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Definition: WOT |
WOT1. 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. See the Note under Wit, v. Imperative1. Of Weet Present singular1. Of Wit |
Date "WOT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
"WOT" is a common misspelling or typo for: wet, wit, woe, wok, won, woo, wow. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
WOT | English | Working Group on Development Techniques | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Knowledge | Verb: know, ken, scan, wot; wot aware, be aware; Adjective:- of; ween, weet, trow, have, possess. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: WOT |
| Specialty definitions using "WOT": Gay Girl, GRAVE ♦ -grave ♦ Shoe Pinches. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Mawage! Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) Wot I don't like is that you got two of somethin' the rest of us got none of (Paint Your Wagon; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky; Alan Jay Lerner) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Wot a Night (1931) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The Man Wot Don't Pay His Taxes. / [Robert Seymour]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Are you one of the bhoys wot went to the weddin? / I ai'nt nothin else. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The man wot pays no postage. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Eh! Wot. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Sagrada Familia 1" by Alex Furr Commentary: "Sagrada Familia - The Barcelona Church wot Gaudi built. Or at least started building - its still being built today with public money / donations." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student. Beside a lonely grave I stood -- With brambles 'twas encumbered; The winds were moaning in the wood, Unheard by him who slumbered, A rustic standing near, I said: "He cannot hear it blowing!" "'Course not," said he: "the feller's dead -- He can't hear nowt [sic] that's going." "Too true," I said; "alas, too true -- No sound his sense can quicken!" "Well, mister, wot is that to you? -- The deadster ain't a-kickin'." I knelt and prayed: "O Father, smile On him, and mercy show him!" That countryman looked on the while, And said: "Ye didn't know him." Pobeter Dunko |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "WOT" is generally used as a determiner (wh-) -- approximately 79.55% of the time. "WOT" is used about 44 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 |
| Determiner (wh-) | 79.55% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Noun (singular) | 9.09% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.82% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 44 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "WOT": wot-nots, wot-wot. | |
Ending with "WOT": wot-wot. | |
| 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 |
wot | 80 |
club wot | 8 |
faq wot | 7 |
club.org.uk inuyasha wot | 6 |
ankor wot | 6 |
art wot | 6 |
wot if | 5 |
club.org wot | 5 |
now wot | 4 |
club.org.uk wot | 3 |
encyclopedia wot | 3 |
rpg wot | 3 |
aint fings they used wot | 2 |
class prestige wot | 2 |
mud wot | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WOT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | di (be acquainted with, be privy to, can, cognize, come to know, consider, have, Ken, know). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | зная (can, know, known, savvy, wist, wit, wottest). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tud (can, know, one can, to ken, to savvy, to tell, told, wit). (various references) | |
Manx | Ta fys ec Jee (God wot). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otway.(various references) | |
Russian | знать (be acquainted with, be aware, gentlefolk, gentlefolks, knew, know, like the book, notables, wis). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | znati (ken, know). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 3, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai nun adelfoi oida oti kata agnoian epraxate wsper kai oi arconteV umwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et nunc fratres scio quia per ignorantiam fecistis sicut et principes vestri |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And now, britheren, Y woot that bi vnwityng ye diden, as also youre princis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And now brethre I wote well that thorow ignorauce ye did it as dyd also youre heddes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 3, Verse 17 |
