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Sept

Definition: Sept

Sept

Noun

1. The month following August and preceding October.

2. People descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Sept" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references)

Note: Sept \Sept\, noun. [A corruption of sect, noun.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Sept

DomainDefinition

Literature

Sept A clan (Latin, septum, a fold), all the cattle, or all the voters, in a given enclosure. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Specialty Definition: Sept

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A sept is a division of a family, especially a division of a clan.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sept."

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Synonyms: Sept

Synonyms: family (n), family line (n), folk (n), kinfolk (n), kinsfolk (n), phratry (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Sept

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Class

Kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin.

Consanguinity

Family, fraternity; brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood. race, stock, generation; sept; stirps, side; strain; breed, clan, tribe, nation.

Paternity

House, stem, trunk, tree, stock, stirps, pedigree, lineage, line, family, tribe, sept, race, clan; genealogy, descent, extraction, birth, ancestry; forefathers, forbears, patriarchs.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Sept

English words defined with "Sept": hitRevolutionary calendarstrike. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Sept": Abstract-Type and Scheme-Definition LanguageCDL, Chip Scale Packaging, Contextually Communicating Sequential ProcessesEPSIMONEInteractive Voice ResponseMLISP, MultiSchemeNovell, Inc.Oberon-2P-TACSCLTcode. (references)
Etymologies containing "Sept": Septfoil. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Sept" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (seven), French Canadian (seven), Romanian (septum).

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Modern Usage: Sept

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Sept jours (1974)

Les Bottes de sept lieues (1971)

Sept su sept (1971)

Der Leone have sept cabecas (1969)

Sept jours ailleurs (1968)

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

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Commercial Usage: Sept

DomainTitle

Books

  • Breath Torn Away by Sept. 11th (reference)

  • Le Groupe des Sept et Tom Thomson 2002 (reference)

  • Les Sept Boules de Cristal / The Seven Crystal Balls (reference)

  • Out of Place: Memory, Imagination and the City: Sept 2000-Jan 2001 (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • The Declaration of George W. Bush - Sept. 20, 2001 (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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

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Image Slideshow: Sept

Photos:
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Photo Album: Sept

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This Hubble telescope picture of Mars was taken Sept. 12, 1997, one day after the arrival of ... Credit: NASA.

Reginald Fessenden and his electric oscillator, the first acoustic device to receive echoes from the bottom as well as from an obstruction in the water. The oscillator was designed as an underwater signalling, communication, and obstruction avoidance device. In "Submarine Signaling," Scientific American Supplement, No. 2071, pp. 168-170, Sept. 11, 1915. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Images relating to acoustic signaling by means of Regald Fessenden's electric oscillator. In "Submarine Signaling," Scientific American Supplement, No. 2071, pp. 168-170, Sept. 11, 1915. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A large passenger ship with its Fessenden oscillator in the water ready for use. In "Submarine Signaling," Scientific American Supplement, No. 2071, pp. 168-170, Sept. 11, 1915. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The United States Revenue Cutter MIAMI close to an iceberg similar to that which destroyed the TITANIC. On April 27, 1914, Fessenden oscillator was tested off the MIAMI and received signals both from an ice berg and the bottom. In "Submarine Signaling," Scientific American Supplement, No. 2071, pp. 168-170, Sept. 11, 1915. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

09/28/00 - More than 400 people witnessed the unveiling of the first X-45A Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Sept. 27, at the Boeing Aircraft Company, Lambert Field, St. Louis, Mo. (Courtesy of Boeing).

The second of two unarmed Minuteman III missiles launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Sept. 28 at 3:01 a.m. PDT. The two missiles were a part of the Force Development Evaluation Program and tested the reliability and accuracy of Air Force weapon system.

The Air Force Academy Falcons special teams unit blocked two point after attempts in their loss to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels, Sept. 30. The Rebels outscored the Falcons 34-13 after the Falcons failed to score in the second half. (P.; photo by..

The first of two unarmed AGM-30 Minuteman III missiles launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base Sept. 28 at 1:01 a.m. PDT. The two missiles were a part of the Force Development Evaluation Program and tested the reliability and accuracy of Air Force weapon.

Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Air Force chief of staff, told members of Congress Sept. 27, the Air Force needs $20 to $30 billion a year to solve its readiness challenges. He cited operations tempo, past underfunding of spares, aging infrastructure and aircraft a.

