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Definitions: Enthuse |
EnthuseVerb1. Cause to feel enthusiasm. 2. Utter with enthusiasm. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "enthuse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1889. (references) |
Crosswords: Enthuse |
| Specialty definitions using "enthuse": COMMON SLANG. (references) |
| "Enthuse" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "Enthuse" is used about 33 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) | 81.82% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 15.15% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 33 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "enthuse": enthuse over smth.. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "enthuse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tregoj entuziazëm, mbush me entuziazëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حمس (elate, excite, rouse, thrill, toast, whip up, work up), تحمس (be keen on, carry away, get a kick out of, get excited, warm, zeal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | запалвам се (catch fire, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, warm), запалвам (fire, have a smoke, ignite, kick over, kindle, light, light up, start, start up, turn on, warm), ентусиазирам. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozplývat se nadšením, nadchnout (electrify, galvanize), blouznit (be delirious, daydream, ramble, rave, wander), básnit, bájit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | غیرت کسی رابخوش اوردن , جسورومتهورساختن , احساسات رابرانگیختن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | enthousiasmer, parler avec enthousiasme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schwärmen (abound, daydream, dream, fancy, go into raptures, gush, lionize, rave, rhapsodize, romanticize, swarm, swarming, to rave, to rhapsodize, to swarm, worship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενθουσιάζω (carry away, ravish), ενθουσιάζομαι (get carried away by). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"ל"יב (animate, excite, kindle, stir up, whip up, work up), ל"תל"ב (fervor, get excited, slaver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lelkesedik (to enthuse, to warm up), lelkesít (animate, enliven, inspirit, to animate, to buck sy up, to flush, to harangue, to inspire, to stir, to uplift, to warm up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | entusiasmarsi (gush), entusiasmare (arouse enthusiasm, become enthusiastic, drag along). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feer yeean. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enthuseay entusiasmar-se (warm), entronização. (various references) entuziasma (carry away, carry smb. off his feet, electrify, enrapture, exalt, spirit, transport), se entuziasma (fire, warm), fi entuziasmat. (various references) вызывать энтузиазм, приводить в восторг (ecstasize, enrapture, ravish). (various references) oduševiti (excite, spirit, stir up). (various references) entusiasmarse (addict, carry away, get carried away, get enthusiastic, get excited, rhapsodize), entusiasmar (carry away, delight, fire, inspire). (various references) entusiasmera, bli entusiastisk. (various references) ทำให้กระตือรือร้น, มีความกระตือรือร้น. (various references) hayran kalmak (admire, be amazed, be fascinated, be impressed), hayran bırakmak (amaze, charm, ecstasize, entrance, fascinate), gayrete gelmek, coşturmak (carry away, ecstasize, elate, exhilarate, flush, inflame, key up, lend wings to, root for, send, steam up, sweep away, sweep off, transport, warm up, whoop it up), coşmak (boil up, bubble over, effervesce, glow, gush, let oneself go, overflow, slop over), bayılmak (adore, be a sucker for, be enamored of, be enamoured of, be fond of, be taken by, be taken with, blackout, commune with oneself, conk, faint, fall for, lose consciousness, pass out, swoon), ballandıra ballandıra anlatmak (lay it on with a trowel), azmettirmek. (various references) захоплюватися (addict, admire, applaud, go for, rave, take away), захоплювати (absorb, bag, carry away, clench, clip, delight, encroach, enrapture, grab, inlace, invade, occupy, possess, rapture, ravish, take). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "enthuse": enthused, enthuses. (additional references) | |
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"Enthuse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aonghusa, enchufe, enthus, enthusi, etuse, Oenghus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tenues. | |
-2 letters: ensue, hents, hunts, sente, sheen, sheet, shent, shunt, shute, teens, tense, thens, these, tunes, unset. | |
-3 letters: eths, hens, hent, hest, hets, hues, huns, hunt, huts, nest, nets, nuts, seen, sene, sent, shun, shut, stun, suet, teen, tees, tens, thee, then, thus, tune, tuns, tush. | |
-4 letters: ens, eth, hen, hes, het, hue, hun. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: chutnees, enthused, enthuses. | |
+2 letters: atheneums, beechnuts, chanteuse, euthenics, euthenist, penthouse, unsheathe, unteaches, untethers, urethanes. | |
+3 letters: athenaeums, chanteuses, escutcheon, euthanizes, euthenists, eutherians, gesundheit, huntresses, hypotenuse, penthouses, southerner, techniques, thunderers, unesthetic, unsheathed, unsheathes, unwreathes. | |
+4 letters: catechumens, ceanothuses, escutcheons, fourteenths, groundsheet, hatefulness, headhunters, heulandites, hirsuteness, houseparent, hypotenuses, hypothenuse, southerners, technetiums, toughnesses, unaesthetic, unharvested. | |
+5 letters: debouchments, euthanatizes, extinguished, extinguisher, extinguishes, furtherances, groundsheets, hebetudinous, hematogenous, hermeneutics, heteroauxins, heterogenous, heteronomous, housepainter, houseparents, housetrained, hypothenuses, luftmenschen, meetinghouse, neurasthenia, neurasthenic, neurochemist, neuropathies, ruthlessness, southeastern, southernness, southwestern, superheating, thunderheads, thunderstone, touchinesses, unchasteness, unchristened, underclothes, undershirted, underweights, unhealthiest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 74 68 75 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. - .... ..- ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01110100 01101000 01110101 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n t h u s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0074 0068 0075 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39808674878571 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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