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Definition: Pent-up |
Pent-upAdjective1. Characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions; "her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"; "a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"; "their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"; "repressed rage turned his face scarlet". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pent-up" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
Synonym: Pent-upSynonym: repressed (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pent-up |
| English words defined with "pent-up": repressed. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You have to use your pent-up energy to fight through the harshness of reality. (The Big O; writing credit: Masanao Akahoshi; Kei'ichi Hasegawa) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Ads, exhibitions, mailers, special offer, the works! It looks as though vendors and retailers are waiting to release the pent-up marketing budget. (references) | |
Nearing the end of what is promising to be a dismal year, Kazakhstan's medical equipment and supplies market is expected to rebound sharply in 2001. This is the result of pent-up demand in the country after many years of inadequate healthcare budgets. (references) | ||
Already there is so much pent-up demand for the new generation of cellular phones offering Internet access based on the Wireless Access Protocol, or WAP, that Vodafone AirTouch PLC, the world's largest mobile-phone operator, has a waiting list for the phones that may take months to fulfill. (references) | ||
Economic History | Russia | There is a large pent-up demand from consumers for computers and related technology. (references) |
Zimbabwe | A turnaround of Zimbabwe's economy could see the release of substantial pent-up demand depending on the economy's health, especially for capital goods, and will present opportunities for American manufacturers and exporters. (references) | |
Nigeria | This has generated a pent-up demand for telecommunications equipment, accessories, consulting and technical partnerships. (references) | |
Political Economy | HAITI | With the lifting of all economic sanctions against Haiti, the sharp reduction in tariffs, and the government's decision to remove all import licenses and the 40 percent foreign exchange surrender requirement on export earnings, there have been few significant barriers to U.S. exports since 1995. The resumption of normal trade in October 1995 unleashed tremendous pent-up demand for U.S. goods. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Tax simplification will be a giant step toward unleashing the tremendous pent-up power of our economy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Pent-up" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.83% of the time. "Pent-up" is used about 63 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) | 96.83% | 61 | 43,149 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.17% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 63 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "pent-up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndjenja të fshehura thellë (pent-up feelings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 郁积. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | opdæmmet efterspørgsel (pent-up demand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | patoutunut (repressed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inflation refoulée (pent-up inflation), demande refoulée (pent-up demand), demande contenue (pent-up demand), demande comprimée (pent-up demand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zurückgestaute Inflation (pent-up inflation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμπιεσμένη ζήτηση (pent-up demand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felgyülemlett (accumulated, pent up), elfojtott (repressed, stifled, suppressed), bezárt (closed, detained, fast, locked, pent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | inflazione repressa (pent-up inflation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鬱滞 (congestion, pent-up feelings), 余憤 (pent-up anger, rage), うっ滞 (congestion, pent-up feelings). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うったい (congestion, pent-up feelings), よふ" (pent-up anger, rage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ent-uppay затаенный (deep-seated). (various references) inflación reprimida (pent-up inflation, repressed inflation), demanda reprimida (pent-up demand). (various references) undertryckt (overtopped, pent up, subdued, subordinate, suppressed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-n-p-p-t-u" | |
-2 letters: pent, punt, tune. | |
-3 letters: net, nut, pen, pep, pet, pun, pup, put, ten, tun, tup. | |
-4 letters: en, et, ne, nu, pe, un, up, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-n-p-p-t-u" | |
+2 letters: tuppence, tuppenny, untapped, untipped. | |
+3 letters: opportune, tuppences, unstepped, unstopped, unstopper. | |
+4 letters: prenuptial, septupling, supplanted, supplanter, supplement, suppletion, unapparent, unhappiest, unprompted, unstepping, unstoppers, unstrapped, uppitiness, uppityness, upstepping. | |
+5 letters: appurtenant, inopportune, opportunely, pluripotent, presumption, supplanters, supplements, suppletions, suppressant, unstoppable, unstoppered, unsupported. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 6E 74 2D 75 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01101110 01110100 00101101 01110101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e n t - u p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 006E 0074 002D 0075 0070 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50718086158782 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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