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But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.
Sylvia Plath

Meaning of "flare" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLARE

(To spread out): of unknown origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FLARE

flare  [flɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLARE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flare is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb flare in English.

WHAT DOES FLARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

flare

Flare

A flare, also sometimes called a fusee, is a type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light or intense heat without an explosion. Flares are used for signalling, illumination, or defensive countermeasures in civilian and military applications. Flares may be ground pyrotechnics, projectile pyrotechnics, or parachute-suspended to provide maximum illumination time over a large area. Projectile pyrotechnics may be dropped from aircraft, fired from rocket or artillery, or deployed by flare guns or handheld percussive tubes.

Definition of flare in the English dictionary

The first definition of flare in the dictionary is to burn or cause to burn with an unsteady or sudden bright flame. Other definition of flare is to spread or cause to spread outwards from a narrow to a wider shape. Flare is also to make a conspicuous display of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLARE

PRESENT

Present
I flare
you flare
he/she/it flares
we flare
you flare
they flare
Present continuous
I am flaring
you are flaring
he/she/it is flaring
we are flaring
you are flaring
they are flaring
Present perfect
I have flared
you have flared
he/she/it has flared
we have flared
you have flared
they have flared
Present perfect continuous
I have been flaring
you have been flaring
he/she/it has been flaring
we have been flaring
you have been flaring
they have been flaring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I flared
you flared
he/she/it flared
we flared
you flared
they flared
Past continuous
I was flaring
you were flaring
he/she/it was flaring
we were flaring
you were flaring
they were flaring
Past perfect
I had flared
you had flared
he/she/it had flared
we had flared
you had flared
they had flared
Past perfect continuous
I had been flaring
you had been flaring
he/she/it had been flaring
we had been flaring
you had been flaring
they had been flaring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will flare
you will flare
he/she/it will flare
we will flare
you will flare
they will flare
Future continuous
I will be flaring
you will be flaring
he/she/it will be flaring
we will be flaring
you will be flaring
they will be flaring
Future perfect
I will have flared
you will have flared
he/she/it will have flared
we will have flared
you will have flared
they will have flared
Future perfect continuous
I will have been flaring
you will have been flaring
he/she/it will have been flaring
we will have been flaring
you will have been flaring
they will have been flaring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would flare
you would flare
he/she/it would flare
we would flare
you would flare
they would flare
Conditional continuous
I would be flaring
you would be flaring
he/she/it would be flaring
we would be flaring
you would be flaring
they would be flaring
Conditional perfect
I would have flare
you would have flare
he/she/it would have flare
we would have flare
you would have flare
they would have flare
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been flaring
you would have been flaring
he/she/it would have been flaring
we would have been flaring
you would have been flaring
they would have been flaring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you flare
we let´s flare
you flare
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to flare
Past participle
flared
Present Participle
flaring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLARE


aglare
əˈɡlɛə
antiglare
ˌæntɪˈɡlɛə
Blair
blɛə
blare
blɛə
capillaire
ˌkæpɪˈlɛə
chantecler
ˌtʃæntɪˈklɛə
Clare
klɛə
declare
dɪˈklɛə
flair
flɛə
glair
ɡlɛə
glare
ɡlɛə
lair
lɛə
nonglare
ˌnɒnˈɡlɛə
Sinclair
sɪŋˈklɛə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLARE

flapjack
flapless
flappable
flapped
flapper
flapperhood
flapperish
flapping
flappy
flaptrack
flare path
flare star
flare-up
flareback
flared
flares
flaringly
flary
flaser
flash

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLARE

are
autoflare
aware
care
childcare
compare
erythema solare
fare
hardware
health care
malware
mare
naviculare
on the square
outglare
prepare
rare
Roeselare
scalare
solar flare

Synonyms and antonyms of flare in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLARE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flare» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flare

Translation of «flare» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLARE

Find out the translation of flare to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flare from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flare» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

信号弹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bengala
570 millions of speakers

English

flare
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भड़कना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مضيئة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вспышка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

foguete sinalizador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিস্তারণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

signal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Suar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leuchtsignal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

発火信号
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조명탄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Suarake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bùng phát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விரிவடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रूंदावणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

işaret fişeği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

razzo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pochodni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спалах
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωτοβολίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Vlam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bluss
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flare

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLARE»

The term «flare» is very widely used and occupies the 13.191 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of flare
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLARE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flare» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flare» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flare

EXAMPLES

5 QUOTES WITH «FLARE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flare.
1
Martin Amis
The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a paper, that seems to go off, like a solar flare inside your head.
2
Gaston Bachelard
So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.
3
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?
4
Sylvia Plath
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.
5
Paul Shaffer
Not only was it enough to be a cover band, it was perhaps the highest calling. After all, if you could play music recorded by others, stay true to the original, and still add fire and flare, why not?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLARE»

