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Wan meaning in English

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Wan

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Noun

1. wan, wide area network

a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network

Verb

2. wan

become pale and sickly

Adjective

3. pale, pallid, sick, wan

(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

Example Sentences:
'the pale light of a half moon'
'a pale sun'
'the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street'
'a pallid sky'
'the pale (or wan) stars'
'the wan light of dawn'

4. pale, pallid, wan

abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

Example Sentences:
'the pallid face of the invalid'
'her wan face suddenly flushed'

5. wan

lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness

Example Sentences:
'a wan smile'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Wan

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adjectiveWord forms: wanner or wannest
1. 
unnaturally pale, esp from sickness, grief, etc
2. 
characteristic or suggestive of ill health, unhappiness, etc
3. 
(of light, stars, etc) faint or dim
verbWord forms: wans, wanning or wanned
4. 
to make or become wan
abbreviation for
1. 
wide area network
2. 
Nigeria (international car registration)

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Wan

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noun
wide area network: a computer network (sense 3) of geographically distant computers, terminals, etc.
adjectiveWord forms: ˈwanner or ˈwannest
1. 
sickly pale; pallid
a wan complexion
2. 
faint or weak in a way suggestive of sickness or great weariness, sadness, etc.
a wan smile
3. 
pale, dim, faint, etc.
a wan light
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: wanned or ˈwanning
4.  Rare
to make or become sickly pale
verb intransitive, verb transitive
Obsolete
win

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Wan

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n.
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.
adj. wan·ner, wan·nest
1. Unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress.
2. Suggestive or indicative of weariness, illness, or unhappiness; melancholy: a wan expression.
intr.v. wanned, wan·ning, wans
To become pale.

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