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- [pen]
- /pɛn/
- /pen/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pen]
- /pɛn/
Definitions of pen word
- noun pen a female swan. 1
- verb with object pen to confine in or as in a pen. 1
- noun pen writing tool 1
- noun pen chickens: coop 1
- noun pen sheep: corral 1
- transitive verb pen write 1
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Origin of pen
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English penne < Old French penne pen, feather < Late Latin penna, Latin: feather
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pen
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pen popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".
pen usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pen
noun pen
- antechamber — An antechamber is a small room leading into a larger room.
- barnlot — barnyard.
- barnyard — On a farm, the barnyard is the area in front of or next to a barn.
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- booth — A booth is a small area separated from a larger public area by screens or thin walls where, for example, people can make a telephone call or vote in private.
verb pen
- authored — a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.; the composer of a literary work, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
- authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
- autograph — An autograph is the signature of someone famous which is specially written for a fan to keep.
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
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