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語源

From Medieval Latin graduālis, from Latin gradus (“step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Cognate with Gothic ���������� (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹadʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹadjuəl/, /ˈɡɹadʒəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɛdʒʉɘl/, /ˈɡɹɛdʒɘl/
• ハイフネーション: grad‧u‧al, grad‧ual, gradu‧al
• 韻: (General 米国用法) -ædʒəl

形容詞

gradual (comparative more gradual, superlative most gradual)

1. Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

   a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Creatures animate with gradual life / Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.

同意語

• stepwise

反意語

• sudden
• abrupt

派生語

参考

• insidious

名詞

gradual (複数形 graduals)

1. (Christianity) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
2. (Christianity) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.