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- [key-buh l]
- /ˈkeɪ bəl/
- /ˈkeɪbl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [key-buh l]
- /ˈkeɪ bəl/
Definitions of cable word
- variable noun cable A cable is a thick wire, or a group of wires inside a rubber or plastic covering, which is used to carry electricity or electronic signals. 3
- variable noun cable A cable is a kind of very strong, thick rope, made of wires twisted together. 3
- uncountable noun cable Cable is used to refer to television systems in which the signals are sent along underground wires rather than by radio waves. 3
- countable noun cable A cable is the same as a telegram. 3
- verb cable If you cable someone, you send them a message in the form of a telegram. 3
- verb cable If a country, a city, or someone's home is cabled, cables and other equipment are put in place so that the people there can receive cable television. 3
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Origin of cable
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English, probably < Old North French *cable < Late Latin capulum lasso; compare Latin capulāre to rope, halter (cattle), akin to capere to take
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Parts of speech for Cable
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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cable popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cable
noun cable
- cord — Cord is strong, thick string.
- rope — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
- link — a torch, especially of tow and pitch.
- boom — If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
verb cable
- telegraph — an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
- knit — to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
- purl — the action or sound of purling.
- colorcast — a television broadcast in color
- webbed — having the fingers or toes connected by a web or membrane: the webbed foot of a duck or beaver.
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