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Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.
Sofia Kovalevskaya

Meaning of "arid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARID

From Latin āridus, from ārēre to be dry.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ARID

arid  [ˈærɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Arid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ARID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Arid

A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. Most "arid" climates surround the equator; these places include most of Africa and parts of South America, Central America and Australia.

Definition of arid in the English dictionary

The definition of arid in the dictionary is having little or no rain; dry; parched with heat. Other definition of arid is devoid of interest.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARID


harried
ˈhærɪd
hyperarid
ˌhaɪpərˈærɪd
marid
ˈmærɪd
married
ˈmærɪd
parried
ˈpærɪd
sciarid
saɪˈærɪd
semiarid
ˌsɛmɪˈærɪd
sparid
ˈspærɪd
subarid
sʌbˈærɪd
tarried
ˈtærɪd
unharried
ʌnˈhærɪd
unmarried
ʌnˈmærɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARID

aria
Ariadne
Arian
Arianism
ariary
ARIBA
ariboflavinosis
Arica
arid zone
aridity
aridly
aridness
ariel
Arien
Aries
Arietis
arietta
ariette
aright
ariki

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARID

acrid
chlorid
control grid
florid
horrid
hybrid
jerid
lurid
Madrid
multigrid
murid
national grid
off-grid
off the grid
putrid
rid
starting grid
the grid
torrid
Wilfrid

Synonyms and antonyms of arid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ARID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «arid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of arid

Translation of «arid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARID

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

Translator English - Chinese

干旱的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

árido
570 millions of speakers

English

arid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शुष्क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القاحلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

засушливый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

árido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শুষ্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aride
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gersang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

trocken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乾燥した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

척박한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khô khan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வறண்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रखरखीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kurak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

suchych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

посушливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άγονες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dorre
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of arid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARID»

The term «arid» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.240 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «arid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «arid» 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 arid

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7 QUOTES WITH «ARID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word arid.
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Eric Burdon
Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.
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Gertrude Jekyll
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.
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Jonathan Katz
The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff.
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Sofia Kovalevskaya
Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.
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Johan Rockstrom
We see evidence that lakes and forests and wetlands can have different equilibria - so you have a savanna system that may be stable and thriving, but it can also tip over and become an arid steppe if pushed too far by warming, land degradation, and biodiversity loss.
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William Scott
I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.
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Pamela Stephenson
I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARID»

Discover the use of arid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to arid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Groundwater Modelling in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas
This book brings together the experience of internationally leading experts to fill a gap in the scientific and technical literature.
Howard S. Wheater, Simon A. Mathias, Xin Li, 2010
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Water Resources of Arid Areas: Proceedings of the ...
Comprising the Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa held in Gaborone, Botswana, August 3-6, 2004, this is a vital text for researchers and practitioners in the fields of ...
D. Stephenson, E.M. Shemang, T.R. Chaoka, 2004
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Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, Form and Change in Drylands
The new edition of Arid Zone Geomorphology aims to encapsulate the advances that have been made in recent years in the investigation and explanation of landforms and geomorphological processes in drylands.
David S. G. Thomas, 2011
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Arid Land Ecosystems: Volume 2, Structure, Functioning and ...
This volume was first published in 1981. The history of man's use of arid lands is a sad record of deterioration of the natural resource base and of low and declining living standards for the 300 million people who live in them.
D. W. Goodall, R. A. Perry, K. M. W. Howes, 2009
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Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid and Semi-Arid ...
Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid and Semi-Arid Regions – the outcome of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme project on the topic – examines the integrated management of water resources in urban settings, focusing on ...
Larry Mays, 2009
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Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions: Bridging the Gap ...
The result is a highly relevant, accessible, and timely resource that is unique in its international and interdisciplinary content. This is a must-read for anyone working on environmental and sustainability issues in arid lands.
Graciela Schneier-Madanes, Marie-Françoise Courel, 2009
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Soil and Water Conservation in Semi-arid Areas
THE PROBLEM OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SEMI-ARID REGIONS 2.1 SOME GENERAL PROBLEMS 2.1.1 The Extent of Erosion Most semi-arid regions suffer severe rainfall erosion, often more than in the humid tropics, because the rain has ...
Norman Hudson, 1987
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Water Management in Arid and Semi-arid Regions: ...
The aim of this book is to formulate appropriate strategies and guidelines for water management necessary for the formulation and implementation of integrated sustainable management of water resources.
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Arid Lands Management: Toward Ecological Sustainability
The earth's surface currently is undergoing massive land use transformations as a component of human-accelerated environmental change.
T. W. Hoekstra, Moshe Shachak, 1999
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The Arid Frontier: Interactive Management of Environment and ...
Audience: This volume will be of great value to all those interested in Dryland Development and Management: professionals and policy-makers in governmental, international and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as researchers, ...
Hendrik J. Bruins, Harvey Lithwick, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term arid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wasting water in the arid West
A key consideration for water managers in the West is how keep enough water in Lake Powell, above, and in Lake Mead, to allow the Colorado ... «Summit Daily News, Jul 15»
2
French architect firm designs a sustainable vertical city to be …
The arid expanses of the Sahara desert could be transformed within a decade, according to French architecture company OXO. The Parisian ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
3
Health assessment for school children launched in eight counties
Over 25,000 school-going children are set to benefit from a health assessment to be conducted in eight counties in arid and semi-arid lands of ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
4
They've Seen Lots of Droughts, But This One's Different
Now, heading into another arid summer, with cities facing unprecedented statewide water restrictions, they share a growing realization that ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
5
China climate targets prompt fears over surge in dam construction
... engineering plans to divert Yangtze river water to relieve shortages in the north and in arid Xinjiang along the central Asian frontier. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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How Africa gets power to 620 million more people could have a …
Heavily reliant on coal, the government is fracking the semi-arid Karoo region in search of more fossil fuel–based capacity. At the same time, ... «PRI, Jul 15»
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Pakistan's Parched Baluchistan Nears Water Crisis
... have never built any water conservation projects in arid Baluchistan, even though there have been funds allocated for them in the past. «Voice of America, Jul 15»
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This Humble Cactus Could Help Power Our Drought-Stricken World
Imagine vast fields of cacti in remote, arid areas of the country, where normal crops can't grow. It wouldn't suck up the resources or space ... «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
9
In the Race to Control the Arctic, the US Lags Behind
But the development plans have struck fear in the Inupiat, natives of the state's arid north coast, because the area is also a migration route for ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
10
COMMENTARY: Counterpoint: Lawns in the desert; bananas in the …
In this case, the sand is more than just a metaphor: it's what we have for soil in our semi-arid climate. Talk of eliminating lawns may come as a ... «Seaside Courier, Jul 15»

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