Low

  

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Definition: Low

Low

Adjective

1. Less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoire is low".

2. Literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow".

3. Very low in volume; "a low murmur"; "the low-toned murmur of the surf".

4. Unrefined in character; "low comedy".

5. Used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency.

6. Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick".

7. Low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings".

8. No longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted".

9. Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit".

10. : low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted".

11. : being the gear producing the lowest drive speed; "use first gear on steep hills".

Adverb

1. In a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low".

Noun

1. An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation; "a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow".

2. British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963).

3. A low level or position or degree: "the stock market fell to a new low".

4. The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving.

Verb

1. Make a low noise, characteristic of bovines.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "low" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Low

DomainDefinition

Satire

LOW-:BRED:, adj. "Raised" instead of brought up. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Food & Agriculture

Extra-tropical revolving storm which is larger in area and not so violent as tropical cyclones. Source: European Union. (references)

Geography

Area of low pressure generally surrounded by closed isobars, usually associated with storm and rain; winds blow around the depression counterclockwise in northern hemisphere and clockwise in southern hemisphere. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A former stream channel in a coalbed, filled with sandstone, clay, and shale. CF:cutout b. A general term for such features as a structural basin, a syncline, a saddle, or a sag. CF:high c. Indicates that a crystal structure is the low-temperature dimorph forthe crystal compound. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Leo

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Leo

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AbbreviationLeo
GenitiveLeonis
Meaning in Englishthe Lion
Right ascension11 h
Declination15°
Visible to latitudeBetween 90° and -65°
On meridian9 p.m., April 15
Area
 - Total
Ranked 12th
947 sq. deg.
Number of stars with
apparent magnitude < 3
3
Brightest star
 - Apparent magnitude
Regulus (α Leo)
1,4
Meteor showersLeonids
Bordering constellations
  • Ursa Major
  • Leo Minor
  • Cancer
  • Hydra
  • Sextans
  • Crater
  • Virgo
  • Coma Berenices

Leo (the lion) is a constellation of the zodiac. Leo lies between dim Cancer to the west and Virgo to the east.

Notable features

This constellation contains many bright stars, such as Regulus (α Leo), the lion's heart; Denebola (β Leo); and Algieba (γ1 Leo). Many other fainter stars have been named has well, such as Zosma (δ Leo), Chort (θ Leo), Al Minliar al Asad (κ Leo), Alterf (λ Leo), and Subra (ο Leo).

Regulus, η Leonis, and Algieba, together with the fainter stars Adhafera (ζ Leo), Ras Elased Borealis (μ Leo), and Ras Elased Australis (ε Leo), make up the asterism known as the Sickle. These stars represent the head and the mane of the lion.

A former asterism representing the tuft of the lion's tail has since become its own constellation, Coma Berenices.

The star Wolf 359, one of the nearest stars to Earth's solar system (7,7 light-years), is in Leo.

Notable deep sky objects

Leo contains many bright galaxies of which the twins M65, M66 and M95, M96 are the most famous.

Mythology

In Greek mythology, it corresponds to the Nemean Lion which was killed by Hercules during one of his quests. The Egyptians worshipped the lion because the sun was in this constellation at the time of the life-giving floods of the Nile.

Astrology

The astrological sign Leo (July 23 - August 22) is associated with the constellation. In some cosmologies, Leo is associated with the classical element Fire, and thus called a Fire Sign (with Aries and Sagittarius).

Constellations of the zodiac : Aries -- Taurus -- Gemini -- Cancer -- Leo -- Virgo -- Libra -- Scorpius -- (Ophiuchus) -- Sagittarius -- Capricornus -- Aquarius -- Pisces

LEO I was the first computer used for commercial calculations.

LEO is an acronym of "Low Earth Orbit".

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Leo."

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LEO

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The abbreviation "LEO", when used by itself, can refer to:

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Reference ranges for common blood tests

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A reference range is a set of values used by a health professional to interpret a set of medical test results. The range is usually defined as the set of values 95% of the normal population falls within.

It must be remembered that the reference range will vary, depending on the age, sex and race of a population, and even the machines the laboratory uses to do the tests. Also remember that by definition 5% of the normal population will fall outside the reference range.

These are approximate adult values that are intended as a guide to students and those interested, they are not a substitute for medical advice.

Clinical biochemistry

Electrolytes and Metabolytess

TestRangeComments
Sodium (Na)130 - 145 mmol/L
Potassium (K)3.5 - 5.0 mmol/L
Urea2.6 - 6.8 mmol/L
Creatinine50 - 110 μmol/L
Glucose (fasting)4.2 - 6.1 mmol/L

Liver function tests

Total Protein60 - 80 g/L
Albumin30 - 50 g/L
Total Bilirubin2 - 14 μmol/L
Direct Bilirubin0 - 4 μmol/L
Alanine transaminase (ALT)8 - 40 U/LAlso called serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)40 - 130 U/LHigher in children and pregnant women.
Gamma glutamyl transferase< 50 U/L

Other enzymes and proteins

Creatine kinase (CK)
Aspartate transaminase (AST)8 - 35 U/L
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)85 - 285 U/L
Amylase25 - 125 U/L
C-reactive protein (CRP)<8 mg/L

Other ions and trace metals

Ionised calcium (Ca)1.15 - 1.29 mmol/LSome calcium is bound to albumin, thus not measured by certain techniques.
Total calcium (Ca)2.05 - 2.55 mmol/L
Copper (Cu)11 - 26 μmol/L
Zinc (Zn)10 - 17 μmol/L

Lipids

Triglycerides0.4 - 2.0 mmol/L
Total cholesterol3.0 - 5.5 mmol/L
HDL cholesterol (male)0.7 - 1.9 mmol/L
(female)0.9 - 2.4 mmol/L
LDL cholesterol2.4 - 4.0 mmol/lNot valid when triglycerides >5.0 mmol/L.

Tumour markers

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)1-15 kIU/L
CA-125<65 kU/L
Prostate specific antigen (total PSA)<2.0 μg/LAfter age 40, normal levels increase every decade.

Hormones

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)0.5 - 4.7 mIU/LAlso called: Thyrotropin
Free thyroxine (FT4)9.0 - 24 pmol/L
Free triiodothyronine (FT3)2.5 - 5.3 pmol/L
Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)1.3 - 15 pmol/L
Cortisol (0830 h)250 - 850 nmol/LCortisol levels are higher in the morning than at night.
Cortisol (1630 h)110 - 390 nmol/L
Prolactin (male)<450 mIU/L
(female)<580 mIU/L
Testosterone (male)8 - 38 nmol/L
(male prepuberty)0.1 - 0.5 nmol/L
(female)0.3 - 2.5 nmol/L

Haematology

Red blood cells

Haemoglobin (Hb) (male)130 - 180 g/LHigher in neonates, lower in children.
(female)115 - 160 g/LSex difference negligible until adulthood.
Haematocrit (Hct) (male)0.38 - 0.52
(female)0.35 - 0.47
Mean cell volume (MCV)80 - 98 fL
Mean cell haemoglobin (MCH)26 - 34 pg
Red cell count (male)4.5 - 6.5 x1012/L
(female)3.8 - 5.8 x1012/L
Reticulocytes10 - 100 x109/L
Erythrocyte
sedimentation rate (ESR)

White blood cells

Total white blood cells4.0 - 11.0 x109/LHigher in neonates and infants.
Neutrophils2.0 - 7.5 x109/L
Lymphocytes1.0 - 4.0 x109/L
Monocytes0.0 - 0.8 x109/L
Eosinophils0.0 - 0.5 x109/L
Basophils0.0 - 0.2 x109/L

