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23261 そっくり [[Japanese]] [Adjectival noun] editそっくり (-na inflection, rōmaji sokkuri) 1.spitting image [Adverb] editそっくり (rōmaji sokkuri) 1.all, entire, everything 2.as is, just as it is, as it is now 0 0 2018/02/25 03:02
23262 relevant [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹɛləvənt/[Adjective] editrelevant (comparative more relevant, superlative most relevant) 1.Directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic. His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition. 2.Not out of date; current. 3.1973 December 20, “Hansen says Christmas time for thanks, hope”, in The Aberdeen Times‎[1]: The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year. 4.2008, Scott Cooper, Fritz Grutzner, Birk Cooper, Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business‎[2], McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0071494892, page 39: Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again. [Anagrams] edit - levanter [Antonyms] edit - irrelevant [Etymology] editBorrowed from Old French relevant (“assisting”), from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”). [Synonyms] edit - applicable - germane - in point (legal) - pertinent - salient - significant - requisite [[Dutch]] [Adjective] editrelevant (comparative relevanter, superlative relevantst) 1.relevant [Etymology] editFrom Latin relevans, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”). [[French]] [Verb] editrelevant 1.present participle of relever [[German]] ipa :-ant[Adjective] editrelevant (comparative relevanter, superlative am relevantesten) 1.relevant [Antonyms] edit - irrelevant, unbedeutend, unmaßgeblich [Further reading] edit - relevant in Duden online [Synonyms] edit - bedeutend, maßgeblich [[Latin]] [Verb] editrelevant 1.third-person plural present active indicative of relevō [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Adjective] editrelevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante) 1.relevant [Antonyms] edit - irrelevant [References] edit - “relevant” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Adjective] editrelevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante) 1.relevant [Antonyms] edit - irrelevant [References] edit - “relevant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Swedish]] [Adjective] editrelevant 1.relevant [Antonyms] edit - irrelevant 0 0 2012/01/03 19:54 2018/02/25 03:26
23269 walk-ins [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Kinlaws [Noun] editwalk-ins 1.plural of walk-in 0 0 2018/02/25 17:19 TaN
23273 plant [[English]] ipa :/plɑːnt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English plante, from Old English plante (“young tree or shrub, herb newly planted”), from Latin planta (“sprout, shoot, cutting”). Broader sense of "any vegetable life, vegetation generally" is from French plante.The verb is from Middle English planten, from Old English plantian (“to plant”), from Latin plantare, later influenced by Old French planter. Compare also Dutch planten (“to plant”), German pflanzen (“to plant”), Swedish planta (“to plant”), Icelandic planta (“to plant”). [Noun] editplant (plural plants) 1.(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree. 2.2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 217: In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual. Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction. The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border. 3.(botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism. 4.(ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall. 5.(proscribed as biologically inaccurate) Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi. 6.A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility. 7.An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person. That gun's not mine! It's a plant! I've never seen it before! 8.Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation). 9.A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc. 10.(snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set. 11.2008, Phil Yates, The Times, April 28 2008: O’Sullivan risked a plant that went badly astray, splitting the reds. 12.(uncountable) Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction. 13.(obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff. 14.(Can we date this quote?) Dryden a plant of stubborn oak 15.(obsolete) The sole of the foot. 16.(Can we date this quote?) Ben Jonson knotty legs and plants of clay 17.(dated, slang) A plan; a swindle; a trick. 18.(Can we date this quote?) Charles Dickens It wasn't a bad plant, that of mine, on Fikey. 19.An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth. 20.(US, dialect) A young oyster suitable for transplanting. [See also] edit - plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Verb] editplant (third-person singular simple present plants, present participle planting, simple past and past participle planted) 1.(transitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow. 2.(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit. That gun's not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer! 3.(transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction. Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug. to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a flag; to plant one's feet on solid ground 4.2011 January 15, Sam Sheringham, “Chelsea 2 - 0 Blackburn Rovers”, in BBC‎[1]: First Anelka curled a shot wide from just outside the box, then Lampard planted a header over the bar from Bosingwa's cross. 5.To place in the ground. 6.2007, Richard Laymon, Savage, page 118: Sarah, she kissed each of her grandparents on the forehead. They were planted in a graveyard behind the church. 7.To furnish or supply with plants. to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest 8.To engender; to generate; to set the germ of. 9.(Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare It engenders choler, planteth anger. 10.To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish. to plant a colony 11.(Can we date this quote?) Francis Bacon planting of countries like planting of woods 12.To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of. to plant Christianity among the heathen 13.To set up; to install; to instate. 14.(Can we date this quote?) Shakespeare We will plant some other in the throne. [[Danish]] [Verb] editplant 1.imperative of plante [[Dutch]] ipa :/plɑnt/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle Dutch plante, from Latin planta.[1] Doublette with clan (“clan, tribe”). [Etymology 2] edit [References] edit 1.^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press [[French]] [Etymology] editDeverbal of planter. Doublet of plan (“plan, map”). [Further reading] edit - “plant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editplant m (plural plants) 1.seedling 2.young plant or plantation [[German]] [Verb] editplant 1.Third-person singular present of planen. 2.Second-person plural present of planen. 3.Imperative plural of planen. [[Haitian Creole]] [Etymology] editFrom French plante (“plant”). [Noun] editplant 1.plant (organism) [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Verb] editplant 1.imperative of plante [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/plɑnt/[Adjective] editplant 1.neuter singular of plan [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [Verb] editplant 1.imperative of planta [[Old Welsh]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin planta. [Noun] editplant ? 1.children [[Swedish]] [Adjective] editplant 1.absolute indefinite neuter form of plan. [[Welsh]] ipa :/plant/[Etymology] editFrom Old Welsh plant, borrowed from Latin planta. [Mutation] edit [Noun] editplant m (singulative plentyn) 1.children, young people 2.children (of parents), offspring (sometimes of animals), progeny, issue; descendants 3.1620, Revised version of William Morgan’s translation of the Bible, Joel 1:3: Mynegwch hyn i’ch plant, a’ch plant i’w plant hwythau, a’u plant hwythau i genhedlaeth arall. Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. (KVJ) 4.followers, disciples, servants 5.people regarded as product of a particular place, time, event, circumstances, etc. [References] edit - “plant”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014 0 0 2018/02/25 18:02 TaN
23274 weeding [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Gwendie [Noun] editweeding (plural weedings) 1.The removal of weeds; the process by which something is weeded. My garden requires regular weedings. [Verb] editweeding 1.present participle of weed 0 0 2018/02/25 18:02 TaN
