block

Naija

Alternative forms

• scata 0.69 196, surround 0.67 71, abandon 0.65 101, pursue 0.64 426, drive 0.64 431, repair 0.64 154, thief 0.62 301, gada 0.62 361, seize 0.62 238

Etymology

Borrowed from English block

Pronunciation

• blôk

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 2859
• Frequency in raw corpus: 410
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 762

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Noun

block: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:23)

   Okay na block industry,  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__12, Okay, it is a block industry.)

   You know, block industry.  — (NST_cleaned__27676, __no translation__)

2. nmod (frequency:4)

   Outrage for Ghana as youth block road, burn tyres after another accident for Adenta  — (bbc__79688, __no translation__)

   Dem also claim say security pipo block road for Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.  — (bbc__28167, __no translation__)

3. det (frequency:3)

   Na dirty wey dem fit recycle dem dey use to build di block  — (bbc__70590, __no translation__)

   E be like say na misunderstanding start di wahala between one Fulani man and one indigene for one block industry.  — (bbc__44020, __no translation__)

4. obj (frequency:2)

   High school exam cheat make Algeria goment block internet  — (bbc__55930, __no translation__)

   Separatist forces di block road di slow business, kidnap school pikin dem sotei since 2016, na about 19,500 pikin dem no register for catholic primary schools, and 5000 for catholic secondary schools, fada Nsaikila tok.  — (bbc__87942, __no translation__)

5. advmod (frequency:2)

   For Africa, make goment dey use fear-fear take block demonstrations of ordinary citizens common well-well.  — (bbc__49920, __no translation__)

   For front ministry of basic education and around Prime Minister e office where dey be plan for go stand police bi block everywhere.  — (bbc__51647, __no translation__)

6. case-det (frequency:2)

   Each block sef, we dey get like, like twenty houses for each block.  — (NST_cleaned__22841, __no translation__)

   We discover say Shell write deal wey cut Nigeria out of dia share of profit oil from di block, Ava Lee, one campaigner for Global Witness tell BBC World Business Report.  — (bbc__6808, __no translation__)

Derived forms

• block industry

1. Okay na block industry,  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__12, Okay, it is a block industry.)

   You know, block industry.  — (NST_cleaned__27676, __no translation__)

• block road

1. Dem carry my tyre block road say make motor no pass.  — (bbc__705, __no translation__)

   Others, for end of di year, go carry carnival celebration to take block road.  — (bbc__79601, __no translation__)

• ice block

1. You be ice block.  — (bbc__7906, __no translation__)

   But anywhere dem run go, Jehovah send ice block wey dey fall like rain for their head.  — (jw__9328, __no translation__)

• oil block

1. Di case na about di oil block wey di companies bin buy for 2011.  — (bbc__33453, __no translation__)

   Italy government lawyers dey accuse dem say dem give bribe when dem buy OPL245, one offshore oil block wey dem calculate say e get 9 billion barrels of crude oil wey fit cost reach $1.3 billion.  — (bbc__60595, __no translation__)

• road block

1. But one big road block dey wait for the man.  — (jw__35356, __no translation__)

   So de con dey with us from dat place wey we for form dat road block so for dat our village.  — (NST_cleaned__1496, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• scata 0.69 196, surround 0.67 71, abandon 0.65 101, pursue 0.64 426, drive 0.64 431, repair 0.64 154, thief 0.62 301, gada 0.62 361, seize 0.62 238

Antonyms

• scata 0.69 196, surround 0.67 71, abandon 0.65 101, pursue 0.64 426, drive 0.64 431, repair 0.64 154, thief 0.62 301, gada 0.62 361, seize 0.62 238

Translations

• English: no definition

Verb

block: students' parlence: to bribe (especially a lecturer), to meet at a rendervous -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   If you no block di lecturer, you no go pass o.  — no translation

   I go block di James for office.  — (I will meet Jame in the office.)

2. obj (frequency:47)

   Dem come use big stone block the front.  — (jw__28089, __no translation__)

   We come use newspaper take block the space.  — (jw__9371, __no translation__)

3. mark-obj (frequency:30)

   How Lagosians dey use plastics to block waterways  — (bbc__56290, __no translation__)

   Pipo bin hold protest for R Kelly studio for January to block im song  — (bbc__81401, __no translation__)

4. nsubj-obj (frequency:12)

   Dem block di Lagos/Abeoukuta express way.  — (bbc__53089, __no translation__)

   Police bin deny say dem block im house, wen BBC Pidgin bin ask dem.  — (bbc__101604, __no translation__)

5. - (frequency:8)

   APC dey use moni block' women to run for political office' Kemi Adeosun say she shock say her NYSC certificate na fake  — (bbc__8626, __no translation__)

   Kemi Adeosun don resign as Nigeria Finance Minister 'APC dey use moni block women to run for political office' Why Yusuf Bichi mata dey vex Reno Omokri and odas  — (bbc__62132, __no translation__)

6. advcl-obj (frequency:5)

   Dem use di table and some tins block di road as dem dey protest  — (bbc__29914, __no translation__)

   Di storm blow away ships wey dem park come block di harbour so other ships no fit pass.  — (bbc__38597, __no translation__)

7. aux-obj (frequency:4)

   Plenti of di waste na plastic wey dey finally land inside river, dey block gutter wey dey later cause flooding.  — (bbc__81965, __no translation__)

   According to South Africa dem Mail and Guardian newspaper, palava start when YouTube begin dey block some of Yabantu videos.  — (bbc__11600, __no translation__)

8. mark-nsubj (frequency:4)

   VPN na wetin china internet users dey take bypass di Great Firewall, dem dey also use am enter internet sites wey government block.  — (bbc__41996, __no translation__)

   Nigeria las las win 4-3 on penalties afta Linda Motlhalo of South Africa play ball into di bottom left corner wey goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi block.  — (bbc__73804, __no translation__)

9. mark (frequency:3)

   To block, report or unfollow go make am hard to dey monitor di bully behaviour.  — (bbc__43940, __no translation__)

   Na last month February wey BBC News Pidgin do tori about di way wey pipo for dia dey suffer flood palava sake of di canal wey block.  — (bbc__71300, __no translation__)

10. cc-obj (frequency:2)

    Dem say dis one go make sure say dem no do 419 give pipo, e go promote trust and block anybodi wey wan enter to dupe innocent pipo.  — (bbc__29601, __no translation__)

    Yesterday, di senator bin complain for twitter say over 30 armed mobile police men carri waka enta di area where im dey stay and block all di road wey lead to im house.  — (bbc__101603, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• scata 0.69 196, surround 0.67 71, abandon 0.65 101, pursue 0.64 426, drive 0.64 431, repair 0.64 154, thief 0.62 301, gada 0.62 361, seize 0.62 238

Antonyms

• scata 0.69 196, surround 0.67 71, abandon 0.65 101, pursue 0.64 426, drive 0.64 431, repair 0.64 154, thief 0.62 301, gada 0.62 361, seize 0.62 238

Translations

• English: students' parlence: to bribe (especially a lecturer), to meet at a rendervous