Coagulation

Prothrombin time (PT)7 - 10 s
INR0.8 - 1.2The INR is a corrected ratio of a patients PT to normal
Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)29 - 41 s
Thrombin clotting time (TCT)11 - 18 s
Fibrinogen1.8 - 4.0 g/L
Bleeding time2 - 8 minutes

Immunology

Antinuclear antibodies (ANA)
Extractable nuclear antigen (ENA)

Serology

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reference ranges for common blood tests."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Low

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

LOW

EnglishLaunch on warningMilitary & Defense
LOEnglishLowComputing

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Low

Synonyms: abject (adj), blue (adj), broken (adj), crushed (adj), depleted (adj), depressed (adj), dispirited (adj), down in the mouth (adj), down(p) (adj), downcast (adj), downhearted (adj), first (adj), humble (adj), humbled (adj), humiliated (adj), low-down (adj), lowly (adj), low-pitched (adj), low-spirited (adj), low-toned (adj), miserable (adj), modest (adj), scummy (adj), scurvy (adj), small (adj), depression (n), first gear (n), low gear (n), low pressure (n), moo (v). (additional references)
Antonym: high (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Low

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cheapness

Adjective: cheap; low, low priced; moderate, reasonable; inexpensive, unexpensive; well worth the money, worth the money; magnifique et pas cher; good at the price, cheap at the price; dirt cheap, dog cheap; cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty; catchpenny;discounted.

Commonalty

Adjective: ignoble, common, mean, low, base, vile, sorry, scrubby, beggarly; below par; no great shakes; (unimportant); homely, homespun; vulgar, low-minded; snobbish.

Disrepute

Ignominious, scrubby, dirty, abject, vile, beggarly, pitiful, low, mean, shabby base; (dishonorable).

Smallness

Adjective: small, little; diminutive; (small in size); minute; fine; inconsiderable, paltry; (unimportant); faint; (weak); slender, light, slight, scanty, scant, limited; meager; (insufficient); sparing; few; low, so-so, middling, tolerable, no great shakes; below par, under par, below the mark; at a low ebb; halfway; moderate, modest; tender, subtle.

Vulgarity

Dowdy; slovenly; (dirty); ungenteel, shabby genteel; low, common, hoi polloi; (plebeian); uncourtly; uncivil; (discourteous); ill bred, ill mannered; underbred; ungentlemanly, ungentlemanlike; unladylike, unfeminine; wild, wild as an unbacked colt.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Low

English words defined with "low": high and lowlie low, Low Dutch, low level flight, low pressure, low St Andrew's cross, Low steam, low tide, low waterMiddle Low Germanrun low. (references)
Specialty definitions using "low": Closed Low, complex low, complex low pressure, Cutoff Lowextremely low ridgesInfant, Low Birth Weightlow acoustic impedance earphone and earcap, low bed, low blast, low BTU gas, low calorific gas, low calorific value gas, Low Comedian, low earth orbit, low energy, low explosive, low fermentation beer, Low Insertion Force, low or low-pressure system, LOW PAD, LOW PADS, low pass filter, Low population zone, low pressure gas burner, low temperature injury, LOW TIDE, Low to High, Low Voltage Differential, LOW WATER, low working voltageMPEG-2 AAC Low Profile, MPEG-2 Low Sampling Frequencies ExtentionPeg too Lowsteel for use at low temperatures, structural low. (references)
Etymologies containing "low": Wrist. (references)

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Modern Usage: Low

DomainUsage

Screenplays

They were low and muffled, the sounds of pain and anguish (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

Low overhead, my boy - we pass the savings on to you (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

Don't worry about your little covert op, I'll keep it on the low down (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke)

He has a low sperm count (Three Men and a Baby; writing credit: Jim Cruickshank; James Orr)

Hell all three of them have reputations as low as crocodile piss (JFK; writing credit: Jim Marrs; Jim Garrison)

Lyrics

I've got friends in low places ("Friends in Low Places"; performing artist: Garth Brooks)

When your index is low (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC)

Cause when I wuz low, you was there for me (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

I keep you low (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Friday night and the lights are low ("Dancing Queen"; performing artist: Abba)

Clever

To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo. (references; author: unknown)

Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 P.M., please use the back door. (references; author: unknown)

Come, work for the Lord. The work is hard, the hours long, and the pay low. But the retirement benefits are out of this world. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Rising Low (2002)

The Low Blow (1970)

Canada: Low Temperature Gas (1963)

Eject at Low Level and Live (1957)

Sweet and Low (1947)

Song Titles

FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES (performing artist: GARTH BROOKS)

Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) (performing artist: R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley)

Lay Low (performing artist: Snoop Dogg)

LOW RIDER  (performing artist: War )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Low

DomainTitle

References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumors (reference)

  • Low & Bonar PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Low Keng Huat (Singapore) Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Electric Energy Low Tension Distribution Products in Argentina: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Low Cigarettes in Europe (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Low Pressure Fiberglass Line Pipe: Ansa/Api Spec 15Lr-1992 (reference)

  • The 16% Solution: How to Get High Interest Rates in a Low Interest World With Tax Lien Certificates (reference)

  • Baking Low Carb (reference)

  • Pacific Paradise on a Low Budget: How 2 Toured Hong Kong--Japan--Fiji Islands--Tonga--American Samoa--Western Samoa, (reference)

  • American Heart Association Low-Fat, Low Cholesterol Cookbook: Heart-Healthy, Easy-To-Make Recipes That Taste Great (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Dealing with Acute Low Back Pain (reference)

  • Jane Fonda: Low Impact Aerobics (reference)

  • Low Countries: Holland, Belgium & Luxembourg (reference)

  • High and Low - Criterion Collection (reference)

  • Back to the Future: Dickens of a Christmas and Swing Low Sweet Chariot Race (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Low

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Photo Album: Low

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Shown is a suburban low brown building, with a parking lot, which houses a clinic. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Shown are the supermarket shelf labels indicating foods that are high in fiber and/or low in fat. This is part of a cooperative study of NCI and Giant Foods to try to change shoppers' buying habits to buy foods higher in fiber and lower in fats to help prevent cancer. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Maternal or placental malaria predisposes the newborn infant to a low birthweight, premature delivery, increased infant mortality, and the mother to maternal anemia. Credit: CDC.

Low and Wisoff at Work. Credit: NASA.

Swearing in of George M. Low as Deputy Administrator of NASA. Credit: NASA.

Diagram showing relationship of tide to marker at Poolbeg Lighthouse Datum referred to low water April 8, 1837 for County Dublin Note use of Mean Sea Level. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Tide gauge at low tide Photo #1 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse as seen from the south at low tide on a misty day. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Sharp hard coral shoreline at low tide. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The PATHFINDER at low tide at a Dutch Harbor pier. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Low
 

"Low Light Objects 1" by Paul Krasovic
Commentary: "Shot in my room."
"Stones in low water" by Rene Drost
Commentary: "A lot of stones in low water."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Low".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Guitar harmonics with crescendoing low airy synthesized flutes.Low pedal point with classical synthesized string harmony for melody.
Marimba and low percussion feature with synthesized flutes added.Clarinet playing mournfully in the low register.
Sparse texture using lots of percussion, piano, and low synthesized flutes.A minor melody on guitar with heavy low tones sporadically played.
A hymn played on piano featuring different registers of the piano from high to low.Atonal countermelody with sustained synthesized strings and low percussion. .
Full low digital string chords.Agogo bells with low percussion layering different rhythms together.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Low

AuthorQuotation

Edward Young

Those who build beneath the stars build too low.

James Russell Lowell

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Not failure but low aim is often our greatest sin.

Lord Byron

That low vice, curiosity!

Quentin Crisp

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

'Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises.

Theodore Parker

Man never falls so low that he can see nothing higher than himself.

William Shakespeare

Speak low, if you speak love.

