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Definition: Weatherman |
WeathermanNoun1. Predicts the weather. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Person who is professonally employed in the study or practice of meteorology. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: WeathermanSynonym: weather forecaster (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Manifestation | Phrase: cela saute aux yeux; he that runs may read; you can see it with half an eye; it needs no ghost to tell us; the meaning lies on the surface; cela va sans dire; res ipsa loquitur; "clothing the palpable and familiar"; fari quae sentiat; volto sciolto i pensieri stretti; "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows". |
News | Newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department; anchorman, anchorwoman; sportscaster; weatherman. |
Oracle | Phrase: a prophet is without honor in his own country; "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows". |
Predictor, prognosticator, forecaster; weather forecaster, weatherman. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Now over to our weatherman, Dwayne TheBathtub (Whose Line Is It Anyway?; writing credit: Dan Patterson; Mark Leveson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Weatherman '69 (1989) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Weatherman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Weatherman" is used about 22 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% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "weatherman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Weatherman | Last name | 300 | 24,985 |
| 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 |
dave price weatherman | 59 |
weatherman | 36 |
david price weatherman | 9 |
blame it on the weatherman | 8 |
record weatherman | 5 |
blame it lyrics weatherman | 4 |
administration aeronautics national space weatherman | 4 |
underground weatherman | 3 |
5 dave fox price weatherman | 2 |
dave price weatherman where | 2 |
dave weatherman | 2 |
dave fox price weatherman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "weatherman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | paraqitës i kohës, meteorolog (forecaster, meteorologist). (various references) | |
Arabic | ارصادي, راصد جوي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | синоптик, метеоролог (meteorologist). (various references) | |
Chinese | 天"预备人员. (various references) | |
Czech | meteorolog (meteorologist). (various references) | |
Danish | meteorolog (meteorologist). (various references) | |
Dutch | weerman (meteorologist), meteoroloog (meteorologist). (various references) | |
Farsi | هواشناس . (various references) | |
French | météorologue. (various references) | |
German | Wetterfrosch. (various references) | |
Greek | μετεωρολόγος (forecaster, meteorologist). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חזאי (forecaster, meteorologist). (various references) | |
Hungarian | meteorológus (meteorologist). (various references) | |
Italian | meteorologo (meteorologist). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eathermanway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | meteorologista (meteorologist). (various references) | |
Russian | метеоролог (meteorologist, weather forcaster). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prognostičar (forecaster). (various references) | |
Spanish | meteorólogo (forecaster, meteorologist, met-man). (various references) | |
Swedish | väderspåman, meterolog, meteorolog (meteorologist). (various references) | |
Turkish | meteoroloji uzmanı (meteorologist, weather prophet), hava durumu spikeri. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | синоптик (predictor, prognosticator, synoptic), метеоролог (meteorologist, metman, weathercock). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Weatherman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eutherian, featherman, Leathemand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "weatherman" (pronounced we"therma'n) |
| 4 | -er m a' n | fisherman, anchorman, counterman, lumberman, newspaperman. |
| 3 | -m a' n | Assemblyman, Batman, bogeyman, businessman, caveman, doorman, frogman, Glassman, guardsman, Hackman, handyman, helmsman, jazzman, journeyman, kinsman, madman, mailman, merman, middleman, milkman, Minuteman, newsman, nurseryman, oilman, patrolman, radioman, repairman, Sandman, serviceman, sideman, snowman, strongman, Tinman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-m-n-r-t-w" | |
-2 letters: aweather, earthman, earthmen, hermaean, waterman, watermen, wheatear, wreathen. | |
-3 letters: amreeta, earthen, emanate, enemata, hearten, hetaera, manatee, methane, ramenta, teaware, thermae, weather, wheaten, whereat, wreathe. | |
-4 letters: aerate, aether, anthem, anther, atween, entera, ethane, hamate, hareem, heater, hereat, hermae, hetman, mantra, marten, meaner, neater, nether, ramate, reheat, remate, rename, reteam, thawer, thenar, therme, thrawn, wanter. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-h-m-n-r-t-w" | |
+5 letters: warmheartedness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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