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- US Pronunciation
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- [mahy-terd]
- /ˈmaɪ tərd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [mahy-terd]
- /ˈmaɪ tərd/
Definitions of mitered word
- adjective mitered shaped like a bishop's miter or having a miter-shaped apex. 1
- adjective mitered wearing, or entitled or privileged to wear, a miter. 1
- noun mitered the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch. 1
- noun mitered the office or rank of a bishop; bishopric. 1
- noun mitered Judaism. the official headdress of the ancient high priest, bearing on the front a gold plate engraved with the words Holiness to the Lord. Ex. 28:36–38. 1
- noun mitered a fillet worn by women of ancient Greece. 1
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Origin of mitered
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at miter, -ed3
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Parts of speech for Mitered
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mitered 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.
mitered usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mitered
noun mitered
- linked — (of a gene) exhibiting linkage.
- bonded — A bonded company has entered into a legal agreement which offers its customers some protection if the company does not fulfil its contract with them.
- combined — A combined effort or attack is made by two or more groups of people at the same time.
- dovetailed — noting a partition line or a charge, as an ordinary, having a series of indentations suggesting dovetails.
- elbowed — Simple past tense and past participle of elbow.
adjective mitered
- babied — an infant or very young child.
- minuted — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- modeled — a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- dwarfed — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- scrubbed — stunted; scrubby.
Antonyms for mitered
noun mitered
- divorced — Cut off, or separated.
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