--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 21 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 21 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* The process of drying something out completely, or the state of being very dry.[↗](../../desiccation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The removal of water from food, soil or living things.[↗](../../desiccation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cacti have thick skin to avoid desiccation.[↗](../../desiccation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pond's desiccation left fish stranded in the mud.[↗](../../desiccation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Desiccation is used to preserve fruit like raisins.[↗](../../desiccation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mud cracks form during the desiccation of a lake bed.[↗](../../desiccation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Frogs must keep moist to avoid desiccation.[↗](../../desiccation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Raisins are grapes dried by desiccation in the sun.[↗](../../desiccation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **design** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A design is a drawing or plan that shows how something will look or be made.[↗](../../design/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A design is a pattern of lines, shapes and colours that decorates something.[↗](../../design/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To design means to plan and draw how something will be made or work.[↗](../../design/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* By design means on purpose.[↗](../../design/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Designs can also mean secret plans, often bad ones, made to get what you want.[↗](../../design/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We designed a bridge out of paper.[↗](../../design/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I like the design on your T-shirt.[↗](../../design/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The car was designed to be safe.[↗](../../design/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a design for your poster first.[↗](../../design/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Is this mistake by design or by accident?[↗](../../design/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The tiles have a pattern design of triangles.[↗](../../design/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The wicked brothers stamped and foamed with rage when they saw the failure of their wicked designs.[↗](../../design/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · These three mothers did he create, form, and design, and combine with the three mothers in the world, and in the year, and in Man, both male and female.[↗](../../design/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../design/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · These Three Mothers did He produce and design, and combined them; and He sealed them as the three mothers in the Universe, in the Year and in Man—both male and female.[↗](../../design/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../design/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · To obtain the full value of this Treatise, it should be studied hand in hand with Hermetic Rituals, the " Isiac Tablet ", and with a complete set of the Tarot designs.[↗](../../design/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../design/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **designate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose.[↗](../../designate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To mark or name something in a special way.[↗](../../designate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective, formal) Chosen for a job but not started yet.[↗](../../designate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Bikes must be left in the designated area.[↗](../../designate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The park was designated a nature reserve.[↗](../../designate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoking is only allowed in designated places.[↗](../../designate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was designated team captain.[↗](../../designate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let y designate the number of oranges.[↗](../../designate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad was the designated driver.[↗](../../designate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In earlier times, by which name our aunt used to designate thirty years ago, she and the before-mentioned Herr Sivertsen had been younger.[↗](../../designate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hebrew language and its characters correspond mostly with the things they designate, and thus holy thoughts, Hebrew language (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../designate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **designation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) A designation is a name, title or label given to something or someone.[↗](../../designation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Designation is choosing or naming someone or something for a special purpose or job.[↗](../../designation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The plane had the designation "Flight 307".[↗](../../designation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her job designation is head teacher.[↗](../../designation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest received designation as a national park.[↗](../../designation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each storm gets a name as its designation.[↗](../../designation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Write your name and designation on the form.[↗](../../designation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The designation of the area as a nature reserve protects the birds.[↗](../../designation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot's designation was R2.[↗](../../designation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Rooms have designations like A1 and B2.[↗](../../designation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **designed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Designed means planned and drawn before being made: she designed a poster.[↗](../../designed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Designed for (or to) means made for a particular purpose or person: this bike is designed for small children.[↗](../../designed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Designed can mean planned on purpose, intended.[↗](../../designed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I designed a poster for the school fair.[↗](../../designed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This chair is designed for young children.[↗](../../designed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The helmet is designed to protect your head.[↗](../../designed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge was designed by a famous engineer.[↗](../../designed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We designed and built a boat that could float.[↗](../../designed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A well-designed game is easy to learn.[↗](../../designed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The car seat is designed to keep babies safe.[↗](../../designed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Architecture next engaged his attention, and in 1657 he designed a house at Viry for his brother and supervised its construction.[↗](../../designed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Ginsburg asserts that the system of vowel polluting was invented by a Rabbi Mocha in Palestine about a.d.[↗](../../designed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") 570, who designed it to assist his pupils.[↗](../../designed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../designed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · After that our father Abraham had seen, and pondered over, investigated, and understood these things, he designed, engraved, and composed them, and received them into his power (hands).[↗](../../designed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../designed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes.[↗](../../designed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../designed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **designer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A designer is a person whose job is to plan how things will look or work, such as clothes, buildings, games or websites.