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Definitions: Hesitation |
HesitationNoun1. Indecision in speech or action. 2. A certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed". 3. The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hesitation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
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Computing | A temporary halt or temporary suspension of operations in a sequence of operations of a computer in order to perform all or part of the operations from another sequence. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: HesitationSynonyms: disinclination (n), falter (n), faltering (n), hesitancy (n), indisposition (n), reluctance (n), vacillation (n), waver (n), wavering (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fear | Noun: fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence; apprehensiveness, fearfulness; Adjective: solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving; feeze; mistrust; (doubt); suspicion, qualm; hesitation; (irresolution). |
Irresolution | Noun: irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision; indetermination, undetermination; unsettlement; uncertainty; demur, suspense; hesitating; Verb:, hesitation, hesitancy; vacillation; changeableness; fluctuation; alternation; (oscillation); caprice. |
Stammering | Noun: inarticulateness; stammering; Verb: hesitation; Verb: impediment in one's speech; titubancy, traulism; whisper; (faint sound); lisp, drawl, tardiloquence; nasal tone, nasal accent; twang; falsetto; (want of voice); broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences. |
Uncertainty | Hesitation, suspense; perplexity, embarrassment, dilemma, bewilderment; timidity; (fear); vacillation; diaporesis, indetermination. |
Unwillingness | Scrupulousness, scrupulosity; qualms of conscience, twinge of conscience; delicacy, demur, scruple, qualm, shrinking, recoil; hesitation; (irresolution); fastidiousness. |
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Crosswords: Hesitation |
| English words defined with "hesitation": animadvert ♦ disinclination ♦ falter, faltering ♦ Haw, hem and haw, hesitancy, hesitantly, hesitatingly, Hesitative ♦ indisposition ♦ Misdoubt ♦ opine, Out of doubt ♦ Promt ♦ reluctance ♦ Shilly-shally, sound off, speak up, Stick ♦ To make a stand ♦ unhesitatingly ♦ waver, write off. (references) |
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Screenplays | Curiosity didn't kill the cat - hesitation did. (Seven Days; writing credit: Tobi Ross) | |
Lyrics | Live for each second without hesitation ("I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"; performing artist: Elton John) Let me say without hesitation ("Carlene"; performing artist: Phil Vassar) Ignore the hesitation, that ties your hands ("Satisfied"; performing artist: Richard Marx) By my own, hesitation ("Champagne High"; performing artist: Sister Hazel) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | For the next quarter of an hour the plays were made with every possible hesitation.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Suspense; anxiety; apprehension; chiller; cliff-hanger; expectancy; expectation; grabber; hesitancy; hesitation; impatience; indecision; indecisiveness; insecurity; irresolution; page-turner; perplexity; potboiler; tension; thriller; uncertainty; tense; i. |
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Blaise Pascal | If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation, that He exists. |
George W. Cecil | On the Plains of Hesitation bleach the bones of countless millions who, at the Dawn of Victory, sat down to wait, and waiting -- died! |
Publilius Syrus | Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases. |
Seneca | We should give as we would receive cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. |
St. Thomas Aquinas | Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. |
The Talmud | These things are good in little measure and evil in large; yeast, salt, and hesitation. |
William Hazlitt | Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | While you were at all in suspense I kept my feelings to myself, but now that you are so completely decided I have no hesitation in approving. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | But she said it with a hesitation that did not escape the acuteness of the child. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | I told my wife to dress up, as you saw, so that your young lady would follow her without hesitation. |
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Business | Hesitation to bring a violation to an entity's immediate attention is grounds for the chamber to deny the plaintiff the right to challenge the tendering process. (references) | |
Economic History | India | In spite of their imperfect implementation and the hesitation that accompanied it, there is now a demand for greater economic growth. (references) |
Ukraine | Ukraine's hesitation to liberalize its telecommunications industry gave Ukrtelecom a substantial degree of clout in both the political and business communities. (references) | |
Armenia | After a long period of hesitation (1990-1994), during which only two to four U.S. firms per year registered in Armenia, more than 15 U.S. firms settled here in 1995 alone. (references) | |
Political Economy | Panama | The hesitation is due, in part, to failed government promotion as well as a confusing, unclear GOP statement of economic objectives and vision. (references) |
VENEZUELA | While much of President Chavez's legislation is positive, his frequent verbal attacks on U.S. "economic hegemony" and the worrisome hydrocarbon law may worsen the domestic economic situation and cause some hesitation in foreign companies looking to invest in Venezuela. (references) | |
GHANA | The former government's hesitation to respond appropriately in an election year, especially to the rising cost of the supply of utility services and petroleum products, caused or contributed to an overall budget deficit of about 8.5 percent of GDP in 2000 compared to 6.5 percent of GDP recorded in 1999. The government resorted to heavy domestic borrowing to make up for shortfalls from mainly non-tax revenue. (references) | |
