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nice
1[ nahys ]
adjective
- pleasing; agreeable; delightful:
a nice visit.
Antonyms:
- amiably pleasant; kind:
They are always nice to strangers.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy:
nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- showing or indicating very small differences; minutely accurate, as instruments:
a job that requires nice measurements.
- minute, fine, or subtle:
a nice distinction.
- having or showing delicate, accurate perception:
a nice sense of color.
- refined in manners, language, etc.:
Nice people wouldn't do such things.
Synonyms:
a nice girl.
- suitable or proper:
That was not a nice remark.
Antonyms:
- carefully neat in dress, habits, etc.
Synonyms: ,
- (especially of food) dainty or delicate.
- having fastidious, finicky, or fussy tastes:
They're much too nice in their dining habits to enjoy an outdoor barbecue.
Synonyms: ,
- Obsolete. coy, shy, or reluctant.
- Obsolete. unimportant; trivial.
- Obsolete. wanton.
Nice
2[ nees ]
noun
- a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean: known as a vacation resort.
NICE
1/ Բɪ /
acronym for
- (in Britain) National Institute for Clinical Excellence: a body established in 1999 to provide authoritative guidance on current best practice in medicine and to promote high-quality cost-effective medical treatment in the NHS
Nice
2/ nis /
noun
- a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean: a leading resort of the French Riviera; founded by Phocaeans from Marseille in about the 3rd century bc . Pop: 342 738 (1999)
nice
3/ Բɪ /
adjective
- pleasant or commendable
a nice day
- kind or friendly
a nice gesture of help
- good or satisfactory
they made a nice job of it
- subtle, delicate, or discriminating
a nice point in the argument
- precise; skilful
a nice fit
- rare.fastidious; respectable
he was not too nice about his methods
- obsolete.
- foolish or ignorant
- delicate
- shy; modest
- wanton
- nice andpleasingly
it's nice and cool
Nice
- City in southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea .
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Notes
Derived Forms
- ˈԾԱ, noun
- ˈԾ, adjective
- ˈԾ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- Ծl adverb
- Ծn noun
- v·Ծ adjective
- over·Ծl adverb
- over·Ծn noun
- ܲ·Ծ adjective
- un·Ծl adverb
- un·Ծn noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nice1
Origin of nice2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nice1
Idioms and Phrases
- make nice, to behave in a friendly, ingratiating, or conciliatory manner.
- nice and, sufficiently:
It's nice and warm in here.
Example Sentences
When Moran pushed back, Trump said the reporter wasn’t nice and asked him why he just couldn’t admit it was proof that Garcia was a gang member.
“I understand that people are doing their jobs. I’m sure they’re generally trying to be nice and supportive and rooting for us, and me.”
"She can defend well, but can also help the team move forward to create opportunities in the box. It's really nice to have a player like her," said Bompastor.
James Tibbott, clinical lead for gynaecology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, who performed Stacey's surgery, said her condition prior to the operation was "the stuff of nightmares, in the nicest possible way".
However, high pressure remains close by right through the rest of the week and into the holiday weekend, keeping conditions nice and settled.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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