[↗](../../designer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective use) Designer clothes or bags are made by a famous fashion company and usually cost a lot.[↗](../../designer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wants to be a fashion designer.[↗](../../designer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The game designer planned 20 levels.[↗](../../designer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A designer drew the new school logo.[↗](../../designer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Designer jeans cost much more than normal ones.[↗](../../designer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The designer chose blue and white for the room.[↗](../../designer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Each designer made 3 dresses; 4 designers made how many?[↗](../../designer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **desirable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Desirable means worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive.[↗](../../desirable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Desirable means advisable or a good idea.[↗](../../desirable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A garden is desirable when you have a dog.[↗](../../desirable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It is desirable to arrive ten minutes early.[↗](../../desirable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Good teamwork is a desirable skill.[↗](../../desirable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The house is in a very desirable area.[↗](../../desirable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The advert said French was desirable but not essential.[↗](../../desirable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A healthy breakfast is desirable before a long day.[↗](../../desirable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The King answered that in a certain country there was a King who had a beautiful daughter, and he thought it would be most desirable if Sigurd could get her.[↗](../../desirable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word; (Writings PSA.106.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desirable/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.[↗](../../desirable/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desirable/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.[↗](../../desirable/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.21.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desirable/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **desire** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun.[↗](../../desire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A desire is a strong wish or longing for something.[↗](../../desire/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* verb (formal).[↗](../../desire/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To desire something means to want it very much.[↗](../../desire/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* "Leaves a lot to be desired" means it is not very good.[↗](../../desire/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She had a strong desire to become a vet.[↗](../../desire/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero's only desire was to get home.[↗](../../desire/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Add salt until you get the desired taste.[↗](../../desire/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He had no desire to go out in the rain.[↗](../../desire/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The king desired a golden crown.[↗](../../desire/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The food at the camp left a lot to be desired.[↗](../../desire/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Round your answer to the desired number of decimal places.[↗](../../desire/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Because young people have strong desires.[↗](../../desire/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and seest among the captives a woman of goodly form, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife; (Torah DEU.21.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desire/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Not so; go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what ye desire.'[↗](../../desire/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.[↗](../../desire/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.10.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desire/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.'[↗](../../desire/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desire/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.[↗](../../desire/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desire/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And on whom is all the desire of Israel?[↗](../../desire/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.9.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desire/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.[↗](../../desire/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.7.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desire/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **desirous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Old or formal: wanting very much to have or do something.[↗](../../desirous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king was desirous of a golden carpet.[↗](../../desirous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was desirous to learn magic.[↗](../../desirous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Are you desirous of a second helping?[↗](../../desirous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.[↗](../../desirous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desirous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **desist** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To stop doing something, especially when told to: «desist from doing it».[↗](../../desist/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The judge told him to desist from shouting.[↗](../../desist/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Please desist from running in the corridors.[↗](../../desist/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The company received a letter telling it to cease and desist.[↗](../../desist/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The guard ordered the boys to desist at once.[↗](../../desist/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Pupils must desist from talking once the exam begins.[↗](../../desist/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain finally desisted in the evening.[↗](../../desist/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Grasshopper refused to desist, and chirped louder and louder the more the Owl entreated.[↗](../../desist/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and also their gods, with their molten images, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall he bring into captivity into Egypt; and he shall desist some years from the king of the north.[↗](../../desist/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.11.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desist/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **desk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A desk is a table where you sit to read, write or work, often with drawers.[↗](../../desk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A desk is also a counter where you get help, like the front desk of a hotel.[↗](../../desk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 6 rows of desks with 5 desks in each.[↗](../../desk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The class needs 28 desks.[↗](../../desk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each desk has 2 pencils.[↗](../../desk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A desk costs $45.[↗](../../desk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your books in your desk.[↗](../../desk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Please keep your desk tidy.[↗](../../desk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask at the front desk of the library.[↗](../../desk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher's desk is at the front.[↗](../../desk/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · One morning Mr. Fitzwarren was sitting at his desk in his office.[↗](../../desk/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **desolate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Desolate means empty and bare, with no people or life.