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rooted

[ roo-tid, root-id ]

adjective

  1. having roots. root.
  2. firmly implanted (often used in combination):

    a deep-rooted belief.



rooted

/ ˈruːtɪd /

adjective

  1. having roots
  2. deeply felt

    rooted objections

  3. slang.
    tired or defeated
  4. get rooted! taboo.
    an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person


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Other Words From

  • rooted·ly adverb
  • rooted·ness noun
  • multi·rooted adjective
  • under·rooted adjective
  • well-rooted adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rooted1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English roted; root 1, -ed 2, -ed 3

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Example Sentences

As a man who helped people become fugitives to save their skins, his focus on immigration is rooted in a personal life experience.

The first meeting featured multiple speakers deeply rooted in a partisan agenda.

Colfer's artistic callings share a common thread: they are deeply personal and rooted in a challenging childhood.

Because that whole celebrity hacking episode seemed rooted in misogyny.

The worldwide panic over her new look is rooted in a sense of betrayal to the "be yourself" values that Bridget Jones embodied.

Her feet felt rooted to the floor in the wonder and doubt of this strange occurrence.

He could easily tell where the acorns had been hidden, and, a moment later, he had rooted them up and was eating them.

You cannot all at once eradicate the deep-rooted customs and habits of any people, whoever they may be.

The voices whispered something further, and then in the corridor Jessie saw something that rooted her to the spot.

Houses innumerable had been built for it on deck, but the sagacious animal had a rooted antipathy to restraint.

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