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Definition: SLACKENED |
SLACKENED1. Of Slacken |
Date "SLACKENED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Crosswords: SLACKENED |
| English words defined with "SLACKENED": reducer, reducing agent, reductant ♦ slack, slack up, slacken ♦ To wind up. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | However, as she advanced, her speed slackened as if mechanically |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Norway | The Internet rationalization going on right now has not slackened demand substantially for software. (references) |
Bahamas | Fixed deposits advanced at a stronger pace of 9.3 percent as opposed to 4.4 percent in 1999. the rate of accretion to both savings deposits and demand balances slackened significantly to 8.8 percent and 7.1 percent from 25.1 percent and 29.5 percent, respectively. (references) | |
Sweden | The Swedish economic picture has brightened significantly since the severe recession in the early 1990s. Growth has been strong in recent years and even though the economy has slackened during the first half of 2001, in the long run the prospects for growth remain favorable. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "SLACKENED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 53.06% of the time. "SLACKENED" is used about 49 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 tense) | 53.06% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 36.73% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10.2% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 49 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "SLACKENED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 松驰 (LAX, slack, slacken, slackening, slacks). (various references) | |
French | décontractée. (various references) | |
German | nachgelassen (flagged), erlahmte, entspannte (relaxed, unbended, uncocked). (various references) | |
Korean | 늦"" (Slacked). (various references) | |
Manx | skeaylt (disbanded, disconnected, dispelled, floating, loose, loose-fitting, loose-jointed, scattered, spreading, sprinkled, sprung, unfurled), laggit (loosened). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackenedslay.(various references) | |
Russian | ослаблять ослабленный (allayed, loosened). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Habakkuk Chapter 1, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dia touto dieskedastai nomoV kai ou diexagetai eiV teloV krima oti o asebhV katadunasteuei ton dikaion eneken toutou exeleusetai to krima diestrammenon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Propter hoc lacerata est lex et non pervenit usque ad finem iudicium quia impius praevalet adversus iustum propterea egreditur iudicium perversum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For this thing law is to-broken, and dom cummeth not vn to the eende; for vnpitous man hath miyt ayeinus the iust, therfore weywerd dom shal go out. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore the law is slackened, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth encompass the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Habakkuk Chapter 1, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Busa ang Kasugoan walay gahum, ang justicia wala gayud magapadayon; kay ang dautan nagalibut sa matarung: busa ang justicia nagapadayon nga binalit-ad. |
| Croatian | Zakon je izgubio snagu, a pravda se ni naèas ne pomalja. Da, zlikovac progoni pravednika, pravo je stoga izopaèeno. <p> |
| Danish | Derfor ligger Loven lammet, og Ret kommer aldrig frem. Thi når gudløse trænger retfærdige, fremkommer krøget Ret. |
| Dutch | Daarom wordt de wet onderlaten, en het recht komt nimmermeer voort; want de goddeloze omringt den rechtvaardige; daarom komt het recht verdraaid voor. |
| Finnish | Sentähden on laki heikko, ja oikeus ei tule milloinkaan voimaan. Sillä jumalaton saartaa vanhurskaan; sentähden oikeus vääristetään. |
| French | Aussi la loi n`a point de vie, La justice n`a point de force; Car le méchant triomphe du juste, Et l`on rend des jugements iniques. |
| German | Darum ist das Gesetz ohnmächtig, und keine rechte Sache kann gewinnen. Denn der Gottlose übervorteilt den Gerechten; darum ergehen verkehrte Urteile. |
