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Meaning of 'wilderness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wilderness [ v. t.]
- A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.
- A disorderly or neglected place.
- Quality or state of being wild; wildness.

Meaning of 'wilderness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wilderness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a bewildering profusion
Example in sentence:
  • a wilderness of masts in the harbor;
  • the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups
Meaning (2):
- (politics) a state of disfavor
Example in sentence:
  • he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness
Meaning (3):
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
Example in sentence:
  • it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers

Nearby Words:

wild wild-cat wildebeest wilded wilder wildered wildering wilderment wildfire wildgrave

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