[nʌɪs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive
(e.g: we had a nice time)

- (especially of a difference) slight or subtle
(e.g: there is a nice distinction between self-sacrifice and martyrdom)

- fastidious; scrupulous


Phrases:
- make nice
- nice and —
- nice one
- nice to meet you
- nice work
- nice work if you can get it

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘stupid’): from Old French, from Latin nescius ‘ignorant’, from nescire ‘not know’. Other early senses included ‘coy, reserved’, giving rise to ‘fastidious, scrupulous’: this led both to the sense ‘fine, subtle’ (regarded by some as the ‘correct’ sense), and to the main current senses

[niːs], (Noun)

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- a resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007)


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[nʌɪs], (Abbreviation)

Definitions:
- (in England and Wales) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence


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