zakres

Polish

Etymology

    Deverbal from zakresić, from zakreślić. First attested in the 18th century.[1]

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /ˈza.krɛs/
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    • Rhymes: -akrɛs
    • Syllabification: za‧kres

    Noun

    zakres m inan (related adjective zakresowy)

    1. range, scope (limited in some way area of activities or phenomena; selection, array)
      Synonyms: gama, paleta, skala, spektrum, wachlarz, zakrój
    2. range (maximum distance or reach of capability)
    3. (logic) denotation
      Synonyms: denotacja, ekstensja
    4. (obsolete) nick (mark from cutting)
    5. (obsolete) border
      Synonym: granica
    6. (obsolete) district (administrative division of an area)
      Synonym: powiat

    Declension

    Derived terms

    adverb
    • we własnym zakresie
    adverb
    • zakresowo
    verbs

    Trivia

    According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), zakres is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 46 times in scientific texts, 39 times in news, 100 times in essays, 2 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 190 times, making it the 299th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

    References

    1. ^ Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “zakres”, in Słownik języka polskiego
    2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “zakres”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 735

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