anecdote

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

anecdotesanecdotaanecdotonanecdotum

1.
(countable, uncountable)A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
tell an anecdote
relate a short anecdote
2.
(countable, uncountable)An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
3.
(countable, uncountable)A previously untold secret account of an incident.

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verb

V_es/s

anecdotes

V_ing/Gerund

anecdoting

V_ed/pp

anecdotedanecdota

1.
(ambitransitive)To tell anecdotes (about).

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Late 17th c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (accounts unpublished), from ἀν- (not, un-) + ἔκδοτος (published), from ἐκδίδωμι (I publish), from ἐκ- (out) + δίδωμι (I give).