zakres

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from zakresić (modern zakreślić). First attested in the 18th century.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈza.krɛs/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈza.krɛs/, /ˈza.kres/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -akrɛs
  • Syllabification: za‧kres

Noun

zakres m inan (related adjective zakresowy)

  1. range, scope (limited in some way area of activities or phenomena; selection, array)
    Synonyms: gama, paleta, skala, spektrum, wachlarz, zakrój
  2. range (maximum distance or reach of capability)
  3. (logic) denotation
    Synonyms: denotacja, ekstensja
  4. (obsolete) nick (mark from cutting)
  5. (obsolete) border
    Synonym: granica
  6. (obsolete) district (administrative division of an area)
    Synonym: powiat

Declension
Declension of zakres
singular plural
nominative zakres zakresy
genitive zakresu zakresów
dative zakresowi zakresom
accusative zakres zakresy
instrumental zakresem zakresami
locative zakresie zakresach
vocative zakresie zakresy

Derived terms
adverb
  • we własnym zakresie
adverb
  • zakresowo
verbs

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), zakres is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 46 times in scientific texts, 39 times in news, 100 times in essays, 2 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 190 times, making it the 299th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[2]

References
  1. Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “zakres”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
  2. Ida Kurcz (1990) “zakres”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 735

Further reading
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