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Definition: UNTHINK |
UNTHINKTransitive verb1. To recall or take back, as something thought. |
Date "UNTHINK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references) |
| "UNTHINK" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "UNTHINK" is used about 3 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 (infinitive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "UNTHINK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Bulgarian | променям намерението си, променям мнението си (turn around, wheel about, wheel around, work round), изгонвам от мисълта си. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | inkunthay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "UNTHINK": unthinkabilities, unthinkability, unthinkable, unthinkably, unthinking, unthinkingly, unthinks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-k-n-n-t-u" | |
-1 letter: unknit. | |
-2 letters: ninth, think, thunk. | |
-3 letters: hint, hunk, hunt, kith, knit, thin, unit. | |
-4 letters: hin, hit, hun, hut, ink, inn, khi, kin, kit, nit, nth, nun, nut, tin, tui, tun. | |
-5 letters: hi, in, it, nu, ti, uh, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-k-n-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: thunking, unthinks. | |
+3 letters: unthinking. | |
+4 letters: outthanking, outthinking, unthinkable, unthinkably. | |
+5 letters: unthinkingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 4E 54 48 49 4E 4B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. - .... .. -. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01001110 01010100 01001000 01001001 01001110 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U N T H I N K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 004E 0054 0048 0049 004E 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)55485442434845 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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