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PRONUNCIATION OF ALAY

alay  [əˈleɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alay is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb alay in English.

WHAT DOES ALAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alay

Alay is a pop culture phenomenon -It is a stereotype describing something “tacky” and “cheesy” norak or kampungan. The Alay culture phenomena spans over a wide array of styles in music, dress, and messaging. It has often been compared to that of the Jejemon phenomenon originating from the Philippines, and also the Swag phenomenon. Although, the former emerged much later and the latter was even admired in the west.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ALAY

PRESENT

Present
I alay
you alay
he/she/it alays
we alay
you alay
they alay
Present continuous
I am alaying
you are alaying
he/she/it is alaying
we are alaying
you are alaying
they are alaying
Present perfect
I have alayed
you have alayed
he/she/it has alayed
we have alayed
you have alayed
they have alayed
Present perfect continuous
I have been alaying
you have been alaying
he/she/it has been alaying
we have been alaying
you have been alaying
they have been alaying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I alayed
you alayed
he/she/it alayed
we alayed
you alayed
they alayed
Past continuous
I was alaying
you were alaying
he/she/it was alaying
we were alaying
you were alaying
they were alaying
Past perfect
I had alayed
you had alayed
he/she/it had alayed
we had alayed
you had alayed
they had alayed
Past perfect continuous
I had been alaying
you had been alaying
he/she/it had been alaying
we had been alaying
you had been alaying
they had been alaying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will alay
you will alay
he/she/it will alay
we will alay
you will alay
they will alay
Future continuous
I will be alaying
you will be alaying
he/she/it will be alaying
we will be alaying
you will be alaying
they will be alaying
Future perfect
I will have alayed
you will have alayed
he/she/it will have alayed
we will have alayed
you will have alayed
they will have alayed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been alaying
you will have been alaying
he/she/it will have been alaying
we will have been alaying
you will have been alaying
they will have been alaying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would alay
you would alay
he/she/it would alay
we would alay
you would alay
they would alay
Conditional continuous
I would be alaying
you would be alaying
he/she/it would be alaying
we would be alaying
you would be alaying
they would be alaying
Conditional perfect
I would have alay
you would have alay
he/she/it would have alay
we would have alay
you would have alay
they would have alay
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been alaying
you would have been alaying
he/she/it would have been alaying
we would have been alaying
you would have been alaying
they would have been alaying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you alay
we let´s alay
you alay
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to alay
Past participle
alayed
Present Participle
alaying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALAY


allay
əˈleɪ
belay
bɪˈleɪ
brise-soleil
ˌbriːzsəʊˈleɪ
Brule
bruːˈleɪ
cabriolet
ˌkæbrɪəʊˈleɪ
cassoulet
ˌkæsəˈleɪ
delay
dɪˈleɪ
gelee
ʒəˈleɪ
gilet
dʒɪˈleɪ
inlay
ɪnˈleɪ
Malay
məˈleɪ
Mandalay
ˌmændəˈleɪ
Millay
mɪˈleɪ
mislay
mɪsˈleɪ
overlay
ˌəʊvəˈleɪ
palay
pæˈleɪ
underlay
ˌʌndəˈleɪ
unlay
ʌnˈleɪ
uplay
ʌpˈleɪ
waylay
weɪˈleɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALAY

alarming
alarmingly
alarmism
alarmist
alarum
alary
alas
Alas.
Alaska
Alaska Highway
Alaska Peninsula
Alaska Range
Alaskan
alastor
alastrim
alate
alated
alation
Alawite
alb

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALAY

airplay
Barclay
child´s play
clay
cosplay
display
fair play
foreplay
gameplay
interplay
lay
outlay
play
plug and play
plug-and-play
relay
replay
role-play
screenplay
slay

Synonyms and antonyms of alay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALAY

Find out the translation of alay to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alay from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alay» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阿莱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alay
570 millions of speakers

English

alay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alay
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاليه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Алай
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alay
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Alay
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Alay
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alay
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alay
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

alay
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

alay
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alay
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Alay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alay
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Alay
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alay
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alay
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Alay
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Алай
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Alay
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Alay
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ALAY
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Alay
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Alay
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alay

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALAY»

The term «alay» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.354 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alay» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alay» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alay

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALAY»

