Wan definitions

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

A wan expression.

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To become pale.
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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.
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Sickly pale; pallid.

A wan complexion.

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Faint or weak in a way suggestive of sickness or great weariness, sadness, etc.

A wan smile.

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Pale, dim, faint, etc.

A wan light.

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To make or become sickly pale.
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Wide area network: a computer network of geographically distant computers, terminals, etc.
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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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(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 MANsA 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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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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Pale, sickly-looking.
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A wan expression.

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The quality of being wan; wanness.
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(obsolete) Simple past tense and past participle of win.
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(no longer productive except in Scotland) Preceding nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘bad, un-’

Examples: wanhope, wanrest.

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Origin of wan

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.