row

CEFRA1

/rˈoʊ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A line of people or things arranged beside each other.

  2. 02

    verb

    To move a boat through water using long poles called oars.

Examples

  • I've staked out places for us in the front row of the auditorium.

  • Yes! I won twice in a row!

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɹoʊ/
  • /rɑː/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A noisy argument or disagreement between two or more people.

  2. A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.

  3. Clipping of cornrow.

More examples

In context

  • We were sitting in the back row

  • to row the captain ashore in his barge

  • I went for an early-morning row.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *raigwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *reyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”). Cognate with Scots raw (“row”), dialectal Norwegian rå (“boundary line”), Saterland Frisian Riege (“row”), West Frisian rige (“row”), Dutch rij (“row, line”), German Low German Reeg, Riege, Rieg (“row”), German Reihe (“row”), German Riege (“sports team”).