atone
pronunciation
How to pronounce atone in British English:
UK [əˈtəʊn]
How to pronounce atone in American English:
US [əˈtoʊn]
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- Verb:
- make amends for
- turn away from sin or do penitence
Word Origin
- atone
- atone: [16] As its spelling suggests, but its pronunciation disguises, atone comes from the phrase at one ‘united, in harmony’, lexicalized as atone in early modern English. It may have been modelled on Latin adūnāre ‘unite’, which was similarly compounded from ad ‘to, at’ and ūnum ‘one’.=> at, one
- atone (v.)
- 1550s, from adverbial phrase atonen (c. 1300) "in accord," literally "at one," a contraction of at and one. It retains the older pronunciation of one. The phrase perhaps is modeled on Latin adunare "unite," from ad- "to, at" (see ad-) + unum "one." Related: Atoned; atoning.
Example
- 1. To atone , it wants to return to a wooded , carbon-absorbing landscape not seen for centuries .
- 2. Perhaps to atone for going soft , fasb is now pushing to have fair-value adjustments reflected in income statements , again conflicting with standards elsewhere in the world .
- 3. France 's heavy involvement is , like that of the u.s. and great britain , driven in part by a desire to atone for past sins against the arab region .
- 4. Later , when mark is hauled before college authorities to atone for facemash , eduardo complains : " why do you always do everything possible to ensure that girls hate us ? "
- 5. And while some financial players are now trying to atone for this by turning to other benchmarks , such as the ois , these are unlikely to replace libor soon .