Young

Too low they build who build below the skies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Low

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

But as families increased, and industry inlarged their stocks, their possessions inlarged with the need of them; but yet it was commonly without any fixed property in the ground they made use of, till they incorporated, settled themselves together, and built cities; and then, by consent, they came in time, to set out the bounds of their distinct territories, and agree on limits between them and their neighbours; and by laws within themselves, settled the properties of those of the same society: for we see, that in that part of the world which was first inhabited, and therefore like to be best peopled, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks, and their herds, which was their substance, freely up and down; and this Abraham did, in a country where he was a stranger. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

The various interests and conditions of life within the ranks of the proletariat are more and more equalised, in proportion as machinery obliterates all distinctions of labour, and nearly everywhere reduces wages to the same low level. (reference)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1903)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Low

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

She is as low as possible

Alice in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

Then they both bowed low, and their curls got entangled together

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Singularly low, as if instead of being so close beside him, it were at a distance

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

"This must be Thursday", said Arthur musing to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A pigeon, alone on a low branch, allowed Pearl to come beneath, and uttered a sound as much of greeting as alarm

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The garden was enclosed with a white wall, quite low, and readily scaled

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

But when he had passed the old servant on the landing and was again in the low narrow dark corridor he began to walk faster and faster

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Say I, her sovereign, am her subject low.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gets thin in the low places, thin and stringy

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I pulled off my hat, and made a low bow towards the farmer

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Low

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Low iron levels or anemia. (references)

A low count may indicate anemia. (references)

Low birthweight and premature birth. (references)

Business

In this case openness is low. (references)

Low, subsidized water rates are to blame. (references)

They sell at a low price with a high circulation. (references)

Children

Gambia

The participation of girls in education is very low. (references)

South Africa

The country has a low conviction rate for rape and child abuse. (references)

Pakistan

Even in relatively prosperous Karachi, enrollment figures are low. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

The fees for permanent and temporary registration remained low. (references)

Ukraine

State-run television has the widest geographic coverage but low viewership. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Police maintained a low profile and in most cases did not approach the demonstrations. (references)

Economic History

The Bahamas

Terrain: Low and flat. (references)

Qatar

The crime rate is low. (references)

Sri Lanka

Rubber prices are still low. (references)

Human Rights

Pakistan

Police professionalism is low. (references)

Peru

Public confidence in the judiciary remains low. (references)

Micronesia

Bail, even for major crimes, usually is set at low levels. (references)

Indigenous People

Taiwan

Land rights remain a crucial issue for Aborigines, along with social discrimination, educational underachievement, low economic status, and high rates of alcoholism. (references)

Paraguay

Low wages, long work hours, infrequent payment (or nonpayment) of wages, job insecurity, lack of access to social security benefits, and racial discrimination are common. (references)

Bolivia

The indigenous majority generally remains at the low end of the socioeconomic scale, and faces severe disadvantages in health, life expectancy, education, income, literacy, and employment. (references)

Minorities

Greece

The integration of Roma into social security systems also is quite low. (references)

India

Several human rights groups, however, believe that this number is too low. (references)

India

In some states, government jobs are reserved for Muslims of low caste descent. (references)

Political Economy

UNITED KINGDOM

However, relatively low manufacturing labor productivity remains a concern. (references)

Georgia

There was a growing fiscal deficit due to continued low revenue collection. (references)

BOLIVIA

Low rates of inflation at home and abroad have helped to lower interest rates. (references)

Political Rights

Kyrgyz Republic

Voter turnout is some regions was extremely low. (references)

Bhutan

The persistence of traditional gender roles apparently accounts for a low proportion of women in government, although women have made visible gains. (references)

Senegal

In addition political parties often rank women low on party lists, making it difficult for them to be elected to the National Assembly or to be appointed ministers. (references)

Trade

Romania

The trading volume was generally low. (references)

Maldives

Imports are subject to duty, though tariff levels are relatively low. (references)

Saudi Arabia

However, SASO will accept electrical products as low as 120 volts, 60 Hertz. (references)

Travel

Spain

Andorra has a low rate of crime. (references)

Guinea

Low cost items will be more successful. (references)

Taiwan

Taiwan has a low level of violent crime. (references)

Women

Hong Kong

The general incidence of rape is low. (references)

Zambia

The fines that the law mandates for property grabbing are extremely low. (references)

China

Research indicates that the low economic and social status of women is among the leading causes. (references)

Worker Rights

Kazakhstan

Safety consciousness in both employees and employers is low. (references)

Sri Lanka

Incompetence or low productivity are not grounds for dismissal. (references)

Burma

Low and falling real wages in the public sector have fostered widespread corruption. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me. Megaceph, chosen to serve the State In the halls of legislative debate, One day with all his credentials came To the capitol's door and announced his name. The doorkeeper looked, with a comical twist Of the face, at the eminent egotist, And said: "Go away, for we settle here All manner of questions, knotty and queer, And we cannot have, when the speaker demands To be told how every member stands, A man who to all things under the sky Assents by eternally voting 'I'."

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Low

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

The state of Third World education is abysmally low.

Robert Atkins

Of course. Because everybody heard low fat, low fat, low fat, they had to eat more carbohydrates. That's what caused the epidemic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Low

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing.

James Buchanan

1857-1861Even descending to this low and narrow view of the mighty question, all such calculations are at fault.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Now, with the surrender of our enemies, economic stabilization requires that policies be directed toward promoting an increase in supplies at low unit prices.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963The Common Market will not fulfill its own high promise unless its outside tariff walls are low.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981We have devoted particular effort to meeting the housing needs of low and moderate income families.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989But through low tax rates and free markets they've soared ahead of centralized economies.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Tax relief for millions of low income workers to reward work over welfare.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Low

"Low" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 93.52% of the time. "Low" is used about 12,381 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)93.52%11,579803
Noun (proper)4.49%55611,235
Adverb (general)1.93%23919,365
Lexical Verb (base form)0.02%3202,518
Unclassified Items0.02%3202,518
                    Total100.00%12,381N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Low

The following table summarizes the usage of "low" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
LowLast name4,0003,338
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Low

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "low".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
LamechN/ABiblical

