"dole" meaning in English

See dole in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dəʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [dɒʊl] [Received-Pronunciation], /dɒl/ (note: doll–dole merger), /doʊl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dole.wav [Southern-England] Forms: doles [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Polish dola (“fate, cut”), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal. First attested in the late 12th c. The verb is first attested in the mid-15th c. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dol}} Middle English dol, {{inh|en|ang|dāl||portion, share, division, allotment}} Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dailą||part, deal}} Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*dʰayl-||part, watershed}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”), {{cog|pl|dola||fate, cut}} Polish dola (“fate, cut”), {{cog|cu|дѣлити||divide}} Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”), {{etydate|late 12th c.}} First attested in the late 12th c., {{etydate|mid-15th c.|nocap=1}} first attested in the mid-15th c. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dole (countable and uncountable, plural doles)
  1. (uncountable) Distribution; dealing; apportionment. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-dole-en-noun-xVVE~n3H
  2. (uncountable) Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
    Distribution of alms or gifts.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dole-en-noun-XK-Qpn8h
  3. (uncountable, by extension) Money or other goods given as charity. Tags: broadly, uncountable Translations (money or goods given as charity): милости́ня (milostínja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), подая́ние (podajánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), almužna [feminine] (Czech), milodar [masculine] (Czech), avustus (Finnish), მოწყალება (moc̣q̇aleba) (Georgian), segély (Hungarian), stips [masculine] (Latin), ми́лостыня (mílostynja) [feminine] (Russian), подая́ние (podajánije) [neuter] (Russian), пода́чка (podáčka) [feminine] (Russian), milostinja [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-dole-en-noun-BPE0iDQJ Categories (other): Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 5 5 13 27 4 5 18 23 Disambiguation of 'money or goods given as charity': 2 2 88 2 4 1
  4. (uncountable, informal, often with the) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits. Tags: informal, often, uncountable Synonyms: pancrack, pogey Translations (unemployment benefit): по́мощ при безрабо́тица (pómošt pri bezrabótica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), podpora [feminine] (Czech), podpora v nezaměstnanosti [feminine] (Czech), werkloosheidsuitkering [feminine] (Dutch), steun [Netherlands, masculine] (Dutch), dop [Belgium, masculine] (Dutch), tuki (Finnish), työttömyyspäiväraha (Finnish), työttömyysavustus (Finnish), assedics (French), Stütze [colloquial, feminine] (German), atvinnuleysisbætur [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), посо́бие (posóbije) [neuter] (Russian), посо́бие по безрабо́тице (posóbije po bezrabótice) [neuter] (Russian), naknada za nezaposlenost [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), socialna pomoč [feminine] (Slovene), paro [colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), dôl (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dole-en-noun-QCvFWbKz Categories (other): Social security, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Emotions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 4 17 4 3 1 22 12 13 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 8 27 5 3 20 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 1 1 2 2 4 16 2 3 1 19 10 10 14 11 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 1 2 17 1 2 0 20 11 11 16 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 4 13 28 9 4 17 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 5 5 13 31 4 4 18 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 6 10 28 6 3 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 5 11 30 5 5 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 6 11 28 7 3 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 5 5 15 29 5 4 17 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 5 11 30 5 5 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 4 9 26 7 4 22 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 5 5 13 31 4 4 18 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 5 5 8 32 4 3 20 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 5 5 9 32 5 3 19 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 5 8 32 4 3 20 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 5 5 13 31 4 4 18 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 5 5 13 31 4 4 18 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 4 7 30 4 2 22 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 5 5 13 27 4 5 18 23 Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 1 2 22 1 2 1 27 14 14 16 Disambiguation of 'unemployment benefit': 3 3 5 84 3 3
  5. (countable) A boundary; a landmark. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-dole-en-noun-PIxQS722
  6. (countable, UK dialectal) A void space left in tillage. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal
    Sense id: en-dole-en-noun-IgepP4cQ Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dole bludger, dole bread, dole head, dolehead, doleite, dole meadow, dole merchant, dole queue, on the dole
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dəʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [dɒʊl] [Received-Pronunciation], /dɒl/ (note: doll–dole merger), /doʊl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dole.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: From Middle English dole (“grief”), from Old French doel (compare French deuil), from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleo. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dole||grief}} Middle English dole (“grief”), {{der|en|fro|doel}} Old French doel, {{cog|fr|deuil}} French deuil, {{der|en|la-lat|dolus}} Late Latin dolus, {{der|en|la|doleo}} Latin doleo Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dole (uncountable)
  1. (archaic) A sorrow or grief; dolour. Tags: archaic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dole-en-noun-f9dHOqR4
  2. (law, Scotland) Dolus. Tags: Scotland, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dole-en-noun--3DLKjD8 Categories (other): Scottish English, Law, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 4 17 4 3 1 22 12 13 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 1 1 2 2 4 16 2 3 1 19 10 10 14 11 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 1 2 17 1 2 0 20 11 11 16 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 1 2 22 1 2 1 27 14 14 16 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: doleful, dolesome, dolewave
