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etched — Everyday, meaning 1: Etched means cut or scratched into a hard surface like glass, metal or stone, often with acid or a sharp tool, to make a picture or words.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: If something is etched on your memory or face, it stays there clearly and does not go away: «The day was etched in my memory».↗ Example: Their names were etched on the silver trophy.↗ · The window had a pattern etched into the glass.↗ · The artist etched a picture onto a copper plate.↗ · That holiday is etched in my memory forever.↗ · Fear was etched on the boy's face.↗ · Old graffiti was etched into the stone wall.↗

eternal — Everyday, meaning 1: Lasting for ever, without beginning or end.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) Christians believe God is eternal and that believers will have eternal life with God after death.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Seeming to go on for ever, often annoyingly: «his eternal complaining».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Always true or always there: «eternal truths», «an eternal optimist».↗ Example: Christians believe God is eternal.↗ · Jesus promised eternal life to those who believe.↗ · The car journey felt eternal!↗ · Rome is called the Eternal City.↗ · An eternal flame burns at the war memorial.↗ · My dad is an eternal optimist; he always thinks it'll be sunny.↗ · They swore eternal friendship.↗ · "Your blood grows thick from your eternal dreaming.↗ · The eternal God is a dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; and He thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said: 'Destroy.'↗ (Torah DEU.33.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Every one of them is an eternal covenant in order to preserve the human race for ever, according to its two-fold being: body and spirit.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · It teaches that a first cause, eternal, all-wise, almighty and holy, is the origin and the centre of the whole universe, from whom gradually all beings emanated.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.↗ (Prophets ISA.60.15, JPS 1917)↗

eternally — Everyday, meaning 1: For ever, without beginning or end.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Always; very often, as in «eternally late».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (very strongly) Greatly, as in «I'll be eternally grateful».↗ Example: I'll be eternally grateful for your help.↗ · Christians believe God lives eternally.↗ · My brother is eternally losing his football boots.↗ · The snow on the mountaintop seems eternally white.↗ · The Mad Hatter and the March Hare were eternally having tea, because for them it was always six o'clock.↗ · Grandpa is eternally cheerful, even in the rain.↗ · The poem says the stars shine eternally.↗ · We should be eternally your debtors.↗ · These are the ten digits and zero, with which the Eternally Living God, blessed be His name, ordained His world.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · For such is God, our God, for ever and ever; He will guide us eternally.↗ (Writings PSA.48.15, JPS 1917)↗

eternity — Everyday, meaning 1: Eternity is time that goes on for ever, with no end.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) Christians and many other believers use eternity for the life after death that they believe never ends, with God.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, hyperbole) An eternity is a very long time, or a time that feels very long: «I waited an eternity for the bus.».↗ Example: The queue for the rollercoaster took an eternity.↗ · Five minutes before the bell can feel like an eternity.↗ · Christians believe that God is from eternity to eternity.↗ · The ancient Egyptians wanted the pharaoh's body to last for eternity.↗ · After what seemed like an eternity, the lost dog came home.↗ · The prince promised to love her for all eternity.↗ · Waiting for my test results felt like an eternity.↗ · After all, six hundred years is an eternity!”↗ · These diverge to all eternity, and an as the arms of the universe.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · They grew wider and wider to all eternity, and these are the boundaries of the world.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · 1) The spirit of the living God, praised and glorified be the name of Him who lives to all eternity.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

ethane — Everyday, meaning 1: Ethane is a gas with no colour or smell, made of carbon and hydrogen, found in natural gas.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It burns easily and is used in factories to make plastics.↗ Example: Ethane is found in natural gas.↗ · Ethane has two carbon atoms and six hydrogen atoms.↗ · Methane, ethane and propane are all gases that burn.↗ · Factories turn ethane into the plastic used in bags.↗ · Ethane has no smell at all.↗ · We built a model of ethane with balls and sticks.↗ · Saturn's moon Titan has lakes containing ethane and methane.↗ · Never play near gas pipes, because gases like ethane can catch fire.↗

