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GAN

Definition: GAN

GAN

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Gin

Verb

1. Began; commenced.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "GAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)

Note: Gan \Gan\, Imperative of Gin. [See Gin, verb.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: GAN

DomainDefinition

Computing

GAN Generating and Analyzing Networks. "GAN - A System for Generating and Analyzing Activity Networks", A. Schurmann, CACM 11(10) (Oct 1968). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Slang in 1811

GAN. The mouth or lips. Cant. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: GAN

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

GAN

EnglishGeneralized activity networkN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: GAN

English words defined with "GAN": Nanchang. (references)
Specialty definitions using "GAN": Pilate VoiceTLAs. (references)
Non-English Usage: "GAN" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Irish (without), Turkmen (blood), Vietnamese (audacious, dippy, pluck), Welsh (because, by, from, of, with).

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Modern Usage: GAN

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Gan jin sha jue (1973)

Qi qi gan si dui (1965)

Gan no tera (1962)

Hong fen gan ge (1959)

Xiang xi gan shi ji (1957)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: GAN

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ahimsa in India's Destiny: A Study in Ethico-Spiritual Ahimsa, Its Roots in Ancient Indian History and Its Role As a Political Weapon During the Gan (reference)

  • Gan and Related Alloys, 1999: Symposium Held November 28-December 3, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.a (Materials Research Society Symposia proceedi (reference)

  • GaN and Related Materials (Optoelectronic Properties of Semiconductors and Superlattices) (reference)

  • Horse and Hound Goat Gan (reference)

  • The Blue Laser Diode: Gan Based Light Emitters and Lasers (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Gan No Rinsho (reference)

  • Gan To Kagaku Ryoho = Japanese Journal Of Cancer And Chemotherapy = Japanese Journal Of Cancer (reference)

  • Nippon Gan Chiryo Gakkai Shi (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: GAN

Illustrations:
GAN

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Non-Fiction Usage: GAN

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Maldives

The agreement ended in 1976, shortly after the British closed the Gan air station. (references)

Maldives

By early 1998, more than 30 islands were equipped to provide education for grades, 8, 9, and 10. Some 164 islands provided education up to grade 5, 6, or 7. In Male is the only school for grades 11 and 12, with a school in the southern most island of Gan scheduled to offer the final 2 years starting in 2002. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: GAN

"GAN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.77% of the time. "GAN" is used about 26 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)80.77%2176,261
Noun (singular)11.54%3202,518
Unclassified Items7.69%2245,945
                    Total100.00%26N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: GAN

The following table summarizes the usage of "GAN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
GanLast name40019,690
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: GAN

Expression using "GAN": Gan Jiang. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "GAN": gan-gan.

Ending with "GAN": gan-gan, Ramat-gan.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: GAN

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gan

90

chev gan olds

3

ramat gan israel

49

algan band gan ingan structure

3

camp gan israel

17

casino.com gan

3

ramat gan

16

gan redes

3

ning gan

14

gan may xe

3

gan irin

13

gan net thu yoll

3

gan suo

12

gan insurance

2

jan gan boyd

10

gan eden

2

gan israel

7

gan top

2

bangla gan

6

gilberto gil kaya n gan daya

2

gan mao ling

6

gan gunslinger

2

ramat gan hotel

5

gan eng seng school

2

assurance gan

5

gan irin picture

2

gan lyrics suo

5

dan gan long wan xie

2

gan green

4

dependence gan power raman

2

bang gan

4

de gan goo gymnasia libra

2

empire gan sun suo

4

bang gan nipon

2

dog gan gser

4

shu gan wan

2

gan ning pic

3

gan sibel

2

eng gan seng

3

gan info.com

2

gan ramat safari

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Bible Trace: GAN

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 14, Verse 42
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEgeiresqe agwmen idou o paradidouV me hggiken
Latin405VulgateSurgite eamus ecce qui me tradit prope est
Old English990West SaxonArised uten gan. nu is ge-hende seþe me syld.
Middle English1395WyclifRise ye, go we; lo! he that schal bitraye me is nyy.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleRyse vp let vs goo. Loo he that betrayeth me is at hande.
Jacobean English1611King JamesRise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
Victorian English1833WebsterRise, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
Basic English1964OgdenGet up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: GAN

