Word a Day
hue
What does hue mean?
hue (noun): a color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use hue in a sentence?
How do you pronounce hue?
/hju/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does hue come from?
From Middle English hewe, from Old English hīew (“appearance, form, species, kind; apparition; hue, color; beauty; figure of speech”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiwi, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“hue, form, shape, appearance; mildew”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “hue” mean?
a person trained to compete in sports
Not quite: that's what athlete means.
a quantity much larger than is needed
Not quite: that's what excess means.
a strong liking or personal valuation
Not quite: that's what preference means.
a color, or shade of color; tint; dye
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