Is "IRE" not a word then?
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Is "IRE" not a word then?
Athey VR Pack 1, Paper 3 has this question of the "Move one letter from the first word into the second word to form two new words" type.
Q: FIRE and SCAR
DD's answer, and the book's, was FIR and SCARE.
I thought IRE and SCARF was a possible right answer as well. DD looked it up in her dictionary (Oxford Schools Dictionary) and there is no such word as IRE there .
Re: Is "IRE" not a word then?
I personally havent heard of IRE as a word - are you thinking of EIRE or ORE?
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Re: Is "IRE" not a word then?
Yes, Long Journey, ire is a word which means anger or wrath.
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Re: Is "IRE" not a word then?
Ire, as in anger. Am I making it up? I thought irate comes from that.janet71 wrote:I personally havent heard of IRE as a word - are you thinking of EIRE or ORE?
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I am amazed it is not in the dictionary - it is a word I do use occasionally. Surely I am not so old that a word I use in every day speech is considered old fashioned and banished from our standard vocabulary?!
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Cross posts.
It's odd isn't it, that a dictionary wouldn't list it?
It's odd isn't it, that a dictionary wouldn't list it?
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http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ire" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
definitely a word
Acts 19:28 Wycliffe Bible ..
definitely a word
Acts 19:28 Wycliffe Bible ..
Whanne these thingis weren herd, thei weren fillid with ire, and crieden, and seiden, Greet is the Dian of Effesians
Re: Is "IRE" not a word then?
Ire is definitely a word and I saw it recently as an answer in a Type F question (missing three letter word).
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Re: Is "IRE" not a word then?
School Dictionaries are pretty short, compared with a 'proper' one. It's not in our Collins School Dictionary - that has irate, which is a lot more common I would say - but it's certainly in Chambers
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Ire is most definitely a word.
IRE & SCARF is as valid an answer as FIR & SCARE.
Susan Daughtrey includes the question FIRE & LOWER in one of her books.
The answer, of course, is IRE & FLOWER.
IRE & SCARF is as valid an answer as FIR & SCARE.
Susan Daughtrey includes the question FIRE & LOWER in one of her books.
The answer, of course, is IRE & FLOWER.