daniel — ozdic

Collocations

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ADJ.

good, wise, young

Young Daniel showed remarkable courage when he stood up to the bullies at school.

VERB + DANIEL

brought, enjoyed, fall, name, test

The difficult exam brought Daniel down, but he studied hard for the next test.

DANIEL + NOUN

calamansi, chocolate, coconut, day-lewis, emet, fahrenheit, foun, gabriel

Daniel Day-Lewis gave one of the most memorable performances of his entire acting career.

PREP.

on, on

We can rely on Daniel to finish the project before the deadline.

ADV.

also, only, quite

Daniel only arrived yesterday, so he's still getting used to his new job.

Definitions

name

1

A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.

2

The prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of Lions: now the king spake and saide vnto Daniel; Thy God, whom thou seruest continually, he will deliuer thee.

3

A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.

"His name is Daniel Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony - if not exactly Gravesend itself. And Daniel was as Daniel as Daniel Webster, which was as good a name as a Wheelwright could wish for. "But he's called Dan," my mother added, bringing a slight frown to my grandmother's countenance.

Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices. Daniel found one called the Creole could help him access vast swathes of visual, color-coded data, opening a door back to color that he had previously thought shut.

4

A surname.

5

A surname.

noun

1

A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.

A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! / O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!

noun

1

The buttocks.

He'd pull the chair out from under some dignified dowager and catch her just before she went to fall on her daniel […]

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Idioms & Phrases

Daniel come to judgement

One who wisely settles a difficult matter.

A Daniel come to judgment! Harriet, the Superintendent has caught the hang of our half-witted manner of conversation.

Example Bank

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Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of Lions: now the king spake and saide vnto Daniel; Thy God, whom thou seruest continually, he will deliuer thee.

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"His name is Daniel Needham," my mother said. Whew! With what relief - down came my grandmother's hands! Needham was a fine old name, a founding fathers sort of name, a name you could trace back to th

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Daniel Hajas is a physics undergraduate at Sussex and has been blind since he was 16. He first heard about Giles and the SSDs when Giles was looking for blind students to test the devices. Daniel foun

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A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! / O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!

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He'd pull the chair out from under some dignified dowager and catch her just before she went to fall on her daniel […]

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Daniel thanked the policemen.

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Usage Notes

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