Made low

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Low

CountryNameCountryName
Singapore

Low Keng Huat (Singapore) Limited

United Kingdom

Low & Bonar PLC

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Low

Expressions using "low": aleutian low as low as reasonably achievable at a low ebb at a low price at low tide attorney at low Bayer Low Adult Strength [OTC] be at a low ebb be at low ebb be in low spirits be in low water be low be low in calories become low blow high blow low bow low bring low built on low ground burn low case low cashmere low woolen common low complex low complex low pressure David Low Ecotrin Low Adult Strength [OTC] extremely low frequency extremely low ridges fall to a low ebb feel low flat low fly at a low altitude have a low opinion of he is rather low today heat low high and low high low Jack and the game high strength low alloy steels in a low tone in a low voice In high and low in low spirits in the low latitudes keep a low profile laid low land low lay low lay smb. low lie low live low logic low low acoustic impedance earphone and earcap low airburst low altitude low angle low angle fire low angle loft bombing low Archipelago low back pain low beam low blood pressure Low Blood Sugar low blow low blueberry low board low bow low boy low brass low brow low BTU gas low calorific gas low calorific value low calorific value gas low camp low capacity low card low case low Church low class low clouds low comedy low compact crouch low countries low cranberry low ddm zone low density low down low dress low drifting snow Low Dutch low earth orbit low earth orbit satellite Low Earth Orbiting satellite low efficiency low ego low emission vehicle low energy Low Energy Antiproton Ring low enriched uranium low explosive low fat. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "low": low-ability, low-achieving, low-action, low-activity, low-addiction, low-affinity, low-al, low-alc, low-alcohol, low-alcoholic, low-alkalinity, low-altitude, low-amplitude, low-angle, low-angled, low-arched, low-area storm, low-attaining, low-back, low-backed, low-ball, low-balling, low-band, low-bandwidth, low-barrelage, low-battery, low-beam, low-beam headlight, low-beamed, low-birthweight, low-birth-weight baby, low-birth-weight infant, low-blink-rate, low-boiling, low-born, low-bottom, low-bouncing, low-breasted, low-bred, low-bridge, low-brimmed, low-brow, low-browed, low-budget, low-built, low-bulk, low-burnt, low-bush blueberry, low-cal, low-calcium, low-calibre, low-caloric, low-calorie, low-calorie diet, low-caloried, low-capacity, low-carat, low-carbohydrate, low-carbon steel, low-caste, low-ceilinged, low-charge, low-chlorine, low-cholesterol, Low-church, Low-churchism, Low-churchman, Low-churchmanship, low-circulation, low-class, low-clouded, low-co, low-communication, low-conductivity, low-consumption, low-context, low-contrast, low-copy, low-cost, low-coupon, low-credibility, low-cross, low-crowned, low-current, low-cut, low-cut neck, low-damage, low-damping, low-decibel, low-degree, low-density, low-density lipoprotein, low-dependency, low-distortion, low-dose, low-down, low-dwellers, low-earners, low-earning, low-earth, low-emission, low-emissions, low-emissivity, low-end, low-energy, low-enough, low-enriched, low-fare, low-fat, low-fat diet, low-fat milk, low-feeding, low-fi, low-fibre, low-fidelity, low-finesse, low-flier, low-floor, low-flow, low-fluid, low-flush, low-flying, low-freezing, low-frequency, low-friction, low-front, low-gabled, low-gain, low-glare, Low-Grade, low-grade, low-grade lymphomas, low-ground-pressure, low-grower, low-growing, low-grown, low-growth, low-handicap, low-hanging, Low-heel, low-heeled, Low-heels, low-high, low-hour, low-humidity, low-impact, low-impedance, low-income, low-income, low-income-level, low-inductance, low-inflation, low-inflationary, low-information, low-input, low-intelligence, low-intensity, low-intensive, low-interest, low-interest-rate, low-intermediate, low-inventory, low-investment, low-ish, low-key, low-keyed, low-labelling, low-latency, low-latitude, low-latitudes, low-left, low-level, low-level formatting, low-level language, low-level radioactive waste, low-levels, low-life, low-lifer, low-lifers, low-lifes, low-light, low-lit, Low-lived, low-load, low-loader, low-loaders, low-loading, low-loss, low-low-low, low-luminosity, low-lying, low-magnification, low-magnitude, low-maintenance, low-manpower, low-margin, low-mass, low-meat, low-medium, low-melt-fraction, low-melting, low-mg, low-mid, low-mileage, Low-minded, Low-mindedness, low-molecular, low-molecular-weight, Low-Molecular-Weight, low-multiplier, low-necked, low-nitrate, low-nitrogen, low-no, low-noise, low-normal, low-nox, low-octane, Low-odour, low-oestrogen, low-or, low-order, low-output, low-paid, low-pass, low-pass filter, low-pay, low-paying, low-paying-jobs, low-percentage, low-performance, low-performanced, low-performing, low-pitched, low-placed, low-point, low-polluting, low-power, low-powered, low-preference, low-pressure, Low-pressure steam, Low-pressure steam engine, low-prestige, low-prevalence, low-price, low-priced, low-priced goods, low-print-run, low-priority, low-probability, low-production, low-productivity, low-profile, low-profiling, low-profit, low-protein, low-quality, low-radiation, low-rainfall, low-rank, low-ranking, low-rate, low-rated, low-ratio, low-reflectance, low-register, low-relief, low-reliefs, low-rent, low-resolution, low-return, low-rev, low-revs, low-revving, low-rise, low-risk, low-roi, low-roofed, low-rumped, low-salaried, low-salt, low-salt diet, low-scoring, low-season, low-security, low-set, low-silled, low-sized, low-skill, low-skilled, low-skills, low-slung, low-smoke, low-sodium, low-sodium diet, low-solvent, low-speed, low-spending, low-spirited, low-spiritedly, low-spiritedness, low-spoken, low-spreading, low-standard, low-standing, low-start, low-status, low-storied, low-stretch, low-stringency, Low-studded, low-sudsing, low-sugar, low-suit, low-sulfur, low-sulphur, low-supervision, low-symmetry, low-tack, low-tar, low-tax, low-taxation, low-tech, low-technology, low-temperature, low-tension, low-tension anode, low-theory, Low-thoughted, low-throated, low-ticket, low-tide, low-tides, low-time, low-to, low-to-medium, low-toned, low-torque, low-trajectory, low-trust, low-tune, low-turnout, low-u, low-unemployment, low-use, low-user, low-value, low-valued, low-velocity, low-viscosity, low-visibility, low-viz, low-voiced, low-voltage, low-voltage-drop, low-volume, low-wage, low-wage group, low-waged, low-waisted, low-walled, low-warp loom, low-warp-loom, low-water, low-water mark, low-water-content, low-water-mark, low-watt, low-wattage, low-weight, low-wing, low-winged, Low-xxxx, low-yield, low-yielding, low-zone tolerance.

Ending with "low": medium-low, ultra-low.

Containing "low": high-low-jack, high-quality-low-cost, square-low detection, ultra-low-volume, very-low-fat, very-low-frequency.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Low

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

low rider

12,291

low fat

813

get low

5,917

low rider girl

771

low carb diet

4,815

low cost web hosting

760

low carb recipe

4,204

low rider bicycle

744

low airfare

2,803

low income housing

730

low carb food

2,620

low rider truck

726

low fat recipe

2,499

low carbohydrate

677

low carbohydrate diet

2,194

low level format utility

673

low rider bike

2,156

low blood sugar

644

low carb

2,057

low rider art

627

low blood pressure

1,639

low rider arte

619

low rider car

1,470

low fare

555

low

1,388

low calorie recipe

520

low carbohydrate food

1,269

low mortgage rate

500

low rider magazine

1,239

low level format

497

low interest credit card

1,088

low rider picture

490

low cholesterol diet

1,012

low back pain

427

get low lyrics

963

low voltage lighting

413

low carbohydrate recipe

901

low cost health insurance

384

low fat diet

886

low rider pic

348
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Low

Language Translations for "low"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

Platduits (Low German), Nederduits (Low German). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