Discover the use of flare in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flare and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flare
As the Titan Cartel brings two hundred trillion tons of liquid natural gas down to Earth, maverick astrophysicist Hannibal Freede searches for signs of strange phenomena on the sun. Original.
Roger Zelazny, Thomas T. Thomas, 1992
2
A Physically-based Approach for Lens Flare Simulation
In this thesis, we present a physically-based method for the computer graphics simulation of lens flare phenomena in photographic lenses.
Arash Keshmirian, 2008
3
Flare Stars in Star Clusters, Associations, and the Solar ...
Some 70 papers present the flare star problem from both a physical and evolutionary aspect, and represent an interaction between investigators working on flare stars in clusters and associations, and those working on the UV Ceti stars in ...
International Astronomical Union. Symposium, L.V. Mirzoyan, B.R. Pettersen, 1990
4
Waiting Games
Fourteen-year-old Jessie becomes romantically and sexually involved with her eighteen-year-old guitar teacher Michael.
Bruce Hart, Carole Hart, 1981
5
Solar Flare Magnetic Fields and Plasmas
This volume is devoted to the dynamics and diagnostics of solar magnetic fields and plasmas in the Sun’s atmosphere.
Yuhong Fan, George Fisher, 2012
6
International Electronic Countermeasures Handbook
Hovmarken 4, 8520 Lystrup, Denmark; +45.86.222.000; www.terma.com ACDS MCP-7/10 Pylon Integrated Dispenser System (PIDS/PIDS + ) SKWS Naval Launching System chaff/flare/illumination dispenser chaff/flare dispenser chaff/ flare ...
Horizon House, Journal of Electronic Defense Staff Horizon House, 2004
7
The Lupus Book: A Guide for Patients and Their Families
9. Drugs. That. May. Cause. Lupus. or. Produce. Flare-ups. In 1945 Byron Hoffman reported that sulfa-containing antibiotics might provoke a lupuslike syndrome. Since that time more than 80 agents have been reported to bring on the disease.
Daniel J Wallace, 2008
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EUV Lithography
11.5 Flare in EUVL Systems 11.5.1 Sources of flare and estimating flare from surface roughness 11.5.1.1 Introduction The presence of flare in lithographic imaging systems is a problem of ever- increasing importance for the semiconductor ...
Vivek Bakshi, 2009
9
Madcap Flare for Robohelp Users
This book explains how to migrate from RoboHelp to MadCap Flare.
Scott DeLoach, 2007
10
How to Build Earthquake, Weather, and Solar Flare Monitors
With this unique book, you can broaden your knowledge about intriguing natural occurrences like earthquakes, sunspots, and lightning strikes by building and using inexpensive, yet sensitive and accurate, devices for monitoring seismic ...
Gary G. Giusti, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLARE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flare is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fermi detects record flare from distant black hole
"This flare is the most dynamic outburst Fermi has seen in its seven years of operation, becoming 10 times brighter overnight," said Elizabeth ... «UPI.com, Jul 15»
2
Tensions flare at Greene County Jail press conference
Mayor Bob Stephens watches Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott speak to media immediately following Stephens' remarks at the Busch ... «Springfield News-Leader, Jul 15»
3
Tennis – it's not just tennis elbow which can flare up
WITH Wimbledon dominating the sporting calendar and the longer evenings outside, many seasonal tennis players are digging out their ... «Burton Mail, Jul 15»
4
Tempers Flare At UFC 189 Press Conference
LAS VEGAS -- It might not have been World Tour-level shenanigans, but the UFC 189 press conference did not disappoint with regards to trash ... «UFC, Jul 15»
5
Tempers Flare as Lincoln-Way West, North Supporters Fight to 'Save …
Tempers Flare as Lincoln-Way West, North Supporters Fight to 'Save Our Schools'. Lincoln-Way District 210 families have started a push via ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
6
Tempers flare at Iran nuke talks: 'Never threaten an Iranian'
Tempers flare at Iran nuke talks: 'Never threaten an Iranian'. Click Here. By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM). 7/10/2015 (15 hours ago). Catholic Online ... «Catholic Online, Jul 15»
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What to do: Fun events with regional flare
... 2:36 pm You are here:Home Entertainment What to do: Fun events with regional flare. What to do: Fun events with regional flare. July 10, 2015 | 0 Comment ... «The Unionville Times, Jul 15»
8
Sources: Cape Horn Fire started by flare launched from sinking boat
KXLY sources say the Cape Horn Fire was accidentally started by boaters who used a flare to signal for help when their boat started sinking. «KXLY Spokane, Jul 15»
9
Stocks Finish Far From Highs as Greek Worries Flare Up
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The day started with Wall Street on top of the world, but it wasn't long before worries over Greece's future torpedoed ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
10
Tempers flare over proposed food stamps changes
Participants in a town hall meeting in Albuquerque Wednesday night protested newly proposed changes that would affect food stamp recipients ... «KOAT Albuquerque, Jul 15»

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