Discover the use of alay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military ...
May a, an 363 May be S64 Alay be a, on 365 May be doing 366 May be doing a, an 367 May be doing the — 368 May be done 369 May be done a, an 370 May be done the 37) May be had 372 May be had a, an — 37:i May be had the 374 ...
John Macdonald, 1817
2
Gratuitous Epilogue:
I thought that scheduling himself and Alay together semi-frequently was just because they were 'left-overs' and didn't have kids to look after. They never acted like there was anything to it, but a short time after the wedding I noticed that Maze  ...
Andrea K Höst
3
Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I: A Comparative Study
42 ATASE, 27ncu Piyade Alay Tarihçesi, 7, Archive 91/2. 43 ATASE, 25nci Piyade Alay Tarihçesi, 1977, 7, unpublished staff study (Lütfi Doğanci), ATASE Library, Record 26–485. 44 ATASE, 9ncu Topçu Alay Tarihçesi, 1970, unpublished staff ...
Edward J. Erickson, 2007
4
French Trade in Istanbul in the Eighteenth Century
This is especially true of the relationship between cAbdu-l-bakl Agha and the consul, a privileged relationship that followed the career track of the former as he moved from the position of defterdar to that of mir alay and, finally, to the coveted  ...
Edhem Eldem, 1999
5
Organization and Management of Athletic Meets
The Gintong Alay Foundation Project: Gintong Alay is attached to the Office of the President for Policy and program coordination. . Gintong Alay shall continue as the national sports training program of the country which shall have the same ...
6
A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic
Thus the attachable stem for ''ilaa is 3ilay-\ for ca\aa it is 'alay- and for ladaa, laday-. The shift to yaa' has an effect on certain pronoun suffixes. The "vowel-shift " pronouns change their -u vowel to -i, and the first person singular suffix -it 'me' ...
Karin C. Ryding, 2005
7
Divine Knowledge: Buddhist Mathematics According to the ...
... 58r alay alay solbiysan alayjiruqai kegiiiir iilii orosiyulqu ediiriin beige solbiysan alayjiruqai bui 20r alay nidiin Bati bata giiikii ediiriin beige inu alay nidiin bui 20v alay dusul 43v yuyilayci-yin yar qoyosun qariqui beige alay dusul bui 20v alay ...
Brian Gregory Baumann, 2008
8
Nogay Şiirleri: Şal-Kiyiz Tilinşi Ulı
Yaman atka, alay yanm, Yal bitse, Yanma torsk arttrmas, Yaman kisige, alay yanm, Mal bitse, Yanma konisi kondrmas. Kondrsa da, alay yanm, Tmdrmas. Alapasm berip Yürek kmdrmas. Küntuvardan Davl yeller eskende, Kuylar kam baslar.
Şal-Kiyiz Tilinşi Ulı
9
Physical Properties of Alkali-Metal Chalcogenides
Ground-state structural properties of alkali metal chalcogenides have been studied in the framework of density functional theory (DFT) using local density approximation (LDA), Perwed-Burke-Ernzerhof (PBE) generalized gradient approximation ...
Alay-E-Abbas Syed Muhammad, Syed Muhammad Alay-e-Abbas, Ali Shaukat, 2013
10
THE NEW ARMY LIST, AND MILITIA LIST
57 57 • • I't- Bird, Capt. by pur. vice Hugessen, who retires 29 Alay Ens. Kedger, Lt . do. vice Bird do 59 •• Ens. Cuming, do. do. vice Tucker, who retires 17 Apr. H. S. Wakefield, Ens. do. vice Cuming do 60 . . Ens. and Adj. Tilford to have the rank ...
H. G. HART, 1857

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alay is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rough seas halt Philippine search for ferry disaster victims
The Alay Kapwa Lenten program raises funds to support and sustain social action initiatives and other developmental projects of the church. «ucanews, Jul 15»
2
Dağlıca'da askeri üsse saldırı
... günü saat 06.10'da, Hakkari Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı 7'nci Hudut Alay Komutanlığı Dağlıca Üs Bölgesi'ne Doçka makineli tüfek ve havan ... «Adana Medya, Jun 15»
3
Tepok Jidat! Hercules Jatuh Warga di Medan Malah Selfie
Tak kalah pedasnya, akun Facebook Handi Tyas Landry Prasetya juga mengaku menyayangkan tindakan selfie tersebut. "Kaum alay jaman ... «Jitunews, Jun 15»
4
Earthquake hits Kyrgyzstan
The hearth was located on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the mountains of Trans-Alay Range, 16 km south-east of Bor-Dube ... «24, Jun 15»
5
Philippine sports far from 'Gintong Alay' days
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — The Gintong Alay project was a strategic sports program spearheaded by Michael Keon in the 1980s that ... «CNN, Jun 15»
6
Notes on a visit to Jerry's old apartment
“The Outing” (the gay episode) and “The Boyfriend” (Keith Hernandez/“What-alay industries”) are both top five all time, and they're ranking ... «TechnologyTell, Jun 15»
7
Clinton County Middle School second semester honor rolls
Kathryn Black, Ethan Carey, Alay'jah Cloven, Torrance Coldren, Christopher Collins, Raven Duncan, Tyler Goss, Jerze Grinder- Holt, Victor ... «Clinton county leader, Jun 15»
8
MTSU president to reopen discussion to rename Forrest Hall
... and even turn away people," said MTSU student Siri Alay. A summer month at MTSU, there's relatively few making their way through campus, ... «WSMV Nashville, Jun 15»
9
Advance On Raqqa: Kurdish Fighters, Syrian Rebels Seize Military …
Devrim yolunda bir bir engeller alınmalı... 93. Alay (Liwa 93) düştü, YPG Eyn İsa ve dolayisiyla Rakka'ya ilerliyor! pic.twitter.com/0UR1AqmNFC. «International Business Times, Jun 15»
10
Hasip Kaplan'ın koalisyon hesabı alay konusu oldu
CHP'nin 132 olan milletvekili sayısını 182 zanneden Hasip Kaplan, "CHP=182+ HDP= 80= 262 mvekili eder, koalisyon için +15 AK Parti'linin ... «Türkiye, Jun 15»

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