në mënyrë të ulët, bulurin, dekolte (low-necked), i dobët (anaemic, anemic, bad, cachectic, characterless, cheesy, delicate, Dickey, dicky, dim, Dotty, enervate, faint, fainting, feeble, flabby, flaccid, gone, ill-conditioned, impaired, indolent, inferior, infirm, insubstantial, knock kneed, lame, lamentable, languid, languorous, lax, lean, meager, meagre, mean, measly, milk and water, nerveless, pale, pimping, pithless, poky, poor, puny, queasy, reckling, remiss, remote, rotten, rundown, scraggy, scrannel, scrawny, scrofulous, seared, shoddy, skinny, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, soft, spare, squeamish, tender, thin, third rate, Twiggy, weak, weakly, woozy), i hapur (ajar, blunt, champaign, direct, exposed, forthright, Frank, free, heart-to-heart, honest, hospitable, naked, open, open-hearted, overground, overt, pervious, plain, public, straightforward, unclosed, uncovered), i ndyrë (abject, atrocious, bloody, contaminated, cotton-picking, crappy, dirty, filthy, foul, hoggish, horrid, lousy, low down, mangy, muddy, nasty, piggish, puddly, salacious, shut in, sordid, squalid, stained, stinking, vile, villainous), i pafavorshëm (adverse, contrary, disadvantageous, hostile, unfavorable, unfavourable, untoward), bulurimë, i ulët (base, contemptible, dark, deep, down, gentle, give away, humble, ignoble, infamous, low down, low lying, lowly, mean, modest, nasty, nefarious, petty, primary, rascally, scrubby, scurvy, shoddy, subdued, vile, villainous, vulgar), zonë e presionit të ulët, në mbarim (all up, dying, up), nivel i ulët, pëllas (bellow, Bray, heehaw, moo), pallje (bellow, moo, mooing), poshtë (below, beneath, down, downstairs, infra, under, underneath), ulët, vulgar (banal, coarse, common, gross, low-lived, low-minded, raffish, ribald, tawdry, vulgar, vulgarian), i pakët (exiguous, few, lean, limited, little, marginal, meager, meagre, measly, modest, narrow, picayune, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, scrimpy, skimpy, slender, small, spare, sparing, thin, wee). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قصير (scrubby, short, shortened, squabby, squat, stumpy), ‏أدني (less, lesser, lower, nethermost), ‏خافت (dim, faint, soft, subdued), ‏خسيس (abject, base, contemptible, dastardly, despicable, ignoble, loon, lousy, lowly, mean, paltry, pooch, reptile, ruffian, scruffy, servile, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, small change, sordid, vile, villainous), ‏خوار (bell, bellow, bellowing, faint-hearted, moo, mooing, roar), ‏ضعيف (atonic, cold, crazy, deficient, delicate, dim, emaciated, enervate, faint, feckless, feeble, flabby, flagging, fragile, frail, haggard, helpless, impotent, inaudible, infirm, invertebrate, lame, languid, languorous, lank, lean, limp, little, lower, nerveless, pale, powered, powerless, puny, rickety, run down, scant, scrawny, slender, slight, slim, small, soft, softy, streaked, supine, tenuous, thin, thready, toothless, unsubstantial, wan, weak, weakened, weakling, weakly, wimp, wishy washy), ‏سافل (black sheep, dirty, immoral, mean, pedestrian, raffish, varmint), ‏بخس (cheap), ‏وضيع (contemptible, cowardly, grubby, humble, inferior, low-grade, lowly, mean, menial, scabby, scaly, scruffy, scurvy, slavish, slight, snide, vile), ‏فظ (abrupt, blunt, boor, boorish, brusque, brutish, burly, chuffy, churlish, clownish, coarse, country, crude, crusty, curt, discourteous, earthy, grievous, gross, gruff, hairy, harsh, hoarse, ill mannered, impolite, indelicate, mannerless, obdurate, off hand, plug ugly, precipitous, rough, rough and ready, rude, ruffianly, rugged, rustic, savage, scathe, serious, shaggy, short, sour, surly, uncivil, uncouth, unkind, unmannerly, unprintable), ‏لئيم (base, depraved, evil, mean, miscreant), ‏نزل (bring down, camp, cantonal, climb down, come down, decline, depress, descend, drop, get down, get off, glide, go down, hostel, inn, lodge, lodging house, lower, miscreant, move, nest, pull down, put down, rascal, reach down, road house, scab, scroll, send, shade, sink, slip down, step down, take down, tavern), ‏محبط (depressed, frustrate, frustrated, frustrating, grim, spiritless), ‏منخفض (depressed, depression, fading, faint, soft), ‏منخفض جوي (trough), ‏منحط (base, decadent, degenerate, degraded, ignoble, low down, low-grade, lowly, mean, vile), ‏حقير (abject, base, beggarly, blackguardly, cheap, despicable, dingy, dirty, frowzy, grubby, ignoble, inferior, insignificant, lousy, low down, lowly, mean, menial, niggling, paltry, pettifogger, petty, pip squeak, pitiable, pitiful, poor, popinjay, rotten, scabby, scaly, scoundrelly, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, servile, shabby, shoddy, slavish, slim, slushy, small minded, snide, sod, squalid, swine, tacky, trifling, ungracious, unworthy, varmint, vile, villainous, worthless, wretched). (various references)

   

Basque

  

baxu. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

неприлично, подло (basely, dirtily, foully, meanly), подъл (base, blackguardly, caitiff, creeping, dastardly, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, dirt, dirty, dishonorable, dishonourable, jesuitic, jesuitical, low down, low-minded, mean, mean-spirited, miscreant, recreant, reptile, scurvy, shabby, snaky, sneaking, sneaky, snide, vile, villainous), пренебрежителен (depreciatory, derogatory, disparaging, scornful, uncomplitary), прост (abc, artless, childlike, common, commonplace, easy, elemental, elementary, funky, grave, homelike, homespun, humble, illiberal, native, onefold, open and shut, ordinary, plain, prime, primitive, rugged, rustic, simple, sleazy, straight, straightforward, uncomplicated, unpretentious, vulgar), първа скорост, близо до екватора, муча (bellow, moo), мучене (bellow, moo), мъртъв (cold, dead, dull, extinct, lifeless, set), низко (meanly), ниско, ниско равнище, долен (abject, base, bottom, contemptible, currish, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inferior, iniquitous, lower, low-grade, mangy, mean, mean-spirited, rascal, ratty, reptile, rotten, scaly, scurvy, shady, under, unworthy, vile, villainous), нисък (base, grave, keen, low-browed, low-pitched, short, thickset), унил (chap-fallen, crestfallen, dejected, down, hipped, lonesome, low-spirited, mopish, subdued, vapory, vapoury), неблагоприятен (contrary, disadvantageous, dyslogistic, inauspicious, inimical, mis-, unfavorable, unfavourable, unsuitable, untoward), невъзпитан (cubbish, ill, ill mannered, low-bred, mannerless, rude, surly, unbred, underbred, unmannered, unmannerly), некултурен (illiberal, unaccomplished), обикновен (accustomed, average, common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, homely, humdrum, matter of fact, mere, moderate, mundane, ordinary, plain, quiet, regular, routine, run of the mill, simple, trite, trivial, unaffected, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, wonted), отпаднал (faint, languorous, washed out, weak), оскъдно (meanly, scantily, sparingly), вулгарен (caddish, coarse, common, doggish, gross, gutter, loud, low-minded, raffish, raw, scurrilous, underbred, unedifying, vulgar), груб (abrupt, bearish, boeotian, brusque, callous, churlish, clownish, clumsy, coarse, coarse grained, common, crude, cubbish, curt, earthy, feral, glaring, graceless, gross, gruff, hard boiled, harsh, heavy, hoggish, homespun, horny, loutish, material, outlandish, raspy, raucous, raw, rough, rough-shod, rowdy, rude, rugged, russet, rusty, short, surly, tough, uncivil, uncouth, wild and woolly), тих (airless, breathless, calm, canny, dreamy, halcyon, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, silent, sleepy, slow, small, soft, stealthy, still, stilly, tearless, tranquil, under, uneventful), тихо (hist, hush, inwardly, mum, piano, quiet, quietly, silently, soft, sotto voce, soundlessly, stilly), слаб (defective, dim, effeminate, faint, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flat, flimsy, impotent, irretentive, lame, lean, light, limp, liny, meager, meagre, mean, mild, nerveless, off, pale, poor, puny, queasy, rickety, scanty, scrannel, sick, sinewless, slack, sleazy, slender, slight, slim, slow, sluggish, small, soft, spare, spineless, tender, tenuous, thin, thready, unable, washy, watery, weak, weakish, weakly), слабо (faintly, flabbily, meanly, remotely, slightly, weakly), смирено (hat in hand, humbly), нисш (inferior, lower, under). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

baix. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(beneath, eloquent, talent, to hang down, to incline, to let droop, to lower). (various references)

