anomaly

CEFRC1

/əˈnɒm.ə.lɪ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something that is different from what is normal or expected.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.

Examples

  • I think that it was just an anomaly.

  • He is an anomaly among his friends in that he's the only one who's unmarried.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /əˈnɑ.mə.li/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something or someone that is strange or unusual.

  2. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

  3. Any of various angular distances.

More examples

In context

  • She disregarded some of the anomalies in the experiment, putting them down to miscalculation.

  • This is an anomaly.

  • We found an anomaly.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ἀνώμαλος (anṓmalos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ὁμαλός (homalós, “even”), from ὁμός (homós, “same”).