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1 day ago · As of 2016, 400 million people spoke English as their first language, and 1.1 billion spoke it as a secondary language. [68] English is the largest language by number of speakers. English is spoken by communities on every continent and on islands in all the major oceans.
19 hours ago · A word formed from the initial letters of a name, such as WAC for Women's Army Corps, or by combining initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar for radio detecting and ranging. [acr (o)- + -onym.]—ac′ro·nym′ic, a·cron′y·mous (ə-krŏn′ə-məs) adj.
19 hours ago · The United States is a leader in the development of artificial intelligence technology and has maintained a space program since the late 1950s, with plans for long-term habitation of the Moon. [307] [308] In 2022, the United States was the country with the second-highest number of published scientific papers. [309]
4 days ago · Cambridge Dictionary - English dictionary, English-Spanish translation and British & American English audio pronunciation from Cambridge University Press.
5 days ago · The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the guide to the meaning, history, pronunciation, and variant spellings of words -- present and past -- from across the English-speaking world. Find meanings of words throughout history and witness changes in language over time.
4 days ago · A cultural icon can be a symbol, logo, picture, name, face, person, building, or other image. It is easily recognized and generally represents an object or idea with great cultural significance to a wide cultural group.
4 days ago · kitschen noun [C or U] /ˈkɪtʃ.ᵊn/. a trend for decorating kitchens in an unusual and interesting way, using bright colours and a mixture of objects of different styles. If you needed any more proof that minimalism was on the way out, look no further than the eclectic “kitschen” trend sweeping social media.
