Meaning of "cannon" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CANNON

From Old French canon, from Italian cannone cannon, large tube, from canna tube, cane1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CANNON

cannon  [ˈkænən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CANNON

Cannon is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cannon in English.

WHAT DOES CANNON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cannon

A cannon is any piece of artillery that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellants to launch a projectile. Cannon vary in caliber, range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire, and firepower; different forms of cannon combine and balance these attributes in varying degrees, depending on their intended use on the battlefield. The word cannon is derived from several languages, in which the original definition can usually be translated as tube, cane, or reed. In the modern era, the term cannon has fallen into decline, replaced by "guns" or "artillery" if not a more specific term such as "mortar" or "howitzer", except for in the field of aerial warfare, where it is usually shorthand for autocannon. First invented in China, cannon were among the earliest forms of gunpowder artillery, and over time replaced siege engines—among other forms of ageing weaponry—on the battlefield. In the Middle East, the first use of the hand cannon is argued to be during the 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut between the Mamluks and Mongols. The first cannon in Europe were probably used in Iberia in the 11th and 12th centuries.

Definition of cannon in the English dictionary

The first definition of cannon in the dictionary is an automatic aircraft gun of large calibre. Other definition of cannon is a heavy artillery piece consisting of a metal tube mounted on a carriage. Cannon is also a heavy tube or drum, esp one that can rotate freely on the shaft by which it is supported.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CANNON

PRESENT

Present

I cannon

you cannon

he/she/it cannons

we cannon

you cannon

they cannon

Present continuous

I am cannoning

you are cannoning

he/she/it is cannoning

we are cannoning

you are cannoning

they are cannoning

Present perfect

I have cannoned

you have cannoned

he/she/it has cannoned

we have cannoned

you have cannoned

they have cannoned

Present perfect continuous

I have been cannoning

you have been cannoning

he/she/it has been cannoning

we have been cannoning

you have been cannoning

they have been cannoning

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 cannoned

you cannoned

he/she/it cannoned

we cannoned

you cannoned

they cannoned

Past continuous

I was cannoning

you were cannoning

he/she/it was cannoning

we were cannoning

you were cannoning

they were cannoning

Past perfect

I had cannoned

you had cannoned

he/she/it had cannoned

we had cannoned

you had cannoned

they had cannoned

Past perfect continuous

I had been cannoning

you had been cannoning

he/she/it had been cannoning

we had been cannoning

you had been cannoning

they had been cannoning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will cannon

you will cannon

he/she/it will cannon

we will cannon

you will cannon

they will cannon

Future continuous

I will be cannoning

you will be cannoning

he/she/it will be cannoning

we will be cannoning

you will be cannoning

they will be cannoning

Future perfect

I will have cannoned

you will have cannoned

he/she/it will have cannoned

we will have cannoned

you will have cannoned

they will have cannoned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been cannoning

you will have been cannoning

he/she/it will have been cannoning

we will have been cannoning

you will have been cannoning

they will have been cannoning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would cannon

you would cannon

he/she/it would cannon

we would cannon

you would cannon

they would cannon

Conditional continuous

I would be cannoning

you would be cannoning

he/she/it would be cannoning

we would be cannoning

you would be cannoning

they would be cannoning

Conditional perfect

I would have cannon

you would have cannon

he/she/it would have cannon

we would have cannon

you would have cannon

they would have cannon

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been cannoning

you would have been cannoning

he/she/it would have been cannoning

we would have been cannoning

you would have been cannoning

they would have been cannoning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you cannon
we let´s cannon
you cannon

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to cannon

Past participle

cannoned

Present Participle

cannoning

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.

SYNONYMS OF «CANNON»

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

synonyms of cannon

big gun · field gun · gun · mortar

TRANSLATION OF CANNON

Find out the translation of cannon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cannon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cannon» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 大炮
• Translator English - Spanish: cañón
• English: cannon
• Translator English - Hindi: तोप
• Translator English - Arabic: مدفع
• Translator English - Russian: пушки
• Translator English - Portuguese: canhão
• Translator English - Bengali: কামান
• Translator English - French: canon
• Translator English - Malay: Meriam
• Translator English - German: Kanone
• Translator English - Japanese: 大砲
• Translator English - Korean: 대포
• Translator English - Javanese: Meriam
• Translator English - Vietnamese: pháo
• Translator English - Tamil: பீரங்கி
• Translator English - Marathi: तोफ
• Translator English - Turkish: top
• Translator English - Italian: cannone
• Translator English - Polish: armata
• Translator English - Ukrainian: гармати
• Translator English - Romanian: tun
• Translator English - Greek: κανόνι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kanon
• Translator English - Swedish: kanon
• Translator English - Norwegian: kanon

10 QUOTES WITH «CANNON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cannon.

1

Benjamin Banneker

Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me, one or two of which struck the house; which plainly demonstrates that the velocity of sound is greater than that of a cannon bullet.

2

Max Beckmann

On my left the shooting had the sharp explosion of the infantry artillery, on my right could be heard the sporadic cannon shots thundering from the front, and up above the sky was clear and the sun bright.

3

Conrad Black

The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption.

4

Lenny Bruce

I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.

