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Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.
Harriet Ann Jacobs

Meaning of "pang" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PANG

Variant of earlier prange, of Germanic origin.
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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 PANG

pang  [pæŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PANG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pang 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 PANG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pang in the English dictionary

The definition of pang in the dictionary is a sudden brief sharp feeling, as of loneliness, physical pain, or hunger.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PANG

panettone
panettoni
panfish
panful
Pang-fou
panga
Pangaea
pangamic
pangamy
Pangea
pangene
pangenesis
pangenetically
pangless
Pangloss
Panglossian
Pango Pango
pangolin
pangram
pangrammatist

WORDS THAT END LIKE PANG

bang
big bang
Chang
dang
fang
gang
gangbang
hang
kang
lang
Malang
mang
mustang
orang
rang
sang
tang
wang
with a bang
Yang

Synonyms and antonyms of pang in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PANG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pang» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pang
ache · gnawing · pain · prick · qualm · spasm · stab · sting · stitch · throe · twinge · wrench

Translation of «pang» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PANG

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

Translator English - Chinese

突然的痛苦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

punzada
570 millions of speakers

English

pang
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वेदना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بانغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

острая боль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pontada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকস্মিক তীব্র বেদনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

accès
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anfall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

心の苦しみ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

격통
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự đau đớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேட்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेदना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sızı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accesso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pang
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гострий біль
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pang
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pang
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pang
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pang

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PANG»

The term «pang» is very widely used and occupies the 13.651 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PANG» OVER TIME

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

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5 QUOTES WITH «PANG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pang.
1
Martin Amis
The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare inside your head.
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Amanda Donohoe
I have no regrets about not having children. I still wait for the pang of guilt, but I have none. I tune into the television show 'Nanny 911' occasionally which reminds me how much patience and love it take to be a good parent.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.
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Harriet Ann Jacobs
Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.
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Knute Nelson
The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANG»

Discover the use of pang in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pang and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Introduction to Computational Physics
The book begins by dealing with basic computational tools and routines, covering approximating functions, differential equations, spectral analysis, and matrix operations.
Tao Pang, 2006
2
Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints
An extensive study for an important class of constrained optimisation problems known as Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints.
Zhi-Quan Luo, Jong-Shi Pang, Daniel Ralph, 1996
3
Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis
This survey covers techniques and approaches that promise to directly enable opinion-oriented information-seeking systems.
Bo Pang, Lillian Lee, 2008
4
A Brush of Darkness
The man of her dreams might be the cause of her nightmares.
Allison Pang, 2011
5
The Distorting Mirror: Visual Modernity in China
The work begins with an overall historical account and theorization of a new lithographic pictorial culture developing at the end of the nineteenth century and an examination of modernity's obsession with the investigation of the real.
Laikwan Pang, 2007
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Bound Feet & Western Dress: A Memoir
Written in pitch-perfect prose and alive with detail, Bound Feet and Western Dress is the story of independent women struggling to emerge from centuries of customs and duty. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Pang-Mei Chang, 2011
7
The Linear Complementarity Problem
A revised edition of the standard reference on the linear complementarity problem.
Richard W. Cottle, Jong-Shi Pang, Richard E. Stone, 2009
8
Creativity and Its Discontents: China’s Creative Industries ...
Laikwan Pang offers a complex critical analysis of creativity, creative industries, and the impact of Western copyright laws on creativity in China.
Laikwan Pang, 2012
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Empire and the Sun: Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions
This book tells the full story of these expeditions: the long periods of planning and financing, and the day-to-day work of getting to field sites, setting up camp, and preparing, observing, and recording eclipses.
Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, 2002
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Negotiating Identity in Contemporary Japan: The Case of ...
Investigates changes in the Japanese ethnonational identity, as an outcome of the interplay among different processes in the transnational cultural flow, through a case study of the kikokushijo or 'returnees', children of expatriate parents ...
Ching Lin Pang, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PANG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pang is used in the context of the following news items.
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Eddie Pang on Queenie Chu: I'm working on it!
26 Jul - Hong Kong singer Eddie Pang denied rumours of breakup with former fiancée, Queenie Chu. According to Mingpao News, the singer, ... «Yahoo Singapore News, Jul 15»
2
'Kids' Turns 20, Doesn't Feel a Day Over 16
Kids “is a New York City frozen in time,” said Jeff Pang, another pro skater who played himself in the film. “You don't get to document your life ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
3
Overeating May Be Caused By A Hormone Deficiency, Scientists Say
"If we knew exactly where the hormone is in the brain, we could target the disorder better," said Zhiping Pang, an author of the study and a ... «malaysiandigest.com, Jul 15»
4
Middle Class Problems: Who needs authenticity when you can enjoy …
As darkness falls, and you find yourself outside your yurt, lining up your monogrammed wellies next to everyone else's, sure, you feel a pang of ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
5
Ong Pang Boon, Jek Yeun Thong, Othman Wok to be honoured at …
The three surviving ministers of the 10 who signed the Independence of Singapore agreement in 1965 will be seated next to the late founding ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
6
Games nobody talks about anymore: Pang
Pang is an example of how great design and slicky-implemented controls can turn the most unlikely concept into a great little videogame. «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»
7
Braille biscuits and mooncakes from Hong Kong's Codekey Cookies
She and Pang personally deliver their creations at MTR stations across the city. Customers "never think it will be a blind person coming", Wong ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
8
Theatre review: Adrian Pang turns in a stirring performance in The …
This character of Singapore's first Prime Minister rests squarely on the shoulders of an excellent Adrian Pang, and he carries the part with ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
9
Sharon Au unfazed by ankle injury she sustained on 1st night of LKY …
Au and local actor Adrian Pang play Mrs and Mr Lee Kuan Yew in the musical, which chronicles the struggles that Mr Lee experienced in ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
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Four cleared of forgery charge over P'pang land
Levita and the Moikon brothers with defence counsel Zahir Shah (centre) outside the Sessions Court yesterday after being acquitted of their ... «The Borneo Post, Jul 15»

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