23275 inse [[Irish]] [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [Etymology 3] edit [Etymology 4] edit [Further reading] edit - "inse" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill. - Entries containing “inse” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe. - Entries containing “inse” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge. [Mutation] edit [[Matigsalug Manobo]] [Noun] editinsè 1.question [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editin +‎ se [Verb] editinse 1.realize; to become aware of 0 0 2018/02/25 18:02 TaN
23276 insect [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪnsɛkt/[Anagrams] edit - ceints, incest, nicest, scient [Etymology] editFrom Middle French insecte, from Latin insectum (“with a notched or divided body, cut up”), from perfect passive participle of insecō (“I cut up”), from in- + secō (“I cut”), from the notion that the insect's body is "cut into" three sections. Calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”), from ἔντομος (éntomos, “cut into pieces”). [Further reading] edit - insect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - insecta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - insect on Wikiquote.Wikiquote - insect on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons [Noun] editinsect (plural insects) 1.An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. 2.2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 206-7: Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Our shed has several insect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps. 3.(colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc The swamp is swarming with every sort of insect. 4.(derogatory) A contemptible or powerless person. The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of insect. [See also] edit - arachnid - arthropod - beetle - bug - chafer - coleopter - entomology - larva - worm [Synonyms] edit - bug (Colloquial 1,2) [[Dutch]] ipa :/ɪnˈsɛkt/[Alternative forms] edit - (before 1996) insekt [Etymology] editOriginally having a wider meaning (sense 2), as in Aristotle. From Latin īnsectum (“bug; cut up”), from īnsecō (“I cut up into”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “bug”), from ἔντομος (éntomos). [Noun] editinsect n (plural insecten, diminutive insectje n) 1.insect, arthropod of the class Insecta. Synonyms: gekorven dier 2.(now uncommon) bug (any small arthtropod or invertebrate that somewhat resembles an insect) Synonyms: gekorven dier 0 0 2018/02/25 18:02 TaN
23278 refer [[English]] ipa :/ɹɪˈfɜː/[Anagrams] edit - Ferre, Freer, Frere, freer [Etymology] editFrom Middle English referren, from Old French referer, from Latin referre. [Synonyms] edit - delegate - direct [Verb] editrefer (third-person singular simple present refers, present participle referring, simple past and past participle referred) 1.(transitive) To direct the attention of. The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor. 2.(transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere. He referred the matter to the principal. to refer a patient to a psychiatrist 3.(transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation. He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances. 4.(intransitive, construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to. To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook. 5.(Can we add an example for this sense?) (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence 6.(computing) To address a specific location in computer memory. [[Latin]] [Verb] editrefer 1.second-person singular present active imperative of referō 0 0 2009/01/27 10:41 2018/02/25 18:03 TaN
23280 quotation [[English]] ipa :-eɪʃən[Noun] editquotation (countable and uncountable, plural quotations) 1.A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted. "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine. 2.The act of naming a price; the price that has been quoted. Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing. [Synonyms] edit - (fragment of human expression): quote, citation 0 0 2017/11/13 11:31 2018/02/25 18:06 TaN
23283 greenery [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹiːnəɹi/[Etymology] editgreen +‎ -ery [Noun] editWikipedia has an article on:greeneryWikipediagreenery (usually uncountable, plural greeneries) 1.Green foliage or verdure. 2.Foliage used as decoration. 3.(slang) Marijuana. 0 0 2018/02/25 18:07 TaN
23290 regulation [[English]] [Adjective] editregulation (not comparable) 1.In conformity with applicable rules and regulations. 2.1969, Thomas Wiseman, The Quick and the Dead, page 328: It is regulation that these directives are to be destroyed on receipt. 3.2004, Marc Miller, The Kettles and the Keeps: Ghosts at War, page 88: "The hat is regulation as well, I assume." 4.2007, Jim Butcher, Captain's Fury, page 48: It is the responsibility of every legionare to be sure that he is regulation height as well. [Anagrams] edit - urogenital [Etymology] editFrom regulate +‎ -ion. [Noun] editregulation (countable and uncountable, plural regulations) 1.(uncountable)   The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated. 2.(countable)   A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization. 3.2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly‎[1], volume 188, number 23, page 19: In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […]  The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised. 4.Army regulations state a soldier AWOL over 30 days is a deserter. 5.(European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law. 6.(genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription. 7.(medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis. 0 0 2009/12/12 14:28 2018/02/26 21:58
23306 every now and then [[English]] ipa :/ˌnaʊ ən(d) ˈðɛn/[Adverb] editnow and then 1.(idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently Call your mother now and then and let her know you care. [Anagrams] edit - then-and-now [See also] edit - every so often - from time to time - now and again - once in a while - sometimes 0 0 2018/02/27 01:59
23308 as a matter of fact [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editas a matter of fact 1.(modal) Actually, in fact. 2.1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326: The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth; a pocket-edition of the larger mansions of their friends, but with less excuse for the overelaboration since the dimensions were only twenty by a hundred. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space the eyes might rest on […]." 3.1992 May 3, "Comrade Bingo" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6: R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it? B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do. R. Jeeves: Very good, sir. [Synonyms] edit - actually - in reality - really - truthfully - truth to tell 0 0 2018/02/27 02:00
23316 annotation [[English]] ipa :-eɪʃən[Etymology] editFrom Latin annotātiōnem, accusative singular of annotātiō (“remark, annotation”), from annotātus, perfect passive participle of annotō (“note down, remark”). [Noun] editWikipedia has an article on:annotationWikipediaannotation (countable and uncountable, plural annotations) 1.a critical or explanatory commentary or analysis 2.a comment added to a text 3.the process of writing such comment or commentary 4.(computing) metadata added to a document or program 5.(genetics) information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases [[French]] [Further reading] edit - “annotation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editannotation f (plural annotations) 1.annotation 0 0 2009/06/19 16:32 2018/03/02 00:52 TaN
23317 description [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈskɹɪpʃən/[Anagrams] edit - discerption, predictions [Etymology] editFrom Old French description, from Latin dēscrīptiō, noun of action of dēscrībō (“I describe”). [Noun] editdescription (countable and uncountable, plural descriptions) 1.A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. 2.The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. 3.A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized. The zoo had no lions, tigers, or cats of any description. 4.(taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science. The type description of the fungus was written by a botanist. [See also] edit - synopsis - interpretation [Synonyms] edit - (characteristics): sort, kind, type, variety [[French]] ipa :/dɛs.kʁip.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin dēscriptiō. [Further reading] edit - “description” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editdescription f (plural descriptions) 1.description [[Old French]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin dēscriptiō. [Noun] editdescription f (oblique plural descriptions, nominative singular description, nominative plural descriptions) 1.description 0 0 2008/12/24 14:58 2018/03/02 00:53 TaN