   

Czech

  

levný (cheap, down-market, inexpensive, moderate), slabý (bad, decrepit, delicate, faint, fainting, feeble, fragile, frail, light, slack, tenuous, wan, watery, weak, weakly, weak-minded, weary), první rychlost, primitivní (primitive, uncivilized, wild), potichu (quietly), podřízený (inferior, junior, subordinate, underling), nevkusný (cheap, tasteless, tawdry, unsuitable), nízký (base, flat, ignoble, impure, short, sordid, squalid, tawdry, villainous), hrubý (abusive, blue, boorish, brut, brutish, coarse, coarsened, crass, crude, foul-mouthed, grating, gross, gruff, harsh, howling, knockabout, leathery, outrageous, raw, rough, rough and ready, ruddy, rude, rustic, scabrous, sylvan, uncouth, uneven, unmannerly, unprintable, vulgar), hluboký (dead, deep, heavy, profound, thick, utter), chudobnì, buèet (bellow, moo), buèení (moo), špatný (bad, black, defective, evil, faulty, ill, improper, inferior, poor, weak, wicked, worthless, wrong). (various references)

   

Danish

  

lav (shallow, superficial). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

laag (abject, base, deep, layer, nasty, vile). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

malnobla (abject, base, nasty, vile), malalta. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

lágur. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کم (Infrequent, Junior, Light, Little, Marginal, Rare, Remote, Scant, Scanty, Scarce, Scrimpy, Skimp, Slender, Slight, Small), اندک (Lean, Light, Little, Margin, Modicum, Paucity, Pinch, Scant, Scantling, Scarce, Scrimp, Scruple, Skimpy, Slight, Whit), اهسته (Gentle, Gradual, Indistinct, Languid, Light, Slow), افتاده (Lowly, Meek, Modest, Unassuming), خفیف (Light, Small), زبانه کشیدن (Flame, Lick), دون (Lowly, Poor, Ribald, Servile, Shabby, Small, Sordid), کوتاه (Concise, Dumpy, Laconic, Little, Miniature, Punch, Short, Stocky, Stunt, Succinct, Transient), فرومایه (Abject, Base, Brassy, Currish, Ignoble, Knave, Vile), مشتعل شدن (Burn, Flame, Ignite, Light), مع مع کردن , پاءین (Below, Beneath, Bottom, Nether, Underneath), پست ومبتذل , فروتن (Courteous, Daft, Humble, Lowly, Meek, Modest, Slight, Submissive, Unassuming, Unpretentious, Venal), سربزیر (Limber, Submissive). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ynistä (moo), sykloni (air-classifier, air-separator, centrifugal collector, cyclone, cyclone separator, cyclonic depression, revolving storm), matalapaineen alue (depression, low pressure area, trough), matalapaine (cyclonic depression, depression, low pressure area, trough), matala (shallow), huokea (cheap), hiljainen (dull, quiet, silent, still, taciturn), helppo (cheap, easy, facile), avokaulainen, ammua (bellow, bleat, moo, neigh), alhainen (mean, vile), alhaalla (down, down below), alava. (various references)

   

French

  

lâche (lousy), grave (low-pitched), allure minimale, bas (low lying, low-pitched), basse, beuglement, dépression (structural low), abject, faible, zone de basse pression (low pressure area), grossier (loutish), ignoble (low down, low-grade), inférieure, meuglement, plus bas (lower, lowermost), dépression barométrique (low pressure area). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

leech (empty, void). (various references)

   

German

  

niedrig (base, basely, blackly, humble, lowly, low-slung, mean, menial, menially, neap, sordid, squat, vile), tief (a long way, abyssal, acutely, cavernously, deep, deeply, depression, dire, grave, hearty, heavily, heavy, intense, keen, keenly, low-pitched, profound, profoundly, sound, soundly, utter, violent), nieder (base, common, down, lower-level, lowly, menial, minor, primitive), muhen (moo), gemein (abject, abominable, base, basely, beastly, bitchy, caitiff, cheap, coarse, common, cussedly, dirty, disreputable, foul, horrid, horridly, infamous, invidious, joint, lower case, malicious, maliciously, mean, meanly, miscreant, miserable, miserably, nastily, nasty, paltry, rascally, reptilian, rotten, scurillously, scurvily, scurvy, sordid, spiteful, squalid, squalidly, ugly, unkind, unkindly, vicious, vile, vilely, villainous, vulgar, wicked). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βαρομετρικό χαμηλό (cyclonic depression, thalweg), βαρομετρική ύφεσις (depression, low pressure area, trough), βαρομετρική ύφεση (cyclonic depression), μυκώμαι, μουγγρίζω (roar), πρόστυχοσ (bitchy, caddish, cheap, coarse, common, hangdog, ignoble, lawbred, lewd, lowdown, low-minded, mean, ornery, raffish, ratty, scurrilous, scurvy, shabby, shoddy, sordid, vile, vulgar), χαμηλόσ (scrub), χαμηλός, ευτελήσ (cheap, mean, shabby, soulless, tacky, worthless), ταπεινόσ (abject, humble, lowly, menial, reverent, unobtrusive, unpretentious). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ירוד (inferior, poor, reduced), לגעות (bleat, moo, wail, weep), שקע (depression, hollow, mortise, pan, socket, trough), שפל (base, degeneration, ebb, humble, indolent, lousy, low down, low tide, lowliness, mean, mean-spirited, meek, minimum, miscreant, ornery, recession, scabby, scamp, shabby, sordid, vile), עמוק (deep, ingrained, profound), זול (cheap, cheapness, inexpensive, meretricious, shoddy), רמה נמוכה, נמוך (short, stocky), נחות (coarse, degenerate, disadvantaged, inferior, second rate, subordinate, tinpot). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

halk (faint, inaudible, quiet, soft, soft spoken, still, subdued), alacsonyan, alacsony (brief, humble, low down, low-down, lowly, pint-sized, shallow, short, small built, titchy). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

lágur. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

udara dingin (chill), rendah (menial), cendala (base, mean), busuk (bad, putrescent, putrid, rotten, spoiled). (various references)

   

Irish

  

íseal. (various references)

   

Italian

  

basso (base, bass, bottom, ignoble, low down, lower, Nether, shallow, short, small, superficial). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

レ点 (LAN, law, local, local area network, local color, local content, local minima, local news, local observer, low absorber, low angle, mark showing character order in Chinese texts, raw, row, tick mark), 低置 , 低い  (humble, low voice, short), 低い (humble, short). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ロー (law, raw, row), ひくい (humble, short), ていち (anchorage, bottom land, depression, fixed, investigating, low ground, lowlands, plain, spying). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

낮은 (LO). (various references)

   

Malay

  

rendah. (various references)

   

