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From geometry 📐, to music 🎵, and astronomy ⭐️to arithmetic 🧮, the quadrivium includes them all.

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Definition of quadrivium.
November 21, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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Now with a language resource as unique as we are. #canadianenglishdictionary
July 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Ah yes, this takes me back to grade 10 math class.

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Definition of quadratic equation on a white and red background.
November 13, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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Who ya gonna call? QUACKBUSTER!

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Definition of quackbuster on a white background with a grey border. A graphic of a detective in the bottom right corner with duck prints leading to a graphic of a duck in the top right corner.
April 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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What is a Q rating? It’s a measure of popularity within a familiar audience! What’s something or someone who you think would have a high Q rating?

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Definition of Q rating on a black and white background.
November 28, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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Canada will celebrate its quadricentennial in the year 2267. Anyone want to make plans?
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Definition of quadricentennial on a black and red background.
December 4, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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*note to self* Does not mean standing near quarters. #CEDPhraseOfTheWeek
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Definition of “at close quarters”.
August 14, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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4 sides, 4 corners, multiple different shapes. That’s this week’s word of the week.
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Definition of quadrilateral on a geometric white and black background.
February 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Some people assume Canadians cherry-pick American and British language conventions, but #CanadianEnglish is its own variant. That’s just one reason we need a #CanadianEnglishDictionary 🧵 [1/5]
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July 1, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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Remember Zoboomafoo? Ya, he was quadrumanous.

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Definition of quadrumanous on a black background. Lemur graphic in the top right corner and lemur footprints in the bottom left corner.
March 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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In the case of this #CED WordOfTheWeek, one abbreviation can mean multiple things. Because English isn’t already confusing enough…
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Definition of QB with a football in the top right corner.
September 19, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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The Quadrantids meteor shower takes place in early January. This year it’s active until January 16th. Were you able to catch any of it?

Want to learn more about it? Check out this post from NASA science.nasa.gov/solar-system...

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Definition of Quadrantid on a black and white background. Graphics of meteors in the top left corner.
January 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Like a bike, but with double the wheels! Also double the fun?
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Definition of quad bike on a white and grey background, with a graphic of a quad bike in the top left corner.
March 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Covid, and classes, and cohorts, oh my! Many Canadian high schools adopted this schedule system in 2020.

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Definition of quadmester on a white and grey background. A yellow graphic of a school in the bottom left corner.
March 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Alternative definition: What seems to happen to your friends every other week in your late 20s.
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Definition of pop the question, with a graphic wedding rings in the bottom left corner.
August 28, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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The #CanadianEnglishDictionary would like to know how you use dictionaries, and what you expect from them, to help inform the @torontomet.bsky.social students involved in our design process. Can you help us by completing this survey? forms.gle/Cz3vdN3TBBXA... #Linguistics #Lexicography
Canadian English Dictionary (CED) Survey
Hello! We’re creating a new dictionary for Canadian English. You could help us in our task by telling us some of your preferences by filling in this survey. This survey should take about 10 minutes t...
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March 22, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Monolingual = can speak 1 language
Bilingual = can speak 2 languages
Trilingual = can speak 3 languages
Quadrilingual = can speak 4 languages

Which are you? Have you ever met someone who is quadrilingual?
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Definition of quadrilingual on a black background. A white silhouette in the right top corner with four different coloured speech bubbles.
February 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Consider this #CEDWordOfTheWeek our official goodbye to summer. The quad chairs (definition 1) are packed away for the season; now bring on the quad chairs (definition 2)!
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Definition of quad chair on a white background. Image of a red quad chair in the bottom right corner.
October 10, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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June is #PrideMonth! 
The #CanadianEnglishDictionary is currently working on an updated definition of queer.
If you have any thoughts about what should be included in the Canadian definition, send us some feedback through the link in our bio.
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June 17, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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Like a puzzle with only four pieces, quadripartite is four things coming together to make a whole.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Why do you want to see a new #CanadianEnglishDictionary? Comment with any reasons we didn’t mention below!
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July 1, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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#CEDWordOfTheWeek.
Qt., qtly., qtr, and q.t.
Quart, quarterly, quarter, and quiet. They all look confusingly similar, showing just how important it is to have a reliable dictionary where you can look up abbreviations.
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Definition of qt. above a graphic of a pint, quart, and gallon of milk.
September 4, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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Q, a favourite letter of scrabble players. While many lexicographers start building a dictionary with A, we chose to begin this journey at quirky Q because of its importance to Canadians from Quathiaski Cove, BC to Quidi Vidi, NL.  
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June 3, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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#WordScramble can you guess the word? Share your guess below and check Wednesday’s post for the answer. #CED #CanadianEnglishDictionary
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June 10, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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I bend my back when you seek to learn,
A symbol of doubt, uncertainty, churn.
A hook for a mystery, a curlicue bow,
I stand at the end when you seek to know.
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Definition of question mark on a black background. Text reads: Word of the Week. Question marl. 1. a symbol used to indicate a question 1. the symbol used in English to punctuate the end of a question or to indicate uncertainty 3. something shaped like a question mark 4. an uncertainty that causes concern 5. an unknown quantity. Canadian English Dictionary.
July 27, 2026 at 1:14 AM