Can Definition
- cut-it
- cut-the-mustard
- make out
- make-the-grade
- hack-it
- make-it
- take-care-of
- manage
- be within one's control
- be within one's area
- lie in one's power
- be up to
- be equal to
- know how to
- be-able-to
- Something that is easily accomplished, especially a routine catch of a fly ball in baseball.
- A complex or difficult problem.
- Completed and ready for release, as a film or scene of a film.
- can only
- recorded, filmed, taped, etc. but not yet released for sale, exhibition, broadcast, viewing, etc.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Can
Origin of Can
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From Middle English canne, from Old English canne (“glass, container, cup, can”), from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard, mug, cup”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gan-, *gandʰ- (“a vessel”). Cognate with Scots can (“can”), West Frisian kanne (“a jug, pitcher”), Dutch kan (“pot, mug”), German Kanne (“can, tankard, mug”), Danish kande (“can, mug, a measure”), Swedish kanna (“can, tankard, mug”), Icelandic kanna (“a can”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English can (first and third person singular of cunnen, connen "to be able, know how") from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European, *ǵn̥néh₃-. Compare Dutch kunnen, Low German könen, German können, Danish kunne. More at canny, cunning.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English first and third person sing. present tense of connen to know how from Old English cunnan gnō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English first and third person sing. present tense of connen to know how from Old English cunnan gnō- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English canne a water container from Old English
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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