Manx

  

keercheenagh, ishil, injil (common, common vulgar, depressed, low down, low-built, low-grade, low-level, low-lying, low-necked, low-pitched, subaltern, subdued), garroo (boisterous, coarse, coarse-fibred, crude, dirty, dirty of weather, hairy, harsh, husky, ill-mannered, jagged, naughty, pockmarked, raw, rough, rough-and-tumble, rough-spoken, rude, rugged, scraggy, stormy, stormy as sea, stubbly, uncouth, undressed, uneven, uneven as ground, vulgar), dowin (deeply, deep-rooted, involved, low-pitched, penetrating, profound, rapt, rich, secretive, thorough, uncommunicative), buirrooghey (bellowing, boom, burst, burst of sound, growl, growling, roar, roaring, rumble, thundering, thundering of sea, vociferate), buirroogh (bellow, growl, roar, rumble, trumpet, trumpet of elephant). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

lav (lichen). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

bas, baish. (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

baho (abject, base, nasty, vile), abou (below, down, downstairs, underneath). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owlay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

baixo (base, bass, bass voice, basso, caitiff, common, dumpy, dwarfish, hereinafter, hollow, ignoble, lily-livered, low-down, lowered, mean, mediocre, menial, nether, obsequious, pygmean, raffish, rascally, reptile, scummy, scurrilous, scurvy, servile, shallow, short, slavish, small, sordid, superficial, vulgar, vulgarian), baixa (casualty, decrease, depression, discharge, drop, falling, low place, lowering, reduction). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

la pãmânt, de datã recentã, încet (at a slow pace, dawdling, dead alive, deliberate, dilatory, dull, dull-headed, easy, faint, gentle, hist, lagging, lazily, lazy, leasurely, leisurely, lingering, slack, slow, slow but steady, slowly, sluggish, soft, still, tardy, time-taking, weak), josnic (abject, base, base-minded, despicable, dirty, grovelling, grubby, infamous, little, low-minded, mean, meanly, nasty, paltry, scurrilous, scurvy, shabby, slavish, sordid, sordidly, vile), jos (below, come down, down, downstairs, here, low-pitched, under, underneath), ieftin (cheap, commonplace, fair, inexpensive, inexpensively, low-priced, modest, popular, reasonable, threepenny, trite, twopenny, worthless), grav (austere, bad, badly, critical, grave, gravely, grievously, important, low-pitched, matronal, serious, solemn, stern, weighty), micşorat (attenuate, contracted, reduced), decupat, modest (cheap, demure, diffident, discreet, frugal, grave, homely, humble, humbly, lowly, maiden, maidenly, modest, plain, quakerish, quiet, retiring, simple, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretending, unpretentious), de curând (fresh, freshly, late, lately, latterly, new, newly, of late), comun (banal, base, common, communal, current, everyday, frequent, general, joint, mediocre, mutual, ordinary, rife, universal, usual, vulgar), şoptit (whisper, whispered, whispering), adânc (bottom, deep, deeply, depth, great, heavy, penetrating, profound, secret, sound, thick, wise), abject (abject, abjectly, cringing, mean, miserable, nefarious, slavish), abãtut (blue, cast down, crest-fallen, dejected, depressed, disheartened, dispirited, downcast, down-hearted, downsome, dumpy, gloomy, heart-heavy, heavy-hearted, in low spirits, in poor spirits, jaw-fallen, lamenting, long-faced, low-spirited, melancholy, mopish, sad, sick, useless), deprimat (cast down, crest-fallen, dejectedly, downcast, down-hearted, grumpish, low-spirited, melancholy, sick), rage (bellow, Bray, howl, roar), urât (abominable, bad, badly, boredom, dirty, ennui, filthy, foul, haggish, hateful, hideous, ill-featured, little, megrim, naughty, opprobrious, sour, squalid, tedium, ugly, unbecoming, unfairly, unsightly, vicious, villainous, wicked), umil (humble, humbly, lowly, mean, meek, modest, poor, small, submissive), slab (adynamic, angular, bad, cold, cranky, crazy, dicky, dim, Dotty, dull, faint, faintly, feckless, feeble, feebly, female, flabby, flaccid, flat, fleshless, flimsy, footless, forceless, frail, gaunt, groggy, helpless, impotent, inner, jaded, jejune, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, lean, Lenten, light, loose, meager, meagre, mean, mild, milk and water, namby-pamby, nerveless, one horse, pale, peaked, penny-a-line, pimping, poor, poorly, powerless, quiet, remotely, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shaky, sickly, silly, skinny, slack, slight, small, soft, sorry, spare, squeal, stringent, tender, thin, washy, weak, weakly), slãbit (effete, flabby, helpless, loose, queer, weakened), scund (short, undersized), scãzut (reduced), mic (Chitty, chopping, contemptible, dwarfish, exiguous, little, mincing, minor, narrow, petty, pimping, poky, pony, poor, puny, scrubby, shallow, shoe string, short, slender, slight, small, undersized, weak, wee, young), recent (fresh, freshly, green, hot, late, lately, latter, latter day, latterly, new, newly, recent, recently, up to date), vulgar (base, broad, churlish, coarse, common, gross, large, low-lived, unrefined, vile, vulgar, vulgarly), rãu famat (ill-famed, notorious), rãsfrânt (bandy, reflected), rãget (hee haw, howl, roar), pânã la pãmânt, mugi (bellow, howl, moo, roar, trumpet), muget (bellow, bellowing, bluster, hoot, howl, moo, roar), redus (backward, dense, obtuse, reduced, scanty, small, stupid). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

невысокий, низшая передача, низко (basely, dirtily), низкий (deep, dishonourable, give away, hangdog, ignoble, infamous, keen, lousy, low down, lowly, mean, nefarious, picayune, poor, scummy, scurvy, short, stinkard, vile, wormy), низменный (base), низина (low ground, salt-marsh, sink, wold), мычать (bellow, moo), мычание (bellow, moo, mooing). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

tàireil (contemptible, despicable, despising), ìosal (abject; also : ìseal, humble). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

utučen (blue, chap-fallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, dispirited, down-hearted, hangdog, heartsick, low-spirited, spiritless), tih (douce, halcyon, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, stealthy, still, stilly), slab (dickey, dicky, feckless, feeble, flabby, frail, infirm, languid, languorous, meager, meagre, nerveless, poor, powerless, punk, remote, short, sickly, slim, tenuous, thin, trick, undernourished, unlikely, washy, weak), prizeman (low-minded), plitak (flat, shallow, shoal), nizak pritisak, nizak (base, low-, lowly, low-pitched, short, vile), niska tačka, mukati (moo), mukanje (bellow, moo, mooing), mali (little, lorikeet, money spinner, small), depresija (depression). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bajo (bank, base, bass, bass voice, basso, below, beneath, bottom, deep, depth, despicable, down, humble, low down, low lying, lower, menial, short, small, subdued, under, underneath, would be), depresión (depression, dip, hollow, scoop, sink, slump, trough). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

lagi. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

låg (base, brute, humble, ignoble, lay, low-pitched, mean, nethermost), lågtryck (depression), gemen (accustomed, base, currish, customary, dirty, filthy, foul, friendly, ignoble, infamous, low down, lowercase, low-minded, mean, odious, scurvy, sociable, used to, usual, wicked, wonted). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

mababà. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ต่ำต้อย, คุณภาพต่ำ (cheap, low-grade, shoddy), หมด (drain, go), หดหู่ใจ (downcast, grief-stricken), รู้สึกไม่สบาย, มีคุณค่าอาหารต่ำ, ในราคาที่ต่ำ, ต่ำกว่าระดับปกติ, อ่อนแรง, ชั้นต่ำ, น้อย (few), เสียงต่ำ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

alçak (abandoned, abject, base, baseborn, blackguard, contemptible, cowardly, dastardly, heel, humble, ignoble, lousy, low down, lowrise, misbegotten, nasty, nefarious, no good, rascally, ravisher, recreant, scoundrel, scoundrelly, short, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sordid, squat, swab, swob, vile, villainous). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

pes (short, undistinguished), зцr, зцket (lower). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

ревти (bell, bellow, chide, roar), тихо (hush, quietly, shush, silently, slowly, small, stilly), тихий (airless, calm, dormant, noiseless, peaceful, quiet, silent, soundless, still, stilly, under), вульгарний (banal, blatant, caddish, coarse, gross, low down, non-u, parvenu, raffish, unladylike, vapid, vulgar, vulgarian), невисокорозвинутий, невисокий (base, lowly), низько (basely), низький рівень, низький (base, bass, dirty, low down, niddering, short), нижчий від норми, мукати (moo), мукання (moo), принижено. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

lùn thấp, không bổ (innutritious, unnourishing), (small), cạn thấp bé, chậm thấp hèn, hèm mọn yếu, hạ (petty), ở bậc dưới; tầm thường, kém ăn, ti tiện (blithering, caitiff, miscreant, paltry, small), mức thấp, ngọn lửa, nhỏ thấp, suy nhược (depressed), thấp, kém (coarse, less, poor, third-rate, vile). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

isel (base, depressed, humble). (various references)

