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PRONUNCIATION OF COSTEAN

costean  [kɒˈstiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COSTEAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Costean 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 costean in English.

WHAT DOES COSTEAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Costean

Costeaning is the process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.

Definition of costean in the English dictionary

The definition of costean in the dictionary is to mine for lodes.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COSTEAN

PRESENT

Present
I costean
you costean
he/she/it costeans
we costean
you costean
they costean
Present continuous
I am costeaning
you are costeaning
he/she/it is costeaning
we are costeaning
you are costeaning
they are costeaning
Present perfect
I have costeaned
you have costeaned
he/she/it has costeaned
we have costeaned
you have costeaned
they have costeaned
Present perfect continuous
I have been costeaning
you have been costeaning
he/she/it has been costeaning
we have been costeaning
you have been costeaning
they have been costeaning
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 costeaned
you costeaned
he/she/it costeaned
we costeaned
you costeaned
they costeaned
Past continuous
I was costeaning
you were costeaning
he/she/it was costeaning
we were costeaning
you were costeaning
they were costeaning
Past perfect
I had costeaned
you had costeaned
he/she/it had costeaned
we had costeaned
you had costeaned
they had costeaned
Past perfect continuous
I had been costeaning
you had been costeaning
he/she/it had been costeaning
we had been costeaning
you had been costeaning
they had been costeaning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you costean
we let´s costean
you costean
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to costean
Past participle
costeaned
Present Participle
costeaning
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 COSTEAN


cystine
ˈsɪstiːn
eighteen
ˈeɪˈtiːn
fifteen
ˈfɪfˈtiːn
forestine
ˈfɒrɪstiːn
fourteen
ˈfɔːˈtiːn
genistein
ˈdʒɛnɪˌstiːn
homocysteine
ˌhəʊməʊˈsɪstiːn
hydrastine
haɪˈdræstiːn
mangosteen
ˈmæŋɡəʊˌstiːn
nicotine
ˈnɪkəˌtiːn
protein
ˈprəʊtiːn
routine
ruːˈtiːn
Sistine
ˈsɪstiːn
sixteen
ˈsɪksˈtiːn
Springsteen
ˈsprɪŋˌstiːn
stean
stiːn
teen
tiːn
thirteen
ˈθɜːˈtiːn
vinblastine
vɪnˈblæstiːn
vincristine
vɪnˈkrɪstiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COSTEAN

costae
costal
costalgia
costally
costard
costardmonger
costate
coste
Costello
coster
Costermansville
costermonger
costing
costive
costively
costiveness
costless
costlessly
costlier

WORDS THAT END LIKE COSTEAN

adamantean
arbutean
Atlantean
Dantean
gigantean
insectean
Mozartean
Nabatean
nemertean
Procrustean
protean
teleostean
Thyestean

Synonyms and antonyms of costean in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «costean» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COSTEAN

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

Translator English - Chinese

costean
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Costean
570 millions of speakers

English

costean
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

costean
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

costean
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

costean
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

costean
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

costean
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Costean
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Costean
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

costean
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

costean
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

costean
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Costean
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

costean
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

costean
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोस्टियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

costean
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Costean
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

costean
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

costean
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Costean
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

costean
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

costean
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

costean
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

costean
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of costean

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COSTEAN»

The term «costean» is regularly used and occupies the 87.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COSTEAN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COSTEAN»

