res
[reez, reys]
- an object or thing; matter.
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Origin of res
First recorded in 1850–55, res is from the Latin word rēs
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re1
[rey]
- the syllable used for the second tone of a diatonic scale.
- (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone D.Compare sol-fa(def 1).
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Origin of re1
Re
[rey]
- Ra.
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res.
- research.
- reserve.
- residence.
- resident; residents.
- resigned.
- resolution.
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in medias res
[in me-di-ahs res; English in mee-dee-uh s reez, in mey-dee-ahs reys]
- in the middle of things.
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Examples from the Web for res
Contemporary Examples
Maariv, p. 1/NRG Hebrew) Netanyahu's point man on Bedouin relocation says plan still on track - Maj. Gen. (res.
Historical Examples
Soldiers will not submit themselves to re-trial on re-trial of a res judicata.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
I did n't like to own that the res angusto had anything to say to it.
Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I.Charles James Lever
That I can use it as part of the res gesta, I have no doubt.
An American SuffragetteIsaac N. Stevens
All but this, that the "res angusta" did occasionally remind him that he was mortal.
The BertramsAnthony Trollope
Ovid does not use this sense of res elsewhere in his poetry.
res
- a thing, matter, or object
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in medias res
- in or into the middle of events or a narrative
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Word Origin
literally: into the midst of things, taken from a passage in Horace's Ars Poetica
re1
- music a variant spelling of ray 3
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re2
- with reference to
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin rē, ablative case of rēs thing
usage
Re, in contexts such as re your letter, your remarks have been noted or he spoke to me re your complaint, is common in business or official correspondence. In general English with reference to is preferable in the former case and about or concerning in the latter. Even in business correspondence, the use of re is often restricted to the letter heading
re3
- Reunion Island
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Re1
- another name for Ra 2
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Re2
- rhenium
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Re3
re
- rupee
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RE
- Reformed Episcopal
- Religious Education
- Right Excellent
- Royal Engineers
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res.
- residence
- resides
- resigned
- resolution
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for res
re
"with reference to," used from c.1700 in legalese, from Latin (in) re "in the matter of," from ablative case of res "matter, thing." Its use is execrated by Fowler in three different sections of "Modern English Usage."
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in medias res
Latin, literally "in the midst of things" (see medium).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
RES
- reticuloendothelial system
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Re
- The symbol for the elementrhenium
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RE
- right extremity
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Re
- The symbol for rhenium.
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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in medias res
[(in may-dee-uhs, mee-dee-uhs rays)]
In the middle of the action. Epics often begin in medias res. For example, the Odyssey, which tells the story of the wanderings of the hero Odysseus, begins almost at the end of his wanderings, just before his arrival home. In medias res is a Latin phrase used by the poet Horace; it means “in the middle of things.”
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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