butt end
butt end
B b Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /bʌt ˈend/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- /bʌt ˈend/
Definition of butt end words
- noun butt end butt1 (defs 1, 2). 1
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Origin of butt end
First appearance:
before 1950 One of the 5% newest English words
First recorded in 1950-55
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Butt end
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
butt end popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
butt end usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for butt end
noun butt end
- top — Technical/Office Protocol
- edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- deadline — A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done.
- term — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
Antonyms for butt end
noun butt end
- commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- beginning — The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
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