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rain
What does rain mean?
rain (noun): condensed water falling from a cloud.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use rain in a sentence?
- We've been having a lot of rain lately. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- The rains came late that year. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce rain?
/ɹeɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does rain come from?
Inherited from Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to rain
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “rain” mean?
any period of seven consecutive days
Not quite: that's what week means.
the achievement of one's aim or goal
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the residential area near one's home
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condensed water falling from a cloud
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