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nice

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[ nahys ]

adjective

nicer, nicest.
  1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful:

    a nice visit.

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  2. amiably pleasant; kind:

    They are always nice to strangers.

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  3. characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy:

    nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis.

    Synonyms: , , , , , , ,

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  4. showing or indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments:

    a job that requires nice measurements.

  5. minute, fine, or subtle:

    a nice distinction.

  6. having or showing delicate, accurate perception:

    a nice sense of color.

  7. refined in manners, language, etc.:

    Nice people wouldn't do such things.

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  8. a nice girl.

  9. suitable or proper:

    That was not a nice remark.

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  10. carefully neat in dress, habits, etc.

    Synonyms: ,

  11. (especially of food) dainty or delicate.
  12. having fastidious, finicky, or fussy tastes:

    They're much too nice in their dining habits to enjoy an outdoor barbecue.

    Synonyms: ,

  13. Obsolete. coy, shy, or reluctant.
  14. Obsolete. unimportant; trivial.
  15. Obsolete. wanton.


Nice

2

[ nees ]

noun

  1. a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean: known as a vacation resort.

NICE

1

/ Բɪ /

acronym for

  1. (in Britain) National Institute for Clinical Excellence: a body established in 1999 to provide authoritative guidance on current best practice in medicine and to promote high-quality cost-effective medical treatment in the NHS
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Nice

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/ nis /

noun

  1. a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: a leading resort of the French Riviera; founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century bc . Pop: 342 738 (1999)
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nice

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/ Բɪ /

adjective

  1. pleasant or commendable

    a nice day

  2. kind or friendly

    a nice gesture of help

  3. good or satisfactory

    they made a nice job of it

  4. subtle, delicate, or discriminating

    a nice point in the argument

  5. precise; skilful

    a nice fit

  6. rare.
    fastidious; respectable

    he was not too nice about his methods

  7. obsolete.
    1. foolish or ignorant
    2. delicate
    3. shy; modest
    4. wanton
  8. nice and
    pleasingly

    it's nice and cool

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Nice

  1. City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea .
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Sensitive Note

The semantic history of nice is quite varied, as the etymology and the obsolete senses attest, and any attempt to insist on only one of its present senses as correct will not be in keeping with the facts of actual usage. If any criticism is valid, it might be that the word is used too often and has become a cliché lacking the qualities of precision and intensity that are embodied in many of its synonyms.
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Notes

Nice is the most famous resort of the French Riviera .
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԾԱ, noun
  • ˈԾ, adjective
  • ˈԾ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nice1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English: “foolish, stupid,” from Old French: “silly, simple,” from Latin nescius “ignorant, incapable,” equivalent to ne- negative prefix + sci- (stem of ī “to know”; science ) + -us adjective suffix

Origin of nice2

From French, ( ʰDZç ç ), from Latin ī, from Greek ī첹í, proper noun use of adjective ī첹í “victorious,” from ī́ŧ “vٴǰ”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nice1

C13 (originally: foolish): from Old French nice simple, silly, from Latin nescius ignorant, from neī to be ignorant; see nescience
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. make nice, to behave in a friendly, ingratiating, or conciliatory manner.
  2. nice and, sufficiently:

    It's nice and warm in here.

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Example Sentences

Having second run for amiable Gloucestershire trainer, who does a nice line in impressions.

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“I think it would be really nice if we could have a moment together because he loved movies and he gave a lot to all of us.”

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“It’s just nice background music,” De Veer recalled.

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“What’s nice about situations like that is that you have teammates that can come in and step up and have your back, and that’s what we did for Kate all season.”

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"I think everyone will always say how nice a person Alessia is and everyone wants to see her do well for that reason," said Williamson.

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