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- US Pronunciation
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- [sheer]
- /ʃɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sheer]
- /ʃɪər/
Definitions of sheerest word
- adjective sheerest transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings. 1
- adjective sheerest unmixed with anything else: We drilled a hundred feet through sheer rock. 1
- adjective sheerest unqualified; utter: sheer nonsense. 1
- adjective sheerest extending down or up very steeply; almost completely vertical: a sheer descent of rock. 1
- adjective sheerest British Obsolete. bright; shining. 1
- adverb sheerest clear; completely; quite: ran sheer into the thick of battle. 1
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Origin of sheerest
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English scere, shere, schere free, clear, bright, thin; probably < Old Norse skǣrr; change of sk- > s(c)h- perhaps by influence of the related Old English scīr (E dial. shire clear, pure, thin); cognate with German schier, Old Norse skīr, Gothic skeirs clear; see shine1
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Parts of speech for Sheerest
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sheerest popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% 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".
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