beta

The second person pronouns are usually avoided when talking to someone of higher status


beta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).


beta

boat; specifically a small, flat-bottom boat common to the coasts of Provence and Languedoc


beta

beta (nominative singular)
bety (nominative plural)
bety (genitive singular)
bet (genitive plural)
betě (dative singular)
betám (dative plural)
betu (accusative singular)
bety (accusative plural)
beto (singular vocative)
bety (plural vocative)
betě (locative singular)
betách (locative plural)
betou (instrumental singular)
betami (instrumental plural)


beta

The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.

But let me tell you happy extroverts that only Vera Telfer and H. A. C. Evans got even an alpha minus; only T. E. Hendrie got a beta plus […]

1957, R. Avery, “This Week’s Competition”, in Time & Tide, volume 38, number 1, page 184:

Mr Taylor would hardly give a beta minus to one of his history students […]

1964, Randolph Churchill, The Fight for the Tory Leadership: A Contemporary Chronicle, page 49:

The English class was for me delightful. My essays, still written under the influence of Kubla Khan, nearly always got a beta plus.

1979, Angus MacVicar, Silver in My Sporran: Confessions of a Writing Man, page 76:

(education, rare) An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha.

An inspection of the results indicate that Property Trusts is the lowest risk industry with a long-run beta of 0.4520 while Gold is the highest risk industry with a long-run beta of 1.5229.

2001, Cheng-Few Lee, editor, Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, volume 8, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 143:

(finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.

The company is offering a public beta program to test the software.

(uncountable) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.

He quickly deduced our goal—ship a quality beta—but he also quickly discerned that we had no idea about the quality of the product because of our pile of untriaged bugs.

2007, Michael Lopp, Managing Humans, page 107:

We will assume you got the .tgz version—later 2.x series versions such as 2.5.2 or 2.6.0 should be okay, provided they are production releases (not alphas, betas, or release candidates).

2007, Mark Summerfield, Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt: The Definitive Guide to PyQt Programming, Pearson Education, →ISBN:

Before Evolve had even seen its first beta, the game's publisher dipped its toe into presenting it as an eSport.

2015 February 14, Steven Strom, “Evolve Review: Middle of the food chain”, in Ars Technica:

(countable) Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.

beta levels; beta characters; beta items in a video game

(proscribed, uncountable) Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product.

(climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.

(aviation) The range of engine power settings in which the blade pitch angle of a constant-speed propeller is controlled directly by the angle of the engine's throttle lever (rather than varying with engine torque and airspeed to maintain a constant propeller RPM), allowing the propeller to be disked to generate high drag and slow the aircraft quickly.

Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”)

“I guess in your psychological language of alpha males and beta males, I would be firmly in the camp that prefers the more laid-back betas,” she took a deep breath, “like your father.”

2006, Catherine Mann, Blaze of Glory, Harlequin, published 2006, →ISBN:

“They want sexy, virile alpha males, yes? But that doesn't come with sensitive and loyal and all of that. That's a beta. A frickin' collie, Lola. […]

2010, L. A. Banks, “Dog Tired (of the Drama!)”, in Kevin J. Anderson, editor, Blood Lite II: Overbite, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 121:

She'd always had a thing for alpha males. Not that she had any intention of being bossed around, even if one had her best interests at heart. Her fascination with alphas was that they were a challenge. Betas didn't hold much of an appeal.

2010, Terry Spear, Wolf Fever, Sourcebooks Casablanca, published 2010, →ISBN, page 24:

When they ride the cock carousel in preference to the responsible betas that they find so boring, well, we guess that they pay.

