is used about 23 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 (singular) | 100% | 23 | 72,767 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dyad": dyad-related. | |
| 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 |
dyad | 23 |
dyad moon | 7 |
brook dyad | 3 |
spyderco dyad | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dyad"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | زوج (consort, couple, espouse, give in marriage, husband, marry, pair, partner, stud, wed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | двувалентен елемент, двойка (couple, double, pair, twain, twosome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bivalentní (bivalent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זו' (brace, couple, mate, pair, twosome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kettõ (twain, two), egy pár (brace, couple, pair). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yadday díade, díada. (various references) число два, бивалент, пара (couple, doublet, match, pair, pendant, twain, two, two bits, twosome). (various references) dvovalentni element, par (couple, couple: a couple of, match, pair, twosome). (various references) pareja (brace, couple, date, doublet, fellow, flubdub, mate, pair, partner, pendant, twosome), elemento bivalente. (various references) คู่. (various references) iki atomlu, iki (ambi-, amphi-, bi-, brace, couple, dual, duo-, twain, two, two-), çift (ambi-, amphi-, bi-, binary, brace, conjugate, couple, dipl-, diplo, double, dual, duet, duple, duplicate, even, geminate, pair, twin, yoke). (various references) двійка (two). (various references) bộ đôi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dyad": dyadic, dyadically, dyadics, dyads. (additional references) | |
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"Dyad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: byad, Daaad, daad, Dady, daya, Deylaud, diad, diade, diado, diah, diaj, diax, disad, Diyab, Djax, doad, Doyard, dya, d'ya, dyade, dyal, Dyan, dyar, Dyba, dyd, dyid, Dyka, dyrad, Dzyan, qyad, syad, yad. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dyad" (pronounced dī"a'd) |
| 3 | -ī" a' d | triad. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-y" | |
-1 letter: add, dad, day. | |
-2 letters: ad, ay, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-y" | |
+1 letter: baddy, caddy, daddy, dandy, dryad, dyads, faddy, paddy, waddy. | |
+2 letters: daybed, deadly, drayed, dryads, dyadic, midday, waddly, yarded. | |
+3 letters: addedly, athodyd, dandify, dandily, datedly, daybeds, dayside, dazedly, deadeye, decayed, delayed, dramedy, dryades, dryadic, dryland, dyadics, fadedly, giddyap, hodaddy, hydatid, jadedly, katydid, middays. | |
+4 letters: additory, aldehyde, athodyds, bendayed, biddably, bladdery, caddying, candidly, cyanided, dandyish, dandyism, daydream, daysides, deadeyes, deeryard, defrayed, dialysed, dialyzed, didactyl, didynamy, dismayed, dockyard, domesday, doomsday, dooryard, dotardly, hydatids, hydracid, hydrated, katydids, ladybird, ladyhood, landlady, pandowdy, saddlery, vandyked, waddying, yardbird, yardland, yardwand. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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