First recorded in 1375–1425.
Comes from Latin, from the past participle of inveterāre, “to grow old, allow to grow old, preserve.\"
Inveterāre contains veter-, the stem of vetus, meaning “old,\" which is also the stem of the word veteran.
Sign up for more Word of the Day!

\r\nEXAMPLES OF INVETERATE\r\n

The inveterate procrastinator always left things until the last minute.
As an inveterate optimist, she always saw the bright side of every situation.

\r\nIt's National Poetry Month, and we’ve created a challenge that really is for everyone. Submit now!","audio":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/I02/I0281600.mp3","definitions":[{"partofspeech":"adjective","data":"settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like."}],"examples":[],"imageUrl":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/inveterate_IG.png","accentColor":"#0063D7"}},"status":"succeeded"}},"meta":{"requestId":"40GrtZ212Hicv98CnDBbb","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchWordsNearby/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"before":[{"slug":"colours","entry":"colours"},{"slug":"colour-scheme","entry":"colour scheme"},{"slug":"colour-separation","entry":"colour separation"},{"slug":"colour-separation-overlay","entry":"colour separation overlay"},{"slug":"colour-sergeant","entry":"colour sergeant"}],"after":[{"slug":"colour-supplement","entry":"colour supplement"},{"slug":"colour-temperature","entry":"colour temperature"},{"slug":"colourwash","entry":"colourwash"},{"slug":"colourway","entry":"colourway"},{"slug":"coloury","entry":"coloury"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"colour-subcarrier"},"requestId":"614UR_-XMjpIACqPip7im","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"colour-subcarrier"},"requestId":"DRHIcq1INXYT_6Fs8K3xc","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchDictionaryResults/fulfilled","payload":{"slugs":[{"entries":[{"__typename":"CollinsEntry","headword":{"displayForm":"colour subcarrier","slug":"colour-subcarrier"},"homonym":null,"note":null,"origin":null,"partOfSpeechGroups":[{"definitions":[{"crossReferencesConnection":{"edges":[]},"definitionSetChunks":"[{\"type\": \"defgrp\", \"children\": [{\"text\": \"a component of a colour television signal on which is modulated the colour or chrominance information\", \"type\": \"text\"}]}]","examples":[],"idiom":null,"ordinal":1,"sense":null,"subdefinitions":[]}],"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciations":[{"ipa":"ˈsʌbˌkærɪə"}],"subEntry":[]}],"url":"colour-subcarrier"}]},"meta":{"arg":{"slug":"colour-subcarrier"},"requestId":"uNl8_zSO6142a-8om6sN5","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchResultsData/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"url":"colour-subcarrier","displayForm":"colour subcarrier","canonicalSlug":"colour-subcarrier","content":[{"source":"collins","entries":[{"id":"ac346b013.6bfb.1014.b87b.c2803370a23a.1","type":"normal","entry":"colour subcarrier","entrySyllabified":null,"entryVariants":"","homograph":null,"pronunciation":{"audio":null,"spell":null,"ipa":"(ˈsʌbˌkærɪə)"},"predefinitionContent":"","posBlocks":[{"pos":"noun","posSupplementaryInfo":"","definitions":[{"order":1,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","definition":"a component of a colour television signal on which is modulated the colour or chrominance information","postdefinitionContent":""}]}],"origin":"","supplementaryNotes":[],"variantForms":[],"referenceData":[],"relatedForms":[],"derivedForms":[]}]}],"nearbyWordOrdinal":32774,"index-rank-01":["colour subcarrier"],"index-rank-02":[],"index-rank-03":[],"index-rank-04":[],"index-rank-05":[],"index-rank-06":[],"index-rank-07":[],"index-rank-08":[],"index-rank-09":[],"index-rank-10":[],"index-rank-11":[],"index-rank-12":[],"index-rank-13":[],"index-rank-14":[],"index-rank-15":[],"tunaSlug":null,"isFeaturedMetaSlug":false}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"colour-subcarrier"},"requestId":"DmNGUgg3Thl0mymrYdg1F","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"luna":[],"tuna":["color","couloir","cooler","collar","cool","cloy","clue","cole","clout","collier","colors","colure","clough","coaler","lour","cola","coll","coolly","cloud","dolor","flour","clear","cool out","colony","colter","co"],"lunaWithSlug":[],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"color","slug":"color"},{"displayForm":"couloir","slug":"couloir"},{"displayForm":"cooler","slug":"cooler"},{"displayForm":"collar","slug":"collar"},{"displayForm":"cool","slug":"cool"},{"displayForm":"cloy","slug":"cloy"},{"displayForm":"clue","slug":"clue"},{"displayForm":"cole","slug":"cole"},{"displayForm":"clout","slug":"clout"},{"displayForm":"collier","slug":"collier"},{"displayForm":"colors","slug":"colors"},{"displayForm":"colure","slug":"colure"},{"displayForm":"clough","slug":"clough"},{"displayForm":"coaler","slug":"coaler"},{"displayForm":"lour","slug":"lour"},{"displayForm":"cola","slug":"cola"},{"displayForm":"coll","slug":"coll"},{"displayForm":"coolly","slug":"coolly"},{"displayForm":"cloud","slug":"cloud"},{"displayForm":"dolor","slug":"dolor"},{"displayForm":"flour","slug":"flour"},{"displayForm":"clear","slug":"clear"},{"displayForm":"cool out","slug":"cool%20out"},{"displayForm":"colony","slug":"colony"},{"displayForm":"colter","slug":"colter"},{"displayForm":"co","slug":"co"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"colour-subcarrier"},"requestId":"wuMPebl6sB7Px-Ok4efm-","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

colour subcarrier

noun

Word of the Day