Is this Cambridge Dictionary example of “felicitate” valid? [closed]Does 'from' in this example mean 'some'?Is this a valid sentence using “approbation”Meaning of “stays” in this exampleWhat does “sizing” mean in this example?What does “consign” mean in this example?If/when in this example?Is “curate the market” common usage of “curate”?What is the meaning of “ail” in this dictionary website example?Was “famous” once used like how “awesome” is used colloquially in modern times?Is this a valid sentence: “[This] is [that] made [аdjective]”?
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Is this Cambridge Dictionary example of “felicitate” valid? [closed]
Does 'from' in this example mean 'some'?Is this a valid sentence using “approbation”Meaning of “stays” in this exampleWhat does “sizing” mean in this example?What does “consign” mean in this example?If/when in this example?Is “curate the market” common usage of “curate”?What is the meaning of “ail” in this dictionary website example?Was “famous” once used like how “awesome” is used colloquially in modern times?Is this a valid sentence: “[This] is [that] made [аdjective]”?
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Cambridge dictionary defines "felicitate" as
To praise someone and say that you approve of or are pleased about a
special or unusual achievement.
Then the first usage example given is:
Modern developments in collecting language data, including
taperecordings, have felicitated the growth of corpus analysis and
increased the objectivity of this work.
Is this example valid?
meaning
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Cambridge dictionary defines "felicitate" as
To praise someone and say that you approve of or are pleased about a
special or unusual achievement.
Then the first usage example given is:
Modern developments in collecting language data, including
taperecordings, have felicitated the growth of corpus analysis and
increased the objectivity of this work.
Is this example valid?
meaning
asked Jul 7 at 11:49
fundagainfundagain
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closed as off-topic by FumbleFingers, Tuffy, Jason Bassford, Phil Sweet, curiousdannii Jul 8 at 3:48
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about a typo (felicitate for facilitate).
– FumbleFingers
Jul 7 at 14:46
@FumbleFingers I am also voting to close for the same reason.
– Tuffy
Jul 7 at 16:09
While I have no problem with closing this question, it makes sense, I would just like to note that if the answer to a similar question was instead yes, the question would not be closed. But I got my answer anyway. Thanks.
– fundagain
Jul 8 at 19:34
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Cambridge dictionary defines "felicitate" as
To praise someone and say that you approve of or are pleased about a
special or unusual achievement.
Then the first usage example given is:
Modern developments in collecting language data, including
taperecordings, have felicitated the growth of corpus analysis and
increased the objectivity of this work.
Is this example valid?
meaning
asked Jul 7 at 11:49
fundagainfundagain
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Cambridge dictionary defines "felicitate" as
To praise someone and say that you approve of or are pleased about a
special or unusual achievement.
Then the first usage example given is:
Modern developments in collecting language data, including
taperecordings, have felicitated the growth of corpus analysis and
increased the objectivity of this work.
Is this example valid?
meaning
meaning
asked Jul 7 at 11:49
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asked Jul 7 at 11:49
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closed as off-topic by FumbleFingers, Tuffy, Jason Bassford, Phil Sweet, curiousdannii Jul 8 at 3:48
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closed as off-topic by FumbleFingers, Tuffy, Jason Bassford, Phil Sweet, curiousdannii Jul 8 at 3:48
- This question does not appear to be about English language and usage within the scope defined in the help center.
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about a typo (felicitate for facilitate).
– FumbleFingers
Jul 7 at 14:46
@FumbleFingers I am also voting to close for the same reason.
– Tuffy
Jul 7 at 16:09
While I have no problem with closing this question, it makes sense, I would just like to note that if the answer to a similar question was instead yes, the question would not be closed. But I got my answer anyway. Thanks.
– fundagain
Jul 8 at 19:34
add a comment |
3
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about a typo (felicitate for facilitate).
– FumbleFingers
Jul 7 at 14:46
@FumbleFingers I am also voting to close for the same reason.
– Tuffy
Jul 7 at 16:09
While I have no problem with closing this question, it makes sense, I would just like to note that if the answer to a similar question was instead yes, the question would not be closed. But I got my answer anyway. Thanks.