ether — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) A colourless liquid with a strong smell that evaporates easily; it was used long ago to put patients to sleep for operations.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old science) An invisible substance that people once thought filled space and carried light; experiments showed it does not exist.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (poetic) The clear sky or upper air.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) «Into the ether»: lost or disappeared, especially online or on the radio.↗ Example: Doctors once used ether to put patients to sleep.↗ · Ether evaporates very quickly.↗ · Scientists once believed light travelled through the ether.↗ · Experiments showed there was no ether.↗ · My email just vanished into the ether.↗ · Birds flew high in the blue ether.↗ · They saw a blue smoke rising, writhing upward till it vanished in the blue ether.↗ · First, Spirit (query Akasa, Ether) then (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · 4) Fire or ether emanated from the water.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · 15) According to the author, the space and six dimensions emanated from the ether.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages; (Prophets JOS.19.7, JPS 1917)↗

ethereal — Everyday, meaning 1: Ethereal means very light, delicate and airy, as if it belongs to the sky or to a spirit rather than to the solid world.↗ Example: The fairy had ethereal wings that shone like glass.↗ · Her voice was soft and ethereal, like a song in the mist.↗ · The spirits in the story looked ethereal and far away.↗ · 26) Here is meant: ethereal air, ethereal water, ethereal fire, the macrocosm, the courses of time and microcosm.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

ethical — Everyday, meaning 1: Ethical means morally right, fair and honest.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ethical means about right and wrong, as in "an ethical question".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Ethical shopping means buying things made fairly, without harming workers, animals or nature.↗ Example: Is it ethical to keep the extra change the shop gave you?↗ · The class debated an ethical question about animals.↗ · We buy fair-trade bananas because they're more ethical.↗ · Copying a friend's homework isn't ethical.↗ · The doctor faced a hard ethical decision.↗ · Our school tries to run an ethical tuck shop.↗

ethically — Everyday, meaning 1: Ethically means in a way that is right and fair.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: From a moral point of view.↗ Example: The coffee is ethically sourced.↗ · We must behave ethically.↗ · Ethically, it was the right choice.↗ · They acted ethically.↗ · Is it ethically right to test on animals?↗ · The scientists treated the animals ethically.↗

ethics — Everyday, meaning 1: Ethics are the ideas about what is right and wrong that guide how people act.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ethics is a school subject or part of philosophy that thinks about right and wrong, fairness, and how to be good.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) The ethics of a job are its rules for honest behaviour, like a doctor keeping your secrets.↗ Example: In ethics class we argued about whether lying is ever right.↗ · The ethics of keeping animals in zoos is a big question.↗ · Doctors follow a strict code of ethics.↗ · The ethics olympiad asked teams to solve hard dilemmas.↗ · Gran has a strong work ethic and never misses a day.↗ · Taking the money would be against his ethics.↗ · Ethics is about how we should treat each other.↗

ethiopian — Everyday, meaning 1: From or to do with Ethiopia, a country in East Africa, or its people, languages and culture.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A person from Ethiopia.↗ Example: My friend's family is Ethiopian.↗ · Ethiopian runners often win long-distance races.↗ · We tried Ethiopian injera with spicy stew.↗ · Coffee was first grown in the Ethiopian highlands.↗ · The Ethiopian calendar is about seven years behind ours.↗ · The Ethiopian flag is green, yellow and red.↗ · Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?↗ (Prophets JER.13.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah: 'Put now these worn clouts and rags under thine armholes under the cords.'↗ And Jeremiah did so.↗ (Prophets JER.38.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and he came unto Mareshah.↗ (Writings 2CH.14.8, JPS 1917)↗

ethnic — Everyday, meaning 1: Ethnic means to do with a group of people who share a culture, traditions, language or family history.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ethnic can describe food, clothes or music from a particular culture, especially one from another country.↗ Example: Our city has people from many ethnic groups.↗ · She wore traditional ethnic clothes at the festival.↗ · The market sells ethnic foods from around the world.↗ · We learned about the different ethnic groups in Canada.↗ · Everyone should be treated fairly whatever their ethnic background.↗ · The town holds a festival of ethnic music.↗

