caliban

Cal·i·ban

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kal-uh-ban]
- /ˈkæl əˌbæn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kal-uh-ban]
- /ˈkæl əˌbæn/

Definitions of caliban word

noun caliban a brutish or brutalized man 3
noun caliban a deformed, brutish creature, the slave of Prospero, in Shakespeare's The Tempest 3
noun caliban the ugly, beastlike slave of Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest. 1
noun Definition of caliban in Technology A declarative annotation language for controlling the partitioning and placement of the evaluation of expressions in a distributed functional language. Designed by Paul Kelly <[email protected]>, Imperial College. 1

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Parts of speech for Caliban

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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caliban popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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