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- [king-duh m]
- /ˈkɪŋ dəm/
- /ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [king-duh m]
- /ˈkɪŋ dəm/
Definitions of kingdom word
- noun kingdom a state or government having a king or queen as its head. 1
- noun kingdom anything conceived as constituting a realm or sphere of independent action or control: the kingdom of thought. 1
- noun kingdom a realm or province of nature, especially one of the three broad divisions of natural objects: the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. 1
- noun kingdom Biology. a taxonomic category of the highest rank, grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common: in the five-kingdom classification scheme adopted by many biologists, separate kingdoms are assigned to animals (Animalia), plants (Plantae), fungi (Fungi), protozoa and eucaryotic algae (Protista), and bacteria and blue-green algae (Monera). 1
- noun kingdom the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ. 1
- noun kingdom the domain over which the spiritual sovereignty of God or Christ extends, whether in heaven or on earth. 1
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Origin of kingdom
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English cyningdōm. See king, -dom
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Parts of speech for Kingdom
noun
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preposition
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kingdom popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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".
kingdom usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for kingdom
noun kingdom
- commonwealth — The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
- domain — the territory governed by a single ruler or government; realm.
- crown — A crown is a circular ornament, usually made of gold and jewels, which a king or queen wears on their head at official ceremonies. You can also use crown to refer to anything circular that is worn on someone's head.
- county — A county is a region of Britain, Ireland, or the USA which has its own local government.
- sphere — Geometry. a solid geometric figure generated by the revolution of a semicircle about its diameter; a round body whose surface is at all points equidistant from the center. Equation: x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = r 2 . the surface of such a figure; a spherical surface.
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