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Definition: Donation |
DonationNoun1. A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause. 2. Act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "donation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1607. (references) |
Etymology: Donation \Do*na"tion\, noun. [Latin expression donatio; compare to French donation.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
General | Sum of money or items of value received as gifts. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | The action of making a gratuitous gift or free contribution. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The laws often prohibit individuals or corporations donate a large fund to a particular politician.
See also the literary forgery, the so-called 'Donation of Constantine.'
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Donation."
Synonym: DonationSynonym: contribution (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Festivity, merrymaking; party; (social gathering); blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet; (food); regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day; treat. |
Expenditure | Payment; pay; (remuneration); bribe; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation;. |
Giving | Noun: giving; Verb: bestowal, bestowment, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award. |
Gift, donation, present, cadeau; fairing; free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation; lagniappe, pilon. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Donation |
| English words defined with "donation": Ademption ♦ donate, Donative ♦ Gift rope. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "donation": area specialist ♦ Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act of 1996, BLOOD-DONOR RECRUITER, BUSINESS-ENTERPRISE OFFICER ♦ Commodity Assistance Program, Commodity distribution, Commodity Distribution Program, contribution solicitor ♦ Donation of Pepin, donor atom ♦ Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, Food for Peace Program, FUND RAISER II ♦ Good samaritan laws ♦ NewsClip ♦ PROPERTY CLERK, property custodian ♦ Section 416 ♦ Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Donation" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (benevolence, charity, contribution, dole, donating, donation, endowment, gift, settlement), Swedish (benefaction, donation, endowment, pittance). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And I'm just wondering why that in particular strikes you as an important qualification for semen donation. (The Way of the Gun; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie) Now, you wouldn't by chance be considering a sizable donation to the party? (Now and Again; writing credit: Michael Angeli) You're basically gonna be living the rest of your life on a charitable donation from the Jeremy Goodwin Foundation. (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls) | |
Clever | Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person(s) you want remembered. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Plate I. 1. Myxine glutinosa, Linnaeus. Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 23466, U. S. N. M. ( Gloucester donation, No. 287), N. Lat. 43 33, W. Long. 52 10, at 300 fathoms. 2. Myxine australis, Jenyns. Drawing by A. H. Baldwin, from specimen collected by ALBATROSS at S. Lat. 48 37, W. Long. 65 46, at 58 fathoms. 3. Petromyzon marinus, Linnaeus, from Wood's Hole, Mass. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | [Red Cross Bloodmobile and blood donation poster]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | At West Kukum Beach, Guadalcanal, 18 August 1945. This photograph, originally black and white, was color-tinted prior to its donation to the Naval Historical Center. Credit: NAVY. |  | Issued to Yeoman 1st Class (F) Omah Margaret Munier, USNRF, who served at the Receiving Ship, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, in 1918-19. Donation of Mrs. Omah (Munier) Swanson, 1969. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Nurse preparing arm of prisoner, possibly for blood donation to aid the armed forces during World War II, San Quentin prison, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sign showing donation of land by land developing project, central New Jersey pine area. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Some good Vermont hard maple is delivered to the victory store at Hardwick by A.J. Larrabee who is making his donation to the war fund sale in firewood. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Red Cross nurse Florence Aldrich readies a San Quentin prisoner for his blood donation during one of the Red Cross mobile unit's visits to the penitentiary. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Clinton D. Duffy, warden of San Quentin, stands at a prisoner's bedside while Red Cross nurse Florence Aldrich prepares trhe young man for his donation. During the Red Cross mobile unit's visit, 150 men gave blood to the bank and more than twice that numb. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Blood donation is a spiritual encounter : July is "blood donation with love" month. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | That Adam had not, either by natural right of fatherhood, or by positive donation from God, any such authority over his children, or dominion over the world, as is pretended: 2. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Avoiding the long wait is a major advantage of living donation. (references) | |
This leads to disposal of blood from normal donors and to deferral of the donors from future donation. (references) | ||
A person with asymptomatic (no symptoms) P. malariae, however, can infect others, either through blood donation or mosquito bites. (references) | ||
Business | Health insurance payments are made to the Office of Social Insurance (ZUS) by the employer and are transferred by ZUS to the appropriate Sick Fund. The state budget directly finances highly specialized procedures, health prevention programs, some types of occupational medicine, epidemiological surveys, the public system of blood donation and treatment of addicts. (references) | |
Economic History | Bangladesh | Imports in FY2002 are forecast at 0.5 million tons of commercial and 0.5 million ton of donation. (references) |
Bangladesh | The FY2000 imports consisted of 486,000 tons of commercial purchase and 526,000 tons of donation. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | U.S. assistance amounted to $12 million, $4 million of which constituted development assistance and $8 million of wheat donation. (references) | |
