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- [adjective soo-pahyn; noun soo-pahyn]
- /adjective suˈpaɪn; noun ˈsu paɪn/
- /ˈsuː.paɪn/
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- [adjective soo-pahyn; noun soo-pahyn]
- /adjective suˈpaɪn; noun ˈsu paɪn/
Definitions of supine word
- adjective supine lying on the back, face or front upward. 1
- adjective supine inactive, passive, or inert, especially from indolence or indifference. 1
- adjective supine (of the hand) having the palm upward. 1
- noun supine (in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictū in mirābile dictū, “wonderful to say.”. 1
- noun supine (in English) the simple infinitive of a verb preceded by to. 1
- noun supine an analogous form in some other language. 1
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Origin of supine
First appearance:
before 1490 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1490-1500, supine is from the Latin word supīnus lying face up, inactive
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Parts of speech for Supine
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
supine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".
supine usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for supine
adj supine
- aslant — at a slant
- blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- complanate — having a flattened or compressed aspect
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- disenfranchised — to disfranchise.
adjective supine
- acclivous — Sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
- energyless — Without energy.
- forceless — Without force.
- oblate — flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate).
- weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
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