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BERE

Definitions: BERE

BERE

Noun

1. See Bear, barley.

2. Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hord. vulgare).

Transitive verb

1. To pierce.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "BERE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

 

Crosswords: BERE

Etymologies containing "BERE": baron. (references)
Non-English Usage: "BERE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (drink, drinking, have, imbibe, sop up, swallow), Romanian (ale, beer, small drink, stout), Shona (hyena), Sranan (abdomen, belly, tummy), Turkish (balmoral, barret, beanie, beret, bruise, contusion, flesh wound, hurt, lesion, skullcap, Tammy, tam-o'-shanter, wound).

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Modern Usage: BERE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Odkud se bere nase (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: BERE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Bere Island : a short history (reference)

  • Bideoari bere mamia ateratzen (reference)

  • Elizanburu : bere bizitza ta lanak = su vida y obras (reference)

  • Mâusica sembrada : Orfeâon Donostiarra : su historia : bere kondaira : 1897-1978 (reference)

  • Nork bere bidea : (bigarren argitalpena) (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: BERE

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

East Timor

The trial had been postponed October to November because Bere was ill. (references)

Indonesia

In November Jacobus Bere, a member of a group accused of the July 2000 killing of a New Zealand Peacekeeper, was retried for first- and second-degree murder, following a joint investigation of the incident by the Government and U.N. Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). (references)

Political Economy

East Timor

On November 6, the trial of mid-level militiaman Jacobus Bere for the July 2000 killing of U.N. Peacekeeper Private Leonard Manning, a member of the New Zealand Army Battalion, continued. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: BERE

"BERE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BERE" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%3459,261

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BERE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bere

29

bere paint

9

jason bere

7

bere e mangiare

7

bere gratis

7

bere regis

5

bere biche de

5

bere jeweler

4

bere ursus

2

bere island

2

hotel de la bere

2

bere castell y

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: BERE

Language Translations for "BERE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

(meter, metre, Rice). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erebay

   

Scottish

  

torcan (species of bere). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: BERE

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 22, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai baqouhl egennhsen thn rebekkan oktw outoi uioi ouV eteken melca tw nacwr tw adelfw abraam
Latin405VulgateAc Bathuel de quo nata est Rebecca octo istos genuit Melcha Nahor fratri Abraham
Old English990West SaxonOf þam beoð acennedu Rebecca. Þas eaht Melcha gestrynde Nachor Abrahames breðer.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Batuel, of whom Rabecca was born; thes eiyt gat Melcha to Nachor, the brother of Abraham.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd Bethuel begat Rebecca. These .viij. dyd Milcha bere to Nachor Abrahams brother
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah bore to Nahor Abraham's brother.
Basic English1964OgdenBethuel was the father of Rebekah: these eight were the children of Milcah and Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: BERE

LanguageGenesis Chapter 22, Verse 23
CebuanoUg si Bethuel nanganak kang Rebeca. Kini sila nga walo gianak ni Milca kang Nachor, nga igsoon ni Abraham.
Chinese這 八 個 人 、 都 是 密 迦 給 亞 伯 拉 罕 的 兄 弟 拿 鶴 " 的 。
CroatianBetuel je bio otac Rebekin. Njih je osam rodila Milka Nahoru, Abrahamovu bratu.
DanishBetuel avlede Rebekka; disse otte har Milka født Abrahams Broder Nakor,
Finnishja Betuelille syntyi Rebekka. Nämä kahdeksan synnytti Milka Naahorille, Aabrahamin veljelle.
FrenchBethuel a engendré Rebecca. Ce sont l les huit fils que Milca a enfantés Nachor, frère d`Abraham.
GermanBethuel aber zeugte Rebekka. Diese acht gebar Milka dem Nahor, Abrahams Bruder.
HungarianBethuél pedig nemzé Rebekát. Ezt a nyolczat szûlé Milkha Nákhornak az Ábrahám atyjafiának.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariyang kemudian menjadi ayah Ribka. Itulah kedelapan anak yang dilahirkan Milka bagi Nahor, saudara Abraham.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka Betuil telah beranak Ribkah; maka delapan orang ini diperanakkan Milka bagi Nahor, saudara Ibrahim itu.
MaoriA whanau ake ta Petuere ko Ripeka: ko enei tokowaru te whanau a Mireka raua ko Nahora, teina o Aperahama.
NorwegianOg Betuel var far til Rebekka. Disse åtte barn fikk Nakor, Abrahams bror, med Milka.
PortugueseE Betuel gerou a Rebeca. Esses oito deu luz Milca a Naor, irmão de Abraão.   
RumanianBetuel a nqscut pe Rebeca. Acewtia sknt cei opt fii, pe cari i -a nqscut Milca lui Nahor, fratele lui Avraam.
RussianПФ чБЖХЙМБ ТП"ЙМБУШ тЕЧЕЛЛБ. чПУШНЕТЩИ УЙИ ТП"ЙМБ нЙМЛБ оБИПТХ, 'ТБФХ бЧТББНПЧХ;
SwedishMen Betuel födde Rebecka. Dessa åtta föddes av Milka åt Nahor, Abrahams broder.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: BERE

Derivations

Words beginning with "BERE": bereave, bereaved, bereavement, bereavements, bereaver, bereavers, bereaves, bereaving, bereft, beret, berets, beretta, berettas. (additional references)

Words containing "BERE": barbered, blabbered, blubbered, cambered, chambered, clabbered, clambered, clamberer, clamberers, clobbered, cumbered, cumberer, cumberers, disencumbered, dismembered, disremembered, encumbered, fibered, gibbered, gibberellin, gibberellins, incumbered, jabbered, jabberer, jabberers, limbered, limberer, limberest, lumbered, lumberer, lumberers, membered, misremembered, multichambered, numbered, numberer, numberers, outnumbered, prenumbered, remembered, rememberer, rememberers, renumbered, rubbered, sabered, slabbered, slobbered, slobberer, slobberers, slubbered, slumbered. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: BERE

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: beer, bree.

Words within the letters "b-e-e-r"

-1 letter: bee, ere, reb, ree.

-2 letters: be, er, re.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-r"
 

+1 letter: beers, beery, beret, berme, brede, breed, brees, breve, ember, grebe, rebbe, rebec, rebel, weber.

 

+2 letters: aerobe, ambeer, barege, bargee, beaker, bearer, beater, beaver, bedder, beeper, beezer, before, befret, belier, belter, bemire, bender, berake, berate, bereft, berets, berime, bermes, better, beware, bireme, boreen, bredes, breech, breeds, breeks, breeze, breezy, breves, brevet, brewed, brewer, bribee, burgee, embers, embrue, enrobe, eyebar, grebes, herbed, hereby, kerbed, member, obeyer, rebate, rebbes, rebeck, rebecs, rebels, rebore, rebred, rebuke, reverb, ribeye, treble, webers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BERE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 45 52 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    .    .-.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000101 01010010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#69 &#82 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0045 0052 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36395239

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Bible Trace
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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