earth

CEFRA2

/ɛrθ/

noun · name

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The planet we live on.

  2. 02

    noun

    Soil or ground in which plants grow.

Examples

  • The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the earth.

  • The only way on Earth to multiply happiness is to divide it.

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any general rock-based material.

  2. The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).

name

Extra meaning

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Earth; our planet, third out from the Sun.

More examples

In context

  • There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.

  • She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.

  • The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“dirt, ground, earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁érteh₂ (“earth”). Cognates Cognate with Scots erd, yerd, yird, yirth (“earth, loam, mould, soil; ground”), Yola eard, eart, eord, eorth, erth (“earth”), North Frisian eerd, eerde, iarde, Iart, iir, jard, örd, Öört (“earth; world”), Saterland Frisian Idde, Äid, Äide (“earth; soil; ground”), West Frisian ierde (“earth; soil; ground”), Alemannic German Ëërde (“earth”), Bavarian Erd, Erdn (“world; soil; ground”), Central Franconian Ääd (“earth”), Cimbrian èerda (“earth”), Dutch aard, aarde (“earth”), German Erde (“earth; soil; ground;...