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- [lohp]
- /loʊp/
- /ləʊp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lohp]
- /loʊp/
Definitions of lope word
- verb without object lope to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person. 1
- verb without object lope to canter leisurely with a rather long, easy stride, as a horse. 1
- verb with object lope to cause to lope, as a horse. 1
- noun lope the act or the gait of loping. 1
- noun lope a long, easy stride. 1
- noun lope Run or move with a long bounding stride. 1
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Origin of lope
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Dutch lopen to run, cognate with Old English hlēapan to leap
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Parts of speech for Lope
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lope popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% 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.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lope
verb lope
- gallop — to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed: They galloped off to meet their friends.
- trot — (of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.
- canter — When a horse canters, it moves at a speed that is slower than a gallop but faster than a trot.
- run — execution
- bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
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