23318 callout [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - outcall [Etymology] editcall +‎ out [Noun] editcallout (plural callouts) 1.(communication) Outward-bound telephone calls. 2.(slang) An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another. 3.(typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic. 4.A summons to someone designated as being on call. 5.An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks. 6.The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend. 7.2015, Pearley Rufus-Lusan, The Baby Boomer Nurse On this particular day, I felt ill, mostly from exhaustion, and had to call out from work. This callout caused a stir and a display of animosity. 0 0 2018/03/02 00:53
23323 reupholstery [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - re-upholstery [Etymology] editre- +‎ upholstery [Noun] editreupholstery (uncountable) 1.The act of reupholstering furniture 2.2000, Mary Ann Young and David Nussbaum, The complete idiot's guide to decorating your home, Penguin: Sofas and chairs can be coordinated into any design through reupholstery or slipcovers. Reupholstery requires a fabric selection appropriate for your piece. [References] edit - “reupholstery”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. 0 0 2018/03/03 18:03 TaN
23325 perishable [[English]] [Adjective] editperishable (comparative more perishable, superlative most perishable) 1.Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay. [Antonyms] edit - imperishable - unperishable [Etymology] editMiddle English perysabyl, from Middle French périssable. See perish +‎ -able [Noun] editperishable (plural perishables) 1.That which perishes or is short-lived. 2.(in the plural) food that does not keep for long. [Synonyms] edit - ephemeral - shortlived 0 0 2018/03/03 18:19 TaN
23326 printer [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɹɪntə(ɹ)/[Anagrams] edit - reprint [Etymology] editA printer (sense 2) in Leipzig, East Germany, inking a rollerA Lexmark X5100 printer (sense 3), which is connected to a computer to print text or imagesprint +‎ -er. [Further reading] edit - printer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Noun] editprinter (plural printers) 1.One who makes prints. 2.1922, Basil Stewart, “How Colour-prints were Produced”, in Subjects Portrayed in Japanese Colour-prints: A Collector’s Guide to All the Subjects Illustrated including an Exhaustive Account of the Chushingura and other Famous Plays, together with a Causerie on the Japanese Theater, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton, OCLC 6013156; republished as A Guide to Japanese Prints and Their Subject Matter, New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 1979, ISBN 978-0-486-23809-8, page 8: Old Japanese colour-prints are printed on a sheet of mulberry-bark paper, and are the product of three different craftsmen: the artist who drew the original design, the block-maker or engraver who transferred the design to the wood, and the printer. 3.The operator of a printing press, or the owner of a printing business. 4.1545 July 2, Thomas Elyot, A Preservative agaynste Deth, Imprinted at London in Fletestrete: By Thomas Berthelet, printer to the kynges highnes, OCLC 932899924, colophon: IMPRINTED at London in Fleteſtrete by Thomas Berthelet, printer to the kynges highnes, the ſeconde of July, the yere of our lorde. M. DXLV. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum ſolum. 5.1637 July 11, John Rushworth, “[Appendix.] A Decree of Star-Chamber Concerning Printing, Made the Eleventh Day of July Last Past, 1637”, in Historical Collections. The Second Volume of the Second Part, Containing the Principal Matters which Happened from March 26. 1639, until the Summoning of a Parliament, which Met at Westminster, April 13, 1640. With an Account of the Proceedings of that Parliament; and the Transactions and Affairs from that Time, until the Meeting of Another Parliament, November the 3d following. With Some Remarkable Passages therein during the First Six Months. Impartially Related, and Disposed within Annals. Setting forth only Matter of Fact in Order of Time, without Observation or Reflection, London: Printed by M. Wotton at the Three Pigeons against the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, and G. Conyers at the Golden Ring on Ludgate-Hill, published 1686, OCLC 839298645, item XIX, pages 311–312: The Court doth Declare, as formerly ſo now, That no Apprentices be taken into any Printing-houſe, otherwiſe than according to this Proportion following, (viz.) ever Maſter Printer that is, or hath been Maſter or Upper Warden of his Company, may have three Apprentices at one time and no more, and every Maſter-Printer that is of the Livery of his Company, may have two Apprentices at one time and no more, […] 6.1824, J[ohn] Johnson, “The Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Typographic Art”, in Typographia, or The Printers’ Instructor: Including an Account of the Origin of Printing, with Biographical Notices of the Printers of England, from Caxton to the Close of the Sixteenth Century: A Series of Ancient and Modern Alphabets, and Domesday Characters: Together with an Elucidation of Every Subject Connected with the Art, volume I, London: Published by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Paternoster Row, London, OCLC 825216509, pages 4–5: […] Pecuniary motives induced the first printers (from the large sums which were usually paid for manuscripts) to sell their works as such; so that printing was, for a period, as much the counterfeit as the substitute for writing, it being a facsimile of the most approved Scribes. 7.(now chiefly, computing) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects. 8.1872 February 24, “Telegraph Instruments”, in The Mechanics’ Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures, volume XCVI, London: Mechanics' Magazine Offices, 166, Fleet Street, and 85, Gracechurch Street, E.C., OCLC 441194743, page 172, column 1: The use of the Hughes type printer is extending on the main circuits, where speed of transmission is a great object; but it is highly improbable that it will ever be adopted, except on main circuits. 9.1903, “The Rowland Multiplex Printing Telegraph System”, in Telegraph Age. A Semi-monthly Journal Devoted to Telegraphy, volume XX, New York, N.Y.: J[ohn] B. Taltavall, OCLC 64240389, page 461, column 1: By the use of these keys in conjunction with the other keys, the operator has perfect control over the receiving printer at the distant station. 10.1924, Railway Signaling and Communications, volume 17, number 1, Bristol, Conn.: Simmons-Boardman Publishing, ISSN 0096-2295, OCLC 924600413, page 36, column 1: For long distance messages, reports, etc., the use of the printer telegraph renders a highly satisfactory and efficient service, especially where the line circuits are derived through a composite or phantom circuit without the exclusive use of wires for this circuit. The Union Pacific recently installed a two-channel multiplex automatic printer on a simplexed circuit, thereby eliminating the necessity for at least one additional overland wire, and also speeding up the service and reducing the cost for each message. 11.1928 August 18, Robert F. Dirkes; Vernon R. Kimball; James W. Long, Operating Simplex Printers in a Multiplex System, US Patent US1802240A, page 5: In a telegraph system, a multiplex transmission circuit in which the signals transmitted comprise equal-impulse code combinations, a receiving distributor for separating the successive combinations into separate channels, a simplex printer for each channel, and local means including said distributor for generating start and rest impulses for each printer. 12.1959 September, “Compact Printer”, in Air Conditioning, Heating and Ventilating, volume 56, New York, N.Y.: Industrial Press, OCLC 1478619, page 103: Top-quality prints in minutes, at savings up to 80%, are said to be possible with the Satellite printer. Printer is sold by Eugene Dietzgen Co, Chicago, Ill. 13.2015, Nicki Peter Petrikowski, “Introduction”, in Getting the Most out of Makerspaces to Create with 3-D Printers (Makerspaces series), New York, N.Y.: Rosen Publishing, ISBN 978-1-4777-8602-4, page 5: Much like a regular printer can print out a picture or text file, these machines can turn a digital 3-D model into a real, tangible object, and they are becoming more and more widespread. All over the world, makerspaces (places where people can gather, share ideas, learn, and use tools like 3-D printers to let their dreams become reality) are opening the doors. [[Serbo-Croatian]] [Etymology] editFrom English printer. [Noun] editprinter m (Cyrillic spelling принтер) 1.printer (machine used to print) [Synonyms] edit - pisač - štampač 0 0 2018/03/03 18:24 TaN
