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— English words —

• attrition n. Grinding down or wearing away by friction.
• attrition n. The gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not…
• attrition n. (Human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through retirement, resignation…
• attrition n. (Sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.
• attrition n. (Theology) Imperfect contrition or remorse.
• attrition n. (Dentistry) The wearing of teeth due to their grinding.
• attrition n. (Linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.
• attrition v. (Transitive) To grind or wear down through friction.
• attrition v. (Transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions…
• attrition v. (Intransitive) To undergo a reduction in number.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• attrition s. Desgaste.
• attrition s. Agotamiento.

— In German —

• Attrition S. Linguistik: Beeinträchtigung der Beherrschung der Muttersprache…
• Attrition S. Theologie: unvollkommene Reue.

— In French —

• attrition n.f. (Physique) Action de deux corps durs qui s’usent par un…
• attrition n.f. (Théologie) Regret d’avoir offensé Dieu, causé par la crainte…
• attrition n.f. (Économie) Perte de client, de substance ou d’autres éléments…
• attrition n.f. (Administration, Entreprise) Érosion naturelle des effectifs…

64 English words from 10 English definitions

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11 English words from 8 foreign definitions

Action Administration client corps der des Entreprise par Physique Regret substance

26 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Agotamiento autres avoir Beeinträchtigung Beherrschung causé crainte d’autres Desgaste deux Dieu durs Économie effectifs éléments Érosion Linguistik Muttersprache naturelle offensé Perte qui Reue Théologie unvollkommene usent

9 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

attritions attritional attritioned attritionary attritioning attritionally attrition␣bias attrition␣damage attritional␣mortality

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

antiattrition interattrition war␣of␣attrition wars␣of␣attrition

22 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

att at&t AT&T attr Attri attrit ion Ion -ion -ition rit tio Tio tion -tion tri Tri TRI tri- trit trit- TTR

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Irt IRT NOI noit OIt OIT RTT Tir TIR

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

titration

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

antitriton attritions titrations tritiation

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

antiriot anti-riot tritonia Tritonia

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

attuition

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