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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 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (yod-coalescence) IPA: /ˈɡɹadʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹadʒəl/
  • (non-yod-coalescence) IPA: /ˈɡɹadjuəl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəl/, /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɡɹɛdʒʉɘl/, /ˈɡɹɛdʒɘl/
• ハイフネーション: grad‧u‧al, grad‧ual, gradu‧al
• 韻: (General American) -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], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →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 (plural 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.