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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
respawn en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈspɔːn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɹiˈspɔːn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- (US, noun) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English spawn
English respawn
From re- + spawn.
Meanings
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The reappearance of an item or enemy; the situation where something is respawned.
The race controller will check for a trigger hit between this player's collider and the start/finish line trigger, but this script has an OnTriggerEnter function to check for triggers used to force a respawn.
2014, Jeff W. Murray, C# Game Programming Cookbook for Unity 3D, page 339:
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(Internet) The act of permanently shifting awareness or existence to a different reality, frequently associated with the UGSC (Underground Subliminal Community).
Forms
respawn en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɹɪˈspɔːn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɹiˈspɔːn/
- (Southern-England) audio
- (US, noun) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English spawn
English respawn
From re- + spawn.
Meanings
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To spawn again.
This diminishes even further the remote chance of the fish surviving to respawn.
1970, Idaho Wildlife Review, volumes 23-29, page 161:
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(of a collected item, qualifier:weapon or other pickup; or enemy; weapon or other pickup; or enemy) To reappear at its spawn point.
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(of a character) To re-enter play after being killed, often where the game was last saved.
How and why he gets stuck in this constant respawn cycle is a bit unclear, […]
2014 March 25, Angela Watercutter, “Tom Cruise Respawns Into Alien War in New Edge of Tomorrow Trailer”, in Wired, retrieved 24 Apr 2014:Some top 100 websites are circumventing user deletion of HTTP cookies by respawning them using Flash cookies with identical values, […]
2009 September 17, Pinsent Masons, “Hidden Flash cookies track even opt-out users on web's biggest sites”, in Out-law, retrieved 24 Apr 2014:
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(Internet) In reality shifting and subliminal communities, to permanently leave one's current reality (often through a perceived severance of ties or, controversially, through physical death) to "re-enter" or reincarnate into a "desired reality."
“Everything in this cult of personality is fragile,” Borkowski said, but added that Musk had proven before that he can “re-spawn” when he encountered difficulties.
2024 April 3, Dan Milmo, quoting Mark Borkowski, “How much is Elon Musk to blame for Tesla sales slip?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
Antonyms
despawn
Deriveds
respawner · respawnable