door

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[edit] English

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A door.

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-Germanic *duran, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-, *dʰwor- (“doorway, door, gate”). Cognates include Danish dør, Dutch deur, German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Icelandic dyr, Latin foris, Modern Greek θύρα (thýra), Kurdish derge (der), Persian در (dar), Russian дверь (dver’), Hindustani द्वार (dvār) / دوار (dvār), Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras and Albanian der.

[edit] Noun

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  1. A portal of entry into a building or room, consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. Doors are frequently made of wood or metal. May have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold the door closed, and a lock that ensures the door cannot be opened without the key.
    I knocked on the vice president's door
  2. An non-physical entry into the next world, a particular feeling, a company, etc.
    Keep a door on your anger.
  3. (computing, dated) A software mechanism by which a user can interact with a program running remotely on a bulletin board system.

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Terms derived from door

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portal of entry into a building or room

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door (third-person singular simple present doors, present participle dooring, simple past and past participle doored)

  1. (transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in the front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

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From Old Dutch thuro.

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door

  1. through
    Hij schoot de bal door het raam. — He kicked the ball through the window.
  2. around within an enclosed space
    Dolenthousiast rende het hondje door de kamer. — Very enthusiastically the puppy ran around the room.
  3. because of / due to
    Door files kan ik niet op tijd komen. — Because of traffic jams I'm unable to arrive on time.

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door

  1. through (implying motion)
    Ik rijd nu de stad door. — I'm now driving through the city.
  2. around within an enclosed space
    Dolenthousiast rende het hondje de kamer door. — Very enthusiastically the puppy ran around the room.

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door

  1. through, forward, on
    Ondanks slecht weer ging het feest toch door. — Despite bad weather, the party went on anyway.

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door

  1. by
    Hij vermeed een confrontatie door de andere kant op te lopen. — He avoided a confrontation by walking the other way.

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From Latin dolor (“pain”).

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door f. (plural doores)

  1. pain
    • 13th century, Afonso X the wise, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E Codex, Cantiga 206:
      ⁊ untou lle bẽ a chaga / ⁊ perdeu Log a door. / ⁊ poſſ el a ſua mão. / ben firme en ſeu logar
      And anointed well the wound / and soon the pain was gone. / And put his hand / very firmly in its place.

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[edit] Descendants

  • Galician: dor
  • Portuguese: dor
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