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Definition: Introspect |
IntrospectVerb1. Reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "introspect" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
Etymology: Introspect \In`tro*spect"\, transitive verb. [Latin expression introspectus, past participle introspicere to look into; intro within specere to look. See Spy.]. (Websters 1913) |
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| "Introspect" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Introspect" is used about 5 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% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
introspect | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "introspect"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shikoj brenda (tuck in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | самонаблюдавам се, вглъбявам се. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 省 (comprehend, frugal, province, save, to leave out, to omit, to save, visit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zkoumat své nitro. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sich prüfen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξετάζω τον εαυτό μου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | önmagát elemzi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fare un'autoanalisi, autoesaminarsi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | introspectay se autoanaliza, cerceta (analyse, analyze, anatomize, ask, canvass, case, consider, consult, cross-question, delve, dip into, examine, excogiate, explore, inspect, investigate, look at, look into, look over, look through, overlook, peer, pursue, question, reconnoitre, research, screen, scrutinize, search, search into, seek, sift, sound, study, survey, test, try, visit). (various references) смотреть внутрь. (various references) samoispitivati se, preispitivati se. (various references) içgözlem yapmak, kendi duygularını ölçmek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "introspect": introspected, introspecting, introspection, introspectional, introspectionism, introspectionisms, introspectionist, introspectionistic, introspectionists, introspections, introspective, introspectively, introspectiveness, introspectivenesses, introspects. (additional references) | |
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"Introspect" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: intraspect. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "introspect" (pronounced i"ntruspe'kt) |
| 8 | -t r u s p e' k t | retrospect. |
| 5 | -s p e' k t | aspect, circumspect. |
| 4 | -p e' k t | henpecked. |
| 3 | -e' k t | aftereffect, architect, dialect, insect, intellect, prefect, transect. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-n-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: cornetist, inceptors, inspector. | |
-2 letters: centrist, citterns, cointers, conspire, contrite, corniest, cottiers, entropic, inceptor, incorpse, nepotist, noticers, pointers, porniest, portents, protects, proteins, snottier, spottier, stenotic, strontic, tenorist, tonetics, tritones, tropines. | |
-3 letters: cistern, cistron, citrons, cittern, coiners, cointer, contest, copiers, copters, cornets, cortins, cotters, cottier, crepons, cretins, crispen, cronies, entopic, erotics, incepts, inspect, intorts, nepotic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-n-o-p-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: introspects, protections. | |
+2 letters: crepitations, inspectorate, interceptors, introspected, pyrotechnist, receptionist, stereopticon, streptomycin. | |
+3 letters: counterpoints, inspectorates, interceptions, interoceptors, introspecting, introspection, introspective, perfectionist, petrifactions, practitioners, privatdocents, procrastinate, prognosticate, projectionist, protectionism, protectionist, putrefactions, pyrotechnists, receptionists, retrospecting, retrospection, stereopticons, streptomycins, trichopterans. | |
+4 letters: containerports, contraceptions, contraceptives, contrapositive, cooperationist, counterpickets, decrepitations, expectorations, introspections, noncompetitors, perfectionists, petrifications, photoreactions, precipitations, procrastinated, procrastinates, prognosticated, prognosticates, projectionists, protectionisms, protectionists, protectiveness, recomputations, repunctuations, retrospections, streptothricin, supercontinent. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 74 72 6F 73 70 65 63 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. - .-. --- ... .--. . -.-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101111 01110011 01110000 01100101 01100011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n t r o s p e c t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0074 0072 006F 0073 0070 0065 0063 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43808684818582716986 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, macarca, macar |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italyanca, italyan |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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