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Definition: Seamanship |
SeamanshipNoun1. Skill in sailing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "seamanship" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conduct | Tactics, game, game plan, policy, polity; generalship, statesmanship, seamanship; strategy, strategics; plan. |
Skill | Seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship; rope-dancing. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Seamanship."
Crosswords: Seamanship |
| English words defined with "seamanship": Able seaman ♦ landlubberly, lubberly ♦ Marinership ♦ seamanlike, seamanly, Spanish burton. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "seamanship": Marinership. (references) |
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Economic History | Mauritius | The United States provides training to Mauritian Coast Guard officers in such fields as seamanship and maritime law enforcement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Seamanship" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Seamanship" is used about 43 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 43 | 52,181 |
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 |
seamanship | 26 |
chapman school of seamanship | 14 |
marlinspike seamanship | 7 |
school of seamanship | 7 |
chapmans school of seamanship | 4 |
harry lundeberg school seamanship | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "seamanship"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | provë detari, art lundrimi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهارة جندي البحرية, مهارة الجندي في المناورات البحرية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мореплавателно умение. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | námořnické umìní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sømandskab (good seamanship qualifications). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gebruiken van goede zeemanschap (good seamanship), eisen van goed zeemanschap (good seamanship qualifications). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مهارت دردریانوردی(ن.د.), کارازمودگی دریاءی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | qualités de marin, habilité dans la man"uvre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Seemannskunst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ναυτική εμπειρία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מלחות, ימאות (navigation), ספ ות (navigation, sailing, shipping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tengerészeti jártasság. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | arte della navigazione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 航海" (navigation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うかいじゅつ (navigation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shiaulteyrys (seafaring), marraght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eamanshipsay náutica, marinharia, arte de marinheiro. (various references) marinãrie. (various references) искусство мореплавания. (various references) moreplovstvo. (various references) náutica (navigation), marinería. (various references) sjömanskap. (various references) gemicilik (navigation, seafaring), denizcilik (marine, navigation). (various references) фах моряка, мистецтво мореплавання. (various references) sự thạo nghề đi biển, t i đi biển. (various references) morwriaeth (navigation), llongwriaeth. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "seamanship": seamanships. (additional references) | |
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"Seamanship" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: seamanshap, slaaneshi. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "seamanship" (pronounced 'Sea"man*ship'): Abbotship, Accompliceship, Accountantship, Acquaintanceship, Administratorship, Admiralship, Advisership, Advocateship, AEdileship, Agentship, Airmanship, Aldermanship, Almonership, Amateurship, Ambassadorship, Apostleship, Apprenticeship, Archdeaconship, Archership, Archonship, Assessorship, Associateship, Attorneyship, Auditorship, Augurship, Authorship, Autocratship, Babyship, Bachelorship, Bardship, Beadleship, Beauship, Boatmanship, Burgess-ship, Burghership, Bursarship, Butlership, Cadetship, Candidateship, Canonship, Captainship, Cardinalship, Censorship, Chairmanship, Chamberlainship, Championship, Chancellorship, Chaplainship, Chargeship, Chief-justiceship. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-i-m-n-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: misshapen, paeanisms. | |
-2 letters: amnesias, emphasis, misshape, paeanism. | |
-3 letters: ahimsas, amnesia, anemias, aphesis, haemins, hessian, hipness, impasse, inphase, inseams, mashies, messiah, mishaps, mispens, paesani, paesans, paisans, pansies, samisen, sampans, saphena, sapiens, shamans, shipman, shipmen. | |
-4 letters: ahimsa, amines, anemia, animas, animes, anises, apneas, ashman, ashmen, aspens, aspish, haemin, hansas, hanses, hemins, inmesh, inseam, manias, manses, mashes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-i-m-n-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: seamanships. | |
+2 letters: amphisbaenas, gamesmanship, managerships, salesmanship. | |
+3 letters: arsphenamines, gamesmanships, phrasemakings, salesmanships, statesmanship, watermanships. | |
+4 letters: analphabetisms, metaphysicians, statesmanships. | |
+5 letters: hypomagnesemias, pharmacognosies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 61 6D 61 6E 73 68 69 70 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . .- -- .- -. ... .... .. .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01100001 01101101 01100001 01101110 01110011 01101000 01101001 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e a m a n s h i p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0061 006D 0061 006E 0073 0068 0069 0070 |
| 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)53716779678085747582 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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