rescue
/ˈɹɛs.kju/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche."
- "Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition was lost with two ships and 129 men, inspiring dozens of subsequent expeditions to find and rescue him, none of them successful."
- "Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies."
- "The students’ final mission was their longest: a trip across the Nile to the city of Omdurman, at the request of Rwandan diplomats, to rescue a woman who, unlike the first they rescued, really was pregnant."
- "to rescue a prisoner from the enemy"
- "Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: rescouen, rescoure, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɛs.kju/
- British English: /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/