LanguageMark Chapter 14, Verse 42
CebuanoBangon kamo ug manglakaw kita; tan-awa, ang akong magbubudhi ania na sa duol."
CroatianUstanite, hajdemo! Evo, izdajica se moj približio!"
DanishStår op, lader os gå; se, han, som forråder mig, er nær."
DutchStaat op, laat ons gaan; ziet, die Mij verraadt, is nabij.
FinnishNouskaa, lähtekäämme; katso, se, joka kavaltaa minut, on lähellä."
FrenchLevez-vous, allons; voici, celui qui me livre s`approche.
GaelicEiribh, falbhamaid, seall, tha esan a bhrathas mi faisg.
GermanStehet auf, laßt uns gehen. Siehe, der mich verrät, ist nahe!
Haitian CreoleLeve non. Ann ale. Men moun k'ap trayi m' lan ap vini.
HungarianKeljetek föl, menjünk: ímé elközelgett, a ki engem elárul.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBangunlah, mari kita pergi. Lihat! Orang yang mengkhianati Aku sudah datang!"
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBangunlah kamu, marilah kita pergi; tengok, orang yang menyerahkan Aku sudah dekat."
ItalianAlzatevi, andiamo! Ecco, colui che mi tradisce è vicino».
LatvianCelieties, iesim! Lûk, kas mani nodos, jau ir tuvu klât!
MaoriMaranga, ka haere tatou; na, ka tata te kaituku i ahau.
Norwegianstå op, la oss gå! Se, han er nær som forråder mig.
PortugueseLevantai-vos, vamo-nos; eis que é chegado aquele que me trai.   
RumanianSculayi-vq; haidem sq mergem; iatq cq se apropie vknzqtorul!``
RussianчУФБОШФЕ, ПК"ЕН; ЧПФ, ТЙ'МЙЪЙМУС ТЕ"БАЭЙК нЕОС.
ShuarNantáktiárum, Wemí. Iis, Winia Súrutna nu nuntumsai" Tímiayi Jesus.
Spanish¡Levantaos, vamos! He aquí, está cerca el que me entrega.
SwahiliAmkeni, twendeni zetu. Tazameni, yule atakayenisaliti amekaribia."
SwedishStån upp, låt oss gå; se, den som förråder mig är nära."
UmaMemata-mokoi! Hilo, etu-imi tumai to mpobalu' -a. Kita-mi lou."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: GAN

Derivations

Words beginning with "GAN": ganache, ganaches, gander, gandered, gandering, ganders, gane, ganef, ganefs, ganev, ganevs, gang, gangbanger, gangbangers, gangbuster, gangbusters, ganged, ganger, gangers, ganging, gangland, ganglands, ganglia, ganglial, gangliar, ganglier, gangliest, gangling, ganglion, ganglionated, ganglionic, ganglions, ganglioside, gangliosides, gangly, gangplank, gangplanks, gangplow, gangplows, gangrel, gangrels, gangrene, gangrened, gangrenes, gangrening, gangrenous, gangs, gangster, gangsterdom, gangsterdoms, gangsterish. (additional references)

Words ending with "GAN": balbriggan, began, bogan, brannigan, brogan, cardigan, centimorgan, hogan, hooligan, interorgan, kurgan, lagan, larrigan, ligan, logan, longan, lungan, misbegan, morgan, mulligan, nonpagan, organ, origan, pagan, ptarmigan, rebegan, shenanigan, slogan, suffragan, toboggan, vegan, wangan, wanigan, wannigan, wigan, yatagan. (additional references)

Words containing "GAN": allargando, antiorganization, antiorganizations, arrogance, arrogances, arrogant, arrogantly, balbriggans, bogans, brannigans, brigand, brigandage, brigandages, brigandine, brigandines, brigands, brigantine, brigantines, brogans, caragana, caraganas, cardigans, centimorgans, congregant, congregants, conjugant, conjugants, counterpropaganda, counterpropagandas, disorganization, disorganizations, disorganize, disorganized, disorganizes, disorganizing, doppelganger, doppelgangers, elegance, elegances, elegancies, elegancy, elegant, elegantly, extravagance, extravagances, extravagancies, extravagancy, extravagant, extravagantly, extravaganza, extravaganzas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "GAN"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "GAN" (pronounced ga"n)
3g a" nbegan.
2-a" nfan, an, ban, bran, can, catamaran, clan, cyan, divan, flan, gran, harmattan, Harpin, Japan, liane, man, minivan, Moulin, nan, overran, pan, plan, ran, rattan, Saran, scan, sedan, span, tan, than, Van.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: GAN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nag.

Words within the letters "a-g-n"

-1 letter: ag, an, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-n"
 

+1 letter: agin, agon, anga, bang, dang, fang, gaen, gain, gane, gang, gaun, gnar, gnat, gnaw, gran, guan, hang, lang, nags, pang, rang, sang, snag, tang, vang, yang.

 

+2 letters: acing, again, agene, agent, aging, agone, agons, agony, alang, algin, align, along, among, angas, angel, anger, angle, angry, angst, aping, argon, awing, axing, bangs, began, bhang, bogan, chang, clang, conga, dangs, donga, fagin, fanga, fangs, gains, gamin, ganef, ganev, gangs, ganja, ganof, garni, gaunt, genoa, genua, giant, gland, glans, glean, gnarl, gnarr, gnars, gnash, gnats, gnawn, gnaws, goban, gonad, gonia, gowan, grain, grana, grand, grans, grant, groan, guano, guans, hangs, hogan, kiang, lagan, liang, ligan, linga, logan, mange, mango, mangy, naggy, orang, organ, pagan, panga, pangs, prang, range, rangy, regna, sanga, sangh, slang, snags, spang, stang, swang, tango, tangs, tangy, tonga, twang, vangs, vegan, wagon, whang, wigan, wrang, yangs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GAN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 41 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.    .-    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0041 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

413548

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Bible Trace
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Orthography
18. Bibliography


  

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