2015, Stephen Jarosek, Tyrants of Matriarchy:

News of Harper-Mercer's murder spree, which killed ten, prompted speculation on neoreactionary forums that the long-awaited “beta uprising” of virginal shut-ins had begun. Not quite. But in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, a large audience of Americans finally saw the real beta uprising in the violent Nazi rally that shut the city down

2018, Corey Pein, Live Work Work Work Die:

(slang, manosphere, masculism) Ellipsis of beta male, a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.

beta male

Many A/B/O stories posit societies where biological imperatives divide people based on wolf pack hierarchies into sexual dominants (alphas), sexual submissives (omegas), and everyone else (betas).

2013, Kristina Busse, “Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse”, in Anne Jamison, editor, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 317:

In ASD, the beta also functions as a contrast, as Yuri is assumed to be a beta before his first heat reveals his omega status.

2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 99

Betas are usually second in command to the reigning alpha, and omegas belong to the lowest caste of the social hierarchy.

2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, “When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom”, in Ashton Spacey, editor, The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction, page 119:

(fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.

en-noun

beta (countable and uncountable, plural betas)

From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta). Doublet of beth.


beta

Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.

Designates the second in an order of precedence.

(computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.

(of a person, object or action) Associated with the beta male/female archetype.


beta

(computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.

1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.x-files.creative/msg/29d32d27e61755f2?dmode=source
My thanks to Heather; who read it and betaed it. Thank you.

2000, Elizabeth Durack, quoted in Angelina I. Karpovich, “The Audience as Editor: The Role of Beta Readers in Online Fan Fiction Communities” (essay), in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (editors), Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet, McFarland (2006), →ISBN, page 180,
Beta’ing is time-consuming, so asking a lot of people to give you a detailed analysis isn’t the most polite thing to do.

2002, Jane Davitt, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative/msg/9301606b391212c0?dmode=source
The next part is written and beta'd (thanks, Jen!), ready to go but <shuffles feet> I haven't even started what should be the final part yet.

2002, Karmen Ghia, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated http://groups.google.com/group/alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated/msg/8405f53e8acbb0c1?dmode=source
I had the honor of betaing this story and as I was doing the first read through I had the odd, but lovely, experience when a story suspends the reader in its own rhythm and flow, its own reality.

en-verb

beta (third-person singular simple present betas, present participle betaing, simple past and past participle betaed)

betas (present singular third-person)
betaing (participle present)
betaed (participle past)
betaed (past)


beta

fo-noun

beta n (genitive singular beta, plural betu)

beta (genitive singular)
betu (plural)
beta (indefinite nominative singular)
betað (definite nominative singular)
betu (indefinite nominative plural)
betur (indefinite nominative plural)
betuni (definite nominative plural)
beta (accusative indefinite singular)
betað (accusative definite singular)
betu (accusative indefinite plural)
betur (accusative indefinite plural)
betuni (accusative definite plural)
beta (dative indefinite singular)
betanum (dative definite singular)
betum (dative indefinite plural)
betunum (dative definite plural)
beta (genitive indefinite singular)
betans (definite genitive singular)
betna (genitive indefinite plural)
betnanna (definite genitive plural)

From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”).


beta

is-noun

beta f (genitive singular betu, nominative plural betur) or
beta n (genitive singular beta, nominative plural betu)

beta (canonical feminine)
beta (canonical neuter)
betu (genitive singular)
betur (nominative plural)
beta (genitive singular)
betu (nominative plural)
beta (indefinite nominative singular)
betan (definite nominative singular)
betur (indefinite nominative plural)
beturnar (definite nominative plural)
betu (accusative indefinite singular)
betuna (accusative definite singular)
betur (accusative indefinite plural)
beturnar (accusative definite plural)
betu (dative indefinite singular)
betunni (dative definite singular)
betum (dative indefinite plural)
betunum (dative definite plural)
betu (genitive indefinite singular)
betunnar (definite genitive singular)
beta (genitive indefinite plural)
betanna (definite genitive plural)
beta (indefinite nominative singular)
betað (definite nominative singular)
betu (indefinite nominative plural)
betun (definite nominative plural)
beta (accusative indefinite singular)
betað (accusative definite singular)
betu (accusative indefinite plural)
betun (accusative definite plural)
beta (dative indefinite singular)
betanu (dative definite singular)
betum (dative indefinite plural)
betunum (dative definite plural)
beta (genitive indefinite singular)
betans (definite genitive singular)
beta (genitive indefinite plural)
betanna (definite genitive plural)


beta

Inherited from Malay beta, from Hindi बेटा (beṭā, “son”).