23328 deposit [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈpɒzɪt/[Alternative forms] edit - deposite (17th-19th centuries) [Anagrams] edit - dopiest, podites, posited, side pot, sopited, topside [Antonyms] edit - withdrawal [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin depositus, past participle of depono (“put down”). [Noun] editdeposit (plural deposits) 1.Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems. 2.That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another. 3.(banking) Money placed in an account. 4.Anything left behind on a surface. a mineral deposit a deposit of seaweed on the shore 5.(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase. They put a deposit on the apartment. 6.A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit 7.A place of deposit; a depository. [Verb] editdeposit (third-person singular simple present deposits, present participle depositing, simple past and past participle deposited) 1.(transitive) To lay down; to place; to put. A crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand. The waters deposited a rich alluvium. 2.Jeremy Taylor The fear is deposited in conscience. 3.To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store. to deposit goods in a warehouse 4.To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral. 5.(transitive) To put money or funds into an account. 6.To lay aside; to rid oneself of. (Can we find and add a quotation of Hammond to this entry?) 0 0 2010/12/15 10:40 2018/03/03 18:27
23331 根回し [[Japanese]] [Noun] edit根回し (hiragana ねまわし, rōmaji nemawashi) 1.(literally) digging around a tree before transplanting it 2.(figuratively) seeking agreement in meetings and discussions with others before putting a change into action [Verb] edit根回しする (hiragana ねまわし, rōmaji nemawashi) 1.(literally) dig around a tree before planting it 2.(figuratively) take measures, lay the groundwork by seeking consensus beforehand 0 0 2018/03/06 00:03 TaN
23336 bartender [[English]] ipa :/ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/[Alternative forms] edit - bar-tender [Etymology] editFrom bar +‎ tender. [Noun] editbartender (plural bartenders) 1.One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [Synonyms] edit - barkeep - barkeeper - mixologist [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom American English bartender [Noun] editbartender m (definite singular bartenderen, indefinite plural bartendere, definite plural bartenderne) 1.a bartender, barman, barmaid (female) Den hyggelige kvinnelige bartenderen smiler til oss og ønsker oss velkommen. - The pleasant barmaid smiles at us and bids us welcome. [References] edit - “bartender” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom American English bartender [Noun] editbartender m (definite singular bartenderen, indefinite plural bartenderar, definite plural bartenderane) 1.a bartender, barman, barmaid (female) [References] edit - “bartender” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Spanish]] [Noun] editbartender m (plural bartenderes) 1.bartender 0 0 2018/03/07 02:08
23337 どの [[Japanese]] ipa :[do̞no̞][Adnominal] editどの (rōmaji dono) 1.何の: which .. ? (interrogative demonstrative); what .. ? (one out of the available choices) どの車 (くるま)がいいか？ Dono kuruma ga ii ka? Which car do you like? [Suffix] editどの (rōmaji -dono) 1.殿: Mr., Ms., a more formal title than さん (-san) but not so respectful as 様 (さま) (-sama) 0 0 2018/03/07 21:43 TaN
23342 判断する [[Chinese]] [[Japanese]] ipa :[hã̠ndã̠ɴ][Noun] edit判断 (hiragana はんだん, rōmaji handan) 1.A judgement, a determination, a discernment. [References] edit 1.^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ↑ISBN 2.^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ↑ISBN [Verb] edit判断する (transitive, hiragana はんだん, rōmaji handan) 1.To judge, to decide, to determine. 2.To tell which, to tell what. 0 0 2018/03/07 21:46 TaN
23344 検査 [[Japanese]] [Noun] edit検査 (hiragana けんさ, rōmaji kensa) 1.check, examination, investigation, test [Verb] edit検査する (hiragana けんさ, rōmaji kensa) 1.examine, check 0 0 2012/05/15 11:15 2018/03/07 21:52 jack_bob
23345 医学 [[Chinese]] [[Japanese]] ipa :[iɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ][Noun] edit医学 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 醫學, hiragana いがく, rōmaji igaku) 1.medicine (the science) [References] edit 1.^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ↑ISBN 2.^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ↑ISBN 3.^ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ↑ISBN - 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ↑ISBN. 0 0 2012/11/05 16:54 2018/03/07 21:52
23347 briefly [[English]] ipa :/ˈbɹiːfli/[Adverb] editbriefly (comparative more briefly, superlative most briefly) 1.(manner) In a brief manner, summarily. He covered the subject briefly in his book. 2.(duration) For a brief period. He only worked here briefly. 3.(speech act) To be brief, in short. Briefly, I am not happy about what happened, but no one will be losing their job. [Etymology] editbrief +‎ -ly, perhaps a calque of Old French briement. 0 0 2012/04/20 18:22 2018/03/07 22:01
23356 urgent [[English]] ipa :/ˈɜːdʒənt/[Adjective] editurgent (comparative more urgent, superlative most urgent) 1.Requiring immediate attention. An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance. [Anagrams] edit - Gunter, gunter, gurnet [Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urgēns, from urgēre (“to press”). [Synonyms] edit - pressing - needly [[French]] ipa :/yʁ.ʒɑ̃/[Adjective] editurgent (feminine singular urgente, masculine plural urgents, feminine plural urgentes) 1.urgent [Further reading] edit - “urgent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Latin]] [Verb] editurgent 1.third-person plural present active indicative of urgeō 0 0 2013/01/31 09:22 2018/03/11 02:22
23358 have a good time [[English]] [Verb] edithave a good time 1.(idiomatic) To enjoy oneself. 0 0 2018/03/11 02:25
23359 have time [[English]] [Verb] edithave time (third-person singular simple present has time, present participle having time, simple past and past participle had time) 1.(intransitive) To be available, to have the time, to be without commitments over a certain period of time (thus being able to choose what to do with it, instead of following a schedule). 0 0 2018/03/11 02:25
23361 小児科医 [[Japanese]] [Noun] edit小児科医 (hiragana しょうにかい, rōmaji shōnikai) 1.pediatrician 0 0 2018/03/11 02:28
23364 obstetrician [[English]] ipa :/ˌɒbstəˈtɹɪʃən/[Etymology] editobstetrics +‎ -ician [Noun] editobstetrician (plural obstetricians) 1.(medicine) A physician who specializes in childbirth. [Synonyms] edit - tocologist 0 0 2018/03/11 02:27 2018/03/11 02:33
23365 baby [[English]] ipa :/ˈbeɪbi/[Adjective] editbaby (not comparable) (used only before the noun) 1.Of a child: very young; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby or infant. a baby boy 2.Of an animal: young. a baby elephant 3.Intended for babies. baby clothes 4.(of vegetables, etc.) Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn, baby potatoes). [Anagrams] edit - Abby [Derived terms] editTerms derived from the adjective, noun, or verb baby - anchor baby - baby-batterer - baby-battering - baby beef - Baby Bell - baby bond - baby bonus - baby boom - baby boomer - baby bottle, baby's bottle - baby-bouncer - baby bouzouki - baby boy - baby buggy - babycare - baby carriage - baby doll - baby-doll pajamas, baby doll pyjamas - baby face - baby food - baby girl - baby grand - babygro - babyhood - baby house - babyish - baby-jumper - babylike - baby-minder - baby monitor - babyness - baby of the family - baby oil - baby powder - baby's breath - baby seat - babyship - babysit, baby-sit - babysitter, baby-sitter - babysitting, baby-sitting - baby-snatcher - baby-snatching - baby spot, baby spotlight - baby's tears - baby talk - baby tooth - baby universe - baby wagon - baby-walker - be left holding the baby - big baby - crybaby - cry like a baby - food baby - passport baby - throw out the baby with the bathwater, throw the baby out with the bathwater - sleep like a babyLook at pages starting with baby. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English babee, babi (“baby”), from babe (“babe, baby”), equivalent to babe +‎ -y/-ie (“endearing and diminutive suffix”). [Noun] editbaby (plural babies) 1.A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered. 2.2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian‎[1]: In that film, I often hid my head in my hands, unable to watch scenes about dead babies and diving into gruesome lavatories. 3.Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more. 4.Unborn young; a fetus. When is your baby due? 5.A person who is immature or infantile. Stand up for yourself - don't be such a baby! 6.Term of endearment for a girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse. 7.(informal) A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive. Hey baby, what are you doing later? 8.A pet project or responsibility. 9.1996, Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy, Folio Society 2015, p. 902: Sovnarkom was Lenin's baby, it was where he focused all his energies […]. 