Meaning

1 senses

  1. To address as “lady”.

Examples

984 sentences

  1. I wonder who that lady was.

    Цікаво, хто така та леді? — deniko

    ruИнтересно, кто была эта леди. — marafon

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  2. The lady moved here a month ago.

    Жінка переїхала сюди місяць тому. — deniko

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  3. She is a very intelligent young lady.

    Вона дуже розумна молода жіночка. — deniko

    ruОна очень умная молодая леди. — odexed

    deSie ist eine sehr intelligente junge Dame. — Manfredo

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  4. The lady dressed in white is a famous actress.

    Та пані, одягнена в біле, є відомою актрисою. — ChickenKiev

    deDie weiß gekleidete Dame ist eine berühmte Schauspielerin. — samueldora

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  5. Tom was quite a ladies' man when he was younger.

    Коли Том був молодшим, він був дамським угодником. — deniko

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Origin

From Middle English lady, laddy, lafdi, lavedi, from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“mistress of a

From Middle English lady, laddy, lafdi, lavedi, from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“mistress of a household, wife of a lord, lady”, literally “bread-kneader”), from hlāf (“bread, loaf”) + dǣġe (“kneader”), related to Old English dǣġe (“maker of dough”) (whence dey (“dairymaid”)). Compare also lord. More at loaf, dairy, dough. Unrelated to lad.

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Forms

ladies, ladying, ladied, ladied
Base formlady · to lady
3rd person singularladies
Present participleladying
Past simpleladied
Past participleladied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylady
he, she, itladies

Past simpleLesson

all personsladied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ladied
he, she, ithas ladied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lady

Word family

4 related words
RelatedgentlemanB1broadB1lordladies' room

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

11 patterns
  • old lady
  • the old lady
  • an old lady
  • young lady
  • ladies and gentlemen
  • beautiful lady
  • who that lady
  • know those ladies
  • lady sings
  • that lady is
  • ladies room

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ladeladinoladleladybirdladybugladyshiplag

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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