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Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | With a great deal of hesitation, we have responded to appeals for help to maintain order, protect life and property, and establish responsible government in some of the small countries of the Western Hemisphere. |
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| "Hesitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hesitation" is used about 663 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% | 663 | 9,901 |
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Expression using "hesitation": without hesitation. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "hesitation": h-h-hesitation. | |
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| 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 |
the hesitation | 10 |
engine hesitation | 6 |
have hesitation i in no our saying whip | 4 |
engine hesitation honda | 4 |
hesitation without | 3 |
hamlet hesitation | 3 |
fatal hesitation | 2 |
hesitation plain | 2 |
hesitation lyrics orrico stacie | 2 |
blues hesitation | 2 |
cold hesitation idle | 2 |
acceleration hesitation | 2 |
car hesitation | 2 |
hesitation orrico stacie | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "hesitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | hezitim (hesitance, hesitancy, wavering), pavendosmëri (hesitance, hesitancy, indecision, irresolution, vacillation), ngurrim (demur, dither, falter, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, reluctance, reserve, shilly shally), mëdyshje (hesitance, hesitancy, puzzle, quandary, vacillating), lëkundje (backlash, dancing, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, jarring, jolting, nutation, oscillation, pitch, quake, reel, rolling, shake, shaking, shilly shally, shimmy, stagger, sway, swing, swinging, teeter, thrill, tossing, tremor, vacillation, vibrancy, vibration, wabble, wavering, wobble), dyshim (distrust, doubt, dubiety, hesitance, hesitancy, misgiving, qualm, query, suspicion, suspiciousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حيرة فأفأة, تردد (ambivalence, backwards, balance, be in two minds, boggle, crane, demur, difficulty, dither, fainting, falter, flicker, float, fluctuate, fluctuation, hang, haunt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hover, hum and haw, indecision, irresolution, pause, perplexity, puzzle over, reticence, reverberate, scruple, shilly shally, sound, stick, stop, stumble, tergiversation, timidity, vacillate, vacillation, vibrate, vibration, waver, wobble, worry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | колебание (demur, dubiety, falter, faltering, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, hovel, indecision, oscillation, qualm, quandary, scruple, vacillation, variation, wabble, wavering, wobble), нерешителност (diffidence, indecision, irresolution, shilly shally, wavering), запъване (faltering, splutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 犹豫 (balked, Balking, hesitant, hesitate, Hesitated, hesitating), 疑慮 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | váhavost (hesitance, hesitancy, indecision, irresolution), váhání (dither, vacillation, wobble), otálení, nerozhodnost (indecision, irresolution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | haesiteren, toeven, mikrostop. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hapering (wavering), geweifel (wavering), aarzeling (wavering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | hezito, hezitado (wavering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | häikäily (consideration, scruples), epäröiminen (hesitancy, indecision, indetermination, wavering), empiminen, arkailu (diffidence, shyness, timidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hésitation (hesitance, hesitancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | wifkjen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hemmung (check, escapement, hampering, hindering, inhibition, obstruction, putting on the skid, scruple, skidding, staunching, stemming, stoppage, stopping), Häsitieren, zaudern (dilatoriness, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, Tarry, vacillate, waver), zögern (demur, dilatoriness, falter, hang back, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hold back, indecision, indecisions, lag, pause, procrastinate, procrastination, Tarry, to demur, to hesitate, to pause, waver), Verzoegerung (delay, dose protraction, lag, lay time, protraction, retardation, time lag, time of travel), Verarbeitungspause, unschlüssigkeit (hesitance, hesitancy, indecision, irresoluteness, irresolution, vacillation), stockung (break, breakdown, congestion, curdling, hold up, hold-up, interruption, jam, lull, pause, slackening off, standstill, thickening, traffic jam), anstand (ambush, decency, decorum, demur, grace, manners, modesty, policy, seemliness, seemlinesses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διστακτικότητα (diffidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פקפוק (doubt, hesitancy, misgiving, vacillation), חשש ות (anxiety, apprehinsivemess), "סוס (vacillation), 'מ'ום (splutter, sputter, stammer, stammering, stutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tétovázás (demur, halt, hesitance, hesitancy, humming, irresolution, shilly-shally, staggering, wabble, wobble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | membimbangkan, keragu-raguan (dubitation, hesitancy, irresolution), keraguan (iffiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | esitazione (demur, haw, hesitance, hesitancy, qualm, shilly shally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 躊躇い (faltering), 躊躇 (indecision), 遅疑 (vacillation), 迷い (bewilderment, Buddhism maya, doubt, indecision, infatuation), 二の足 , 右顧左眄 (looking to the right and left), 尻込み (flinching, recoil, shrinking back). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ためらい (faltering), しり"み (flinching, recoil, recoiling, shrinking, shrinking back), まよい (bewilderment, Buddhism maya, doubt, indecision, infatuation), う"さべ" (looking to the right and left), にのあし, ちぎ (earth deities, ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables, vacillation), ちゅうちょ (indecision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 주 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thittys (demur, impediment of speech), leaystey (balancing, bank, boggle, brandish, dangle, fluctuate, fluctuating, heel, hesitate, hesitating, loll, lolling, oscillate, oscillation, reel, reeling, rock, rocking, roll, see-saw, sway, swaying, swerve, swing, swing back, swinging, vacillate, vacillating, vacillation, waddle; wavering, waddling; fluctuation, wave, wave of hand, waver, waver of fixture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | nøling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esitationhay hesitação (backwardness, boggle, doubt, flinch, hesitance, hesitancy, indecisive, perquisite, scruple, shilly shally, teeter, wabble, waver, wavering, wobble). (various references) timiditate (bashfulness, coyness, diffidence, shyness, timidity, timorousness), oscilaţie (fluctuation, oscillation, pendulation, swinging, vacillation, variation, vibration, wavering), nesiguranţã (doubt, dubiety, incertitude, indecision, insecurity, precariousness, uncertainty), nehotãrâre (indecision, irresolution), ezitare (demur, hesitance, hesitancy, hover, indecision, pause, poise, stagger, stumble, vacillation, wavering, wobble), dubiu (dubiety, uncertainty, wavering), dezorientare (bewilderment, disorientation, perplexity), codealã (wavering), cârmealã (dawdling, shuffling, turn, wavering), şovãire (chops and changes, hesitance, hesitancy, irresolution, stagger, stumble, wavering), şovãialã (indecision, indetermination, pause, shilly shally, ticklishness, vacillation, wavering), îndoialã (discredit, doubt, incertitude, misgiving, peradventure, quandary, question, vacillation, wavering). (various references) сомнение (challenge, disbelief, discredit, distrust, doubt, dubiety, hesitance, hesitancy, impeachment, impereachment, qualm, scruple), колебание (backing and filling, demur, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, indecision, irresolution, jarring, oscillation, reel, swing, teeter, vacillation, wave), нерешительность (backing and filling, hesitancy, indecision, irresolution, shilly shally, wavering). (various references) seamsan (delay), ag (and, at, engaged in; precedes v.n. beginning with vow.). (various references) oklevanje (demur, lagging, procrastination, shilly shally). (various references) vacilación (boggle, dillydallying, flickering, hesitance, hesitancy, oscillation, vacillation, wavering), duda (doubt, doubts, if, misgiving, niggle, qualm, query, wavering). (various references) tvekan (dubiety, dubitation, hesitance, hesitancy, indecision, pause, shilly shally, uncertainty, vacillation), villrådighet (hesitance, hesitancy, indetermination, irresolution). (various references) ความลังเล. (various references) tereddüd (demur, doubt, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, incertitude, indecision, indeterminate, irresolution, oscillation, pause, perplexity, puzzle, quandary, shilly shally, suspense, uncertainty, vacillation, vibration, wobble), takılma (badinage, banter, being attached, Josh, persiflage, put on, quiz, raillery, teasing), duraksama (baulk, demur, halt, hesitance, hesitancy, hobble, stop), çekinme (constraint, diffidence, fear, wince). (various references) iriюme (pause), irgin. (various references) вагання (boggle, demur, embarrassment, hesitance, hesitancy, oscillation, poise, waver, wavering), нерішучість (backwardness, doubtfulness, embarrassment, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, indecision, irresolution, pause, shilly shally, weakness), заїкання (balbuties, hobble, impediment, stammer, stutter, stuttering, titubation). (various references) sự nói ấp úng. (various references) petruster (doubt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dubitatione, dubium, pigrorum. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hesitation": hesitations. (additional references) | |
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"Hesitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chemstation, haditation, hecitation. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hesitation" (pronounced he'zutā"shun) |
| 7 | -z u t ā" sh u n | visitation. |
| 6 | -u t ā" sh u n | accreditation, agitation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, connotation, decapitation, dilatation, equitation, facilitation, gravitation, habitation, imitation, imputation, incapacitation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, palpitation, precipitation, premeditation, recitation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, sanitation, solicitation, vegetation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | adaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-i-n-o-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: thionates, tithonias. | |
-2 letters: hesitant, ostinati, thionate, tithonia. | |
-3 letters: atheist, atonies, ethions, histone, inosite, instate, isatine, notates, satinet, sheitan, shotten, staithe, station, sthenia, tahinis, tiniest, titians, toniest. | |
-4 letters: atones, ethion, ethnos, hasten, honest, ionise, isatin, notate, otitis, saithe, seniti, shanti, sitten, snathe, stotin, tahini, taints, tanist, tenias, tenths, teston, thanes, theins, theist, thetas, tineas, tisane. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-i-n-o-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: hesitations, thorianites. | |
+3 letters: etherizations, retinopathies, theoreticians, theorizations, trephinations. | |
+4 letters: architectonics, catechizations, ethnohistorian, ghettoizations, monotheistical, schematization. | |
+5 letters: authentications, epithelizations, ethnohistorians, ethnohistorical, eutrophications, horizontalities, inhospitalities, interscholastic, orthogonalities, pathogenicities, rehabilitations, schematizations, thermalizations, unsophisticated, weatherizations. | |
| 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)48 65 73 69 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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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).... . ... .. - .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e s i t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0073 0069 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| 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)42718575866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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