Meaning of "nod" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOD

Nodde, of obscure origin.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF NOD

nod  [nɒd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOD

Nod 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 nod in English.

WHAT DOES NOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

NOD

NOD, Nod, or nod may refer to: ▪ Nod, a head. ▪ Nod, a fictional character from the poem "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" ▪ Nod factor, signaling molecules produced by rhizobia during the initiation of nodules on the root of legumes ▪ Nation of Domination, a former stable in the World Wrestling Federation ▪ Network of Disclosure, a group of comic book dealers and collectors who have pledged to disclose any form of restoration or enhancement on a comic book transferred to another party through sale, trade or gift ▪ Night observation device or night vision device ▪ Night of Decadence, a campus party at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA ▪ NOD mice, a strain of mice genetically prone to develop diabetes ▪ NOD1 and NOD2, the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain receptors, components of the innate immune system ▪ NOD32, a software antivirus application from ESET software ▪ Notice of default, a notice given to a borrower regarding failure to pay debt ▪...

Definition of nod in the English dictionary

The first definition of nod in the dictionary is to lower and raise briefly, as to indicate agreement, invitation, etc. Other definition of nod is to express or indicate by nodding. Nod is also to bring or direct by nodding.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO NOD

PRESENT

Present

I nod

you nod

he/she/it nods

we nod

you nod

they nod

Present continuous

I am nodning

you are nodning

he/she/it is nodning

we are nodning

you are nodning

they are nodning

Present perfect

I have nodned

you have nodned

he/she/it has nodned

we have nodned

you have nodned

they have nodned

Present perfect continuous

I have been nodning

you have been nodning

he/she/it has been nodning

we have been nodning

you have been nodning

they have been nodning

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 nodned

you nodned

he/she/it nodned

we nodned

you nodned

they nodned

Past continuous

I was nodning

you were nodning

he/she/it was nodning

we were nodning

you were nodning

they were nodning

Past perfect

I had nodned

you had nodned

he/she/it had nodned

we had nodned

you had nodned

they had nodned

Past perfect continuous

I had been nodning

you had been nodning

he/she/it had been nodning

we had been nodning

you had been nodning

they had been nodning

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

FUTURE

Future

I will nod

you will nod

he/she/it will nod

we will nod

you will nod

they will nod

Future continuous

I will be nodning

you will be nodning

he/she/it will be nodning

we will be nodning

you will be nodning

they will be nodning

Future perfect

I will have nodned

you will have nodned

he/she/it will have nodned

we will have nodned

you will have nodned

they will have nodned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been nodning

you will have been nodning

he/she/it will have been nodning

we will have been nodning

you will have been nodning

they will have been nodning

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

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would nod

you would nod

he/she/it would nod

we would nod

you would nod

they would nod

Conditional continuous

I would be nodning

you would be nodning

he/she/it would be nodning

we would be nodning

you would be nodning

they would be nodning

Conditional perfect

I would have nod

you would have nod

he/she/it would have nod

we would have nod

you would have nod

they would have nod

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been nodning

you would have been nodning

he/she/it would have been nodning

we would have been nodning

you would have been nodning

they would have been nodning

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you nod
we let´s nod
you nod

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to nod

Past participle

nodned

Present Participle

nodning

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 «NOD»

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

synonyms of nod

acknowledge · acknowledgment · agree · assent · beck · bob · bow · concur · dip · duck · gesture · greeting · incline · indicate · indication · motion · nutate · salute · sign · signal

TRANSLATION OF NOD

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 点头
• Translator English - Spanish: asentir con la cabeza
• English: nod
• Translator English - Hindi: मंजूरी
• Translator English - Arabic: يُومِئُ بِرَأسِهِ
• Translator English - Russian: кивать
• Translator English - Portuguese: acenar com a cabeça
• Translator English - Bengali: নড়া
• Translator English - French: hocher
• Translator English - Malay: Mengangguk
• Translator English - German: nicken
• Translator English - Japanese: うなずく
• Translator English - Korean: 머리를 끄덕이다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nod
• Translator English - Vietnamese: gật đầu
• Translator English - Tamil: விருதினை
• Translator English - Marathi: मंजुरी
• Translator English - Turkish: kafa sallama
• Translator English - Italian: annuire
• Translator English - Polish: ukłonić się
• Translator English - Ukrainian: кивати
• Translator English - Romanian: a da din cap aprobator
• Translator English - Greek: γνέφω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: knik
• Translator English - Swedish: nicka
• Translator English - Norwegian: nikke

10 QUOTES WITH «NOD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nod.

1

Sanjeev Bhaskar

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture.

2

Charlotte Bunch

I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod.

3

Jason Calacanis

I only take causes or write about things that I am passionate about, and I do it with a certain flair and a sort of wink and a nod.

4

Angela Cartwright

As I got older, I never considered that tons of people were watching me on television every week. I give a nod to my parents for keeping me as normal as I could be in an un-normal adult world.

5

Gerald Clarke

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.

6

Chuck D

I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment.

