wan

WAN

Use wan in a sentence

A person looking wan.

adjective

The definition of wan is a very tired, sickly or pale appearance.

An example of wan is a person with a cold who looks tired and sick.
An example of wan is the light from the sun at the end of the day just before sunset.

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wan

adjective

wan′ner, wan′nest

sickly pale; pallid: a wan complexion
faint or weak in a way suggestive of sickness or great weariness, sadness, etc.: a wan smile
pale, dim, faint, etc.: a wan light

Origin of wan

Middle English from Old English wann, dark

transitive verb

intransitive verb

wanned, wan′ning

Now Rare to make or become sickly pale

Obs. win

WAN

wide area network: a computer network (sense ) of geographically distant computers, terminals, etc.

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wan

adjective

wan·ner, wan·nest

Unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress.
Suggestive or indicative of weariness, illness, or unhappiness; melancholy: a wan expression.

intransitive verb

wanned, wan·ning, wans

To become pale.

Origin of wan

Middle English pale, gloomy from Old English wann gloomy, dark

Related Forms:

wan′ly
adverb

wan′ness
noun

WAN

noun

A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN.

Origin of WAN

w(ide) a(rea) n(etwork)

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Short for wide area network.A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN. The Internet is a WAN.

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Adjective

(comparative wanner, superlative wannest)

Pale, sickly-looking.
Dim, faint.
Bland, uninterested.
A wan expression

Noun

(uncountable)

The quality of being wan; wanness.

Origin

From Middle English, from Old English Æ¿ann (“dark, dusky"), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz (“dark, swart"), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark").

Verb

(obsolete) Simple past tense and past participle of win.

Origin

Inflected forms.

Prefix

(no longer productive except in Scotland) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’
Examples: wanhope, wanrest

Origin

From Middle English wan-, from Old English wan- (prefix expressing privation or negation), from Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, missing, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)wAn-, *wān- (“empty”). Cognate with Dutch wan-, German Wahn-, Danish, Swedish and Icelandic van-, Gothic (wans, “lacking, deficient”). More at want.

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wan - Computer Definition

A network that covers a wide geographic area such as a state, province, region, or country.The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is a voice-oriented WAN.The Internet is a data-oriented public WAN.WANs can serve to interconnect LANs and MANs. See also LAN and MAN.

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(Wide Area Network) A long-distance communications network that covers a wide geographic area, such as a state or country. The telephone companies and cellular carriers deploy WANs to service large regional areas or the entire nation. Large enterprises have their own private WANs to link remote offices, or they use the Internet for connectivity. Of course, the Internet is the world's largest WAN. WANs, LANs and MANs A LAN (local area network) is contained within a building or complex. A MAN (metropolitan area network) generally covers a city or suburb. Following is a bandwidth comparison between major LAN and WAN technologies. See LAN, MAN and personal area network.

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