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- [spahrk]
- /spɑrk/
- /spɑːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spahrk]
- /spɑrk/
Definitions of spark word
- noun spark Muriel (Sarah) (Camberg) 1918–2006, British novelist and writer, born in Scotland. 1
- verb without object spark to engage in courtship; woo. 1
- verb with object spark to woo; court. 1
- noun spark fiery particle 1
- noun spark electrical flash 1
- intransitive verb spark emit sparks 1
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Origin of spark
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English spearca; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sparke; (v.) Middle English sparken; cognate with Middle Dutch, Middle Low German sparken
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Parts of speech for Spark
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spark popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% 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".
spark usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spark
noun spark
- ac — AC is used to refer to an electric current that continually changes direction as it flows. AC is an abbreviation for 'alternating current'.
- afflatus — an impulse of creative power or inspiration, esp in poetry, considered to be of divine origin (esp in the phrase divine afflatus)
- agent provocateur — An agent provocateur is a person who is employed by the government or the police to encourage certain groups of people to break the law, so they can arrest them or make them lose public support.
- anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
- arousal — Arousal is the state of being sexually excited.
verb spark
- animate — Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
- arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
- bill and coo — the parts of a bird's jaws that are covered with a horny or leathery sheath; beak.
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