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I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
Frederick Douglass

Meaning of "ark" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARK

Old English arc, from Latin arca box, chest.
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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 ARK

ark  [ɑːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ark is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ARK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ark in the English dictionary

The first definition of ark in the dictionary is the vessel that Noah built and in which he saved himself, his family, and a number of animals and birds during the Flood. Other definition of ark is a place or thing offering shelter or protection. Ark is also a chest, box, or coffer.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARK

arithmetic mean
arithmetic progression
arithmetical
arithmetically
arithmetician
arithmomania
arithmophobia
Arius
Ariz.
Arizona
Arjuna
Ark of the Covenant
Ark.
Arkansan
Arkansas
Arkhangelsk
arkite
arkose
arkosic

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARK

artwork
at work
bookmark
Clark
Danmark
dark
Denmark
framework
homework
Hyde Park
mark
network
neural network
New York
out of work
park
shark
spark
work
york

Synonyms and antonyms of ark in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ark» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARK

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

Translator English - Chinese

方舟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arca
570 millions of speakers

English

ark
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सन्दूक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تابوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ковчег
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সিন্দুক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ark
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

箱舟
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

방주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prau
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hòm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெட்டியை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नोआचे जहाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sandık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arca
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Arka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ковчег
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Ark
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κιβωτός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ark
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ark
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ark
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ark

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARK»

The term «ark» is very widely used and occupies the 12.038 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARK» OVER TIME

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

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7 QUOTES WITH «ARK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ark.
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John Boyega
My dad's a Pentecostal minister, meaning that he's full of charisma. If he's telling a story about Noah's ark, you best know each tiger is going to be having their own little conversation and narrative.
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Sloane Crosley
Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up bed, jumping rope and lifting heavy machinery. The world favours pairs. Who wants to waste the wood building an ark for singletons?
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Frederick Douglass
I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
4
Horace Mann
Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.
5
Charles Spurgeon
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
6
Jim Sullivan
I hope to soon be in contact with the man who is searching for Noah's ark.
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Julius Wellhausen
The representation of the tabernacle arose out of the temple of Solomon as its root, in dependence on the sacred ark, for which there is early testimony, and which in the time of David, and also before it, was sheltered by a tent.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARK»

Discover the use of ark in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ark and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ark
As the waters rose in FLOOD, high in the Colorado mountains the US government was building an ark. Not an ark to ride the waves but an ark that would take a select few thousand people out into space to start a new future for mankind.
Stephen Baxter, 2009
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Noah's Ark
Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
‎1992
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Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
His unique ground-level experience makes Babylon's Ark an uplifting story of both sides working together for the sake of innocent animals caught in the war's crossfire.
Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence, 2007
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Ark Angel
Soon Alex discovers that Force Three will stop at nothing to destroy Ark Angel, even if it means sending four hundred tons of molten glass and steel hurtling down to Earth and killing millions . . . unless Alex can stop them.
Anthony Horowitz, 2007
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The Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the ...
Part fascinating scholarship and part entertaining adventure yarn, tying together some of the most intriguing tales of all time -- from the Knights Templar and Prester John to Parsival and the Holy Grail -- this book will appeal to anyone ...
Graham Hancock, 2012
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Opening the Ark of the Covenant: The Secret Power of the ...
This fact-based examination of the Ark's real origins, manufactured purpose, historical application, and present whereabouts reveals its genuine nature and ultimate destiny.
Frank Joseph, Laura Beaudoin, 2007
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The Twelve Patriarchs ; The Mystical Ark ; Book Three of The ...
Here are the writings of the man who was the great link between the early Christian mystics and the mystical awakening in medieval Europe.
Richard (of St. Victor), Grover A. Zinn, 1979
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Schindler's List
This nonfiction novel recreates the remarkable activities and courage of Oskar Schindler, a Catholic German industrialist who gambled everything to save as many Jews as possible from the Nazi death camps
Thomas Keneally, 1994
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The Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure
Nature documentaries often depict animal life as a grim struggle for survival, but this visually stunning book opens our eyes to a different, more scientifically up-to-date way of looking at the animal kingdom.
Jonathan Peter Balcombe, 2011
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Kodua's Ark
In this story a reformed drunkard dreams of building an ark and using it as a tourist attraction to draw people to his village.
Yaw Ababio Boateng, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ark is used in the context of the following news items.
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ARK: Survival Evolved players get their own justice, imprison troll for …
ARK: Survival Evolved is an outstanding looking game – I say outstanding looking because I haven't and can't play it at the moment, but ... «games.on.net, Jul 15»
2
Catholic family backs children's museum in NW Ark.
Eric and Elda Scott, with their two girls, Sophia, 12, and Amelia, 6, have been involved in the building of the Scott Family Amazeum since the ... «Arkansas Catholic, Jul 15»
3
Our Noah's Ark of ineptitude
Two separate reports out over the past week highlight the fiscal and economic danger this Noah's Ark of ineptitude is leading us. «The West Australian, Jul 15»
4
Berko: Here's how Loon Lake, Ark., solved debt problem
It's a hot, agonizing day in the imaginary small town of Loon Lake, Ark., probably 100 degrees in the shade under the old oak trees on Main ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»
5
Art Southampton 2015 – Now at Nova's Ark Project
Art Miami LLC has relocated the 4th edition of Art Southampton to the world-renowned pastoral grounds of the Nova's Ark Project in Bridgehampton and has ... «Dan's Papers, Jul 15»
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This ARK: Survival Evolved mod adds a 65 square kilometer map of …
For those unfamiliar with ARK, it thrusts players onto an island where they are stranded, naked, and in danger not only from the elements, but ... «VG247, Jul 15»
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ARK: Survival Evolved Gets Two New Dinosaurs and a Mac and …
Dinosaurs, so hot right now. Dinosaurs. The incredibly popular dinosaur survival game, ARK: Survival Evolved is now available on Mac and ... «Twinfinite, Jul 15»
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Noah's ark developer seeking lost tax incentive
(AP) — Lawyers for a Christian ministry building a Noah's ark theme park said Wednesday that Kentucky officials violated First Amendment ... «Tahlequah Daily Press, Jul 15»
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Ark. Senate Republicans To Propose Legislation Securing Religious …
Ark. Senate Republicans To Propose Legislation Securing Religious Freedoms. Posted 12:48 pm, July 2, 2015, by Curt Lanning, Updated at 10:01pm, July 2, ... «5newsonline.com, Jul 15»
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Raiders of the Lost Ark will make its Royal Albert Hall debut next …
Raiders of the Lost Ark stars Harrison Ford as archaeology professor Indiana Jones, as he races to find the Ark of the Covenant before a group ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»

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