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Premonition

Definition: Premonition

Premonition

Noun

1. A feeling of evil to come: "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case".

2. An early warning about a future event.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "premonition" was first used: 1456. (references)

Etymology: Premonition \Pre`mo*ni"tion\, noun. [Latin expression praemonitio. See Premonish.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Premonition

Synonyms: boding (n), foreboding (n), forewarning (n), presentiment (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Premonition

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Prediction

Noun: prediction, announcement; program, programme; (plan); premonition; (warning); prognosis, prophecy, vaticination, mantology, prognostication, premonstration; augury, auguration; ariolation, hariolation; foreboding, aboding; bodement, abodement; omniation, omniousness; auspices, forecast; omen; horoscope, nativity; sooth, soothsaying; fortune telling, crystal gazing; divination; necromancy.

Reasoning,

Noun: intuition, instinct, association, hunch, gut feeling; presentiment, premonition; rule of thumb; superstition; astrology; faith (supposition).

Warning

Noun: warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice; (information); premonition, premonishment; prediction; contraindication, lesson, dehortation; admonition, monition; alarm.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Premonition

English words defined with "premonition": Premonitorshadow. (references)

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Modern Usage: Premonition

DomainUsage

Lyrics

I feel a premonition ("Livin' La Vida Loca"; performing artist: Ricky Martin)

Movie/TV Titles

Premonition (1972)

Hard Time: The Premonition (1999)

John Fogerty Premonition Concert (1998)

The Premonition (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Premonition

DomainTitle

Books

  • At the Threshold of Premonition (reference)

  • Prediction or Premonition - Coincidence Be Damned (reference)

  • Premonicion Mortal/Fatal Premonition (reference)

  • Premonition (reference)

  • The Premonition (Blood of Nostradamus) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Premonition".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Soap opera; dramatic; foreboding; anxiety; apprehension; apprehensiveness; augury; bad omen; bad vibes; chill; dread; fear; foreshadowing; foretoken; forewarning; funny feeling; good vibes; portent; prediction; premonition; prenotion; presage; presentimen.Soap opera; dramatic; foreboding; anxiety; apprehension; apprehensiveness; augury; bad omen; bad vibes; chill; dread; fear; foreshadowing; foretoken; forewarning; funny feeling; good vibes; portent; prediction; premonition; prenotion; presage; presentimen.
Soap opera; dramatic; foreboding; anxiety; apprehension; apprehensiveness; augury; bad omen; bad vibes; chill; dread; fear; foreshadowing; foretoken; forewarning; funny feeling; good vibes; portent; prediction; premonition; prenotion; presage; presentimen.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Premonition

"Premonition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Premonition" is used about 88 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%8835,154

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Premonition

Expression using "premonition": have a premonition. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Premonition

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

premonition

64

death premonition

4

john fogerty premonition

3

premonition record

3

dream premonition

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Premonition

Language Translations for "premonition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

parandjenjë e keqe, paralajmërim (admonishment, admonition, caution, exhortation, forerunner, notice, portent, presage, prognostic, tip off, warning). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كان لديه إحساس, ‏كان لديه شعور, ‏هاجس (obsession), ‏حس داخلي (presentiment), ‏تحذير سبقي, ‏شعور مسبق. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

предупреждение (admonition, caution, monition, notice, office, warning), предчувствие (augury, divination, hunch, precognition, presage, presentiment, prevision). (various references)

   

Czech

  

varování (caution, caveat, monition, tip off, warning). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فکرقبلی , تحذیر, اخطار (Alarm, Caveat, Notice, Notification, Signal, Tipoff), برحذرداشتن . (various references)

   

French

  

pressentiment (presentiment), prémonition. (various references)

   

German

  

warnung (admonishment, caution, warning). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προειδοποίηση (caution, monition, warning), προαίσθηση (intuition, presentiment), προαίσθημα (foreboding, presage, presentiment). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תחוש" מוק"מת (presentiment), בואת "לב (foreboding, hunch, prediction, presentiment). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

előzetes figyelmeztetés, előérzet (adumbration, anticipation, aura, aurae, boding, misgiving, presage). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pemberitahuan (announcement, communicate, notice). (various references)

   