10.The lastborn of a family. 11.An affectionate term for anything. See my new car here? I can't wait to take this baby for a drive. 12.(archaic) A small image of an infant; a doll. [Related terms] edit - babe [See also] edit - child - infant - toddler [Synonyms] edit - (young human being): babe, babby, babbie, infant, see also Thesaurus:baby - (young animal): see Thesaurus:youngling - (immature or infantile person): big baby - (term of endearment): love, see also Thesaurus:sweetheartedit - (very young, of a child): little - (intended for babies): baby's, babies' [Verb] editbaby (third-person singular simple present babies, present participle babying, simple past and past participle babied) 1.(transitive) To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant. 2.1922, Sinclair Lewis, Babbitt, Chapter, [2] […] though he tried to be gruff and mature, he yielded to her and was glad to be babied. 3.1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Friction," [3] Then the man effected measles and stayed off the job for six weeks, babying himself at home, though he lived just round the corner from my half-built house. 4.(transitive) To tend (something) with care; to be overly attentive to (something), fuss over. 5.1967, "Mr. Mac and His Team," Time, 31 March, 1967, [4] In the past 27 years, "Mr. Mac," as he is known to his 46,000 teammates, has built and babied his McDonnell Co. from nothing into a $1 billion-a-year corporation. 6.1912, Linda Craig, interviewed by Theresa Forte, "Tree and Twig farm — a treasure chest of heirloom tomatoes," Welland Tribune, 25 May, 2012, [5] I have grown them for years and although some years are better than others, I have always had loads of tomatoes by not babying them, going easy on the water, and fertilizing with compost in the planting hole. [[Danish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English baby. [Noun] editbaby c (singular definite babyen, plural indefinite babyer) 1.A baby, an infant. 2.(slang) An attractive young female. [Synonyms] edit - spædbarn [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈbeːbi/[Etymology] editFrom English baby. [Noun] editbaby m (plural baby's, diminutive baby'tje n) 1.baby (infant) [[Finnish]] ipa :/ˈbei̯bi/[Alternative forms] edit - beibi [Noun] editbaby 1.baby (term of endearment) 2.baby (very young human) [Synonyms] edit - (very young human) vauva - (term of endearment) kulta [[French]] ipa :/ba.bi/[Etymology] editFrom English [Further reading] edit - “baby” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editbaby m (plural babys) 1.table soccer, table football 2.baby, darling, sweetheart [[Interlingua]] [Noun] editbaby 1.baby [Synonyms] edit - bebe [[Italian]] [Adjective] editbaby (invariant) 1.For use by young children 2.Very young [Noun] editbaby m (invariable) 1.child, baby, neonate 2.a small shot of whisky 3.tripod for a film camera [[Lower Sorbian]] ipa :[ˈbabɨ][Noun] editbaby 1.genitive singular of baba 2.nominative plural of baba 3.accusative plural of baba [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom English baby [Noun] editbaby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyer, definite plural babyene) 1.a baby [References] edit - “baby” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - spedbarn [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom English baby [Noun] editbaby m (definite singular babyen, indefinite plural babyar, definite plural babyane) 1.a baby [References] edit - “baby” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [Synonyms] edit - spedbarn [[Spanish]] [Noun] editbaby m (plural babys) 1.baby 0 0 2017/07/06 03:30 2018/03/11 02:33
23366 baby girl [[English]] [Noun] editbaby girl (plural baby girls) 1.a female baby 2.(sometimes affectionate, sometimes pejorative) address for a woman 3.2010, Chunichi, The Return of a Gangster's Girl (page 26) "I mean, if you're not interested, it ain't nothing but a thang, baby girl. Just let a nigga know." [See also] edit - baby boy 0 0 2018/03/11 02:33
23373 Wonder [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Nedrow, Rowden, Worden, downer, wondre [Noun] editWonder (plural Wonders) 1.Any of the Wonders of the World. 0 0 2018/03/11 02:46 2018/03/11 02:46
23377 kindly [[English]] ipa :/ˈkaɪndli/[Adjective] editkindly (comparative kindlier, superlative kindliest) 1.Having a kind personality. A kindly old man sits on the park bench every afternoon feeding pigeons. 2.Tennyson The shade by which my life was crossed […] has made me kindly with my kind. 3.(obsolete) Favourable; gentle; auspicious; beneficent. 4.Alexander Pope In soft silence shed the kindly shower. 5.Wordsworth should e'er a kindlier time ensue 6.(obsolete) natural 7.Book of Common Prayer the kindly fruits of the earth 8.Spenser an herd of bulls whom kindly rage doth sting 9.L. Andrews Whatsoever as the Son of God he may do, it is kindly for Him as the Son of Man to save the sons of men. [Adverb] editkindly (comparative more kindly, superlative most kindly) 1.In a kind manner, out of kindness. He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car. 2.1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23 She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl. 3.in a favourable way. 4.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Aguero was quick to block Hennessey's attempted clearance and the ball bounced kindly to Dzeko, who had the simplest of tasks to put City ahead. 1.Please; used to make a polite request. Kindly refrain from walking on the grass. Kindly move your car out of the front yard. 2.(US) With kind acceptance; used with take. I don't take kindly to threats. Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary. When I ask kindly, I don't expect to repeat myself. [Etymology] editFrom Middle English kyndely, kyndeliche, from Old English cyndelīċ (“natural, kindly”), equivalent to kind +‎ -ly. [Synonyms] edit - (in a kind manner): thoughtfully - (used to make polite requests): be so kind as to, please 0 0 2010/03/23 11:16 2018/03/11 02:50
23383 cuddling [[English]] [Noun] editcuddling (plural cuddlings) 1.The act of giving a cuddle. 2.1919, Lucy Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, page 28: Una envied all children their mothers. She had been only six when her mother died, but she had some very precious memories, treasured in her soul like jewels, of twilight cuddlings and morning frolics […] [Verb] editcuddling 1.present participle of cuddle 0 0 2018/03/11 02:50 2018/03/11 02:51
23384 cuddle [[English]] ipa :/ˈkʌd.l̩/[Etymology] editOrigin uncertain, but probably from a frequentative form of Middle English *cudden, cuththen, keththen (“to embrace”), a variant of cuthen, kuthen, kithen (“to be familiar with, make known”), from Middle English cuth, couth (“known, familiar”), equivalent to couth +‎ -le. Cognate with Middle Dutch kudden (“to come together, flock together”). More at couth. [Noun] editcuddle (plural cuddles) 1.A snuggle; an affectionate embrace, often given to family members and close friends. [Verb] editcuddle (third-person singular simple present cuddles, present participle cuddling, simple past and past participle cuddled) 1.(intransitive) To embrace affectionately, lie together snugly. The young lovers cuddled on the couch. 2.(transitive) To cradle in one's arms so as to give comfort, warmth. She cuddled the infant before bedtime. I'm cold; can you roll over here and cuddle me, honey? 3.To lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle. 4.Prior She cuddles low beneath the brake; / Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly. 0 0 2009/09/09 15:00 2018/03/11 02:51 TaN
