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  1. etymology - What is the origin of "stat"? - English Language & Usage ...

    May 17, 2011 · The word stat is an abbreviation of the Latin word statim, which has the meaning "instantly/immediately". This usage was then generalized beyond the domain of prescriptions to refer …

  2. "Status" vs. "state" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Feb 17, 2011 · Can anyone explain what the difference between status and state is when I talk about the condition or situation of an object? Here's what I got from Longman English Dictionary. status: a situati...

  3. When should ‘state’ be capitalised? - English Language & Usage ...

    Oct 13, 2015 · There are no special rules for capitalizing the word "state" in ordinary, non-technical English. It should be capitalized when at the start of a sentence, or when it is part of a proper noun. …

  4. What is the origin of the suffixes "statin" and "medin"?

    Apr 10, 2016 · The use of -stat as a suffix usually means that it will make something come to rest, to stop, to stand still. Hemo stasis is the act of stopping bleeding. A tool to clamp a blood vessel is …

  5. How did "phenomenal" come to mean "extraordinary"?

    Nov 28, 2023 · Phenomenal nowadays is primarily used in common discourse to mean extraordinary, although it has a now-rarer secondary meaning which I suspect was originally its primary meaning: a. …

  6. grammaticality - Meaning of every other day/week - English Language ...

    Possible Duplicate: What is the meaning of “every other time”? What does the phrase every other day/week mean? I got some hint from here. But, it is still not clear to me what is th...

  7. It is "relating to" or "related to"? - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    I read this sentence in a book. However, it does not solve specific problems relating to a business or a profession. I, myself, often use related to instead of relating to. Is there any difference?

  8. grammaticality - target or targets or target's - English Language ...

    Mar 13, 2018 · You will want to use "target's" because the "'s" indicates that it is a possessive noun. For example: "The target's attack power." "The cat's meow." "The dog's blue collar." "My aunt's …

  9. What is the correct word order between "have/had", "been", and …

    What is the correct word order between have/had, been, and already in statements like the following: By the time the product was officially announced, I had already been using it. Or: By the ti...

  10. dictionaries - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 22, 2018 · I have found only this statistic: Words by Length Words by First and Second Letter But I want to find words count which start by z and x (or any other letter) Does anybody know such stat?