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    wan - Dictionary definition and meaning for word wan

    Definition
    (noun) a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
    Synonyms : wide area network
    Definition
    (verb) become pale and sickly Definition
    (adj) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
    Synonyms : pale , pallid , sick
    Example Sentence
    • the pale light of a half moon
    • a pale sun
    • the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
    • a pallid sky
    • the pale (or wan) stars
    • the wan light of dawn
    Definition
    (adj) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
    Synonyms : pale , pallid
    Example Sentence
    • the pallid face of the invalid
    • her wan face suddenly flushed
    Definition
    (adj) lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness
    Example Sentence
    • a wan smile
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wan

wan rhymes with maruthi van... she liked to travel in a scorpio but she is traveling in a van..so she is pale

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WANE means to decline, diminish so WAN is to decline in color/ vigor

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WAN for WANting color; so it is pale

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Tan: Wan is the opposite of tan.

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VAN...AMBULANCE.... your friend got PALE and hence you called an ambulance

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w(with) an(anemia), one who has anemia is pale and pallid

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when he became aware that he was WANted by the FBI his pace became pale.

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tan to reduce wan

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when color VANISHES from sth it looks PALE AND LOOKS WEAK ;-)

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she was so much exhausted working on WAN(wide are network) of company that she got a PALE appearance on face

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wan--school van pale in colour :P

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WAN= Wide Area Network, LAN= Local Area Network, PAN= Personal Area Network, MAN= Metropolitan Area Network.

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Wan is like lan because both terms are related to the internet.

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similar to van.school van is yellow/pale colored

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