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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024som•er•sault /ˈsʌmɚˌsɔlt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Sportan acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- Sportsuch a movement performed in the air as part of a dive, tumbling routine, etc.
v. [no object] - Sportto perform a somersault.
Sometimes, som•er•set /ˈsʌmɚˌsɛt/USA pronunciation . WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Som•er•set (sum′ər set′, -sit),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa city in SE Massachusetts. 18,813.
- Place Namesa town in S Kentucky. 10,649.
- Place NamesSomersetshire.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024som•er•sault (sum′ər sôlt′),USA pronunciation n. - Sportan acrobatic movement, either forward or backward, in which the body rolls end over end, making a complete revolution.
- Sportsuch a movement performed in the air as part of a dive, tumbling routine, etc.
- a complete overturn or reversal, as of opinion.
v.i. - Sportto perform a somersault.
Also, som•er•set (sum′ər set′),USA pronunciation summersault, summerset. - Latin saltus)
- Latin super), saut a leap (
- Middle French sombresaut, alteration of sobresault; compare Old Provencal sobre over (
- 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Somerset /ˈsʌməsɪt -ˌsɛt/ n - a county of SW England, on the Bristol Channel: the Mendip Hills lie in the north and Exmoor in the west: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset (both part of Avon county from 1975 until 1996): mainly agricultural (esp dairying and fruit). Administrative centre: Taunton. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 507 500 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 3452 sq km (1332 sq miles)
Somerset /ˈsʌməsɛt/ n - 1st Duke of, title of Edward Seymour. ?1500–52, English statesman, protector of England (1547–49) during Edward VI's minority. He defeated the Scots (1547) and furthered the Protestant Reformation: executed
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