Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [seet]
- /sit/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [seet]
- /sit/
Definitions of cete word
- noun cete a group of badgers 3
- noun cete a number of badgers together. 1
- noun cete (rare) A cetacean. 1
- noun cete (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A company of badgers. 0
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Origin of cete
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English, of obscure origin; perhaps variant of Middle English cite city, a usage suggested by similarity of Middle English forms for borough and burrow
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Parts of speech for Cete
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cete popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 63% 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.
cete usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cete
noun cete
- mammal — any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg-laying monotremes, giving birth to live young.
- whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- grampus — a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas.
- dolphin — any of several chiefly marine, cetacean mammals of the family Delphinidae, having a fishlike body, numerous teeth, and the front of the head elongated into a beaklike projection.
- beluga — a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso) huso, of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass