orange
noun · adjective · verb
Simple meaning
The bright color between red and yellow.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɔɹəndʒ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The bright color between red and yellow.
uncountable
The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
uncountable
Various drinks
A local government area in central New South Wales, Australia; in full, the City of Orange.
Prince or Princess of Orange. Title of the first-born to the Dutch Royal House.
adjective
Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
Relating to the Orange Order.
verb
transitive
To color orange.
intransitive
To become orange.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: the bright color between red and yellow.
Used this way, orange is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “I enjoy eating a fresh orange as a healthy snack.”noun
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers.
Annual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers.
A terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists.
Grove of orange trees.
European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays.
A common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur.
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