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handle

/ˈhændəl/HAN-duhl
/ˈhændəl/HAN-duhl

Meaninghand

Common meaning: hold, manage or deal with

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishhand‘hand’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishhandlensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftshand → hold, manage or deal withhandle‘hold, manage or deal with’ · today

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 Old English hand ‘hand’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry HANDLE, p. 253 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • hand Old English “hand”

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