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dormant
What does dormant mean?
dormant (adjective): inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use dormant in a sentence?
- Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- This volcano is dormant but not extinct. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce dormant?
/ˈdɔɹmənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does dormant come from?
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“to sleep”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to dormant
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “dormant” mean?
powerful; possessing power; effective
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inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended
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showing lack of care for consequences
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of or pertaining to the female gender
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