greek meaning
EN[ɡɹiːk] [-iːk]WGreek
- Greek may refer to anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe.
- Greeks, an ethnic group
- Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
- Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all known varieties of Greek
- Mycenaean Greek language, most ancient attested form of the language (16th to 11th centuries BC)
- Ancient Greek, forms of the language used c. 1000–330 BC
- Koine Greek, common form of Greek spoken and written during Classical antiquity
- Medieval Greek or Byzantine Greek, language used between the Middle Ages and the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
EN Greek
- NounPLgreeks
- VerbSGgreeksPRgreekingPT, PPgreeked
- (computing) To display a placeholder instead of text, especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
- (computing) To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
- (computing) To display a placeholder instead of text, especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- "Nick is Nick Papdoukis and he's a Kallikantzaros. In Greek lore, Kallikantzaroi are goblins who snatch children.
- Chiding himself for his incessant shopping, he explained that the playful Greek hunting scene that hangs above his mantel was unearthed during one of his frequent thrifting trips to upstate New York.
- Greco-Roman wrestling is an Olympic sport bringing back the style of the Ancient Greeks and Roman physicality.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of greek in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary