zakres

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Etymology

Deverbal from zakresić (modern zakreślić). First attested in the 18th century.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈza.krɛs/
(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈza.krɛs/, /ˈza.kres/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -akrɛs
Syllabification: za‧kres

Noun

zakres m inan (related adjective zakresowy)

range, scope (limited in some way area of activities or phenomena; selection, array)
Synonyms: gama, paleta, skala, spektrum, wachlarz, zakrój
range (maximum distance or reach of capability)
(logic) denotation
Synonyms: denotacja, ekstensja
(obsolete) nick (mark from cutting)
(obsolete) border
Synonym: granica
(obsolete) district (administrative division of an area)
Synonym: powiat

Declension

Declension of zakres

	singular	plural
nominative	zakres	zakresy
genitive	zakresu	zakresów
dative	zakresowi	zakresom
accusative	zakres	zakresy
instrumental	zakresem	zakresami
locative	zakresie	zakresach
vocative	zakresie	zakresy

Derived terms

adverb

we własnym zakresie

Related terms

adverb

zakresowo

verbs

kreślić impf

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), zakres is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 46 times in scientific texts, 39 times in news, 100 times in essays, 2 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 190 times, making it the 299th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[2]

References

^ Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “zakres”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[1]
^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “zakres”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎^[2] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 735