MIST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of mist in English

(Definition of mist from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of mist from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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They get mists for months at a time, blizzards, rain and wind and about nine of the twelve months weather is too bad for anyone to appreciate.
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We are equally concerned with dry depositions and so-called "occult" depositions, or mists, as we are with acidified rain water.
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Common rights go back far into the mists of time and are in many cases very complicated.
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The information has disappeared in to the mists of time.
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All these dangers looming up through what were then the mists of the uncertain future have been successfully surmounted, have been overcome.
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With that, any exact meaning in diplomatic recognition fades into the mists.
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I hope it is a happy augury that the sun has come through the mists.
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They always ask a question about something which is hidden by the mists of futurity or by the fog of mere assumption.
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The fact that in many conditions the rear windows of most vehicles are misted or in other ways obscured may accentuate my request.
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Through creating additional fogs and mists, the lake may create additional traffic accident risks.
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We have had, perhaps for the moment, enough of the stormy seas and the mists on the mountains.
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The only compensation for mists and bad weather in winter is that it is not then visible.
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Philological methods of research have shown also that his history can be traced back 2,000 years, and beyond that he disappears into the primæval mists.
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Our order of debate, our conduct of business, are wrapped in the mists of the miasma of ignorance.
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Translations of mist

in Chinese (Traditional)
薄霧, 水汽,水蒸氣…
in Chinese (Simplified)
薄雾, 水汽,水蒸气…
in Spanish
neblina, niebla, neblina [feminine…
in Portuguese
nevoeiro, cerração, neblina [feminine]…
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धुके, वाफ…
霧, 霧(きり)…
pus, sis, ince sis…
brume [feminine], brume…
boirina…
nevel…
தரை அல்லது நீரின் ஒரு பகுதிக்கு சற்று மேலே காற்றில் சேகரிக்கும் மிகச் சிறிய சொட்டு நீரால் உற்பத்தி செய்யப்படும் மெல்லிய மூடுபனி, எதையாவது பார்க்க கடினமாக இருக்கும் மேற்பரப்பில் ஒரு மெல்லிய அடுக்கு திரவம்…
कोहरा, कुहासा, धुंध…
ધુમ્મસ, ઝાકળ…
dis…
dimma, dis, imma…
kabus…
der Nebel…
dis [masculine], (lett) tåke, fuktig dis…
دھند, کہرا, پھوار…
туман, імла…
туман, дымка…
పొగ మంచు, భూమి ఉపరితలానికి లేదా నీటికి కొద్దిగా పై భాగంలో చాల చిన్న నీటిబిందువుల ద్వారా ఏర్పడే సన్నని పొగమంచు, ఏదైనా ఒక ఉపరితలంపై ద్రవం యొక్క పలుచని పొర చూడడాన్ని కష్టతరం చేస్తుంది…
ضَباب…
কুয়াশা, কুয়াশা / ধোঁয়াশা…
mlha…
kabut…
หมอก…
sương mù…
mgła…
안개…
foschia, nebbia…
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