– fundagain
Jul 8 at 19:34
3
3
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about a typo (felicitate for facilitate).
– FumbleFingers
Jul 7 at 14:46
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about a typo (felicitate for facilitate).
– FumbleFingers
Jul 7 at 14:46
@FumbleFingers I am also voting to close for the same reason.
– Tuffy
Jul 7 at 16:09
@FumbleFingers I am also voting to close for the same reason.
– Tuffy
Jul 7 at 16:09
While I have no problem with closing this question, it makes sense, I would just like to note that if the answer to a similar question was instead yes, the question would not be closed. But I got my answer anyway. Thanks.
– fundagain
Jul 8 at 19:34
While I have no problem with closing this question, it makes sense, I would just like to note that if the answer to a similar question was instead yes, the question would not be closed. But I got my answer anyway. Thanks.
– fundagain
Jul 8 at 19:34
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No: in the example, there is a typo; it should really be facilitate. So Cambridge just searches a couple of corpora and displays arbitrary instances of the word in question, without checking them at all. (The Oxford English Dictionary has real examples of its entries, which are actually checked.)
answered Jul 7 at 11:55
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You can submit corrections to Cambridge, though; I just submitted a ticket to the effect that this is not an example of the dictionary entry under which it appears.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Jul 7 at 11:58
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I doubt that Cambridge haven't got a filter for false positives. Obviously it's imperfect, and Janus is to be felicitated on facilitating a correction.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:05
Given this example, this then seems a natural mistaken conflation: "facilitate" and "felicitate".
– fundagain
Jul 7 at 12:17
@JanusBahsJacquet: Well done.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 22:20
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No. Modern developments praising the growth of corpus analysis doesn't make sense. One felicitates someone, not something. This is probably a typo of facilitate:
to make something possible or easier:
In this case, collecting language data in better ways would indeed make (the growth of) corpus analysis more feasible.
The feature you are using collects examples of actual usage from elsewhere, but either human or algorithmic error creeps in from time to time. I suggest flagging it with the comment function next to the entry and moving on.
answered Jul 7 at 12:05
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This answer has already been given.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:06
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@EdwinAshworth: There are significant differences. For one thing, this answer explains why it cannot be felicitate in the example given.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 12:18
2
At the time I posted from my phone, an answer was not yet visible. After posting and seeing the answer, I kept it up. Why? The other answer also addresses the question well, but as Cerberus points out, it does not explain why felicitate does not work or why facilitate does.
– TaliesinMerlin
Jul 7 at 16:13
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No: in the example, there is a typo; it should really be facilitate. So Cambridge just searches a couple of corpora and displays arbitrary instances of the word in question, without checking them at all. (The Oxford English Dictionary has real examples of its entries, which are actually checked.)
answered Jul 7 at 11:55
CerberusCerberus
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You can submit corrections to Cambridge, though; I just submitted a ticket to the effect that this is not an example of the dictionary entry under which it appears.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Jul 7 at 11:58
7
I doubt that Cambridge haven't got a filter for false positives. Obviously it's imperfect, and Janus is to be felicitated on facilitating a correction.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:05
Given this example, this then seems a natural mistaken conflation: "facilitate" and "felicitate".
– fundagain
Jul 7 at 12:17
@JanusBahsJacquet: Well done.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 22:20
add a comment |
No: in the example, there is a typo; it should really be facilitate. So Cambridge just searches a couple of corpora and displays arbitrary instances of the word in question, without checking them at all. (The Oxford English Dictionary has real examples of its entries, which are actually checked.)
answered Jul 7 at 11:55
CerberusCerberus
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You can submit corrections to Cambridge, though; I just submitted a ticket to the effect that this is not an example of the dictionary entry under which it appears.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Jul 7 at 11:58
7
I doubt that Cambridge haven't got a filter for false positives. Obviously it's imperfect, and Janus is to be felicitated on facilitating a correction.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:05
Given this example, this then seems a natural mistaken conflation: "facilitate" and "felicitate".