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: Sept
 

"London" by Tanel Viksi
Commentary: "One estonian guy in london sept. 2003."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Use in Literature: Sept

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I remember it was written from Weymouth, and dated Sept.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sept

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

In Sept. 30th, 1998, EGAT recorded a cumulative achievement of 1.64 million tons reduction in CO2 output. (references)

Human Rights

Cameroon

There reportedly was no action taken against the responsible members of the security forces who tortured, beat, raped, or otherwise abused the persons in the following cases from 2000: The November beating of a journalist; the September rape of two girls; the June beating of Amelie, a female soccer player; the June injuring of several persons when a grenade thrown by a gendarme exploded in a bar; the June beating of Beatrice Elouga, the June assault of numerous citizens; the May torturing of Achille Tehoumba Heubo; the May beating of Madeleine Ngo Songane; the May torturing to death of Mathew Titiahonjo; the May beating of several student demonstrators; the April beating and torturing of a foreign volunteer teacher; the April injuring of Cecile Ngono; the April beating of Nicole Ajong; the April beating of parishioners at Notre Dame De Sept Douleurs; the March torturing of Jean Paul Kentsa and two others; the January injuring and beating of several students when a demonstration was dispersed forcibly; and the January torturing of customs inspector Vincent Nkengfue. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Sept

"Sept" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.15% of the time. "Sept" is used about 206 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)95.15%19621,868
Unclassified Items2.43%5157,705
Noun (singular)2.43%5157,705
                    Total100.00%206N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Sept

The following table summarizes the usage of "Sept" 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
SeptLast name17045,481
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Sept

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Sept": Sept-nov, Sept-oct.

Ending with "Sept": Mid-sept.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sept

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

11 sept

368

victim sept 11

8

11 sept 2001

149

chute sept

7

ames rparatrices sept

80

11 al ali attack combatant enemy marri sept terrorism

7

sept iles

71

du merveilles monde sept

7

sept 11 photo

36

11th attack sept

7

sept 11th

35

aux couleurs fleur la sept

6

picture of sept 11

34

du les merveilles monde sept

6

sept

23

11 2001 sept tower twin

6

sept 11 attack

19

11 sept wallpaper

6

11 sept video

18

11 conspiracy sept

6

pic of sept 11

18

11 11 front home homefront homeland security sept september

6

sept 11 01

17

sept 11 wtc

5

hotel sept iles quebec

12

sept iles quebec

5

ames réparatrices sept

11

sept iles hotel

5

11th 2001 sept

11

blanche neige et les sept nains

5

terrorist attack on sept 11

11

de iles sept ville

5

sept iles canada

10

sept isle

5

sept 11 victim fund

9

11th picture sept

4

11,2001 sept

8

sept îles

4

sept 11 memorial

8

sept 11 2001 picture

4

sept 112001

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sept

Language Translations for "Sept"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

Klan (clan, race, stock, tribe). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

Ирландско Племе, Ирландски Род. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

9月 (SEP, September). (various references)

   

Czech

  

Září (September). (various references)

   

German

  

September (September). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Szeptember (September), Hét (seven, week). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

9 월 (SEP). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eptsay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

clã (clan). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

Trib (family, tribe), Clan (clan, clique, set, tribe). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

септ, Клан, ирландский клан. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

bratstvo (brotherhood, fraternity, sodality). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Septett (septette). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Eylül (september). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Sept

Derivations

Words beginning with "Sept": septa, septal, septaria, septarium, septate, septenarii, septenarius, septendecillion, septendecillions, septennial, septennially, septentrion, septentrional, septentrions, septet, septets, septette, septettes, septic, septical, septicemia, septicemias, septicemic, septicidal, septics, septillion, septillions, septime, septimes, septs, septuagenarian, septuagenarians, septum, septums, septuple, septupled, septuples, septupling. (additional references)

Words ending with "Sept": transept. (additional references)

Words containing "Sept": antiseptic, antiseptically, antiseptics, aseptic, aseptically, nonseptate, transeptal, transepts. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Sept"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "Sept" (pronounced se"pt)
4s e" p taccept, except, intercept.
3-e" p tadept, crept, inept, kept, leaped, leapt, overslept, prepped, slept, stepped, swept, wept.

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

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Anagrams: Sept

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pest, pets, step.

Words within the letters "e-p-s-t"

-1 letter: pes, pet, set.

-2 letters: es, et, pe.

 Words containing the letters "e-p-s-t"
 

+1 letter: estop, paste, pates, peats, pelts, pesto, pests, pesty, piste, poets, prest, septa, septs, setup, slept, spate, spelt, spent, spite, steep, steps, stipe, stope, strep, stupe, swept, tapes, temps, tepas, topes, types, upset.

 

+2 letters: adepts, aptest, aspect, depots, depths, despot, epacts, erupts, esprit, estops, etapes, expats, getups, instep, letups, netops, palest, palets, pasted, pastel, paster, pastes, pastie, patens, paters, peseta, pester, pestle, pestos, petals, peters, petsai, pewits, pietas, pipets, pistes, pities, plates, pleats, pontes, posset, posted, poster, potsie, prates, preset, presto, prests, priest, ptoses, purest, putzes, repast, repots, respot, ripest, sapote, septal, septet, septic, septum, setups, sexpot, sippet, sopite, spates, spathe, spelts, speltz, spinet, spited, spites, splent, sprent, sprite, stapes, staple, steeps, steppe, stiped, stipel, stipes, stoped, stoper, stopes, streps, stripe, stupes, tapers, taupes, tempos, tempts, tepals, tepees, tepoys, topees, topers, tophes, trapes, tripes, tropes, twerps, unstep, upsent, upsets, upstep.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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