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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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Meaning of "whites" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHITES

whites  [waɪts] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whites 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 WHITES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

whites

White people

White people is a term for a set of ethnic groups, and functions as a color metaphor for race. The definition of "white person" differs according to geographical and historical context. Various social constructions of whiteness have had implications in terms of national identity, consanguinity, public policy, religion, population statistics, racial segregation, affirmative action, eugenics, racial marginalization and racial quotas. The concept has been applied with varying degrees of formality and internal consistency in disciplines including sociology, politics, genetics, biology, medicine, biomedicine, language, culture, and law.

Definition of whites in the English dictionary

The definition of whites in the dictionary is household linen or cotton goods, such as sheets. Other definition of whites is white or off-white clothing, such as that worn for playing cricket.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHITES


brights
braɪts
daylights
ˈdeɪˌlaɪts
Dolomites
ˈdɒləˌmaɪts
footlights
ˈfʊtˌlaɪts
heights
ˈhaɪts
highlights
ˈhaɪlaɪts
knights
naɪts
lights
laɪts
lowlights
ˈləʊlaɪts
nights
naɪts
rights
raɪts
sights
saɪts
tights
taɪts

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITES

whitely
whiten
whitener
whiteness
whitening
whiteout
whitepot
whiter than white
whitesmith
whitetail
whitethorn
whitethroat
whitewall
whitewall tyre
whiteware
whitewash
whitewasher
whitewater rafting
whitewing
whitewood

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITES

All Whites
Ammonites
ascites
equites
favourites
fomites
Independent Order of Rechabites
iron pyrites
kites
last rites
limites
play favourites
pyrites
Quirites
sorites
the All Whites
Thersites
to play favourites
toilet requisites
velites

Synonyms and antonyms of whites in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whites» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHITES

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

Translator English - Chinese

白人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blancos
570 millions of speakers

English

whites
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गोरों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البيض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

белые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brancos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাদা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

blancs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Putih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Weißen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

白人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

백인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Putih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người da trắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளையர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पंचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beyazlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bianchi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

białe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

білі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

albi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λευκά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blankes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vita
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hvite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whites

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITES»

The term «whites» is very widely used and occupies the 14.276 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of whites
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «whites».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITES» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «WHITES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word whites.
1
Peter Abrahams
For me, personally, life in South Africa had come to an end. I had been lucky in some of the whites I had met. Meeting them had made a straight 'all-blacks-are-good, all-whites-are-bad' attitude impossible. But I had reached a point where the gestures of even my friends among the whites were suspect, so I had to go or be forever lost.
2
Edward Ball
If you read the memoirs of slave-owning families, you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of black people in the lives of the whites, even though for most of the time on the plantations black people outnumbered whites by a ratio of seven to one.
3
Travis Barker
Once in a while, I'll slip and get off my vegan diet and have egg whites in the morning, that's a good source of protein while I'm out on the road. If I can feel my body starting to tire, those are good to keep you healthy.
4
Henry Walter Bates
The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English, French, and American residents.
5
Derrick Bell
Few whites are ready to actively promote civil rights for blacks.
6
Steven Biko
So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.
7
Sitting Bull
What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
8
Stokely Carmichael
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.
9
Don Cheadle
I want to see somebody go to jail over the financial crisis and not just black, brown and poor whites over humbles and minor drug beefs.
10
Eldridge Cleaver
If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITES»

Discover the use of whites in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whites and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Whites
Whether they are Americans, Brits, or a stubborn and suicidally moral Dutchman, Norman Rush's whites are not sure why they are in Botswana.
Norman Rush, 2011
2
The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party's Revolution and the ...
This book tells the story of the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of the nation's founding, including the battle waged by the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and evangelical Christians to "take back America.
Jill Lepore, 2011
3
Blacks & Whites in São Paulo, Brazil, 1888-1988
The book focuses first on Afro-Brazilians' entry into the agricultural and urban working class after the abolition of slavery.
George Reid Andrews, 1991
4
Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel about the ...
Presents the feelings of nearly one hundred Americans on such issues as affirmative action, changing neighborhoods, and secret prejudices.
Studs Terkel, 2005
5
Poor Whites of the Antebellum South: Tenants and Laborers in ...
Providing a provocative analysis of the failure of the Jeffersonian "yeoman ideal" of democracy in white-majority areas, this book also shows how poor whites represented a more significant presence on the political, economic, and social ...
Charles C. Bolton, 1993
6
Forever Foreigners Or Honorary Whites?: The Asian Ethnic ...
Examines the meaning of ethnicity for middle-class later-generation Chinese and Japanese Americans in California
Mia Tuan, 1998
7
Reds, Whites, and Blues: Social Movements, Folk Music, and ...
Reds, Whites, and Blues examines the political force of folk music, not through the meaning of its lyrics, but through the concrete social activities that make up movements.
William G. Roy, 2010
8
Blacks and Whites in Christian America: How Racial ...
Shelton and Emerson find that America’s history of racial oppression has had a deep and fundamental effect on the religious beliefs and practices of blacks and whites across America.
Jason E. Shelton, Michael O. Emerson, 2012
9
Tropical Whites: The Rise of the Tourist South in the Americas
Tropical Whites explains how the tropical beach resort came to symbolize the iconic vacation landscape.
Catherine Cocks, 2013
10
Whites Confront Racism: Antiracists and Their Paths to Action
This book asserts the distinctive place that whites can take in the fight for racial justice, bringing together interviews with white antiracist activists from across North America.
Eileen O'Brien, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whites is used in the context of the following news items.
1
It's official: Latinos now outnumber whites in California
The demographers agreed: At some point in 2014, Latinos would pass whites as the largest ethnic group in California. Determining when exactly that milestone ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Heroin Use Surges, Especially Among Women And Whites
Health officials, confronted with a shocking increase in heroin abuse, are developing a clearer picture of who is becoming addicted to this drug and why. «NPR, Jul 15»
3
Missouri police stopped blacks more than whites in 2014
LOUIS (AP) — The disparity in the rate at which Missouri authorities pulled over black drivers compared with whites last year surged to its highest level since the ... «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»
4
Whites moving to Detroit, city that epitomized white flight
DETROIT — Whites are moving back to the American city that came to epitomize white flight, even as blacks continue to leave for the suburbs and the city's ... «New York Post, May 15»
5
Six in 10 whites now say race relations are bad
White and black Americans have long reacted in sharply different ways to police-related deaths of black men and ensuing protests. But now whites have joined ... «Washington Post, May 15»
6
Whites approve of cops hitting people more than blacks, Hispanics …
WASHINGTON — Whites in the United States approve of police officers hitting people in far greater numbers than blacks and Hispanics do, at a time when the ... «New York Post, Apr 15»
7
Report: Black Americans Are 72% Equal to Whites
The index sets white as the benchmark, because, according to the report, “the history of race in America has created advantages for whites that persist in many ... «TIME, Mar 15»
8
More African Americans still die of HIV than whites and Latinos …
More African Americans still die of HIV than whites and Latinos combined, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, but the black ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
9
Here's Why It's Important That Scientists Have Figured Out How to …
A group of University of California, Irvine, and Australian chemists have discovered how to unboil egg whites, potentially slashing costs for cancer treatment and ... «TIME, Jan 15»
10
White Households Are Now 13 Times Richer Than Black Ones
The wealth gap between whites and blacks in the U.S. is the widest it's been in 30 ... households are not recovering at the same rate as the white households. «CityLab, Dec 14»

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