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Definition: Smattering |
SmatteringNoun1. A small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received". 2. A slight or superficial understanding of a subject. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "smattering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonym: SmatteringSynonym: handful (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ignorance | Smattering, sciolism, glimmering, dilettantism; bewilderment; (uncertainty); incapacity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Smattering |
| English words defined with "smattering": Latinitaster. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "smattering": Clelia. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Tacitus | A smattering of philosophy had liberated his [Nero's] intellect without maturing his judgement. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Smattering" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Smattering" is used about 59 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% | 59 | 44,010 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "smattering": get a smattering of knowledge ♦ have a smattering of english. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
smattering | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "smattering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sasi e vogël (dole, drachm, dram, dribblet, handful, modicum, smack, sprinkle, trifle), njohuri i përcirtë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معرفة قليلة (smatter), معرفة سطحية (smatter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | повърхностни познания. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | èásteèná znalost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | معلومات دست وپاشکسته , دانش سطحی (Superficiality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poignée, petit nombre, notions, connaissances vagues, connaissances superficielles. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | oberflächlich redend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πασάλειμμα (splodge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | י"יע" שטחית (smatter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | halvány tudás, halvány ismeret, felszínes képzettség, felületes ismeret, féltudás (sciolism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | infarinatura (flouring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 聞き齧る (to have a smattering knowledge of), 齧る (to bite, to chew, to crunch, to gnaw, to have a smattering of, to munch, to nibble), 食い齧る (to have a smattering of knowledge, to nibble at), 片言 (a smattering, brief remark, few words, speak haltingly, talk like a baby), "噛じり (a dabbler, a dilettante, a smattering, dip into, superficial knowledge), "兵法 (crude tactics, smattering of knowledge), 噛る (to bite, to chew, to crunch, to gnaw, to have a smattering of, to munch, to nibble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | なまびょうほう (crude tactics, smattering of knowledge), なまかじり (a dabbler, a dilettante, a smattering, dip into, superficial knowledge), ききかじる (to have a smattering knowledge of), くいかじる (to have a smattering of knowledge, to nibble at), かた"と (a smattering, speak haltingly, talk like a baby), かじる (to bite, to chew, to crunch, to gnaw, to have a smattering of, to munch, to nibble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | breck-oallys (sciolism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atteringsmay simples (artless, chaste, classic, classical, convenient, easy, frugal, green, guileless, homely, homespun, humble, ingenuous, innocent, inornate, matter-of-course, mere, modest, natural, onefold, outage, plain, primary, pure, regular, self-effacing, sheer, shirt-sleeve, simple, simple-hearted, single, singles, soft, sole, solitary, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, unlaboured, unostentatious, unsophisticated, unvarnished, unworldly), plano (cadre, champaign, concoction, design, designing, device, diagram, dodge, dodgery, draught, even, flat, frame, framing, game, groundwork, idea, layout, level, line, plain, plan, plane, project, proposition, scheme, smooth, surface, system), conhecimento limitado. (various references) spoialã (gloss, varnish, veneer, whitewashing), cunoştinţe superficiale, brumã (dust, Hoar, hoar-frost, rime). (various references) поверхностное знание. (various references) površno znanje (sciolism), natucanje. (various references) noción (concept, idea, notion, slight knowledge, thought). (various references) hum (inkling, um), aning (foreboding, ghost, idea, inkling, presage, scantling, shade, shadow, suspicion, tot, touch, trace). (various references) ซึ่งรู้ไม่ลึก, ความรู้ผิวเผิน (sciolism). (various references) yüzeysel bilgi (sciolism), az buçuk bilgi, çat pat bilme. (various references) невелика групка, поверхове знання. (various references) kiến thức nông cạn. (various references) crap (hold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "smattering": smatterings. (additional references) | |
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"Smattering" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: smittering, smuttering, snuttering. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "smattering" (pronounced sma"tering) |
| 5 | -a" t er i ng | battering, chattering, flattering, nattering, scattering, shattering, spattering, unflattering. |
| 4 | -t er i ng | administering, altering, bantering, bartering, bettering, blistering, blustering, bolstering, catering, centering, chartering, clustering, cluttering, countering, doctoring, encountering, entering, factoring, faltering, festering, filibustering, filtering, fluttering, fostering, frittering, glittering, guttering, hectoring, lettering, littering, loitering, mastering, mentoring, metering, mitering, monitoring, motoring, mustering, muttering, neutering, pestering, petering, plastering, puttering, reentering, registering, sculpturing, sequestering, sheltering, shuttering, slaughtering, splintering, sputtering, stuttering, sweltering, teetering, tottering, tutoring, uttering, watering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, belaboring, beleaguering, bewildering, bickering, blundering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, censoring, clamoring, clobbering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doddering, embroidering, empowering, endangering, endeavoring, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, figuring, fingering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, foundering, fracturing, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glowering, grandfathering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, levering, lingering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, maundering, meandering, measuring, minoring, mirroring, mongering, mothering, murdering, murmuring, neighboring, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scouring, severing, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, simmering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spiering, sponsoring, squandering, staggering, structuring, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, towering, transpiring, triggering, uncovering, unwavering, ushering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-m-n-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: emigrants, martinets, mastering, mattering, restating, retasting, streaming. | |
-2 letters: angriest, astringe, emigrant, estating, ganister, gantries, garments, gitterns, gnattier, granites, ingrates, intreats, magister, mangiest, margents, martinet, mattings, migrants, migrates, minarets, mintages, misagent, mistreat, nitrates, ragtimes, raiments, rangiest, remating, smarting, smearing, starting, steaming, sterigma, straiten, tangiest, teratism, tertians, transmit, treating. | |
-3 letters: aigrets, anestri, antsier, argents, armings. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-m-n-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: mistreating, smatterings. | |
+2 letters: menstruating, reestimating, transmigrate. | |
+3 letters: demonstrating, remonstrating, restimulating, thermostating, transmigrated, transmigrates. | |
+4 letters: argumentations, fragmentations, intersegmental, magnetometries, overestimating, regimentations, retransmitting, telemarketings, thermostatting. | |
+5 letters: geometrizations, governmentalist, misregistration, overstimulating, resystematizing, underestimating. | |
| 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)53 6D 61 74 74 65 72 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -- .- - - . .-. .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101101 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S m a t t e r i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006D 0061 0074 0074 0065 0072 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53796786867184758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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