Italian

  

premonizione. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

胸'ぎ (uneasiness, vague apprehension), 予覚 (foreboding, hunch), 予知 (foreknowledge, foresight, intimation, prediction), 予感 (presentiment), 前表 (harbinger, omen, portent, sign), 前知らせ (omen, previous notice, signs), 前徴 (harbinger, omen, portent, sign), 前兆 (harbinger, omen, portent, sign). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぜ"ぴょう (all the rest, harbinger, omen, portent, sign, the whole), ぜ"ちょう (harbinger, omen, over-all length, portent, sign, span), まえじらせ (omen, previous notice, signs), むなさわぎ (uneasiness, vague apprehension), よか" (lingering winter, presentiment), よかく (complementary angle, foreboding, hunch), よち (earth, foreknowledge, foresight, intimation, margin, place, prediction, room, scope, world). (various references)

   

Manx

  

raaue (alert, caution, danger signal, notice, warning), monney (foreboding, foreshadow, much, omen, particle, portent, presage, scrap, sign), fysseraght (inquisitiveness, supernatural knowledge). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emonitionpray

   

Portuguese

  

pressentimento (augury, feeling, foreboding, hunch, inkling, misgiving, omen, presage, presentiment), presságio (augury, bodement, boding, earnest, foreboding, foretoken, indication, omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, threat), premunição (shadow), aviso (admonishment, admonition, advice, alarm, announcement, annunciation, aviso, beacon, buoy, caution, circular, communication, hint, intimation, memento, monition, notice, notification, signal, sloop, threat, warning). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

prevenire (admonishment, caveat, monition, warning), premoniţie, prefigurare (foreshadowing, prefiguration), avertisment (admonishment, caution, caveat, monition, notice, warning). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

предчувствие (presage, presentiment). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

predosećanje (augury). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

premonición (hunch). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förvarning (foreshadow, forewarning, tip off). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

uyarma (caution, excitation, excitement, stimulation, warning), içine doğma (a hunch, foreboding, presage, presentiment), önsezi (a hunch, foreboding, foresight, forethought, hunch, intuition, precognition, presage, prescience, presentiment, sixth sense, vision). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

syzmak (feel, have a premonition). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

попередження (admonishment, admonition, caution, caveat, notice, notification, prediction, warning, wire), передчуття (anticipation, augury, foreboding, foretaste, prelibation, presentiment). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự cảm thấy trước linh cảm, sự báo trước (foreboding, notice, prognostication, warning), điềm báo trước (fore-runner, prognostic). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Premonition

Derivations

Words beginning with "premonition": premonitions. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Premonition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: premanition, premenition, premention, preminition, premonitionary, premontion, promonition. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Premonition"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "premonition" (pronounced premuni"shun)
7-m u n i" sh u nadmonition.
6-u n i" sh u nammunition, clinician, definition, redefinition.
5-n i" sh u ncognition, ignition, munition, preignition, recognition, technician.
4-i" sh u nabolition, academician, acquisition, addition, admission, ambition, apparition, attrition, audition, coalition, commission, competition, composition, condition, contrition, decommission, decomposition, demolition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intuition, juxtaposition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, musician, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, opposition, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, physician, politician, position, precondition, predisposition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recondition, reimposition, remission, rendition, repetition, reposition, requisition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition.
3-sh u nabbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Premonition

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-p-r-t"

-2 letters: entropion, prenotion, prominent.

-3 letters: monition, motioner, nonmetro, noontime, orpiment, pimiento, pointier, pointmen, remotion, troponin.

-4 letters: emotion, imprint, interim, intoner, ionomer, mention, metopon, mintier, monitor, montero, moonier, opinion, pimento, pointer, pontine, portion, prenoon, primine, promine, promote, protein, ripieno, termini, ternion, tinnier, tompion, tropine.

-5 letters: enroot, impone, import, intern, intime, intine, intone, intron, ionone, mentor, merino.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-p-r-t"
 

+1 letter: premonitions.

 

+2 letters: impersonation, predomination, prenomination.

 

+3 letters: contemporizing, enantiomorphic, impersonations, predominations, prenominations.

 

+4 letters: enantiomorphism, intercomparison.

 

+5 letters: enantiomorphisms, intercomparisons, introspectionism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Premonition


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 65 6D 6F 6E 69 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101111 01101110 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#101 &#109 &#111 &#110 &#105 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0065 006D 006F 006E 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5084717981807586758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Sounds
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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