PROVERB
\pɹˈɒvɜːb], \pɹˈɒvɜːb], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_v_ɜː_b]\
Definitions of PROVERB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
By Princeton University
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a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
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A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
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A drama exemplifying a proverb.
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To name in, or as, a proverb.
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To provide with a proverb.
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To write or utter proverbs.
By Oddity Software
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Short popular sayings effectively expressing or astutely professing general truths or useful thoughts. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p97, p1556)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A short familiar sentence, forcibly expressing a well known truth or moral lesson: a byword:-pl. a book of the Old Testament.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A short sentence expressing a well-known truth, or common fact familiar to experience; a maxim of wisdom; a maxim which is enigmatical; a by-word. Proverbs, a canonieal book of the Old Test, abounding in wise maxims bearing on the conduct of life.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
