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Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and exclusion. It brings societies together around shared belief and tears them apart through war. However, what unites the faithful, whatever their religion, is the unshakeable force of generosity.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Meaning of "tears" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TEARS

tears  [tɪəz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEARS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tears 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 TEARS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tears

Tears

Lacrimation, or lachrymation, is the secretion of tears, which often serves to clean and lubricate the eyes in response to an irritation of the eyes. Tears formed through crying are associated with strong internal emotions, such as sorrow, elation, awe or pleasure. Laughing or yawning may also lead to the production of tears.

Definition of tears in the English dictionary

The definition of tears in the dictionary is the clear salty solution secreted by the lacrimal glands that lubricates and cleanses the surface of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids related adjective lachrymal. Other definition of tears is a state of intense frustration.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TEARS


Algiers
ælˈdʒɪəz
arrears
əˈrɪəz
cheers
tʃɪəz
Cordeliers
ˌkɔːdɪˈlɪəz
Himalayas
ˌhɪməˈleɪəz
Myers
ˈmaɪəz
Pamirs
pəˈmɪəz
Pears
pɪəz
pliers
ˈplaɪəz
premiers
ˈprɛmɪəz
Proteas
ˈprəʊtɪəz
Sayers
ˈseɪəz
shears
ʃɪəz
shires
ˈʃaɪəz
Spears
spɪəz
Spires
spaɪəz
Teniers
ˈtɛnɪəz
years
ˈjɪəz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TEARS

tear-stained
tearable
tearaway
teardown
teardrop
tearer
tearful
tearfully
tearfulness
tearier
teariest
tearily
teariness
tearing
tearless
tearlessly
tearoom
tearstain
tearstrip
teary

WORDS THAT END LIKE TEARS

all ears
apples and pears
asparagus spears
blood, sweat and tears
Britney Spears
crocodile tears
donkey´s years
fall on deaf ears
garden shears
golden years
in arrears
in tears
Job´s-tears
pinking shears
prick up one´s ears
pruning shears
set by the ears
up to one´s ears
wet behind the ears
without tears

Synonyms and antonyms of tears in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TEARS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «tears» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of tears
belt · bolt · career · charge · claw · crying · dart · dash · disunite · divide · fly · gallop · gash · grab · hole · hurry · injure · lacerate · ladder · lamentation · mangle · mangulate · mutilate · pluck · pull · pull apart · race · rack · rend · rent · rip · rive · run · rupture · rush · scratch · seize · sever · shoot · shred · snag · snatch · sobbing · speed · split · sprint · sunder · torment · torture · wailing · weeping · whimpering · wrench · wrest · wring · yank · zoom

Translation of «tears» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TEARS

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

Translator English - Chinese

眼泪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lágrimas
570 millions of speakers

English

tears
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आँसू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدموع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слезы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lágrimas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অশ্রু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

larmes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Air mata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tränen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

눈물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nangis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước mắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்ணீர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अश्रू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gözyaşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pianto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łzy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сльози
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lacrimi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δάκρυα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

trane
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tårar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tårer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tears

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TEARS»

The term «tears» is very widely used and occupies the 5.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TEARS» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «TEARS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tears.
1
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Religion is a complex and often contradictory force in our world. It fosters hope and comfort but also doubt and guilt. It creates both community and exclusion. It brings societies together around shared belief and tears them apart through war. However, what unites the faithful, whatever their religion, is the unshakeable force of generosity.
2
Bonnie Bassler
I called up and said, 'Dad, I won a MacArthur.' My father goes: 'I always thought your sister would win that,' and I said, 'Dad, just say congratulations and keep your private thoughts private.' At that point he laughed, then burst into tears, and it was obvious that he was so happy and proud.
3
Candice Bergen
I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home.
4
Leslie Bibb
I do have body-image issues, just like everyone else. I mean, I wish I had bigger boobs. And I hate my butt. I want an onion butt - you know, a butt that'll bring tears to your eyes?
5
Jimmy Breslin
If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the impatience of one who thinks he actually owns the news you get, it is against the national interest.
6
Corrine Brown
Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves.
7
Georg Buchner
The stars are scattered all over the sky like shimmering tears, there must be great pain in the eye from which they trickled.
8
Julie Burchill
Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.
9
Billie Burke
An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.
10
Jung Chang
The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People had practiced acting to such a degree that they confused it with their true feelings.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEARS»

