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waste

/ˈweɪst/WAYST
/ˈweɪst/WAYST

Meaningempty, desolate

Common meaning: to use carelessly

Other meanings: wild land

Journey through time

  1. Latinvastussource
  2. Old Frenchwast‘waste’source
  3. Middle Englishwastsource
  4. Englishwaste‘to use carelessly’ · 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 vastus ‘empty, desolate’.

Roots

  • vastus Latin “empty, desolate”

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