23388 online [[English]] ipa :/ˈɒnˌlaɪn/[Adjective] editonline (comparative more online, superlative most online) 1.Describes a system which is connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. 1.Describes a generator or power plant which is connected to the grid. 2.Describes a computer which is connected to the Internet or to some other communications service – i.e., not simply with the cable plugged in, but has established a connection to a larger network (e.g., by dialing up). Is this modem online?Available over, or delivered from, the Internet. - 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎[1], volume 407, number 8837, page 74: In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. I prefer to read online newspapers.Connected to the Internet. I'll be online tonight, so I'll be able to reply to your email.Available on a computer system, even if not networked. Press the F1 key to access the online help. The program comes with an online manual.Describes a system that is active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant. The power is online. Once this factory comes online, it will double car production in our country! [Adverb] editonline (comparative more online, superlative most online) 1.Describes actions performed over the Internet. He works online. [Alternative forms] edit - on-line [Anagrams] edit - El Nino, El Niño, Lonnie [Antonyms] edit - (connected to larger network): offline - (available on a computer system): hardcopy - (online business): brick and mortar [Etymology] editon +‎ line [[Finnish]] [Adverb] editonline 1.online; used also as modifier in compound terms, often with a hyphen and as uninflected attribute Haluan hoitaa pankkiasiani online. I want to handle my banking business online. Olen X-pankin online-asiakas. I'm an online customer of X Bank. [Anagrams] edit - loinen [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ˈonlaːjn][Adjective] editonline (not comparable) 1.online [Etymology] editBorrowed from English online. [[Italian]] [Adjective] editonline (invariable) (Also: on line, on-line) 1.online [Anagrams] edit - lenoni, Linneo, nonile [Etymology] editBorrowed from English online. [[Portuguese]] ipa :/õ.ˈlaj.ni/[Adjective] editonline (invariable, comparable) 1.online (connected to the Internet) O computador está online. The computer is online. Synonyms: conectado 2.online (which takes place over the Internet) Comunicação online. Online communication. Synonyms: electrónico, em linha [Alternative forms] edit - on-line [Etymology] editBorrowed from English online. [[Spanish]] [Adjective] editonline (plural online) 1.online 0 0 2009/06/14 18:12 2018/03/12 16:41
23391 alternatively [[English]] [Adverb] editalternatively (not comparable) 1.in an alternative way 2.1998, Marie D. Hoff (editor), Sustainable Community Development, page 99: Observers should keep in mind that these efforts at living alternatively are not easily undertaken; indeed, if they were, more people would be doing what they do. 3.2001, Hans-Peter Martin, Is Globalization a Trap?, published in Keys to the 21st Century (edited by Jérôme Bindé) on page 350: Thus, we are creating a new class struggle between those who live within the social system and those who are marginalized or wish to live alternatively. 4.2003, Torunn Kjølner and Janek Szatkowski, Dramaturgy in Building Multimedia Performances, published in Production methods: behind the scenes of virtual inhabited 3D worlds: Volume 1 (edited by Kim Halskov Madsen), on page 127: Devising obviously asks for what we understand as general creativity, like the ability to take an initiative, to invent, to think alternatively, to associate interestingly, to create metaphors and images. 5.2005, Graham Meltzer, Sustainable Community: Learning from the Cohousing Model, page 3: Most people living alternatively have strong pro-environmental values and, unlike many 'greens' in mainstream society, are generally able to apply their values in day-to-day life. 6.(conjunctive) Used to link a pair of possibilities [Etymology] editalternative +‎ -ly 0 0 2012/05/22 15:04 2018/03/13 01:28 jack_bob
23404 investigation [[English]] ipa :/ɪnˌvɛstəˈɡeɪʃən/[Etymology] editFrom Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatio [Noun] editinvestigation (countable and uncountable, plural investigations) 1.The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient or thorough inquiry or examination The investigation into the crime has lead to various leads as well as plenty of dead ends. Despite thorough investigation, the perpetrator of the attacks remains unknown. [[French]] ipa :/ɛ̃.vɛs.ti.ɡa.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Old French investigacion, from Latin investigatio [Further reading] edit - “investigation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editinvestigation f (plural investigations) 1.investigation, examination 0 0 2009/03/25 23:55 2018/03/16 21:30
23407 instead of [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Distefano [Preposition] editinstead of 1.In lieu of; in place of; rather than. He walked to school instead of taking the car. 2.1611, King James Version, Exodus 4:16: And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God. 3.1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity: Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better. 0 0 2018/03/16 21:30 TaN
23408 assured [[English]] ipa :/əˈʃʊəd/[Adjective] editassured (comparative more assured, superlative most assured) 1.Guaranteed 2.Confident. 3.2011 December 15, Marc Higginson, “Shamrock Rovers 0 - 4 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎[1]: Youngster Townsend caught the eye on the wing, with his fantastic goal capping a classy performance, while Danny Rose continued his rapid development with an assured display at full-back. [Anagrams] edit - Sauders [Synonyms] edit - (guaranteed): sicker [Verb] editassured 1.simple past tense and past participle of assure 0 0 2009/07/14 09:43 2018/03/16 21:30 TaN
23410 Assur [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Suras, suras [Etymology] editBorrowed from Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”). [Further reading] edit - Assur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [Proper noun] editAssur 1.One of the capitals of ancient Assyria. 2.The chief deity of that city (see Ashur). [[Portuguese]] ipa :/a.ˈsuɾ/[Alternative forms] edit - Ashur [Etymology] editFrom Akkadian 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”). [Proper noun] editAssur 1.Assur (an ancient city in Assyria) 2.(Assyrian mythology) Assur; Ashur (the chief god) 0 0 2018/03/16 21:30 TaN
23413 abhominable [[English]] [Adjective] editabhominable (comparative more abhominable, superlative most abhominable) 1.Obsolete form of abominable. 2.1597, Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act 5, scene I: This is abhominable, which he [Don Armado] would call abominable. [Etymology] editFirst attested in the 1300s, a variant of abominable, possibly influenced by Latin ab + homine (“man”).[1] The unnecessary addition of h to words was once common; compare abholish (abolish). Abandoned by the 1600s.[2]. Compare also abhomination. [References] edit 1.^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ↑ISBN), page 3 2.^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], ↑ISBN), page 4 0 0 2018/03/16 21:31 TaN
23414 abominable [[English]] ipa :/əˈbɑm.ə.nə.bl̩/[Adjective] editabominable (comparative more abominable, superlative most abominable) 1.Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350][1] 2.But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. — Revelation 21:8 (KJV) 3.(obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier). 4.(Can we date this quote?) George Perkins Marsh Note: Juliana Berners ... informs us that in her time (15th century), "abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars". 5.Very bad or inferior. 6.Disagreeable or unpleasant. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1] [Alternative forms] edit - (obsolete) abhominable [Etymology] editFrom Middle English, from Old French abominable, from Late Latin abōminābilis (“deserving abhorrence”), from abōminor (“abhor, deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab (“from, away from”) + ōminor (“forebode, predict, presage”), from ōmen (“sign, token, omen”). [References] edit 1.↑ 1.0 1.1 “abominable” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ↑ISBN, page 6. - abominable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 - abominable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911 - abominable at OneLook Dictionary Search [[Catalan]] ipa :-aβle[Adjective] editabominable (masculine and feminine plural abominables) 1.abominable [[French]] ipa :/a.bɔ.mi.nabl/[Adjective] editabominable (plural abominables) 1.Absolutely loathsome; abominable. 2.Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable. [Etymology] editFrom Latin abōminābilis (“abominable, detestable”). [Further reading] edit - “abominable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Synonyms] edit - Most terms of the second category also have literal meanings closer to that of the first, but are now less common in these uses, as well as marking actions that are not as markedly odious. - (loathsome): odieux, méprisable, ignoble, sacrilège (religious), impie (religious) - (exceedingly bad or ugly): laid, détestable, exécrable, horrible [[Spanish]] ipa :/abomiˈnable/[Adjective] editabominable (plural abominables) 1.abominable [Etymology] editFrom Latin abōminābilis. [Further reading] edit - “abominable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2018/03/16 21:31 TaN