ethnologist — Everyday, meaning 1: An ethnologist is a person who studies different peoples, their customs and their origins.↗ Example: The ethnologist wrote down the tales told by the old men.↗ · An ethnologist can learn a lot from the stories of a people.↗

ethnology — Everyday, meaning 1: Ethnology is the study of different peoples, their customs, beliefs and stories.↗ Example: The collection came from the Bureau of Ethnology.↗ · Ethnology looks at how peoples live and what stories they tell.↗

ethylene — Everyday, meaning 1: Ethylene is a colourless gas made of carbon and hydrogen; plants make it naturally, and it makes fruit ripen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Ethylene is an important chemical used in factories to make plastics such as polythene (polyethylene).↗ Example: Ripe bananas give off ethylene gas.↗ · Put an avocado in a bag with a banana to help it ripen.↗ · Ethylene makes fruit go soft and sweet.↗ · Plastic bags are made from ethylene.↗ · One rotten apple gives off ethylene and spoils the others.↗ · Fruit is shipped cold to slow down ethylene.↗

etiquette — Everyday, meaning 1: The rules of polite behaviour in a society or group, such as how to greet people, eat at table or write a letter.↗ Example: Good table etiquette means not reaching across the table.↗ · Royal etiquette says you curtsey or bow to the Queen.↗ · It is bad etiquette to type in capital letters online.↗ · At the Mad Tea-Party, there was no etiquette at all.↗ · Our teacher taught us the etiquette of writing a thank-you letter.↗ · Shaking hands is good etiquette after a match.↗ · The prince, whom the strict etiquette of the court had prevented from being present in the underground hall, was burning with impatience in his own apartments.↗

etna — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Etna, or Mount Etna, is a large, active volcano on the island of Sicily in southern Italy; it is the highest active volcano in Europe outside the Caucasus.↗ Example: Mount Etna is on the island of Sicily.↗ · Etna erupts quite often, sending lava down its sides.↗ · Farmers grow grapes and oranges on Etna's rich soil.↗ · We watched a video of Etna glowing at night.↗ · Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.↗ · Ash from Etna closed the airport for a day.↗ · There was a temple on Mount Etna erected in his honour, which none but the pure and virtuous were permitted to enter.↗

etruscan — Everyday, meaning 1: The Etruscans were an ancient people who lived in central Italy, in an area called Etruria (roughly modern Tuscany), before and during the early days of Rome.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Etruscan means belonging to these people, their art or their language.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Etruscan is also the name of their language, which used an alphabet like the Greek one and is still only partly understood.↗ Example: The Etruscans lived in Italy before the Romans became powerful.↗ · We saw an Etruscan vase in the museum.↗ · Some early kings of Rome were Etruscans.↗ · Etruscan tombs are painted with scenes of feasts and music.↗ · Experts can read Etruscan letters but understand only some of the words.↗ · The Romans learnt a lot from Etruscan builders.↗

etymological — Everyday, meaning 1: Etymological means to do with etymology, the history of where words come from and how their meanings and forms have changed.↗ Example: The etymological dictionary shows that «sandwich» comes from a person's name.↗ · An etymological link connects «tele» in telephone and television.↗ · Our teacher gave an etymological reason for the silent k in «knight».↗ · The book has etymological notes for every word.↗ · Many science words have Greek etymological roots.↗ · There is no etymological connection between «island» and «isle», even though they look alike.↗ · It derives from the root נפ״שׁ NPSh, having to do with breathing, refreshing, and resting; its etymological relationships with curiously similar roots like נשׁ״ם NShM ‘to breathe, pant’, נשׁ״ף NShP ‘to blow’, and נשׁ״ב NShB ‘to blow’ are unclear.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

etymology — Everyday, meaning 1: Etymology is the study of where words come from and how they have changed over time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The etymology of a word is its own history: which language it came from and what it meant before.↗ Example: The etymology of «breakfast» is «breaking your fast» after the night.↗ · I love etymology because every word has a story.↗ · «Dinosaur» has a Greek etymology meaning «terrible lizard».↗ · The dictionary gives the etymology at the end of each entry.↗ · Etymology shows that «hello» and «hallo» are related.↗ · Some funny stories about word origins are false etymologies.↗