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Example Sentences

Adjective And as more people adopt these teachings as quasi religions, some adherents say their belief systems are no less valid than those based on that older collection of maxims, the Ten Commandments.

Daniel McGinn, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2000 But also, bachelors, more than married people, blended the two spheres by making their public, non-familial peer group and other associations into quasi families and by carrying on their personal affairs in mostly public or semipublic places such as boardinghouses, saloons, the streets, clubhouses, and the like.

Howard P. Chudacoff, The Age of the Bachelor, 1999

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Adjective

Cracks have begun to appear in support among his board for William A. DiBella, flamboyant chairman of the Metropolitan District Commission, the sprawling, quasi-government agency that delivers water and sewer service to the Capitol region.

Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 Sep. 2022 Where does his sense of purpose and of quasi-military organization come from?

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022 That scene — its quasi-pornographic detail no doubt responsible for the NC-17 rating — signals the precise moment when the film irreversibly careens off the rails.

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 Trump is currently benefiting from the Department of Justice’s quasi-official directive to not indict a political figure within 90 days of an election.

Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2022 O’Donnell considered the complaint on Thursday, presiding over a quasi-judicial hearing that lasted several hours in a conference room at the Ohio Supreme Court.

Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022 No charges have come from the current FBI investigation of the quasi-public Connecticut Port Authority, which runs the State Pier and its reconstruction, or an inquiry into school construction grants.

Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2022 Those future sailcraft could, for instance, provide early warning of solar flares, serve as quasi-geostationary communication links over Earth’s poles or conduct more far-ranging and ambitious interplanetary missions.

Steven Ashley, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022 The incentives were awarded by the Mobile County Industrial Development Authority, a quasi-governmental agency that examines economic development projects and whose members are appointed by the Mobile County Commission.

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Word History

Etymology

Adjective

quasi-

Combining form

Latin quasi as if, as it were, approximately, from quam as + si if — more at quantity, so

First Known Use

Adjective

1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	quasi
释义	quasi 1 of 2 adjective qua·si ˈkwā-ˌzī -ˌsī; ˈkwä-zē -sē 1 : having some resemblance usually by possession of certain attributes a quasi corporation 2 : having a legal status only by operation or construction of law and without reference to intent a quasi contract quasi- 2 of 2 combining form 1 : in some sense or degree quasiperiodic quasi-judicial 2 : resembling in some degree quasiparticle Example Sentences Adjective And as more people adopt these teachings as quasi religions, some adherents say their belief systems are no less valid than those based on that older collection of maxims, the Ten Commandments. Daniel McGinn, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2000 But also, bachelors, more than married people, blended the two spheres by making their public, non-familial peer group and other associations into quasi families and by carrying on their personal affairs in mostly public or semipublic places such as boardinghouses, saloons, the streets, clubhouses, and the like. Howard P. Chudacoff, The Age of the Bachelor, 1999 Recent Examples on the Web Adjective Cracks have begun to appear in support among his board for William A. DiBella, flamboyant chairman of the Metropolitan District Commission, the sprawling, quasi-government agency that delivers water and sewer service to the Capitol region. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 Sep. 2022 Where does his sense of purpose and of quasi-military organization come from? Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022 That scene — its quasi-pornographic detail no doubt responsible for the NC-17 rating — signals the precise moment when the film irreversibly careens off the rails. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 Trump is currently benefiting from the Department of Justice’s quasi-official directive to not indict a political figure within 90 days of an election. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2022 O’Donnell considered the complaint on Thursday, presiding over a quasi-judicial hearing that lasted several hours in a conference room at the Ohio Supreme Court. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022 No charges have come from the current FBI investigation of the quasi-public Connecticut Port Authority, which runs the State Pier and its reconstruction, or an inquiry into school construction grants. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2022 Those future sailcraft could, for instance, provide early warning of solar flares, serve as quasi-geostationary communication links over Earth’s poles or conduct more far-ranging and ambitious interplanetary missions. Steven Ashley, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022 The incentives were awarded by the Mobile County Industrial Development Authority, a quasi-governmental agency that examines economic development projects and whose members are appointed by the Mobile County Commission. al, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Adjective quasi- Combining form Latin quasi as if, as it were, approximately, from quam as + si if — more at quantity, so First Known Use Adjective 1632, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing quasi quasi-legislative quasi-governmental quasi-stellar object quasi-public quasi-judicial quasi-legislative quasi-governmental quasi-stellar object quasi-public quasi-judicial Legal Definition quasi 1 of 2 adjective qua·si ˈkwā-ˌzī, -ˌsī; ˈkwä-zē, -sē : having such a resemblance to another thing as to fall within its general category a quasi corporation quasi 2 of 2 adverb : in some significant sense or degree —often used in combination quasi-fiscal see also quasi-judicial, quasi-legislative History and Etymology for quasi Adjective Latin, as if, as it were, from quam as + si if
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quasi

adjective

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