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Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound.
Dick Dale

Meaning of "the waves" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE WAVES

the waves play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE WAVES

the Water Carrier
the way
the weakest link
the Weald
the web
the weed
the welfare
the Welsh
the west
the West Bank
the West Country
the West End
the wet
the wharves
the wheel
the Wheel Blacks
the wherewithal
the which
the while
the whip hand

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE WAVES

airwaves
broadleaves
continuous waves
de Broglie waves
eaves
fig leaves
Graves
greaves
Hargreaves
haves
heaves
interleaves
leaves
loaves
make waves
maple leaves
matter waves
sheaves
staves
tea leaves

Synonyms and antonyms of the waves in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the waves» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE WAVES

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

las olas
570 millions of speakers

English

the waves
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लहरों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موجات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

as ondas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তরঙ্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ondes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

gelombang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Wellen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ombak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dalgalar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

le onde
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fale
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хвилі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

valuri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τα κύματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die golwe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vågorna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bølgene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the waves

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE WAVES»

The term «the waves» is very widely used and occupies the 21.852 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE WAVES» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE WAVES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the waves.
1
George Matthew Adams
What is more beautiful than a sea of water with a number of white-winged boats skirting its surface? Poetry and beauty contesting with the wind and the waves!
2
Alan Arkin
You have to think of your career the way you look at the ocean, deciding which wave you're gonna take and which waves you're not gonna take. Some of the waves are going to be big, some are gonna be small, sometimes the sea is going to be calm. Your career is not going to be one steady march upward to glory.
3
Jake T. Austin
I have to at least get a couple weekends in where I can just be on Santa Monica beach or Malibu and just ride the waves.
4
Pope Benedict XVI
An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
5
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
6
John Cleveland
My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery.
7
Dick Dale
Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar: that wet, splashy sound.
8
Phil Donahue
I was proud of the waves I had made, but wondered how many boats I was supposed to rock.
9
Gertrude Ederle
I was happiest between the waves.
10
William Finnegan
Writing is pretty flexible work, don't you think? If you want to surf, you just have to get a lot done when the waves are lousy. That's what I'm always telling myself, anyway - write while the surf's down!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE WAVES»

Discover the use of the waves in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the waves and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Waves
The text is presented in clearly readable form, with page-by-page direction to emendation, variants, and notes. The substantial introduction includes a detailed account of the novel's composition, publication and early critical reception.
Virginia Woolf, 2012
2
Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Cultural ...
This is the third edition of the definitive text on cultural diversity in business that encourages us to understand our own culture in the work place before managing or doing business with other national cultures.
Alfons Trompenaars, Fons Trompenaars, Charles Hampden-Turner, 2012
3
Shaping the Waves: A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard ...
"In Shaping the Waves, Jeffrey L. Cruikshank recounts the evolution of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School and among its graduates - a journey going back more than fifty years and involving many of the most influential business ...
Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, 2005
4
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Oceans' Greatest Furies
This is a white-knuckle ride with the men who live to catch rogue waves. It zips from Lloyds of London to rusty oil rigs, tropical Tahitian surf shacks to super-computer data labs.
Susan Casey, 2010
5
Surfing: Women of the Waves
To find that elemental connection to nature that has been lost in the jangle and clamor of modern life. To find God. The coolness, the wildness, the unmistakable aura of sexuality-these are part of surfing's ineffable appeal.
Linda Chase, 2008
6
World Beneath the Waves
Find out about the characteristics of each of the world's four oceans and about the plants and animals that live in them.
Joy Brewster, 2010
7
When the Waves Ruled Britannia: Geography and Political ...
This is the first general study to examine changing geographical languages in early modern British politics, in an imperial, European and global context.
Jonathan Scott, 2011
8
New Korean Cinema: Breaking the Waves
New Korean Cinema charts the dramatic transformation of South Korea's film industry from the democratization movement of the late 1980s to the 2000s new generation of directors.
Darcy Paquet, 2013
9
The Waves That Heal
(1949) the new science of radiobiology. a short account of the theories of G. Lakhovsky with results obtained in the treatment of plants, animals, and human beings. Illustrated.
Mark Clement, 1963
10
Raven of the Waves
On his first Viking raid, seventeen-year-old Lidsmod sails on the ship Raven, joining his comrades as they destroy and plunder villages in medieval England and take an Anglo-Saxon boy as captive.
Michael Cadnum, 2001

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE WAVES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the waves is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hurricane Ana brushes Hawaii with high winds, strong waves
"When the waves are good, you've got to get in," said surfer Emile Meder, 23, who squeezed in a session before heading to work. "Every time we have a ... «CBS News, Oct 14»

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