steve
/stiːv/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the male given name Steven and Stephen; also used as a formal male given name.
name
A diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
noun
Alternative form of STEVE (an atmospheric optical phenomenon, appearing as a ribbon of light in the sky)
noun
Alternative form of STEVE.
noun
An aurora-like light found in southern Canada (consistently lower latitude, unlike the aurora borealis which is generally high latitude), composed of a glowing purple ribbon of light, with green spikes coming off obliquely parallel to each other, moving at about 6.5 km/s East to West. Presumably occurs in the southern hemisphere as well.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "His first name was probably Steve or Ed. No, there were no more Steves or Eds in New York. They were now Steven or Edward, whether they were gay or straight. If they had money, they didn't have a nickname. Everybody was into high seriousness, so that now even dogs were named Humphrey and Raphael."
- "White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week."
- "Allison made a careful note of the address and within the hour she had met, decided she liked, and moved in with a girl of twenty who called herself Steve Wallace. "Don't call me Stephanie", Steve had said. "I don't know why it should, but being called Stephanie always makes me feel like something pale and dull out of Jane Austen.""
- "Researchers first became aware of STEVE after members of a Facebook group called the Alberta Aurora Chasers (which refers to the province in western Canada) began posting photos of unusual purplish-greenish streaks oriented nearly vertically in the sky."
- "Although STEVE has been documented by amateur night sky watchers for decades, it is an exciting new upper atmospheric phenomenon for the scientific community."
- "2018, "Historical observations of STEVE", arXiv, Mark Bailey; Conor Byrne; Rok Nezic; David Asher; James Finnegan;, BIBCODE: 2018arXiv180801872B Respecting its nickname, they have dubbed the phenomenon STEVE, an acronym for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement."
Etymology
Shortening of various names ultimately derived from Latin Stephanus m, from Ancient Greek Στέφανος m (Stéphanos) from στέφανος m (stéphanos, “crown, wreath”)
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Stephanus, Στέφανος
Usage
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Phrases
one-Steve limit