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The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all.
Hilaire Belloc

Meaning of "microbe" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MICROBE

From French, from micro- + Greek bios life.
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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 MICROBE

microbe  [ˈmaɪkrəʊb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROBE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Microbe is 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.

WHAT DOES MICROBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

microbe

Microorganism

A microorganism is a microscopic organism, which may be a single cell or multicellular organism. The study of microorganisms is called microbiology, a subject that began with Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope of his own design. Microorganisms are very diverse and include all the bacteria and archaea and almost all the protozoa. They also include some members of the fungi, algae, and animals such as rotifers. Many macro animals and plants have juvenile stages which are also microorganisms. Some microbiologists also classify viruses as microorganisms, but others consider these as nonliving. Most microorganisms are microscopic, but there are some bacteria such as Thiomargarita namibiensis and some protozoa such as Stentor, which are macroscopic and visible to the naked eye. Microorganisms live in every part of the biosphere including soil, hot springs, on the ocean floor, high in the atmosphere and deep inside rocks within the Earth's crust. Microorganisms are crucial to nutrient recycling in ecosystems as they act as decomposers.

Definition of microbe in the English dictionary

The definition of microbe in the dictionary is any microscopic organism, esp a disease-causing bacterium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROBE


aerobe
ˈɛərəʊb
anaerobe
æˈnɛərəʊb
bathrobe
ˈbɑːθˌrəʊb
chifforobe
ˈʃɪfəˌrəʊb
cryoprobe
ˈkraɪəʊˌprəʊb
disrobe
dɪsˈrəʊb
enrobe
ɪnˈrəʊb
floordrobe
ˈflɔːˌdrəʊb
garderobe
ˈɡɑːdˌrəʊb
geoprobe
ˈdʒiːəʊˌprəʊb
microprobe
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌprəʊb
milliprobe
ˈmɪlɪˌprəʊb
probe
prəʊb
reprobe
riːˈprəʊb
robe
rəʊb
saprobe
ˈsæprəʊb
scrobe
skrəʊb
strobe
strəʊb
unrobe
ʌnˈrəʊb
wardrobe
ˈwɔːdrəʊb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROBE

microbalance
microbar
microbarograph
microbeam
microbial
microbian
microbic
microbiologic
microbiological
microbiologically
microbiologist
microbiology
microbiota
microblog
microbrew
microbrewer
microbreweries
microbrewery
microbubbles
microburst

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROBE

adobe
capsule wardrobe
christening robe
ear lobe
englobe
frontal lobe
globe
hanging wardrobe
homophobe
jobe
Kobe
lap robe
lobe
night robe
parietal lobe
space probe
technophobe
temporal lobe
the globe
Yobe

Synonyms and antonyms of microbe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MICROBE»

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

Translation of «microbe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROBE

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

Translator English - Chinese

微生物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microbio
570 millions of speakers

English

microbe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सूक्ष्म जीव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميكروب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

микроб
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

micróbio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জীবাণু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microbe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mikroba
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mikrobe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

細菌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미생물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mikroba
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vi trùng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நுண்ணுயிர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सूक्ष्मजंतू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mikrop
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microbo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mikrob
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мікроб
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microb
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικρόβιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mikrobe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mikrob
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mikrobe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microbe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROBE»

The term «microbe» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.911 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROBE» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «MICROBE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word microbe.
1
Hilaire Belloc
The microbe is so very small: You cannot take him out at all.
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Nathan Wolfe
Because pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human, it's work that takes me all around the globe - from rain forest hunting camps of central Africa to wild animal markets of east Asia.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROBE»

Discover the use of microbe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microbe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Microbe: Are We Ready for the Next Plague?.
Can America handle the outbreak of a deadly disease?
Michael Bellomo, 2005
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Microbe Hunters
This seventieth anniversary edition features a new introduction by F. Gonzalez-Crussi. Index.
Paul de Kruif, 2002
3
Microbe
In 1947, the U.S. Army left behind a secret when they closed Ft. Miles, Delaware.
Bill Clem, 2007
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Effectors in Plant-Microbe Interactions
Effectors in Plant-Microbe Interactions unlocks the molecular basis of this important class of microbial molecules and describes their diverse and complex interactions with host plants.
Francis Martin, Sophien Kamoun, 2012
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20th Century Microbe Hunters
Inspire your students with the stories behind the achievements of ten 20th century microbiologists.
Robert I Krasner, 2012
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Plant-Microbe Interactions
Plant-Microbe Interactions, Volume 1 Many plant-microbe interactions have agronomic importance because of either beneficial (e.g., nitrogen fixation or biocontrol) or detrimental (e.g., pathogen esis) effects.
Gary Stacey, Noel T. Keen, 1995
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Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search ...
This is the story of a killer that has been striking people down for thousands of years: tuberculosis.
Jim Murphy, Alison Blank, 2012
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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
This book, divided into 13 chapters, explores recent discoveries in the area of molecular plant-microbe interactions.
Kamal Bouarab, Normand Brisson, Fouad Daayf, 2009
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Environmental Microbe-metal Interactions
This specialist research–level monograph presents an overview of environmentally significant microbe–metal interactions, covering both enzymatic and non–enzymatic reactions.
Derek R. Lovley, 2000
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The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American ...
Traces Americans' awareness of microbes as an agent of disease and analyzes the resultant cultural construction of cleanliness from 1870 to the present
Nancy Tomes, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROBE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term microbe is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hancock shrimper says his days on the water are over after Vibrio …
When Garcia was finally out of ICU, family members quickly filled his hospital room Monday, each eager to opine on the microbe that attacked ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
2
Sciences overlap for CSUF course
Students in the program explore microbe-rock interactions and other relationships among rocks and materials and life on earth. “Natural ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
3
Yeast byproduct inhibits white-nose syndrome fungus in lab …
A microbe found in caves produces a compound that inhibits Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome in ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
4
Genomic Technologies Speed Pathogen Detection
Bioinformatics tools are then needed to map the sequence data to a reference genome or to reconstruct the genome of a novel microbe. «JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Jul 15»
5
Expanded use for IntelliCap with further CE Mark for aspiration of fluids
Dr Michiel Kleerebezem, from the university's Host Microbe Interactomics Group, is one of the leaders in this study. He commented: “The role of ... «News-Medical.net, Jul 15»
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GLOBAL BIOENERGIES: GLOBAL BIOENERGIES ADAPTS ITS BIO …
The Company's main focus was to implement an isobutene production pathway into the microbe. It now also develops new biological modules ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
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“The Vital Question” book explores evolutionary origins of life
... biologist William Martin, traces its origins to a freak accident billions of years ago, when one microbe took up residence inside another. «Genetic Literacy Project, Jul 15»
8
'Fear The Walking Dead' to Detail How the Walkers of 'The Walking …
The population is worried about the new outbreaks, guessing if the incidents were caused by a microbe or a virus. The official trailer was ... «Master Herald, Jul 15»
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In her own words: Mary-Dell Chilton's path to greatness, and her call …
Several years later I heard about Agrobacterium, a microbe that caused galls on plants. Some scientists claimed that it contributed DNA to the ... «WRAL Tech Wire, Jul 15»
10
Scientists make big discovery in antibiotics research
The next step will be to test the protein's microbe-fighting effectiveness in mice. Although the paper does not claim intelectin kills microbes by ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»

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