vert

¹ American  

[vurt] / vɜrt /

noun

1. English Forest Law.

   1. vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.

   2. the right to cut such vegetation.

2. Heraldry. the tincture, or color, green.

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adjective

1. Heraldry. of the tincture green.

   a lion vert.

vert. ² American  

abbreviation

1. vertical.

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vert ¹ British  

/ vɜːt /

noun

1. English legal history

   1. the right to cut green wood in a forest

   2. the wood itself

2. heraldry

   1. the colour green

   2. ( as adjective, usually postpositive )

      a table vert

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vert. ² British  

abbreviation

1. vertical

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Etymology

Origin of vert

1400–50; late Middle English verte < Anglo-French, Middle French vert, verd < Latin viridis green, equivalent to vir ( ēre ) to be green + -idis, apparently irregular for -idus -id ⁴

Example Sentences

His elegant “H”-line of 1954, for instance, was a nod to the humble haricot vert, or green bean.

From The Wall Street Journal

But as a teenager in the mid-2010s, she was also enamored with the rambunctious hip-hop subgenre known as SoundCloud rap, which made stars out of XXXTentacion and Lil Uzi Vert.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I wouldn’t say older workers should be worried about losing jobs due to AI, but I think everybody should be cautious,” Vert said.

From MarketWatch

“I think the big driver of why more tenured workers will see less of a disruption from AI is because of the wisdom and experience that is really hard to codify,” said Greg Vert, applied AI leader at Deloitte’s Human Capital practice.

From MarketWatch

“As AI becomes more accessible to the masses, it will create a new type of gig economy, and organizations with a talent shortage may turn to the gig economy enabled by AI to get access to experience and wisdom,” Vert said.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

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