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rooted

[ roo-tid, root-id ]

adjective

  1. having roots. root.
  2. firmly implanted (often used in combination):

    a deep-rooted belief.



rooted

/ ˈːɪ /

adjective

  1. having roots
  2. deeply felt

    rooted objections

  3. slang.
    tired or defeated
  4. get rooted! taboo.
    an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ǴdzĻ· adverb
  • ǴdzĻ·Ա noun
  • ܱt·ǴdzĻ adjective
  • ܲd·ǴdzĻ adjective
  • ɱ-ǴdzĻ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rooted1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English roted; root 1, -ed 2, -ed 3
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He seems to chase that magic, perhaps rooted in his days as a teenage magician working at Outback Steakhouse in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio.

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Historians believe that Valentine's Day is rooted in the Roman love and fertility festival, Lupercalia, and was a move by Gelasius I to Christianise pagan traditions.

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Donald Trump’s fixation on well-ordered forests as an antidote to wildfires seems like a weird obsession, but it is rooted in the same high-modernist thought.

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He gives Barca something few clubs have: unpredictability rooted in joy.

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Trump's clash with the Fed is ostensibly rooted in differences over where the bank should fix its key interest rate, which plays an influential role shaping borrowing costs for credit cards, mortgages and other loans.

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