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Look up: arete

  1. Aretê
    goodness, excellence.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. Arete
    An arete is a steep angular mountain ridge.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. arete
    [n] - a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Arête
    A`rête' noun [ French, lit., a sharp fish bone, ridge, sharp edge, from Latin arista beard of grain.] (Geology) An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/118

  5. arete
    noun a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Arete
    `Arete` (Greek: ; in English) in its basic sense means `goodness`, `excellence` or `virtue` of any kind. In its earliest appearance in Greek this notion of excellence was bound up with the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function; the act of living up to one's full potential. `The root of the word is the same as 'aristos', the word which shows superlative ability and superiority, and 'aristos' was constantly used in the plural to denote...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete

  7. Arête
    An `arête` is a thin, almost knife-like, ridge of rock which is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys. The arête is a thin ridge of rock that is left separating the two valleys. Arêtes can also form when two glacial cirques erode headwards towards one another, although frequently this results in a saddle-shaped pass, called a col. The edge is then sharpened by freeze-thaw weathering. The word `arête` is actually Frenc...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arête

  8. Areté
    ---- `Areté` is an arts magazine, published three times a year, edited by the poet Craig Raine. The magazine aims to give detailed coverage of theatre, fiction, and poetry, while also serving as a platform for new writing in all genres. The magazine has published contributions by a wide range of authors, including Ian McEwan, Patrick Marber, Tom Stoppard, and Julian Barnes. It has also promoted new authors such as Adam Thirlwell, Jeremy Noel-To...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areté

  9. Arete
    • (n.) An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. arete
    (from the article `education`) ...was already emerging. Dance, poetry, and instrumental music were well developed and provided an essential element in the educational formation of ... ...matchless physique served as a model for all subsequent physical culturists. The Greek, and especially Athenian, ideal of a sound mind and sound ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/97

  11. arête
    (French: `ridge`), in geology, a sharp-crested serrate ridge separating the heads of opposing valleys (cirques) that formerly were occupied by ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/97

  12. Arete
    Arete is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Virtue` Arete,Aretha The name Arete doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Arete seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Are

  13. Arête
    Sharp topographic ridge that separates cirques on a mountain that is or has been glaciated.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo

  14. Arete
    See Virtue.
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/a.html


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