ligature
ligature · ligatures · ligatured · ligaturing
To ligate; to tieTo ligate; to tie.
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Meaning
1 sensesTo ligate; to tie.
Examples
3 sentencesIt feels weird to see a ligature in a monospaced font.
If you want to make your text look a bit more fancy, turn on ligatures in your word processor.
Sami used a ligature to strangle Layla.
Origin
From Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin ligātūra, fromFrom Middle English ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin ligātūra, from ligāre (“to tie, bind”).
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Forms
ligatures, ligaturing, ligatured, ligaturedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.