gre
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gre
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gre (plural gres)
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Etymology 1 edit
From Old French gré (“step”), from Latin gradus. The senses related to success are potentially from Scottish Gaelic gré.
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gre (plural gres)
- A step, gree or rung; a part of a staircase or ladder.
- A stage or level as part of a scale; a level of a discontinuous scale.
- A degree or extent; a level of a continuous scale.
- Social or professional standing or status; one's position in society or a subset of it.
- A degree or generation of ancestry; a stage in one's family history.
- Success, winning or achievement in battle or sport.
- (geometry) An angular measurement amounting to 1/360 of a circle.
- (rare) A degree (educational qualification handed out by tertiary institutions)
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- “grẹ̄, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-15.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French gré (“goodwill”), from Latin grātum, a noun from Latin grātus.
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gre (uncountable)
- A favourable or good attitude; goodwill, kindness.
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale:
- And notified is þurȝout þe toun / Þat every wiȝt, wiþ greet devocioun, / Sholde preyen Crist þat he þis mariage / Recyve in gree and spede þis viage.
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale:
- Satisfaction, compensation, understanding.
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- “grẹ̄, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-15.
Etymology 3 edit
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gre
- Alternative form of green
North Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *grīsaz. Compare Mooring gra, Heligolandic grai, Föhr and Wiedingharde grä.
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gre
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gre
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *gregis (compare Old Irish graig (“horses”)); cognate with Latin grex.
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gre f (plural greoedd)
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gre | re | ngre | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |