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Definition: Warm-up |
Warm-upNoun1. Exercising in preparation for strenuous activity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "warm-up" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
General | Activity to liven up the audience prior to show time. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Warm-upSynonyms: prolusion (n), tune-up (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: warm up (education, sports & leisure). |
Crosswords: Warm-up |
| Specialty definitions using "warm-up": fifty per cent point ♦ pull-on. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Play | Caption |
 | Sing; warm-up; sang; wobble; climb; ascend. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Don't omit a warm-up period of 5 to 10 minutes and a cool-down period of 5 to 10 minutes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Warm-up" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.32% of the time. "Warm-up" is used about 119 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) | 98.32% | 117 | 29,823 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.84% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.84% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 119 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "warm-up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 准备 (PREP, Preparation, Preparatory, Prepare, Prepared, Preparedness, Preparing, readiness, readying). (various references) | |
Danish | opvarmning (heating, warming). (various references) | |
Dutch | voorprogramma. (various references) | |
French | mise en train (warm up), animation. (various references) | |
German | Vorprogramm (interlude), Anlauf (approach run, inrun, onset, run, run up, start, start-up). (various references) | |
Greek | προετοιμασία (conditioning, prep, preparation, preparatory), προθέρμανση (warm up). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bemelegítő gyakorlatok (warm-up exercises). (various references) | |
Italian | attivit di animazione (Outreach activity). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, rag, taking a pitch, wafer, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistcoat, waistline, wait, waiter, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war cry, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water closet, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, wear, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding ring, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ウォー アップ . (various references) | |
Korean | 워밍업. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arm-upway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | esquentar (calorify, heat), animação (animation, buoyancy, flush, freshener, frolic, ginger, life, liveliness, vitality, vivacity, warmth, zest). (various references) | |
Russian | разминка (limbering up, limbering-up, warm up, warming up, warmup, warmups), температурный (temperature). (various references) | |
Spanish | puesta en ambiente. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Warm-up" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: wormful. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: warmup. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-p-r-u-w" | |
-2 letters: arum, mura, pram, prau, puma, ramp, rump, warm, warp, waur, wrap. | |
-3 letters: amp, amu, arm, map, mar, maw, pam, par, paw, pur, ram, rap, raw, rum, ump, wap, war. | |
-4 letters: am, ar, aw, ma, mu, pa, um, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-p-r-u-w" | |
+1 letter: warmups. | |
+4 letters: superwoman. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Sounds 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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