res
/ɹeɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
plural of re
noun
Clipping of reservation or reserve (semiautonomous Indigenous territory).
Canadian usage; American usage; Informal
noun
Clipping of resolution (of a computer display or image).
noun
Clipping of resurrection.
noun
Clipping of resistance.
Example Sentences
- "Can I get that in a higher res?"
- "Can I get a res please?"
- "Your magic res doesn't need to be that high."
- "You have the skills, right? Res me please."
- "And the other death was falling in the Void of Armory; I also forgot to do this, so here's a quick video of me getting ressed by a Plague Doctor and then me, as a zombie, jumping into the Void."
Etymology
From re + -s.
Usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Informal
- Uncountable