desert²

B2 Topic:Nature & Landscape

US /dɪˈzɝt/ UK /dɪˈzɜːt/ See IPA manual

Homophones

dessert /dɪˈzɝt/

verb

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Homographs: desert¹ /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ — noun / adj

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

1

verb
To leave someone or something, especially when you should stay.

You can't just drive off and desert me out here.
2

verb
To leave the army or your duty without permission.

Soldiers who deserted during the war were severely punished.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to leave someone or... defect abandon

Etymology

Borrowed from French déserter, from Late Latin dēsertō, from Latin dēsertus, from dēserō (“abandon”).

Topics

Nature & Landscape

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