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- [hwuhts-is, hwots-, wuhts-, wots-]
- /ˈʰwʌts ɪs, ˈʰwɒts-, ˈwʌts-, ˈwɒts-/
- /ˈwɒt.sɪs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hwuhts-is, hwots-, wuhts-, wots-]
- /ˈʰwʌts ɪs, ˈʰwɒts-, ˈwʌts-, ˈwɒts-/
Definitions of whatsis word
- noun whatsis a thing or object whose name one does not know or cannot recall. 1
- noun whatsis Used to refer to a thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify. 1
- noun whatsis Any object whose actual name one does not know or cannot remember. 0
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Parts of speech for Whatsis
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
whatsis popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
whatsis usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for whatsis
adjective whatsis
- unknown — not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
- nameless — having no name.
- undisclosed — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- unidentified — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- unnamed — without a name; nameless.
noun whatsis
- appliance — An appliance is a device or machine in your home that you use to do a job such as cleaning or cooking. Appliances are often electrical.
- device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
- gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- gizmo — gismo.
- machine — an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine.
Antonyms for whatsis
adjective whatsis
- known — past participle of know1 .
- named — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- identified — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
noun whatsis
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
- disorganisation — Alternative spelling of disorganization.
See also
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