Diamond
noun
A precious stone that is one of the hardest known substances, clear and typically colorless.
The ring is adorned with a large diamond.
Often appears as...
- diamond ring
- diamond necklace
noun
A shape with four sides of equal length forming two opposite acute angles and two opposite obtuse angles.
The kite was in the shape of a diamond.
Often appears as...
- diamond shape
- diamond pattern
noun
A playing card with a symbol resembling a diamond shape.
In poker, the 10 of diamonds can beat a 9.
Often appears as...
- ace of diamonds
- queen of diamonds
noun
The infield of a baseball field.
The player ran across the diamond to make it home.
Often appears as...
- baseball diamond
- diamond shape
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Colloquial
noun
A very hard, transparent substance that is valuable and often used in jewelry, or the shape of this substance.
He gave her a ring with a large diamond in it.
Often appears as...
- pair of diamonds
- loose diamond
noun
A precious stone that is one of the hardest known substances, clear and typically colorless.
The ring is adorned with a large diamond.
Often appears as...
- diamond ring
- diamond necklace
noun
A shape with four sides of equal length forming two opposite acute angles and two opposite obtuse angles.
The kite was in the shape of a diamond.
Often appears as...
- diamond shape
- diamond pattern
noun
A playing card with a symbol resembling a diamond shape.
In poker, the 10 of diamonds can beat a 9.
Often appears as...
- ace of diamonds
- queen of diamonds
noun
The infield of a baseball field.
The player ran across the diamond to make it home.
Often appears as...
- baseball diamond
- diamond shape
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A very hard, transparent substance that is valuable and often used in jewelry, or the shape of this substance.
He gave her a ring with a large diamond in it.
Often appears as...
- pair of diamonds
- loose diamond
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Pro Tip 1/3Value and Status
The word 'diamond' can signify wealth, status, and luxury in various contexts.
He was able to afford a diamond, a true sign of opulence.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Usage
'Diamond' can be used metaphorically to describe a person or something cherished.
She is the diamond of my life.
Pro Tip 3/3Durability and Strength
A 'diamond' often symbolizes permanence and resilience in cultural references.
Their love is as enduring as a diamond.
Pro Tip 1/3Value and Status
The word 'diamond' can signify wealth, status, and luxury in various contexts.
He was able to afford a diamond, a true sign of opulence.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Usage
'Diamond' can be used metaphorically to describe a person or something cherished.
She is the diamond of my life.
Pro Tip 3/3Durability and Strength
A 'diamond' often symbolizes permanence and resilience in cultural references.
Their love is as enduring as a diamond.
Pro Tip 1/3Value and Status
The word 'diamond' can signify wealth, status, and luxury in various contexts.
He was able to afford a diamond, a true sign of opulence.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Usage
'Diamond' can be used metaphorically to describe a person or something cherished.
She is the diamond of my life.
Pro Tip 3/3Durability and Strength
A 'diamond' often symbolizes permanence and resilience in cultural references.
Their love is as enduring as a diamond.
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The paradox of value -...
what matters far more is their use value, how helpful they are in your current situation. And because we only get to choose one of the options, we also have to consider its opportunity cost, or what we lose by giving up the other choice. After all, it doesn't matter how much you could get from selling the diamond
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Watch the Total Solar...
some solar photography I should say turn off your flash make sure your flashes off otherwise you're gonna be really not happy with the way your flash will not light up the moon no it will not no well not so looking for that diamond ring phenomenon looking for those Baily's beads I've also heard about an
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Incredible Orangutan...
when he uses that diamond shaped symbol with the two lines inside you tell me what you want me to do with this closed container okay open all right good that was actually a very good choice because there's a little something in there for him mistakes are are actually quite rare
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Botswana's Bushmen Part...
to the peoples in reserve in fact it's very cheap it's much more expensive to relocate them elsewhere so that isn't true either so why are they really doing it well we think that it is almost certainly linked with diamonds there are very important diamond deposits in this
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Hear Kids' Honest...
of the world's I would stop people from bowling well yeah but I know my dad I'm a little I would make the roads able to fit for her so there would be less traffic and I have if I did feel a diamond shows on my photo except with us in your bag with that I'm a pioneer
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Eduardo Sáenz de...
All the basic sciences support them, including math. All that makes science, science is the rigor of math. And that rigor factors in because its results are eternal. You probably said or were told at some point that diamonds are forever, right?
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Elon Musk: The future...
to double the world's supply of lithium-ion batteries, with this guy. What is this? Yeah, so that's the Gigafactory, progress so far on the Gigafactory. Eventually, you can sort of roughly see that there's sort of a diamond shape overall,
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The most colorful...
While diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and other precious stones are often indistinguishably similar, no two opals look the same, thanks to a characteristic called "play of color." This shimmering, dazzling, dancing display of light
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Finding the transformativ...
late 40s was called a diamond is forever so it's granite when you think about value implicit in pictures you know I conducted this experiment a few years ago in which I invited a group of people
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Botswana's Bushmen Part...
diamonds were discovered since then largely as a result of good governance but suami has had the world's fastest growing economy it is now one of the richest countries in Africa so rich that
Video examples
The paradox of value -...
what matters far more is their use value, how helpful they are in your current situation. And because we only get to choose one of the options, we also have to consider its opportunity cost, or what we lose by giving up the other choice. After all, it doesn't matter how much you could get from selling the diamond
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
some solar photography I should say turn off your flash make sure your flashes off otherwise you're gonna be really not happy with the way your flash will not light up the moon no it will not no well not so looking for that diamond ring phenomenon looking for those Baily's beads I've also heard about an
Video examples
Incredible Orangutan...
when he uses that diamond shaped symbol with the two lines inside you tell me what you want me to do with this closed container okay open all right good that was actually a very good choice because there's a little something in there for him mistakes are are actually quite rare
Video examples
Botswana's Bushmen Part...
to the peoples in reserve in fact it's very cheap it's much more expensive to relocate them elsewhere so that isn't true either so why are they really doing it well we think that it is almost certainly linked with diamonds there are very important diamond deposits in this
Video examples
Hear Kids' Honest...
of the world's I would stop people from bowling well yeah but I know my dad I'm a little I would make the roads able to fit for her so there would be less traffic and I have if I did feel a diamond shows on my photo except with us in your bag with that I'm a pioneer
Video examples
Eduardo Sáenz de...
All the basic sciences support them, including math. All that makes science, science is the rigor of math. And that rigor factors in because its results are eternal. You probably said or were told at some point that diamonds are forever, right?
Video examples
Elon Musk: The future...
to double the world's supply of lithium-ion batteries, with this guy. What is this? Yeah, so that's the Gigafactory, progress so far on the Gigafactory. Eventually, you can sort of roughly see that there's sort of a diamond shape overall,
Video examples
The most colorful...
While diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and other precious stones are often indistinguishably similar, no two opals look the same, thanks to a characteristic called "play of color." This shimmering, dazzling, dancing display of light
Video examples
Finding the transformativ...
late 40s was called a diamond is forever so it's granite when you think about value implicit in pictures you know I conducted this experiment a few years ago in which I invited a group of people
Video examples
Botswana's Bushmen Part...
diamonds were discovered since then largely as a result of good governance but suami has had the world's fastest growing economy it is now one of the richest countries in Africa so rich that
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Jada Pinkett Smith
American Actress
I would say Will came at a time in my life where he saw beauty in me that I didn't see in myself at the time. And, you know, he saw a diamond in the rough and kind of, picked me up and blew off all the dust and said, 'I'm telling you, I'm going to make you shine, girl.
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Chad Michael Murray
American Actor
Imagine you are walking along, and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your power to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your life.
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Guy Kawasaki
American Businessman
I started my career counting diamonds and schlepping gold jewelry around the world. The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.
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Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani Activist
In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
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Thomas Hauser
American Author
Most people have been on a baseball diamond and a basketball court. At least once in their life, they've walked across a football field. But relatively few people have ever set foot inside a boxing ring.
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Richard Bach
American Novelist
You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.
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Kat Graham
American Actress
I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. That's not my path. That's not what I care about. That's not what excites me.
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Mark Twain
American Writer
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.
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Jill St. John
American Actress
Diamonds are forever, my youth is not.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
No pressure, no diamonds.
Quote examples
Jada Pinkett Smith
American Actress
I would say Will came at a time in my life where he saw beauty in me that I didn't see in myself at the time. And, you know, he saw a diamond in the rough and kind of, picked me up and blew off all the dust and said, 'I'm telling you, I'm going to make you shine, girl.
Quote examples
Chad Michael Murray
American Actor
Imagine you are walking along, and you trip over something and you turn around and find that it is a huge diamond. You would pick it up and do everything in your power to take care of that diamond because it might take care of you for the rest of your life.
Quote examples
Guy Kawasaki
American Businessman
I started my career counting diamonds and schlepping gold jewelry around the world. The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.
Quote examples
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani Activist
In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
Quote examples
Thomas Hauser
American Author
Most people have been on a baseball diamond and a basketball court. At least once in their life, they've walked across a football field. But relatively few people have ever set foot inside a boxing ring.
Quote examples
Richard Bach
American Novelist
You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.
Quote examples
Kat Graham
American Actress
I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. That's not my path. That's not what I care about. That's not what excites me.
Quote examples
Mark Twain
American Writer
Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.
Quote examples
Jill St. John
American Actress
Diamonds are forever, my youth is not.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
No pressure, no diamonds.
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