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This tag is for questions seeking a word that fits a meaning. Please demonstrate why you expect the word to exist in English. For example you could tell us a word that means the same in another language. Please use a bilingual dictionary and include the result of your research. Please include a sample sentence demonstrating how the word would be used. If you actually seek a phrase, or don't care, see the "phrase-request" tag.
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How sound does it make when a tree falls?
It seems like the tree would have made a number of different sounds as it fell.
When wood bends, it tends to "creak" and "groan."
When it bends too much, it "snaps" and "cracks."
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What is an umbrella term for all sorts of urban development from road construction to tree p...
We don't have one word for the activity and the activity's results.
The result is infrastructure.
infrastructure noun
1 : the system of public works of a country, state, or region also : the …
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What do you call a short text?
Especially in his middle period, Nieztsche wrote in a style that we call aphoristic:1
Nietzsche is commonly said to be an aphoristic writer, perhaps the master of the aphorism.
https://scholars …
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How do you refer to the judgment day of a single person?
Judgement Day generally refers to the Last Judgment, or Day of Reckoning, or Doomsday, or however you want to translate Yom haDin (יום הדין).
When individuals die, they are judged on the spot, in what …
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'Skimming' for a video
The best word for this is probably skim.
There are certainly dictionary definitions that would seem to allow for this use, e.g.
2 : to read, study, or examine superficially and rapidly
Merriam-Webst …
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Term for "county and municipality", administrative units dividing a country
This seems to be a uncommon enough topic that there is little consensus on which phrase to use.
For instance, one relatively common term would be administrative division. This phrase seems sufficient …
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Is it common to say "the doctor gave my leg a check-up"?
You could use checkup, in the sense that people would probably understand what you meant, but you're correct that it's not common.
As you've found, checkup is more often used for a general examination …
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What onomatopoeia for cat steps would be clear for English speaker?
An existing English word is
pitter-patter noun
: a rapid succession of light sounds or beats : patter
Merriam-Webster
This often (most often?) appears in the phrase "the pitter patter of tiny feet", …
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What is the adjective corresponding to the humanities?
Humanities research is fairly common and definitely understandable.
Here are some published examples:
Data and its technologies now play a large and growing role in humanities research and teaching.
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Is unapply a word used in the english language?
Unapply is used in English, but normally in a different context.
unapply (third-person singular simple present unapplies, present participle unapplying, simple past and past participle unapplied)
(t …
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What is the everyday word to express "some food that tastes good if it is kept dry and bad i...
Dry food that has become unpleasant or inedible due to improper storage (or because of its age) is described as stale.
stale food such as bread is old and no longer fresh
a package of stale crackers
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Do you say "my car is high on fuel" as a counterpart of "my car is low on fuel"?
No, "high on fuel" is not an idiomatic opposite for "low on fuel". An idiomatic opposite would be, "my tank is nearly full."
While high can be the opposite of low, it's not always so. Both words hav …
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