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The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.
Max Eastman

Meaning of "brute" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRUTE

From Latin brūtus heavy, irrational; related to gravis heavy.
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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 BRUTE

brute  [bruːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRUTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brute can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BRUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of brute in the English dictionary

The first definition of brute in the dictionary is any animal except man; beast; lower animal. Other definition of brute is a brutal person. Brute is also wholly instinctive or physical.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRUTE


autoroute
ˈɔːtəʊˌruːt
beetroot
ˈbiːtˌruːt
Beirut
ˌbeɪˈruːt
Beyrouth
beɪˈruːt
bloodroot
ˈblʌdˌruːt
breadfruit
ˈbrɛdˌfruːt
bruit
bruːt
brut
bruːt
choucroute
ʃuːˈkruːt
croute
kruːt
fruit
fruːt
grapefruit
ˈɡreɪpˌfruːt
grassroot
ˈɡrɑːsˌruːt
kashrut
kaʃˈruːt
recruit
rɪˈkruːt
root
ruːt
route
ruːt
unroot
ʌnˈruːt
uproot
ʌpˈruːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRUTE

brut
brutal
brutalisation
brutalise
brutalism
brutalist
brutality
brutalization
brutalize
brutally
brutelike
brutely
bruteness
bruter
brutified
brutifies
brutify
bruting
brutish
brutishly

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRUTE

acute
attribute
chute
compute
constitute
contribute
cute
dispute
distribute
en route
execute
flute
institute
last-minute
minute
mute
salute
substitute
tribute
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Synonyms and antonyms of brute in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BRUTE»

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

Translation of «brute» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRUTE

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

Translator English - Chinese

粗暴的人 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bruto
570 millions of speakers

English

brute
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जानवर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغاشمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грубой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bruto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নরপশু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brute
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Brute
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

brutaler Kerl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人でなし
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

짐승 같은 사람
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Brute
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

brute
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முரட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

canavar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tipo rozzo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

brute
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грубої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

brută
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ωμής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brute
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brute
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brute
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brute

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRUTE»

The term «brute» is very widely used and occupies the 19.495 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRUTE» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «BRUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word brute.
1
Nicholson Baker
Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence.
2
Stephen Baker
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.
3
George Bancroft
The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.
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Tina Brown
It's as if inside the White House the belief in Obama's inspirational charisma is still such that every time the ugliness of brute politics intrudes, it's a startling revelation.
5
Thomas Carlyle
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.
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Margaret Cavendish
A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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William Cobbett
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.
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George Combe
They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom; but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense.
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Max Eastman
The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRUTE»

Discover the use of brute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine
From the earliest days of his thirty-four-year military career, Victor "Brute" Krulak displayed a remarkable facility for applying creative ways of fighting to the Marine Corps.
Robert Coram, 2010
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When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less ...
When Brute Force Fails explains how we got into the current trap and how we can get out of it: to cut both crime and the prison population in half within a decade.
Mark A. R. Kleiman, 2009
3
Handsome Brute: The True Story of a Ladykiller
For the first time, with access to previously restricted files from the Home Office and Metropolitan Police, this book explores the complex motivations behind the murders through the prism of the immediate post-war period.
Sean O'Connor, 2013
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Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War
Råvarer; Krigsindustri; Våbenindustri; Brændstof; Logistik; Forsyninger; Forsyningstjenesten; Krigsproduktion; Våbenproduktion; Fabrikker; Økonomi; Statistik; Våbenfremstilling; Flyvemaskinefabrikker; Allied Aircrafts; Allied Armed ...
John Ellis, 1990
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Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard
Still others attacked DES because they believed it had outlived its effectiveness and was becoming increasingly vulnerable. The sum total of these efforts to use all of the possible keys to break DES over time made for a brute force attack.
Matt Curtin, 2007
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Brute Force: Animal Police and the Challenge of Cruelty
Brute Force looks at people having the most contact with everyday animal abuse- humane law enforcement officers who are charged with enforcing anti-cruelty statutes.
Arnold Arluke, 2007
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Brute Force: (Nick Stone Book 11)
A cargo ship is apprehended by the authorities off the coast of Spain, loaded to the gunwales with enough arms and ammunition to start a war.
Andy McNab, 2008
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Brute Science: Dilemmas of Animal Experimentation
In Brute Science, the authors investigate whether biomedical research is scientifically justified
Hugh LaFollette, Niall Shanks, 1996
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Brute
Brute leads a lonely life in a world where magic is commonplace. He is seven and a half feet of ugly, and of disreputable descent. No one, including Brute, expects him to be more than a laborer.
Kim Fielding, 2012
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Et Tu, Brute?: The Murder of Caesar and Political Assassination
Beginning with Caesar's legendary political assassination, immortalized in art and literature through the ages, Woolf delivers a remarkable meditation on Caesar's murder as it echoes down the corridors of history, affecting notions and acts ...
Greg Woolf, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brute is used in the context of the following news items.
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Herzog & de Meuron's stadium in Chelsea "will be a hefty brute of a …
Herzog & de Meuron's stadium in Chelsea "will be a hefty brute of a thing". inShare0. Follow · Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 6 hours 0 1. The proposed view from ... «Archinect, Jul 15»
2
Judiciary In Times Of Brute Majority
History suggests that governments with brute majority have often exercised unrestrained political will. The Indian constitution wisely subscribes ... «Google, Jul 15»
3
How Brazil Designed Its Shapeshifting Olympic Torch
It was a brute object—efficient, simple, and mostly clear in its purpose. In other words, it was totally German. Eighty years later, the torch—in its ... «Wired, Jul 15»
4
IT'S ON: Japan Accepts US Giant Robot Fight Challenge
Last week, we reported about how MegaBots, the American giant-piloted-robot-concern, finished their brute of a mech, the MegaBot Mark II, and immediately ... «Jalopnik, Jul 15»
5
IPv6 security vulnerability pokes holes in VPN providers' claims
Many of the services use outdated technologies such as PPTP (with MS-CHAPv2), which can be broken using brute-force attacks. Most of the ... «TechRepublic, Jul 15»
6
Hacking Team used shockingly bad passwords
The most common slip-up is using a poor password that can be easily guessed by a dictionary or brute-force attack. As the company cleans up ... «ZDNet, Jul 15»
7
How To Inject Youth Into the Grand Old Party
However, while Anderson's data analytics may deliver brute demographic dictates to Republican strategists trying to steer the GOP in more ... «In These Times, Jul 15»
8
Young Clark County woman is plumb inspiring
"It doesn't take brute strength. From running an excavator to doing plumbing, so much of what you do is technical. I'm hoping we're past the ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»
9
Marc Gasol's Return Keeps Grizzlies' Window for Title Contention …
Gasol can overwhelm opponents with brute force or shake defenders with finesse. He is a comfortable shooter out to the mid-range and one of ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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Golf's Next Great Rivalry Put on Hold After Rory McIlroy's …
They're both young and powerful with complete games that are equal parts artistry, pure magic and brute force. McIlroy, now 26, is ranked No. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»

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