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Definitions: Forsaking |
ForsakingNoun1. The act of forsaking. 2. The act of giving something up. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "forsaking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Dream Interpretation | For a young woman to dream of forsaking her home or friend, denotes that she will have troubles in love, as her estimate of her lover will decrease with acquaintance and association. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: ForsakingSynonyms: abandonment (n), desertion (n), giving up (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Forsaking |
| English words defined with "forsaking": giving up ♦ nest egg. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "forsaking": Forsaking. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "forsaking": Destitution ♦ forsake. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I am forsaking all the rest (Come To My Window; performing artist: Melissa Etheridge) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Forsaking All Others (1934) | |
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| Domain | Title |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I realized what the Orientals mean by contemplation and the forsaking of works. |
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| "Forsaking" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Forsaking" is used about 17 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 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 100% | 17 | 85,106 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "forsaking". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hattush | N/A | Biblical | Forsaking sin |
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| 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 |
forsaking all others | 3 |
forsaking all others movie | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "forsaking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 抛弃 (forego, foregone, forgo, forgoing, Forgone, forsake, forsaken, Forsook, Outcast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | im Stich lassend (marooning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עזיב" (abandonment, dereliction, desertion, leaving), ז יח" (abandonment, desertion, forfeiture, neglect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orsakingfay pãrãsire (abandon, dereliction, desertion, desolation, dezmãþat, relinquishment, renouncement, solitude, vacation). (various references) f gail (abandoning, idiosyncrasy, quitting). (various references) sự bỏ rơi sự từ bỏ, sự b. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | ekleipsis. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | desertio, desertionem, desertionis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 10, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oi de eipon mwshV epetreyen biblion apostasiou grayai kai apolusai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui dixerunt Moses permisit libellum repudii scribere et dimittere |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hyo saigden. Moyses lyfde þt man writehiw-ge-dæles boc. & hyo for-leten. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei seiden, Moises suffride to write a libel of forsaking, and to forsake. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they sayde: Moses suffred to wryte a testimoniall of devorsement and to put hyr awaye. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 10, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Sila miingon, "Si Moises mitugot sa lalaki sa paghimog sulat-pamatuod sa pakigbulag, ug unya sa pagbulag kaniya." |
| Chinese | 他 們 說 、 摩 西 許 人 寫 了 休 書 便 可 以 休 妻 。 |
| Croatian | Oni rekoše: "Mojsije je dopustio napisati otpusno pismo i - otpustiti." |
| Danish | Men de sagde: "Moses tilstedte at skrive et Skilsmissebrev og skille sig fra hende." |
| Dutch | En zij zeiden: Mozes heeft toegelaten een scheidbrief te schrijven, en haar te verlaten. |
| Finnish | He sanoivat: "Mooses salli kirjoittaa erokirjan ja hyljätä vaimon". |
| French | Moïse, dirent-ils, a permis d`écrire une lettre de divorce et de répudier. |
| Gaelic | Thuirt iad: Thug Maois cead litir-dhealachaidh a sgriobhadh, `s a cur air falbh. |
| German | Sie sprachen; Mose hat zugelassen, einen Scheidebrief zu schreiben und sich zu scheiden. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Musa mengizinkan orang menceraikan istrinya, asal menulis surat cerai dahulu," jawab mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata mereka itu, "Musa meluluskan orang membuat surat talak, lalu menceraikan dia." |
| Italian | Dissero: «Mosè ha permesso di scrivere un atto di ripudio e di rimandarla». |
| Maori | Ka ki ratou, I tukua e Mohi kia tuhituhia he pukapuka whakarere, ka whakarere ai. |
| Norwegian | De sa: Moses har gitt lov til å skrive et skilsmissebrev og skille sig fra henne. |
| Rumanian | ,,Moise``, au zis ei, ,,a dat voie ca bqrbatul sq scrie o carte de despqryire, wi s`o lase.`` |
| Russian | пОЙ УЛБЪБМЙ: нПЙУЕК ПЪЧПМЙМ ЙУБФШ ТБЪЧП"ОПЕ ЙУШНП Й ТБЪЧП"ЙФШУС. |
| Shuar | Tutai "Papíjiai iin ajapatniun tsankatramkamiaji" tiarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Nao wakasema, "Mose aliagiza mume kumpatia mkewe hati ya talaka na kumwacha." |
| Swedish | De sade: "Moses tillstadde att en man fick skriva skiljebrev åt sin hustru och så skilja sig från henne." |
| Uma | Ratompoi' to Parisi: "Musa mpiliu tomane mpogaa' -ki tobine-na, asala nababehi ncala' sura mpogaa'." |
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Misspellings | |
"Forsaking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Borsalino, forsacan, forsakyn, Forsking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "forsaking" (pronounced fôrsā"king) |
| 4 | -ā" k i ng | aching, baking, braking, breaking, faking, flaking, making, mistaking, quaking, raking, remaking, retaking, shaking, snaking, staking, taking, waking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | antismoking, asking, attacking, backing, backtracking, balking, banking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clanking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cracking, cranking, creaking, critiquing, croaking, debunking, decking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, eking, embarking, evoking, filmmaking, flanking, flicking, flocking, flunking, forking, franking, freaking, frolicking, fucking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, junking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leaking, licking, liking, linking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, marking, masking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, peaking, pecking, peeking, perking, picking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, poking, politicking, provoking, quarterbacking, racking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reeking, reinking, remarking, restocking, rethinking, revoking, reworking, risking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, seeking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrieking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, sneaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, speaking, spiking, squawking, squeaking, stacking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stinking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, streaking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, talking, tanking, tasking, thanking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, tweaking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, unthinking, viking, walking, whacking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wreaking, wrecking, yanking. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-g-i-k-n-o-r-s" | |
-2 letters: forking, insofar, origans, signora, soaking, soaring. | |
-3 letters: argons, arsino, asking, fagins, faking, fakirs, faring, franks, ganofs, gaskin, girons, gonifs, grains, grison, groans, groins, kafirs, kiangs, norias, oaring, onagri, orangs, organs, origan, raking, rasing, rosing, sarong, signor, soring. | |
-4 letters: agios, agons, airns, argon, arson, askoi, fagin, fairs, fakir, fangs, fanos, faros, fiars, finks, finos. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-g-i-k-n-o-r-s" | |
+3 letters: forespeaking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 6F 72 73 61 6B 69 6E 67 |
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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)01000110 01101111 01110010 01110011 01100001 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F o r s a k i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 006F 0072 0073 0061 006B 0069 006E 0067 |
| 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)408184856777758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Derived from | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Bible Trace | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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