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /dəʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [dɒʊl] [Received-Pronunciation], /dɒl/ (note: doll–dole merger), /doʊl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dole.wav [Southern-England] Forms: doles [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊl Head templates: {{en-noun}} dole (plural doles)
  1. Alternative form of dhole (“Asian wild dog”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dhole (extra: Asian wild dog)
    Sense id: en-dole-en-noun-dJiUtRGQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 4 17 4 3 1 22 12 13 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 1 2 17 1 2 0 20 11 11 16 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 1 2 22 1 2 1 27 14 14 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /dəʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation], [dɒʊl] [Received-Pronunciation], /dɒl/ (note: doll–dole merger), /doʊl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dole.wav [Southern-England] Forms: doles [present, singular, third-person], doling [participle, present], doled [participle, past], doled [past]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Polish dola (“fate, cut”), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal. First attested in the late 12th c. The verb is first attested in the mid-15th c. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dol}} Middle English dol, {{inh|en|ang|dāl||portion, share, division, allotment}} Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dailą||part, deal}} Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*dʰayl-||part, watershed}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”), {{cog|pl|dola||fate, cut}} Polish dola (“fate, cut”), {{cog|cu|дѣлити||divide}} Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”), {{etydate|late 12th c.}} First attested in the late 12th c., {{etydate|mid-15th c.|nocap=1}} first attested in the mid-15th c. Head templates: {{en-verb}} dole (third-person singular simple present doles, present participle doling, simple past and past participle doled)
  1. (intransitive) To distribute alms, etc., in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-dole-en-verb-URtIhicD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Emotions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 4 17 4 3 1 22 12 13 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 8 27 5 3 20 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 1 2 17 1 2 0 20 11 11 16 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 4 9 26 7 4 22 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 4 7 30 4 2 22 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 5 5 13 27 4 5 18 23 Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 1 2 22 1 2 1 27 14 14 16
  2. (transitive) To distribute (as, alms) in small amounts; to share out (small portions of a meager resource). Tags: transitive Translations (to distribute in small amounts): раздавам (razdavam) (Bulgarian), uitdelen (Dutch), toebedelen (Dutch), ronddelen (Dutch), jakaa (Finnish), jaella (Finnish), tōronga (Māori), раздава́ть (razdavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dole-en-verb-3nFSIs1q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Emotions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 4 17 4 3 1 22 12 13 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 5 8 27 5 3 20 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 1 1 2 2 4 16 2 3 1 19 10 10 14 11 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 1 2 17 1 2 0 20 11 11 16 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 4 4 9 26 7 4 22 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 4 7 30 4 2 22 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 5 5 13 27 4 5 18 23 Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 1 2 22 1 2 1 27 14 14 16 Disambiguation of 'to distribute in small amounts': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dole out
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "A void space left in tillage."
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        "(countable, UK dialectal) A void space left in tillage."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "milostínja",
      "sense": "money or goods given as charity",
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      "sense": "money or goods given as charity",
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      "word": "stips"
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      "word": "paro"
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          "text": "But ten slow mornings past, and on the eleventh / Her father laid the letter in her hand, / And closed the hand upon it, and she died. / So that day there was dole in Astolat.",
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          "ref": "1905, Howard Pyle, “The Story of Launcelot”, in The Story of the Champions of the Round Table, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 46:",
          "text": "These knights he keepeth there in great dole and misery, for it is said that their groans may be heard by the passers along the high-road below the castle.",
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        }
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        "A sorrow or grief; dolour."
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        "(archaic) A sorrow or grief; dolour."
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        "Scottish English",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dolus."
      ],
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        "(law, Scotland) Dolus."
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      "ipa": "/dəʊl/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dɒʊl]",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɒl/",
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "dhole"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "doll (doll–dole merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dole"
}

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      "form": "doles",
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          "extra": "Asian wild dog",
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        }
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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        "Southern-England"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/doʊl/",
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        "General-American"
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      "rhymes": "-əʊl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "dhole"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "doll (doll–dole merger)"
    }
  ],
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}

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