Human Rights | Panama | However, during the year, the General Penitentiary Directorate (DGSP) received a donation of $10,000 from Red Cross International, which together with a donation from a legislator, it plans to use to buy an ambulance. (references) |
Minorities | Switzerland | The Department continued its $90,000 (150,000 Swiss francs) per year donation to the organization, Future for Swiss Itinerants. (references) |
Trade | Ecuador | Used special vehicles given in donation such as ambulances, mobile clinics, sweepers and fire trucks are permitted. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | McDonald's shut the protest down by agreeing with the protesters and putting donation boxes, posters, and tray liners which will inform customers of the terrible conditions in Africa. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Donation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.51% of the time. "Donation" is used about 606 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 99.51% | 603 | 10,628 |
| Noun (common) | 0.49% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 606 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "donation": blood donation ♦ Donation party ♦ Oocyte Donation. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "donation": back-donation, out-of-work-donation. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
car donation | 1,368 | computer donation | 87 |
donation | 987 | purple heart donation | 69 |
egg donation | 527 | cell phone donation | 67 |
boat donation | 444 | clothing donation | 66 |
automobile donation | 416 | donation letter thank | 62 |
organ donation | 393 | automobile charity donation | 62 |
blood donation | 253 | donation letter request | 56 |
vehicle donation | 233 | used car donation | 53 |
donation hair | 199 | charity auto donation | 53 |
charity donation | 197 | female egg donation | 51 |
donation plasma | 196 | donation letter request sample | 50 |
donation letter | 181 | online donation | 46 |
charity car donation | 151 | car donation california | 45 |
charitable donation | 134 | donation request | 43 |
sperm donation | 131 | car charitable donation | 41 |
furniture donation | 128 | center donation plasma | 40 |
bone marrow donation | 119 | on line donation | 39 |
salvation army donation | 106 | book donation | 39 |
goodwill donation | 102 | vehicle donation program | 39 |
donation letter sample | 89 | car donation program | 38 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "donation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | donasie (gift, present), geskenk (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dhurim (gift, presentation), dhënie (administration, allocation, assignation, award, cession, conferment, dispensation, disposal, distribution, grant, issue, presentation, settlement), kontribut (contribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منحة (awarding, bestowal, conferment, endowment, giving, granting, presenting), هبة (benevolence, bestowal, blast, boon, bounty, charity, contribution, endowment, gift, grant, liberality, offering, outburst, present, privilege, puff, waft, whiff), عطاء منحة (gift, grant, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пожертвувание (contribution, gift, oblation, offering), подарък (gift, give away, pledge, present), подаряване (presentation), дарение (beneficence, dower, endowment, gift, grant, oblation, offering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | regal (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 捐 (Donate, Donated, Donating, Endowment), 捐助 (contribution, offer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dar (bounty, gift, Hansel, offering, present, settlement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gave (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schenking (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | gáva (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lahjoitus (presentation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | donation (dole, donating), don (Don, donative, dowry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | skinking (gift, present), kado (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schenkung (bestowal, gift), spende (benefaction, bounty, contribution, dole, gift, present, purse), gabe (administering, bounty, dispensation, dose, gift, offering, present), zuwendung (care, devotion, financial contribution, sum of money, turning), Zahlung (capitation, defrayal, payment), stiftung (bequest, endowment, establishment, foundation, institution), Geldgeschenk (box, gift of money, gratuity, purse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δωρεά (gift, grant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מת " (bribe, gift, largess, offering, present), תרומ" (contribution, endowment, gift, oblation, offering), "ב" (alms, charity, handout, largess, offering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ajándék (gift, gratuity, largesse, present, presentation, souvenir, testimonial), adomány (benefaction, boon, bounty, donative, dower, gift, grant, largess, offertory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | gjöf (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | donasi, derma (alms, dole), dana (fund, grant), infak (allowance, endowment), hadiah (award, bonus, boon, bounty, gift, largess, present, prize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | donazione (endowment, gift), dono (blessing, boon, bribe, gift, grant, present, talent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 贈与 (presentation), 寄附 (contribution), 寄贈 (presentation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぞうよ (presentation), ぎえ" (assistance, contribution), きぞう (presentation), きそう (drafting, drawing up a bill, fantastic idea, gas phase, high priest, presentation, respectful form of address to a priest, to compete with, to emulate), きし" (contribution, fierce god, homesickness, men of rank, noble, notables, sending a letter), きき" (contribution, famine, foundation, fund), きふき" (contribution, endowment), きふ (contribution, skin, writing a musical score), きょしゅつ (contribution), きえ" (abandonment, big talking, chance, high spirits, opportunity, strange coincidence), ほうが (bud, germ, germination, imperial carriage, Japanese film, respectful congratulations, sign, sprout), け"き" (additional post, contribution), け"のうひ" (an offering, contribution), け"のう (authority, function, offering, power, presentation), じょうざい (cleansing of sins, lozenge, monetary offering, pill, tablet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 갹출금. