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I fell from the sky. I'm a parachutist, and I missed my mark.
Ursula Andress

Meaning of "parachutist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARACHUTIST

parachutist  [ˈpærəʃuːtɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARACHUTIST

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adjective
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conjunction
determiner
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Parachutist 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 PARACHUTIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Parachuting

Parachuting, or skydiving, is the action sport of exiting an aircraft and returning to Earth with the aid of gravity, then slowing down during the last part of the descent by using a parachute. It may or may not involve a certain amount of free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been deployed and the body gradually accelerates to terminal velocity. Andre-Jacques Garnerin was the first to make successful descents using a canvas canopy and small basket, tethered beneath a hot-air balloon. The first intentional freefall jump with a ripcord-operated deployment is credited to Leslie Irvin in 1919. The military developed parachuting technology as a way to save aircrews from emergencies aboard balloons and aircraft in flight, and later as a way of delivering soldiers to the battlefield. Early competitions date back to the 1930s, and it became an international sport in 1952. Parachuting is performed as a recreational activity and a competitive sport, as well as for the deployment of military personnel Airborne forces and occasionally forest firefighters.

Definition of parachutist in the English dictionary

The definition of parachutist in the dictionary is someone who lands by parachute from an aircraft.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARACHUTIST


absolutist
ˌæbsəˈluːtɪst
artist
ˈɑːtɪst
autist
ˈɔːtɪst
Bonapartist
ˈbəʊnəˌpɑːtɪst
chartist
ˈtʃɑːtɪst
chutist
ˈʃuːtɪst
completist
kəmˈpliːtɪst
computist
kəmˈpjuːtɪst
defeatist
dɪˈfiːtɪst
elitist
ɪˈliːtɪst
flautist
ˈflɔːtɪst
flutist
ˈfluːtɪst
graffitist
ɡrəˈfiːtɪst
hermeneutist
ˌhɜːməˈnjuːtɪst
institutist
ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːtɪst
lutist
ˈluːtɪst
pharmaceutist
ˌfɑːməˈsjuːtɪst
prosthetist
prɒsˈθiːtɪst
shootist
ˈʃuːtɪst
therapeutist
ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARACHUTIST

paracentesis
paracetamol
parachor
parachronism
parachute
parachute brake
parachute drop
parachute jump
parachute payment
parachute regiment
parachute troops
parachutic
parachuting
paraclete
paracme
paracrine
paracrostic
paracusis
paracyanogen

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARACHUTIST

Adventist
Baptist
Church of Christ, Scientist
corporatist
dentist
graphic artist
John the Baptist
leftist
librettist
make-up artist
occultist
orthodontist
research scientist
rightist
Saint John the Baptist
scientist
separatist
Seventh-Day Adventist
the Baptist
visual artist

Synonyms and antonyms of parachutist in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «parachutist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARACHUTIST

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

Translator English - Chinese

跳伞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paracaidista
570 millions of speakers

English

parachutist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैराशूटिस्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المظلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

парашютист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paraquedista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিমানছত্র ব্যবহারকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parachutiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Payung terjun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fallschirmspringer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

落下傘兵
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낙하산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parachutist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lính nhảy dù
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

parachutist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅराशुटिस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paraşütçü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paracadutista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spadochroniarz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парашутист
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parașutist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλεξιπτωτιστής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

valskermspringer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fallskärmshoppare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parachutist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parachutist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARACHUTIST»

The term «parachutist» is regularly used and occupies the 63.293 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARACHUTIST» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «PARACHUTIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word parachutist.
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Ursula Andress
I fell from the sky. I'm a parachutist, and I missed my mark.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARACHUTIST»

