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- etymology - What is the origin of stat? - English Language Usage . . .
The word stat is an abbreviation of the Latin word statim, which has the meaning "instantly immediately" This usage was then generalized beyond the domain of prescriptions to refer to any action that needed to be taken immediately
- Status vs. state - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Can anyone explain what the difference between status and state is when I talk about the condition or situation of an object? Here's what I got from Longman English Dictionary status: a situati
- When should ‘state’ be capitalised? - English Language Usage . . .
There are no special rules for capitalizing the word "state" in ordinary, non-technical English It should be capitalized when at the start of a sentence, or when it is part of a proper noun The state (3) of affairs is that the State of Washington (proper noun) is a state (2) within the sovereign state (1) known as The United States of America (proper noun)
- What is the origin of the suffixes statin and medin?
The use of -stat as a suffix usually means that it will make something come to rest, to stop, to stand still Hemo stasis is the act of stopping bleeding A tool to clamp a blood vessel is called a hemo stat A bacterio stat stops bacteria from replicating, in contrast to a bacterio cide, which kills the bacteria
- How did phenomenal come to mean extraordinary?
Phenomenal nowadays is primarily used in common discourse to mean extraordinary, although it has a now-rarer secondary meaning which I suspect was originally its primary meaning: a known through
- grammaticality - Meaning of every other day week - English Language . . .
Possible Duplicate: What is the meaning of “every other time”? What does the phrase every other day week mean? I got some hint from here But, it is still not clear to me what is th
- dictionaries - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I have found only this statistic: Words by Length Words by First and Second Letter But I want to find words count which start by z and x (or any other letter) Does anybody know such stat?
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