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Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
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Meaning of "taut" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAUT

Tought; probably related to Old English togian to tow1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TAUT

taut  [tɔːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAUT

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

WHAT DOES TAUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Taut

A taut object is one under tension. Taut is also a surname, and may refer to: ▪ Bruno Taut, prolific German architect, urban planner and author ▪ Max Taut, German architect TAUT, an acronym, may refer to: ▪ Tramways and Urban Transit, a monthly magazine published in the UK ▪ The complement of the SAT-problem; testing if a formula is a tautology, known to be co-NP-complete.

Definition of taut in the English dictionary

The first definition of taut in the dictionary is tightly stretched; tense. Other definition of taut is showing nervous strain; stressed. Taut is also in good order; neat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TAUT


airport
ˈɛəˌpɔːt
bought
bɔːt
brought
brɔːt
caught
kɔːt
court
kɔːt
export
ˈɛkspɔːt
fort
fɔːt
forte
fɔːt
import
ɪmˈpɔːt
ort
ɔːt
ought
ɔːt
port
pɔːt
Porte
pɔːt
report
rɪˈpɔːt
resort
rɪˈzɔːt
short
ʃɔːt
sort
sɔːt
sport
spɔːt
support
səˈpɔːt
thought
θɔːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAUT

tauten
tautly
tautness
tautochrone
tautochronism
tautochronous
tautog
tautologic
tautological
tautologically
tautologies
tautologise
tautologism
tautologist
tautologize
tautologous
tautologously
tautology
tautomer

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAUT

Argonaut
astronaut
beaut
comme il faut
cosmonaut
Escaut
faut
Fomalhaut
Hadhramaut
Hadramaut
Hainaut
ich-laut
juggernaut
Kraut
Machaut
oceanaut
sauerkraut
saut
Truffaut
umlaut

Synonyms and antonyms of taut in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TAUT»

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

Translation of «taut» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAUT

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

Translator English - Chinese

紧绷的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tenso
570 millions of speakers

English

taut
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तना हुआ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مشدود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тугой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esticado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আঁটো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tendu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Taut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

straff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピンと張られた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팽팽한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Taut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khẩn trương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரைப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दमटपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gergin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

teso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

napięta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тугий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

întinsă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τεντωμένη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

styf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spänd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stram
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of taut

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAUT»

The term «taut» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.148 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAUT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about taut

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2 QUOTES WITH «TAUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word taut.
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Pele
Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.
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Phaedrus
The bow kept taut will quickly break, kept loosely strung, it will serve you when you need it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAUT»

Discover the use of taut in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to taut and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tight and Taut Submanifolds
A comprehensive survey of the field of tight and taut submanifolds.
Thomas E. Cecil, Shiing-shen Chern, Nicolaas Hendrik Kuiper, 1997
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A Mind Taut with Pain
Description My book, A Mind Taut with Pain, deals with the subject of schizoaffective disorder and what it is like, living with both schizophrenia and rapid-cycling manic depression on a daily basis.
P. King, 2008
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The Egyptian Heaven and Hell: The Book of the Am-Taut; the ...
This comprehensive work is essential to students of Egyptian mythology and Wallis Budge.SIR ERNEST ALFRED THOMPSON WALLIS BUDGE (1857-1934) was born in Bodmin, Cornwall in the UK and discovered an interest in languages at a very early age.
E. A. Wallis Budge, 2010
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Bruno Taut and the Architecture of Activism
This book explores Bruno Taut, a leading architectural theorist in Germany, and the modern architectural movement during the years 1914-1920.
Iain Boyd Whyte, 2010
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Alpine Architecture: A Utopia
This work of Expressionist architecture is published here for the first time with a detailed scholarly commentary. An illustrated essay and reproductions of the large-format original drawings combine to bring Taut's vision to life.
Matthias Schirren, 2004
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Taut-line instrumented arrays used by the Coast Guard ...
The Coast Guard Oceanographic Unit (CGOU) used taut-line instrumented arrays to investigate the current regime near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
Christopher L Vail, United States. Coast Guard. Oceanographic Unit, 1972
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The Crystal Chain Letters: Architectural Fantasies by Bruno ...
Although the letters are referred to in almost every survey of twentieth century architecture, this is the first book to offer in English the complete texts of all the known Crystal Chain letters, including some which have never been ...
Iain Boyd Whyte, 1985
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Panorama: Philosophies of the Visible
See Iain Boyd White's biographical study: Bruno Taut and the Architecture ofActivism (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982). Walter Gropius was, at least in his early Bauhaus days, as enthusiastic a visionary as Taut (EA, 107-16): the ...
Wilhelm Wurzer, 2003
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Ridge and the River: A Taut Account of Jungle Warfare
"Australian war Classic Presented by E.E.(Weary) Dunlop.
T. A. G. Hungerford, 2003
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The Rook: A Novel
Filled with characters both fascinating and fantastical, THE ROOK is a richly inventive, suspenseful, and often wry thriller that marks an ambitious debut from a promising young writer.
Daniel O'Malley, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term taut is used in the context of the following news items.
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Theater Review: 'The Other Place' proves a taut mystery
Saturday's performance proved taut, heart wrenching, funny and ultimately satisfying. “The Other Place” had its off-Broadway premiere at New York's Lucille ... «Rutland Herald, Jul 15»
2
Nerves taut ahead of Greek referendum
Friday 18:30 BST. Nervousness ahead of Sunday's referendum in Greece weighed on European stocks and bolstered German government bond prices ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Gerard Butler's girlfriend Morgan Brown shows off midriff at Malibu …
Morgan showed off her taut midriff in a semi-sheer white cropped blouse paired with faded skinny jeans. Scroll down for video. Group outing: Gerard Butler and ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
4
Jennifer Lawrence flashes taut tummy in low-cut crop top in New …
But Jennifer Lawrence looked like she had other plans on Sunday when she dashed out of her hotel in the Tribeca district of the Big Apple. The 24-year-old ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
5
Dakota Fanning shows off her taut tummy in black crop top and …
The 21-year-old actress showed off her taut tummy and svelte frame in a black crop top and pair of Adidas sweatpants while carrying a cardboard box. The Every ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
6
Khloe Kardashian shows off taut midriff in clingy two-piece …
She can be seen in a tight two-piece ensemble, including a long-sleeved black cropped top paired with a striped monochrome pencil skirt, showing off her taut ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
7
Review: Peter Rothstein stages a taut, compelling 'Choir Boy' at the …
Heidi Bohnenkamp John-Michael Lyles, center, leads the cast of “Choir Boy,” which includes (from left) Darrick Mosley, Ryan Colbert, Nathan Barlow and Kory ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
8
Sarah Hyland reveals her taut tummy at The Tempest at Delacorte …
The 24-year-old actress showed off her striking features while baring her taut midriff in a navy crop top and matching high-waisted, asymmetrical thigh-high slit ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
9
MONDAY TV: 'Whispers' offers taut, well built story
TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: “The Whispers,” 10:01 p.m., ABC. Last week ended with Claire (the FBI's child-psychology expert) facing a startling possibility: The ... «The Salinas Californian, Jun 15»
10
West review – taut cold-war drama
Christian Schwochow's adaptation of Julia Franck's novel Lagerfeuer opens with a young woman exiting East Germany in the late 70s, then subjected to a ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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