KATA

Meaning of KATA in English

[ 'kα:tα: ]

■ noun a system of individual training exercises in karate and other martial arts.

Origin

from Japanese.

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KATA — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Japanese, literally, model, pattern Date: 1945 a set combination of positions and movements (as …
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KATA- — prefix or kat- Etymology: Greek — more at cata- : cata-
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KATA — ˈkä(ˌ)tä noun ( -s ) Etymology: Japanese : form practice in judo : a set of exercises in judo — …
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KATA- — var. of cata- . Also, esp. before a vowel, kat- .
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KATA — /kah"teuh/ , n. an exercise consisting of several of the specific movements of a martial art, esp. a pattern prescribed …
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KATA — noun ( plural kata or katas ) Etymology: Japanese, literally, model, pattern Date: 1945 : a set combination of positions …
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KATA — [ka.ta] n, pl kata or katas [Jp, lit., model, pattern] (1945): a set combination of positions and movements (as in …
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KATA... — kata... —see cata...
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KATA — Ката
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KATA — n. Pronunciation: ' kä-( ˌ )tä Function: noun Inflected Form: plural kata or katas Etymology: Japanese, literally, model, pattern Date: …
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KATA-FRONT — When the warm air associated with a frontal surface descends relative to the cold air, the front is a kata-front. …
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KATAKANA — noun Etymology: Japanese, from kata part + kana kana Date: 1727 the form of Japanese syllabic writing used especially for …
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CATHODE — noun Etymology: Greek kathodos way down, from kata- + hodos way Date: 1834 the electrode of an electrochemical cell at …
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CATHEPSIN — noun Etymology: Greek kathepsein to digest (from kata- cata- + hepsein to boil) + English 2-in Date: 1929 any of …
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CATEGORY — noun (plural -ries) Etymology: Late Latin categoria, from Greek katēgoria predication, ~, from katēgorein to accuse, affirm, predicate, from kata- …
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CATATONIA — noun Etymology: New Latin, from German Katatonie, from kata- cata- + New Latin -tonia Date: circa 1891 catatonic schizophrenia
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CATASTROPHE — noun Etymology: Greek katastrophē, from katastrephein to overturn, from kata- + strephein to turn Date: 1540 the final event of …
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CATARRHINE — adjective Etymology: New Latin Catarrhina, from Greek katarrhina, neuter plural of katarrhin hook-nosed, from kata- + rhin-, rhis nose Date: …
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CATARACT — noun Etymology: Latin ~a waterfall, portcullis, from Greek kataraktēs, from katarassein to dash down, from kata- + arassein to strike, …
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CATAPULT — I. noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French ~e, from Latin ~a, from Greek katapaltēs, from kata- + pallein …
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CATACHRESIS — noun (plural catachreses) Etymology: Latin, from Greek katachrēsis misuse, from katachrēsthai to use up, misuse, from kata- + chrēsthai to …
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CATA- — or cat- or cath- prefix Etymology: Greek kata-, kat-, kath-, from kata down, in accordance with, by; akin to Old …
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AYERS ROCK — Rock outcrop, southwestern Northern Territory, Australia. Called Uluru by the Australian Aboriginal s and located in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, …
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KAT- — prefix see kata-
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CATASARKA — ˌkad.əˈsärkə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle Greek katasarka, from Greek kata sarka next to the skin, from kata next …
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CATA- — prefix or cat- or cath- Etymology: Greek kata-, kat-, kath-, from kata down; akin to Old Welsh cant with, along, …
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KATABATIC — /kat'euh bat"ik/ , adj. Meteorol. (of a wind or air current) moving downward or down a slope. Cf. anabatic (def. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATA- — a prefix meaning "down," "against," "back," occurring originally in loanwords from Greek ( cataclysm; catalog; catalepsy ); on this model, …
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CATA- — or cat- or cath- Etymology: Greek kata-, kat-, kath-, from kata down, in accordance with, by; akin to Old Welsh …
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YUKATA — [ jʊ'kata ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a light cotton kimono. Origin Japanese, from yu 'hot …
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CATA- — [cata-] or cat- or cath- prefix [Gk kata-, kat-, kath-, fr. kata down, in accordance with, by; akin to OW …
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