Discover the use of costean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to costean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Seven Leagues to Paradise
This was not very clear to me, but he simplified: the geolo— gist looks at aerial photomaps, sizes up the hills and valleys where the shape of the earth gives the best promise of mineralization, and digs a costean to get specimens. From these  ...
Richard Tregaskis, 2000
2
Slikker the Gold Detective and the case of the Golden Orchid
Leacocke and McCaw ran a costean across the line where indications suggested a reef lay beneath the soil and they exposed a four- foot wide strip of clean quartz when the trench was just eight inches deep. Four foot was thicker than any ...
James Moylan, 2006
3
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Costean, kostēn′, v.i. to try to find a lode by sinking pits down to bed rock.—ns. Cost′book, a book containing the names and shares of the jointadventurers inamine; Costean′ing; Costean′pit. [Corn. cothas, dropped,stean,tin.] Costive ...
Various
4
Report (Northern Territory).
1 Costean. — This costean exposes two replacement lodes separated by a quartz reef and a narrow band of sandstone. It also exposes several other quartz reefs. Sampling was conducted along 22 feet at the eastern end of the costean, and ...
Australia. Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia, 1940
5
Upper Peninsula, 1893-1897: Isle Royale
This section, we see, gives us the Minong beds and the ophites immediately over and under them. Some old ( ? Indian ) digging near costean No. l is said to have been found. Costean A. On the trail southeast from Haytown, the first trenching ...
‎1898
6
Geological Report on Isle Royale, Michigan
Costean A. On the trail southeast from Haytown, the first trenching is to the southwest of the trail, on the first ridge southeast of the Minong range, represented by Sp. 16037, with characteristic agates and red felsitic rock. Beginning near the ...
Alfred Church Lane, 1898
7
Reports
Costean A. On the trail southeast from Haytown, the first trenching is to the southwest of the trail, on the first ridge southeast of the Minong range, represented by Sp. 1603?, with characteristic agates and red felsitic rock. Beginning near the ...
Michigan. Geological Survey, 1898
8
Reports
Costean A. On the trail southeast from Haytown, the first trenching is to the southwest of the trail, on the first ridge southeast of the Minong range, represented by Sp. 16037, with characteristic agates and red felsitic rock. Beginning near the ...
Alfred Church Lane, 1898
9
Parliamentary Papers
1 costean. open old cut workings, about 75 ft. along a cross lode, average depth 4 ft. 6 in. ; No. 2 costean, about 80 ft. east of No. 1, about 75 ft. in length across lode, average depth. 3 ft. 6 in.; No. 3 costean, about 80 ft. east of No. 2 is in 21 ft.;  ...
Queensland. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, 1932
10
Records ...
The costean has been excavated to a depth of 21 feet at the deepest part, and the floor of the excavation is all on Heathcote rocks, except for a width of about 8 feet in the centre of the costean, where limonite still goes down. Probably a few ...
Geological Survey of Victoria, 1917

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COSTEAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term costean is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Laporta, vuelve el ariete del Barça
El expresidente responde que se la costean los miembros de la candidatura. A Laporta se le acusa precisamente de ser excesivamente ... «EL PAÍS, Jun 15»
2
Outstanding Results at Mankarga 1 Prospect up to 4g/t Au in Auger …
Core (or costean/Trench, channel, etc.) photography. The total length and percentage of the relevant intersections logged. Logging of auger ... «Stockhouse, Jun 15»
3
Novo Completes Modeling of Oxide Gold-Bearing Conglomerate …
Over the past few months, the Company has released numerous drill and costean (trench) sample results. Approximately 3,500 drill samples ... «Baystreet.ca, Jun 15»
4
Triton Minerals Limited (ASX:TON) Triton Mozambique Graphite …
The samples from the costean consisted of 2m composites obtained from along the entire length of the trench. The encouraging results recently ... «ABN Newswire, May 15»
5
Las empresas se benefician de la participación ciudadana
En algunos casos, las nuevas infraestructuras se costean con dinero de los contribuyentes. Pero fijémonos en los casos de Alemania o ... «swissinfo.ch, May 15»
6
Desmienten alegado “tráfico de adictos”
... en el caso del programa Nuevo Amanecer son ellos los que le costean el pasaje luego de este haber pasado por un detox inicial en la Isla. «Primera Hora, Apr 15»
7
Susana Díaz anuncia una bajada de impuestos como plato fuerte …
Se trata de refuerzos que ahora costean los padres, pero no todos se lo pueden permitir, apuntan desde el PSOE. Susana Díaz ha hecho ... «Ideal Digital, Mar 15»
8
Estudiar en el extranjero: Una tarea de supervivencia
... a estudiantes con mayor índice académico, pero no se están asignando, sino que los mismos muchachos se costean sus estudios. «El Carabobeño, Jan 15»
9
Further Upgrade of JORC Resource at Mpokoto Gold Project
Core (or costean, channel, etc) photography. The total length and percentage of the relevant intersections logged. Diamond core and RC drill ... «Business Wire, Oct 14»
10
Triton Minerals hits graphite averaging 20% at Nicanda Hill
Costean trenching confirms continuous visible flake graphite and roscoellite at surface over a horizontal width of 220 metres across Nicanda ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Sep 14»

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