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ration

/ˈɹæʃən/RA-shuhn
/ˈɹæʃən/RA-shuhn

Meaningcalculated share

Common meaning: fixed amount of food or supplies

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√RA‘fit’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 288, p. 740 · scan
  2. Latinorationemsource
  3. Frenchration‘an oration, or harang’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsan oration, or harang → fixed amount of food or suppliesration‘fixed amount of food or supplies’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin orationem ‘calculated share’.

Roots

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