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voilà
interjection voi·là \vwä-ˈlä\
—used when something is being presented or shown to someone
Full Definition of VOILÀ
—used to call attention, to express satisfaction or approval, or to suggest an appearance as if by magic
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Variants of VOILÀ
voi·là or voi·la \vwä-ˈlä\
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Examples of VOILÀ
- Students would take notes on their laptops in class, then take their laptops home and do their homework on them. To turn in an assignment, they would simply drag and drop it into the appropriate folder, where the teacher could wirelessly retrieve it. Voilà: the paperless classroom. —Lev Grossman, Time, 3 Nov. 2003
- Why interview people when you can simply hop on the computer, type in some search terms, and, voilà, reportage? —New Republic, 18 Oct. 1999
- Because you received the above message from a familiar colleague, you are less suspicious; intrigued by his message, you click on the attached … file to see what he is talking about. A fake error message is displayed, and voila! You are now infected, too! —Richard Peters et al., Science, 16 July 1999
- Beans, meat, seasonings, and voilà—cassoulet. —Elizabeth Sahatjian, Elle, January 1988
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Origin of VOILÀ
French, literally, see there
First Known Use: 1739
Rhymes with VOILÀ
aba, Accra, aha, Allah, amah, Armagh, Artois, ayah, Bekaa, bourgeois, brava, chamois, Chechnya, Chita, chutzpah, compas, Degas, dolma, Dubois, Dunois, éclat, fa la, faux pas, fellah, Fermat, feta, foie gras, gaga, galah, Galois, goombah, grandma, grandpa, ha-ha, halvah, Hama, hoo-ha, hoopla, Hsia, hurrah, huzzah, Konya, Makah, Marat, markka, Maurois, mirepoix, mudra, Oita, oompah, opah, Oujda, quinoa, paisa, pasha, patois, pooh-bah, prutah, pya, Sanaa, sangfroid, selah, Seurat, Shema, Shoah, sol-fa, supra, Syrah, ta-ta, tola, Tonghua, Ufa, Utah, Vaudois, viva, wah-wah, whoopla
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