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- [rey]
- /reɪ/
- /reɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rey]
- /reɪ/
Definitions of ray word
- noun ray John, 1627?–1705, English naturalist. 1
- noun ray Man [man] /mæn/ (Show IPA), 1890–1976, U.S. painter and photographer. 1
- noun ray Satyajit [suht-yuh-jit] /ˈsʌt yə dʒɪt/ (Show IPA), 1921–92, Indian film director. 1
- noun ray Cape, a promontory at the SW extremity of Newfoundland, Canada, on the Cabot Strait, at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 1
- noun ray a male given name, form of Raymond. 1
- noun ray Also, Raye. a female given name, form of Rachel. 1
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Origin of ray
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English raie, raye < Old French rai < Latin radius radius
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Parts of speech for Ray
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ray popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% 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".
ray usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ray
noun ray
- afterglow — The afterglow is the glow that remains after a light has gone, for example after the sun has gone down.
- beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- dartle — to move swiftly and repeatedly
- daytime — The daytime is the part of a day between the time when it gets light and the time when it gets dark.
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