7

Gerald R. Ford

The pat on the back, the arm around the shoulder, the praise for what was done right and the sympathetic nod for what wasn't are as much a part of golf as life itself.

8

Philip Baker Hall

Some directors don't say much. Michael Mann, for example. I remember on 'The Insider' he never had much to say. He would do a scene, just kind of nod, and then set it up to do it again. And you might do a scene 10 or 12 times or more, the same little 31-second bit. And you could tell he wasn't satisfied, but he wouldn't say much.

9

Drew Houston

To the casual observer, the Dropbox demo video looked like a normal product demonstration, but we put in about a dozen Easter eggs that were tailored for the Digg audience. References to Tay Zonday and 'Chocolate Rain' and allusions to 'Office Space' and 'XKCD.' It was a tongue-in-cheek nod to that crowd, and it kicked off a chain reaction.

10

Jim Hunt

Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the backbone of the new economy, yet I doubt they get more than a nod in economics courses.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOD»

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

Book of Nod

What are we?

Sam Chupp, Andrew Greenberg, 1996

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

A classic lullaby poem about three fishermen who try to catch the stars in nets of silver and gold. On board books.

Eugene W. Field, 2009

Nod

Fanny Howe explores sibling rivalry within a family that, in the wake of World War II, is disintegrating and stumbling into the terrible, dark adulthood of the latter half the the Twentieth Century.

Fanny Howe, 1998

Nod's Limbs

What a time for the sprit of Augustus Nod to rise from the grave and send the entire town of Nod's Limbs on a hunt for the missing gold limbs from his statue. Illustrations.

Charles Ogden, 2007

Land of Nod, the Prophet

In this second book of the popular Land of Nod Trilogy, Jeff Browning continues his quest to find his father in the strange new world he has discovered.

Gary Hoover, 2012

A Temple in Nod

Meet Jared of El, a roguish, long-lived adventurer who wanders through the Old, New, and Lost Testaments.

Rod Cochran, 2006

The Beautiful Land of Nod...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 2012

Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus: Edited by C. Ronald Kahn ... [et ...

The literature shows that C57BL/6J (B6) or BALB/c are commonly used as " standard" strains against which to compare NOD immunophenotypes or gene sequences. However, since neither strain was Swiss-derived, the differences observed ...

Elliott Proctor Joslin, C. Ronald Kahn, 2005

A Nod to God: His Lighter Side in Verse

God loves humor!Smile-atA Nod to Godwith its easy-to-read, lighthearted poems about key Bible characters-their lives, their situations, and their places in the history of the Bible as they are translated into verse.Laugh-as the humor in ...

Carolyn Burkholder, 2010

Type 1 Diabetes: Molecular, Cellular and Clinical Immunology

At least four studies currently in clinical trials were initiated in the NOD mouse - oral nicoti- namide, oral insulin (DPT-1 Trial), anti-CD3 (hOKT3gammal Ala-ala) antibody (Ab) treatment and ingestion of IFN-alpha (http://clinicaltrials.gov, see ...

George S. Eisenbarth, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOD»

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

Train from Spain: Government considering Talgo proposal to run …

NEW DELHI: The Modi government has given an in-principle nod for Madrid-based locomotive-maker Talgo to undertake trial runs of its lighter ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

IDFC gets RBI nod for starting banking operations

NEW DELHI: Infrastructure financing firm IDFC Ltd today said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted banking licence to IDFC Bank for ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

AT&T secures FCC nod to complete $48.5bn deal with DirecTV

The FCC's nod for the deal comes after its negotiations with AT&T in recent weeks, imposing certain conditions on the wireless carrier for the ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»

Iliad board gives nod to bid from Steinhoff

THE mystery bidder for building materials retailer Iliad Africa has been revealed as furniture group Steinhoff, which is offering R1.34bn to buy ... «BDlive, Jul 15»

PMRDA awaits Centre's nod to bring Cantt under its banner

PMRDA awaits Centre's nod to bring Cantt under its banner. At present, the PMRDA covers 3,535 sq km in and around the city that has 69 per ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

BSF seeks MHA nod for 21 new battalions

BSF seeks MHA nod for 21 new battalions. Print This Page share. Why the move. The BSF wants to provide an opportunity to its 178 battalions, ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»

Fullerton India gets nod to set up home finance subsidiary | Mumbai …

MUMBAI: Fullerton India - the Indian arm of a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore`s Temasek Holdings has received permission to operate a ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»

BRIEF-Glaxosmithkline malaria vaccine Mosquirix gets EMA nod

July 24 Glaxosmithkline Plc. * GSK's malaria candidate vaccine, mosquirixtm (rts,s), receives positive opinion from european regulators for ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

Getting the nod: 2015 Hyundai Genesis 3.8 sedan second-quarter …

Hyundai Genesis sales are up more than 20 percent over last year, and it's easy to see why. The already-good engine-trans combination was ... «Autoweek, Jul 15»

Insurance Industry Bill gets Parly nod

The house's nod for the Bill provides for the licensing, governance and regulation of all insurers, insurance brokers, insurance agents and ... «Mmegi Online, Jul 15»