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Definition: Ontological |
OntologicalAdjective1. Of or relating to ontology; "ontological speculations". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ontological" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Ontological \On`to*log"ic*al\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression ontologique.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Ontological |
| English words defined with "ontological": Ontologic, Ontologically. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Ontological" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.92% of the time. "Ontological" is used about 279 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.92% | 276 | 17,631 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 279 | N/A |
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 |
ontological argument | 23 |
ontological | 19 |
ontological theater | 3 |
anselms argument ontological | 3 |
ontological argument existence of god | 3 |
ontological relativism | 2 |
definition ontological | 2 |
anselm argument ontological | 2 |
ontological point research starting | 2 |
ontological proof | 2 |
anselm ontological | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ontological"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | ontologique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | ontologisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | οντολογικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | ontologico (ontologically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | ontoaylleeagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontologicalay ontológico. (various references) онтологічний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ontological": ontologically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ontological": deontological, gerontological, micropaleontological, paleontological. (additional references) | |
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"Ontological" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Indologica, Intelogic, nomological, nonlogical, oenological, oneological, onotological, ontalogical, ontologic, ontologica, ontologicaly, oontological. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ontological" (pronounced Ä'ntulÄ"jikul) |
| 9 | -t u l Ä" j i k u l | dermatological, eschatological. |
| 8 | -u l Ä" j i k u l | archaeological, archeological, astrological, biological, biotechnological, chronological, ecological, epidemiological, geological, gynecological, ideological, immunological, methodological, morphological, mythological, neurological, pathological, pharmacological, phonological, physiological, psychological, radiological, sociological, technological, theological, toxicological, virological. |
| 7 | -l Ä" j i k u l | illogical, logical, zoological. |
| 6 | -Ä" j i k u l | pedagogical. |
| 5 | -j i k u l | liturgical, magical, metallurgical, nonsurgical, ornithological, serological, strategical, surgical, teleological. |
| 4 | -i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biomedical, botanical, categorical, cervical, classical, comical, conical, critical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, logistical, lyrical, mathematical, mechanical, metaphorical, metaphysical, metrical, musical, mystical, neoclassical, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nontechnical, optical, paradoxical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, philosophical, physical, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, puritanical, rabbinical, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, testicle, theatrical, theoretical, topical, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, whimsical. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-l-l-n-o-o-o-t" | |
-2 letters: collating, collation. | |
-3 letters: colonial, cotillon, locating, location, ocotillo, oogonial. | |
-4 letters: antilog, calling, catling, coaling, coating, coolant, cooling, galliot, galloon, galloot, locoing, logical, looting, octagon, octanol, oogonia, oologic, otalgic, talcing, tolling, tooling. | |
-5 letters: acting, action, agonic, alnico, atonic, cation, catlin, citola, clinal, clonal, cogito, coital, coloni, cooing, coting, galiot, gallic, gallon, galoot, gitano, lacing, lagoon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-l-l-n-o-o-o-t" | |
+2 letters: deontological, entomological, ontologically, paleontologic, volcanologist. | |
+3 letters: gerontological, nontheological, ornithological, volcanologists. | |
+4 letters: anthropological, entomologically, gnotobiotically, paleontological. | |
+5 letters: biotechnological, ornithologically, roentgenological. | |
| 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)4F 6E 74 6F 6C 6F 67 69 63 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- -. - --- .-.. --- --. .. -.-. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01101110 01110100 01101111 01101100 01101111 01100111 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O n t o l o g i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 006E 0074 006F 006C 006F 0067 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| 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)4980868178817375696778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; 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乌克兰, for Ukranian; |
