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sweet
What does sweet mean?
sweet (adjective): having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce sweet?
/swit/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sweet come from?
From Middle English soot, sweete, swete, swoote, from Old English swēte, swoete, swōt, swœ̄te (“sweet”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of sweet?
Words related to sweet
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “sweet” mean?
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
Right! That's what “sweet” means.
happening or appearing in the relatively near future
Not quite: that's what upcoming means.
consisting of a large number of individuals or parts
Not quite: that's what numerous means.
engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person
Not quite: that's what busy means.
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