Discover the use of tears in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tears and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mud, Sweat and Tears
Now, for the first time, Bear tells the story of his action-packed life. Gripping, moving and wildly exhilarating, Mud, Sweat and Tears is a must-read for adrenalin junkies and armchair adventurers alike.
Bear Grylls, 2011
2
Rachel's Tears: The Spiritual Journey of Columbine Martyr ...
Rachel's Tears comes from a heartfelt need to celebrate this young girl's life, to work through the grief and the questions of a nation, and to comfort those who have been touched by violence in our schools today.
Beth Nimmo, 2000
3
Tears of a Tiger
In one horrifying night, Andy's life changed forever.
Sharon M. Draper, 2006
4
Cry Silent Tears: The Horrific True Story of the Little Boy ...
Jamie was just five years old and the horrific scene literally struck him dumb.
Joe Peters, 2008
5
Red Tears
Emily seems to have it all, friends, family and good grades. But beneath the surface lies a wretched secret.
Joanna Kenrick, 2007
6
Tears of the Moon
A talented songwriter, Shawn Gallagher spends his days lost in reverie and wonder, oblivious to the wiles of women and the ways of the world.
Nora Roberts, 2008
7
Tears in the Graeco-Roman World
This volume presents a wide range of contributions that analyse the cultural, sociological and communicative significance of tears and crying in Graeco-Roman antiquity.
Thorsten Fögen, 2009
8
Tears and Saints
" He asked himself if saints could be "the sources of tears' better light." "Who can tell?" he wrote in the first paragraph of this book, first published in Romania in 1937. "To be sure, tears are their trace.
E. M. Cioran, 1995
9
Blood, Sweat and Tears - The Changing Concepts of Physiology ...
Drawing on the methods of a wide range of academic disciplines, this volume shifts the focus of the history of the body, exploring the many different ways in which its physiology and its fluids were understood in pre-modern European thought ...
Manfred Horstmanshoff, Helen King, Claus Zittel, 2012
10
Tears of a Friend
Cassie, tired of her prettier, more fashionable best friend Claire's selfcenteredness, quarrels with her, but although she makes other friends, she still worries about Claire's safety at a rowdy party.
Joanna Kenrick, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEARS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tears is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Andrea Pirlo: 'Were my tears a goodbye to Juventus? No, they were …
Andrea Pirlo has revealed that his tears on the Olympic Stadium pitch were not because he was saying goodbye to Juventus. The central midfielder broke down ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
2
Emails relating to BC's Highway of Tears allegedly deleted
A former staffer at the B.C. Ministry of Transportation alleges that more than a dozen emails were deleted in November 2014 following a freedom of information ... «CBC.ca, May 15»
3
Tears of joy flow for Virginia family as wrongly convicted man …
RICHMOND, Va. – Michael Kenneth McAlister's family shed more than a few tears over the 29 years he was locked up for an attempted rape he didn't commit. «Fox News, May 15»
4
Villanova piccolo player plays through tears after NC state upset
It's March Madness, which means that upsets happen. When they do, tears inevitably follow. Especially among cheerleaders and members of the band. «Washington Post, Mar 15»
5
Nani breaks down in tears after scoring for Sporting Lisbon with 30 …
The 28-year-old was overcome and in tears as he was mobbed by his team-mates. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Nani's stunning 30-yard strike for Sporting ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
6
New onions 'don't cause tears or bad breath'
Farmers claim to have grown onions that do not cause tears when chopped or leave diners with bad breath. After two decades of cultivation, a new "sweet" ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
7
A list of the victims along B.C.'s Highway of Tears
VANCOUVER – A list of the 18 women and girls whose deaths and disappearances are part of the RCMP's investigation of the Highway of Tears in British ... «Globalnews.ca, Feb 15»
8
Mariah Carey breaks down in tears while singing at a Christmas …
The 45-year-old icon struggled to hold back the tears while performing her track Hero on stage, obviously in a reflective mood after everything that has ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
9
The National Anthem So Powerful It Brought an NFL Player to Tears
The national anthem is often played at sporting events or other large gatherings where it's easy for the mind to wander. But when was the last time you actually ... «TheBlaze.com, Nov 14»
10
Pregnant Carrie Underwood fights back tears at ACM Honors
The usually composed star was reduced to tears as she stood in front of her peers at the Ryman Auditorium in country music capital Nashville, Tennessee. «Daily Mail, Sep 14»

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