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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IRK

Irken to grow weary; probably related to Old Norse yrkja to work.
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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 IRK

irk  [ɜːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irk 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 irk in English.

WHAT DOES IRK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

River Irk

The River Irk is a river in North West England that flows through the northern suburbs of Manchester before merging with the River Irwell in the city centre. Rising to the east of Royton in Greater Manchester and running west past Chadderton and Middleton, it became polluted and its course was extensively altered during the Industrial Revolution.

Definition of irk in the English dictionary

The definition of irk in the dictionary is to irritate, vex, or annoy.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO IRK

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you irk
we let´s irk
you irk
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to irk
Past participle
irked
Present Participle
irking
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 BEGIN LIKE IRK

iritic
iritis
irksome
irksomely
irksomeness
Irkutsk
IRL
IRM
IRN
IRO
iroko
iron
iron (II) sulphate
iron (III) oxide
iron age
Iron Chancellor
iron constitution

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRK

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 irk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IRK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «irk» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of irk
aggravate · annoy · bug · gall · irritate · miff · nark · nettle · peeve · provoke · put out · rile · ruffle · vex

Translation of «irk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRK

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

Translator English - Chinese

激怒
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irk
570 millions of speakers

English

irk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खीझ होती है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تثير غضب و
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раздражать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irritam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্লান্ত করে তোলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agacer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Irk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ärgern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

irk
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

IRK
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

irk
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொல்லை கொடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Irk
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bıktırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infastidire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

irk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дратувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supăra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενοχλώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

irk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of irk

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRK»

The term «irk» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.442 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRK» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRK»

Discover the use of irk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to irk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Acc Info B Ness Deci (S. G) Irk
This new text, written by an experienced author team, is designed to help students understand how to use both managerial and financial accounting information to make decisions.
Billie M Cunningham, Loren A Nikolai, John D Bazley, 1999
2
Insulin Action
bpV(phen),' the time course and extent of inhibition of hepatic endosomal IRK- specific PTP activity closely paralleled the activation of IRK within ENs [40] (Fig. 3 ). In addition pV did not activate partially purified IRKs /n vitro [58] indicating that ...
Ashok K. Srivastava, Barry I. Posner, 1998
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Book of Omens
Previous Works on Irk Bitig The Irk Bitig was first published by V. Thomsen in the Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, 1912, pp. 190-214. Thomsen's edition consists of a transcribed text of the manuscript, an English translation, notes on certain ...
Talât Tekin, 1993
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Trusted Systems: First International Conference, INTRUST ...
The verifier can assume that during this period, there is no mistrusted entity that can obtain the IRK. This idea is similar to the volume encryption key retrieval mechanism employed by Microsoft BitLocker [16]. There are five storage schemes for ...
Liqun Chen, Moti Yung, 2010
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Handbook of Cell Signaling, Three-Volume Set
Figure 3 Comparison of the activation loop conformations in unphosphorylated IRK (IRK-0P) [8] and tris-phosphorylated IRK (IRK-3P) [9]. The activation loop contains Asp1150, Tyr1158, Tyr1162, and Tyr1163. The catalytic loop contains ...
Ralph A. Bradshaw, Edward A. Dennis, 2003
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Infinite-Horizon Optimal Control in the Discrete-Time Framework
_ Now we extend this space and the previous description to sequences in IRk . Definition A.2. 2,1,(N, Rk) is the set of all linear functionals e e Z°°(N,]Rk)* such that there exists Z G IR"* satisfying (6,2) : (Q 12m x,) for all 2 G c(N,IRk). Its l—) 00  ...
Joël Blot, Naïla Hayek, 2013
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Topology for Physicists
If E = B x F is a product, irk(E) is isomorphic to the direct sum of 'irk(B) and irk(F), To prove this, we observe that every spheroid / of E can be written in the form (fi, fa), where h is a spheroid of B and f, is a spheroid of F. A continuous deformation  ...
Alʹbert Solomonovich Shvart︠s︡, 1994
8
Introduction to Modeling Convection in Planets and Stars: ...
Then, just inside the loop over time steps, add a loop that cycles a counter, irk, from 1 to 4. Inside this loop first set teml = tem, omgl = omg, and psil = psi if irk : 1 or, if irk > 1, set teml = tem + rk(irk,1)*dtemdt1, omgl = omg + rk(irk,1)*domgdt1, and ...
Gary Glatzmaier, 2013
9
Endosome Signalling
To determine 32P labeling of the IRK b-subunit in intact ENs, phos- phorylation is initiated by adding 10 ml [g-32P] ATP. 3. (30 mCi/nmol) at a final concentration of 25 mM, and incubating the mixture at 37 C. 4. At various times thereafter (Fig.
‎2013
10
University of Michigan Official Publication
Fisk University ; A.M. grad Detroit ark. Lynn Harold, A.B., Western State Teachers College ss,grad Grand Rapids irk, Mary Frances 1 lit Greenville irk. Phebe Jane exten cor Kingsley irk, Robert Allen arch Topeka, Kan. irk, Robert Harlow. A.B. ...
‎1942

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term irk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Statements against 16-pt accord irk UML | Top Stories - eKantipur
KATHMANDU, JUL 18 - Concerned with anti-accord statements from the signatories themselves, the CPN-UML is preparing to raise the issue ... «E Kantipur, Jul 15»
2
Tall grass, debris in yards irk some residents
This time of year there's one item that seems to be a regular on many township trustee agendas – nuisance properties. More often than not, the ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
3
Manila's South China Sea ship repairs irk China | GulfNews.com
Manila's South China Sea ship repairs irk China. Philippines branded a 'hypocritical troublemaker' after it runs rust-ridden vessel aground in ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
4
Poor frequency of buses irk locals
The frequency of the buses have always been an issue which has only worsen these days. People allege that the buses ply on time till 9.15am, ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
5
Rising no. of hawkers irk Bicholim merchants
BICHOLIM: A section of merchants at Bicholim met Bicholim municipal council (BMC) chief officer Bhanudas Naik to complain about the rising ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Fake Ramzan gift packs irk Telangana | Hyderabad NYOOOZ
HYDERABAD: The Telangana government has decided to take action against those responsible for distributing Ramzan gift packs of inferior ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
7
Omar's Remarks Irk PDP, says 'Development Pacakge to Mitigate …
Peoples Democratic Party Tuesday accused former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of insulting people of Jammu and Kashmir by thinking that a ... «Kashmir Life, Jul 15»
8
'Go Set a Watchman' Release Could Irk Kids Named After Atticus Finch
All this talk about Atticus Finch is making some readers flinch. The crusading lawyer and revered father in Harper Lee's classic coming-of-age ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
9
Unannounced school site works irk
CHURCHLANDS resident Andrew Connor says community members were not properly consulted before a multi-million dollar redevelopment ... «Community Newspaper Group, Jul 15»
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Unscheduled power cuts irk city residents
The unscheduled day long power cuts due to testing of new under ground cables in the city has irked the residents who are facing the heat. «The Hindu, Jul 15»

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