rich
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English riche, rich "strong, powerful, rich" from Old English rīċe "powerful, rich", akin to Old Fris. rīke, Old Saxon rīki, Old Norse rīkr, O.H.G. rīhhi, Germ. reich "rich".
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /rɪʧ/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɪtʃ
[edit] Adjective
rich (comparative richer, superlative richest)
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- Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
- Having an intense flavour.
- Plentiful, abounding, abundant
- (informal) Very amusing.
- (informal) Ridiculous, absurd.
- 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)".
- (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.
- 2002, David Austerberry, The Technology of Video and Audio Streaming
[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
[edit] Translations
having wealth
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