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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

  1. 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:
  2. (Internet) The act of permanently shifting awareness or existence to a different reality, frequently associated with the UGSC (Underground Subliminal Community).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
respawns Number=Plur lexicographic

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

  1. 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:
  2. (of a collected item, qualifier:weapon or other pickup; or enemy; weapon or other pickup; or enemy) To reappear at its spawn point.
  3. (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:
  4. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
respawns Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
respawned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
respawned Tense=Past lexicographic
respawning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

despawn

Deriveds

respawner · respawnable