Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [seer-eez]
- /ˈsɪər iz/
- /ˈsɪəriːz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [seer-eez]
- /ˈsɪər iz/
Definitions of ceres word
- noun ceres the Roman goddess of agriculture 3
- noun ceres the smallest dwarf planet in the solar system, located in the asteroid belt. It has a diameter of 930 kilometres 3
- noun ceres the goddess of agriculture, daughter of Ops and Saturn: identified with the Greek Demeter 3
- noun ceres the first asteroid discovered (1801), and the largest (c. 1,000 km or 621 mi in diameter) 3
- noun ceres a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open. 1
- verb with object ceres Archaic. to wrap in or as if in a cerecloth, especially a corpse. 1
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Origin of ceres
First appearance:
before 1480 One of the 25% oldest English words
1480-90; earlier sere, spelling variant of *cere < Medieval Latin cēra literally, wax < Latin
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Parts of speech for Ceres
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ceres popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% 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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