beta

beta (second letter of the Greek alphabet)


beta

abbreviation of benda terbang aneh (“unidentified flying object”).


beta

the name of the Greek script letter Β/β; beta

From Latin bēta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).


beta

Enibadi we av iez — beta lisn gud!

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 11:15:

Anybody who has ears – better listen good!


beta

la-noun

bēta f (genitive bētae); first declension

bēta (canonical feminine)
bētae (genitive)
bēta (nominative singular)
bētae (nominative plural)
bētae (genitive singular)
bētārum (genitive plural)
bētae (dative singular)
bētīs (dative plural)
bētam (accusative singular)
bētās (accusative plural)
bētā (ablative singular)
bētīs (ablative plural)
bēta (singular vocative)
bētae (plural vocative)

Catalan: bleda (partially), bleda-rave

French: bette, betterave, blette (partially)

Galician: beterraba

Portuguese: beterraba

Spanish: betarraga (Chile), beterraga (Chile), beterava (Western Argentina)

Irish: biatas

Italian: bieta (partially), bietola

Norman: betterave

Sicilian: jiti (Southern East of Sicily) (it is probably pluralia tantum but preceded by definite article "a")

→ Proto-West Germanic: *bētā (see there for further descendants)

Said by some sources to be of Celtic origin, but no obvious Celtic cognates exist; Ernout and Meillet adduce an apparently apocryphal Irish biatuis as cognate. Also compared are blitum (“spinach”), meta (“conic heap of stones”) (compared to the root's spindle form), and less likely, sense 2, with the seed vessel resembling the letter.


beta

(royal) I, me, my (exclusive use in royalty, subject is either king or queen)


beta

ms-noun

beta (Jawi spelling بيتا, plural beta-beta, informal 1st possessive betaku, 2nd possessive betamu, 3rd possessive betanya)

بيتا (Jawi)
beta-beta (plural)
betaku (first-person informal possessive)
betamu (possessive second-person)
betanya (possessive third-person)


beta

bēta (canonical feminine)
bēta (nominative singular)
bēta (nominative plural)
bēton (nominative plural)
bēta (accusative singular)
bēton (accusative singular)
bēta (accusative plural)
bēton (accusative plural)
bēton (genitive singular)
bētono (genitive plural)
bēton (dative singular)
bēton (dative plural)

Middle Dutch: bête

desctree

Dutch: biet, beet
Afrikaans: beet
→ Indonesian: bit

From Proto-West Germanic *bētā, which is a borrowing from Latin bēta.


beta

Cit comṡuidigthi la Grécu ní écen dúnni beta comṡuidigthi linn.

Although they are compounds in Greek (lit. “with the Greeks”), it is not necessary for us that they be compounds in our language (lit. “with us”).

third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is


beta

beta (nominative singular)
bety (nominative plural)
bety (genitive singular)
bet (genitive plural)
becie (dative singular)
betom (dative plural)
betę (accusative singular)
bety (accusative plural)
betą (instrumental singular)
betami (instrumental plural)
becie (locative singular)
betach (locative plural)
beto (singular vocative)
bety (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta), from Phoenician 𐤁 (b /bēt/).


beta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


beta

Borrowed from Latin beta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).