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | pemberian (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | toyrtys (boon, contribution, delivery, endowment, grant, offering, present, subvention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | gave (endowment, gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | regaldo (gift, present), opsekio (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onationday podarunek (gift, present). (various references) doação (bequest, bestowal, bounty, dole, donative, endowment). (various references) donare, donaţie (foundation, gift, grant), dãruire (ability, abnegation, dealing out, dedication, devotedness, offering, self denial), ofrandã (alms, gift, holocaust, homage, offering, offerings, sacrifice). (various references) пожертвование (endowment, mortification, offering), дар (bestowal, donative, faculty, gift, grant, pledge). (various references) donacija (donative). (various references) donación (benefaction, gift, grant). (various references) presenti (gift, present). (various references) gåva (accomplishment, aptitude, bounty, disposition, dower, dowry, gift, gratuity, hand out, present, talent, token), donation (benefaction, endowment, pittance). (various references) การบริจาค (donorship). (various references) yardım (aid, alms, assist, assistance, backing, backup, booster, comfort, contribution, cooperation, dole, donative, Favor, favour, furtherance, hand, help, helpfulness, lift, relief, rescue, shot, stand by, succor, succour, support, sustenance, welfare), hibe (gift, grant), bağix (gift, present), bağışlama (act of grace, endowment, giving, largess, largesse, pardon, quarter, remission), bağış (benefaction, bestowal, bounty, contribution, donative, endowment, gift, grant, largess, largesse, offer, offering, pittance), armağan (bestowal, bounty, gift, gratuity, present, presentation). (various references) дарча (grant), дар (boon, bounty, donative, grant). (various references) sự tặng (bestowal, offering, presentation), sự quyên cúng đ" tặng, sự cho (bestowal, gift, grant), sự biếu (offering, proffer), đ" cho, đ" biếu (donative). (various references) siibil (gift, present). (various references) isipho (gift, present). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | donationes, donationis, donativum, donum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "donation": donations. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "donation": condonation. (additional references) | |
Words containing "donation": condonations. (additional references) | |
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"Donation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: debation, denation, dianion, dination, dmonition, donait, donarius, donati, Donatien, Donatilo, Donithorn, duannian, dunction. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "donation" (pronounced dōnā"shun) |
| 5 | -n ā" sh u n | abomination, alienation, antidiscrimination, assassination, carnation, combination, concatenation, condemnation, consternation, contamination, coordination, coronation, culmination, damnation, decaffeination, decontamination, denomination, desalination, designation, destination, determination, detonation, discrimination, disinclination, dissemination, divination, domination, elimination, emanation, examination, explanation, extermination, fascination, germination, hallucination, hibernation, hydrogenation, illumination, imagination, impersonation, impregnation, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incrimination, indignation, indoctrination, insemination, insubordination, intonation, machination, nation, nomination, nondiscrimination, ordination, origination, pagination, pollination, predestination, procrastination, profanation, recrimination, reexamination, reincarnation, rejuvenation, renomination, resignation, rumination, stagnation, subordination, termination, transillumination, vaccination. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concentration, conciliation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, cultivation, dalmatian, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, disembarkation, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, documentation, domestication, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elongation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, harmonization, hesitation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hyperinflation, identification, illustration, imitation, immigration, immunization, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incorporation, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, organisation, organization, orientation, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procreation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, titillation, toleration, transformation, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-n-n-o-o-t" | |
-2 letters: anoint, nation, notion. | |
-3 letters: anion, danio, donna, niton, onion, ootid, tondi, tondo. | |
-4 letters: adit, anon, anti, dato, dint, dita, doat, doit, dona, into, iota, naoi, nodi, nona, noon, nota, onto, tain, toad, toon. | |
-5 letters: ado, aid, ain, ait, and, ani, ant, din, dit, don, dot, inn, ion, nan, nit, nod, noo, not, oat, oot. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-n-n-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: anticodon, donations. | |
+2 letters: admonition, anticodons, codominant, denotation, detonation, domination, foundation, iodination, nationhood, nodulation, ordination. | |
+3 letters: admonitions, anodization, codominants, conditional, condonation, denominator, denotations, detonations, dominations, foundations, iodinations, nationhoods, nodulations, nonauditory, nondogmatic, nondominant, opinionated, ordinations. | |
+4 letters: anodizations, commendation, condemnation, condensation, conditionals, condonations, coordinating, coordination, deionization, demonization, denomination, denominators, foundational, gonadotropin, midafternoon, noncustodial, nondominants, noneditorial, noneducation, nonsteroidal, overdominant, refoundation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 6E 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- -. .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01101110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o n a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 006E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| 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)3881806786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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