5

Russ Carnahan

The regional security in the Middle East cannot be further compromised by an Iranian loose cannon.

6

Kelly Cutrone

I had the most expensive haircut you can get, and I was walking around with my hair in rollers backstage, and my hair still came out looking like I was shot out of a cannon and I had just gotten out of bed.

7

Paul Engle

Our small ears never had such a workout as on the Fourth of July, hearing not only our own bursting crackers but also those of our friends, and often the boom of homemade cannon shot off by daring boys of 16 years, ready to lose a hand if it blew up.

8

James Harrington

A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform, which they know is but earth or stone; nor of a cannon, which, without a hand to give fire to it, is but cold iron; therefore a whole army is afraid of one man.

9

Joanne Harris

I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon.

10

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANNON»

Discover the use of cannon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cannon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Custodians: Beyond Abduction

UFO sightings and abductions by aliens were the beginning, the tip of the iceberg. Dolore Cannon's work in Hypnosis has taken the study beyond abduction. Dolores traces the phenomenon from the simple to the complex.

Dolores Cannon, 1998

President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime

Hailed by the New Yorker as "a superlative study of a president and his presidency," Lou Cannon's President Reagan remains the definitive account of our most significant presidency in the last fifty years.

Lou Cannon, 2008

Between Death and Life: Conversations with a Spirit

While retrieving past-life experiences, hundreds of subjects reported the same memories when experiencing their death, the spirit realm, and their rebirth.This book also explores: * Guides and guardian angels* Ghosts and poltergeists* ...

Dolores Cannon, 1993

The Convoluted Universe

* Is it possible that you are living in other universes simultaneously with this one? * Do you travel back and forth between other dimensions without your conscious knowledge? * Could it be possible that you are only a splinter or fragment ...

Dolores Cannon, 2000

Keepers of the Garden

Dolores Cannon uses information obtained from regressive hypnosis to formulate a provocative viewpoint on the ancient astronaut theory of human origins.

Dolores Cannon, 1993

Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of ...

Many of the types of cannon described in this book may be seen in areas of the National Park system; some parks with especially fine collections are listed. Illustrated with detailed drawings.

Albert C. Manucy, 1994

CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor Study Guide

Prepare for CISA certification and improve your job skills with the training you'll receive in this valuable book.

David L. Cannon, 2009

Conversations With Nostradamus: His Prophecies Explained

The third book in this series contains 132 additional quatrains written and deciphered by Nostradamus himself, plus the exposure of bogus quatrains erroneously attributed to the great psychic.

Dolores Cannon, Nostradamus, 1993

Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer

"Parents and teachers ask me for the names of books for their primary school children. I'm honored to recommend Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer by Carole Gerber, an excellent book about a true astronomical pioneer.

Carole Gerber, 2011

The One-Dimensional Heat Equation

This is a version of Gevrey's classical treatise on the heat equations. Included in this volume are discussions of initial and/or boundary value problems, numerical methods, free boundary problems and parameter determination problems.

John Rozier Cannon, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CANNON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cannon is used in the context of the following news items.

US military tests laser cannon to destroy unexploded bombs

The American military is testing a laser cannon mounted on an armoured truck, to clear air fields of unexploded bombs and booby-traps. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Police: Man suffers serious head injury when homemade cannon …

NEWTON, N.H. —A 69-year-old man was seriously injured by a homemade cannon on the Fourth of July in Newton, according to authorities. «WMUR Manchester, Jul 15»

Meet the Stampede's human cannon ball in our videos of the week

Meet Jennifer Schneider, one of the few female cannon balls in the world, performing at the 2015 Calgary Stampede. And, yes, there's a ... «National Post, Jul 15»

Mariah Carey Husband Nick Cannon Slams New Boyfriend James …

Nick Cannon and ex-'KUWTK'-girlfriend Kim Kardashian attend a party for Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter's release of his newest album 'Kingdom Come' ... «Classicalite, Jul 15»

Charles Cannon Barton

Mr. Charles Cannon Barton, 72, of Marietta Highway, Canton, passed ... be in charge of funeral arrangements for Mr. Charles Cannon Barton. «Daily Tribune News, Jul 15»

Nick Cannon & His Pool Pals

In a series of Instagram images, Nick Cannon shared some shots with 4-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe enjoying a day in the pool ... «Celebrity Baby Scoop, Jul 15»

Preparedness critics are history's cannon fodder

The world is entering a kind of no man's land, in between the realms of insane denial and utterly obvious crisis. Europe is now destabilizing ... «Personal Liberty Digest, Jul 15»

Woman, cat make it out safely after fire damages Cannon Street home

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- Charleston firefighters helped a woman and her cat escape a fire that damaged a Cannon Street home Monday ... «ABC NEWS 4, Jul 15»

Cannon River Watershed Partnership announces new executive …

On Monday (July 6), Brad Fraizer was announced as the new executive director of the Cannon River Watershed Partnership. (Submitted photo). «Southernminn.com, Jul 15»

Cannon Beach Chorus to sing a cabaret

SEASIDE — The Cannon Beach Chorus will feature “The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan” at the summer Cabaret performances at 7 p.m. Friday and ... «Coast Weekend, Jul 15»