wilderness
Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and…Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
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» The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.
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7 senses(uncountable)Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
Wildnis, Wüste
ди́кая приро́даdíkaja priróda, нетро́нутая приро́даnetrónutaja priróda, целина́celiná
(broadly, countable)A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
(broadly, countable)An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Chiefly followed by of: a bewildering flock or throng; a large, often jumbled, collection of things.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A place or situation that is bewildering and in which one may get lost.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Preceded by in the: a situation of disfavour or lack of recognition; (specifically, politics) of a politician, political party, etc.: a situation of being out of office.
(broadly, obsolete, uncountable)Unrefinedness; wildness.
- a bewildering profusion
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
- (politics) a state of disfavor
Examples
73 sentencesThe newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.
Ziri headed out into the wilderness.
Igor is going into the wilderness.
Miroslav went further into the wilderness.
Llamas don't exist in the wilderness.
ruЛамы не обитают в дикой природе. — Katie_Yves
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wildernes, wildernesse (“desolate or uninhabited place, desolation”) [From Middle English wildernes, wildernesse (“desolate or uninhabited place, desolation”) [and other forms], and then either:
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Forms
plural: wildernessesSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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.