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Definition: GAN |
GANImperative & past participle1. Of Gin Verb1. Began; commenced. |
Date "GAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Note: Gan \Gan\, Imperative of Gin. [See Gin, verb.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GAN | English | Generalized activity network | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: GAN |
| English words defined with "GAN": Nanchang. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GAN": Pilate Voice ♦ TLAs. (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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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) | |
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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. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 80.77% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.54% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Unclassified Items | 7.69% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gan | Last name | 400 | 19,690 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
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. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 14, Verse 42 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Egeiresqe agwmen idou o paradidouV me hggiken |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Surgite eamus ecce qui me tradit prope est |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Arised uten gan. nu is ge-hende seþe me syld. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Rise ye, go we; lo! he that schal bitraye me is nyy. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Ryse vp let vs goo. Loo he that betrayeth me is at hande. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Rise, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Get up, let us be going; see, he who gives me up is near. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 14, Verse 42 |
| Cebuano | Bangon kamo ug manglakaw kita; tan-awa, ang akong magbubudhi ania na sa duol." |
| Croatian | Ustanite, hajdemo! Evo, izdajica se moj približio!" |
| Danish | Står op, lader os gå; se, han, som forråder mig, er nær." |
| Dutch | Staat op, laat ons gaan; ziet, die Mij verraadt, is nabij. |
| Finnish | Nouskaa, lähtekäämme; katso, se, joka kavaltaa minut, on lähellä." |
| French | Levez-vous, allons; voici, celui qui me livre s`approche. |
| Gaelic | Eiribh, falbhamaid, seall, tha esan a bhrathas mi faisg. |
| German | Stehet auf, laßt uns gehen. Siehe, der mich verrät, ist nahe! |
| Haitian Creole | Leve non. Ann ale. Men moun k'ap trayi m' lan ap vini. |
| Hungarian | Keljetek föl, menjünk: ímé elközelgett, a ki engem elárul. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Bangunlah, mari kita pergi. Lihat! Orang yang mengkhianati Aku sudah datang!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bangunlah kamu, marilah kita pergi; tengok, orang yang menyerahkan Aku sudah dekat." |
| Italian | Alzatevi, andiamo! Ecco, colui che mi tradisce è vicino». |
| Latvian | Celieties, iesim! Lûk, kas mani nodos, jau ir tuvu klât! |
| Maori | Maranga, ka haere tatou; na, ka tata te kaituku i ahau. |
| Norwegian | stå op, la oss gå! Se, han er nær som forråder mig. |
| Portuguese | Levantai-vos, vamo-nos; eis que é chegado aquele que me trai. |
| Rumanian | Sculayi-vq; haidem sq mergem; iatq cq se apropie vknzqtorul!`` |
| Russian | чУФБОШФЕ, ПК"ЕН; ЧПФ, ТЙ'МЙЪЙМУС ТЕ"БАЭЙК нЕОС. |
| Shuar | Nantáktiárum, Wemí. Iis, Winia Súrutna nu nuntumsai" Tímiayi Jesus. |
| Spanish | ¡Levantaos, vamos! He aquí, está cerca el que me entrega. |
| Swahili | Amkeni, twendeni zetu. Tazameni, yule atakayenisaliti amekaribia." |
| Swedish | Stån upp, låt oss gå; se, den som förråder mig är nära." |
| Uma | Memata-mokoi! Hilo, etu-imi tumai to mpobalu' -a. Kita-mi lou." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "GAN" (pronounced ga"n) |
| 3 | g a" n | began. |
| 2 | -a" n | fan, 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. | ||
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 41 4E |
| 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)--. .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0041 004E |
| 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)413548 |
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