| Haitian Creole | Lalwa a la, li pa sèvi anyen. Ou pa ka jwenn jistis. Mechan yo ap kraze moun k'ap mache dwat. Lajistis devan dèyè. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hukum diremehkan dan keadilan tak pernah ditegakkan. Orang jahat menjadi unggul atas orang yang jujur, maka keadilan diputarbalikkan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab itu hukum dihalai-balaikan dan insafpun tiada lagi boleh menang; karena orang fasik merajalela atas orang yang benar; maka sebab itu hukumpun keluar terbalik. |
| Maori | Na reira kahakore noa iho te ture, kore tonu ake e puta te whakawa; e karapotia ana hoki te tika e te kino: na reira, te putanga o te whakawa, he parori ke. |
| Norwegian | Derfor er loven maktesløs, og retten kommer aldri frem; for ugudelige omringer den rettferdige, derfor kommer retten frem forvendt. |
| Portuguese | Por esta causa a lei se afrouxa, e a justiça nunca se manifesta; porque o ímpio cerca o justo, de sorte que a justiça é pervertida. |
| Rumanian | Deaceea legea este fqrq putere, wi dreptatea nu se vede, cqci cel rqu biruiewte pe cel neprihqnit, de aceea se fac judecqyi nedrepte. - |
| Russian | пФ ЬФПЗП ЪБЛПО ПФЕТСМ УЙМХ, Й УХ"Б ТБЧЙМШОПЗП ОЕФ: ФБЛ ЛБЛ ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩК П"ПМЕЧБЕФ ТБЧЕ"ОПЗП, ФП Й УХ" ТПЙУИП"ЙФ ТЕЧТБФОЩК. |
| Spanish | La ley pierde su poder, y el derecho no prevalece; porque el impío cerca al justo. Por eso sale torcida la justicia. |
| Swedish | Därigenom bliver lagen vanmäktig, och rätten kommer aldrig fram. Ty den ogudaktige snärjer den rättfärdige; så framstår rätten förvrängd. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"SLACKENED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: slackine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SLACKENED" (pronounced sla"kund) |
| 6 | -l a" k u n d | blackened. |
| 4 | -k u n d | awakened, beckoned, chickened, darkened, likened, millisecond, nanosecond, quickened, reawakened, reckoned, second, sickened, thickened, weakened. |
| 3 | -u n d | abandoned, aforementioned, aland, almond, apportioned, auctioned, auditioned, bargained, bludgeoned, brightened, broadened, burdened, burgeoned, buttoned, captioned, cautioned, championed, chastened, cheapened, christened, commissioned, conditioned, cordoned, cottoned, cushioned, dampened, decommissioned, deepened, destined, determined, diamond, dimensioned, disciplined, island, jettisoned, leavened, legend, lengthened, lessened, ligand, lightened, listened, livened, loosened, disheartened, disillusioned, dockland, Eland, emblazoned, emboldened, engined, enlightened, enlivened, envisioned, errand, evened, examined, fashioned, fastened, fattened, flattened, frightened, functioned, gardened, Garland, garrisoned, glistened, happened, hardened, hastened, heartened, heightened, Highland, Holland, husband, illumined, imagined, impassioned, imprisoned, malfunctioned, margined, mentioned, moistened, moribund, motioned, Norland, occasioned, opened, optioned, orphaned, Osmund, overburdened, pardoned, partitioned, petitioned, poisoned, positioned, predestined, predetermined, prisoned, proportioned, propositioned, questioned, rationed, reasoned, rechristened, reconditioned, reexamined, reopened, repositioned, requisitioned, Reverend, ripened, ruined, saddened, sanctioned, seasoned, sectioned, sharpened, Shetland, shortened, siphoned, softened, soland, stationed, steepened, stiffened, stipend, straightened, strengthened, summoned, sweetened, thousand, threatened, tightened, toughened, unburdened, unbuttoned, undetermined, unenlightened, unmentioned, unopened, unquestioned, unsanctioned, upland, vacationed, widened, wizened, worsened. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-k-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: cleansed. | |
-2 letters: alkenes, calends, candles, clanked, cleaned, cleanse, decanes, deckels, deckles, encased, enlaced, enlaces, kalends, scalene, slacked, slacken, snacked, sneaked. | |
-3 letters: ackees, akenes, alkene, aneled, aneles, ankled, ankles, ascend, calked, candle, casked, ceased, censed, clades, clanks, cleans, cleeks, dances, decals, decane, deckel, deckle, elands, encase, enlace, kneads, kneels, lacked, ladens, lanced, lances, leaden. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-k-l-n-s" | |
+3 letters: acknowledges, knuckleheads. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Bible Trace 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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