曾 — meaning in English

English meaning

• great adj Very large in size, extent, or degree.
• seminal adj Highly influential and providing the basis for later work or ideas.
• ur intj A filler sound used while hesitating or searching for words, similar to "er" or "um."

Senses

曾 is used for these senses in English:

• great- With familial designations, used to denote a removal of one generation
• proto- (ordinal number) First in order; which stage is first.
• seminal Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
• ur- Forming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.

great — full definition

1. adj Very large in size, extent, or degree.
2. adj Excellent or very good.
3. adj Important or highly significant.
4. adj Used before "grand-" to add an extra generation of family relationship.

seminal — full definition

1. adj Highly influential and providing the basis for later work or ideas.
2. adj Relating to semen or biological seed.

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