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Definition: LOK |
LOKNoun1. Alt. of Loki |
Crosswords: LOK |
| Specialty definitions using "LOK": lok batanite, Lok Hop Ba Fa. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "LOK" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (attract, decoy, lure), Czech (draught, gulp, mouthful, potion, swig), Dutch (curl), German (loco), Icelandic (cover, hood, lid), Swedish (engine). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Naag Lok (1970) Durchbruch Lok 234 (1963) Danjang lok (1963) Naag Lok (1957) Lok Shahir Ram Joshi (1947) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A few geriatrically-oriented models of managed care have been developed that include at least some efforts to bridge the service gap between acute care and LTC. The two most prominent models are the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), which is a series of replications of a model originally developed by On Lok in San Francisco's Chinatown. (references) | |
Economic History | India | The Council of Ministers is responsible to the Lok Sabha. (references) |
India | The Lok Sabha consists of 545 members; 543 are directly elected to 5-year terms. (references) | |
India | Legislative--bicameral parliament (Rajya Sabha or Council of States and Lok Sabha or House of the People). (references) | |
Political Economy | India | In the Lok Sabha elections in the fall of 1999, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA - a coalition of 17 political parties) gained a majority. (references) |
India | The country has a bicameral parliament, including the indirectly-elected Upper House, the Rajya Sabha (government assembly), and the directly-elected Lower House, the Lok Sabha (people's assembly). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "LOK" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.86% of the time. "LOK" is used about 42 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) | 92.86% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.76% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "LOK" 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 |
| Lok | Last name | 400 | 21,430 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Singapore | Tung Lok Restaurants (2000) Limited | USA | Saf T Lok Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "LOK": Lok Hop Ba Fa. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "LOK": lok-language, lok-style. | |
Ending with "LOK": krook-lok. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lok versa | 83 | international lok tuf | 7 |
lok | 62 | 153 coupling grip lok pipe ring rugged tuf | 7 |
tite lok | 24 | lok stab | 7 |
quik lok | 22 | 4x4 posi lok | 7 |
scent lok | 20 | lok sabha | 6 |
quick lok | 15 | kwik lok | 6 |
tot lok | 15 | hi lok | 6 |
power lok | 15 | driv lok | 6 |
trim lok | 14 | hy lok | 6 |
log lok n | 14 | e lok z | 6 |
koo lok tin | 13 | saf t lok | 6 |
lok tung | 13 | coupling grip lok pipe ring tuf | 6 |
defiance lok | 13 | luer lok | 6 |
koo lok louis tin | 13 | lok tek | 5 |
shur lok | 12 | lok tuf | 5 |
cam lok | 10 | lok slide | 5 |
lok pro | 10 | lok water | 5 |
posi lok | 9 | deck lok | 4 |
lok sure | 8 | grip lok | 4 |
lok retaining versa wall | 8 | group lok tung | 4 |
long lok | 4 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "LOK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Indonesian | mencarikan (lok for or seek something). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | oklay | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Judges Chapter 3, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai exhlqen awd eiV thn prostada kai apekleisen taV quraV tou uperwou ep' auton kai esfhnwsen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ahoth autem clausis diligentissime ostiis cenaculi et obfirmatis sera |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe Aod, closyde moost bisilich the doris of the sowpynge place, and fastnyd with lok, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then Ehud went out into the covered way, shutting the doors of the summer-house on him and locking them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Judges Chapter 3, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Unya si Aod miadto ngadto sa pantawan ug gitakpan ang mga pultahan sa lawak sa itaas tungod kaniya ug giyawihan kini. |
| Chinese | 以 笏 就 出 到 遊 廊 、 將 " 門 盡 都 關 鎖 。 |
| Croatian | Ehud je otišao kroz trijem; za sobom je zatvorio vrata gornje sobe i zakljuèao ih. |
| Danish | Så gik Ehud bort gennem Søjlegangen, lukkede Døren til Stuen for ham og låsede den. |
| Dutch | Toen ging Ehud uit van de voorzaal, en sloot de deuren der opperzaal voor zich toe, en deed ze in het slot. |
| Finnish | Kun Eehud oli tullut pylväskäytävään, sulki hän yläsalin ovet jälkeensä ja lukitsi ne. |
| French | Éhud sortit par le portique, ferma sur lui les portes de la chambre haute, et tira le verrou. |
| German | Aber Ehud ging zum Saal hinaus und tat die Tür der Sommerlaube hinter sich zu und verschloß sie. |
| Hungarian | Általméne pedig Ehud a csarnokon, minekutána bevonta maga után a felház ajtait, és bezárta. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | lalu keluar serta menutup dan mengunci pintu kamar tersebut, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu turunlah Ehud pergi ke serambi balai, setelah ditutupnya dahulu pintu alayat itu dan dikuncikannya akan dia. |
| Italian | Eud uscì nel portico, dopo aver chiuso i battenti del piano di sopra e aver tirato il chiavistello. |
| Korean | 에 훗 이 현 관 에 나 와 서 다 락 문 " 을 닫 아 그 니 라 |
| Maori | Na ka haere atu a Ehuru na te whakamahau, a tutakina atu ana e ia nga tatau o te ruma ki a ia, kiia iho hoki. |
| Norwegian | Og Ehud gikk ut i buegangen, og han lukket døren til salen hvor han var, og låste den. |
| Rumanian | Ehud a iewit prin tindq, a knchis uwile dela odaia de sus dupq el, wi a tras zqvorul. |
| Swedish | och när han hade kommit ditut, i förhallen, stängde han igen dörrarna till salen efter sig och riglade dem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words containing "LOK": bloke, blokes, flokati, flokatis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "k-l-o" | |
-1 letter: lo. | |
| Words containing the letters "k-l-o" | |
+1 letter: folk, holk, kilo, koel, kohl, kola, kolo, lock, look, yolk. | |
+2 letters: block, bloke, cloak, clock, clonk, flock, folks, folky, holks, ketol, kilos, klong, kloof, knoll, koala, koels, kohls, kolas, kolos, locks, looks, plonk, polka, skoal, sokol, yokel, yolks, yolky. | |
+3 letters: alkoxy, blocks, blocky, blokes, cloaks, clocks, clonks, cockle, flocks, flocky, folkie, folksy, hokily, holked, jokily, kalong, kaolin, keloid, kelson, ketols, klaxon, klongs, kloofs, knolls, knolly, koalas, kobold, kolhoz, kolkoz, leukon, locked, locker, locket, lockup, looked, looker, lookup, plonks, pokily, polkas, relock, relook, shlock, skatol, skoals, sokols, unlock, yokels, yolked. | |
| 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)4C 4F 4B |
| 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)01001100 01001111 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L O K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 004F 004B |
| 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)464945 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Names: Company Usage | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Bible Trace | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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