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"ref": "1999 May, Matt Groening, “Hell Is Other Robots”, in Futurama, season 1, episode 9:",
"text": "Fry: Bender's stupid religion is driving me nuts! / Leela: Amen!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"An expression of strong agreement, often in the phrase \"Amen to that!\""
],
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"links": [
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"agree",
"agree"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ʔāmyn",
"sense": "expression of strong agreement",
"word": "آمْيْن"
},
{
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"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "ʾāmên",
"sense": "expression of strong agreement",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ܐܡܝܢ"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "amen",
"sense": "expression of strong agreement",
"word": "ամեն"
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"sense": "expression of strong agreement",
"word": "amén"
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"_dis1": "2 98",
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"sense": "expression of strong agreement",
"word": "阿門"
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"roman": "āmén",
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"word": "阿门"
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"sense": "expression of strong agreement",
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"sense": "expression of strong agreement",
"word": "amen en uit"
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "amēn",
"sense": "expression of strong agreement",
"word": "𐌰𐌼𐌴𐌽"
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"word": "אָמֵן"
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"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hbo",
"3": "אָמֵן",
"4": "",
"5": "certainly, verily",
"tr": "ʾāmēn"
},
"expansion": "Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "آمِينَ"
},
"expansion": "Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "syc",
"2": "ܐܡܝܢ",
"tr": "ʾāmên"
},
"expansion": "Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle English amen, from Old English [Term?], from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) (cognate with Arabic آمِينَ (ʔāmīna), Classical Syriac ܐܡܝܢ (ʾāmên)). In Old English, it was used only at the end of the Gospels. Elsewhere, it was translated as sōþlīċe! (“truly”, “indeed!”), swā hit is (“so it is”), and sīe! (“[so] be it!”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "amens",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "amening",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "amened",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "amened",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "amen (third-person singular simple present amens, present participle amening, simple past and past participle amened)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:",
"text": "The moment Dr. Reid amened, we rushed straight out of the church off home.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2015, T. M. Young, Much Given, Much Required, page xxx:",
"text": "Most of the church amened and applauded.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Jewelle Francis, Manifest Destiny:",
"text": "She must be thinking Reverend Hopkins is talking directly to her, because she starts amening and shouting real loud when he gets to the part in Proverbs […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To say amen."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To say amen."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1984 August 11, Gail Ann Williams, “Convention Views: On The Street, In The Hall”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 3:",
"text": "spending the first half of the rally amening any mention of God or Reagan",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To say amen to; to ratify solemnly."
],
"links": [
[
"ratify",
"ratify"
],
[
"solemnly",
"solemnly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To say amen to; to ratify solemnly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/",
"note": "for strong agreement",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/(ˌ)eɪˈmɛn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈeɪmɛn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛn"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪmɛn"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔammana",
"sense": "say amen",
"word": "أَمَّنَ"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "aminuva",
"sense": "say amen",
"word": "аминува"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "say amen",
"word": "dizer amém"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "say amen",
"word": "dar amém"
}
],
"word": "amen"
}
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