Magnet Meaning
/ˈmæɡ.nɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
nounAn alluring or attractive person or thing.
Sentence Examples
In other words, the field of the magnet is near the pigeon's head.
A magnet attracts iron.
The Earth is like a ball with a large magnet inside.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The metal detector used a powerful ____ to attract the iron nails buried in the sand.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The child used a ____ to pick up the metal paperclips from the floor and put them back in the small box.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet From Middle English magnete, via Old French magnete, Latin magnēs, magnētem (“lodestone”), from Ancient Greek μαγνῆτις [λίθος] (magnêtis [líthos], “Magnesian [stone]”), either after the Lydian city Magnesia ad Sipylum (modern-day Manisa, Turkey), or after the Greek region of Μαγνησία (Magnēsía) (whence came the colonists who founded the city in Lydia). Related to manganese, magnesia and magnesium.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff."
— 1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:
"Again, dude? Man, you just a MAGNET for trouble!"
— 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville:
"[…] I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season."
— 2007 March, J. Michael Fay, “Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma”, in National Geographic, section 47:
"Regular baths will help keep your dog clean and fresh-smelling. The frequency will depend entirely on your own preferences as well as how much of a mud-magnet your dog is!"
— 2022, Steve Mann, Easy Peasy Cocker Spaniel:
"Magnets are thus used to create a package of cryptologic information and bundling^([sic]) it together."
— 2019, David Adams, Ann-Kathrin Maier, Big Seven Study (2016): 7 open source Crypto-Messengers to be compared, page 142:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The metal detector used a powerful ____ to attract the iron nails buried in the sand.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The child used a ____ to pick up the metal paperclips from the floor and put them back in the small box.