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- [jet]
- /dʒɛt/
- /ˈdʒet/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jet]
- /dʒɛt/
Definitions of jet word
- noun jet a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc. 1
- noun jet a deep black. 1
- noun jet Obsolete. black marble. 1
- verb without object jet to travel by jet plane: to jet to Las Vegas for the weekend. 1
- verb without object jet to move or travel by means of jet propulsion: The octopus jetted away from danger. 1
- verb without object jet to be shot forth in a stream. 1
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Origin of jet
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; 1940-45 for def 4; < Middle French jeter to throw < Vulgar Latin *jectāre, alteration of Latin jactāre, equivalent to jac- throw + -t- frequentative suffix + -āre infinitive suffix
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Parts of speech for Jet
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% 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".
jet usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for jet
noun jet
- spurt — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- spout — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- fountain — a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- squirt — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- stream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
verb jet
- zoom — to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway.
- fly — to move through the air using wings.
- issue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- pour — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- roll — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
adjective jet
- black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- dark — When it is dark, there is not enough light to see properly, for example because it is night.
- ebony — a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- obsidian — a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture.
Antonyms for jet
verb jet
- land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
adjective jet
- white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
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