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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.
Ruth Benedict

Meaning of "pristine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRISTINE

From Latin pristinus primitive; related to prīmus first, prime.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRISTINE

pristine  [ˈprɪstaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRISTINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pristine is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRISTINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pristine

Pristine, meaning unsullied, or unmodified from a natural state, may also refer to: ▪ Bruise Pristine, 1995 song by alternative rock band Placebo ▪ Pristine Audio, music company founded in 2002 ▪ Priştine Detachment, Ottoman Empire military unit ▪ Pristine Smut, 1997 album by alternative pop band The Murmurs...

Definition of pristine in the English dictionary

The first definition of pristine in the dictionary is of or involving the earliest period, state, etc; original. Other definition of pristine is pure; uncorrupted. Pristine is also fresh, clean, and unspoiled.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRISTINE


amethystine
ˌæmɪˈθɪstaɪn
argentine
ˈɑːdʒənˌtaɪn
Bernstein
ˈbɜːnstaɪn
Einstein
ˈaɪnstaɪn
Eisenstein
ˈaɪzənˌstaɪn
Epstein
ˈɛpstaɪn
Frankenstein
ˈfræŋkɪnˌstaɪn
Holstein
ˈhəʊlstaɪn
laurustine
ˈlɔːrəˌstaɪn
Lichtenstein
ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn
Liechtenstein
ˈlɪktənˌstaɪn
Milstein
ˈmɪlstaɪn
Palestine
ˈpælɪˌstaɪn
Philistine
ˈfɪlɪˌstaɪn
Rubinstein
ˈruːbɪnˌstaɪn
stein
staɪn
Stine
staɪn
tine
taɪn
Tyne
taɪn
valentine
ˈvælənˌtaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRISTINE

prison riot
prison sentence
prison van
prison visitor
prison warder
prison yard
prisoner
prisoner of conscience
prisoner of war
prisoner´s base
prisonment
prisonous
priss
prissier
prissiest
prissily
prissiness
prissy
pristane
pristinely

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRISTINE

asbestine
Augustine
celestine
clandestine
cystine
destine
forestine
hydrastine
intestine
langoustine
large intestine
nicotine
nonclandestine
predestine
Saint Augustine
sestine
Sistine
small intestine
vinblastine
vincristine

Synonyms and antonyms of pristine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRISTINE»

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

Translation of «pristine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRISTINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

崭新的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prístino
570 millions of speakers

English

pristine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्राचीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нетронутые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imaculado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদিম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parfait
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Murni
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

makellos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピカピカの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아주 깨끗한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Murni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên sơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அசலான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूळचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bozulmamış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

immacolato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dziewiczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незаймані
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

curat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρθένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongerepte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orörda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uberørte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pristine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRISTINE»

The term «pristine» is very widely used and occupies the 19.873 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRISTINE» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «PRISTINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pristine.
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Anthony Albanese
None of the serious maritime incidents I had to deal with as transport minister off the pristine Queensland or Western Australian coastline involved an Australian flagged and crewed vessel.
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Martha Beck
If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.
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Ruth Benedict
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.
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Adam Garcia
I love travelling, and had the pleasure of being in the most developed country in the world and then parts of two of the most pristine natural areas of the world: the Galapagos islands and the Equador Amazon jungle. The contrast was incredible.
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Ric Keller
While our budget shortfall is temporary, ruining pristine national lands is permanent.
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Bruno Latour
Scientists are very much entangled in their culture and this culture is not pristine, untouched by other cultures and practices.
7
Rob Manuel
Added to the rooster of courses, 'Tiger Woods 10' adds in seven new courses from the pristine Bethpage Black, home of this year's U.S. Open, to the legendary Pinehurst. The Wii Weather Channel will even adjust the forecast to match the fairway because sometimes even the pros have to play in the rain.
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Penny Marshall
We all used to collect baseball cards that came with bubble gum. You could never get the smell of gum off your cards, but you kept your Yankees cards pristine.
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Jonathan Sacks
Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights. It follows that any assault on Jewish life - on Jews or Judaism or the Jewish state - must be cast in the language of human rights.
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Sebastiao Salgado
So many times I've photographed stories that show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the factories that were polluting, and to see all the deposits of garbage. But, in the end, I thought the only way to give us an incentive, to bring hope, is to show the pictures of the pristine planet - to see the innocence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRISTINE»

