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    transliterate
    /trɑːnzˈlɪtəreɪt/

    verb

    • 1. write or print (a letter or word) using the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or script: "names from one language are often transliterated into another"

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  2. There is a difference between read and read. One is present tense the other is past tense. This question has been beaten to death like a horse. Therefore, rather than using all the 'windfoggery,' allow me to simply define one at a time. TRANSLATION: It can be loose or tight, however which way, it must be in context.

  3. May 25, 2021 · What is the context where you want to use this? If you're addressing readers who will be familiar with the terminology of classical rhetoric, they'll probably understand, if you get the word form right (I don't know enough Latin to tell you if -atic is the right suffix to use there).

  4. Nov 25, 2014 · The first part of your question is: Nobody decided. Anybody who had to transliterate it did it their own way. And they all had different ways, and that's the answer to the second part, too -- some transliterations were not made by or for English speakers, but were borrowed anyway.

  5. Jun 14, 2012 · The pair 'ae' or the single mushed together symbol 'æ', is not pronounced as two separate vowels. It comes (almost always) from a borrowing from Latin. In the original Latin it is pronounced as /ai/ (in IPA) or to rhyme with the word 'eye'. But, for whatever reason, it is usually pronounced as '/iy/' or "ee".

  6. Apr 11, 2020 · There is no opposite of transliterate. Original substitution is what it is. There is the original text and the transliterated text. You would merely be substituting the original for the transliterated text. You are not recovering anything since you had to have the original to transliterate in the first place.

  7. Aug 20, 2018 · Another possibly helpful thing to do is transliterate it as everything except, which is also precisely its meaning, which in every case implies there is but one remaining obstacle. A man running a race may have all but finished , if he has just a step remaining to cross the line, say.

  8. May 10, 2012 · In that case, "solution" is the noun form of "solve". There's no need to take a noun derived from a verb and then derive yet another verb from that noun. You say "We are working on solving the problem", NOT "We are working on solutioning the problem." If by "solution" you mean a solid mixed into a liquid, then the verb is "dissolve".

  9. After Googling, I found the following here: "Pronunciate" is a word that isn't listed in most dictionaries; Dictionary.com does mention it, but it noted that "pronunciate" is used rarely. If you use it, most people will think that you meant to use "pronounce" but screwed up. Our tip is that you use "pronounce" instead of "pronunciate," unless ...

  10. Nov 13, 2019 · Google corrects "interactible" to "interactable", so to me, that's a definitive answer that it's spelled "Interactable" with an "a".

  11. Jul 8, 2013 · To define is to delineate a specific meaning of a word. To describe is to provide useful attributes of something represented by that word. For example, it is hard to define "god" but easy to define "car."