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"Endowed" — definition, pronunciation, and usage
1. Basic meaning (verb, past participle of "endow")
- To provide or give (a person, institution, or thing) a quality, ability, or source of income.
Example: The donor endowed the university with a scholarship fund.
2. As an adjective
- Having a particular quality, talent, or asset (often used with "with").
Example: She is endowed with a keen sense of justice.
3. Specific uses
- Finance/charity: An endowed fund or endowment is a donation whose principal is invested and whose earnings support an organization (e.g., an endowed chair, endowed scholarship).
- Informal/colloquial: "Well-endowed" commonly refers to having large physical attributes (often breasts) — be mindful of context and potential to offend.
Pronunciation: in-DAUD (/ɪnˈdaʊd/)
Synonyms: gifted, provided, endowed with, endowed by, endowed for.
Antonyms: deprived, stripped, disendowed.
Etymology: from Latin dotare “to give a dowry,” via Old French/Medieval Latin forms.
If you want, I can give example sentences, usage notes for academic vs. casual contexts, or the noun form "endowment."
1. Basic meaning (verb, past participle of "endow")
- To provide or give (a person, institution, or thing) a quality, ability, or source of income.
Example: The donor endowed the university with a scholarship fund.
2. As an adjective
- Having a particular quality, talent, or asset (often used with "with").
Example: She is endowed with a keen sense of justice.
3. Specific uses
- Finance/charity: An endowed fund or endowment is a donation whose principal is invested and whose earnings support an organization (e.g., an endowed chair, endowed scholarship).
- Informal/colloquial: "Well-endowed" commonly refers to having large physical attributes (often breasts) — be mindful of context and potential to offend.
Pronunciation: in-DAUD (/ɪnˈdaʊd/)
Synonyms: gifted, provided, endowed with, endowed by, endowed for.
Antonyms: deprived, stripped, disendowed.
Etymology: from Latin dotare “to give a dowry,” via Old French/Medieval Latin forms.
If you want, I can give example sentences, usage notes for academic vs. casual contexts, or the noun form "endowment."
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