[↗](../../desolate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Desolate means sad and lonely, feeling that nothing is good.[↗](../../desolate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The desolate house stood at the end of the lane.[↗](../../desolate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The moor was cold and desolate.[↗](../../desolate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After her friends left, she felt desolate.[↗](../../desolate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest; even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.[↗](../../desolate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee.[↗](../../desolate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Then shall the land be paid her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and repay her sabbaths.[↗](../../desolate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.[↗](../../desolate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein.[↗](../../desolate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.[↗](../../desolate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.5.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **desolation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Desolation is a state of being empty, ruined and bare, with nothing living.[↗](../../desolation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Desolation is great sadness and loneliness.[↗](../../desolation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The flood left only desolation behind.[↗](../../desolation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked through the desolation of the burnt village.[↗](../../desolation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her desolation grew each day.[↗](../../desolation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.[↗](../../desolation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.[↗](../../desolation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.[↗](../../desolation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · How are they become a desolation in a moment\![↗](../../desolation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.73.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations\![↗](../../desolation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.50.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.[↗](../../desolation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desolation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **despair** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The feeling of having lost all hope.[↗](../../despair/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To lose hope: «Don't despair — we'll find your cat.».[↗](../../despair/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (phrase) «Drive someone to despair» or «be the despair of someone» means make them feel hopeless and worried.[↗](../../despair/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Toad lay in his dungeon in despair.[↗](../../despair/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't despair — you can try again tomorrow.[↗](../../despair/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She shook her head in despair at the mess.[↗](../../despair/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher despaired of ever getting the class quiet.[↗](../../despair/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the storm, the farmers were in despair.[↗](../../despair/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His messy room is the despair of his mum.[↗](../../despair/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I do not despair of the future.[↗](../../despair/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid; by reason of despair they are beside themselves.[↗](../../despair/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../despair/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun. (Writings ECC.2.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../despair/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **despairingly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope.[↗](../../despairingly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Help me!" she cried despairingly.[↗](../../despairingly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He sat on the step and shook his head despairingly.[↗](../../despairingly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy looked despairingly at the flooded road.[↗](../../despairingly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **despatch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To despatch something is to send it off, especially a parcel, letter or message.[↗](../../despatch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To despatch someone is to send them somewhere to do a job.[↗](../../despatch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To despatch a task is to do it quickly; (old) to despatch someone can mean to kill them.[↗](../../despatch/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A despatch is a sending, or an official report or message, for example from a war.[↗](../../despatch/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your parcel was despatched this morning.[↗](../../despatch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ambulance was despatched to the accident.[↗](../../despatch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The general sent a despatch to London.[↗](../../despatch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She despatched her homework in ten minutes.[↗](../../despatch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story, the knight despatched the dragon.[↗](../../despatch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Despatch riders carried messages in the war.[↗](../../despatch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They then despatched a herald on board of her, demanding the surrender of Medea and the Fleece.[↗](../../despatch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the assembly shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.[↗](../../despatch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../despatch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **desperate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Feeling that you have little hope and will do anything to change the situation.[↗](../../desperate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wanting or needing something very much: «desperate for a drink».[↗](../../desperate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Very serious or dangerous: «a desperate situation».[↗](../../desperate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Done as a last try with little chance of success: «a desperate attempt».[↗](../../desperate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (informal, UK) «Desperate for the loo» means needing the toilet very badly.[↗](../../desperate/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lost hikers were desperate for water.[↗](../../desperate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm desperate to see the new film.[↗](../../desperate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They made a desperate attempt to save the goal.[↗](../../desperate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The family was in desperate need of food and shelter.[↗](../../desperate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Stop the car, I'm desperate for the loo\![↗](../../desperate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Desperate times call for desperate measures.[↗](../../desperate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten gave a desperate cry from the tree.[↗](../../desperate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her case, on the contrary, looked more desperate than ever.[↗](../../desperate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?[↗](../../desperate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desperate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In the day of thy planting thou didst make it to grow, and in the morning thou didst make thy seed to blossom — a heap of boughs in the day of grief and of desperate pain.[↗](../../desperate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.17.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../desperate/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/20/) **21** [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/22/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/20/) - next →: [page 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/22/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)