beta

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of betar:
second-person singular imperative


beta

beta (plural)
beta (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
betaul (accusative definite nominative singular)
betai (accusative definite nominative plural)
beta (indefinite singular)
betaului (definite singular)
betalor (definite plural)
betaule (singular vocative)
betalor (vocative)


beta

bȅta (canonical feminine)
бе̏та (Cyrillic)
beta (nominative singular)
bete (nominative plural)
bete (genitive singular)
beta (genitive plural)
beti (dative singular)
betama (dative plural)
betu (accusative singular)
bete (accusative plural)
beto (singular vocative)
bete (plural vocative)
beti (locative singular)
betama (locative plural)
betom (instrumental singular)
betama (instrumental plural)


beta

sk-noun

beta f (genitive singular bety, nominative plural bety, genitive plural biet, declension pattern of žena)

beta f OR (canonical)
bety (genitive singular)
bety (nominative plural)
biet (genitive plural)
žena (declension-pattern-of)
beta (nominative singular)
bety (nominative plural)
bety (genitive singular)
biet (genitive plural)
bete (dative singular)
betám (dative plural)
betu (accusative singular)
bety (accusative plural)
bete (locative singular)
betách (locative plural)
betou (instrumental singular)
betami (instrumental plural)


beta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta) ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”).


beta

beta (indefinite nominative singular)
betas (genitive indefinite singular)
betat (definite nominative singular)
betats (definite genitive singular)
beta (indefinite nominative plural)
betas (genitive indefinite plural)
betan (definite nominative plural)
betans (definite genitive plural)
beta (indefinite nominative singular)
betas (genitive indefinite singular)
betan (definite nominative singular)
betans (definite genitive singular)
betor (indefinite nominative plural)
betors (genitive indefinite plural)
betorna (definite nominative plural)
betornas (definite genitive plural)

Latin bēta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).


beta

head

beta (present betar, preterite betade, supine betat, imperative beta)

betar (present)
betade (preterite)
betat (supine)
beta (imperative)
beta (active infinitive)
betas (infinitive passive)
betat (active supine)
betats (passive supine)
beta (active imperative)
beten (active archaic)
betar (active indicative present)
betade (active indicative past)
betas (indicative passive present)
betades (indicative passive past)
beta (active archaic present)
betade (active archaic past)
betas (archaic passive present)
betades (archaic passive past)
bete (active dated present subjunctive)
betade (active dated past subjunctive)
betes (dated passive present subjunctive)
betades (dated passive past subjunctive)
betande (active participle past present)
betad (active participle past)


beta

beta (indefinite nominative singular)
betas (genitive indefinite singular)
betan (definite nominative singular)
betans (definite genitive singular)
betor (indefinite nominative plural)
betors (genitive indefinite plural)
betorna (definite nominative plural)
betornas (definite genitive plural)


beta

to graze; to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage.


beta

beta (present betar, preterite betog, supine betagit, imperative beta)

betar (present)
betog (preterite)
betagit (supine)
beta (imperative)
beta (active infinitive)
betas (infinitive passive)
betagit (active supine)
betagits (passive supine)
beta (active imperative)
betan (active archaic)
betar (active indicative present)
betog (active indicative past)
betas (indicative passive present)
betogs (indicative passive past)
beta (active archaic present)
betogo (active archaic past)
betas (archaic passive present)
betogos (archaic passive past)
beta (active dated present subjunctive)
betoge (active dated past subjunctive)
betas (dated passive present subjunctive)
betoges (dated passive past subjunctive)
betagande (active participle past present)
betagen (active participle past)
betaga (active infinitive)
betagas (infinitive passive)
betagit (active supine)
betagits (passive supine)
betag (active imperative)
betagen (active archaic)
betager (active indicative present)
betog (active indicative past)
betages (indicative passive present)
betogs (indicative passive past)
betaga (active archaic present)
betogo (active archaic past)
betagas (archaic passive present)
betogos (archaic passive past)
betage (active dated present subjunctive)
betoge (active dated past subjunctive)
betages (dated passive present subjunctive)
betoges (dated passive past subjunctive)
betagande (active participle past present)
betagen (active participle past)