ft
noun · verb · adjective · adverb
Simple meaning
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is often a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
Pronunciation
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
stock marketby extension
A stock market index code for the British stock market.
A theorem dealing with the relative probability that the entropy of a system that is currently away from thermodynamic equilibrium (i.e. maximum entropy) will increase or decrease over a given amount of time.
verb
Abbreviation of featuring; used to introduce guest performer(s) on a musical recording.
adjective
of a job
Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity, especially a job.
adverb
Spending a full amount of time.
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This meaning: A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
Used this way, ft is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a scientific use: it names something precisely within a field of study, so it appears in research and teaching more than in conversation.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Science
- Academic writing
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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