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whitehead

white·head
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwahyt-hed, wahyt-]
    • /ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwahyt-hed, wahyt-]
    • /ˈʰwaɪtˌhɛd, ˈwaɪt-/

Definitions of whitehead word

  • noun whitehead Alfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924. 1
  • noun whitehead A pale or white-topped pustule on the skin. 1
  • noun whitehead Alfred North. 1861–1947, English mathematician and philosopher, who collaborated with Bertrand Russell in writing Principia Mathematica (1910–13), and developed a holistic philosophy of science, chiefly in Process and Reality (1929) 0
  • noun whitehead Alfred North1861-1947; Eng. mathematician & philosopher, in the U.S. after 1924 0
  • noun whitehead milium 0

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Origin of whitehead

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; white + head

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Whitehead

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

whitehead popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

whitehead usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for whitehead

noun whitehead

  • flaw — Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
  • blot — If something is a blot on a person's or thing's reputation, it spoils their reputation.
  • blotch — A blotch is a small unpleasant-looking area of colour, for example on someone's skin.
  • bruise — A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.
  • discoloration — the act or fact of discoloring or the state of being discolored.

Antonyms for whitehead

noun whitehead

  • blank — Something that is blank has nothing on it.
  • clarity — The clarity of something such as a book or argument is its quality of being well explained and easy to understand.
  • cleanliness — Cleanliness is the degree to which people keep themselves and their surroundings clean.
  • perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
  • advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.

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