noun🔗ShareA covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration."In winter, many people wear hats to keep their heads warm. "appearancestylewearitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA particular role or capacity that a person might fill."My sister's hat at the school fundraiser was "chair of the decorations committee." "jobpositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery."The lottery for the school raffle used different colored hats to hold the winning numbers. "gamenumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA hat switch."Pilots often use hats to quickly change camera views or other important settings while flying. "electronicscomputingdevicemachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe háček symbol."Many Czech letters, like š, č, and ř, have little "hats" on top of them; these "hats" are called háčeks. "languagelinguisticswordwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe caret symbol ^."The student used many hats, or ^ symbols, to show the missing words in her essay. "grammarwritinglinguisticssignChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUser rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.""As a website administrator, Sarah has special hats, allowing her to delete inappropriate comments that regular users cannot." "internetcomputingrightabilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(Cambridge University slang) A student who is also the son of a nobleman (and so allowed to wear a hat instead of a mortarboard)."At the formal Cambridge ceremony, you could easily spot the "hats" because they were the only students wearing top hats instead of mortarboards. "cultureroyaleducationstyletraditionsocietypersonhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo place a hat on."Seeing the rain start, he hats his son before they walk to school. "wearappearancestyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo appoint as cardinal."Given the definition "To appoint as cardinal," the best and clearest sentence is: "The Pope hats bishops who have distinguished themselves in service to the church." "religionroyalpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading