quasi
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˈkwɑːzaɪ/
- Formal
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cuasi
- In the 1990s, it was a weak, quasi-democratic state that wanted to become part of the West.
- quasi-experimental
- quasi-experimental study
- quasi-experimental design
As I mentioned, it's a kind of quasi medieval setting.
- As I mentioned, it's a kind of quasi medieval setting.
- But if it's if you don't reveal it, it's quasi criminal to me.
- And then sometimes this sort of like quasi melancholy state can set in.
- So they are in a state of quasi life, but they're not living.
- Most corporations, some of these big corporations are now exercising quasi public power.
- These bound states are a type of quasi particle.
- And it is, she says through these kinds of aggregations that the quasi event is made into an event.
- And the Majorana particles that Microsoft have made are quasi particles with topological properties.
- They don't have blood, but just something like blood quasi sanguinem, right?
Examples
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Our position as quasi-development workers allowed us a degree of freedom that was not available to professionals.
Academic text (2008) -
The video fragments were presented in a quasi-random order, such that the same speaker never occurred twice within five clips.
Academic text (2013) -
It's almost like a think tank study in a quasi academic study of games.
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As I mentioned, it's a kind of quasi medieval setting.
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And then sometimes this sort of like quasi melancholy state can set in.
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Most corporations, some of these big corporations are now exercising quasi public power.
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A quasi-managerial position that doesn't exist?
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For this reason, the quasi-experimental design still lacks the control provided by random assignment of participants.
Academic text (1990) -
I read Peter's contribution, a long, quasi-autobiographical story called "The Hazeletts' Dog."
Fiction book (2000) -
The festival had a quasi-official status, even though it was not sanctioned by the city council.
Synonyms
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4.1
Almost real or complete but not officially so
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7.7
Not real but looks real and comes before other words
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7.5
Not real but made to look like something real to copy it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A court order that makes someone pay when they unfairly benefit without an agreement
- Archaic
A bright object far away in space that looks like a star and sends strong radio waves
How Real
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quasi comes from Latin and originally meant 'as if' or 'almost'. Think of the prefix quasi- as 'almost', so a quasi leader is 'almost' a leader, seeming like one but not fully.