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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unhobble en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + hobble.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove hobbles from (a horse).
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To unhinder, remove obstacles.
    • (It also highlights the central role of algorithmic progress: the ~0.5 OOMs/year of compute efficiencies, already significant, are only part of the story, and put together with unhobbling algorithmic progress overall is maybe even a majority of the gains on the current trend.) 2024, Leopold Aschenbrenner, Situational Awareness, page 32:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unhobbling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unhobbles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unhobbled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unhobbled Tense=Past lexicographic