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Definition: PROPOUNDED |
PROPOUNDEDImperative & past participle1. Of Propound |
Date "PROPOUNDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Crosswords: PROPOUNDED |
| English words defined with "PROPOUNDED": Grimm's law ♦ Tellurism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PROPOUNDED": Cui bono? ♦ Lacey's formula. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PROPOUNDED": Tellurism. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Argument was heard in the 1952 Term, and reargument was heard this Term on certain questions propounded by the Court [347 U.S. 483, 489]. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | They found Balbus waiting dinner for them, and to him Hugh at once propounded his difficulty. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | All the problems which the socialists propounded, aside from the cosmogonic visions, dreams, and mysticism, may be reduced to two principal problems. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "PROPOUNDED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 54.55% of the time. "PROPOUNDED" is used about 55 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 (past participle) | 54.55% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 45.45% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "PROPOUNDED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 提议 (Offer, Propose, Proposed, Proposing, Proposition, Propound, Propounding, submission). (various references) | ||||
German | legte vor. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | opoundedpray | ||||
Misspellings | |
"PROPOUNDED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: propounder. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PROPOUNDED" (pronounced prupou"ndud) |
| 6 | -p ou" n d u d | compounded, expounded, impounded, pounded. |
| 5 | -ou" n d u d | abounded, astounded, bounded, confounded, founded, grounded, hounded, rebounded, rounded, sounded, surrounded, unbounded, unfounded. |
| 4 | -n d u d | amended, appended, apprehended, ascended, attended, backhanded, banded, befriended, bended, blended, blinded, bonded, branded, candid, commanded, commended, comprehended, contended, corresponded, defended, demanded, depended, descended, disbanded, distended, dumbfounded, ended, evenhanded, expanded, expended, extended, fended, funded, handed, intended, landed, masterminded, mended, minded, offended, overextended, overfunded, pretended, recommended, refunded, remanded, reminded, reprimanded, rescinded, responded, sanded, seconded, splendid, stranded, suspended, tended, transcended, trended, unamended, unattended, unbranded, underfunded, underhanded, unfunded, unintended, winded, wounded. |
| 3 | -d u d | abided, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, applauded, avoided, awarded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, beheaded, bladed, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, braided, breaded, broadsided, brooded, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, conceded, concluded, confided, corded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defrauded, degraded, deluded, denuded, derided, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, eluded, embedded, encoded, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, exceeded, excluded, exploded, extruded, exuded, faded, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, guarded, guided, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, included, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, melded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, outmoded, overcrowded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, prided, proceeded, prodded, provided, raided, railroaded, receded, recorded, redheaded, regarded, reloaded, remolded, resided, retarded, rewarded, safeguarded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, spearheaded, speeded, stampeded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, threaded, traded, unaided, undecided, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, wooded, worded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-n-o-o-p-p-r-u" | |
-2 letters: proponed, propound. | |
-3 letters: drooped, dropped, endopod, pounded, pounder, propend, propone, redound, rounded, underdo, unroped. | |
-4 letters: droned, dupped, durned, enduro, nodder, odored, operon, ponded, ponder, pooped, poured, pruned, rouped, undoer, uropod. | |
-5 letters: donor, doped, doper, drone, droop, drupe, duped, duper, dured, nuder, odder, odeon, odour, pedro, perdu, pored, porno, pound, prone, proud, prude, prune, redon. | |
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