Definitions for ALAS
əˈlæs, əˈlɑsalas

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alasadverb

   by bad luck

   "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alasinterjection

   Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.

2. Etymology: From a las (French hélas), from a + las, from lassus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alasinterject.

   Etymology: helas, Fr. eylaes, Dutch.

   1. A word expressing lamentation, when we use it of ourselves.

   But yet, alas! O but yet alas! our haps be but hard haps. Philip Sidney, b. i.

   Alas! how little from the grave we claim?
   Thou but preserv’st a form, and I a name. Alexander Pope, Epist.

   2. A word of pity, when used of other persons.

   Alas! poor Protheus, thou hast entertain’d
   A fox to be the shepherd of thy lambs. William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona.

   3. A word of sorrow and concern, when used of things.

   Thus saith the Lord God, Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel. Ezekiel, vi. 11.

   Alas! both for the deed, and for the cause! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi. l. 461.

   Alas! for pity of this bloody field;
   Piteous indeed must be, when I, a spirit,
   Can have so soft a sense of human woes. John Dryden, K. Arthur.

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1. alas

   Alas is an interjection or exclamation used to express feelings of grief, pity, regret, or concern, often in response to an unfortunate event or circumstance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alas

   an exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white

2. Etymology: [OE. alas, allas, OF. alas, F. hlas; a interj. (L. ah.) + las wretched (that I am), L. lassus weary, akin to E. late. See Late.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Alas

   a-las′, interj. expressive of grief.—Alas the day, Alas the while (in old writers), ah! unhappy day, or time. [O. Fr. ha las, a las (mod. Fr. hélas); ha! and las, lasse, wretched, weary—L. lassus, wearied.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ALAS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Alas is ranked #7619 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Alas surname appeared 4,358 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Alas.
   
   92.4% or 4,030 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3.8% or 166 total occurrences were White.
   2.5% or 109 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.7% or 34 total occurrences were Black.
   0.2% or 10 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.2% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Anagrams for ALAS »

1. aals

2. Lasa

How to pronounce ALAS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ALAS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ALAS in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ALAS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of ALAS in a Sentence

1. Herodotus:

   One man envies the success in life of another, and hates him in secret; nor is he willing to give him good advice when he is consulted, except it be by some wonderful effort of good feeling, and there are, alas, few such men in the world. A real friend, on the other hand, exults in his friend?s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.

2. Søren Kierkegaard, Asluttende uvidenskabeligt Efterskrift:

   Alas! While the speculative honourable professor explains the entire existence has he in distraction forgotten his own name, that he is a man, purely and simply a man, not a fantastic 38 of a paragraph.

3. Robert Heilbroner:

   Mathematics has given economics rigor, but alas, also mortis.

4. Paul. F. Meekin:

   Alas! I have more hair on my shoulders then on my head.

5. Dmitry Medvedev:

   An act of terror with our plane and the terror attack in Paris ... have sharpened the global political agenda, the war is declared against the whole civilised world. The threat is global and, alas, is real. So the stance of some Western countries on Russia looks weird.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ALAS
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Alas
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ALAS
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ALAS
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ALAS
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html