gradual
/ɡˈɹædʒuːəl/GRA-joo-uhl
/ɡˈɹædʒuəl/GRA-joo-uhl
Meaningstep by step
Common meaning: happening slowly, step by step
- grada step; to step, walkLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 821 · scan
- ualadjective ending: having to do with
Journey through time
- Latingradus; gradior, gressus‘a step’
- Englishgradual‘happening slowly, step by step’ · today
grad also in: graduallygradualnessdegrade
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin gradus; gradior ‘a step; to step, walk’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry gradus, p. 821 · dictionary scan
Roots
- gradus; gradior, gressus Latin “a step; to step, walk”
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