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Definition: AFFINITIES |
AFFINITIESPlural1. Of Affinity |
Date "AFFINITIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
Crosswords: AFFINITIES |
| English words defined with "AFFINITIES": Elamite, Elamitic ♦ Linguistical ♦ Natural system ♦ Susian. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AFFINITIES": possess affinities for dyestuff/to ♦ Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha, Receptors, Adrenergic, beta, Receptors, Leukotriene, Receptors, Prostaglandin. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Affinities (1922) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | We might almost say that affinities commence with the letters of the alphabet. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Economic History | Lebanon | Political blocs are usually based on confessional and local interests or on personal/family allegiance rather than on political affinities. (references) |
Republic of Congo | First inhabited by pygmies, Congo was later settled by Bantu groups that also occupied parts of present-day Angola, Gabon, and Zaire, forming the basis for ethnic affinities and rivalries among those states. (references) | |
Cyprus | The Government of Cyprus has historically followed a non-aligned foreign policy, although it increasingly identifies with the West in its cultural affinities and trade patterns and maintains close relations with Greece. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "AFFINITIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.48% of the time. "AFFINITIES" is used about 191 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 (plural) | 99.48% | 190 | 22,288 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.52% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 191 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "AFFINITIES": possess affinities for dyestuff/to. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "AFFINITIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 亲合力 (Affinity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | efter politisk tilhørsforhold (according to their political affinities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | naar politieke gezindheid (according to their political affinities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | réagir la teinture (possess affinities for dyestuff/to), par affinités politiques (according to their political affinities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Geistesverwandtschaften. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | secondo le affinit politiche (according to their political affinities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 친" (Affinity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | affinitiesay por afinidades politicas (according to their political affinities). (various references) сходство (affinity, alikeness, analogy, congeniality, kinship, resemblance, sameness, semblance, similarities, similarity, similitude, simulitude). (various references) n pl - affinidades -f. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"AFFINITIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: affinitas, affinites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AFFINITIES" (pronounced ufi"nutēz) |
| 6 | -i" n u t ē z | divinities. |
| 5 | -n u t ē z | amenities, communities, fraternities, humanities, humanity, immunities, indemnities, indignities, obscenities, opportunities, vanities. |
| 4 | -u t ē z | abilities, abnormalities, absurdities, activities, ambiguities, animosities, annuities, antiquities, anxieties, atrocities, authorities, availabilities, banalities, brutalities, calamities, capabilities, capacities, causalities, cavities, celebrities, charities, commodities, commonalities, complexities, curiosities, deformities, deities, densities, deputies, disabilities, disability, disparities, eccentricities, enmities, entities, equities, extremities, facilities, fatalities, festivities, fidelities, formalities, generalities, gratuities, hostilities, identities, illegalities, improprieties, impurities, inequalities, inequities, infidelities, infirmities, insecurities, instabilities, intensities, irregularities, legalities, liabilities, liquidities, localities, majorities, maturities, minorities, modalities, municipalities, nationalities, necessities, niceties, oddities, parities, peculiarities, personalities, pieties, possibilities, principalities, priorities, probabilities, proclivities, propensities, qualities, quantities, rarities, realities, responsibilities, rigidities, securities, sensibilities, sensitivities, similarities, societies, sororities, technicalities, tonalities, unfamiliarities, universities, utilities, varieties, velocities, verities, vulnerabilities. |
| 3 | -t ē z | amnesties, Antes, beauties, booties, bounties, casualties, certainties, christies, cities, committees, counties, cruelties, diabetes, difficulties, ditties, duties, dynasties, eighties, empties, entreaties, faculties, fatties, fifties, forties, frailties, lefties, liberties, loyalties, Montes, nineties, novelties, panties, parties, patties, penalties, pretties, properties, royalties, seventies, shanties, sixties, sorties, specialities, specialties, subcommittees, subtleties, thirties, travesties, treaties, twenties, uncertainties, vigilantes, warranties, zlotys. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-f-i-i-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: tiffanies. | |
-3 letters: affines, fainest, fifties, finites, iffiest, isatine, nifties, stiffen, taffies, tiffins. | |
-4 letters: affine, faints, fasten, feints, fiesta, finest, finite, infest, isatin, seniti, tenias, tiffin, tineas, tisane. | |
-5 letters: anise, antes, antis, entia, etnas, faint, fanes, fates, feast, feats, feint, feist, fetas, fiats, fiefs, fifes, fines, finis, inset, intis, naifs, nates, neats, neifs, neist, nisei, nites, saint, satin, senti, sniff, staff, stain, stane, stein, stiff, tains, teffs, tenia, tiffs, tinea, tines. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-f-i-i-i-n-s-t" | |
+4 letters: ineffabilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 46 46 49 4E 49 54 49 45 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ..-. ..-. .. -. .. - .. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000110 01000110 01001001 01001110 01001001 01010100 01001001 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A F F I N I T I E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0046 0046 0049 004E 0049 0054 0049 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35404043484354433953 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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