Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [smahyt]
- /smaɪt/
- /smaɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [smahyt]
- /smaɪt/
Definitions of smite word
- verb with object smite to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon: She smote him on the back with her umbrella. 1
- verb with object smite to deliver or deal (a blow, hit, etc.) by striking hard. 1
- verb with object smite to strike down, injure, or slay: His sword had smitten thousands. 1
- verb with object smite to afflict or attack with deadly or disastrous effect: smitten by polio. 1
- verb with object smite to affect mentally or morally with a sudden pang: His conscience smote him. 1
- verb with object smite to affect suddenly and strongly with a specified feeling: They were smitten with terror. 1
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Origin of smite
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English smiten, Old English smītan; cognate with German schmeissen to throw, Dutch smijten
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Smite
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
smite popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% 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".
smite usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for smite
verb smite
- afflict — If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- biff — If you biff someone, you hit them with your fist.
- boned — having had the bones removed from it
- boning — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
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