| Albanian | Por tani, o vëllezër, unë e di që e keni bërë nga padija, ashtu siç kanë bërë edhe krerët tuaj. |
| Cebuano | "Ug karon, mga igsoon, ako nasayud nga kadto inyong gibuhat tungod kay kamo wala man mahibalo, maingon sa pagbuhat usab sa inyong mga punoan. |
| Croatian | "I sada, braæo, znam da ste ono uradili iz neznanja kao i glavari vaši. |
| Danish | Og nu, Brødre! jeg ved, at I handlede i Uvidenhed, ligesom også eders Rådsherrer. |
| Dutch | En nu, broeders, ik weet, dat gij het door onwetendheid gedaan hebt, gelijk als ook uw oversten. |
| Finnish | Ja nyt, veljet, minä tiedän, että te olette tietämättömyydestä sen tehneet, te niinkuin teidän hallitusmiehennekin. |
| French | Et maintenant, frères, je sais que vous avez agi par ignorance, ainsi que vos chefs. |
| German | Nun, liebe Brüder, ich weiß, daß ihr's durch Unwissenheit getan habt wie auch eure Obersten. |
| Haitian Creole | Enben, koulye a, frè m' yo, mwen rekonèt se konnen nou pa t' konnen, nou menm ansanm ak tout chèf nou yo, kifè nou te aji konsa avèk Jezi. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saudara-saudara! Sekarang saya tahu bahwa apa yang kalian dan pemimpin-pemimpinmu lakukan terhadap Yesus, itu kalian lakukan karena kalian tidak tahu apa yang kalian sedang lakukan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan sekarang, hai Saudara-saudara, aku ketahui kamu melakukan hal itu dengan jahilmu sama seperti penghulumu juga. |
| Italian | Ora, fratelli, io so che voi avete agito per ignoranza, così come i vostri capi; |
| Korean | 형 제 들 아 너 희 가 알 지 못 하 여 서 그 리 하 였 으 며 너 희 관 원 들 도 그 리 한 줄 아 노 라 |
| Latvian | Bet tagad brâïi, es zinu, ka jûs tâpat kâ jûsu priekðnieki nezinâðanas dçï to padarîjât. |
| Maori | Na, e oku teina, e mahara ana ahau na te kuware tena mahi a koutou, pera i ta o koutou rangatira. |
| Norwegian | Og nu, brødre! jeg vet at I gjorde det i uvitenhet, likesom eders rådsherrer; |
| Portuguese | Agora, irmãos, eu sei que o fizestes por ignorância, como também as vossas autoridades. |
| Rumanian | Wi acum, frayilor, wtiu cq din newtiinyq ayi fqcut awa, ca wi mai marii vowtri. |
| Russian | чРТПЮЕН С ЪОБА, ВТБФЙС, ЮФП ЧЩ, ЛБЛ Й ОБЮБМШОЙЛЙ ЧБЫЙ, УДЕМБМЙ ЬФП РП ОЕЧЕДЕОЙА; |
| Shuar | `Wats, yatsurtiram, wi nékajai. Atumsha Atumí uuntrijiai Jesusan Túramarmena nu nékatsuk Túramarme. |
| Spanish | Ahora bien, hermanos, sé que por ignorancia lo hicisteis, como también vuestros gobernantes. |
| Swahili | "Sasa ndugu zangu, nafahamu kwamba ninyi na wakuu wenu mlitenda hayo kwa sababu ya kutojua kwenu. |
| Swedish | Nu vet jag väl, mina bröder, att I såväl som edra rådsherrar haven gjort detta, därför att I icke vissten bättre. |
| Uma | "Ompi' -ompi', koi' moto-mi hante pangkeni-ta to mpopatehi Yesus-e. Aga ku'inca moto, napa to nibabehi tetu, nibabehi ngkai ka'uma-na-hawo ni'incai kalaua-na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "WOT": wots, wotted, wotting. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "WOT": swot. (additional references) | |
Words containing "WOT": swots, swotted, swotter, swotters, swotting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tow, two. | |
| Words within the letters "o-t-w" | |
-1 letter: ow, to, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-t-w" | |
+1 letter: nowt, stow, swot, town, tows, towy, trow, twos, wont, wort, wost, wots. | |
+2 letters: kotow, nowts, owlet, rowth, stowp, stows, strow, swots, throw, towed, towel, tower, towie, towns, towny, trows, whort, wonts, worst, worth, worts, wrote, wroth. | |
+3 letters: bestow, bowpot, cowpat, frowst, godwit, growth, howlet, intown, kotows, kowtow, lowest, newton, outlaw, outrow, outsaw, outwar, outwit, owlets, powter, rowths, stowed, stowps, strown, strows, tallow, thrown, throws, towage, toward, towels, towers, towery, towhee, towies, towing, townee, townie, trowed, trowel, trowth, twofer, uptown, wanton, whorts, wittol, wombat, wonted, wonton, worrit, worset, worsts, worths, worthy, wotted. | |
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