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- [theev]
- /θiv/
- /θiːv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [theev]
- /θiv/
Definitions of thieve word
- verb with object thieve to take by theft; steal. 1
- verb without object thieve to act as a thief; commit theft; steal. 1
- intransitive verb thieve steal 1
- verb thieve to steal (someone's possessions) 0
- verb transitive thieve to commit, or get by, theft 0
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Origin of thieve
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Old English thēofian, derivative of theōf thief (not recorded in ME)
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Parts of speech for Thieve
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thieve popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
thieve usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thieve
verb thieve
- break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
- burgle — If a building is burgled, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
- burgled — simple past tense and past participle of burgle.
- carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
- copped — to catch; nab.
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