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- [mag-nit]
- /ˈmæg nɪt/
- /ˈmæɡ.nət/
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- [mag-nit]
- /ˈmæg nɪt/
Definitions of magnet word
- noun magnet a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron. 1
- noun magnet a lodestone. 1
- noun magnet a thing or person that attracts: The park was a magnet for pickpockets and muggers. 1
- noun magnet A piece of iron (or an ore, alloy, or other material) that has its component atoms so ordered that the material exhibits properties of magnetism, such as attracting other iron-containing objects or aligning itself in an external magnetic field. 1
- noun magnet physics 1
- noun magnet attractive person 1
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Origin of magnet
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English magnete < Latin magnēta < Greek mágnēta, accusative of mágnēs, short for (hē) Mágnēs (líthos) (the stone) of Magnesia
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Parts of speech for Magnet
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
magnet 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".
magnet usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for magnet
noun magnet
- decoy — If you refer to something or someone as a decoy, you mean that they are intended to attract people's attention and deceive them, for example by leading them into a trap or away from a particular place.
- delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
- hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
Antonyms for magnet
noun magnet
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- repulsion — the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- deterrent — A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it.
- warning — the act or utterance of one who warns or the existence, appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns.
Top questions with magnet
- what is a magnet school?
- what is a magnet?
- how to make a magnet?
- what are the opposite ends of a magnet called?
- where is the field of a magnet strongest?
- where are the magnetic fields strongest near a bar magnet?
- which will be attracted to or repelled by a magnet?
- what happens when you cut a magnet in half?
- what happens if you swallow a magnet?
- how to get into a magnet school?
- how is a water molecule like a magnet?
- how to recharge a magnet?
- what is a magnet link?
- how to remagnetize a magnet?
- what is a temporary magnet?
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