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Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.
James Whistler

Meaning of "efface" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EFFACE

From French effacer, literally: to obliterate the face.
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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 EFFACE

efface  [ɪˈfeɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EFFACE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Efface 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 efface in English.

WHAT DOES EFFACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of efface in the English dictionary

The first definition of efface in the dictionary is to obliterate or make dim. Other definition of efface is to make inconspicuous or humble through modesty, cowardice, or obsequiousness. Efface is also to rub out ; erase.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EFFACE

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you efface
we let´s efface
you efface
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to efface
Past participle
effaced
Present Participle
effacing
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 EFFACE


about-face
əˌbaʊtˈfeɪs
blackface
ˈblækˌfeɪs
boldface
ˈbəʊldˌfeɪs
Boniface
ˈbɒnɪˌfeɪs
catface
ˈkætˌfeɪs
clubface
ˈklʌbˌfeɪs
deface
dɪˈfeɪs
dogface
ˈdɒɡˌfeɪs
enface
ɪnˈfeɪs
face
feɪs
face-to-face
ˌfeɪstəˈfeɪs
interface
ˈɪntəˌfeɪs
moonface
ˈmuːnˌfeɪs
outface
ˌaʊtˈfeɪs
paleface
ˈpeɪlˌfeɪs
proface
prəʊˈfeɪs
reface
riːˈfeɪs
Scarface
ˈskɑːfeɪs
typeface
ˈtaɪpˌfeɪs
whiteface
ˈwaɪtˌfeɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EFFACE

eff
eff and blind
effable
effaceable
effacement
effacer
effect
effecter
effectible
effective
effective half-life
effectively
effectiveness
effectivity
effectless
effector
effects
effectual
effectuality
effectually

WORDS THAT END LIKE EFFACE

a slap in the face
air-to-surface
baby-face
come to the surface
en face
face to face
full face
graphical user interface
in one´s face
in-your-face
new face
on the surface
poker face
preface
road surface
rock face
surface
surface-to-surface
to someone´s face
user interface

Synonyms and antonyms of efface in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EFFACE»

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

Translation of «efface» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EFFACE

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

Translator English - Chinese

抹去
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

borrar
570 millions of speakers

English

efface
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिटाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طمس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изгладить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apagar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুছিয়া ফেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

effacer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Efface
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auslöschen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

消す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 띄지 않게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Efface
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gạch bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துடைத்தழித்திடுவேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिटवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

silmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cancellare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zatrzeć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

изгладить
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șteargă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σβήσω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uitwis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utplåna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utslette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of efface

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EFFACE»

The term «efface» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.279 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EFFACE» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «EFFACE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word efface.
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James Whistler
Work alone will efface the footsteps of work.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EFFACE»

Discover the use of efface in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to efface and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Seul/la main qui efface/peut écrire
The title of this book by Dutch artist Lidwien van de Ven is a quote from French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard.
Lidwien van de Ven, Mariska van den Berg, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, 2003
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The Beast and the Sovereign
And to recall that any reference to the power to efface the trace is still speaking the language of the conscious and even imaginary self? All this does not come down to saying (I've explained this at length elsewhere) that the trace cannot be ...
Jacques Derrida, Michel Lisse, Marie-Louise Mallet, 2011
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Logic Program Synthesis from Incomplete Information: By ...
Example 9-1: Intuitively, the first objective consists of adding atoms to a logic algorithm so that it becomes totally correct wrt a given set of properties. For instance, given the logic algorithm LA(efface): efface(E,L,R) (x) L=[HL|TL] A R=TL v L=[HL ...
Pierre Flener, 1994
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
TO BLOT OCT, EXPUNGE, EASE OR ERASE, EFFACE, CANCEL, OBLITERATE. BLOT is in all probability a variation of spot, signifying to cover over with a blot. EXPUNGE, in Latin expungo, compounded of ex and pungo to prick, signifies to ...
George Crabb, 1826
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... dissimulation, »deceit era age. epoch, »period, aeon eradicate uproot, deracinate, extirpate, »exterminate, wipe Ana »abolish, annihilate, extinguish, abate: »destroy, demolish, raze: obliterate, efface, »erase, blot out Con »set, fix. establish, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Dance Words
Directions of the body The Cecchetti method defines eight directions of the body: croise-devant. a la quatrieme devant. ecarie. efface. a la seconde. epaule. a la quatrieme derriere. croise' derriere. Cyril W Beaumont and Stanislas lii~ikouskl.
Valerie Monthland Preston-Dunlop, 1995
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Webster's New World 575+ French Verbs
effacer to erase Present participle: effaçant Past participle: effacé Imperative: efface, effacez, effaçons Mode Simple Tenses Compound Tenses Singular j Plural Singular Plural Present Passé Composé efface effaçons ai effacé avons effacé ...
Gail Stein, 2008
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Conclog: A Methodological Approach to Concurrent Logic ...
It is furthermore strengthened by the following efface example ([Deville, 1990]). The specification is as follows : efface(X,L,L_eff) holds iff X occurs in L and L_eff is L where the first occurrence of X has been removed. This relation can be ...
Jean-Marie Jacquet, 1991
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Exposition of Colossians
For so it is usual with men, when they have a debt discharged, to efface the name of their debtor, which was upon their books, and the sum which he owed them. The apostle says that God has done the same with reference to us ; that he has ...
Jean Daille, 2001
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Ford Madox Ford: Literary Networks and Cultural Transformations
'On Impressionism' Always consider the impressions that you are making upon the mind of the reader, and always consider that the first impression with which you present him will be so strong that it will be all that you can ever do to efface it,  ...
Andrzej Gąsiorek, Daniel Moore, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EFFACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term efface is used in the context of the following news items.
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Michael Oren's 'Ally' – a profoundly un-Zionist book
This is part of Oren's broader tendency to efface the impact of Israeli actions and policies to such a great extent that, in his telling, Israel is an ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
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'KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps,' by Nikolaus …
To the last, Hitler and Himmler hounded the camps' prisoners, trying to efface traces of the mass murder, driving them on death marches that ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Resisting oppression
Forty years may seem to be a long period. But it is not long enough to efface the memory of a jungle raj which followed the imposition of the ... «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»
4
Juárez to Tourists: It's Safe to Come Back Now
Today, the city is in a hurry to efface its prurient past, demolishing its huge red light district, la Mariscal, in recent years as the drug wars raged. «CityLab, Jul 15»
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Left's song of the South rings hollow
The rush to efface the Confederate symbol from the South in the wake of the Charleston shootings, with Gov. Nikki Haley among the leaders, ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Change in the Air
Removing a public expression of racism does not efface it from the human heart. The 20th-century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr perceived that ... «Valley News, Jun 15»
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Emergency: 'Journalists Were T
Forty years may seem to be a long period. But it is not long enough to efface the memory of a jungle raj which followed the imposition of the ... «The Citizen, Jun 15»
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New South better than its critics
The rush to efface the Confederate symbol from the South in the wake of the Charleston shootings, with Gov. Nikki Haley among the leaders, ... «Daily Herald, Jun 15»
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Thoughts on satire
For decades now, the art world (which is not to be confused with the world of art) has specialized in mounting raids to efface the distinction ... «PJ Media, Jun 15»
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Capitol police on alert after confederate monuments vandalized …
... the history, not just of this state, but of the capitol grounds and if you efface history in one place it will come popping up in another,” said Ware. «KATV, Jun 15»

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