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meed

Meaningreward

Common meaning: deserved reward or praise, in literary use

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishmēd‘reward’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmede‘reward’source
  3. Englishmeed‘deserved reward or praise, in literary use’ · 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: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English mēd ‘reward’.

Roots

  • mēd Old English “reward”

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