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climb

/kˈlaɪm/KLYM
/kˈlaɪm/KLYM

Meaningclimbing

Common meaning: to go up

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishclimban‘to ciimb’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishclimbensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto ciimb → to go upclimb‘to go up’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English climban ‘climbing’.

Source words

  • climban Old English · source word “climbing”

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