– fundagain
Jul 7 at 12:17
@JanusBahsJacquet: Well done.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 22:20
add a comment |
No: in the example, there is a typo; it should really be facilitate. So Cambridge just searches a couple of corpora and displays arbitrary instances of the word in question, without checking them at all. (The Oxford English Dictionary has real examples of its entries, which are actually checked.)
answered Jul 7 at 11:55
CerberusCerberus
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No: in the example, there is a typo; it should really be facilitate. So Cambridge just searches a couple of corpora and displays arbitrary instances of the word in question, without checking them at all. (The Oxford English Dictionary has real examples of its entries, which are actually checked.)
answered Jul 7 at 11:55
CerberusCerberus
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answered Jul 7 at 11:55
CerberusCerberus
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answered Jul 7 at 11:55
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answered Jul 7 at 11:55
CerberusCerberus
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5
You can submit corrections to Cambridge, though; I just submitted a ticket to the effect that this is not an example of the dictionary entry under which it appears.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Jul 7 at 11:58
7
I doubt that Cambridge haven't got a filter for false positives. Obviously it's imperfect, and Janus is to be felicitated on facilitating a correction.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:05
Given this example, this then seems a natural mistaken conflation: "facilitate" and "felicitate".
– fundagain
Jul 7 at 12:17
@JanusBahsJacquet: Well done.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 22:20
add a comment |
5
You can submit corrections to Cambridge, though; I just submitted a ticket to the effect that this is not an example of the dictionary entry under which it appears.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Jul 7 at 11:58
7
I doubt that Cambridge haven't got a filter for false positives. Obviously it's imperfect, and Janus is to be felicitated on facilitating a correction.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:05
Given this example, this then seems a natural mistaken conflation: "facilitate" and "felicitate".
– fundagain
Jul 7 at 12:17
@JanusBahsJacquet: Well done.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 22:20
5
5
You can submit corrections to Cambridge, though; I just submitted a ticket to the effect that this is not an example of the dictionary entry under which it appears.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Jul 7 at 11:58
You can submit corrections to Cambridge, though; I just submitted a ticket to the effect that this is not an example of the dictionary entry under which it appears.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Jul 7 at 11:58
7
7
I doubt that Cambridge haven't got a filter for false positives. Obviously it's imperfect, and Janus is to be felicitated on facilitating a correction.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:05
I doubt that Cambridge haven't got a filter for false positives. Obviously it's imperfect, and Janus is to be felicitated on facilitating a correction.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:05
Given this example, this then seems a natural mistaken conflation: "facilitate" and "felicitate".
– fundagain
Jul 7 at 12:17
Given this example, this then seems a natural mistaken conflation: "facilitate" and "felicitate".
– fundagain
Jul 7 at 12:17
@JanusBahsJacquet: Well done.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 22:20
@JanusBahsJacquet: Well done.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 22:20
add a comment |
No. Modern developments praising the growth of corpus analysis doesn't make sense. One felicitates someone, not something. This is probably a typo of facilitate:
to make something possible or easier:
In this case, collecting language data in better ways would indeed make (the growth of) corpus analysis more feasible.
The feature you are using collects examples of actual usage from elsewhere, but either human or algorithmic error creeps in from time to time. I suggest flagging it with the comment function next to the entry and moving on.
answered Jul 7 at 12:05
TaliesinMerlinTaliesinMerlin
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This answer has already been given.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:06
2
@EdwinAshworth: There are significant differences. For one thing, this answer explains why it cannot be felicitate in the example given.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 12:18
2
At the time I posted from my phone, an answer was not yet visible. After posting and seeing the answer, I kept it up. Why? The other answer also addresses the question well, but as Cerberus points out, it does not explain why felicitate does not work or why facilitate does.
– TaliesinMerlin
Jul 7 at 16:13
add a comment |
No. Modern developments praising the growth of corpus analysis doesn't make sense. One felicitates someone, not something. This is probably a typo of facilitate:
to make something possible or easier:
In this case, collecting language data in better ways would indeed make (the growth of) corpus analysis more feasible.