Discover the use of parachutist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parachutist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
New Understanding Physics for Advanced Level
A parachutist falls from the aeroplane and falls freely for 80m before the parachute opens. For the purposes of calculation, you may assume that air resistance is negligible before the parachute opens. (a) i) Show that the vertical component of ...
Jim Breithaupt, 2000
2
To be a Paratrooper
For a C-130 aircraft, this signal is passed to the number-twenty-five parachutist ( just forward of the wheel well), who forms a circle with his index finger and thumb of his free hand, turns toward the center of the aircraft, and gives the okay signal ...
Gregory Mast, Hans Halberstadt
3
Organizational and Direct Support Maintenance Manual: ...
CHAPTER 24 MAINTENANCE OF PACK AND HARNESS ASSEMBLY, PARACHUTIST'S WEAPONS AND INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT: CASE, PARACHUTIST'S INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS, AND BAG, PARACHUTIST'S EQUIPMENT Section I.
‎1970
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The University of Learning: Beyond Quality and Competence
For instance, in one of the qualitative problems, the researchers described to students a situation in which a parachutist jumps from an aircraft and opens the parachute after a few seconds. They asked each student to tell them what would  ...
John Bowden, Ference Marton, 2003
5
United States Army Medal, Badges and Insignias,
A star above the canopy indicates a Senior Parachutist; the star surrounded by a laurel wreath indicates a Master Parachutist. Small stars are superimposed on the appropriate badge to indicate combat jumps as shown below under combat ...
Frank C. Foster, 2011
6
82nd Airborne
finger and thumb of his free hand, turns toward the center of the aircraft, and gives the OK signal to Number 24 (the last parachutist of the inboard stick). The tap and indication that all previous parachutists are OK is passed up to Number 4 , the ...
Fred J. Pushies
7
GCE O-level Physics Complete Guide (Yellowreef):
When a parachutist first leave the aircraft, he accelerates downwards due to gravity. As his velocity v Downwards is taken as vf1 v f2 increases, so does the air resistance. positive. When the air resistance just balances the gravitational pull ( the ...
Thomas Bond, Chris Hughes, 2013
8
GCE O-level Physics Complete Yearly Solutions 2012 ...
[Newtonian Mechanics] Solution Under normal circumstances, a parachutist jumps off the aircraft and his parachute fully opens. After falling for some distance , a parachutist falls towards the ground at constant speed.  Under these conditions ...
Thomas Bond, Chris Hughes, 2013
9
Cambridge IGCSE® Physics Coursebook with CD-ROM
Then the parachutist stops accelerating – he falls at a steady rate known as the terminal velocity. Opening the parachute greatly increases the area and hence the air resistance. Now there is a much bigger force upwards. The forces on the ...
David Sang, 2014
10
Government Job Applications & Federal Resumes
... Master Course, 1998 Primary Leadership Development Course, 1996 Military Free Fall Parachutist Course, 1996 SERE High Risk Course, 1996 Royal Thai Air Force Military Parachutist Training, 1996 Automatic Ripcord Release Assembly, ...
Anne McKinney, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARACHUTIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parachutist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Al Bruce: Memorial to a Samurai family member
Takiko married a gaijin warrior, Charles Linden, who earned the purple heart plus combat infantryman's and master parachutist badges in two ... «Wellsville Daily Reporter, Jul 15»
2
Cadets fly out of training
The centre also hosts the CF Basic Parachutist Course conducted for army cadets with training conducted by the Canadian Army Advanced ... «Belleville Intelligencer, Jul 15»
3
Authorities investigate death of 82nd Airborne paratrooper
... clusters), the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal (one campaign star), the NATO Medal and the Parachutist Badge. «ArmyTimes.com, Jul 15»
4
Fort Bragg soldier found dead in car; Hoke sheriff investigating
... Development Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (numeral two), the Army Service Ribbon, the NATO Medal, and the Parachutist Badge. «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
5
Caption contest 267 ... and the winners of 266
CapCon 266's parachutist headed for a hard fall due to an apparent mixup [click on second image] attracted plenty of chuckles at his expense ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
6
2 Army officers among 8 newest NASA astronauts
He completed Ranger school and multiple parachutist courses (he jumped with the West Point parachute team and was a part-time physician ... «ArmyTimes.com, Jul 15»
7
Tandem parachute mishap leaves 2 people seriously injured
Gatineau police received a call at around 2 p.m. ET that a parachutist had been injured just east of the Gatineau airport. Police said a ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
8
Parachutist recovering after accident at Lake of the Pines Fourth of …
Iwan Van der Schoor in the sky before his accident Saturday at the LOP July 4th celebration. Expand Photo Sky diver Iwan Van der Schoor is ... «The Union of Grass Valley, Jul 15»
9
Parachutist Arrested After Leap from JPMorgan Tower
On this day, four men parachuted from the top of the tallest building in Houston, the one thousand foot high Texas Commerce Tower, which you ... «Chron.com, Jun 15»
10
Time Of Our Lives...Parachutist Rob Grey...Legendary Lonnie …
Den teases you with music and memories from two more 'Time Of Our Lives' years… Rob Gray, a world-class parachutist from Stafford, shares ... «BBC News, Jun 15»

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