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sparks

Sparks
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [spahrks]
    • /spɑrks/
    • /spɑːk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spahrks]
    • /spɑrks/

Definitions of sparks word

  • noun sparks an elegant or foppish young man. 1
  • noun sparks a beau, lover, or suitor. 1
  • noun sparks a woman of outstanding beauty, charm, or wit. 1
  • verb without object sparks to engage in courtship; woo. 1
  • verb with object sparks to woo; court. 1
  • noun Definition of sparks in Technology (language)   Fortran superset, used in Fundamentals of Data Structures, E. Horowitz & S. Sahni, Computer Science Press 1976. 1

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Origin of sparks

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

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sparks

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sparks popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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".

sparks usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sparks

noun sparks

  • campfire — A campfire is a fire that you light out of doors when you are camping.
  • incandescence — the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence.
  • catalysts — Plural form of catalyst.
  • charcoals — Plural form of charcoal.
  • corns — Plural form of corn.

verb sparks

  • devises — Plural form of devise.
  • fancies — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
  • ferrets — Plural form of ferret.
  • flashes — Plural form of flash.
  • goads — Plural form of goad.

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