See usher in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"glosses": [
"To guide people to their seats."
],
"links": [
[
"guide",
"guide"
],
[
"seat",
"seat"
]
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], signature H2, recto, lines 234–237:",
"text": "[N]ay he can ſing / A meane moſt meanely, and in huſhering, / Mende him vvho can, the Ladies call him ſvveete.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 20, page 8:",
"text": "Hee brought-in likevvise the ancient cuſtome againe, that in vvhat moneth hee had not the Knitches of rods vvith Axes borne before him, a publique Officer called Accensvs ſhould huiſher him before, and the Serjeants or Lictours follovv after behinde.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1898, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, page 509:",
"text": "Margaret was astonished at the magnificence of the apartments into which she was ushered.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To accompany or escort (someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"accompany",
"accompany"
],
[
"escort",
"escort"
]
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1912, Elizabeth Christine Cook, Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers, 1704-1750, page 31:",
"text": "Thus the Harvard poets and wits ushered The New England Courant out of existence.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald."
],
"links": [
[
"precede",
"precede"
],
[
"forerunner",
"forerunner"
],
[
"herald",
"herald"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:",
"text": "McCoist unexpectedly ushered back a defender of his own with Kirk Broadfoot taking over from Steven Whittaker. There was, of course, another change, Kyle Bartley stepping in at centre-half to replace suspended Dorin Goian.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lead or guide somewhere."
],
"links": [
[
"lead",
"lead"
],
[
"guide",
"guide"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) To lead or guide somewhere."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "ŭshʹ-ər"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʌʃəɹ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʌʃ.ə(ɹ)]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʌʃ.ɚ]",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/En-us-usher.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈaʃ.ə(ɹ)]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/En-au-usher.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌʃə(ɹ)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "huisher"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "husher"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "uġekcʻel",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "ուղեկցել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aṙaǰnordel",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "առաջնորդել"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "aanwijzen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "opastaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "ohjata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "zuweisen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "anweisen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "führen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "kísér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "vezet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "ültet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "accompagnare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "guidare"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ódvede",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "о́дведе"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ódnese",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "о́днесе"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "plasa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provožatʹ",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "провожать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to guide people to their seats",
"word": "acomodar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "begeleiden"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "konduki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "opastaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "ohjata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "escorter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "begleiten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "Gesellschaft leisten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "optionally with “in”/“out”",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "(be"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "optionally with “in”/“out”",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "ki)kísér"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "(be"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "ki)tessékel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "(be"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "ki)vezet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "scortare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "introdurre"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prídruži",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "при́дружи"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "taupaepae"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soprovoždátʹ",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "сопровожда́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "acompañar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to accompany or escort",
"word": "escoltar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "ennakoida"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "vorausgehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "beharangoz"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "precedere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "precorrere"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "próglasi",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "про́гласи"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozveščatʹ",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "возвещать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "preceder"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "anunciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "iniciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "preludiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "iniciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to precede; to act as a forerunner or herald",
"word": "preludiar"
}
],
"word": "usher"
}
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