The feature you are using collects examples of actual usage from elsewhere, but either human or algorithmic error creeps in from time to time. I suggest flagging it with the comment function next to the entry and moving on.
answered Jul 7 at 12:05
TaliesinMerlinTaliesinMerlin
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This answer has already been given.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:06
2
@EdwinAshworth: There are significant differences. For one thing, this answer explains why it cannot be felicitate in the example given.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 12:18
2
At the time I posted from my phone, an answer was not yet visible. After posting and seeing the answer, I kept it up. Why? The other answer also addresses the question well, but as Cerberus points out, it does not explain why felicitate does not work or why facilitate does.
– TaliesinMerlin
Jul 7 at 16:13
add a comment |
No. Modern developments praising the growth of corpus analysis doesn't make sense. One felicitates someone, not something. This is probably a typo of facilitate:
to make something possible or easier:
In this case, collecting language data in better ways would indeed make (the growth of) corpus analysis more feasible.
The feature you are using collects examples of actual usage from elsewhere, but either human or algorithmic error creeps in from time to time. I suggest flagging it with the comment function next to the entry and moving on.
answered Jul 7 at 12:05
TaliesinMerlinTaliesinMerlin
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No. Modern developments praising the growth of corpus analysis doesn't make sense. One felicitates someone, not something. This is probably a typo of facilitate:
to make something possible or easier:
In this case, collecting language data in better ways would indeed make (the growth of) corpus analysis more feasible.
The feature you are using collects examples of actual usage from elsewhere, but either human or algorithmic error creeps in from time to time. I suggest flagging it with the comment function next to the entry and moving on.
answered Jul 7 at 12:05
TaliesinMerlinTaliesinMerlin
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answered Jul 7 at 12:05
TaliesinMerlinTaliesinMerlin
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answered Jul 7 at 12:05
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answered Jul 7 at 12:05
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This answer has already been given.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:06
2
@EdwinAshworth: There are significant differences. For one thing, this answer explains why it cannot be felicitate in the example given.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 12:18
2
At the time I posted from my phone, an answer was not yet visible. After posting and seeing the answer, I kept it up. Why? The other answer also addresses the question well, but as Cerberus points out, it does not explain why felicitate does not work or why facilitate does.
– TaliesinMerlin
Jul 7 at 16:13
add a comment |
This answer has already been given.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:06
2
@EdwinAshworth: There are significant differences. For one thing, this answer explains why it cannot be felicitate in the example given.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 12:18
2
At the time I posted from my phone, an answer was not yet visible. After posting and seeing the answer, I kept it up. Why? The other answer also addresses the question well, but as Cerberus points out, it does not explain why felicitate does not work or why facilitate does.
– TaliesinMerlin
Jul 7 at 16:13
This answer has already been given.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:06
This answer has already been given.
– Edwin Ashworth
Jul 7 at 12:06
2
2
@EdwinAshworth: There are significant differences. For one thing, this answer explains why it cannot be felicitate in the example given.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 12:18
@EdwinAshworth: There are significant differences. For one thing, this answer explains why it cannot be felicitate in the example given.
– Cerberus
Jul 7 at 12:18
2
2
At the time I posted from my phone, an answer was not yet visible. After posting and seeing the answer, I kept it up. Why? The other answer also addresses the question well, but as Cerberus points out, it does not explain why felicitate does not work or why facilitate does.
– TaliesinMerlin
Jul 7 at 16:13
At the time I posted from my phone, an answer was not yet visible. After posting and seeing the answer, I kept it up. Why? The other answer also addresses the question well, but as Cerberus points out, it does not explain why felicitate does not work or why facilitate does.
– TaliesinMerlin
Jul 7 at 16:13
add a comment |
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about a typo (felicitate for facilitate).
– FumbleFingers
Jul 7 at 14:46
@FumbleFingers I am also voting to close for the same reason.
– Tuffy
Jul 7 at 16:09
While I have no problem with closing this question, it makes sense, I would just like to note that if the answer to a similar question was instead yes, the question would not be closed. But I got my answer anyway. Thanks.
– fundagain
Jul 8 at 19:34