arab — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

developed, grey, handsome, live, other, proposed, unforgivable, united

The handsome Arab trader negotiated the price of spices in the bustling marketplace.

VERB + ARAB

cheating, depends, having, lectured, relies, results, smattering

The final results depend on how much effort you put into studying Arabic.

ARAB + NOUN

anything, countries, democracy, indian, institute, israel, origin, persian

The Arab countries in the Middle East have rich cultural traditions spanning thousands of years.

PREP.

about, in, in, on, without

There has been much debate about Arab culture and traditions in recent years.

Definitions

adj

1

Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.

noun

1

A person of a Semitic ethnic group indigenous to the Arabian Peninsula.

2

A person belonging to the ethnolinguistic group united by the Arabic language and cultural heritage, historically spread from Arabia to the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Maghreb, and Egypt.

This backlash also fails to take into account that Israel, for all its faults, is a multicultural society where almost half of graduating doctors today are Arabs or Druze.

3

An Arabian horse.

Having taken a very early breakfast, I mounted about eight o'clock my grey Arab, and without anything occurring worthy of note, killed the first three boars in the space of an hour, […]

4

A street Arab.

a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon You Christian people often see the little gutter children — the poor little arabs in the street — and you feel much pity for them, as well you may.

The other day I heard you complaining of the nuisance that small ragged street-boys are to you whenever you go out. […] You wished that some one would do something to clear away these little Arabs, as you are pleased to call them, so that a fine old English gentleman—as you are pleased to think yourself—might take his exercise in peace.

name

1

A city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States.

2

The Arabic language.

Tarzan, who, by this time, with the assistance of Abdul, had picked up quite a smattering of Arab, questioned one of the younger men who had accompanied the sheik while the latter paid his respects to Captain Gerard.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to A

arabian

noun — a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian pen

arabian

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in supp

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This backlash also fails to take into account that Israel, for all its faults, is a multicultural society where almost half of graduating doctors today are Arabs or Druze.

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Having taken a very early breakfast, I mounted about eight o'clock my grey Arab, and without anything occurring worthy of note, killed the first three boars in the space of an hour, […]

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a. 1892, Charles Spurgeon, a sermon You Christian people often see the little gutter children — the poor little arabs in the street — and you feel much pity for them, as well you may.

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Tarzan, who, by this time, with the assistance of Abdul, had picked up quite a smattering of Arab, questioned one of the younger men who had accompanied the sheik while the latter paid his respects to

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Japan relies on Arab countries for oil.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, arab is marked as archaic, dated, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.