Geared vs Must - What's the difference?
geared | must |
(gear)
(uncountable) equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
Clothing; garments.
* Spenser
(obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
(countable) a wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
(countable) a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
(countable) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque
(slang) recreational drugs
* 2003 , Marianne Hancock, Looking for Oliver (page 90)
(uncountable, archaic) stuff.
* 1662 , , Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
(obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
* Spenser
(obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
* Latimer
(engineering) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
(engineering) To be in, or come into, gear.
to dress; to put gear on; to harness.
to do with certainty; (indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate)
The property of being stale or musty
Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty
Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually grapes
* Longfellow
A time during which male elephants exhibit increased levels of sexual activity and aggressiveness (also musth)
* 1936 , George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant'' essay in magazine ''New Writing
As verbs the difference between geared and must
is that geared is past tense of gear while must is to do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicateAs a noun must is
something that is mandatory or required.geared
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*gear
English
Noun
(wikipedia gear)- Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear .
- (Chaucer)
- Homely gear and common ware.
- Have you got any gear ? Dominic, have you got any acid?
- "When he was digged up, which was in the presence of the Magistracy of the Town, his body was found entire, not at all putrid, no ill smell about him, saving the mustiness of the grave-Clothes, his joynts limber and flexible, as in those that are alive, his skin only flaccid, but a more fresh grown in the room of it, the wound of his throat gaping, but no gear nor corruption in it; there was also observed a Magical mark in the great toe of his right foot, viz. an Excrescency in the form of a Rose."
- Thus go they both together to their gear .
- (Wright)
- That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man.
Synonyms
* cog, cogwheel, gearwheelDerived terms
* change gear * change gears * high gear * gear lever * gear shift * gear up * shift gear * shift gears * up a gearVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
* * * * ----must
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at .Verb
(head)- If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.
- You picked one of two, and it wasn't the first: it must have been the second.
- The children must be asleep by now.
- You must arrive in class on time. — the requirement is an imperative
- This door handle must be rotated fully. — the requirement is a directive
- Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. (Bible, Acts 9:6)
Quotations
* 1936 , , More Poems , IX, lines 3-6 *: Forth I wander, forth I must , *: And drink of life again. *: Forth I must by hedgerow bowers *: To look at the leaves uncurled * 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit *: We must away ere break of day *: To seek the pale enchanted gold. * 1968 Fritz Leiber, Swords in the Mist *: Whereupon while one patched or napped, the other must stand guard against inquisitive two- and three-headed dragons and even an occasional monocephalic.Usage notes
* (sense) Compare with weaker auxiliary verb (should), indicating a strong probability of the predicate's execution. * (sense) Compare with weaker auxiliary verb (should), indicating mere intent for the predicate's execution; and stronger auxiliary verb (will), indicating that the negative consequence will be unusually severe. * The past tense of "must" is also "must"; however, this usage is almost always literary (see Fritz Leiber quotation above). The past sense is usually conveyed by (had to). It is possible to use (be bound to) for the past also. For this reason, (have to) and (be bound to) are also used as alternatives to (must) in the present and future. * The principal verb, if easily supplied, may be omitted. In modern usage this is mainly literary (see Housman and Tolkien quotations above). * (term) is unusual in its negation. (term) still expresses a definite certainty or requirement, with the predicate negated. (term), on the other hand, is negated in the usual manner. Compare: :: You must not' read that book. (''It '''is''' necessary that you '''not read that book. ) :: You need not' read that book. (''It '''is not necessary that you read that book. ) * The second person singular no longer adds "-est" (as it did in Old English).See also
*Synonyms
* imperativeAntonyms
* no-noEtymology 2
(etyl) must, most, from (etyl) mustumNoun
(en noun)- No fermenting must fills the deep vats.
External links
* (wikipedia "must")Etymology 3
(etyl) .Noun
- It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one which had gone ‘must’.