rich

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English riche, rich "strong, powerful, rich" from Old English rīċe "powerful, rich" from Proto-Germanic *rīki- (“‘powerful, rich’”) from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“‘to straighten, direct, make right’”). Akin to Old Frisian rīke "rich", Old Saxon rīki, Old High German rīhhi (German reich "rich"), Old Norse rīkr "rich".

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɪʧ/
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  Rhymes: -ɪtʃ

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rich (comparative richer, superlative richest)

1. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
2. Having an intense flavour.
3. Plentiful, abounding, abundant
4. (informal) Very amusing.
5. (informal) Ridiculous, absurd.
6. Used to form adjectives when combined with common nouns for things considered desirable in the context. The resulting adjectives usually mean "abounding in (common noun)".
7. (computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
   • 2002, David Austerberry, The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming

     A skilled multimedia developer will have no problems adding interactive video and audio into existing rich media web pages.

   • 2003, Patricia Cardoza, Patricia DiGiacomo, Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

     Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that's best viewed with Microsoft Word.

   • 2008, Aaron Newman, Adam Steinberg, Jeremy Thomas, Enterprise 2.0 Implementation

     But what did matter was that the new web platform provided a rich experience.

[edit] Synonyms

• Wikisaurus has an article on “rich” in the sense of “wealthy”.
• (wealthy): wealthy, well off

[edit] Antonyms

• Wikisaurus has an article on “poor” in the sense of “impoverished”.
• (wealthy): poor
• (computing): plain, unformatted, vanilla

[edit] Derived terms

• filthy rich
• get-rich-quick
• hood rich
• neutron-rich
• nickel-rich
• nigger rich
• rags to riches
• riches
• richly
• rich media
• richness
• rich tea biscuit
• rich text
• strike it rich
• superrich

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