23417 ter [[English]] [Adverb] editter (not comparable) 1.(dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of to. [Anagrams] edit - ERT, Ret., ert, ret [Particle] editter 1.(dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of to. 2.1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31: "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang." 3.1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv: ‘Do you mean ter tell me,’ he growled at the Dursleys, ‘that this boy – this boy! – knows nothin’ abou’ – about ANYTHING?’ [Preposition] editter 1.(dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of to. 2.1997, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, iv: ‘What about that tea then, eh?’ he said, rubbing his hands together. ‘I’d not say no ter summat stronger if yeh’ve got it, mind.’ [[Albanian]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Proto-Albanian *taura, from Proto-Indo-European *tauros (compare Greek ταύρος (távros), Serbo-Croatian tȗr, Danish tyr). [Etymology 2] editFrom Proto-Albanian *tarsja, from *torseje, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-. Cognate to Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛṣyati), Latin torreo and Old Norse þerra.[1] [References] edit 1.^ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill,Leiden 2000, p.452 [[Chuukese]] [Adjective] editter 1.devastated, ruined 2.disabled [[Dutch]] [Contraction] editter 1.for, for the (followed by a feminine singular noun, e.g., one ending in -ing). Stichting ter Bevordering van de Duiksport Foundation for the Advancement of Scubadiving 2.in the De Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is de oudste universiteit van de Nederlanden en tevens de oudste nog bestaande katholieke universiteit ter wereld. The Catholic University of Leuven is the oldest university of the Low Countries and also the oldest still existing catholic university in the world. [Etymology] editContraction of te + the old feminine singular dative definite article der. [[Galician]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Portuguese tẽer, from Latin tenēre (“to hold, to have”), present active infinitive of teneō (“I hold, I have”) [See also] edit - haber [Synonyms] edit - (to possess): posuir [Verb] editter (first-person singular present teño, first-person singular preterite tiven, past participle tido) 1.to hold, have 2.to possess 3.first-person singular personal infinitive of ter 4.third-person singular personal infinitive of ter [[Latin]] ipa :/ter/[Adverb] editter (not comparable) 1.thrice 2.2004 Ephemeris Olafur Ragnar Grimsson ter iam primarius minister Islandiae electus est. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has been elected as the president of Iceland for a third time. [Etymology] edit [References] edit - ter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - ter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. - hence these tears; there's the rub: hinc illae lacrimae (proverb.) (Ter. And. 1. 1. 99; Cael. 25. 61) - I'm undone! it's all up with me: perii! actum est de me! (Ter. Ad. 3. 2. 26) - one thing still makes me hesitate: unus mihi restat scrupulus (Ter. Andr. 5. 4. 37) (cf. too religio, sect. XI. 2) - to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.) - these are mere empty phrases: haec verba sunt (Ter. Phorm. 3. 2. 32) - what will become of me: quid (de) me fiet? (Ter. Heaut. 4. 3. 37) - to love and make a bosom friend of a person: aliquem in sinu gestare (aliquis est in sinu alicuius) (Ter. Ad. 4. 5. 75) - monstrous: o facinus indignum! (Ter. Andr. 1. 1. 118) [[Lojban]] [Rafsi] editter 1.rafsi of te. [[Middle Dutch]] [Contraction] editter 1.Contraction of te der. [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ˈteɾ/[Alternative forms] edit - têr (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Old Portuguese tẽer, from Latin tenēre, present active infinitive of teneō (“I hold”), from Proto-Italic *tenēō, stative from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). [Synonyms] edit - (to possess): possuir - (to have as a component): possuir - (to consist of): consistir de - (to be in possession of): carregar - (to be afflicted with): sofrer de - (to receive one’s wage): receber - (to have to; must): dever, precisar - (there be): existir, haver - (to give birth to): dar à luz, parir - (to consider): considerar [Verb] editter (first-person singular present indicative tenho, past participle tido) 1.to have 1.(transitive) to own; to possess; to have; to have got Eu tenho uma bela casa. I have a beautiful house. Eu tenho uma bela casa. I've got a beautiful house. 2.(intransitive) to be rich, to have plenty of money; or, to have enough money to live comfortably Os caridosos sempre ajudam os que não têm. The charitable always help those who don’t have enough. 3.(transitive) to have as a component or to consist of Esta frase tem cinco palavras. This sentence has five words. Lanças têm cabos compridos. Spears have long shafts. 4.(transitive) to have (to be related in some way to, with the object identifying the relationship) Esse livro tem dono. This book has an owner. Tenho três irmãs. I have three sisters. 5.(transitive) to be in possession of; to have as part of one’s personal effects; to have in hand O senhor tem sua carteira? Do you have your wallet on you? 6.(transitive) to consist of a certain amount of units of measurement Tenho quarenta anos. I am forty years old. (literally, “I have forty years”) Esta caneta tem dez centímetros. This pen is ten centimetres long. 7.(transitive) to have a certain characteristic Este jogo não tem graça. This game isn’t fun. (literally, “this game doesn’t have fun)”) As palavras que dizes têm significado. The words you say have meaning. 8.(transitive) to be afflicted with a certain disease or other medical condition Tu tens um resfriado. You have a cold. 9.(transitive) indicates that the subject has an event (the object) scheduled Temos uma partida de xadrez daqui a uma semana. We have a chess match in a week. 10.(intransitive) to receive one’s wage Ainda não tive esse mês. I still haven’t received my wage this month.(auxiliary with de or que and a verb in the infinitive) must; to have to - 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 538: Sinto muito ter de contradizê-la, Minerva, mas, como pode ver no meu bilhete, Harry tem obtido resultados muito fracos nas minhas aulas... I'm sorry to contradict you, Minerva, but, as you can see in my note, Harry has obtained very weak results in my classes...(auxiliary) to have 1.(imperfect indicative forms followed by a masculine singular past participle) forms the past perfect Nós tínhamos comido bolo. We had eaten cake. 2.(present indicative forms followed by a masculine singular past participle) forms the present perfect progressive Tenho comido muita carne ultimamente. I have been eating a lot of meat lately. 3.(conditional forms followed by a masculine singular past participle) forms the conditional perfect Eu o teria comprado, se tivesse dinheiro. I would have bought it, if I had money.(impersonal, transitive) there be (to exist, physically or abstractly) Amanhã terá aula. There will be class tomorrow. Tem países em guerra naquela região. There are countries at war in that region.(transitive) to give birth to A vaca terá um bezerro. The cow will give birth to a calf. Estou tendo gêmeos! I'm having twins!(copulative or transitive with por or como) to consider (assign some quality to) Todos têm João por inteligente. Everyone considers John to be intelligent. João o tinha como amigo. John considered him a friend.(transitive with com) to go to; to interact with somebody - Bíblia Sagrada, edição Almeida Revista e Corrigida, Provérbios 6:6 Vá ter com a formiga, ó preguiçoso; considera os seus caminhos e sê sábio. Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise. [[Serbo-Croatian]] ipa :/ter/[Alternative forms] edit - te - tere [Conjunction] editter (Cyrillic spelling тер) 1.(Croatia, poetic, archaic) and [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Slavic *teže, from Proto-Slavic *te + *že. [Synonyms] edit - i, te [[Swedish]] [Verb] editter 1.present tense of te. [[Turkish]] [Etymology] editFrom Old Turkic ter, from Proto-Turkic *dẹr (“sweat”). [Noun] editter 1.sweat [[Volapük]] ipa :[teɾ][Noun] editter (plural ters) 1.aunt or uncle 0 0 2009/01/28 16:05 2018/03/20 20:02 TaN
23419 icicle [[English]] ipa :/ˈaɪsəkəl/[Anagrams] edit - cilice [Etymology] editFrom Middle English isykle, isikel, equivalent to ice +‎ ickle. Cognate with German Low German Iesjökel, dialectal Danish jisegel (“icicle”), Norwegian isjukel (“icicle”). More at ice, ickle. [Noun] editicicle (plural icicles) 1.A spear-shape of ice. 0 0 2018/03/21 13:05 TaN
