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Definitions: Effacement |
EffacementNoun1. Shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor. 2. Withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "effacement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Effacement \Ef*face"ment\, noun. [Compare to the French expression effacement.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: EffacementSynonym: self-effacement (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Obliteration | Noun: obliteration; erasure, rasure; cancel, cancellation; circumduction; deletion, blot; tabula rasa; effacement, extinction. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Effacement |
| Non-English Usage: "Effacement" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (deletion, effacing, erasing, erasure, obliteration, rub, wipe, wiping out). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Effacement seemed complete on that side. |
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| "Effacement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Effacement" is used about 9 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) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "effacement": self-effacement. | |
| 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 |
effacement | 82 |
dilation effacement | 30 |
cervix effacement | 23 |
effacement pregnancy | 22 |
cervical effacement | 17 |
de données effacement | 13 |
de donnes effacement | 8 |
effacement in pregnancy | 8 |
dialation effacement | 6 |
effacement labor | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "effacement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shuarje (cancellation, erasure, evanescence, expurgation, extinction, obliteration, quenching, shutdown, suppression, wane, withering), fshirje (defacement, deletion, erasure, obliteration, rub, sweeping, wiping). (various references) | |
Arabic | محو (erasure, obliteration, rubbing out, wiping off), عفو عن, طمس (deface, defacement, efface, monthly, obliterate, obliteration). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | заличаване (deletion, erasure, obliteration), изличаване (erasure, obliteration). (various references) | |
Czech | vymazání (deletion, obliteration). (various references) | |
Danish | udslettelse af orificium (effacement of the os uteri). (various references) | |
French | effacement du col (effacement of the os uteri). (various references) | |
German | Auslöschung. (various references) | |
Greek | εξάλειψη (decontamination, deletion, deletion of chromosomes, elimination, eradication, erase, erasing, erasure, extinction, obliteration, removal). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחיק" (cancellation, cancelling, deletion, erasure, obliteration), "שתחקות (erasure, rubbing off). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megsemmisítés (annihilation, annulment, destruction, dissolution, eradication, extermination, nullification, obliteration, repeal, scattering), kitörlés (obliteration, wipeout, wipe-out). (various references) | |
Italian | cancellazione (abatement, annulment, black-out, blanking, cancel, cancellation, clearing procedure, deletion, erasing, erasure, release, suppression). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 滅却 (destruction, extinguishment). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうきゃく (amortization, destroy by fire, erasure, guest of honor, incineration, paying back debt, redemption, repayment), めっきゃく (destruction, extinguishment). (various references) | |
Manx | glenney jeh (efface, wipe away, wipe off). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | effacementay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | eclipsar (adumbrate, eclogue, occult, outshine, overshadow), obliteração (obliteration, validation). (various references) | |
Romanian | eclipsare (occultation), ştergere (cancellation, defacement, deletion, erasure, obliteration, scraping, wipe), anulare (annulment, avoidance, call off, cancellation, defeasance, defeat, nullification, remitment, remittal, repeal, rescission, reversal, revocation). (various references) | |
Russian | стирание (abrasion, defacement, deletion, detrition, erasure, obliteration, rasure, rub), вычеркивание (cancellation, deletion, expurgation, obliteration, rasure). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | brisanje (deletion, erasure, sweeping, whisk, wipe). (various references) | |
Spanish | limpiadura (cleaning, wipe), borradura (abatement, cancellation, deletion, erasure, expurgation, obliteration). (various references) | |
Turkish | yok etme (annihilation, disposal, elimination, eradication, extermination, extinction, obliteration, tabula rasa), ortadan kaldırma (disposal, removal), giderme (dissipation, elimination, obviation, removal), geri planda kalma. (various references) | |
Ukranian | стирання (abrading, abrasion, attrition, defacement, deletion, erasement, erasure, obliteration, rub), відміна (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, annulment, avoidance, defeasance, rescission, reversal, revocation, washout, withdrawal), викреслювання (cancel, cancellation, deletion, expurgation), згладжування (obliteration), забуття (condonation, forgetfulness, limbo, neglect, obliteration, oblivion, obliviousness, silence). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự xoá bỏ sự l m lu mờ, sự xoá (earsure, erasement, obliteration), sự nép mình, sự át sự tự cho mình l không quan trọng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "effacement": effacements. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "effacement" (pronounced 'Ef*face"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Arraignment, Arrestment, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avisement, Avouchment, Bailment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Bewailment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bisegment, Blastment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chatoyment, Cloyment, Coadjustment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Curtailment, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Declarement, Decorement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degradement, Delayment, Denotement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disemboguement, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disenthrallment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disimprovement, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Disobligement, Disownment, Dispatchment, Disportment, Disposement, Distillment, Divergement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Easement, Ejectment, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embasement, Embayment, Embedment, Emboitement, Embossment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Enactment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encystment, Endearment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment, Engravement, Engrossment, Engulfment, enhancement, Enjoinment, Enjoyment, Enlacement, Enlargement, Enlistment, Enouncement, Enragement, Enrichment, Enrockment, Enrollment, Enslavement, Enswathement, Entailment, Entassment, Entertainment, Enthrallment, Enthronement, Enticement, Entombment, Entrancement, Entreatment, Entwinement, Enwrapment, Epaulement, Equipment, Erasement, Escapement, Escarpment, Eschewment, Espousement, Estrangement, Estrepement, Evincement, Evolvement, Exaltment, Excitement, Excusement, Exertment, Exhalement, Exhaustment, Explorement, Extolment, Farcement, Feoffment, figment, fitment, Fleshment, Forcement, Foreappointment, Forebodement, Forejudgment, fragment, Freshment, Frightment, fulfillment, garment, Gazement, Imbankment, Imbowment, Imbruement, Imbrutement, Imbuement, Imbursement, Immoment, immurement, Impackment, impairment, Impartment, impeachment, impingement, Imposement, impressment, improvement, Impugnment, Incagement, incasement, Incensement, incitement, Incommodement, Increasement, Incrustment, Indebtment, Indentment, indictment, Inditement, Indorsement, Indowment, inducement, Induement, Indulgement, Infeoffment, Infoldment, infringement, Ingraftment, Ingulfment, Insignment, installment, instillment, Insultment, Intendment, Interchangement, Interlacement, interment, internment, Inthrallment, Intombment, intrenchment, Introducement, Intwinement, Inurement, investment, Invitement, involvement, judgment, jument, Lavement, Ledgment, lodgment, loment, maladjustment, Maltreament, Mandment, Manurement, Mendment, Misadjustment, Misallotment, Misarrangement, Misemployment, Misimprovement, Misjudgment, misplacement, misstatement. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-f-m-n-t" | |
-3 letters: cementa. | |
-4 letters: affect, cement, cetane, efface, effect, effete, enface, facete, menace, tenace. | |
-5 letters: ament, eaten, emcee, enact, enate, enema, facet, fence, meant, menta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-f-f-m-n-t" | |
+1 letter: effacements. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100110 01100110 01100001 01100011 01100101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E f f a c e m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0066 0066 0061 0063 0065 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39727267697179718086 |
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