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- [bent]
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- [bent]
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Definitions of bent word
- noun bent Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend. 3
- adjective bent If an object is bent, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape. 3
- adjective bent If a person is bent, their body has become curved because of old age or disease. 3
- adjective bent If someone is bent on doing something, especially something harmful, they are determined to do it. 3
- singular noun bent If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it. 3
- singular noun bent If someone is of a particular bent, they hold a particular set of beliefs. 3
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Origin of bent
First appearance:
before 1525 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1525-35; orig. past participle of bend1
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Parts of speech for Bent
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bent popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bent usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bent
adj bent
- bowed — Something that is bowed is curved.
- looped — having or consisting of loops; loopy.
- rounded — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- arched — An arched roof, window, or doorway is curved at the top.
- crooked — If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
noun bent
- facility — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- forte — a passage that is loud and played with force or is marked to be so. Abbreviation: f.
- aptitude — Someone's aptitude for a particular kind of work or activity is their ability to learn it quickly and to do it well.
- tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
- ability — Your ability to do something is the fact that you can do it.
Antonyms for bent
adj bent
- uncaring — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- undecided — not decided or determined.
- straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- changeable — Someone or something that is changeable is likely to change many times.
- indefinite — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
noun bent
- weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
- disinclination — the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
- incapacity — lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
- inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
- incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
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