res
- an object or thing; matter.
Origin of res
RES
re
1- 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).
Origin of re
1Re
- Ra.
res.
- research.
- reserve.
- residence.
- resident; residents.
- resigned.
- resolution.
in medias res
- in the middle of things.
Examples from the Web for res
Contemporary Examples of res
Maariv, p. 1/NRG Hebrew) Netanyahu's point man on Bedouin relocation says plan still on track - Maj. Gen. (res.
Historical Examples of res
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
in medias res
- in or into the middle of events or a narrative
Word Origin for in medias res
re
1- music a variant spelling of ray 3
re
2- with reference to
Word Origin for re
usage
re
3- Reunion Island
Re
1- another name for Ra 2
Re
2- rhenium
Re
3re
- rupee
RE
- Reformed Episcopal
- Religious Education
- Right Excellent
- Royal Engineers
res.
- residence
- resides
- resigned
- resolution
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."
in medias res
Latin, literally "in the midst of things" (see medium).
RES
- reticuloendothelial system
Re
- The symbol for the elementrhenium
RE
- right extremity
Re
- The symbol for rhenium.
in medias res
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.”