   

Wolof

  

ndànk (slowly/in a low voice). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

taam (deep, profound). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Low

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

sig. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

angusta, angustam, angusti, angustiorem, angusto, angustos, angustum, angustus, dimissa, dimissam, dimissi, dimissis, dimisso, dimissum, dimissus, foedam, foede, foedum, foedus, humile, humilem, humiles, humili, humilia, humilibus, humilior, humiliora, humiliorem, humiliores, humilis, humiliter, humilium, humillima, mugientem, mugientes, mugientium, mugierunt, mugiet, mugio, mugistis, mugitu, sordida, sordidam, sordidis, sordido, sordidos, sordidum. (various references)

Late Latin300-700

bassus. (various references)

Old French900-1400

bas. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Low

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 1, Verse 52
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKaqeilen dunastaV apo qronwn kai uywsen tapeinouV
Latin405VulgateDeposuit potentes de sede et exaltavit humiles
Old English990West SaxonHe awearp þa rican of setle. and ða eaðmodan up ahof;
Middle English1395WyclifHe sette doun myyti men fro sete, and enhaunside meke men.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleHe putteth doune the myghty from their seates and exalteth them of lowe degre.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Basic English1964OgdenHe has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Low

LanguageLuke Chapter 1, Verse 52
Cebuanoiyang gipapha ang mga makagagahum gikan sa ilang mga trono, ug iyang gituboy ang mga timawag kahimtang;
CroatianSilne zbaci s prijestolja, a uzvisi neznatne.
DanishHan har nedstødt mægtige fra Troner og ophøjet ringe.
DutchHij heeft machtigen van de tronen afgetrokken, en nederigen heeft Hij verhoogd.
FinnishHän on kukistanut valtiaat valtaistuimilta ja korottanut alhaiset.
FrenchIl a renversé les puissants de leurs trônes, Et il a élevé les humbles.
GermanEr stößt die Gewaltigen vom Stuhl und erhebt die Niedrigen.
Haitian CreoleLi desann chèf ki te byen chita nan fotèy yo. Li leve moun ki pa gen pretansyon yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariRaja-raja diturunkan-Nya dari takhta dan orang hina ditinggikan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaIa menurunkan raja dari atas takhtanya, dan meninggikan orang yang rendah.
Italianha rovesciato i potenti dai troni, ha innalzato gli umili;
Manx GaelicT'eh er lhieggal sheese ny treanee veih nyn stuill-reeoil, as er hoiaghey seose ny imlee.
MaoriKua whakataka e ia nga piriniha i o ratou torona, a whakateiteitia ake ana te hunga iti.
Norwegianhan støtte stormenn fra deres høiseter og ophøiet de små;
Portuguesedepôs dos tronos os poderosos, e elevou os humildes.   
RumanianA rqsturnat pe cei puternici de pe scaunele lor de domnie, wi a knqlyat pe cei smeriyi.
RussianОЙЪМПЦЙМ УЙМШОЩИ У РТЕУФПМПЧ, Й ЧПЪОЕУ УНЙТЕООЩИ;
ShuarAshí akupin ainia nuna awakkaruiti. Tura íksan péejchach ainia nuna uunt awajsaruiti.
Swahiliamewashusha wenye nguvu kutoka vitu vyao vya enzi, akawakweza wanyenyekevu.
SwedishHärskare har han störtat från deras troner, och ringa män har han upphöjt;
UmaMagau' -magau' napohu ngkai pangka' -ra. Tauna to dingki' tuwu' -ra napomolangko.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Low

Derivations

Words beginning with "low": lowball, lowballed, lowballing, lowballs, lowborn, lowboy, lowboys, lowbred, lowbrow, lowbrows, lowdown, lowdowns, lowe, lowed, lower, lowercase, lowercased, lowercases, lowercasing, lowerclassman, lowerclassmen, lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowers, lowery, lowes, lowest, lowing, lowings, lowish, lowland, lowlander, lowlanders, lowlands, lowlier, lowliest, lowlife, lowlifer, lowlifers, lowlifes, lowlight, lowlights, lowlihead, lowliheads, lowliness, lowlinesses, lowlives, lowly, lown, lowness. (additional references)

Words ending with "low": afterglow, aglow, airflow, airglow, allow, alow, alpenglow, backflow, barlow, bedfellow, bellow, below, billow, blow, bungalow, callow, counterblow, counterflow, dayglow, deathblow, disallow, fallow, fellow, flow, flyblow, follow, furbelow, gangplow, glow, hallow, hereinbelow, hollow, inflow, interflow, mallow, marshmallow, mellow, mudflow, nightglow, outflow, outglow, overblow, overflow, overslow, pillow, playfellow, plow, reflow, reglow, sallow, schoolfellow. (additional references)

Words containing "low": afterglows, airflows, airglows, allowable, allowably, allowance, allowanced, allowances, allowancing, allowed, allowedly, allowing, allows, alpenglows, backflows, barlows, beclown, beclowned, beclowning, beclowns, bedfellows, beflower, beflowered, beflowering, beflowers, bellflower, bellflowers, bellowed, bellower, bellowers, bellowing, bellows, belowdecks, belowground, belows, billowed, billowier, billowiest, billowing, billows, billowy, blanketflower, blanketflowers, blowback, blowbacks, blowball, blowballs, blowby, blowbys, blowdown, blowdowns. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Low" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: elow, eow, iow, kow, Lacw, laow, lauw, Lawji, lawt, ldo, Leuw, lewo, lewp, liq, liw, liwa, lkw, Lliw, llo, llow, loaw, loew, Loewi, lof, Loh, loi, lom, loq, lor, lou, lov, lovw, lowa, lowe, lowii, lowl, lown, lowo, lowr, lowt, lowx, Lowy, lowz, loz, lsw, luaw, luj, luow, luq, luw, luwd, lvo, okw, ol, Oow, ow, oww, Ulo, Ulowi, zow. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Low"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "low" (pronounced lō")
2l ō"aglow, below, blow, floe, flow, glow, hello, lo, Lowe, overflow, plough, rouleau, sloe, slow, tableau, tableaux.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Low

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: owl.

Words within the letters "l-o-w"

-1 letter: lo, ow, wo.

 Words containing the letters "l-o-w"
 

+1 letter: alow, awol, blow, bowl, cowl, flow, fowl, glow, howl, jowl, lowe, lown, lows, owls, plow, slow, wold, wolf, wool, yowl.

 

+2 letters: aglow, allow, awols, below, blown, blows, blowy, bowel, bowls, clown, cowls, dowel, elbow, flown, flows, fowls, glows, growl, howls, jowls, jowly, lowed, lower, lowes, lowly, lowse, owlet, plows, prowl, rowel, scowl, slows, towel, vowel, waldo, whole, whorl, wilco, woald, woful, wolds, wolfs, wools, wooly, world, would, yowls.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Familiar
11. Quotations: Historic
12. Quotations: Fiction
13. Quotations: Non-fiction
14. Quotations: Spoken
15. Quotations: Speeches
16. Usage Frequency
17. Names: Frequency
18. Names: Derived from
19. Names: Company Usage
20. Expressions
21. Expressions: Internet
22. Translations: Modern
23. Translations: Ancient
24. Bible Trace
25. Abbreviations
26. Acronyms
27. Derivations
28. Rhymes
29. Anagrams
30. Bibliography


  

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