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Crosswords: A PROPOS |
| Specialty definitions using "A PROPOS": Bottes ♦ Drag in, Neck and Crop. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft; meet; (expedient). |
Adverb: a propos of; pertinently; Adjective: | |
Disagreement | Inapt, unapt, inappropriate, improper; unsuited, unsuitable; inapplicable, not to the point; unfit, unfitting, unbefitting; unbecoming; illtimed, unseasonable, mal a propos, inadmissible; inapposite; (irrelevant). uncongenial; ill-assorted, ill-sorted; mismatched, misjoined, misplaced, misclassified; unaccommodating, irreducible, incommensurable, uncommensurable; unsympathetic. |
Irrelation | Not comparable, incommensurable, heterogeneous; unconformable. irrelevant, inapplicable; not pertinent, not to the, purpose; impertinent, inapposite, beside the mark, a propos de bottes; aside from the purpose, away from the purpose, foreign to the purpose, beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction, beside the point; misplaced; (intrusive); traveling out of the record. |
Occasion | By the way, by the by; en passant, a propos; pro re nata, pro hac vice; par parenthese, parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally; while speaking of, while on the subject; extempore; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion; on the spot; (early). |
Relation | Thereof; as to, as for, as respects, as regards; about; concerning; Verb: anent; relating to, as relates to; with relation, with reference to, with respect to,with regard to; in respect of; while speaking of, a propos of; in connection with; by the way, by the by; whereas; for as much as, in as much as; in point of, as far as; on the part of, on the score of; quoad hoc; pro re nata; under the head of; (class) of; in the matter of, in re. |
Untimeliness | Adjective: ill-timed, mistimed; ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred; untimely, unseasonable; out of date, out of season; inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos, unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable; unsuited; inexpedient. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | A propos de guerre (1964) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A Propos De L'exposition Universelle De Londres, Croquis Par Cham. / Cham [i.e. Amédée Noé]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Misspellings | |
"A PROPOS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: a propo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: apropos. | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
-2 letters: poops, praos, proas, props, proso, sapor, sopor, spoor. | |
-3 letters: oars, oops, osar, paps, pars, poop, poor, pops, prao, proa, prop, pros, raps, rasp, soap, soar, sora, spar. | |
-4 letters: ars, asp, oar, ops, ora, ors, pap, par, pas, pop, pro, rap, ras, sap, sop, spa. | |
-5 letters: ar, as, op, or, os, pa, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-o-p-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: apospory, proposal. | |
+2 letters: proposals, sporocarp. | |
+3 letters: apospories, aposporous, apostrophe, apportions, carpospore, malapropos, paratroops, pompadours, protoplasm, protoplast, sporocarps, tropopause. | |
+4 letters: apostrophes, apostrophic, carpophores, carpospores, laparoscope, laparoscopy, phonographs, photographs, polariscope, propagators, propionates, propraetors, prosauropod, protoplasms, protoplasts, tropopauses. | |
+5 letters: apomorphines, apostrophise, apostrophize, approbations, bootstrapped, coprophagies, coprophagous, coprophilias, laparoscopes, laparoscopic, papyrologies, papyrologist, paratroopers, polariscopes, polariscopic, propagations, propitiators, propranolols, prosauropods, prosopopoeia, protoplanets, protoplasmic, reapportions, saprophagous, topographers, topographies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 50 52 4F 50 4F 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 00100000 01010000 01010010 01001111 01010000 01001111 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A   P R O P O S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0050 0052 004F 0050 004F 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)352505249504953 |
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