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- [uh-lee]
- /əˈli/
- /əˈliː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-lee]
- /əˈli/
Definitions of alee word
- adverb alee on or towards the lee 3
- adverb alee on or toward the lee side of a ship; leeward 3
- noun alee On the side of a ship that is sheltered from the wind. 1
- adverb alee On the lee side of a ship; to leeward. 0
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Origin of alee
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English. See a-1, lee1
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Parts of speech for Alee
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
alee popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
alee usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for alee
adv alee
- forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- onward — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- away — If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
- out — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- first — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
adverb alee
- time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
Antonyms for alee
adv alee
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- back — If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- backwards — If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
Top questions with alee
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