Discover the use of pristine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pristine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Pristine Culture of Capitalism: A Historical Essay on ...
This book will be as interesting and provocative to observers of contemporary capitalism as to historians of early modern Europe or Western political thought.
Ellen Meiksins Wood, 1991
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Investigating Pristine Inner Experience: Moments of Truth
This book will transform your view of your own inner experience, awaken you to experiential differences between people and thereby reframe your thinking about psychology and consciousness science, which banned the study of inner experience ...
Russell T. Hurlburt, 2011
3
The Pristine Dao: Metaphysics in Early Daoist Discourse
A new reading of Daoism, arguing that it originated in a particular textual tradition distinct from Confucianism and other philosophical traditions of early China.
Thomas Michael, 2012
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Intra-Day Trading Tactics: Pristine.com's Stategies for ...
Watch and read as Capra drives home the following critical points: The three foundational forms of intra-day trading The psychological demands you'll need to know to win big The need to define your financial plan; building wealth or gaining ...
Greg Capra, 2012
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Pristine Transfinite Graphs and Permissive Electrical Networks
Physicists, chemists, and operations researchers will also find the book of interest."--BOOK JACKET.
Armen H. Zemanian, 2001
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The Iconography of Pristine Statehood: Painted Pottery and ...
Petr Charvát's work concentrates on the period 3500-2500 B. C. in Susa (southwestern Iran) and south Mesopotamia and is based on the interpretation of symbols on painted pottery and seal impressions.
Petr Charvát, 2005
7
The Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch: On the Pristine Orthodox ...
This sutra, or scripture, is considered to be one of the greatest in Buddhist literature.
‎2002
8
Natural Hygiene: Man's Pristine Way of Life
Large Format for easy reading. Most important work from the exponent of the 'natural' preservation of health rather than the use of drugs and therapies for illnesses.
Herbert M. Seton, 2005
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Computational Study of Pristine and Titanium-doped Sodium ...
The emphasis of this research is to study and elucidate the underlying mechanisms of reversible hydrogen storage in pristine and Ti-doped sodium aluminum hydrides using molecular modeling techniques.
Gopi Krishna Phani Dathar, 2009
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Trophic Patterns of an Insectivorous Bat Community Foraging ...
In contrast to North Buffalo Creek, invertebrates collected from streams in the Uwharrie National Forest were depleted in 15N (Rushforth and Hershey, In Press ), which suggests the Uwharrie National Forest is more pristine than North Buffalo  ...
Lindsey Ann Shiflet, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRISTINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pristine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Govt wakes up to restore Brari Nambal's pristine glory
“Our government is committed to restore Brari Nambal to its pristine glory and make it one of the major landmarks of Shaher-e-Khaas. LAWDA ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
2
Developer plans subdivision on pristine Dayton estate in Orono
When Target founder Doug Dayton died in 2013, his widow vowed the couple's 93-acre Orono property, much of it restored into prairie, ... «Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, Jul 15»
3
Museum digging up $1M for pristine crystal formation
Museum digging up $1M for pristine crystal formation. Katherine Blunt July 27, 2015 0. A formation of amazonite and smoky quartz crystals will be added to a ... «BusinessDen, Jul 15»
4
Letter: Protect Minnesota's pristine waters
Let's protect the future of Minnesota's pristine waters. Richard Smith President, Friends of the Headwaters. Recommended for you. 'Like they're ... «Park Rapids Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Diver's dream: Protected from development, Cuba's coral reefs are …
It juts into the Caribbean, with protected forests on land, aquamarine waters lapping at white sand beaches and pristine coral beds teeming ... «Guelph Mercury, Jul 15»
6
Amazon (AMZN) PT Lifted to $630 at Baird on 'Pristine' Quarter
Baird analyst Colin Sebastian reiterated an Outperform rating and boosted his price target on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) to $630.00 (from ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»
7
Spend the day on 50 acres of pristine sand and blue water, but where?
Spend the day on 50 acres of pristine sand and blue water, but where? Posted 10:20 am, July 24, 2015, by Trisha Bee · Facebook · Twitter · Reddit · LinkedIn ... «fox6now.com, Jul 15»
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Ceramic artworks showcase pristine beauty of coastline
"The result is ceramic artworks that showcase the pristine beauty of Keppel Bay's coastline in porthole-like vistas." Cr Hutton said the end result ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jul 15»
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We must save pristine Walbran
I think the headline is a bit misleading. It is not just “environmentalists” who are part of the fight to save the Walbran. I don't consider myself an ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
10
Myth of pristine Amazon rainforest busted as old cities reappear
The first Europeans to penetrate the Amazon rainforests reported cities, roads and fertile fields along the banks of its major rivers. “There was ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pristine [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pristine>. May 2024 ».
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