23424 tes [[Brokskat]] [Pronoun] edittes 1.they [[Catalan]] [Adjective] edittes (feminine tesa, masculine plural tesos, feminine plural teses) 1.tight, taut (not loose) [Etymology] editInherited from Latin tensus. Compare the borrowed doublet tens. [Further reading] edit - “tes” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. [[Danish]] [Noun] edittes c 1.genitive singular indefinite of te [[French]] ipa :/te/[Anagrams] edit - est, set, Ste. [Determiner] edittes pl 1.(possessive) Your (When referring to a plural noun). [Etymology] editFrom Old French tes, from Latin tuōs, tuī and tuas, tuae. [Further reading] edit - “tes” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [[Galician]] [Verb] edittes 1.second-person singular present indicative of ter [[Middle Dutch]] [Contraction] edittes 1.Contraction of te des. [[Novial]] [Pronoun] edittes 1.those (which may be male or female or a mixture of both) [[Old French]] [Etymology] editFrom Latin tuōs, tuī and tuas, tuae. [Pronoun] edittes m pl 1.your (second-person singular possessive pronoun) [[Spanish]] ipa :/tes/[Noun] edittes 1.plural of te [[Swedish]] [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] editFrom Latin thesis and Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “a proposition, a statement”), used in Swedish since 1664. [References] edit - tes in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online) - tes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online. 0 0 2012/01/25 17:39 2018/03/21 19:29
23432 protocol [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒl/[Anagrams] edit - topcolor [Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle French protocolle, protocole (“document, record”), and its source, Late Latin protocollum (“the first sheet of a volume (on which contents and errata were written)”), from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). [Noun] editprotocol (countable and uncountable, plural protocols) 1.(now chiefly historical) The minutes, or official record, of a negotiation or transaction; especially a document drawn up officially which forms the legal basis for subsequent agreements based on it. [from 15th c.] 2.1842, Thomas Campbell, Frederick the Great and his Times, vol. II, p. 47: Another account says that, on the morning of the 31st of May, the king delivered to the prince-royal the crown, the sceptre, and the key of his treasure and gave him his blessing. The privy-counsillor Vockerodt drew up at his desire a protocol of the transaction. 3.(international law, now rare) An official record of a diplomatic meeting or negotiation; later specifically, a draft document setting out agreements to be signed into force by a subsequent formal treaty. [from 17th c.] 4.1970, Matthew Smith Anderson, The Great Powers and the Near East, 1774-1923, p. 32: The terms of this protocol formed the basis for the Treaty of London signed by the British, French and Russian governments on 6 July 1827. 5.(international law) An amendment to an official treaty. [from 19th c.] 6.2002, Philippe Sands, Principles of International Environmental Law, p. 917 n. 253: The 1992 Protocol amended the definitions of other terms, including ‘ship’, ‘oil’ and ‘incident’: Art. 2. 7.The first leaf of a roll of papyrus, or the official mark typically found on such a page. [from 19th c.] 8.1991, Leila Avrin, Scribes, Script, and Books, p. 146: They marked the beginning of each scroll with their protocol, a practice that continued in the papyrus trade in the Byzantine Empire [...] into the Islamic period, when there were bilingual protocols in Greek and Arabic. 9.The official formulas which appeared at the beginning or end of certain official documents such as charters, papal bulls etc. [from 19th c.] 10.1985, Archivum Historiae Pontificiae, v. 23, p. 14: The protocol of the bull contains elements that appear to be formulaic by the time of John XVIII 's pontificate. 11.(sciences) The original notes of observations made during an experiment; also, the precise method for carrying out or reproducing a given experiment. [from 19th c.] 12.1931, Gye & Purdy, The Cause of Cancer, p. 194: The following is an abstract of the protocol of the experiment: Tumour extract.—A measured 16 c.c. of minced Rous Sarcoma tissue was ground with sand and extracted with 400 c.c. of 0.8-per-cent. saline. 13.The official rules and guidelines for heads of state and other dignitaries, governing accepted behaviour in relations with other diplomatic representatives or over affairs of state. [from 19th c.] 14.2009, Laura Johnson, "A mwah too far", The Guardian, 19 Sep 2009: Even the Queen (for whom the curtsey is a more standard address) was recently treated to an enthusiastic Obama embrace. Her Majesty, who is not normally known for partaking in such public displays of affection, seemed unperturbed by Michelle Obama's disregard for royal protocol. 15.(by extension) An accepted code of conduct; acceptable behaviour in a given situation or group. [from 20th c.] 16.2010, The Guardian, 16 Jul 2010: For those uncertain in the protocol of handshaking a formula for the perfect handshake has been devised by scientists at the University of Manchester. 17.(computing) A set of formal rules describing how to transmit or exchange data, especially across a network. [from 20th c.] 18.2006, Zheng & Ni, Smart Phone and Next-Generation Mobile Computing, p. 444: An exception is Jabber, which is designed based on an open protocol called the extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP). 19.(medicine) The set of instructions allowing a licensed medical professional to start, modify, or stop a medical or patient care order. [from 20th c.] [Synonyms] edit - procedure - policy [Verb] editprotocol (third-person singular simple present protocols, present participle protocoling or protocolling, simple past and past participle protocoled or protocolled) 1.(obsolete, transitive) To make a protocol of. 2.(obsolete, intransitive) To make or write protocols, or first drafts; to issue protocols. 3.1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History Serene Highnesses, who sit there protocolling and manifestoing, and consoling mankind! [[Catalan]] [Noun] editprotocol m (plural protocols) 1.protocol [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editBorrowing from French protocole and German Protokoll. [Noun] editprotocol n (plural protocoale) 1.protocol [[Romansch]] [Etymology] editFrom Late Latin protocollum (“the first sheet of a volume (on which contents and errata were written)”), from Byzantine Greek πρωτόκολλον (prōtókollon, “first sheet glued onto a manuscript”), from Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + κόλλα (kólla, “glue”). [Noun] editprotocol m (plural protocols) 1.minutes (of meeting) 0 0 2018/03/27 10:59
23433 division [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈvɪʒən/[Antonyms] edit - (making of one thing into two or more things): combination, fusion, merger, unification - (arithmetic: calculation of the quotient): multiplication [Etymology] editBorrowed from Old French division, from Latin divisio, divisionem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”) [Noun] editdivision (countable and uncountable, plural divisions) 1.(uncountable) The act or process of dividing anything. 2.Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division. 3.(arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another. 4.(arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process. I've got ten divisions to do for my homework. 5.(military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades. 6.A section of a large company. 7.(taxonomy) A rank (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta. 8.A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument. 9.(music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones. 10.(music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied. 11.(law) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt. 12.(computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code 13.(Britain, Eton College) A lesson; a class. [See also] edit - separation - addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) - subtraction: (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference) - multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) - division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend - denominator - fraction - numerator [Synonyms] edit - split, lith [[Danish]] [Further reading] edit - “division” in Den Danske Ordbog [Noun] editdivision c (singular definite divisionen, plural indefinite divisioner) 1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. [[French]] ipa :/di.vi.zjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Old French, borrowed from Latin divisio, divisionem, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”) [Further reading] edit - “division” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editdivision f (plural divisions) 1.division (act or process of dividing) 2.(arithmetic) division 3.(military) division 4.division (subsection) [[Swedish]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin divisio, divisionis, noun of process form from perfect passive participle divisus (“divided”), from dīvidō (“divide”) [Noun] editdivision c 1.division; act of dividing (e.g. numbers); large military unit; section of a company 2.(sports) division, league; a organization of sports teams that habitually play against each other for a championship; the level on which a certain team plays, as compared to others 0 0 2012/09/30 09:58 2018/03/29 00:36

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